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v3.5.0 "Chorus"

The creator-tools release. The full user-facing account is .github/release-notes/v3.5.0.md (which Auto Release publishes) and the [3.5.0] CHANGELOG section; this body is the reviewer's map.

Breaking

• .rnm movies are format 7 (every non-controller input recorded); format 6 is refused with the reason. .rnmproj version 2.
• Emulation epoch 6, for the MMC5 scanline IRQ fix: epoch-5 movies and netplay peers are refused; MMC5 save states from v3.4.x are refused.
• rustynes-core: FrameInput::apply_to / held_on are no longer const fn; FrameInput gains extra. Additive Mapper::snoops_ppu_reads / notify_ppu_read and PpuBus::notify_ppu_read, defaulted.

What landed (34 commits, by area)

• Movies: 09dab23d format 7; mobile disk-swap and coin refusals 8e8b5595.
• Lua: d279e0b0 WebSockets and OS shared memory; 3a70a4cf refuses shared-memory objects another user could squat.
• MCP: 8f83856a rustynes-mcp (ADR 0048).
• Speedrun / dumps: 141f5863 master-clock auto-timing and the memory-export block (ADR 0047); 4f347f61 rustynes dump-check; 4e9b6e96 escapes control characters from DAT/database strings.
• Desktop / web: A/V sync offset, Multi-Disk bundles, rebindable device keys, emu-thread priority on Windows/macOS, browser drag-and-drop, Vs. DualSystem in the canvas embed, the RA proxy base read at init.
• Core: dd08b212 the MMC5 detects scanlines from PPU reads as the NESdev page describes; 45b7e406 coverage baselines; 08aad734 one HostWarning definition.
• Hosted: d5c4af40 TURN back on (deploy after merge, then the live gates); e87fa09e empty credentials refused; 0c8adb62 one relay-URL validator.
• Provenance: 4c1fde15 the Power Pad serial layout recorded as derived from Mesen2 (header, section 1 row, NOTICE). No code change.
• Release: e9433727 the bump, anchors and notes.

Verification (local, on e9433727's tree)

• cargo test --workspace --features test-roms,commercial-roms --no-fail-fast: 3,920 passed, 0 failed, 19 ignored (the first run's one failure, release_anchor_audit, was a ROADMAP sentence fixed in the cut and re-run 18/0); commercial suites 60/0, 169/0, 6/0.
• fmt; clippy --workspace --all-targets -D warnings plus scripting, scripting,hd-pack, retroachievements, full, both wasm32 builds and rustynes-cosim; rustdoc -D warnings; thumbv7em no_std; markdownlint. All clean.
• pre-release.sh: nothing definitively wrong.

Not done in this PR, on purpose

• The release notes' MiSTer pin and bitstream lines are TODO: the sibling pins to this PR's merge commit, re-verifies the goldens and compiles the bitstreams after it merges. The published release body is edited then.
• The hosted Worker is not deployed by this PR; TURN goes live at the deploy after merge.

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Note

Medium Risk
Breaking movie/project formats and emulation epoch 6 change replay and netplay compatibility; the MMC5 IRQ retiming alters timing-sensitive games, though the release documents extensive test gates.

Overview
v3.5.0 "Chorus" ships creator tooling and several compatibility breaks: .rnm format 7 records the full input stream (expansion devices, mic, Vs. coins/service, FDS disk swaps, Datach scans), .rnmproj v2, and rustynes verify v3. Emulation epoch 6 comes from retiming the MMC5 scanline IRQ to follow NESdev PPU-read detection (Mapper::snoops_ppu_reads / notify_ppu_read on the bus and PPU path), which invalidates epoch-5 movies/netplay peers and v3.4.x MMC5 save states.

New surface area includes rustynes-mcp (stdio MCP over the headless core), speedrun timing with optional --memif, rustynes dump-check, Lua WebSockets and real OS shared memory (script-ipc), desktop A/V sync offset, .rnbundle multicart/multidisk, rebindable device keys, browser drag-and-drop and Vs. DualSystem in the lightweight embed, and hosted TURN turned back on (privacy policy updated). HostWarning moves into rustynes-core for one definition across frontends.

Fixes and policy: RetroAchievements addressing is now CPU-bus identity (was wrong for cartridge RAM on native/mobile); browser file reads no longer retain buffers; coins and disk swaps are refused during netplay/playback (mobile shows toasts; relay URLs use npValidateRelayUrl); Vs. coin recording/history timeline and TURN empty-credential sanitization; FrameInput::extra and non-const apply_to/held_on. Workspace version 3.5.0, rustynes-mcp in the workspace, and release notes/CHANGELOG/README anchors updated.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Record and replay expansion-device inputs, disk changes, barcode scans, and Vs. coin inputs in movies.
  • Use speedrun timing, memory export, the MCP server, and ROM dump checks.
  • Create multi-disk and multicart bundles, customize device-key bindings, and adjust audio sync for MP4/MKV recordings.
  • Use Lua WebSockets and shared memory, browser drag-and-drop, two-screen Vs. cabinets, and additional MiSTer board support.
  • Hosted TURN relay service is available again.
• Bug Fixes
  • Corrected MMC5 scanline IRQ behavior and RetroAchievements memory addressing; improved mobile media-action feedback and relay URL validation.
• Compatibility
  • Movie and project formats have been updated. Older movie formats and certain older save states are not accepted. Coin and disk-swap actions are refused during playback and netplay.

[github-actions]

Antigravity review (Gemini via Ultra)

Releases RustyNES v3.5.0 ("Chorus"), introducing .rnm format 7 with per-frame ExtraInput recording, the MMC5 PPU-read scanline detector (EMULATION_EPOCH = 6, MMC5 snapshot v7), Lua WebSocket and OS-backed shared memory, the rustynes-mcp headless MCP server, speedrun auto-timing with the RNESMEM1 shared-memory export, rustynes dump-check, desktop/web/mobile frontend features (A/V sync offset, .rnbundle multi-disk bundles, peripheral key rebinding, web drag-and-drop and DualSystem canvas, unified mobile relay URL validation), and hosted TURN validation updates.

Blocking issues

None found.

Suggestions

• observe.rs and session.rs: nametable_text is always invoked with hardcoded nametable 0 (observe::nametable_text(&mut self.nes, 0)), even when the game is scrolled into nametables 1–3 (p.ctrl & 3 != 0). Consider selecting the active base nametable from PPUCTRL ((p.ctrl & 3) as usize) or exposing an optional nametable index on ObserveArgs.
• dump_check.rs: In XmlScanner::next, <!DOCTYPE ...> declarations are skipped by advancing to the first '>'. Standard Logiqx/No-Intro DAT files frequently embed an inline internal DTD subset (<!DOCTYPE datafile [ <!ELEMENT ...> ... ]>); stopping at the first '>' inside [...] leaves the internal declarations to be scanned as top-level tags. When '[' appears before '>' in a <!DOCTYPE header, advancing past "]>" avoids scanning internal DTD elements.
• bundle.rs: read_rom_or_bundle enforces read_bounded (MAX_IMAGE_BYTES) for .rnbundle slots, but falls back to an unbounded std::fs::read(path) for standalone ROM paths. Applying a bounded read (such as the 64 MiB cap in dump_check.rs) on the non-bundle path as well would prevent unbounded allocation if a user passes a large non-ROM file.
• wasm_file.rs: In read_file_bytes, if reader.read_as_array_buffer(file) returns Err, the Closure::once_into_js assigned to onloadend is never invoked or detached, leaving a reference cycle between reader and reader_for_cb. Calling reader.set_onloadend(None) in the Err branch releases the closure immediately.

Nitpicks

• session.rs: Passing duplicate entries in ObserveArgs::layers (e.g. ["frame", "frame"]) re-encodes the PNG and appends duplicate text blocks; deduplicating layers before iteration avoids redundant work.
• speedrun.rs: SplitsDefinition::parse silently overwrites start or reset when a .rnsplits file contains duplicate start = or reset = directives; returning SplitsError on duplicates would surface copy-paste mistakes in split files.

