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The post step compared the store with the restored one by file timestamps
before running pnpm store prune. Packages that run build scripts or carry
patches are copied rather than hard-linked
, so prune removes them and the next
install fetches them again. Every warm job therefore looked changed and
uploaded a new cache, with the same packages missing each time.

Prune first, then compare the names of the files in the store. A job that ends
with the files it restored no longer saves, and timestamps and index writes
alone no longer count as a change.

@EhabY I could use your input here, since you implemented #65 🙏

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    • Cache saves are skipped when there are no writes or when the package store is unchanged. Otherwise, the store is pruned before its package index and file names are compared.
    • Timestamp-only changes, index rewrites that leave package membership unchanged, and temporary files no longer trigger a save. Changes to package membership or package-file names still do.
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    • Clarified which package-store changes trigger a cache save.

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The store fingerprint now hashes package index keys and bucket file names. Cache restore records store stats and fingerprints. Cache save skips unchanged stores and compares fingerprints after pruning when needed.

Changes: Store Cache Behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Package-content fingerprint
src/store-fingerprint/index.ts, src/store-fingerprint/index.test.mjs
fingerprintStore hashes ordered package index keys and sorted file names in sorted buckets. statStore provides metadata-based stats. Tests cover package-content changes, unchanged content, and missing or unreadable indexes.
Restore and save comparison
src/cache-restore/run.ts, src/cache-save/run.ts, src/cache-restore/run.test.mjs, README.md
Cache restore records a store stat and fingerprint. Cache save returns without saving when the stat matches the restored stat. Otherwise, it prunes before comparing fingerprints. Tests and documentation describe the skip conditions.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Suggested reviewers: ehaby

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A store with committed index changes still in its WAL may be treated as unchanged, leaving the repaired cache unsaved. Use a WAL-aware read-only connection before merging, or accept this bounded risk.

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A rabbit checks the store at night
It counts the keys and files just right
If nothing changed, it hops away
If pruning finds no change to say
No cache is saved that day

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Could we keep the existing metadata fingerprint as a fast path? If it’s unchanged, skip both pruning and uploading as before. Otherwise, prune and compare file names to decide whether to upload. That would fix redundant uploads without adding a full prune to warm-cache jobs that already skipped saving!

Comment thread src/store-fingerprint/index.ts Outdated
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export async function fingerprintStore(storePath: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
const buckets = await readdir(path.join(storePath, 'files')).catch(() => [])
const entries = ['index.db', 'index.db-wal', ...buckets.sort().map(bucket => path.join('files', bucket))]
const stats = await Promise.all(entries.map(entry => lstat(path.join(storePath, entry)).catch(() => undefined)))
if (!stats[0]) return undefined
if (!await exists(path.join(storePath, 'index.db'))) return undefined

const filesPath = path.join(storePath, 'files')
const buckets = (await readdir(filesPath).catch(() => [])).sort()
const names = await Promise.all(
buckets.map(async bucket => (await readdir(path.join(filesPath, bucket)).catch(() => [])).sort()),
)

const hash = createHash('sha256')
entries.forEach((entry, i) => {
hash.update(`${entry}:${stats[i] ? `${stats[i].size}:${stats[i].mtimeMs}` : 'none'}\n`)
buckets.forEach((bucket, i) => {
hash.update(`${bucket}:${names[i].join(',')}\n`)
})
return hash.digest('hex')

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Could we distinguish bookkeeping writes from actual index changes? I tested a store with a missing package_index row: pnpm downloaded the package and repaired the row, but the fingerprint stayed unchanged after pruning. We'd skip saving that repair and keep restoring the incomplete cache.

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I have to say all of the db stuff is unknown territory for me, this got complex very fast. So just double checking if this is worth implementing?

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I checked this with pnpm 11.10.0. When a package’s index row was missing, pnpm downloaded the package and repaired the row, but the filenames stayed the same after pruning. Checking filenames alone would miss that repair.

So I think the database check is worth keeping, but it can be simpler: read the package keys one at a time and add them directly to the hash, rather than collecting them all first.

I tried that locally. With 300k index keys, estimated peak heap dropped from about 185 MiB to 26.5 MiB, and the fingerprint stayed the same!

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const names = await Promise.all(
buckets.map(async bucket => (await readdir(path.join(filesPath, bucket)).catch(() => [])).sort()),
)

const hash = createHash('sha256')
entries.forEach((entry, i) => {
hash.update(`${entry}:${stats[i] ? `${stats[i].size}:${stats[i].mtimeMs}` : 'none'}\n`)
buckets.forEach((bucket, i) => {
hash.update(`${bucket}:${names[i].join(',')}\n`)

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Could we hash one bucket at a time instead of retaining every filename? With ~307k files, this used ~119 MB of heap versus ~13 MB processing buckets sequentially.

The sequential approach was slower, so this is just a memory tradeoff 🤷

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I went with a 16 buckets concurrency instead of fully sequential, lmk if that looks better with your 300k test :)

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Yes, 16 buckets looks much better. I reran the test with 307,200 files spread evenly across 256 buckets:

Buckets at once Estimated peak heap Time
1 23 MiB 270 ms
16 45 MiB 133 ms
All 256 89 MiB 144 ms

All three produced the same fingerprint. So 16 used about half the heap of reading every bucket at once, without slowing down in this test.

It is not a fixed memory limit, though: memory still depends on how many filenames each bucket contains. These were warm-filesystem tests, so the timings are approximate.

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touch(path.join(store, 'files', '00'))
}],
]) {
test(`${label} do not change the fingerprint`, async () => {

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Nit: singular labels produce titles like “a rewritten index do not change the fingerprint.” Maybe use fingerprint is unchanged after ${label}?

The names of the files in the store did not change when a package whose files
were already present had lost its index row: pnpm repaired the row, and the
repair was never saved.

Fingerprint the packages in the index as well as the names of the files. The
index is opened immutable, so reading it creates no -wal or -shm files, and an
index that cannot be read leaves the store without a fingerprint, so it is
saved as before.
Reading every bucket at once keeps the names of all the files in the store in
memory, about 120 MB for a store of 300,000 files. Hash 16 buckets at a time
instead, so memory stays bounded and the buckets are still read concurrently.
Compare the size and modification time of the index and the file directories
with the store as it was restored. If nothing was written, there is nothing for
prune to remove and nothing to save, so both are skipped. Otherwise the store is
pruned and fingerprinted by its content, as before.

The restore step records the timestamps before it reads the index, so reading
it is not counted as a write.

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src/store-fingerprint/index.ts: 1

50-50: Include index-row data in the fingerprint.

SELECT key cannot detect a repaired package_index.data value when the key stays the same. The post-prune comparison can then skip saving the repair. The previous review comment already reports this issue. (pnpm.io)

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