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  • baml.crypto.Aead interface (symmetric authenticated encryption with additional data)
    • baml.crypto.Aes256GcmSiv
    • baml.crypto.Aes128GcmSiv
    • baml.crypto.ChaCha20Poly1305
    • baml.crypto.XChaCha20Poly1305
  • baml.crypto.Hasher interface
    • baml.crypto.Sha256

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  • New Features
    • Added SHA-256 hashing with incremental updates and reusable digest generation.
    • Added authenticated encryption using AES-GCM-SIV, ChaCha20-Poly1305, and XChaCha20-Poly1305.
    • Added secure random key generation and validation for cryptographic inputs.
    • Added clear decryption failure reporting for authentication errors.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for standard vectors, round trips, invalid inputs, nonce handling, authentication failures, and key generation.

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The change adds BAML crypto interfaces and error types, four authenticated-encryption classes, SHA-256 hashing, Rust runtime implementations, dependency wiring, builtin registration, and crypto tests. It also removes typed-node sweep metrics and bytecode display test fixtures.

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BAML crypto support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Crypto APIs and registration
baml_language/Cargo.toml, baml_language/crates/baml_builtins2/baml_std/baml/ns_crypto/*, baml_language/crates/baml_builtins2/src/lib.rs, baml_language/crates/bex_vm/Cargo.toml, baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/mod.rs
Defines Hasher, Aead, and GenerateKey, adds DecryptionFailure, exposes four AEAD classes and SHA-256, and registers the crypto builtins.
Rust crypto runtime
baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs
Adds input validation, AEAD sealing and opening, authentication-error conversion, cipher implementations, and synchronized resettable SHA-256 state.
Crypto behavior validation
baml_language/crates/baml_tests/baml_src/ns_crypto/*
Tests published vectors, interface dispatch, nonce and key validation, authentication failures, nonce behavior, key generation, ciphertext sizing, and hasher state semantics.

Test harness cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Type-spec sweep simplification
baml_language/crates/baml_tests/src/type_spec/sweep.rs
Removes typed-node collection and reporting from the sweep while retaining error-channel checks.
Bytecode display fixture removal
baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/bytecode_format/*
Deletes the bytecode display source fixture and its snapshot test.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8f183

The PR adds public cryptographic APIs, but the ChaCha/XChaCha documentation does not state the AAD size limits enforced at runtime, which could mislead callers and warrants explicit owner follow-up; no merge-blocking issue is identified.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant BAML
  participant CryptoRuntime
  participant AEADCipher
  BAML->>CryptoRuntime: encrypt or decrypt with key, nonce, plaintext, and AAD
  CryptoRuntime->>CryptoRuntime: validate inputs
  CryptoRuntime->>AEADCipher: seal or open authenticated data
  AEADCipher-->>CryptoRuntime: ciphertext or authentication result
  CryptoRuntime-->>BAML: return data or crypto error
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While hashes hop through state divine.
Fresh keys spring from random air,
Tags guard bytes with careful care.
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baml_language/crates/baml_tests/baml_src/ns_crypto/chacha20poly1305.baml (1)

103-118: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider moving the shared helper out of a cipher-specific file.

seal_and_open lives in aes_gcm_siv.baml, and two tests here depend on it. If the AES file is ever split or renamed, these tests break for a reason unrelated to ChaCha. A shared helper file under ns_crypto would remove that coupling. The comment already records the dependency, so this is optional.

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In `@baml_language/crates/baml_tests/baml_src/ns_crypto/chacha20poly1305.baml`
around lines 103 - 118, Move the shared seal_and_open helper out of
aes_gcm_siv.baml into a common helper file under ns_crypto, then update the
AES-GCM-SIV and ChaCha20-Poly1305 tests to use the relocated helper without
changing their behavior.
baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs (3)

99-111: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider deriving the aad cap instead of using u64::MAX.

With max_aad: u64::MAX, the check aad.len() as u64 > algorithm.max_aad in open can never be true for the ChaCha family, and the seal error message quotes 18446744073709551615 as the limit. A cap of u64::MAX is the correct standard bound, so this is not a defect. If you want the message to stay useful, report the aad cap only when it is meaningful.