_{Automated first-pass review by agy on a self-hosted runner -- not a human review.}

Earlier review rounds (newest first)

Round reviewed at 2026-10-23 03:05 UTC

Antigravity review (Gemini via Ultra)

This PR cuts the v3.5.0 "Chorus" release (EMULATION_EPOCH = 6), adding the rustynes-mcp headless MCP server, speedrun/LiveSplit/shared-memory and TAS/Lua/debugger tooling, a --verify-dump CLI checker, MMC5 scanline IRQ timing and Phase F3b MiSTer mapper parity, and hosted TURN/workflow hardening.

Blocking issues

None found.

Suggestions

• ws_thread in script_host.rs: ws_connect can block for up to WS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (10 s). If the Lua script calls comm.ws_close() or opens a replacement socket while the handshake is in flight, ws_thread unconditionally pushes CommResult::WsState with open: true at line 567 before polling out_rx, emitting a spurious open state for an already-cancelled connection before closing on the first loop iteration. Check out_rx.try_recv() for WsOut::Close or TryRecvError::Disconnected before emitting open: true.
• Trigger::evaluate in speedrun.rs: each condition calls Operand::value on left and right (lines 568–569) and then immediately calls Operand::advance on left and right (lines 585–586), performing two identical read_mem bus peeks per memory operand every frame. Returning or caching the raw sample during evaluation to update prev/prior avoids doubling the per-frame reads.
• read_file_once in wasm_file.rs: reader.set_onloadend(Some(...)) is registered at line 42 before reader.read_as_array_buffer(file) at line 43. If read_as_array_buffer returns Err(_), onloadend never fires to take slot and clear the handler, leaking the Rc<RefCell<Option<Closure<...>>>> reference cycle. Clear reader.set_onloadend(None) and slot.borrow_mut().take() in the error branch before returning false.

Nitpicks

• Host::pause in host.rs: locks self.inner.session at line 135 to call Session::set_running, drops the guard, and immediately re-locks self.inner.session at line 139 to read s.nes().frame(). Holding the single guard across both lines avoids the redundant lock acquisition.

_{Automated first-pass review by agy on a self-hosted runner -- not a human review.}

Round reviewed at 2026-10-23 02:32 UTC

Antigravity review (Gemini via Ultra)

This PR cuts the v3.5.0 "Chorus" release, adding the rustynes-mcp stdio MCP server, the rustynes-tas speedrun/splits crate with --memif shared-memory export and LiveSplit Server TCP output, mobile RetroAchievements + netplay client parity, peripheral keyboard rebinding, the MiSTer F3b board/SavestateUI sync, and release documentation.

Blocking issues

• Unloading a ROM in a --memif session leaves FLAG_GAME and stale game/timer state published in shared memory (speedrun_host.rs, emu.rs, memory-export-interface.md): SpeedrunHost::no_game is implemented to clear self.rom and self.timer and call MemIfExporter::publish_empty, but EmuCore::clear_rom never calls self.speedrun.no_game(). Once a ROM has been loaded, closing or unloading it leaves bit 0 of flags (FLAG_GAME) set and the previous game's SHA-256, work RAM, and timer fields live in the shared-memory block, violating the documented contract in memory-export-interface.md.

Suggestions

• Add an explicit Ordering::Acquire fence before the trailing sequence read in DocReader::snapshot (memif.rs): DocReader::snapshot performs self.0.atomic_u32(0x14).load(Ordering::Acquire), copies the payload with non-atomic volatile reads via self.0.read_bytes(0, &mut b), and then checks self.0.atomic_u32(0x14).load(Ordering::Acquire) == s1. An Acquire load prevents later reads from floating before it, but does not prevent earlier non-atomic payload reads in read_bytes from being reordered after the second sequence load on weakly ordered architectures (e.g. AArch64). Insert std::sync::atomic::fence(Ordering::Acquire) between read_bytes and the second seq load, matching mmf_read_region.
• Clear latched peripheral state on key rebind (input.rs, app.rs): When rebinding or clearing a FamilyKey, PowerPad, or Microphone binding via InputState::reload_bindings while the previously bound key is held, self.family_keyboard, self.power_pad, and self.microphone are not reset, so releasing the old key no longer matches the slot and leaves the bit stuck until reset.
• Clarify or guard Session::lua_eval while the MCP background runner is active (session.rs, session.rs): Unlike step_frames, step_instructions, write_ram, reset, and fork_adopt, Session::lua_eval does not call self.refuse_while_running("lua_eval"). Running a Lua snippet while running is true takes two full emulator snapshots (before and after) and executes up to DEFAULT_INSTRUCTION_BUDGET VM instructions while holding the session mutex between background frames; either guard it with refuse_while_running or document that live mid-run evaluation is intentional.

Nitpicks

• SpeedrunHost::no_game has no caller outside tests once wired into EmuCore::clear_rom; add a regression test covering ROM unload after on_rom_loaded with --memif active.

_{Automated first-pass review by agy on a self-hosted runner -- not a human review.}

Round reviewed at 2026-10-23 02:15 UTC

Antigravity review (Gemini via Ultra)

This PR cuts the v3.5.0 "Chorus" release, adding full-peripheral movie recording (.rnm format 7, .rnmproj v2, attestation v3), Lua WebSocket and OS shared-memory support, the rustynes-mcp headless MCP server, speedrun auto-timing with a shared-memory export interface (--splits / --memif), the rustynes dump-check ROM verification tool, desktop/web frontend additions (.rnbundle manifests, A/V sync offset, peripheral key rebinding, web drag-and-drop, and wasm-canvas VsDualSystem support), the re-enabled hosted TURN relay with stricter ICE sanitization, and the cycle-stepped MMC5 scanline detector (EMULATION_EPOCH 6, MMC5 save-state v7).

Blocking issues

None found.

Suggestions

• Seqlock reader ordering in test helpers (memif.rs and script_host.rs): In DocReader::snapshot (memif.rs:285-286) and read_region_by_name (script_host.rs:1070-1071), the reader copies the non-atomic payload with read_bytes and then checks atomic_u32(...).load(Ordering::Acquire) == s1 without a preceding std::sync::atomic::fence(Ordering::Acquire). Under the Rust/C++11 memory model, a trailing load(Ordering::Acquire) only prevents subsequent memory operations from being reordered before it; it does not prevent the preceding non-atomic read_bytes from being reordered after the second sequence check on weakly ordered architectures (such as ARM64). Both helpers should issue std::sync::atomic::fence(Ordering::Acquire) after read_bytes and before the second seq.load(Ordering::Relaxed), matching production mmf_read_region.
• Unescaped XML entities in nes20db.xml game title comments (dump_check.rs and dump_check.rs): Nes20Db::parse extracts the game title from the <!-- ... --> comment preceding each <game> element, but XmlScanner::next_item only runs unescape on attribute values (XmlItem::Open), not XmlItem::Comment. Titles in nes20db.xml comments containing XML entities (such as & or ') will remain escaped in Nes20Match::Listed::name and in the human/JSON reports.
• Unbounded file reads in CLI/bundle paths (speedrun_cli.rs, speedrun_host.rs, and bundle.rs): speedrun_cli::run_inner reads --rom and --bios with raw std::fs::read, SpeedrunHost::new reads --splits with raw std::fs::read_to_string, and read_rom_or_bundle reads non-bundle paths with std::fs::read while bounding bundle slots via read_bounded(..., MAX_IMAGE_BYTES). Applying bounded reads (as dump_check.rs and rustynes-mcp do) would prevent unbounded memory allocation if pointed at an oversized file or FIFO.
• lua_eval snapshot overhead while real-time runner is active (session.rs): Unlike mutating tools, lua_eval is permitted while the real-time runner thread is active (running == true), holding the Session mutex while taking two full self.nes.snapshot() copies and executing up to DEFAULT_INSTRUCTION_BUDGET Lua VM instructions. Calling lua_eval during a real-time run will stall the runner thread's 60 Hz frame pacing; consider either requiring pause before lua_eval or skipping the post-execution self.nes.snapshot() != before check in release builds (e.g. debug_assert_eq!) once the read-only LuaHost invariant is covered by tests.

