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Problem

The land gate's just ci builds every Rust workspace cold, on every batch. moq's gate builds through mbx in a per-repository cache, so it rebuilds only what changed (A warm gate, decided with the maintainer on 2026-11-01).

Approach

Copied from moq's dev shell and its gate:

• flake.nix: the dev shell's shellHook puts mbx's Cargo shim back ahead of the pinned toolchain when mbx setup installed one, as moq's does, and exports its directory as RUST2_CARGO_SHIM. Without a shim, it clears any RUST2_CARGO_SHIM an outer shell exported.
• ts/, ffi/, driver/ and go/ justfiles: they prepend their nightly to PATH, which would put it ahead of the shim and skip mbx. They keep the shim first.
• uniffi_macros: generate_and_include_scaffolding! (the trybuild feature) resolves its path from the calling file, as include_str! does. The UI cases named their UDL as ../../../../uniffi/... from trybuild's project inside target/, which only works when target/ is a real directory in the checkout. mbx's managed target lives outside it.
• The quest now holds only the host steps, which it lists as Waiting.

bench/build/run.sh needs nothing: it re-enters its own build-bench shell, whose toolchain lands ahead of any shim, so it still measures plain Cargo.

Measurements

A whole just ci (every module, since flake.nix changed) through mbx 1.29.2, in this worktree with an empty, isolated cache, CI=true and 8 jobs. CPU-seconds come from the quest gate scope's cgroup (cpu.stat). Load average was about 14 on 32 threads.

just ci through mbx 1.29.2	CPU-s	wall
empty cache, at 3d0cabc	3344	910 s
warm, same tree	798	314 s
warm, after merging main (1071 files) and the go/ fix, at dafb487	709	244 s

uniffi_uitests passed in all three. The cold run compiled its trybuild cases (147 s); the warm runs reused them (under 1 s).

Earlier, per step, with mbx 1.28.0 at af523c7 (load average 15 to 22, so cold numbers vary by about 20%):

at af523c7	root clippy	uniffi test build
plain Cargo, cold	715	407
mbx, empty cache	833	677
mbx, warm, same tree	61	8.4
mbx, warm, one leaf fixture edited	117	14
mbx, warm, #364's own change	766	429

• #364 changed the generator in uniffi-dart, a build dependency of 25 fixtures. Cargo itself rebuilds every dependent, so the cache cannot help there.
• An empty cache costs more than plain Cargo, since mbx hashes and stores every output. Only the gate's first run pays that.

Host changes

The host config is outside this repository. In order:

1. Move the land host's mbx pin from 1.28.0 to 1.29.2 or later, the first release that prints real paths for files in a build script's OUT_DIR (jdx/mr-boxington#896). Rerun mbx setup wherever a shim exists: the shim runs the mbx its mbx-target file names, not the one on PATH, so an old shim keeps running 1.28.0 while that store path exists. The local user shim on this host still names 1.28.0.
2. Give rust2's land instance moq's per-repository mbx profile (maintainer, 2026-11-02):

   rust2 = mbxCheck // {
     id = 9;
     enable = lib.mkDefault false;
     # check.yml's Check runs the same recipe; it needs no base.
     command = "just ci";
     cpuQuota = 800;
     memoryHigh = "8G";
     memorySwapMax = "1G";
   };

3. Enable it once this PR has merged. Check it by reading a gate run's log for mbx's cache summary (mbx[cache]: object cache: ...).

Decisions

• Merge before or after the host's mbx pin moves (maintainer, 2026-11-09): ✅ B, merge now (rejected: A, hold this draft until host step 1 lands; C, have the shell hook skip mbx older than 1.29.2). Accepted risk: a runner with mbx 1.29.1 or older on PATH fails uniffi_uitests on every queue batch until host step 1 lands. Through mbx 1.29.1, the dev shell's routing makes that test fail.
• Wait for the upstream fix rather than keep uniffi_uitests off mbx (2026-11-02): ✅ wait (rejected: keep uniffi_uitests off mbx). mbx 1.29.2 (2026-11-03) shipped that fix in jdx/mr-boxington#897.

Impact

• uniffi_macros::generate_and_include_scaffolding! (trybuild feature only): a relative path now resolves from the calling file, not from rustc's working directory. This is breaking. There is no MIGRATE.md entry, since #571 dropped those until the first release. The fork's README lists it as a carried change.
• Dev shell: RUST2_CARGO_SHIM is set when an mbx shim exists.

Alternatives

• One cache shared with moq: ruled out by the per-repository decision.
• Setting CARGO_TARGET_DIR inside the checkout to keep trybuild's relative paths working: that gives up mbx's managed targets, and the paths would still break for anyone who keeps a target elsewhere.

Follow-ups

• Host steps above. The quest stays open for them.

Review

Rewritten by quest review after each round.

• Reviewer: Codex, gpt-6.1-sol, medium effort
• Session: 01a1c10b-6270-75b3-8f85-5b2f21d9b88f, round 2
• Head: bfc4dee805389fc174c03106fdb389402b227472
• Base: origin/main at 03fffc3
• Score: 8/10, The incremental change correctly clears a stale inherited shim setting and introduces no actionable defects; builds and tests were not run as instructed.
• Findings: none

Checks

• just ci through mbx 1.29.2: passed at 3d0cabc (cold and warm), at dafb487 (head), and at the head after merging main (see the review record).
• just check: passed at 3d0cabc.
• The optional Bench FFI (Swift) check failed on the old head a6755ce with unknown or missing subcommand 'swift-test' from the bench harness on its fork build. This diff does not touch the bench or Swift.

