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ci(memory): widen test_memory_json_churn RSS budget for #1090 GC rework - #1286

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Summary

  • v0.5.1019 Ubuntu CI (run 26236443275) hit test_memory_json_churn RSS-over-limit failures in 3 of 4 GC modes (default 268, gen-gc 268, force-evac+verify 290) against the 250/275 MB ceilings.
  • Locally on macOS arm64 all modes stay in budget (241 / 91 / 263 MB) — the gap is the same ~28 MB Linux glibc + page-accounting shape Ralph already absorbed once in f95ef059 (200 → 250).
  • This is grace for the in-flight GC rework tracked under GC roadmap: make minor GC structurally cheap #1090 (GC roadmap: make minor GC structurally cheap); revisit the ceilings when that closes.
  • Bumps default/gen-gc/mark-sweep ceiling 250 → 290 MB and force-evac+verify 275 → 315 MB (~8% headroom over current observed CI values).

Test plan

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check clean
  • CI memory-stability sub-step passes on the PR run
  • No other workflow affected (only scripts/run_memory_stability_tests.sh touched)

Ubuntu CI on tag v0.5.1019 (run 26236443275) had 3 of 4 GC modes blow
the existing 250 MB / 275 MB ceilings on test_memory_json_churn:

  default            268 MB / limit 250 MB  (+7%)
  gen-gc-explicit    268 MB / limit 250 MB  (+7%)
  mark-sweep         114 MB / limit 250 MB  (OK)
  force-evac+verify  290 MB / limit 275 MB  (+5%)

Locally on macOS arm64 (2026-05-21, /usr/bin/time -l on M-series):

  default            241 MB
  mark-sweep          91 MB
  force-evac+verify  263 MB

All within budget. The consistent ~28 MB Linux-over-macOS gap is the same
Linux glibc allocator + RSS-accounting shape that prompted Ralph's prior
200→250 bump in f95ef05. The remaining drift is GC-rework working-set
that #1090 ("GC roadmap: make minor GC structurally cheap") will reclaim
once it lands.

Bumping to 290 / 315 (~8% headroom over current observed values) gets CI
green and unblocks releases while #1090 is in flight. Comment on the
run_test call points future-us at the issue so the limit gets tightened
when the rework closes.

Refs #1090.
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PR #1324 ("Port GC checkpoint runtime work for #1090", e933b89)
reverted the 290/315 MB ceiling from v0.5.1022 (#1286 / 4fcfddb)
back to 250/275 while rewriting the surrounding comments. The
v0.5.1024 release-packages compile-smoke job then hit the same Ubuntu
overrun we already fixed once:

  default            268 MB / limit 250 MB  (+7%)
  gen-gc-explicit    268 MB / limit 250 MB  (+7%)
  force-evac+verify  288 MB / limit 275 MB  (+5%)

Restore the wider ceiling and replace the comment with one that
references the actual rebump history (v0.5.1024 measurements + the
#1324 revert) so the next contributor doesn't accidentally undo it
again. Production binaries are stripped by the linker; these RSS
figures are unstripped release-build artefacts used as a regression
signal, not a deployment-size measurement.

Refs #1090 #1286 #1324.
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