[stevenpollack]

Discussion: #11996

Adds task.cache.audit_report, an optional path that receives the complete cache-audit
report. Default behavior is unchanged.

Problem

cache.audit = true reports filesystem accesses a task performs that aren't covered by its
sources/outputs. The reporter caps console output at 20 paths per task and then prints
only a count of the remainder:

mise WARN  task build cache audit detected undeclared read: data/file1.txt
... 19 more ...
mise WARN  task build cache audit omitted 80 additional paths

There is no way to see the omitted paths — no flag, no setting, no file. That makes the
audit unusable for the tasks that need it most. A Jest run over node_modules reports on
the order of 40,000 undeclared paths; enumerating them 20 at a time would take ~2,000 runs
with a declare-and-rerun loop between each.

What the cap drops is not a random sample. undeclared is a
BTreeSet<(AccessKind, PathBuf)> and AccessKind::Read orders before Write, so every
undeclared read sorts ahead of every undeclared write and take(MAX_REPORTED_PATHS) yields
reads first. A task with 20 or more undeclared reads shows no undeclared writes at all.
On a 100-file repro the console prints 20 lines, none of them writes, and reports omitted 81 additional paths — the one undeclared write is inside that remainder. Writes are the more
consequential half of a cache contract: an undeclared write makes a cached result wrong for
the next consumer, whereas an undeclared read mostly makes the key incomplete.

This PR mitigates that rather than fixing it. The report file contains every entry, so the
writes are recoverable — but the console is untouched and still shows zero writes by default
for such a task. Reserving part of the console budget for writes, or reporting the two kinds
separately, is a separate change and deliberately not made here.

Change

Set task.cache.audit_report (env MISE_TASK_CACHE_AUDIT_REPORT) to a file path and mise
writes every undeclared path there as JSON Lines:

{"task":"build","kind":"read","path":"data/file1.txt"}
{"task":"build","kind":"write","path":"dist/out.txt"}

path is the same rendered string the console warning uses, so the file needs no separate
path convention and stays in step with however the audit chooses to render paths. A
companion change adjusts that rendering for accesses above the task directory; the two
compose with no changes here.

MISE_TASK_CACHE_AUDIT_REPORT=audit.jsonl mise run --force build

Console output stays capped at 20. The only console change is that the omitted-count
warning names the report file:

mise WARN  task build cache audit omitted 80 additional paths; full report written to audit.jsonl

Default behavior is unchanged

Not asserted — measured. A binary was built from main and confirmed to predate the change
by the fact that it rejects the new key outright:

main:        $ mise settings get task.cache.audit_report
             Error: Unknown setting: task.cache.audit_report
this branch: $ mise settings get task.cache.audit_report
             Error: Setting [task.cache.audit_report] is not set

Both binaries were then run against the same 100-file repro with the setting unset, and
their audit output diffed:

$ diff base.log new-default.log
$                       # empty — byte-identical, 20 warnings then "omitted 80 additional paths"

Semantics

One file per invocation. The first audited task to execute truncates the file; later
tasks append. A run therefore replaces any earlier run's report rather than growing one
without bound. Cached tasks do not execute and write nothing, so a cache-hit run leaves the
previous report in place — consistent with the existing rule that cached tasks produce no
audit report at all.

Every entry is tagged by task, so one file covers all audited tasks in a run and stays
attributable. Concurrency is safe: each task serializes its whole block through one lock, so
blocks from tasks running in parallel cannot interleave.

Writing is advisory. A write failure warns and continues, and clears the report path so
the omitted-count warning cannot name a file that was not written. The audit must never fail
the task.

Design notes

A report file rather than a higher cap. The obvious alternative is a
task.cache.audit_max_paths knob. It answers the title but not the problem: 40k lines
through warn! interleave with the task's own output and force the user to strip the
mise WARN prefix back off before the list is usable. A file supersedes it — anyone who
wants more than 20 lines can read the file — so shipping both would be two knobs for one job.