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Walkthrough

The default development shell discovers an executable Cargo shim and exports its directory. The driver, FFI, Go, and TypeScript command files use that directory when constructing PATH. The trybuild-only generate_and_include_scaffolding! macro now resolves UDL paths relative to the invoking source file and emits a compile error if it cannot obtain a suitable caller path. Documentation, UI test invocations, and expected diagnostics reflect the path resolution change.

Merge Risk: Low · up to 33733

The changes are mergeable with awareness of a narrow environment edge case: failed shim discovery can retain an old directory and select the wrong Cargo. Clearing the inherited variable avoids that behavior.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: routing builds through mbx’s Cargo shim to support a warm gate.
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description check		The description explains the mbx Cargo shim setup, the trybuild path change, and the warm-gate objective. These topics match the changeset.

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Review comments at @flake.nix:
- Around line 328-331: Clear any inherited RUST2_CARGO_SHIM value in the
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• driver/justfile
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• quest/m0/checks/cache.md
• ts/justfile
• uniffi/README.md
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/fieldless_errors_used_in_callbacks_cant_have_fields.rs
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/interface_cannot_use_mut_self.rs
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/interface_not_sync_and_send.rs
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/interface_trait_not_sync_and_send.rs
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/non_hashable_record_key.rs
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/trait_methods_no_trait.rs
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/trait_methods_unknown_trait.rs
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/trait_methods_unknown_trait.stderr
• uniffi/fixtures/uitests/tests/ui/typedef_extern.rs
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• uniffi/uniffi_macros/src/lib.rs

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Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '275,335p' flake.nix; rg -n 'RUST2_CARGO_SHIM|export PATH :=' --glob 'justfile' --glob '*.nix'

Repository: moq-dev/rust2

Length of output: 4309

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Script executed:

git diff f7a0c279e0bd164b30a22b03ae4f6c2a768d32e2 33733f2ff5e3791e089d3108302118adabfa1488 -- flake.nix driver/justfile ffi/justfile go/justfile ts/justfile
printf '\n--- flake shell and configuration ---\n'
nl -ba flake.nix | sed -n '245,355p'
printf '\n--- nightly recipe files ---\n'
for f in driver/justfile ffi/justfile go/justfile ts/justfile; do echo "=== $f ==="; nl -ba "$f" | sed -n '1,140p'; done
printf '\n--- shim and shell entry references ---\n'
rg -n -F -e 'RUST2_CARGO_SHIM' -e 'nix develop' -e 'shellHook' -e 'mbx setup' --glob '!Cargo.lock' . || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: moq-dev/rust2

Length of output: 35196

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Script executed:

printf '%s\n' '--- mbx flake pin ---'
rg -n -C 4 -F -e '"mbx"' -e 'mr-boxington' -- flake.lock flake.nix
printf '%s\n' '--- cache setup contract ---'
nl -ba quest/m0/checks/cache.md | sed -n '1,100p'
printf '%s\n' '--- shell entry documentation ---'
nl -ba README.md | sed -n '1,45p'

Repository: moq-dev/rust2

Length of output: 5326

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Web query:

github jdx mr-boxington mbx setup cargo shim location setup status shim executable old directory source

Result:

Sources consulted:
- Cargo and editor setup | mr boxington — https://mr-boxington.jdx.dev/setup
- Installation | mr boxington — https://mr-boxington.jdx.dev/installation
- Troubleshooting | mr boxington — https://mr-boxington.jdx.dev/troubleshooting
- Configuration | mr boxington — https://mr-boxington.jdx.dev/configuration
- Releases · jdx/mr-boxington · GitHub — https://github.com/jdx/mr-boxington/releases
- …and 10 more

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Script executed:

printf '%s\n' '--- pinned toolchain ---'
nl -ba ts/rust-toolchain.toml
nl -ba flake.nix | sed -n '1,125p'
printf '%s\n' '--- nightly requirements ---'
rg -n -F -e 'nightly' -e 'rustc_private' -- driver/README.md driver/Cargo.toml driver/src/lib.rs ts/Cargo.toml ts/src/lib.rs 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: moq-dev/rust2

Length of output: 7291

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Web query:

Nix develop reference --ignore-environment default environment variables inherited shellHook documentation

Result:

Sources consulted:
- nix develop - Nix 2.35.5 Reference Manual — https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.35/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-develop
- nix develop - Nix 2.35.4 Reference Manual — https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.35/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-develop
- Declarative shell environments with shell.nix — nix.dev documentation — https://nixdocs.j10s.io/nix-dev/tutorials/first-steps/declarative-shell
- nix develop - Nix Reference Manual — https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.17.1/manual/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-develop.html
- nix/doc/manual/source/command-ref/nix-shell.md at master · NixOS/nix · GitHub — https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/doc/manual/source/command-ref/nix-shell.md
- …and 27 more

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Clear the inherited shim directory before checking for a shim.

If the old shim is replaced by another cargo and mbx is unavailable, the hook retains the old directory. Nightly recipes then select that cargo before the pinned toolchain. Clear RUST2_CARGO_SHIM before the check.

Suggested fix

             shellHook = ''
+              unset RUST2_CARGO_SHIM
               shim=$(mbx setup --status 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1s/.*: //p' || true)

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Review comment at @flake.nix around lines 328 - 331:
Clear any inherited RUST2_CARGO_SHIM value in the shellHook before checking for
an executable shim, so a missing or unavailable shim cannot leave a stale
directory in PATH. Preserve the existing shim detection and PATH setup when a
valid shim is found.

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