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I want to use ts-rust in my code editor, so I made this PR to bring its WebAssembly build closer to the editor support regular TypeScript already provides.

Written by GPT 6.1 Sol high and reviewed by Opus 5.5 high.

I did not read the code :)

Quick summary

Consumers should be able to replace TypeScript's language service while keeping their existing calling code. This draft currently provides a persistent WebAssembly LSP interface; it does not yet implement that drop-in contract.

Required public API

The target is the full classic ts.createLanguageService(host, documentRegistry?, mode?) interface, with unchanged calling code. Creation and methods remain synchronous. Host snapshots, versions, options and callbacks retain their semantics; results retain TypeScript fields and the reachable program, AST, symbol and type-checker objects.

The current LSP wrapper does not meet this requirement. The port's native API also differs from the classic API, so exposure alone cannot supply it. The approved compatibility plan records the implementation and runtime gates. A rerunnable declaration check derives the 65-member reference contract from typescript@6.0.3; the current wrapper fails factory and service assignability, while the reference passes its own declarations. The full replacement remains incomplete and this PR stays draft.

Compatibility progress

The first private runtime unit is implemented: a synchronous WASM channel and a bridge for host snapshots, script/project versions, roots and configuration. A project-version change refreshes cached snapshots and module resolution. Existing compiler and editor entries share the extracted WASI bridge.

All 28 tests pass on Node 22, including the previous 23. The private sequence passes on Chromium and WebKit main threads and workers with the 7,376,814-byte size-profile module. Both Rust 1.93 builds and WASM Clippy pass. Independent review and audit approve this private unit.

This is a foundation for the compatibility layer. Public synchronous loading, the complete method facade, compiler-option translation and TypeScript program/AST/symbol/type objects remain unfinished. The private checks currently use LSP result objects and retained host snapshots.

The full runtime gate remains blocked: classic TypeScript handles a 5,000-term addition expression on Node 22, while the synchronous Rust path raises RangeError in both release and size profiles. Both pass 100- and 1,000-term controls. The existing asynchronous Node worker still passes the deep fixture. This needs a synchronous stack solution before the replacement can meet the contract.

Implementation

  • Adds createLanguageService, request, updateFiles, deleteFiles and dispose to the package and core entries, with 16 documented LSP methods and UTF-16 positions.
  • Keeps one WebAssembly instance per service. Requests and file changes share a queue; disposal finishes queued work and releases the instance.
  • Runs Node services in persistent workers with a configurable 256 MB stack, including Node 22 without JSPI. Explicit wasm sources and structural ReadonlyMap inputs work for creation and updates.
  • Preserves configuration diagnostic messages, codes and structured data. Distinguishes parse errors, unknown methods, invalid parameters and internal failures. Clamps positions beyond a line's end and computes one line table per request for input validation.
  • Caches converter line maps per file and program. An edit releases the program and its cache, so subsequent requests see fresh positions.
  • Adds WASM-target Clippy coverage to CI and a repeatable position-heavy benchmark. Native compiler sources and acceptance records are unchanged.

Validation

  • Release WASM build and WASM-target Clippy pass with Rust 1.93.0. Rust formatting, JavaScript syntax and whitespace checks pass.
  • All 28 tests pass on Node 22.23.3, including the 14 original compiler tests, a 5,000-term expression, queued updates/disposal, configuration diagnostics, raw initialization retry, malformed requests, explicit WASM loading and structural maps.
  • The shared browser-worker sequence passes in Chromium 153.0.8010.12 and WebKit 26.4 without page errors. It covers updates, navigation, isolation, Unicode positions, malformed inputs and disposal.
  • Positive fixtures check type definitions, implementations, signature help, applied unused-import actions and applied range formatting. A file-read test checks cache reuse and fresh positions after an edit.
  • Independent code review and regression audit pass for the revised WASM contribution. Full native protected suites and the Binaryen size optimizer were not rerun.

Performance

Paired synthetic measurements on the same Mac, Node 22 and Rust 1.93, with the same release profile. These are single-pair timings. Host file-read counts provide the more stable check.

Request and file size Before After Source reads before → after
Semantic tokens, 61,798 bytes 1,885 ms 69 ms 16,005 → 1
Semantic tokens, 253,798 bytes 29,921 ms 415 ms 64,005 → 1
Document symbols, 253,798 bytes 22,402 ms 41 ms 48,005 → 1
References, 253,798 bytes 4,070 ms 337 ms 12,005 → 4,002

Result counts match before and after. References still read the source once per result outside the line-map callback. Run node npm/wasm/bench/language-service.mjs after building to repeat the fixture.