Nitpicks

• speedrun.rs (Trigger::evaluate): Each condition evaluates cond.left.value(read) / cond.right.value(read) in the first loop and then re-reads the same memory addresses in cond.left.advance(read) / cond.right.advance(read) in the second loop; passing the already-sampled values to advance would avoid duplicate memory reads per frame.
• speedrun.rs (SplitsDefinition::parse): Duplicate start or reset keys are rejected with SplitsParseError::DuplicateKey, whereas duplicate game or category keys silently overwrite the earlier value.

_{Automated first-pass review by agy on a self-hosted runner -- not a human review.}

Round reviewed at 2026-10-23 01:47 UTC

Antigravity review (Gemini via Ultra)

This PR cuts the v3.5.0 "Chorus" release, adding the rustynes-mcp stdio server, the rustynes-check-dump ROM verifier, OS-backed SharedRegion shared-memory IPC, multi-ROM .nesbundle manifests (bundle.rs), movie-format v7 and emulation-epoch 6 with an MMC5 scanline-detector timing fix, and five additional mapper implementations (mappers 116, 353, 356, 357, and 360).

Blocking issues

None found.

Suggestions

• Windows vs. POSIX SharedRegion::len divergence in sys::create: On Windows, when SharedRegion::create creates a fresh mapping (!existed), it stores the caller's unrounded len, whereas SharedRegion::open (and create when existed is true) sets len to info.RegionSize from VirtualQuery, which CreateFileMappingW rounds up to the OS page size. As a result, writer.len() and reader.len() differ on Windows for any non-page-multiple size (unlike POSIX, where ftruncate sets the exact byte length). Recording size consistently or storing a small header when exact byte length matters to SharedRegion callers directly (outside MmfStore) would make the cross-platform semantics uniform.
• Resizing an existing POSIX shm object in sys::create: When shm_open(..., O_CREAT | O_EXCL) returns EEXIST and falls back to opening the existing object (created = false), sys::create calls ftruncate(fd, want) if have < len. On macOS (XNU), ftruncate only succeeds once on a newly created POSIX shared-memory segment and returns EINVAL on subsequent calls; on Linux, growing an existing segment in place can race with concurrent readers. Returning a clear capacity error when !created && have < len (matching the Windows branch at shm.rs:744-750) or unlinking before recreating would avoid platform-specific failures.
• Incomplete PPU scroll-latch (t/w) tracking in PpuAddrModel::access: PpuAddrModel::access flips second_write on $2005 (PPUSCROLL) writes ((5, true) => self.second_write = !self.second_write), but never updates t_hi on $2000 (PPUCTRL) or $2005 writes. If a ROM performs an odd number of $2005 writes before writing $2006, the next $2006 write is treated as the second write and latches vram_addr using a stale t_hi, which can misclassify whether subsequent $2007 writes hit $0000-$1FFF (CHR-RAM).
• Unbounded std::fs::read on non-bundle ROM paths and auto-discovered soft patches in read_rom_or_bundle and app.rs: bundle::read_rom_or_bundle bounds each .nesbundle slot with read_bounded (MAX_IMAGE_BYTES), and dump_check::check_path caps reads at MAX_ROM_FILE_BYTES, but the non-bundle fallback at bundle.rs:391 and the sibling .bps/.ups/.ips patch reads in App::load_startup_rom and App::load_rom_at still call unbounded std::fs::read. Using read_bounded there as well would prevent accidental large-file allocations.

Nitpicks

• device_keys_ui in input_rebind_panel.rs: Calls DeviceKeyConfig::normalized (cloning and reassigning both Vec<String>s) and allocates slots: Vec<Slot> on every GUI frame even when power_pad.len() == 12, family_basic_keyboard.len() == 72, and both collapsing headers are closed.
• XmlScanner::next in dump_check.rs: Skipping <!DOCTYPE ...> via tag.find('>') stops at the first > inside an inline <!DOCTYPE datafile [ <!ELEMENT ...> ]> internal subset rather than the closing ]>; harmless for standard No-Intro/TOSEC DATs because <game>/<machine> tags follow afterwards, but easy to handle cleanly if internal subsets are encountered.

_{Automated first-pass review by agy on a self-hosted runner -- not a human review.}

Round reviewed at 2026-10-23 01:02 UTC

Antigravity review (Gemini via Ultra)

This PR cuts release v3.5.0 ("Chorus"), introducing .rnm movie format 7 (recording expansion devices, microphone, Vs. coin drops, FDS disk swaps, and Datach barcodes), Lua WebSocket and POSIX/Win32 shared-memory APIs, the rustynes-mcp headless MCP server, speedrun auto-timing and the memif shared-memory export block, the rustynes dump-check ROM verification subcommand, multi-disk .rnbundle manifests, the MMC5 scanline IRQ timing fix (EMULATION_EPOCH 6), unified mobile relay URL validation, and re-enabled Cloudflare TURN support.

Blocking issues

None found.

Suggestions

• Contradictory memif address-mapping specification after the RetroAchievements $6000-$7FFF flat-address fix: This PR updated crates/rustynes-cheevos/src/memory.rs, crates/rustynes-core/src/speedrun.rs, and the condition-grammar section of docs/memory-export-interface.md so that RetroAchievements NES addresses map 1:1 to CPU-bus addresses ($6000-$7FFF is 0x6000-0x7FFF, not 0x0800-0x27FF). However, docs/memory-export-interface.md, docs/adr/0047-a-published-memory-export-block-for-speedrun-tools.md, and crates/rustynes-frontend/src/memif.rs (as well as the test comment at crates/rustynes-frontend/src/memif.rs) still state that the memif block lays out the RetroAchievements flat space at 0x0100 + x for both RAM windows (x < 0x2800). Because cartridge RAM is at 0x0900..0x2900 in the 0x2B00-byte memif block while RA conditions address $6000-$7FFF at 0x6000..=0x7FFF, indexing the block at 0x0100 + x for cartridge RAM is out of bounds (0x6100..=0x80FF); the memif offset for $6000-$7FFF is 0x0900 + (x - 0x6000).
• write_ram is not refused while the real-time MCP runner is active: crates/rustynes-mcp/src/host.rs documents that timeline-mutating tools are refused while the real-time runner is active (run mode), and step_frames, step_instructions, reset, and fork_adopt all guard with Session::refuse_while_running. Session::write_ram mutates console RAM and resets self.journal = Journal::started(&self.nes) without calling self.refuse_while_running("write_ram")?, which will silently wipe the active recording journal if called during a real-time run.
• Unmasked vs_coin in ExtraInput::attestation_bytes: encode_events masks c.vs_coin & 0b11 when encoding .rnm format 7 streams, and DeviceInput::payload masks all device bitfields, but ExtraInput::attestation_bytes writes out[at + 1] = e.vs_coin; without & 0b11. If an ExtraInput is constructed in memory with bits 2..=7 set on vs_coin, the in-memory movie attestation digest will not match the digest after saving and reloading the .rnm file.
• Check segment ownership before polling size in scripts/memif/reference_splitter.py: open_block loops waiting for shm.size >= LAYOUT_SIZE before returning shm to main, where owned_by_me is checked. If another local user squats on the shared-memory name with a 0-byte or undersized segment, open_block spins for the full 30-second timeout and exits with code 2 ("no block named ...") instead of immediately failing the ownership/mode check with exit code 1.

Nitpicks

• crates/rustynes-core/src/dump_check.rs: parse_hex and xml_unescape duplicate helpers of the same name in crates/rustynes-core/src/game_db.rs; consider sharing them within rustynes-core.

_{Automated first-pass review by agy on a self-hosted runner -- not a human review.}

Round reviewed at 2026-10-23 00:31 UTC

Antigravity review (Gemini via Ultra)

This PR cuts release v3.5.0 ("Chorus"), adding .rnm format 7 non-controller movie inputs, Lua WebSockets and OS shared memory, the rustynes-mcp headless MCP server, speedrun auto-timing with a shared-memory export block (--memif), rustynes dump-check, desktop/web frontend features, the MMC5 scanline IRQ fix (EMULATION_EPOCH 6), and MiSTer Phase F3b off-die boards and peripherals.

