fix(ci): refresh changed sources after restoring Cargo caches

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A fallback Cargo target cache can contain artifacts newer than the current checkout. When changed files keep their checkout timestamps, Cargo can reuse an old library even though the source has changed. A native CI run hit this by compiling a new enum-variant test against stale library metadata.

Restore cached timestamps only when source content and executable mode match. Refresh changed and newly tracked inputs after extracting the target archive. Missing, malformed, or incompatible timestamp metadata refreshes the tracked sources, preserving fallback cache reuse without trusting stale fingerprints. A changed symlink inventory also invalidates source freshness.

🧪 Validation

Real Cargo fixtures reproduce the stale Fresh result and verify that restoration forces compilation. Coverage includes changed and new files, executable-mode changes, symlink targets, and missing or legacy metadata. The cache action tests also verify that unchanged inputs retain reuse.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Build-cache restoration now handles changed files, newly tracked files, executable-permission changes, and differing symlink layouts more reliably.
  • Missing or invalid timestamp information refreshes source timestamps, helping ensure affected code is rebuilt.
  • Improved timestamp handling prevents changed source files from being mistaken for up-to-date build artifacts.
• Tests
  • Expanded coverage for timestamp restoration, new files, executable-permission changes, symlink layouts, and invalid metadata.

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Walkthrough

Source timestamp restoration now validates version-2 snapshot metadata and refreshes tracked source timestamps when snapshots are invalid or source state differs. Unchanged matching files retain their saved timestamps. Tests cover timestamp advancement, new files, executable-mode changes, and invalid metadata.

Changes

Source timestamp restoration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Snapshot validation and refresh timing .github/actions/rust-build-cache/source-mtimes.mjs	Snapshot validation checks root counts, array shapes, and source and symlink records. Refresh timestamps use wall-clock and high-resolution time. Invalid snapshots refresh tracked regular-file timestamps and return 0.
Current source restoration and coverage .github/actions/rust-build-cache/source-mtimes.mjs, .github/actions/rust-build-cache/source-mtimes.test.mjs	Roots with changed symlink layouts refresh tracked regular-file timestamps. With matching layouts, new files and files with changed content or executable bits are refreshed. Tests cover timestamp advancement and invalid metadata.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 45ff0

An out-of-range cache timestamp can fail the Cargo cache restoration step. The trigger is narrow, but bounding snapshot mtimes before restoration is warranted.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 45ff0

The changed surface does not map to a changed system, dependency edge, entrypoint, or external dependency.

Changed systems: None identified.

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in .github/actions/rust-build-cache/source-mtimes.test.mjs: The freshness test now sets a submillisecond future timestamp and requires restoration to advance the changed file’s mtime beyond its pre-restoration value instead of preserving it exactly.
• observed — Modified behavior in .github/actions/rust-build-cache/source-mtimes.test.mjs: Added coverage for source content changed to a timestamp equal to the recorded Cargo artifact: the initial build remains fresh, but restoration advances the source timestamp and causes recompilation. Replaced the prior test declaration with coverage for new files and executable mode changes.
• observed — Modified behavior in .github/actions/rust-build-cache/source-mtimes.test.mjs: Mode-change assertions now require timestamps to be advanced; tracked added files receive fresh timestamps. Added parameterized tests showing missing, malformed, null, or malformed-entry metadata invalidates restoration, advances the affected source timestamp, causes one recompilation, and then permits a fresh build.
• observed — Modified behavior in .github/actions/rust-build-cache/source-mtimes.mjs: Adds the performance import used to calculate a high-resolution current-time bound.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 16.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: refreshing changed source timestamps after restoring Cargo caches to prevent stale artifacts.
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🟡 Minor · Reject out-of-range snapshot mtimes. · source-mtimes.mjs:72

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject out-of-range snapshot mtimes.

validSnapshot accepts any finite mtimeMs. When the hash and executable mode match, utimesSync receives file.mtimeMs / 1000. A value such as 1e300 can cause utimesSync to throw EINVAL instead of using the refresh path.

Bound mtimeMs to a range accepted by utimesSync on supported runners.

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Review comment at @.github/actions/rust-build-cache/source-mtimes.mjs at line
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Update validSnapshot to reject mtimeMs values outside the range accepted by
utimesSync on supported runners, so invalid snapshot timestamps use the refresh
path instead of causing utimesSync to throw.

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- Line 72: Update validSnapshot to reject mtimeMs values outside the range
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the refresh path instead of causing utimesSync to throw.

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