Current limits

File changes rebuild the program and reparse library files. Auto-import completion, completion/code-action item resolution and the native --lsp transport remain outside this interface. Browser callers use a worker; Bun uses the calling thread because its workers ignore the stack-size option.

The fork's GitHub CI requires maintainer approval. The checks above ran locally with the CI job's Node 22 and Rust 1.93 toolchain.

Note

Add persistent WebAssembly language service to ts_wasm and npm/wasm

  • Adds a persistent LSP-style language service in language_service.rs, exposed through the new ts_service Wasm entrypoint in lib.rs. It supports hover, completion, navigation, references, rename, diagnostics, symbols, code actions, formatting, and semantic tokens over a JavaScript-provided virtual filesystem.
  • Adds JavaScript/Node/browser APIs in core.js, node.js, and browser.js. Non-Bun Node runs the service in a worker with a 256 MB stack; file updates and deletions invalidate the cached compiler program.
  • Requests are validated and serialized; errors return JSON-RPC-style envelopes with TypeScript diagnostic data for configuration failures.
  • Adds a CI job in ci.yml plus an integration test suite, a browser example, and a benchmark.
  • Risk: a Wasm instance now allows only one service (Service::new rejects repeated initialization), and exports.ts_service uses a thread-local service slot shared with nothing else; check lib.rs if running compiler and service calls in one instance.

Macroscope summarized d215d8d. (Automatic summaries will resume when PR exits draft mode or review begins).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a persistent TypeScript language service for WebAssembly in browser and Node.js, supporting editor requests, in-memory file updates and deletions, and service disposal.
    • Added a browser-worker example demonstrating language-service checks.
  • Documentation

    • Documented the language-service API, supported requests, usage, and limitations.
  • Chores

    • Added CI coverage for building and testing the WebAssembly package.

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Walkthrough

The WebAssembly package adds a persistent TypeScript language service. Rust handles service lifecycle and editor requests. JavaScript exposes service creation, requests, file updates, deletion, and disposal. Tests, a browser-worker example, documentation, and CI cover the service.

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WebAssembly language service

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rust language-service request handling
crates/ts_wasm/Cargo.toml, crates/ts_wasm/src/*
The Rust crate adds a persistent language-service host, request validation and dispatch, and the ts_service WebAssembly export.
JavaScript service API
npm/wasm/core.*, npm/wasm/file-map.js, npm/wasm/index.d.ts
The package adds public service types and creation APIs. The core API serializes requests and file changes, supports disposal, and reports service or invocation errors.
Node and browser integration
npm/wasm/browser.js, npm/wasm/node.js, npm/wasm/*worker.js, npm/wasm/node-language-service.js, npm/wasm/package.json
The Node and browser entry points load WebAssembly modules and create services. The Node worker handles requests and returns results or errors. The package includes the worker files.
Validation and package integration
npm/wasm/test/*, npm/wasm/bench/*, npm/wasm/examples/language-service/*, npm/wasm/README.md, .github/workflows/ci.yml
Tests cover service behavior and lifecycle. The benchmark records request timings and file reads. The browser example runs checks, the README documents the API, and CI builds and tests the WebAssembly package.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant JavaScriptAPI
  participant RequestQueue
  participant ts_service
  participant RustReceive
  participant TypeScriptLanguageService
  Caller->>JavaScriptAPI: create service with options
  JavaScriptAPI->>ts_service: initialize service
  Caller->>RequestQueue: submit language-service request
  RequestQueue->>ts_service: invoke request
  ts_service->>RustReceive: pass request bytes
  RustReceive->>TypeScriptLanguageService: dispatch request
  TypeScriptLanguageService-->>RustReceive: return result
  RustReceive-->>ts_service: return encoded response
  ts_service-->>RequestQueue: return response
  RequestQueue-->>Caller: resolve or reject request
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d215d

Node callers can receive a synchronous exception instead of a rejected promise for an invalid deletion input. The impact is bounded, so this is mergeable with a follow-up to make the API consistent.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to d215d