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In `@baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs` around lines 99 -
111, Keep u64::MAX as the standard AAD bound for CHACHA20_POLY1305 and
XCHACHA20_POLY1305, but update the seal error-reporting path to omit or replace
the cap when it is the uninformative u64::MAX value; preserve reporting
configured finite limits.

63-89: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider adding Rust unit tests for the algorithm descriptors.

The cap values, the display names, and the message formatting in build_cipher, nonce_array, and open are pure functions of the Algorithm constants and the cipher associated types. Unit tests in this file would pin those strings and the length thresholds without a VM instance, which the BAML corpus tests cannot do for the boundary values. As per coding guidelines: "Prefer writing Rust unit tests over integration tests where possible".

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In `@baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs` around lines 63 - 89,
Add Rust unit tests in the crypto module covering AES_128_GCM_SIV and
AES_256_GCM_SIV descriptor names and plaintext/AAD caps, plus the boundary
message formatting produced by build_cipher, nonce_array, and open. Exercise
values at and just beyond the configured thresholds without requiring a VM
instance, preserving the existing associated-type-derived lengths.

Source: Coding guidelines


3-4: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Crypto module docs describe the AES-only surface. Both doc sites were written when the module held only the two AES-GCM-SIV classes; they were not widened when the ChaCha family and Sha256 landed in the same module.

  • baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs#L3-L4: name the chacha20poly1305 crate next to aes-gcm-siv and sha2, and attribute the caps to RFC 8452 and RFC 8439 rather than RFC 8452 alone.
  • baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/mod.rs#L6-L6: list BamlClassCrypto{,X}ChaCha20Poly1305 and BamlClassCryptoSha256 next to the two AES-GCM-SIV classes.
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In `@baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs` around lines 3 - 4,
Update the crypto module documentation in
baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs lines 3-4 to mention the
chacha20poly1305 crate and attribute the capabilities to RFC 8452 and RFC 8439;
update baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/mod.rs line 6 to list
BamlClassCryptoChaCha20Poly1305, BamlClassCryptoXChaCha20Poly1305, and
BamlClassCryptoSha256 alongside the AES-GCM-SIV classes.
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Inline comments:
In
`@baml_language/crates/baml_builtins2/baml_std/baml/ns_crypto/chacha20poly1305.baml`:
- Around line 61-64: Update the throws documentation for encrypt and decrypt in
ChaCha20Poly1305 and XChaCha20Poly1305 to include InvalidArgument when aad
exceeds the runtime-enforced byte limit, using the exact cap confirmed by the
shared seal/open implementation. Preserve the existing nonce and
plaintext/ciphertext limit text while applying the same aad wording consistently
to all four methods.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@baml_language/crates/baml_tests/baml_src/ns_crypto/chacha20poly1305.baml`:
- Around line 103-118: Move the shared seal_and_open helper out of
aes_gcm_siv.baml into a common helper file under ns_crypto, then update the
AES-GCM-SIV and ChaCha20-Poly1305 tests to use the relocated helper without
changing their behavior.

In `@baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs`:
- Around line 99-111: Keep u64::MAX as the standard AAD bound for
CHACHA20_POLY1305 and XCHACHA20_POLY1305, but update the seal error-reporting
path to omit or replace the cap when it is the uninformative u64::MAX value;
preserve reporting configured finite limits.
- Around line 63-89: Add Rust unit tests in the crypto module covering
AES_128_GCM_SIV and AES_256_GCM_SIV descriptor names and plaintext/AAD caps,
plus the boundary message formatting produced by build_cipher, nonce_array, and
open. Exercise values at and just beyond the configured thresholds without
requiring a VM instance, preserving the existing associated-type-derived
lengths.
- Around line 3-4: Update the crypto module documentation in
baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/crypto.rs lines 3-4 to mention the
chacha20poly1305 crate and attribute the capabilities to RFC 8452 and RFC 8439;
update baml_language/crates/bex_vm/src/package_baml/mod.rs line 6 to list
BamlClassCryptoChaCha20Poly1305, BamlClassCryptoXChaCha20Poly1305, and
BamlClassCryptoSha256 alongside the AES-GCM-SIV classes.
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Also `baml.crypto.XChaCha20Poly1305`. Both under AEAD.
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## Summary

