@xemahq/repo-build-tooling 0.14.0 → 0.15.0

package/README.md

@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ pnpm exec xema-scrub-swagger-paths dist
 | `xema-readiness` | Runs the ordered checks between a source change and a push |
 | `xema-service-bootstrap [--check] [--filter <key>] [--root <dir>]` | Generates `src/generated/*.generated.ts` service and worker descriptors from the repository's `xema-biome.json` manifests; `--check` fails on drift |
 | `xema-scrub-swagger-paths <dist-dir>...` | Rewrites `@nestjs/swagger` plugin output that names a private install path, then fails the build if any leak remains (`--self-test` available) |
-| `xema-composed-image <command>` | Build-time half of a composed-process image: `members`, `filters`, `dirs`, `pins`, `index`, `load`, `stage`, `sync-injected`, `prisma-check`, `migrate`, `coordinate`, `load-image`, `smoke-refusal`, `dockerfile` |
+| `xema-composed-image <command>` | Build-time half of a composed-process image: `members`, `filters`, `dirs`, `pins`, `index`, `load`, `stage`, `pnpm-context`, `sync-injected`, `prisma-check`, `migrate`, `coordinate`, `load-image`, `smoke-refusal`, `dockerfile` |
 | `xema-check-no-vendored-deps` | Fails on a `workspace:` range for a package the repository does not own |
 | `xema-check-workspace-ranges` | Fails on a `workspace:` range the local package does not satisfy |
 
-`xema-composed-image members --write|--check` accepts `--manifests <glob>` (repeatable, default `**/xema-biome.json`), `--canonical-dockerfile <path>` and `--cross-repo-manifest <path>`. `xema-composed-image dockerfile` requires `--copy`, `--cache-id` and `--build-source`; it pins the version of this tool itself, and there is no flag for it (`--tooling-version` is refused as an unknown option). `dockerfile --prebuilt` renders the Dockerfile and `Dockerfile.dockerignore` of an image assembled from `stage <dir> [--output <rel>]… [--also <pkg>]…` output (requires `--cache-id`, `--build-source`; `--copy` and `--stage-dir` optional); `load --each` loads every member in its own process. `stage` and `filters` accept `--also <workspace package name>` (repeatable): the package's closure is built and staged (built outputs only, no Prisma checks) alongside the members; an unknown name is refused. Run `xema-composed-image` with no arguments for the full usage.
+`xema-composed-image members --write|--check` accepts `--manifests <glob>` (repeatable, default `**/xema-biome.json`), `--canonical-dockerfile <path>` and `--cross-repo-manifest <path>`. `xema-composed-image dockerfile` requires `--copy`, `--cache-id` and `--build-source`; it pins the version of this tool itself, and there is no flag for it (`--tooling-version` is refused as an unknown option). `dockerfile --prebuilt` renders the Dockerfile and `Dockerfile.dockerignore` of an image assembled from `stage <dir> [--output <rel>]… [--also <pkg>]…` output (requires `--cache-id`, `--build-source`; `--copy` and `--stage-dir` optional); `load --each` loads every member in its own process. `stage` and `filters` accept `--also <workspace package name>` (repeatable): the package's closure is built and staged (built outputs only, no Prisma checks) alongside the members; an unknown name is refused. `pnpm-context <dir> (--subject <svc>… | --image-dir <composed>)` runs on the CI runner after `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile` and builds the offline `xema-pnpm` build context (`staged.json`, `corepack/pnpm.tgz`, `cache/`); it prints `XEMA_PNPM_CONTEXT=<dir>` and `XEMA_PNPM_STORE=<store root>` on stdout (everything else on stderr) and refuses a non-empty `<dir>`. Run `xema-composed-image` with no arguments for the full usage.
 
 Every step refuses rather than skips. The package has no dependencies.
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@xemahq/repo-build-tooling",
-  "version": "0.14.0",
+  "version": "0.15.0",
   "description": "Dev-time build tooling shared by every Xema repository. Ships as plain ESM, depending only on @xemahq/release-policy for registry access, so the published artifact is the reviewed source.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Neuralchowder Inc. <developer@xema.dev> (https://xema.dev)",
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
     "@xemahq/release-policy": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node src/scrub-swagger-plugin-paths.mjs --self-test && node --test src/check-workspace-range-matches-local.test.mjs && node --test src/check-no-vendored-deps.test.mjs && node --test src/readiness.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-coordinate-cli.test.mjs && node --test src/declaration-refusal.test.mjs && node --test src/smoke-refusal.test.mjs && node --test src/load-image.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-coordinate.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-dockerfile.test.mjs && node --test src/service-bootstrap.test.mjs && node --test src/service-bootstrap-protocols.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-prebuilt-dockerfile.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-stage.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-sync-injected.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-prisma-check.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-migrate.test.mjs"
+    "test": "node src/scrub-swagger-plugin-paths.mjs --self-test && node --test src/check-workspace-range-matches-local.test.mjs && node --test src/check-no-vendored-deps.test.mjs && node --test src/readiness.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-coordinate-cli.test.mjs && node --test src/declaration-refusal.test.mjs && node --test src/smoke-refusal.test.mjs && node --test src/load-image.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-coordinate.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-dockerfile.test.mjs && node --test src/service-bootstrap.test.mjs && node --test src/service-bootstrap-protocols.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-prebuilt-dockerfile.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-in-image-closure.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-stage.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-pnpm-context.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-sync-injected.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-image-prisma-check.test.mjs && node --test src/composed-migrate.test.mjs"
   },
   "xemaRelease": {
-    "sourceDigest": "sha256:003d770229d6ab378573068cfaf5b02e89b6bbd632dcfce3ccb17125d94322e1"
+    "sourceDigest": "sha256:d3f54741da7e081ed21ee59ca2b27600880be97f359fde67028b756528c66153"
   }
 }