The new service keeps project files and runtime state isolated per instance, validates document requests, and orders file changes and disposal through a shared queue. No concrete security regression was established. Remaining uncertainty concerns hostile-input resource behavior and integrations outside the documented local editor API.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The documented wrapper limits project-file authority to each service's copied memory map and separately instantiated WASM state. This supports separation between editor sessions, but does not establish process-wide CPU or memory containment against hostile projects, particularly on calling-thread paths. No supplied production integration establishes remote or cross-tenant exposure.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Project text and LSP parameters cross into WASM through the request buffer. The service factory replaces filesystem options with its owned memory filesystem. The language-service host exposes read-oriented filesystem operations, while the JavaScript WASI imports provide no preopened filesystem and return unsupported-operation errors for unimplemented imports. Document file URIs therefore do not themselves authorize operating-system file access.
  • observed — Rust initialization rejects an existing service or installed OS override, and disposal releases the current program. The public wrapper creates a fresh WASM instance for each service, so sharing a compiled module does not share its mutable service state. Raw-ABI callers remain responsible for the authority of their own imports.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Failure containment depends on explicit single-instance ownership and queue ordering. Inspected tests cover an update followed by a request and disposal, rejection after disposal, recovery after invalid method and position requests, and failed raw initialization followed by successful initialization. These assertions support the lifecycle contract but are not independently executed validation for this review.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Keep the WASM-source option under trusted application configuration rather than deriving it from project contents or editor requests. Any future remote or multi-tenant wrapper should separately define identity-based session ownership and resource limits instead of treating a worker as a complete security sandbox.











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Validate deleteFiles paths before posting them to the worker.

Array.from(paths) runs synchronously. If paths is not iterable, it throws, so deleteFiles throws instead of returning a rejected promise. The updateFiles method on Lines 55-58 wraps the same kind of conversion in try. The core deleteFiles already returns a rejected promise in this case. As a result, the Node entry and the core entry behave differently.

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--- "a/npm/wasm/node-language-service.js"
+++ "b/npm/wasm/node-language-service.js"
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@
             try { return request("updateFiles", [new Map(fileEntries(files))]); }
             catch (error) { return Promise.reject(error); }
         },
-        deleteFiles: paths => request("deleteFiles", [Array.from(paths)]),
+        deleteFiles(paths) {
+            try { return request("deleteFiles", [Array.from(paths)]); }
+            catch (error) { return Promise.reject(error); }
+        },
         dispose() {
             disposal ??= (failure ? Promise.resolve() : invoke("dispose", [])).finally(async () => {
                 disposed = true;
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Thanks for this PR. I built the branch and benchmarked it on a small project and on a large real one, and found two bugs that crash the service after a few dozen to a few hundred edits, plus a regression in 9afd9929. A patch against 9afd9929 is at the bottom, with regression tests, in case you want to fold it in.

Setup: macOS arm64, Node 26.5.1, Rust 1.98.1, default wasm profile (scripts/wasm/build.sh). Browsers: Chromium 156 and WebKit 27.2 (Playwright), service in a module worker. Large project: packages/effect from Effect-TS/effect (646 files, 18.7 MB, plus @types/node), in memory. Each "edit" is updateFiles (append one character) followed by textDocument/diagnostic.

Findings

1. Every edit rebuilds and leaks the whole program. updateFiles → invalidate → the next request calls ls_program::new_program(…, None), so nothing is reused. Memory also grows by about one program per edit:

05c3940 9afd9929
6-file project with lib.dom ~22 MB per edit, crash at ~2.25 GB crash after 99 edits, 62–73 ms per edit
packages/effect, editing Duration.ts 748 → 929 → 1156 → 1430 → 1661 → 2059 → 2374 ms, crash on edit 8 (~2.3 GB) does not open (see 3)

Same crash point in Node, Chromium and WebKit.

The leak comes from file versions, not only the rebuild. After the first program, a new parse is only freeable if it gets a FileVersion before its program version is published (program::mark_freeable_parses). Watch mode and tsc -b call that, and the native LSP's parse cache sets the versions itself. ls_program::new_program / update_program do neither, so with the plain compiler host each new parse goes to the static store and is never freed.

2. core.js reads wasm32 addresses as signed. ts_output(), ts_input() and the pointer arguments of the WASI and ts_host imports are i32. Above 2 GiB they come back negative:

  • in request(), new Uint8Array(buffer, negative) throws RangeError: Start offset -2144873600 is outside the bounds of the buffer (WebKit: Offset should not be negative). That's the crash in finding 1;
  • in ts_host.fs, u8().slice(ptr, ptr + len) with a negative ptr would read from the end of memory, so the compiler would get wrong bytes without an error.

This is on main too, but finding 1 makes 2 GiB easy to reach.

3. Regression in 9afd9929: config warnings block setup. check_config rejects any config diagnostic, including warnings. Effect's tsconfig.base.json names three rules newer than the bundled Effect LS port (apiStabilityLeak, experimentalApiUsage, unstableApiUsage), so createLanguageService fails with three TS377134 warnings. Native tsc-rs -p prints them and continues.