- add comprehensive release notes for the independent `baml_language`
0.17.0 release line
- separate user-facing features, breaking and compatibility changes,
fixes, performance work, and internal changes
- synchronize the canary version, SDK packages, bridge runtime
identities, generated Node loader guards, and VS Code extension to
`0.17.0`

## Verified comparison range

- previous release: `baml-language-0.16.0` at
`2e021b3429db8769656e9b8646657c1863789169`
- reviewed product target:
`baml-language-source-c0153b20108bc428b77a53128b9a59ddeb4e2b42` at
`c0153b20108bc428b77a53128b9a59ddeb4e2b42`
- the reviewed product target was also `origin/canary` when the updated
notes were prepared
- full product comparison:
BoundaryML/baml@baml-language-0.16.0...baml-language-source-c0153b20108bc428b77a53128b9a59ddeb4e2b42

The product range contains 43 monorepo commits. The notes cover every
merged PR in the range that touched `baml_language/`, plus the
baml_language-specific macOS test suppression and binary-size baseline
workflow update. The post-BoundaryML#4424 review added BoundaryML#4427, BoundaryML#4431, BoundaryML#4432, BoundaryML#4433,
BoundaryML#4434, BoundaryML#4103, and BoundaryML#4435. BoundaryML#3975 and BoundaryML#3510 are in the monorepo comparison
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general monorepo changes are also excluded. The five commits in this PR
add and refine the changelog and mechanically prepare release metadata;
they do not add product behavior beyond the reviewed target.

## Release safety

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## Validation

- `scripts/baml-language-version sync`
- `scripts/baml-language-version check`
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- `scripts/baml-language-version compute --channel canary` → `0.17.0`
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- Updated string APIs, function field requirements, prompt syntax, and
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# BEP-066: Evaluation, type construction, and reflection

## Summary

This PR implements BEP-066 across the language, compiler, VM, package
format, and host SDK boundary. BAML programs can inspect values and
types, construct runtime types, compile and mount runtime packages,
invoke reflected callables, and isolate dynamic work in sessions without
weakening the static type system.

The resulting model has four properties:

- Reflection uses one sealed, canonical type algebra for all nine public
reflection kinds. Equivalent types normalize to the same representation
and stable digest.
- Runtime generic arguments retain ordered static/runtime provenance
through HIR, MIR, bytecode, serialization, and invocation. Runtime
occurrences never become unconstrained solver variables.
- Compiled and mounted packages preserve declaration identity, interface
metadata, bounds, associated defaults, `requires` clauses,
implementations, and callable targets without fabricated source
locations.
- Dynamic type information is lexically scoped. It can guide checking
and execution inside its owning body, but values escaping that scope are
erased back to their static occurrence type.

## BEP-066 scenarios

| Scenario | Delivered behavior | Primary evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Runtime enums through an LLM | An enum obtained at runtime can be
supplied to an `ai`/provider call and reflected back with the correct
definition identity. |
`baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/reflect_call_any.rs` |
| 2. Saved forms become runtime classes | Stored rows can be converted
into runtime class definitions; returned objects retain those
definitions for extraction and field lookup. |
`baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/runtime_classes_and_composites.rs`
|
| 3. Runtime tool unions | Runtime class definitions can be composed
into a tool union, passed through model/tool dispatch, and recovered
without losing member identity. |
`baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/runtime_classes_and_composites.rs`
|
| 4a. Bounded generics over runtime classes | Runtime class witnesses
participate in generic bounds and interface dispatch using the same
conformance rules as static types. |
`baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/runtime_interface_witnesses.rs` |
| 4b. Package views over runtime definitions | Runtime package
reflection exposes local declarations and their relationships with
package-local identity. |
`baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/runtime_type_bindings.rs`,
`runtime_package_api_consistency.rs` |
| 5. Model-written schema compilation | A schema produced as data can be
compiled into a package, inspected, mounted, and used for typed
extraction. |
`baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/runtime_package_compile.rs` |
| 6. Current and packed package lookup | `Package.current`, package
enumeration, and `get_function` work for live and packed programs with
loc-free callable targets. |
`baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/runtime_package_compile.rs`,
`baml_cli/tests/pack_e2e.rs` |
| 7. Session isolation | Sessions provide isolated runtime definitions
and calls while preserving the lexical lifetime and escape-erasure
rules. | `baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/runtime_session.rs` |

