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Closes LAB-413.

Problem

encodeMapEntries materialised every utf8Strict key encoding (N Uint8Array allocations) and ran the full byte-order sort before encodeMapHeader's collection-size cap fired — and the key-encoding phase never passes through pushChunk, so the byte budget gave no backstop during that phase either. CWE-770/CWE-400, availability-only, args-profile reachable when a @cache-wrapped function takes a request-derived map/object argument. Filed by the LAB-375 panel as the map/object twin of the Set fix in #72.

Fix

  • checkCollectionSize(entries.length, 'map') as the first statement of encodeMapEntries — before any key is UTF-8-encoded or sorted. Map keys are unique by construction (unlike Sets, no dedupe can shrink the count), so the up-front check has identical accept/reject semantics to the old post-sort check.
  • The Map branch additionally pre-checks the O(1) .size so an over-cap Map is rejected before its entry tuples are even built.
  • encodeMapHeader's own check stays as the emitter backstop, symmetric with encodeArrayHeader.

Byte invariance

Canonical output is unchanged for every accepted input — the new checks are throw-only. All interop/v1 protocol vectors pass byte-for-byte (test/protocol/ interop-mode, key-generation, serialization, cross-sdk suites green).

Regression tests (mirroring the #72 spy pattern)

  • Iterator spy proves an over-cap Map is never iterated (iterated === 0).
  • Lone-surrogate first key proves the cap wins against utf8Strict on plain objects (ValueTooLargeError, not the well-formedness SerializationError), with an under-cap control proving the spy key is live.
  • At-cap (10,000) Map accepted with Map/object byte-identity.

Both timing tests fail on the parent commit and pass with the fix.

Expert panel (mandatory crypto/protocol gate)

Ran pre-PR at high stakes: bug-hunter, security-specialist, code-craftsman — no findings (byte-invariance, error-precedence, and test validity each independently verified; must-error vectors are error-class-agnostic, so the precedence flip on pathological over-cap inputs changes no control flow). catchphrase-agent proposed cutting the Map-branch .size pre-check + its spy test — rejected with craftsman/security backing (O(1) rejection before 10k+ tuple materialisation; mirrors the established pre-check + emitter-backstop layering). Its uncontested cut (a redundant smoke assertion subsumed by the byte-identity check) was applied.

Note: local full-suite has 16 pre-existing failures from the stale 0.1.2 NAPI prebuilt vs 0.1.3 crate source (keyring-rotation/wire pack paths) — verified identical on the parent commit; CI builds the crate and is unaffected.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved collection-size limit enforcement during serialization.
    • Oversized maps and objects are now rejected before unnecessary processing.
    • Preserved validation for invalid text values within supported collection limits.
    • Confirmed equivalent output for maps and objects at the maximum allowed size.

…lisation (LAB-413)

encodeMapEntries materialised every utf8Strict key encoding and ran the
full byte-order sort before encodeMapHeader's collection-size cap fired,
and the key-encoding phase never passes through pushChunk, so the byte
budget gave no backstop either (CWE-770/CWE-400, availability-only,
args-profile reachable via request-derived map/object arguments).

Map keys are unique by construction — unlike Sets (PR #72), no dedupe
can shrink the count — so a single up-front checkCollectionSize on
entries.length has identical accept/reject semantics and unchanged
canonical bytes for every accepted input. The Map branch additionally
pre-checks the O(1) .size so an over-cap Map is rejected before its
entry tuples are built at all.

Regression tests pin the ordering: an iterator spy proves an over-cap
Map is never iterated, and a lone-surrogate first key proves the cap
wins against utf8Strict on plain objects.
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encodeMapEntries now checks collection size before processing map or object entries. Tests cover over-cap rejection, under-cap key validation, and exact-cap encoding equivalence.

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Collection-cap enforcement

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Pre-flight collection validation and coverage
packages/cachekit/src/serialization/interop.ts, packages/cachekit/src/serialization/interop.test.ts
encodeMapEntries rejects over-cap collections before key encoding, allocation, sorting, or iteration. Tests cover Map and object limits, lone-surrogate validation below the cap, and byte equivalence at the cap.

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Over-cap plain-object inputs are still fully materialized before the collection limit is enforced, allowing excessive memory use and weakening the availability protection this change is intended to provide. The merge should be blocked until enumeration is bounded before materialization.

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In `@packages/cachekit/src/serialization/interop.ts`:
- Line 348: Update the plain-object handling before encodeMapEntries so property
enumeration is bounded by DEFAULT_MAX_COLLECTION_SIZE and throws
ValueTooLargeError as soon as the next entry exceeds the cap, avoiding unbounded
Object.entries materialization. Preserve checkCollectionSize(entries.length,
'map') in encodeMapEntries as the final guard for other callers.
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// after the map/sort below) keeps an over-cap map from forcing N
// Uint8Array allocations plus an O(N log N) sort that never pass through
// pushChunk's byte budget.
checkCollectionSize(entries.length, 'map');

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Bound plain-object entry materialisation before applying the cap.

When the input is a plain object, Object.entries(v) runs before encodeMapEntries reaches Line 348. An over-cap object therefore allocates one entry tuple for every property before ValueTooLargeError is raised. This allows request-derived input to consume memory proportional to its full size, so the collection cap does not fully provide the intended availability protection.

Build object entries with a bounded enumeration and reject at the first entry above DEFAULT_MAX_COLLECTION_SIZE. Keep the existing check as the final guard for other callers.

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 } else if (typeof v === 'object' && isPlainObject(v)) {
-  encodeMapEntries(Object.entries(v), profile, depth, sink);
+  const entries: [string, unknown][] = [];
+  for (const key in v) {
+    if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(v, key)) continue;
+    if (entries.length === DEFAULT_MAX_COLLECTION_SIZE) {
+      checkCollectionSize(entries.length + 1, 'map');
+    }
+    entries.push([key, (v as Record<string, unknown>)[key]]);
+  }
+  encodeMapEntries(entries, profile, depth, sink);
 }
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In `@packages/cachekit/src/serialization/interop.ts` at line 348, Update the
plain-object handling before encodeMapEntries so property enumeration is bounded
by DEFAULT_MAX_COLLECTION_SIZE and throws ValueTooLargeError as soon as the next
entry exceeds the cap, avoiding unbounded Object.entries materialization.
Preserve checkCollectionSize(entries.length, 'map') in encodeMapEntries as the
final guard for other callers.

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