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What

Adds a dynamic call-graph tracer for Rust, the last runtime in the epic (#1244) with no tracer. pprof-rs / cargo flamegraph write gzipped protobuf CPU profiles in the same wire format as Go, so this reuses the Go pprof decoder and accumulation and adds only Rust-specific symbol demangling and scoping.

Why

Static analysis already resolves monomorphised Rust calls, so the dynamic payoff is narrower but real: dyn Trait dispatch, function pointers, and closures routed across boundaries. This closes #1251.

Approach

  • codebase_rag/trace/rust_pprof.py: convert_rust_pprof reuses _decompress / _decode_profile / _accumulate_edges from pprof.py; a Rust _bare_name strips the legacy ::h<hash>, splits paths at angle/paren depth zero so <Dog as Animal>::speak yields speak, drops trailing turbofish (fn::<u32> -> fn), collapses generic instantiations, and marks {{closure}} anonymous. Frames outside the repo and under target/ are seen through to the nearest project frame. The header is tagged sampled=True (pprof-rs samples).
  • Resolution reuses JsFrameResolver (span-first, bare name + declaration line), so monomorphised instances resolve to their single generic source definition; ingest.py adds rust to that dispatch tuple.
  • CLI: Rust pprof is gzipped protobuf indistinguishable from Go's by magic bytes, so cgr trace convert --language rust selects the Rust demangler. Unknown --language values are rejected.
  • Docs: supported-runtimes list plus a "Recording a Rust trace" section (pprof-rs recipe and caveats).

Tests

  • Converter: sample-weighted edges, the dyn Trait dispatch edge captured through an intervening std frame, target/+stdlib frames out of scope, closures/generics normalised, _bare_name demangling table, workload labelling, malformed-profile rejection.
  • Ingest: a Rust trace resolves the dyn-dispatch edge to the graph node and flags it dynamic_sampled + static_missed.
  • CLI: --language rust routes to the Rust converter (and needs --repo-path); unknown language rejected. Plus the TRACE_LANGUAGE_RUST constant assertion.

Closes #1251. Refs #1244.

(Supersedes #1274, which GitHub auto-closed when its stacked base branch was deleted on merge of #1273. Rebased onto main; the sampled flag it uses is already merged.)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added Rust support for dynamic trace conversion from gzipped pprof profiles.
    • Added optional language selection, workload metadata, symbol normalization, stack aggregation, and repository-aware frame filtering.
    • Rust traces support span-based call resolution, including dynamic trait dispatch.
    • Rust conversion requires a repository path.
  • Documentation

    • Added setup, profiling, conversion, sampling, and troubleshooting guidance for Rust tracing.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Unsupported languages and malformed or empty profiles now produce clear errors.

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Rust dynamic tracing now supports gzipped Rust pprof conversion. The CLI accepts explicit language selection, the converter normalizes and filters Rust frames, ingestion resolves Rust calls, and tests and documentation cover the flow.

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Rust trace support

Layer / File(s) Summary
CLI language routing
codebase_rag/constants/trace.py, codebase_rag/cli_help.py, codebase_rag/trace/cli.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_dynamic_trace_cli.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_dynamic_trace_records.py, docs/guide/dynamic-tracing.md
The CLI accepts --language rust, validates inputs, routes Rust profiles, and documents Rust tracing usage.
Shared and Rust pprof conversion
codebase_rag/trace/pprof.py, codebase_rag/trace/rust_pprof.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_dynamic_trace_rust.py
The shared converter accepts Rust-specific frame construction and metadata. Rust profiles are decoded into sampled trace records. Symbols are normalized, frames are filtered, edges are aggregated, and workload labels are preserved.
Rust frame ingestion
codebase_rag/trace/ingest.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_dynamic_trace_ingest.py
Rust frames use the shared resolver. Tests cover dynamic trait dispatch, runtime edges, and provenance flags.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6c1f6

This PR adds Rust dynamic call-graph tracing and integrates it with conversion, ingestion, CLI handling, and documentation; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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  participant RustPprof
  participant SharedPprofConverter
  participant TraceIngest
  participant CodeGraph
  User->>TraceCLI: convert --language rust
  TraceCLI->>RustPprof: convert_rust_pprof(profile, repo, output, workload)
  RustPprof->>SharedPprofConverter: decode profile and build Rust frames
  SharedPprofConverter-->>RustPprof: write sampled trace records
  TraceIngest->>CodeGraph: resolve Rust frames and create runtime edges
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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The PR covers demangling, dyn dispatch, generic resolution, interchange output, and documentation, but does not provide the required cargo test tracing wrapper or end-to-end workflow. Add the traced cargo test wrapper and demonstrate an end-to-end traced cargo test run that produces dynamic edges.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the Rust dynamic call-graph tracer and its dyn-dispatch focus.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the feature, approach, related issues, and tests, but it does not use the repository template headings or checklist.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation, refactoring, tests, CLI changes, ingestion updates, and documentation all support the Rust dynamic tracing objectives.
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- Around line 17-19: Update the profile-setting guidance near the traced-build
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Adds Rust pprof CPU-profile conversion and graph ingestion support, including Rust symbol normalization, repository-scoped frame extraction, sampled-edge metadata, and the --language rust conversion override.

An executable conversion-to-ingestion check generated gzipped pprof inputs and confirmed leaf-first stack handling, sample-weight accumulation, repository and target/ scoping, Rust symbol normalization, span-based graph resolution, and sampled runtime-edge properties.

A suspected v0 Rust closure normalization failure was disproved by execution: app::main::{closure#0} normalized to <anonymous> and its resulting records resolved successfully. No publishable correctness or security defects were found.

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The Rust tracing addition is safe to merge based on the exercised conversion and ingestion behavior.

The executable check covered profile decoding, frame scoping, Rust symbol handling, sampled edge accumulation, and graph resolution, and found no defects.

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  • Ran the authored harness to build synthetic gzipped Rust pprof profiles, convert them with the Rust converter, and ingest them through a fake graph.
  • Verified that the legacy closure path produced three records and resolved all three sampled runtime-only edges with no unresolved frames.
  • Verified that the Rust v0 closure path produced the same three records and normalized app::main::{closure#0} to <anonymous>.
  • Validated that codebase_rag/trace/rust_pprof.py correctly treats both {closure} and {closure#0} as synthetic after top-level splitting.
  • Concluded that the prior closure failure hypothesis is disproved by execution and that no security-relevant behavior was observed; frames outside the repository and under target/ are excluded from emitted records.

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@coderabbitai Both corrected in 5b93eeb (docstring accuracy):

  • pprof producer: dropped cargo flamegraph (it renders flamegraphs from perf/DTrace, not pprof protobuf). The docstring now credits only the pprof crate and notes its output is normally uncompressed, gzipped just as readily (the Go reader reads either).
  • profile guidance: reworded to opt-level = 0 (dev profile) as the inlining control; debug = true is described only as preserving symbols/line tables, not as reducing inlining.

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The rust_pprof.py docstring now credits the pprof crate only. It accurately states that profiles are normally uncompressed and that the Go reader accepts uncompressed or gzipped data.

The profile guidance now correctly identifies opt-level = 0 as the inlining control. It describes debug = true only as preserving symbols and line tables.


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Learning: In `codebase_rag/trace/rust_pprof.py`, the Rust pprof producer is the `pprof` crate. It normally writes uncompressed protobuf profiles, and the shared Go pprof reader accepts either uncompressed or gzipped data. For tracing, `opt-level = 0` prevents callees from being inlined away. `debug = true` preserves symbols and line tables but does not itself reduce inlining in an optimized build.

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