Blocking issues

• Race between Host::resume and Host::pause in host.rs can leave a background runner active after pause or spawn duplicate runner threads. resume flips self.inner.running to true via compare_exchange before locking session or runner, and pause flips self.inner.running to false via swap before locking runner (in join_runner) or session.
  1. If pause executes after resume passes compare_exchange(false, true) but before resume stores Some(handle) in self.inner.runner, pause sees runner == None, marks session.set_running(false), and returns "running": false; resume then marks session.set_running(true) and spawns mcp-realtime.
  2. If a second resume arrives after pause resets running to false, its compare_exchange(false, true) also succeeds while the first resume is still between compare_exchange and thread::Builder::spawn. Both calls then spawn mcp-realtime threads that see running == true, stepping the same Session concurrently and overwriting the first JoinHandle in self.inner.runner.
  • Guard the running transition, session.set_running(...), and thread spawn/join under self.inner.runner (or a single lifecycle mutex).

Suggestions

• Use bounded reads instead of metadata().len() pre-checks in read_capped and main. Both check std::fs::metadata(path)?.len() > MAX_*_BYTES and then call std::fs::read(path). As noted in bundle::read_bounded in this PR, a FIFO or device node (such as /dev/zero) reports len() == 0 and streams without bound in std::fs::read. Use File::open(path)?.take(limit + 1).read_to_end(...) in both places.
• Handle or clear break_hit in Session::step_instructions. step_instructions calls self.nes.step_instruction() in a loop without checking self.nes.take_break_hit(). If an instruction crosses an execution breakpoint, step_instructions neither stops at the breakpoint nor clears break_hit, leaving a stale latch set on Nes.
• Continue reading the socket during close when inbound bytes are over budget in ws_thread. When closing_since.is_some() and pending.load() > WS_INBOUND_BUDGET, the loop sleeps and continues before socket.read(), so it never reads the peer's close frame and always stalls for the full 10-second WS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT before reporting open: false. When closing_since.is_some(), read and discard incoming data frames so the close handshake can finish immediately.

Nitpicks

• reference_splitter.py: On POSIX, if open_block opens the segment in the brief window between the producer's shm_open(..., O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0o600) and ftruncate/write_header, check_posix_owner passes, SharedMemory maps a 0-byte region, and snapshot's buf[:LAYOUT_SIZE] slice returns fewer than LAYOUT_SIZE bytes, causing struct.unpack_from in decode to raise struct.error. Check shm.size >= LAYOUT_SIZE before returning from open_block.

_{Automated first-pass review by agy on a self-hosted runner -- not a human review.}

Round reviewed at 2026-10-23 00:03 UTC

Antigravity review (Gemini via Ultra)

This PR cuts the v3.5.0 "Chorus" release, adding the rustynes-mcp headless MCP server, .rnm format 7 full-peripheral movie recording, the built-in speedrun timer and LiveSplit Server / Auto Splitting Runtime integration, OS-named shared-memory regions and Lua emu.writeMMF / emu.readMMF, cartridge-switch .rnbundle manifests, FDS .qd reading/saving, and the 3.5.0 workspace version bump.

Blocking issues

• Unfinished TODO placeholders in the release notes override (.github/release-notes/v3.5.0.md): Lines 52, 54, and 60 still contain literal TODO placeholders (TODO stems and artifacts reproduce byte for byte, New bitstreams: TODO., MiSTer: TODO). Because .github/workflows/release-auto.yml prefers .github/release-notes/vX.Y.Z.md over CHANGELOG.md when publishing the GitHub Release on main, merging this file as-is will publish incomplete release notes.
• Growing a named shared-memory region while a reader has it open fails on Windows (script_host.rs, shm.rs): When MmfStore::write receives a payload larger than the existing region, it removes old from self.regions (dropping the writer's view/handle) and immediately calls SharedRegion::create under the same name. On POSIX, shm_unlink detaches the name even while a reader still holds its mapping. On Windows, there is no unlink: the kernel keeps Local\<name> alive until every handle and mapped view across all processes is closed. When an external reader (or the unit test a_larger_write_replaces_the_region in script_host.rs, which holds reader open across store.write("grow", &[2u8; 10_000]).unwrap()) still holds the first mapping open, CreateFileMappingW returns the existing 4096-byte object with ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS, and SharedRegion::create returns Err(InvalidData) ("region ... exists with 4096 bytes, 12288 needed"), failing both the resize and the unit test on Windows.

Suggestions

• Stale Prior (p) operand value on the first frame after reset_history (speedrun.rs): Operand::reset_history clears *delta = None but leaves *prior untouched. Because Trigger::evaluate calls Operand::value before Operand::advance re-seeds *prior = now on delta.is_none(), a Modifier::Prior operand in a start condition evaluated on the frame immediately following a state load or reset while Idle will read the stale pre-reset prior instead of now. Have Modifier::Prior return if delta.is_some() { *prior } else { now } in Operand::value (matching Modifier::Delta).
• Same-stem soft-patching checks the .rnbundle path instead of the active slot's ROM path (app.rs, app.rs): In both load_startup_rom and load_rom_at, patch::apply_same_stem_patch(path, &bytes) is passed path (which is the .rnbundle manifest path when loading a bundle) rather than loaded_bundle.slots[loaded_bundle.active_slot].path. That causes a <bundle>.ips/.bps/.ups file to be applied to every slot in the bundle while per-cartridge <slot_rom>.ips patches are ignored.

Nitpicks

• Outdated "Not done" note on .rnm non-controller input (docs/mcp-server.md, 0048-an-mcp-server-over-the-headless-core.md): Both documents state that .rnm does not carry Zapper, microphone, Vs. coins, or FDS disk events until T-MOVIE-INPUT-STREAM, which lands in this same PR as .rnm format 7 (only the MCP tool schema itself remains controller-only).

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🟡 Changes recommended

Unresolved memory retention and suppressed result-file errors affect the reliability of the new tooling.

3 open issues

• Propagate JSON write failures for completed runs · New
• Drain pending audio after each headless frame · New
• Clean up per-drop FileReader callbacks · New

What changed in this PR

Prepares v3.5.0 “Chorus,” extending RustyNES’s creator tools and recording support while updating deterministic-emulation compatibility, platform integrations and release metadata.

Changes:

• Adds headless MCP and speedrun tooling, memory export, dump checking and frontend controls.
• Updates movie input coverage and MMC5 read notifications, with epoch 6 and revised regression baselines.
• Tightens hosted TURN responses and mobile session handling, and synchronizes documentation and release versions.