Minor: Node service checks a deep expression without JSPI fails here on Node 26.5.1 with Maximum call stack size exceeded, raised in the worker (the 5,000-term expression). The PR tested 26.7.0 and 25.2.1, so it may depend on the Node version.

Fixes in the patch

  1. Reuse the program. A new update action records changed paths. The next request calls ls_program::update_program per changed file and releases the old version, like Project::create_program. update_program already falls back to a full build when imports or references change. core.js sends update when every path is an existing non-JSON file, and invalidate otherwise (new, deleted, tsconfig.json, package.json).
  2. Free old file versions. ls_program::new_program and update_program call mark_freeable_parses before new_program_version. This is a no-op for the native LSP, whose parse cache has already set every file.version. Watch and build don't go through ls_program.
  3. Unsigned addresses: >>> 0 on every address from the module and every pointer argument of the WASI and ts_host imports.
  4. check_config only fails on Category::Error.
  5. README: describes the update behavior.

Results with the patch on 9afd9929

400 edits unless noted 9afd9929 patched
6-file project (250 edits) crash after 99 edits 3 ms per edit (p95 5), 180 → 321 MB
effect, Duration.ts (300 edits) does not open 27 ms (p95 31), 469 → 568 MB
effect, Effect.ts, 15.7k lines does not open 318 ms (p95 333), 492 → 592 MB

Cold checks are about the same as on 05c3940: 122 ms, 690 ms and 938 ms. In Chromium 156 and WebKit 27.2 (200 / 200 / 100 edits), per-edit times are 3 / 24–26 / 294–315 ms, with no crashes.

Trade-off (same as native): freeable file versions make re-checking the edited file slower. A/B on the same binary with GOPORT_FREE_FILE_VERSIONS=0 vs on, Effect.ts, 60 edits:

on (fix 2) =0
Program update 20 ms 22 ms
Checking the edited file 312 ms 221 ms
Memory after 60 edits 490 → 605 MB 491 → 1155 MB

The native tsc-rs LSP (0.2.0) makes the same trade by default. Same file, 200 edits: 130 ms and 492 MB by default, 78 ms and 2.5 GB with =0. So the patch matches native behavior and doesn't add a cost of its own. Wasm is about 2.4× slower than native here (318 vs 130 ms). Smaller files barely change (Duration.ts 25 → 27 ms).

Tests

  • New file npm/wasm/test/language-service-updates.test.mjs with 4 tests:

    • an in-place edit (an error appears and clears, and positions are right after inserted lines);
    • an edit that adds an import (falls back to a full build);
    • a 300-edit session with lib.dom;
    • a config warning that must not block setup.

    On 9afd9929, the session test fails with the RangeError and the warning test fails at setup. With the patch, all 4 pass.

  • Package tests with the patch: 26/27. The deep-expression test is the only failure, the same as on 9afd9929.

  • Native, for the ls_program.rs change: cargo test -p ts_goport --release --lib -- --test-threads=1 passes 399/402. The one failure is format::api_test::test_format_format_checker_ts, which needs a fixture missing from my checkout and fails the same way without the patch. --test multi_program passes 19/19. I did not run the full protected suites.

Patch against 9afd992 (5 files, +220 −26)
diff --git a/crates/ts_goport/src/program/ls_program.rs b/crates/ts_goport/src/program/ls_program.rs
index 6bbfa135..7a182199 100644
--- a/crates/ts_goport/src/program/ls_program.rs
+++ b/crates/ts_goport/src/program/ls_program.rs
@@ -474,6 +474,12 @@ pub fn new_program(
         let _scope = crate::core::enter_program(None);
         Rc::new(crate::frontend::compiler::new_program(opts))
     };
+    // Not in Go: a new parse of a path that an earlier program published
+    // gets a `FileVersion`, so it is freed with its last holder. The
+    // language server's parse cache sets the versions itself, so this
+    // changes nothing there; a host without that cache (the wasm language
+    // service) would leak each new parse otherwise.
+    crate::program::mark_freeable_parses(&p);
     let version = new_program_version(&p, None);
     init_checker_pool(&p, version, create_checker_pool, p.host().clone());
     p
@@ -505,6 +511,8 @@ pub fn update_program(
         p.update_program(changed_file_path, new_host, create_module_resolver)
     };
     let result = Rc::new(result);
+    // Not in Go: see `new_program`.
+    crate::program::mark_freeable_parses(&result);
     // A clone shares the old program's processed files (Go `UpdateProgram`),
     // so it uses the old load host too.
     let load_host = if reused {
diff --git a/crates/ts_wasm/src/language_service.rs b/crates/ts_wasm/src/language_service.rs
index 6c14b756..3e7164a8 100644
--- a/crates/ts_wasm/src/language_service.rs
+++ b/crates/ts_wasm/src/language_service.rs
@@ -67,10 +67,17 @@ impl ServiceError {
 }
 
