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Fix generator shutdown and per-timer microtask checkpoints - #1848

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Disposing an interpreter after a generator yielded left its background worker parked indefinitely. Disposing a generator also disposed its handoff events while the worker could still use them. The generator now observes its owner's shutdown token, wakes on shutdown or disposal, and exits through the existing host-abort path without executing guest catch/finally code. Seven lifecycle regressions cover suspended and unstarted generators, repeated disposal, completion, nested yield* delegation, and independent interpreter ownership.

Handoff events now block without their default spin phase. A 62-class reproduction of the Windows numeric-range timeout failed three consecutive times with the default spin setting: live snapshots showed slow progress through only a few thousand of 100,000 yields while the two threads waited for each other. With zero-spin handoffs, all 3,001 subset tests passed and that test completed in 18 seconds, with its original 30-second deadline and normal parallelism. This has a measured tradeoff: separate-process 100,000-yield probes at concurrency 1/4/8 took 2.32–3.23 seconds instead of 0.88–1.44 seconds. The PR favors reliable handoffs under contention over the lower unloaded latency.

The shutdown callback is registered once per worker, avoiding per-yield cancellation registration. Handoff events remain available while either side can still use them; their native WaitHandle is never requested. Ordinary generator return/throw semantics remain covered, including finally blocks.

Full-suite validation also exposed a timer ordering defect: when multiple timers were already due, the runtimes executed their callbacks without draining microtasks between them. Both runtimes now complete each fired timer's microtask checkpoint before the next callback, using the existing checked runtime metadata. Three deterministic regressions cover Promise/microtask order, cancellation of the next overdue timer, and pending EventEmitter rejection capture. The previously failing rejection-capture test retains its original assertions and timing.

Validation:

  • Generator regressions before the timer correction: 1,263 passed. Final full core suite: 23,235 passed, 0 failed, 3 skipped (15m51s).
  • Code-quality gates: passed for the complete change (0 errors).
  • Node/interpreter/Windows and Linux standalone return/finally and yield* output comparison, including IL verification: passed.
  • Timer/microtask/rejection/emitted-runtime regressions: 158 passed.
  • Three timer ordering, cancellation, and rejection-capture scenarios match Node in interpreter and Windows/Linux standalone output; all standalone compilations passed IL verification.
  • Final AOT/trim/single-file analyzer baseline: passed with 0 analyzer warnings. Full Release solution build: passed.

Refs #1599. Earlier failed full-suite and reproduction runs are retained in the investigation evidence. The synthetic 28-compiler stress probe remains capable of exceeding 30 seconds with substantial GC pauses; this change does not promise a fixed wall-clock bound under arbitrary load. Remaining migration inventory and the final residual-state audit remain open.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Promise callbacks and microtasks now run between consecutive due timers, matching expected timer scheduling behavior.
    • Microtasks can cancel subsequent overdue timers before they execute.
    • Pending promise rejections are processed before the next timer callback.
  • Generator Lifecycle

    • Disposing generators and interpreters now reliably stops suspended generator execution without resuming guest code.
    • Generator disposal is safer and idempotent, including delegated generators.

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The changes add per-timer microtask checkpoints and make generators respond to interpreter shutdown. New tests cover timer ordering, cancellation, rejection handling, generator disposal, worker termination, delegation, and interpreter isolation.

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Timer microtask checkpoints

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-timer microtask processing
src/SharpTS/Execution/Interpreter.cs, src/SharpTS/Compilation/RuntimeEmitter.VirtualTimers.cs, tests/SharpTS.Tests/SharedTests/TimerMicrotaskCheckpointTests.cs
Timer processing drains microtasks after each callback before the next due timer runs. Tests cover callback ordering, cancellation from a microtask, and captured rejections.

Generator shutdown

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shutdown-aware generator state
src/SharpTS/Runtime/Types/SharpTSGenerator.cs, src/SharpTS/Runtime/Exceptions/WorkerTerminatedException.cs
Generators store the interpreter shutdown token. Resume operations treat shutdown as completion. Documentation describes host termination at RunBody.
Worker termination and disposal
src/SharpTS/Runtime/Types/SharpTSGenerator.cs, tests/SharpTS.Tests/RuntimeTests/GeneratorLifetimeTests.cs
Shutdown wakes suspended workers and prevents guest cleanup execution. Disposal preserves synchronization events during unwinding. Tests cover disposal, delegation, pre-resume shutdown, repeated disposal, and interpreter isolation.

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Change: Bug fix

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Starting or resuming a generator concurrently with interpreter shutdown can terminate the host process. This shutdown race should be fixed before merge.

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In `@src/SharpTS/Runtime/Types/SharpTSGenerator.cs`:
- Line 275: Update SharpTSGenerator.RunBody around the _shutdownToken.Register
call so registration failures caused by shutdown are handled as host shutdown
rather than escaping the worker thread. Move or broaden the outer cleanup
handling to cover worker setup and registration, ensuring generator completion
is marked and _workerReady is always signaled even when registration throws
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