File	Description
to-dos/​plans/​v3.8.0-plan.md	Defers MiSTer VRC7 audio to v3.8.0.
to-dos/​plans/​v3.5.0-plan.md	Records completed work and release deferrals.
to-dos/​mister/​TASKS.md	Records save-engine and mutation-gate completion.
to-dos/​DEFERRED-AND-CARRYOVER-FEATURES.md	Updates delivered frontend feature status.
services/​hosted/​wrangler.jsonc	Enables TURN and updates client version.
services/​hosted/​test/​turn.test.ts	Covers unusable TURN responses and refunds.
services/​hosted/​test/​ra-glue.test.ts	Tests initialization-time proxy configuration.
services/​hosted/​src/​turn.ts	Rejects empty credentials and STUN-only responses.
services/​hosted/​package.json	Updates hosted-service version.
services/​hosted/​package-lock.json	Synchronizes hosted-service lockfile version.
scripts/​memif/​two_build_check.sh	Adds a two-build memory-export verification gate.
PRIVACY.md	Updates disclosures for re-enabled TURN.
NOTICE	Records Power Pad derivation.
mkdocs.yml	Adds MCP and dump-check navigation.
ios/​RustyNES/​NetplayModel.swift	Uses shared relay-URL validation.
ios/​RustyNES/​GameView.swift	Displays disk-swap and coin refusals.
ios/​RustyNES/​EmulatorCore.swift	Propagates disk-swap and coin errors.
ios/​project.yml	Updates iOS marketing version.
docs/​user-guide/​menus.md	Documents Multi-Disk bundles and menus.
docs/​user-guide/​getting-started.md	Documents browser file drops.
docs/​user-guide/​controls.md	Documents rebindable device keys.
docs/​ppu-2c02.md	Documents PPU-read notifications.
docs/​pixel-provenance.md	Documents non-controller input attestation.
docs/​originality-and-provenance.md	Adds the Power Pad derivation record.
docs/​netplay-webrtc.md	Documents shared relay-URL validation.
docs/​mappers.md	Updates MMC5 detection and barcode recording behavior.
docs/​DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md	Indexes memory-export and MCP specifications.
docs/​creator-tools.md	Updates movie input coverage and compatibility.
docs/​cheevos-browser.md	Documents initialization-time proxy resolution.
docs/​android.md	Documents mobile session refusals.
docs/​adr/​0047-a-published-memory-export-block-for-speedrun-tools.md	Defines timing and memory-export contracts.
docs/​adr/​0044-movies-and-netplay-carry-the-emulation-options.md	Records movie format 7 input changes.
docs/​adr/​0016-host-mediated-script-ipc.md	Records WebSocket and shared-memory decisions.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_real_games__external_mmc5_uchuu_keibitai_sdf.snap	Updates MMC5 framebuffer baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_real_games__external_mmc5_castlevania_3.snap	Updates MMC5 audio baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_159_BandaiLZ93D50_24C01_Dragon_Ball_Z_Kyoushuu_Saiya_Jin_Japan.snap	Adds mapper 159 regression baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_085_VRC7_Tiny_Toon_Adventures_2_Montana_Land_e_Youkoso_J.snap	Adds VRC7 regression baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_016_BandaiFCG_Dragon_Ball_Z_II_Gekishin_Freeza_Japan_Rev_1.snap	Adds Bandai FCG regression baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_016_BandaiFCG_Dragon_Ball_Z_Gaiden_Saiya_Jin_Zetsumetsu_Keikaku_Japan.snap	Adds Bandai FCG regression baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_016_BandaiFCG_Dragon_Ball_Daimaou_Fukkatsu_Japan.snap	Adds Bandai FCG regression baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_016_BandaiFCG_Crayon_Shin_chan_Ora_to_Poi_Poi_Japan.snap	Adds Bandai FCG regression baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_005_MMC5_L_Empereur_zip.snap	Updates MMC5 audio baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_005_MMC5_Gemfire_zip.snap	Updates MMC5 audio baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshots/​external_coverage__mapper_005_MMC5_Castlevania_III_Dracula_s_Curse.snap	Updates MMC5 audio baseline.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​tests/​snapshot_schema_audit.rs	Accounts for cached PPU-read capability.
crates/​rustynes-test-harness/​golden/​epoch_fingerprint.tsv	Advances the fingerprint epoch to 6.
crates/​rustynes-ppu/​src/​ppu.rs	Reports memory reads to interested mappers.
crates/​rustynes-ppu/​src/​bus.rs	Adds the PPU-read notification hook.
crates/​rustynes-netplay/​testdata/​relay_urls.tsv	Adds shared relay-URL validation cases.
crates/​rustynes-mcp/​tests/​common/​rom.rs	Adds a synthetic input-sensitive ROM fixture.
crates/​rustynes-mcp/​tests/​common/​mod.rs	Adds shared MCP test helpers.
crates/​rustynes-mcp/​src/​main.rs	Adds the stdio MCP server entry point.
crates/​rustynes-mcp/​src/​input.rs	Parses named controller inputs.
crates/​rustynes-mcp/​Cargo.toml	Defines the headless MCP crate.
crates/​rustynes-mappers/​src/​mapper.rs	Adds mapper read-snooping capability and tests.
crates/​rustynes-libretro/​rustynes_libretro.info	Updates the displayed core version.
crates/​rustynes-gamedb/​src/​lib.rs	Exposes CRC-32 for dump checking.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​web/​cheevos/​README.md	Updates proxy initialization guidance.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​web/​cheevos/​ra_glue.js	Resolves the proxy base at session initialization.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​src/​wasm_winit.rs	Adds browser drag-and-drop loading.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​src/​speedrun_cli.rs	Adds headless movie timing and result output.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​src/​movie_ui.rs	Updates recording lifecycle documentation.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​src/​main.rs	Routes speedrun and dump-check commands.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​src/​lib.rs	Exposes new frontend modules.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​src/​i18n.rs	Adds interface strings and updates scan guidance.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​src/​debugger/​settings_panel.rs	Adds the recording A/V offset control.
crates/​rustynes-frontend/​Cargo.toml	Wires IPC and memory-export dependencies.
crates/​rustynes-cosim/​Cargo.toml	Updates the excluded crate’s version.
crates/​rustynes-cosim/​Cargo.lock	Synchronizes first-party package versions.
crates/​rustynes-core/​src/​lib.rs	Exports movie inputs, warnings and timing tools.
crates/​rustynes-core/​src/​input_device.rs	Adds Power Pad provenance comments only.
crates/​rustynes-core/​src/​host_warning.rs	Centralizes host warning codes and messages.
crates/​rustynes-core/​src/​hardware_options.rs	Advances the emulation epoch to 6.
Cargo.toml	Adds MCP membership and sets v3.5.0.
ARCHITECTURE.md	Updates the applicable release version.
android/​app/​src/​main/​java/​com/​doublegate/​rustynes/​Netplay.kt	Uses shared relay-URL validation.
android/​app/​src/​main/​java/​com/​doublegate/​rustynes/​MainActivity.kt	Displays disk-swap and coin refusals.
android/​app/​build.gradle.kts	Updates Android release identifiers.

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🟡 Minor · The MMC5 IRQ fact in "Architecture — load-bearing facts" is now stale. · AGENTS.md:174

AGENTS.md:174
📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The MMC5 IRQ fact in "Architecture — load-bearing facts" is now stale.

Line 174 says MMC5 "uses different scanline detection via notify_scanline_start / notify_vblank". This PR replaces that model. The MMC5 now detects scanlines from PPU reads:

• PpuBus::notify_ppu_read reports every read.
• The core forwards it only to a board whose Mapper::snoops_ppu_reads is true.

CHANGELOG.md lines 275-296 and the release notes describe this. An agent that follows this paragraph would look for the MMC5 IRQ in the wrong hooks. The path instruction says: "Flag documentation that drifts from the code it describes."

Proposed fix

-**Mapper IRQ logic lives in the mapper, not the PPU.** The PPU calls `Mapper::notify_a12(level)` on every A12 transition; the mapper internally filters (MMC3's "3 falling edges of M2" lives in the MMC3 impl). MMC5 uses different scanline detection via `notify_scanline_start` / `notify_vblank`. VRC2/4/6, Sunsoft FME-7, and Namco 163 tick on `notify_cpu_cycle()`.
+**Mapper IRQ logic lives in the mapper, not the PPU.** The PPU calls `Mapper::notify_a12(level)` on every A12 transition; the mapper internally filters (MMC3's "3 falling edges of M2" lives in the MMC3 impl). Since v3.5.0 the MMC5 detects scanlines from the PPU's reads (`Mapper::notify_ppu_read`, forwarded only to a board whose `snoops_ppu_reads` is true). VRC2/4/6, Sunsoft FME-7, and Namco 163 tick on `notify_cpu_cycle()`.

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Review comment at @AGENTS.md at line 174:
Update the MMC5 IRQ description in “Architecture — load-bearing facts” to
reflect its PPU-read scanline detection: reads are reported through
PpuBus::notify_ppu_read and forwarded only when Mapper::snoops_ppu_reads is
true. Remove the stale notify_scanline_start / notify_vblank description and
leave the other mapper IRQ details unchanged.