 fn check_config(diagnostics: &[Diagnostic]) -> Result<(), ServiceError> {
-    if diagnostics.is_empty() {
+    // Only errors stop the setup. A warning, such as an Effect rule name
+    // that this build does not know (TS377134), does not stop `tsc` either.
+    let errors: Vec<Diagnostic> = diagnostics
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|diagnostic| diagnostic.category() == ts_goport::diagnostics::Category::Error)
+        .cloned()
+        .collect();
+    if errors.is_empty() {
         return Ok(());
     }
-    let diagnostics = new_diagnostic_responses(diagnostics);
+    let diagnostics = new_diagnostic_responses(&errors);
     let message = diagnostics
         .iter()
         .map(|diagnostic| format!("TS{}: {}", diagnostic.code, diagnostic.text))
@@ -127,6 +134,9 @@ pub struct Service {
     args: Vec<String>,
     context: Context,
     language: Option<ls::LanguageService>,
+    /// Source files changed since `language` was built. The next request
+    /// updates the program file by file, as the native project does.
+    dirty: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 impl Service {
@@ -161,10 +171,12 @@ impl Service {
             args,
             context,
             language: None,
+            dirty: Vec::new(),
         })
     }
 
     fn invalidate(&mut self) {
+        self.dirty.clear();
         let Some(language) = self.language.take() else {
             return;
         };
@@ -173,7 +185,56 @@ impl Service {
         ls_program::release_program(&program);
     }
 
+    /// Marks source files that the program already has as changed. Their
+    /// new text is in the host file system before the next request.
+    fn update(&mut self, paths: Vec<String>) {
+        for path in paths {
+            if !self.dirty.contains(&path) {
+                self.dirty.push(path);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Go: project/project.go CreateProgram, the `UpdateProgram` branch: each
+    // changed file replaces its old version in place when its imports and
+    // references are the same, and the other files keep their versions.
+    // `update_program` builds a full program itself when a file cannot be
+    // replaced.
+    fn apply_updates(&mut self) -> Result<(), ServiceError> {
+        if self.dirty.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let dirty = std::mem::take(&mut self.dirty);
+        let Some(language) = self.language.take() else {
+            return Ok(());
+        };
+        let mut program = language.program.clone();
+        drop(language);
+        let sys = new_os_system().map_err(|status| {
+            ServiceError::Internal(format!("cannot initialize host: {}", status.code()))
+        })?;
+        let host = compiler::new_compiler_host(
+            &self.cwd,
+            sys.fs(),
+            &sys.default_library_path(),
+            None,
+            None,
+            None,
+        );
+        let case_sensitive = host::CASE_SENSITIVE.get().copied().unwrap_or(true);
+        for file in &dirty {
+            let path = tspath::to_path(file, &self.cwd, case_sensitive);
+            let (next, _, _) =
+                ls_program::update_program(&program, &path, host.clone(), None, None);
+            ls_program::release_program(&program);
+            program = next;
+        }
+        self.language = Some(language_for(&self.cwd, program));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn language(&mut self) -> Result<&ls::LanguageService, ServiceError> {
+        self.apply_updates()?;
         if self.language.is_none() {
             self.language = Some(build_language(&self.cwd, &self.args)?);
         }
@@ -230,6 +291,15 @@ fn command(service: &mut Option<Service>, request: &Value) -> Result<String, Ser
                 .invalidate();
             Ok("null".into())
         }
+        Some("update") => {
+            let paths: Vec<String> = serde_json::from_value(request["paths"].clone())
+                .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+            service
+                .as_mut()
+                .ok_or("language service is disposed")?
+                .update(paths);
+            Ok("null".into())
+        }
         Some("request") => {
             let method = request["method"]
                 .as_str()
@@ -263,6 +333,12 @@ fn build_language(cwd: &str, args: &[String]) -> Result<ls::LanguageService, Ser
         },
         None,
     );
+    Ok(language_for(cwd, program))
+}
+
+/// A language service on `program`, with line maps read from the current
+/// file texts.
+fn language_for(cwd: &str, program: Rc<compiler::NewProgram>) -> ls::LanguageService {
     let fs = program.host().fs();
     let lines_fs = fs.clone();
     let line_maps = RefCell::new(HashMap::<String, Rc<lsconv::LSPLineMap>>::new());
@@ -279,12 +355,7 @@ fn build_language(cwd: &str, args: &[String]) -> Result<ls::LanguageService, Ser
         Some(lines)
     });
     let host = Rc::new(LanguageHost { fs, converters });
-    Ok(ls::new_language_service(
-        ls::autoimport::ProjectID(cwd.into()),
-        program,
-        host,
-        "",
-    ))
+    ls::new_language_service(ls::autoimport::ProjectID(cwd.into()), program, host, "")
 }
 