## Consistency and audit hardening

The implementation closes the consistency gaps found while auditing the
end-to-end feature:

- Constructor lookup has one behavior across parser, checker, and
runtime: reserved words are rejected as constructor names, enum
constructors retain their precise kind, and removed reader spellings
resolve as ordinary missing names. See
`baml_language/crates/baml_tests/tests/constructor_consistency.rs`.
- Runtime rendering keys definitions by semantic identity, not display
name. Non-equivalent same-name definitions fail before rendering with
E0162; equivalent and recursive definitions remain renderable. See
`runtime_render_identity.rs`.
- Runtime and static failures share diagnostic codes and messages for
bare generics, failed bounds, and duplicate serialized keys.
Runtime-only diagnostics are structured and carry null spans instead of
fake locations. See `runtime_diagnostic_consistency.rs`.
- Package reflection includes `get_enum`, `get_interface`, kind-precise
enumeration, null for wrong-kind or missing lookups, package-local
identity, and distinct identity across packages. See
`runtime_package_api_consistency.rs`.
- Every declaration in a compiled package shares one identity across
direct lookup, enumeration, and reflected function signatures. See
`compiled_package_identity.rs`.
- Runtime definition builders validate atomically, support recursive
groups, and produce definitions identical to map-based construction. See
`builder_witness_parity.rs` and `to_baml_witness_roundtrip.rs`.

## Canary reconciliations

- [BoundaryML#4301](BoundaryML#4301) made `hir_ty`
the production inference engine, removed TIR, and established
`TYPE_SYSTEM.md` as the semantic authority. BEP-066 now lowers, checks,
and reports diagnostics through that path only.
- [BoundaryML#4352](BoundaryML#4352) reorganized the
LLM surface around `ai`, provider namespaces, `@spec`, and agents.
Reflection and model-call coverage targets that current surface rather
than the superseded stdlib layout.
- [BoundaryML#4367](BoundaryML#4367) removed Jinja
prompt interpolation. BEP-066 prompts and fixtures use backtick strings
and `${...}` interpolation, and obsolete Jinja metadata is not carried
into runtime packages.

## `hir_ty` port contract

The `hir_ty` implementation preserves the following invariants from
syntax to execution:

- Each explicit type-argument occurrence is recorded in source order as
either a static type or a runtime operand. Static occurrences are solved
normally; runtime occurrences are checked against their static
occurrence type and never enter the solver as unknown variables.
- The authoritative call metadata carries the resolved callable target,
ordered type-argument slots, realized bindings, deferred dependent
checks, and runtime definition identity through MIR and bytecode. Free
functions, methods, and interface calls use symbolic,
source-location-free targets.
- Only checks that depend on runtime definitions are deferred. Static
arity, ordinary argument types, and independent bounds remain
compile-time errors.
- Runtime type refinements live in an overlay keyed by body owner and
statement identity, respect lexical shadowing, and are erased at scope
escape.
- Mounted package metadata is sufficient for normal generic realization
and interface selection: bounds, associated defaults, `requires`,
implementation registrations, and method resolution are not
reconstructed heuristically at runtime.
- `_` remains an exact contextual hole. Let annotations and constructors
solve permitted holes; declaration signatures and explicit call/upcast
type arguments reject them with E0147. A top-level `throws T | _` is
open and exposes `T` plus inferred throws to callers; plain `throws T`
is closed.

Intentional differences from the retired TIR behavior are part of the
contract:

- Multiple generic bounds are conjunctive end to end. Runtime and static
checking require every bound; the prior single-bound asymmetry is not
preserved.
- Existential interface dispatch permits exactly one `Self` witness.
Ambiguous multi-`Self` shapes are rejected instead of being guessed.
- Associated defaults, `Self` substitution, and `requires` realization
follow the current spec and `hir_ty` rules where TIR behavior differed.
- Current diagnostic codes and normalized types are authoritative;
ignored TIR tests and legacy wording do not override them.

The legacy root `engine/` is not an authority for this work.