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🟡 Minor · The Supported Versions table still marks 3.4.x as the current line. · SECURITY.md:13

SECURITY.md:13
📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The Supported Versions table still marks 3.4.x as the current line.

Line 5 now names v3.5.0 "Chorus" as the current release. The table directly below still says | 3.4.x | Yes | The current line | and has no 3.5.x row. A reporter who reads the table will treat 3.4.x as the fully supported line and 3.5.x as unlisted. The prose above says fixes land only in the latest release.

Proposed fix

-| 3.4.x         | Yes       | The current line |
+| 3.5.x         | Yes       | The current line |
+| 3.4.x         | Partial   | Fixes are shipped forward into the current line, not backported |

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Review comment at @SECURITY.md at line 13:
Update the Supported Versions table in SECURITY.md to reflect v3.5.0 as the
current release: mark 3.5.x as the current line and describe 3.4.x support as
partial, consistent with the policy that fixes are shipped only in the latest
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🟡 Minor · Update the ADR range in the Subdirectories table. · DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md:68

docs/DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md:68
📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update the ADR range in the Subdirectories table.

Line 68 still says "Architecture Decision Records (Michael Nygard format), 0001–0045". This PR adds index rows that reference ADR 0047 (memory export) and ADR 0048 (MCP server). ADR 0046 (netplay HMAC, v3.4.0) is also missing from the range. Extend the range to 0048 and append the three topics to the list.

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Update the ADR entry in the Subdirectories table to extend its range through
0048 and include the missing topics for ADR 0046 (netplay HMAC, v3.4.0), ADR
0047 (memory export), and ADR 0048 (MCP server).

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🟡 Minor · Update the ppu_read comment, which now contradicts the detector. · m005_mmc5.rs:1474-1482

crates/rustynes-mappers/src/m005_mmc5.rs:1474-1482
📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update the ppu_read comment, which now contradicts the detector.

The comment says MMC5 "scanline detection runs from notify_scanline_start / notify_vblank". Since this change, detection runs from notify_ppu_read through the read-watching detector. notify_scanline_start / notify_vblank now only open and close render_window.

The repository treats code and docs as one spec, so this comment now misstates where the IRQ source lives. Replace the first sentence. State that CHR / nametable reads here have no side effect, and that the bus reports scanline detection reads separately through snoops_ppu_reads / notify_ppu_read.

Proposed comment fix

-        // MMC5 CHR / nametable reads have no side effect here: its scanline
-        // detection runs from `notify_scanline_start` / `notify_vblank`. A
-        // v3.2.0 import moved a nametable-snoop detector into this method,
-        // but the lockstep bus never routes nametable fetches through
-        // `ppu_read` (they go via `peek_nametable`), so the IRQ stopped
-        // firing in real play; reverted (`external_mmc5_*` caught it).
+        // MMC5 CHR / nametable reads have no side effect here. Since v3.5.0
+        // scanline detection runs from `notify_ppu_read` (the bus reports
+        // every PPU read, nametable fetches included, because this board
+        // returns `snoops_ppu_reads() == true`). A v3.2.0 detector placed in
+        // this method never saw nametable fetches (they go via
+        // `peek_nametable`), which is why it lives in the read hook instead.

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Review comment at @crates/rustynes-mappers/src/m005_mmc5.rs around lines 1474 -
1482:
Update the comment in `ppu_read` to state that CHR and nametable reads have no
side effect there, and that scanline detection reads are reported separately
through `snoops_ppu_reads` and `notify_ppu_read`; clarify that
`notify_scanline_start` and `notify_vblank` only manage `render_window`.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @.github/release-notes/v3.5.0.md:
- Around line 52-54: Update the v3.5.0 release notes to replace the TODO
placeholders with verified stem counts, bitstream details, and MiSTer status,
and correct the claim that .rbf files are attached unless they exist. Ensure
release-auto.yml cannot publish these notes while any required placeholders
remain unresolved.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-core/src/input_device.rs:
- Around line 1-2: Add the GPL-3.0-or-later SPDX identifier as the first line of
input_device.rs, and add provenance pointers to the doc comments for
PowerPadState and its reload method, referencing
docs/originality-and-provenance.md §1. Keep the existing file-level provenance
note.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-core/src/speedrun.rs:
- Around line 132-144: Update ra_flat_to_cpu to map addresses below 0x2000 to
mirrored system RAM using the 0x07ff mask, and map 0x6000 through 0x7fff
directly to CPU addresses; return None for addresses outside those ranges.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-frontend/src/app.rs:
- Around line 993-997: Update close_rom to clear self.bundle on non-WASM targets
when closing the ROM, so bundle_menu_facts no longer exposes stale slot data and
selecting a slot cannot reload the closed bundle.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-frontend/src/bundle.rs:
- Around line 256-264: Update read_bounded to enforce the limit while reading
rather than relying on metadata length, which can be zero for special files.
Read at most limit plus one byte, then return BundleError::TooLarge if the
number of bytes read exceeds limit; preserve BundleError::Io handling for open
and read failures.
- Around line 402-405: Update manifest_text_for to return Result<String,
BundleError>, propagate TOML serialization failures, and validate the serialized
manifest with Bundle::from_manifest before returning it. Update
App::new_bundle_dialog to report validation or serialization errors and skip
write_atomic when manifest_text_for fails, preserving any existing file.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-frontend/src/input.rs:
- Around line 168-177: Reject captured device-slot keys that parse_keycode
cannot resolve before applying them, and set state.status to report the refusal.
In the captured-key handling, limit this validation to Slot::Microphone,
Slot::PowerPad, and Slot::FamilyKey so player-slot behavior remains unchanged;
use an else branch rather than returning so show continues for the frame.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-frontend/src/speedrun_cli.rs:
- Around line 42-43: Update EXIT_UNFINISHED to use an exit code distinct from
clap’s usage-error code and the verify/dump-check codes, then update the docs
and rustynes help text that describe speedrun exit codes to match.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-frontend/src/wasm.rs:
- Around line 229-243: Update the drop handler that creates the FileReader to
call wasm_audio::ensure_audio() synchronously when kind is DropKind::Rom, before
starting the asynchronous file read; leave movie drops unchanged.
- Around line 310-321: In the `load_rom_bytes` flow, end any active movie
session only when `cabinet` is present, before replacing `emu.nes` or
`emu.dual`. Stop playback using the old `emu.nes` as `stop_playback` does in
`movie_play_toggle()`, and finish and save an active recording using the
existing movie-save flow.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-mcp/src/host.rs:
- Around line 149-162: Update McpServer’s resume flow to atomically claim
running before joining or preparing a runner, refusing the call if another
resume already claimed it; remove the later unconditional running store. If
spawning the runner fails, reset running and the session’s running state before
returning the error.

Review comments at @docs/adr/0016-host-mediated-script-ipc.md:
- Line 91: Update the consequence text immediately preceding the v3.5.0
completion note to remove the claim that the full WebSocket client and OS-backed
shared memory are future work, leaving one consistent current status.

Review comments at
@docs/adr/0044-movies-and-netplay-carry-the-emulation-options.md:
- Around line 148-150: Reconcile the netplay coin-insertion policy stated around
PROTOCOL_VERSION in this ADR with the actual implementation and the desktop F10
behavior documented in docs/frontend.md and the session-lockout documentation.
Make the implementation and documentation consistently describe whether coin
insertion is blocked during netplay or can desynchronize a peer; do not claim
netplay is unaffected unless that matches the implementation.

Review comments at @docs/adr/0048-an-mcp-server-over-the-headless-core.md:
- Around line 95-98: Update the ADR’s movie-input status to say format 7
supports non-controller input through FrameInput::extra, while the MCP server
exposes and exports controller-only movies. Apply the same clarification to the
movie-input section of docs/mcp-server.md.

Review comments at @docs/user-guide/getting-started.md:
- Around line 79-80: Qualify the FDS BIOS claim in the getting-started text:
state that `disksys.rom` is accepted only by `wasm-winit`, not `wasm-canvas`,
while preserving the existing dropped-ROM and `.rnm` movie information.