JSON Lines rather than a delimited format. Paths can contain tabs, newlines and quotes;
this module has a test (parses_escaped_quoted_paths) for exactly the a"b case. Any
delimiter is lossy on the inputs the parser is built to handle. JSONL is the smallest
lossless option, and the file exists to be machine-consumed — the point is turning 40k
entries into sources declarations.

A setting rather than a mise run flag. A setting gets the env var for free, which is
what CI wants, and it still works when mise run is invoked indirectly.

Non-UTF-8 paths are rendered lossily, with invalid sequences replaced by U+FFFD, so such
a path will not round-trip back to a real file. This matches the existing console output,
which formats the same path with Path::display() and is lossy in exactly the same way — the
file is no less faithful than the warnings it replaces, and diverging here would mean two
renderings of the same path in the same run.

Dotted [task.cache.audit_report], with no flat task.cache_audit_report alias. The
flat task.cache_* family is not a parallel form new settings are expected to appear in.
All six task.cache_remote_* entries are back-compat shims for settings that used to be
flat — each carries deprecated = "Use task.cache.<x> instead.", hide = true,
deprecated_warn_at = "2027.2.0" and deprecated_remove_at = "2027.8.0", with migration
glue in src/config/settings.rs and a test named
test_task_cache_hidden_aliases_map_to_nested_settings. The flat entries that are canonical
(task.cache_dir, task.cache_max_age, task.cache_max_size) simply have no dotted twin
and were never migrated. Adding a flat alias for a brand-new setting would mean shipping a
pre-deprecated alias for a name that never existed.

Testing

New e2e test e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report, following the existing
test_task_artifact_cache_audit pattern (fake strace on PATH emitting a synthetic
trace, so it needs no real strace). It emits 25 undeclared reads and asserts that the
default run prints exactly 20 lines plus omitted 5 additional paths and creates no file,
and that with the setting the console is still exactly 20 lines while the file holds all 25
entries.

Also verified by hand against real strace on Linux: 100 undeclared reads produce 20
console lines and a 100-entry report; two audited tasks in one invocation land in one file
correctly tagged; a re-run truncates rather than appends; four tasks at --jobs 4 produce
800 entries with no interleaving; an unwritable report path warns and the task still exits
0; and relative paths resolve against mise's working directory, including under --cd.

cargo clippy --workspace --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings passes with no
#[allow]/#[expect]/-A exclusions. schema/mise.json regenerated with
mise run render:schema.

The single undeclared write in that 100-file run turned out to be a genuine false positive in
the audit — a task's own declared output directory, reported on the run that creates it,
because the reporter skips directory reads but has no equivalent skip for directory writes.
It is reported separately and not addressed here; it is noted only because it had been sitting
inside the truncated remainder, invisible on the console, since the audit was introduced.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added an optional task.cache.audit_report setting to write complete cache-audit results to a JSON Lines file.
  • Reports include the task, access type, and path for all undeclared accesses.
  • Supports configuration files or the MISE_TASK_CACHE_AUDIT_REPORT environment variable.
  • Reports accumulate results across audited tasks, while cached tasks leave the file unchanged.
  • Console warnings continue to be truncated when a full report is enabled.

• Documentation

  • Added configuration guidance and usage examples for audit reports.

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Walkthrough

The change adds the experimental task.cache.audit_report setting. Task cache auditing writes complete undeclared-access records as JSON Lines, synchronizes concurrent writers, and preserves truncated console diagnostics. End-to-end coverage validates report contents and replacement behavior.