## Test evidence map

| Contract surface | Evidence |
| --- | --- |
| Canonical reflection algebra and stable identity | `baml_type`
normalization/type-kind unit tests; type-spec tables for reflection
kinds and canonicalization |
| Syntax, formatting, AST, and HIR preservation | lexer/parser/formatter
tests; HIR tests for ordered static/runtime type-argument occurrences |
| Wildcard and open-throws semantics |
`wildcard_hole_in_let_annotation.baml`,
`wildcard_hole_in_constructor_generic_arg.baml`,
`partial_throws_clause.baml`, `wildcard_type_inference.rs`,
`wildcard_expression_holes.rs` |
| Mounted-package and source-package parity |
`hir_ty_package_interface`, `mounted_package_calls`,
`mounted_package_parity` |
| Runtime reflection scenarios | `reflect_call_any.rs`,
`runtime_classes_and_composites.rs`, `runtime_interface_witnesses.rs`,
`runtime_type_bindings.rs`, `runtime_package_compile.rs`,
`runtime_session.rs` |
| Identity, diagnostics, and API consistency |
`compiled_package_identity.rs`, `constructor_consistency.rs`,
`runtime_diagnostic_consistency.rs`,
`runtime_package_api_consistency.rs`, `runtime_render_identity.rs` |
| Builder and round-trip parity | `builder_witness_parity.rs`,
`to_baml_witness_roundtrip.rs` |
| Host and packed-program boundary | host reflection SDK fixtures and
`baml_cli/tests/pack_e2e.rs` |

## Verification state

- Full pinned gate on the gated head (`rustup run 1.93.0 cargo insta
test --test-runner nextest -p baml_tests -p baml_cli -p
baml_lsp2_actions -p baml_lsp2_actions_tests -p baml_surface
--all-features --unreferenced=reject`): **3,265 passed, 0 failed** (23
skipped), all doctests passed or were intentionally ignored, no
unreferenced snapshots, and no pending `.snap.new`.
- Whole-stdlib type census: 121 files, **62,910 typed nodes, 0
error-channel entries, 0 panics**.
- Session soak: the 500-evaluation pin runs with flat latency (eval BoundaryML#10:
3.32s → eval BoundaryML#500: 2.39s) and 0 KiB measured RSS growth.
- The head commit additionally absorbs a final 4-commit canary drift
(BoundaryML#4431 crypto, BoundaryML#3975 connection pooling, BoundaryML#4432 quote prompts, BoundaryML#4433
string standardization) verified by focused validation (targeted
runtime/stdlib/compiler suites + no-update snapshot replays); the
authoritative final signal is this PR's CI on the head commit.

## Handoff notes (for the next agent or human working on this)

**State:** everything above is on the head commit. No temporary port
constructs remain in the tree — the Phase-A stub
(`E_BEP066_PORT_IN_PROGRESS`), fixture exclusions, and port-era test
ignores are all gone (verified by grep).

**Authoritative documents:**
- `CONTRACTS.md` (repo root, this branch) — the binding data-model
contracts (runtime type slots / `CallPlan`, loc-free
`SymbolicCallableTarget`, scoped generic overlay) plus the 35-fact
acceptance checklist with per-fact conditions.
- TIR→hir_ty migration guide: branch `antoniosarosi/hir-ty-research`
(`TIR_HIRTY_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md`) — the architecture map, worked
examples, and risk register the port followed.
- Wildcard adjudication table: branch
`antoniosarosi/wildcard-adjudication` (`WILDCARD_VERDICTS.md`) —
per-test rulings for the formerly ignored B-230/B-247 cases.
- The full port audit trail (per-slice log with every checkpoint,
decision, and accepted snapshot delta) is posted as a comment on this
PR.

**Deep review findings (resolved):** the adversarial review of the six
port commits (`462dad20b..3c22664`) is complete — [full report in this
comment](BoundaryML#4325 (comment)).
All four ratified blockers landed in `f239a032f` and passed the widened
pinned gate:

1. **Union interface dispatch (report finding 1):** virtual dispatch now
requires every union member to resolve to the same declaring-interface
view; heterogeneous unions take the guarded per-member switch, with
executable coverage.
2. **Written union member order (finding 2):** static call slots retain
a canonical checking type and a written emission type, preserving
runtime coercion order. The audited snapshots restore `audio | image`
and the other written forms.
3. **Deferred runtime bounds (finding 3):** bound registration
substitutes the call frame and defers checks that depend on active
scoped runtime bindings, including no-value-argument calls.
4. **Session top-level-let cycles (finding 5):** inference has an error
cycle seed plus RAII in-flight ownership; resolution order preserves
functions, exported values, and reserved package roots, and recursive
lets diagnose without poisoning the Session.