 fn read_config(args: &[String], sys: &dyn System) -> Result<ParsedCommandLine, ServiceError> {
diff --git a/npm/wasm/README.md b/npm/wasm/README.md
index 2d4f05db..51fe8954 100644
--- a/npm/wasm/README.md
+++ b/npm/wasm/README.md
@@ -114,10 +114,13 @@ Supported methods:
 - `textDocument/semanticTokens/full`, `textDocument/semanticTokens/range`
 
 `files` is copied on creation. `updateFiles` adds or replaces files; `deleteFiles` removes them.
-Calls are serialized per service. Changes release the old program and the next request rebuilds
-it, including its imports and configuration. Repeated reads share the current program. This first
-interface does not reuse the compiler program across changes, supply auto-import completions, or
-resolve completion/code-action items. Those operations need additional host integration.
+Calls are serialized per service. An update of files that the service already has updates the
+program on the next request, as the native language server does: each changed file replaces its old
+version, and the other files keep theirs. When a change adds or removes an import or reference, the
+program is built again. A new file, a deleted file or a JSON file (`tsconfig.json`, `package.json`)
+rebuilds the program, including its imports and configuration. Repeated reads share the current
+program. This first interface does not supply auto-import completions or resolve
+completion/code-action items. Those operations need additional host integration.
 
 The position converters keep one line map per file for the current program. File changes release
 those maps together with the program, so token, symbol and reference results use the current text.
diff --git a/npm/wasm/core.js b/npm/wasm/core.js
index 918574f0..532b78aa 100644
--- a/npm/wasm/core.js
+++ b/npm/wasm/core.js
@@ -117,11 +117,16 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
     let stderrText = "";
     const u8 = () => new Uint8Array(memory.buffer);
     const dv = () => new DataView(memory.buffer);
+    // wasm32 passes addresses as i32, which JavaScript reads as signed: an
+    // address in the upper 2 GiB of memory arrives negative. `>>> 0` makes
+    // it the unsigned address.
+    const addr = ptr => ptr >>> 0;
 
     const envBytes = Object.entries(env).map(([k, v]) => encoder.encode(`${k}=${v}\0`));
     const writeStrings = (list, ptrs, buf) => {
         const view = dv();
-        let at = buf;
+        ptrs = addr(ptrs);
+        let at = addr(buf);
         list.forEach((bytes, i) => {
             view.setUint32(ptrs + i * 4, at, true);
             u8().set(bytes, at);
@@ -130,8 +135,8 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
         return SUCCESS;
     };
     const sizes = (list, countPtr, sizePtr) => {
-        dv().setUint32(countPtr, list.length, true);
-        dv().setUint32(sizePtr, list.reduce((n, b) => n + b.length, 0), true);
+        dv().setUint32(addr(countPtr), list.length, true);
+        dv().setUint32(addr(sizePtr), list.reduce((n, b) => n + b.length, 0), true);
         return SUCCESS;
     };
 