Changes

Task cache audit reports

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Audit report configuration schema/mise.json, settings.toml, docs/tasks/task-configuration.md	Adds the optional task.cache.audit_report path and documents JSONL output, truncation, appending, cached-task behavior, relative-path resolution, and the environment-variable example.
Audit report generation src/task/task_cache_audit.rs	Adds serialized report entries, synchronized report writing, write-failure handling, and updated audit diagnostics.
Audit report validation e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report	Tests concurrent audited tasks, default diagnostic truncation, complete JSONL reporting, access kinds, generated write paths, record contiguity, and report replacement.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 799af

This adds an optional JSONL cache-audit report while preserving existing default behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AuditedTask
  participant TaskCacheAudit
  participant ReportFile
  AuditedTask->>TaskCacheAudit: report undeclared accesses
  TaskCacheAudit->>ReportFile: write JSONL entries
  ReportFile-->>TaskCacheAudit: report write result

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A rabbit audits paths at night,
JSONL records hop in line.
Console warnings stay concise,
Full reports capture every trace.
Concurrent writers share the file.

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Greptile Summary

The PR adds an optional task-cache audit report that records every undeclared filesystem access as JSON Lines while retaining the existing console limit.

• Adds the task.cache.audit_report setting and generated schema entry.
• Serializes complete per-task audit results into one invocation-scoped report.
• Adds concurrent-task, truncation, JSON validity, and default-behavior coverage.
• Documents report format, lifecycle, and path resolution.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge because no blocking failure remains within the eligible follow-up-review scope.

No blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/task/task_cache_audit.rs	Adds synchronized JSONL report generation, first-write truncation, later-task appending, and advisory error handling.
e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report	Covers capped console output, complete multi-task reports, contiguous task blocks, write entries, and replacement on a later invocation.
settings.toml	Defines the optional path setting, environment variable, and documented report lifecycle.
schema/mise.json	Exposes the new nested audit-report string setting in the generated configuration schema.
docs/tasks/task-configuration.md	Documents how to enable and consume the complete JSON Lines audit report.

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e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report (1)

56-62: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Cover the multi-task report contract.

This test runs one task with read accesses only. It cannot verify per-invocation truncation, subsequent-task append behavior, concurrent JSONL integrity, or write records.

Add audited tasks that share one report file. Run them concurrently. Parse every report line as JSON and assert records for both tasks and access kinds.

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In `@e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report` around lines 56 - 62, Extend
the audit report test around the existing build invocation to run multiple
audited tasks concurrently against the same MISE_TASK_CACHE_AUDIT_REPORT file,
including both read and write accesses. Validate per-invocation truncation and
subsequent-task appending, then parse every JSONL line and assert records for
each task and access kind while preserving the existing report assertions where
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In `@docs/tasks/task-configuration.md`:
- Around line 616-621: Update the audit report documentation to explicitly state
that the file is truncated once in each mise invocation by the first audited
task, while later audited tasks in that invocation append to it.

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In `@e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report`:
- Around line 56-62: Extend the audit report test around the existing build
invocation to run multiple audited tasks concurrently against the same
MISE_TASK_CACHE_AUDIT_REPORT file, including both read and write accesses.
Validate per-invocation truncation and subsequent-task appending, then parse
every JSONL line and assert records for each task and access kind while
preserving the existing report assertions where applicable.

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[stevenpollack]

Both review findings addressed in 06843e884.

e2e coverage — agreed, extended

The test now runs two audited tasks concurrently against one report file, each with its own dir and its own trace, and asserts:

• 52 records total, 26 per task
• both tasks and both access kinds present
• write records for both tasks
• 52 again on a second run rather than 104, which pins per-invocation truncation

Parsing every line with jq -s doubles as the interleaving check, since a torn concurrent write fails to parse.

One deliberate choice: the write is a plain file rather than a directory. A directory write is currently reported as undeclared even when outputs covers it (reported separately in #11990), so asserting on a directory would couple this test to a defect not addressed here — and would start failing when that one is fixed.

A property fell out that had no test anywhere. Because reads sort ahead of writes in the BTreeSet, each task’s twenty console lines are all reads, so the same test now pins the behaviour this feature exists to work around: the console shows no write records while the report file contains them.