Canary integration and audited follow-ups are recorded in `55f6318f5`,
`957d4514b`, `4fef90eff`, and `8de2d10bb`. Report findings 4, 6, and 8
remain agreed fast-follow work; finding 9 remains explicitly
pre-existing. The report's clean-area conclusions remain valid.

**CI playbook for this branch:**
- darwin cargo-test: Blacksmith runner evictions ("No active SSH
sessions") are infra flakes; cancelled jobs display as failures — check
each job's `.conclusion`, then `gh run rerun <run-id> --failed` (up to 2
attempts).
- tsweb-macos: same infra treatment. Its one real failure mode (vitest
5s default timeout on the worker `Package.compile` test) is already
fixed with an explicit 30s timeout.
- Size Gate: if it fails with the absolute cap **below** the reported
baseline, the ceiling is stale — re-bake and bump the pinned literal in
`baml_language/crates/tools_size_gate/src/config.rs` to baseline×1.03 as
a single-file commit.
- Local CI mirror (all three matter: toolchain, features, package set):
`rustup run 1.93.0 cargo insta test --test-runner nextest -p baml_tests
-p baml_cli -p baml_lsp2_actions -p baml_lsp2_actions_tests -p
baml_surface --all-features --unreferenced=reject`

**Agreed follow-up PRs (deliberately not in this PR):**
1. Add a nextest serialization group for `sdk_test_typescript_web`
(`max-threads = 1`) — prevents concurrent ~8 GiB transient workerd
import peaks from stacking (measured; this OOM'd a dev machine).
2. Investigate the 82.4 MB `bridge_web_core_bg.wasm` (wasm-opt is
currently disabled in its package metadata); consider splitting
compiler-only code out of the runtime web bridge.
3. Build-time precompiled-stdlib artifact + an `emit_units` variant that
accepts it, so `Package.compile`'s first call skips the ~4–5 s full
90-file stdlib recompile (measured; a lazy in-process cache is not
sufficient for the first-call cost).
4. Address report findings 4, 6, and 8 in focused follow-ups; triage the
pre-existing items under finding 9 separately.

**Coordination items:**
- The two schema decisions living in hir_ty's crate
(`SymbolicCallableTarget` in `callable.rs`; the `PackageInterface` Borsh
expansion) should get a review from the hir_ty owner — they were frozen
unilaterally under time pressure and intentionally invalidate cached
package-interface bytes per compiler build.
- GC: BEP-066's runtime-constructed type declarations live in the moving
heap; the ty-heapptr line of work assumes GC-inert type heads. Alignment
needed before that lands (`visit_heads` hook is reserved for this).

**Semantic authority:** `TYPE_SYSTEM.md` + current hir_ty behavior. Do
not "fix" anything back toward TIR-era snapshots or ignored TIR-era test
expectations — several behavior deltas (conjunctive bounds, one-`Self`
existential dispatch, hole/E0147 handling) are intentional and
contract-pinned.

## Reviewer entry points

- Public language and stdlib surface: `baml_language/TYPE_SYSTEM.md`,
the BEP-066 specification, and
`baml_language/crates/baml_builtins2/baml_std/baml/ns_reflect/`.
- Shared type algebra: `baml_language/crates/baml_type/src/type_kind.rs`
and `normalize.rs`.
- Syntax and HIR preservation: AST/HIR type-argument reference
definitions and lowering in `baml_compiler2_hir` and
`baml_compiler2_hir_ty`.
- Inference and mounted metadata:
`baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_hir_ty/src/infer.rs`,
`callable.rs`, `package_interface.rs`, `impls.rs`, and interface method
resolution.
- MIR and bytecode handoff: the runtime type-argument lowering/provider
code in `baml_compiler2_mir` and its bytecode emitter.
- Runtime identity, reflection, and builders: the
reflection/runtime-definition modules in `baml_language/crates/bex_vm`.
- Behavioral review: start with the seven scenario tests above, then the
audit-hardening tests, then the host SDK and pack coverage.

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