Review comments at @scripts/memif/reference_splitter.py:
- Around line 112-116: Update snapshot() to accept the deadline used by main()
and check it while retrying an odd OFF_SEQ value; return the established timeout
result when the deadline expires so main() can terminate the reader.

Review comments at @services/hosted/README.md:
- Around line 351-355: Update step 4 in the hosted README to expect a relay
candidate for expired or revoked credentials, and use the absence of post-expiry
billed usage as the verification criterion. Keep the change limited to the
documented expectation and billing check.

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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @AGENTS.md:
- Line 174: Update the MMC5 IRQ description in “Architecture — load-bearing
facts” to reflect its PPU-read scanline detection: reads are reported through
PpuBus::notify_ppu_read and forwarded only when Mapper::snoops_ppu_reads is
true. Remove the stale notify_scanline_start / notify_vblank description and
leave the other mapper IRQ details unchanged.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-mappers/src/m005_mmc5.rs:
- Around line 1474-1482: Update the comment in `ppu_read` to state that CHR and
nametable reads have no side effect there, and that scanline detection reads are
reported separately through `snoops_ppu_reads` and `notify_ppu_read`; clarify
that `notify_scanline_start` and `notify_vblank` only manage `render_window`.

Review comments at @docs/DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md:
- Line 68: Update the ADR entry in the Subdirectories table to extend its range
through 0048 and include the missing topics for ADR 0046 (netplay HMAC, v3.4.0),
ADR 0047 (memory export), and ADR 0048 (MCP server).

Review comments at @SECURITY.md:
- Line 13: Update the Supported Versions table in SECURITY.md to reflect v3.5.0
as the current release: mark 3.5.x as the current line and describe 3.4.x
support as partial, consistent with the policy that fixes are shipped only in
the latest release.

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Review round 1, answered in 14e6ff63. Every inline thread has its own reply. The findings below were posted outside threads.

CodeRabbit, outside the diff (4), all fixed:

• AGENTS.md (the "load-bearing facts" MMC5 line): it now says the MMC5 detects scanlines from PPU reads through notify_ppu_read, forwarded only when snoops_ppu_reads is true. notify_scanline_start / notify_vblank now only bound its render window.
• SECURITY.md: 3.5.x is the current line, and 3.4.x is Partial.
• docs/DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md: the ADR range is 0001-0048, with 0046 (the netplay session secret), 0047 (the memory-export block) and 0048 (the MCP server) added.
• m005_mmc5.rs ppu_read: the comment says that detection runs through notify_ppu_read, not this method.

Antigravity, each finding checked against the code:

• Blocking, release-notes TODOs: fixed. The lines are now true at merge and point to the sibling's notes for the pin and bitstream figures.
• Blocking, Windows shared-memory growth: confirmed. With a reader attached, the create met the old object, and the store had already dropped its mapping. The store now reopens the surviving object, revalidates its header, keeps the old capacity and data, and refuses the write with the reason. A write that fits still lands. A cfg(windows) test asserts all of that; only Windows CI can run it. docs/scripting.md states the limit.
• Stale p after reset_history: fixed as suggested. A first-frame case is covered too, and a mutation of the fix fails the test.
• Bundle patches looked up beside the manifest: confirmed. Each slot switch loads through the manifest, so <bundle>.ips patched every cartridge. bundle::patch_base now selects the slot image, and none for an FDS set. The user guide says so.
• Stale "not done" notes in docs/mcp-server.md and ADR 0048: fixed.
• A note for whoever reads that review later: its opening summary names a "LiveSplit Server / Auto Splitting Runtime integration" and FDS .qd reading and saving. This PR adds neither. The memory-export block is a fixed-layout shared-memory region, and .qd is only accepted where the FDS loader already accepted it.

Verification on 14e6ff63:

• fmt and clippy are clean: workspace, scripting, scripting,hd-pack, retroachievements, full, both wasm32 builds, and the cosim crate.
• cargo doc -D warnings is clean.
• cargo test --workspace --features test-roms: 3,675 passed, 0 failed, 14 ignored.
• rustynes-frontend --features full: 839 passed, 0 failed, 2 ignored.
• markdownlint passes.

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🟡 Minor · Bound the outbound WebSocket queue. · script_host.rs:877-913

crates/rustynes-frontend/src/script_host.rs:877-913
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Bound the outbound WebSocket queue.

WsLink::spawn creates an unbounded channel::<WsOut>(). The worker moves every CommCmd::WsSend from the bounded job queue (COMM_QUEUE_DEPTH) into this channel without waiting. The job queue therefore stops limiting memory for WebSocket sends.

The socket thread drains the channel only after the handshake finishes (up to WS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT). It also drains slowly when the peer stops reading, because a stalled write blocks for up to 10 s. A script that calls ws_send every frame in either state grows the queue without limit. NF-08 and NF-03 already bound the other script-driven queues for this reason.

Use a bounded sync_channel and drop a text message when the queue is full. This matches how the other fire-and-forget requests are handled.

ws_thread already treats TryRecvError::Disconnected as a close request. close can therefore drop the sender and not send WsOut::Close. A try_send of Close could be lost on a full queue.

Proposed change

-struct WsLink {
-    out_tx: Sender<WsOut>,
-}
+struct WsLink {
+    out_tx: SyncSender<WsOut>,
+}
@@
-        let (out_tx, out_rx) = channel::<WsOut>();
+        let (out_tx, out_rx) = sync_channel::<WsOut>(WS_OUT_QUEUE_DEPTH);
@@
     fn send(&self, text: String) {
-        let _ = self.out_tx.send(WsOut::Text(text));
+        // A full queue drops the message, like any other fire-and-forget request.
+        let _ = self.out_tx.try_send(WsOut::Text(text));
     }
@@
     fn close(self) {
-        let _ = self.out_tx.send(WsOut::Close);
+        // `ws_thread` treats a disconnected channel as a close request, after
+        // it has consumed the queued messages.
+        drop(self.out_tx);
     }

Add const WS_OUT_QUEUE_DEPTH: usize = 256; next to the other WS_* constants. ws_thread must accept &Receiver<WsOut> from sync_channel unchanged.

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Review comment at @crates/rustynes-frontend/src/script_host.rs around lines 877
- 913:
Bound the outbound WebSocket queue created in WsLink::spawn by using a sync
channel with a fixed WS_OUT_QUEUE_DEPTH. Update WsLink.send to use nonblocking
try_send so text messages are dropped when the queue is full, and update
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🔵 Trivial · Refuse an impossible detector tail in load_state instead of… · m005_mmc5.rs:2204-2209

crates/rustynes-mappers/src/m005_mmc5.rs:2204-2209
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Refuse an impossible detector tail in load_state instead of clamping it.

Line 2205 clamps det_match_count to 2. Line 2207 clamps det_idle_cycles to 3. A v7 blob whose detector fields exceed the detector's own range is therefore accepted as valid.

scanline_counter is restored raw at Line 2157. Since v3.5.0 it can only hold 0..=239, because scanline_detected resets it at 240. A hand-edited 250 loads, then wraps through 256 values before the 240 reset can fire again. No panic results, but the state does not match any state the detector can produce.

The mapper guidelines require load_state to refuse such values with MapperError::Invalid. They do not allow silent repair. Validate these three fields after the length check and before any assignment.

Proposed validation

+        let tail = expected - DETECTOR_TAIL_LEN;
+        if data[tail + 2] > 2 || data[tail + 4] > 3 {
+            return Err(MapperError::Invalid(format!(
+                "MMC5 detector tail out of range: match={} idle={}",
+                data[tail + 2],
+                data[tail + 4]
+            )));
+        }

Add a matching check that the stored scanline_counter byte is at most 239.

As per coding guidelines: "load_state must refuse any value the board's own registers cannot produce ... Validate before assigning, and return MapperError::Invalid."