Truncation scope in docs — agreed, fixed

Now stated as: the first audited task in each invocation truncates the file and later audited tasks in that invocation append, so one file holds that run’s report and a later run replaces it.

Applied the same correction to the docs block in settings.toml, which was not flagged but carries the identical wording into generated output. mise run render:schema produces no diff — the schema carries a setting’s description, not its docs.

Verified locally: both e2e tests pass individually via ./e2e/run_test, cargo clippy --workspace --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings clean with no allow/expect/-A, and cargo test --all-features --bin mise settings 77 passed.

CI will be red until #11989 merges — main does not currently compile its own test targets, unrelated to this change; the --all-targets gates above were run with that one-line fix applied locally.

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e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report (1)

96-99: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover cached-task report preservation.

Lines 98-99 force both tasks to execute. This does not test the documented behavior for cache hits: cached tasks must leave the prior report unchanged.

Add a non-forced invocation after placing a valid sentinel record in audit.jsonl. Assert that the sentinel remains.

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In `@e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report` around lines 96 - 99, Add a
cached-task invocation in the audit report test after writing a valid sentinel
record to audit.jsonl, without using --force, and assert that the sentinel
remains unchanged in the report. Keep the existing forced-execution assertions
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In `@e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report`:
- Around line 85-94: Add an assertion in the audit report test after the
existing JSONL checks that verifies the sequence of task values has at most one
transition between alpha and beta, ensuring each task’s records form a
contiguous block. Use the existing audit.jsonl data and jq-based assertion style
without changing the current count or content checks.

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In `@e2e/tasks/test_task_artifact_cache_audit_report`:
- Around line 96-99: Add a cached-task invocation in the audit report test after
writing a valid sentinel record to audit.jsonl, without using --force, and
assert that the sentinel remains unchanged in the report. Keep the existing
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[stevenpollack]

Good catch — addressed in dbf598690.

You are right that jq -s does not cover this. It fails on a torn record, but alternating whole records still parse, so the assertion said nothing about the property the per-task lock exists to provide. The comment above it claimed otherwise and has been corrected too, since that was the thing most likely to mislead the next reader into thinking the case was covered.

Checked that contiguity is actually guaranteed before asserting it: write_report builds the whole block into a String, then takes the lock, then opens and writes, so the lock spans the entire write_all rather than a single syscall. No other task in the process can write between the first and last byte of a block. (It would not hold across two concurrent mise processes sharing one report path — the mutex is per-process, and the feature does not claim otherwise.)

The assertion:

assert "jq -r .task audit.jsonl | uniq | wc -l | tr -d ' '" "2"

uniq collapses consecutive runs, so a contiguous file yields one line per block — two blocks for two tasks, in whichever order they finished.

Rather than verify it discriminates once locally and ship an assertion nobody can see fail, the negative case is in the test:

paste -d '\n' <(jq -c 'select(.task == "alpha")' audit.jsonl) <(jq -c 'select(.task == "beta")' audit.jsonl) >interleaved.jsonl
assert "jq -s length interleaved.jsonl" "52"
assert "jq -r .task interleaved.jsonl | uniq | wc -l | tr -d ' '" "52"

The first of those demonstrates your point executably — jq -s passes on a deliberately interleaved file — and the second shows the contiguity check reporting 52 blocks instead of 2. So removing the lock fails the real assertion, and weakening the contiguity check fails the guard.

Separately verified under genuine concurrency, since the two tasks in the fixture are short enough that they might serialize and make contiguity trivially true. Four tasks of 300 reads each at --jobs 4, three runs:

run 1: records=1200 blocks=4 order=[a b c d]
run 2: records=1200 blocks=4 order=[d a c b]
run 3: records=1200 blocks=4 order=[b a c d]

Four blocks every time, with the block order varying between runs — which is what shows the tasks actually raced rather than quietly serializing.

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