@@ -145,14 +150,16 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
             // out a statistics row whose time is zero.
             const ms = id === 0 ? performance.timeOrigin + performance.now() : performance.now();
             const ns = BigInt(Math.round(ms * 1e6));
-            dv().setBigUint64(out, ns, true);
+            dv().setBigUint64(addr(out), ns, true);
             return SUCCESS;
         },
         clock_res_get: (_id, out) => {
-            dv().setBigUint64(out, 1000n, true);
+            dv().setBigUint64(addr(out), 1000n, true);
             return SUCCESS;
         },
         random_get: (buf, len) => {
+            buf = addr(buf);
+            len = addr(len);
             for (let at = 0; at < len; at += 65536) {
                 crypto.getRandomValues(u8().subarray(buf + at, buf + Math.min(len, at + 65536)));
             }
@@ -160,6 +167,7 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
         },
         fd_write: (fd, iovs, iovsLen, nwritten) => {
             if (fd !== 1 && fd !== 2) return EBADF;
+            iovs = addr(iovs);
             const view = dv();
             let total = 0;
             for (let i = 0; i < iovsLen; i++) {
@@ -173,11 +181,12 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
                 }
                 total += len;
             }
-            view.setUint32(nwritten, total, true);
+            view.setUint32(addr(nwritten), total, true);
             return SUCCESS;
         },
         fd_fdstat_get: (fd, out) => {
             if (fd > 2) return EBADF;
+            out = addr(out);
             // A character device without seek rights is a terminal for Rust's
             // `IsTerminal`.
             u8().fill(0, out, out + 24);
@@ -190,7 +199,7 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
         },
         sched_yield: () => SUCCESS,
         poll_oneoff: (_in, _out, _n, nevents) => {
-            dv().setUint32(nevents, 0, true);
+            dv().setUint32(addr(nevents), 0, true);
             return SUCCESS;
         },
     };
@@ -199,6 +208,8 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
         if (name === "wasi_snapshot_preview1") imports[name][field] = wasi[field] ?? (() => ENOSYS);
     }
     imports.ts_host.fs = (op, ptr, len) => {
+        ptr = addr(ptr);
+        len = addr(len);
         const result = fsCall(fs, op, u8().slice(ptr, ptr + len));
         if (result === undefined) return -1;
         if (result.error !== undefined) {
@@ -209,7 +220,7 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
         return staged.length;
     };
     imports.ts_host.fs_take = ptr => {
-        u8().set(staged, ptr);
+        u8().set(staged, addr(ptr));
         staged = undefined;
     };
 