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Review comment at @crates/rustynes-mappers/src/m005_mmc5.rs around lines 2204 -
2209:
In load_state, validate scanline_counter is at most 239 and the detector tail’s
match-count and idle-cycle bytes are at most 2 and 3, respectively, after
checking the blob length and before assigning any fields. Return
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @crates/rustynes-mcp/src/host.rs:
- Around line 153-156: Serialize the complete pause and resume lifecycle
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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @crates/rustynes-frontend/src/script_host.rs:
- Around line 877-913: Bound the outbound WebSocket queue created in
WsLink::spawn by using a sync channel with a fixed WS_OUT_QUEUE_DEPTH. Update
WsLink.send to use nonblocking try_send so text messages are dropped when the
queue is full, and update WsLink.close to drop the sender so ws_thread detects
disconnection and closes without relying on a potentially lost Close message.

Review comments at @crates/rustynes-mappers/src/m005_mmc5.rs:
- Around line 2204-2209: In load_state, validate scanline_counter is at most 239
and the detector tail’s match-count and idle-cycle bytes are at most 2 and 3,
respectively, after checking the blob length and before assigning any fields.
Return MapperError::Invalid for out-of-range values, and remove the silent
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• .github/release-notes/v3.5.0.md
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• SECURITY.md
• crates/rustynes-cheevos/src/memory.rs
• crates/rustynes-core/src/input_device.rs
• crates/rustynes-core/src/nes.rs
• crates/rustynes-core/src/speedrun.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/app.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/bundle.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/cli.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/debugger/input_rebind_panel.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/i18n.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/lib.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/script_host.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/speedrun_cli.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/wasm.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/wasm_file.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/wasm_winit.rs
• crates/rustynes-mappers/src/m005_mmc5.rs
• crates/rustynes-mcp/src/host.rs
• crates/rustynes-mcp/src/session.rs
• crates/rustynes-mcp/tests/gate.rs
• docs/DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md
• docs/adr/0016-host-mediated-script-ipc.md
• docs/adr/0048-an-mcp-server-over-the-headless-core.md
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Antigravity round 2, answered in ccb636d2. I checked each finding against the code. Four held and one did not.

• Blocking: resume vs pause (held). Both now run under one lifecycle mutex. The runner thread never takes that mutex, so pause can still join the runner while holding it. The new test, racing_resume_and_pause_leave_no_runner_behind, drives 8 threads storming resume and pause for 10 rounds. After the final pause, the frame count must stop moving. With the locks removed, the test fails at its 60 s deadline.
• Bounded reads in dump_check::read_capped and the MCP ROM load (held). Both now use take(limit + 1). dump-check has a /dev/zero test.
• WebSocket close under back-pressure (held). While closing, the socket thread now reads every frame and drops the data, so the peer's close frame is reached. a_close_over_the_inbound_budget_completes_promptly fails with the old condition: the close takes 10.02 s. docs/scripting.md says that messages arriving after ws_close are dropped.
• reference_splitter.py (held). open_block now waits for a full-size block.
• step_instructions leaving a stale break_hit (did not hold). Nes::break_hit is written only inside run_frame (nes.rs:866). step_instruction never latches it, so stepping cannot leave one set. Stepping deliberately runs the requested count through breakpoints, so nothing changed.

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🟡 Minor · Keep entity decoding linear in unescape. · dump_check.rs:1352-1355

crates/rustynes-frontend/src/dump_check.rs:1352-1355
🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Detected with Advanced Tier | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Denial of Service

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-407

Keep entity decoding linear in unescape.

A value such as &&&&…&; makes each invalid entity rescan the remaining suffix with rest.find(';'), producing quadratic work for an untrusted attribute within the input cap.

The fixed 16-byte bound is not behavior-preserving because numeric references can contain arbitrary leading zeroes. Cache the located semicolon while consuming invalid overlapping entities instead.

Preserve decoding while avoiding repeated scans

         let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
         let mut rest = s;
+        let mut pending_semi = None;
         while let Some(i) = rest.find('&') {
             out.push_str(&rest[..i]);
+            if let Some(semi) = pending_semi {
+                if i >= semi {
+                    pending_semi = None;
+                } else {
+                    pending_semi = Some(semi - i);
+                }
+            }
             rest = &rest[i..];
-            let Some(semi) = rest.find(';') else { break };
+            let semi = match pending_semi {
+                Some(semi) => semi,
+                None => {
+                    let Some(semi) = rest.find(';') else { break };
+                    pending_semi = Some(semi);
+                    semi
+                }
+            };
             let ent = &rest[1..semi];
             let decoded = match ent {
                 "amp" => Some('&'),
@@
             if let Some(c) = decoded {
                 out.push(c);
                 rest = &rest[semi + 1..];
+                pending_semi = None;
             } else {
                 out.push('&');
                 rest = &rest[1..];
+                pending_semi = Some(semi - 1);
             }
         }

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Review comment at @crates/rustynes-frontend/src/dump_check.rs around lines 1352
- 1355:
Update unescape to cache and adjust the located semicolon while consuming
overlapping invalid entities, reusing it instead of rescanning the remaining
suffix; preserve decoding of numeric references with arbitrarily many leading
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Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 0bb4bc6 and 6143498.

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• crates/rustynes-core/src/movie_extra.rs
• crates/rustynes-frontend/src/memif.rs
• crates/rustynes-mcp/src/session.rs
• crates/rustynes-mcp/tests/gate.rs
• docs/adr/0047-a-published-memory-export-block-for-speedrun-tools.md
• docs/memory-export-interface.md
• scripts/memif/reference_splitter.py

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[doublegate]

Antigravity rounds 3 and 4 (no blocking findings), answered in 6143498f and d3d8adc0.

Fixed:

• memif address prose. docs/memory-export-interface.md, ADR 0047 and memif.rs still said "RA flat address x at 0x0100 + x", which this PR's own RA fix made wrong. They now give the real rule:

  • RAM x is at 0x0100 + (x & 0x7FF).
  • Cartridge RAM x is at 0x0900 + (x - 0x6000).

  The offsets did not move; layout version 1 is unchanged.

• MCP write_ram during a real-time run. It is refused now, like every other timeline change. The real-time gate asserts this, and fails when the refusal is removed.

• vs_coin in attestation_bytes. It is masked to the two acceptor bits, as the encoder and replay already do. A test checks this.

• reference_splitter.py. A block another user owns is returned at once, so main() refuses it with exit 1.

• dump-check's PPU address model. It now models the whole t register, as nesdev_wiki/PPU_scrolling.xhtml gives it, so an odd number of $2005 writes hands the right t to the next $2006. A test covers it, and a mutation of the fix fails that test. Re-run over the local 443-dump corpus, the board rule still reports 0 findings, so docs/dump-check.md keeps its figures.

Not changed, and why:

• Windows len rounding and POSIX ftruncate on an existing object. MmfStore never relies on either:
  • it unlinks before it recreates;
  • it checks capacity from its own header;
  • its readers read the length field.
• Unbounded reads of a ROM or patch the user picked. The bundle path and dump-check's input are bounded now. A file the user opens directly is their choice, and the loader rejects malformed images.
• The two nitpicks: the per-frame normalise in device_keys_ui, and DOCTYPE internal subsets. Both are noted, and neither is a defect for the inputs RustyNES reads.

[doublegate]

This answers Antigravity round 4.

Blocking finding: confirmed and fixed. EmuCore::clear_rom now calls SpeedrunHost::no_game, so closing a ROM publishes the empty block with flag bit 0 clear. The next game binds on its first frame. The new test fails if that call is removed.

Fixed: seqlock ordering in the two test readers. I took the production reader's form (fence(Acquire) then a Relaxed re-check); mmf_read already used it.

Not changed:

• A held device key across a rebind. This is an edge case of rebinding a key while it is held down, and it corrects itself on the next press.
• lua_eval while the real-time runner is active. By design, observation tools answer while the machine runs; only timeline changes are refused.
• Bounded reads of --rom, --bios and --splits paths the user named. Same reasoning as the round-3 reply.

This is the last round I am acting on for this release. Later suggestions will go to the backlog, per this project's review rule.