@@ -234,7 +245,7 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
             if (diagnosticsJson) flags |= FLAG_DIAGNOSTICS_JSON;
             if (caseInsensitive) flags |= FLAG_CASE_INSENSITIVE;
             const request = encoder.encode([cwd, String(flags), ...args].join("\0"));
-            u8().set(request, exports.ts_input(request.length));
+            u8().set(request, exports.ts_input(request.length) >>> 0);
             return exports.ts_run;
         },
         /** The result of a `ts_run` call that returned `exitCode` or threw `error`. */
@@ -248,8 +259,8 @@ function prepareRun(module, options) {
             }
             let diagnostics;
             if (diagnosticsJson) {
-                const ptr = exports.ts_output();
-                const len = exports.ts_output_len();
+                const ptr = exports.ts_output() >>> 0;
+                const len = exports.ts_output_len() >>> 0;
                 diagnostics = len ? JSON.parse(decoder.decode(u8().subarray(ptr, ptr + len))) : [];
             }
             return { exitCode, diagnostics };
@@ -324,11 +335,11 @@ export async function createLanguageService(module, options = {}) {
         const input = encoder.encode(JSON.stringify(request));
         let result;
         try {
-            const ptr = exports.ts_input(input.length);
+            const ptr = exports.ts_input(input.length) >>> 0;
             new Uint8Array(exports.memory.buffer).set(input, ptr);
             await invoke();
             result = JSON.parse(decoder.decode(new Uint8Array(
-                exports.memory.buffer, exports.ts_output(), exports.ts_output_len(),
+                exports.memory.buffer, exports.ts_output() >>> 0, exports.ts_output_len() >>> 0,
             )));
         } catch (error) {
             failure = Object.assign(error, { stderr: run.stderrText() });
@@ -354,8 +365,15 @@ export async function createLanguageService(module, options = {}) {
             let entries;
             try { entries = fileEntries(changes); } catch (error) { return Promise.reject(error); }
             return enqueue(async () => {
-                await call({ action: "invalidate" });
+                // Changed source files update the program in place on the next
+                // request. A new file or a JSON file (tsconfig.json,
+                // package.json) can change the file list or the options, so it
+                // rebuilds the program.
+                const inPlace = entries.every(([path]) => files.has(path) && !path.endsWith(".json"));
                 for (const [path, text] of entries) files.set(path, text);
+                await call(inPlace
+                    ? { action: "update", paths: entries.map(([path]) => path) }
+                    : { action: "invalidate" });
             });
         },
         deleteFiles(paths) {
diff --git a/npm/wasm/test/language-service-updates.test.mjs b/npm/wasm/test/language-service-updates.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dd19427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/wasm/test/language-service-updates.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import { createLanguageService as createCoreLanguageService } from "../core.js";
+import { loadModule } from "../node.js";
+
+const uri = path => `file://${path}`;
+
+async function create(files, lib = ["es2022"]) {
+    const module = await loadModule();
+    return createCoreLanguageService(module, {
+        cwd: "/p",
+        args: ["-p", "/p"],
+        files: {
+            "/p/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({ compilerOptions: { strict: true, target: "es2022", module: "esnext", lib, types: [] }, include: ["*.ts"] }),
+            ...files,
+        },
+    });
+}
+
+async function diagnostics(service, path) {
+    const result = await service.request("textDocument/diagnostic", { textDocument: { uri: uri(path) } });
+    return result.items.map(item => ({ code: item.code, line: item.range.start.line, character: item.range.start.character }));
+}
+
+test("an edit of a program file updates the program in place", async () => {
+    const base = "export const a = 1;\nexport const b = 2;\nexport const c = 3;\n";
+    const service = await create({ "/p/a.ts": base });
+    try {
+        assert.deepEqual(await diagnostics(service, "/p/a.ts"), []);
+        // An error in the middle of the file, after two inserted lines.
+        await service.updateFiles({ "/p/a.ts": `// one\n// two\n${base.replace("b = 2", 'b: number = "2"')}` });
+        assert.deepEqual(await diagnostics(service, "/p/a.ts"), [{ code: 2322, line: 3, character: 13 }]);
+        const hover = await service.request("textDocument/hover", { textDocument: { uri: uri("/p/a.ts") }, position: { line: 4, character: 13 } });
+        assert.match(JSON.stringify(hover), /const c: 3/);
+        await service.updateFiles({ "/p/a.ts": base });
+        assert.deepEqual(await diagnostics(service, "/p/a.ts"), []);
+    } finally {
+        await service.dispose();
+    }
+});
+
+test("an edit that adds an import rebuilds the program", async () => {
+    const service = await create({
+        "/p/a.ts": "export const a = 1;\n",
+        "/p/c.ts": "export const c: string = 'c';\n",
+    });
+    try {
+        assert.deepEqual(await diagnostics(service, "/p/a.ts"), []);
+        await service.updateFiles({ "/p/a.ts": 'import { c } from "./c";\nexport const a: number = c;\n' });
+        assert.deepEqual(await diagnostics(service, "/p/a.ts"), [{ code: 2322, line: 1, character: 13 }]);
+        await service.updateFiles({ "/p/c.ts": "export const c: number = 3;\n" });
+        assert.deepEqual(await diagnostics(service, "/p/a.ts"), []);
+    } finally {
+        await service.dispose();
+    }
+});
+
+test("a long edit session keeps the memory of one program", async () => {
+    // Each update used to keep the old program, so a project with the DOM
+    // library passed 2 GiB of memory after about 180 edits.
+    let text = 'export const element: HTMLElement | null = document.querySelector("div");\n';
+    const service = await create({ "/p/a.ts": text }, ["es2022", "dom"]);
+    try {
+        for (let i = 0; i < 300; i++) {
+            text += i % 40 === 39 ? "\n" : i % 40 === 0 ? "// " : "x";
+            await service.updateFiles({ "/p/a.ts": text });
+            assert.deepEqual(await diagnostics(service, "/p/a.ts"), []);
+        }
+    } finally {
+        await service.dispose();
+    }
+});
+
+test("a configuration warning does not stop the setup", async () => {
+    // An Effect rule that this build does not know is a warning (TS377134),
+    // as in `tsc`, so the project still opens.
+    const module = await loadModule();
+    const service = await createCoreLanguageService(module, {
+        cwd: "/p",
+        args: ["-p", "/p"],
+        files: {
+            "/p/tsconfig.json": JSON.stringify({
+                compilerOptions: { strict: true, types: [], plugins: [{ name: "@effect/language-service", diagnosticSeverity: { noSuchRule: "error" } }] },
+                include: ["*.ts"],
+            }),
+            "/p/a.ts": 'export const a: number = "a";\n',
+        },
+    });
+    try {
+        assert.deepEqual(await diagnostics(service, "/p/a.ts"), [{ code: 2322, line: 0, character: 13 }]);
+    } finally {
+        await service.dispose();
+    }
+});

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Sorry for the churn here. I'm reworking this PR to match the classic typescript language-service API, so existing ts.createLanguageService(host) callers can keep their code unchanged. It's staying in draft while that rewrite and the upstream test comparisons are in progress. Some comments refer to code that will change; I'll carry forward any findings that still apply.

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Closing this one: the rewrite into a full drop-in replacement for the regular TypeScript language service has grown too big to review as an update to this PR. I'll open a fresh PR for it once it's ready.

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