package/src/composed-image-in-image-closure.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// The prebuilt image bind-mounts `copyTool`'s output (package.json + src/, NO node_modules) and
+// runs a .mjs entry from it. That entry's whole import closure must load without node_modules.
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import test, { after } from 'node:test';
+
+import { renderPrebuiltDockerfile } from './composed-image-prebuilt-dockerfile.mjs';
+import { copyTool } from './composed-image-stage.mjs';
+import { fakePnpm, workspace } from './composed-image-fixture.test.mjs';
+
+const temps = [];
+after(() => {
+  for (const dir of temps) fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+function temp(prefix) {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix));
+  temps.push(dir);
+  return dir;
+}
+
+function renderedEntries() {
+  const root = workspace();
+  const { dockerfile } = renderPrebuiltDockerfile({
+    root,
+    copy: ['tooling/dev'],
+    cacheId: 'alpha-composed-process',
+    buildSource: 'alpha',
+    usesToken: true,
+    exec: fakePnpm(root),
+  });
+  const entries = [...new Set([...dockerfile.matchAll(/node \/opt\/xema-composed-image\/(\S+\.mjs)/g)].map((m) => m[1]))];
+  assert.ok(entries.length > 0, 'the rendered Dockerfile runs at least one tool entry');
+  return entries;
+}
+
+const LOCKFILE = "lockfileVersion: '9.0'\n\npackages:\n\n  left-pad@1.3.0:\n    resolution: {integrity: sha512-x}\n";
+
+test('every in-image entry runs from the copied tool directory with no node_modules', () => {
+  const tool = path.join(temp('xema-tool-'), 'tool');
+  copyTool(tool);
+  const root = temp('xema-root-');
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root, 'pnpm-lock.yaml'), LOCKFILE);
+  const committed = path.join(root, 'committed.yaml');
+  fs.copyFileSync(path.join(root, 'pnpm-lock.yaml'), committed);
+  for (const entry of renderedEntries()) {
+    const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, [path.join(tool, entry), 'pins', committed, '--root', root], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    assert.doesNotMatch(result.stderr, /ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND/, `${entry}: ${result.stderr}`);
+    assert.equal(result.status, 0, `${entry} exited ${result.status}: ${result.stderr}`);
+  }
+});
+
+const IMPORT_SPECIFIER =
+  /(?:^|[\s;])(?:import|export)\s+(?:[^'"`;]*?\s+from\s+)?['"]([^'"]+)['"]|\bimport\(\s*['"]([^'"]+)['"]\s*\)/gm;
+
+function closureOffenders(entry) {
+  const seen = new Set();
+  const offenders = [];
+  const visit = (file) => {
+    if (seen.has(file)) return;
+    seen.add(file);
+    const source = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+    for (const match of source.matchAll(IMPORT_SPECIFIER)) {
+      const specifier = match[1] ?? match[2];
+      if (specifier.startsWith('node:')) continue;
+      if (specifier.startsWith('./') || specifier.startsWith('../')) visit(path.resolve(path.dirname(file), specifier));
+      else offenders.push(`${path.basename(file)} imports ${specifier}`);
+    }
+  };
+  visit(entry);
+  return offenders;
+}
+
+test('every in-image entry imports only node: builtins and relative modules, transitively', () => {
+  const tool = path.join(temp('xema-tool-'), 'tool');
+  copyTool(tool);
+  for (const entry of renderedEntries()) {
+    assert.deepEqual(closureOffenders(path.join(tool, entry)), [], `${entry} reaches a bare package`);
+  }
+});

package/src/composed-image-in-image.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// THE IN-IMAGE HALF OF THE COMPOSED-PROCESS BUILD.
+//
+// The prebuilt Dockerfile bind-mounts a copy of this package's `package.json` + `src/`
+// (NO node_modules) and runs THIS file for `pins`, `index`, `load`, `sync-injected` and
+// `prisma-check`. So this module and everything it imports load only `node:` builtins and
+// relative modules; a bare package import would die with ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND in the image
+// (`composed-image-in-image-closure.test.mjs` proves it). `composed-image.mjs` re-exports
+// these functions and dispatches the same verbs outside Docker.
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { dirname, join, relative, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
+import { COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR } from './composed-image-paths.mjs';
+import { readMembers } from './composed-image-members.mjs';
+import { syncInjected } from './composed-image-sync-injected.mjs';
+import { prismaCheck } from './composed-image-prisma-check.mjs';
+
+export const MEMBER_INDEX_FILE = 'xema-composed-member-index.json';
+export const HOST_LINK = 'xema-composed-process';
+
+const SDK = '@xemahq/xema-service-nest';
+const IDENTITY_PACKAGES = Object.freeze(['@nestjs/common', '@nestjs/core', '@nestjs/config', 'reflect-metadata', SDK]);
+const COMMIT = /^[a-f0-9]{40}$/;
+
+/** The registry packages (`name@version`) a v9 lockfile's `packages:` section pins. */
+export function registryPins(lockfilePath) {
+  const lines = readFileSync(lockfilePath, 'utf8').split('\n');
+  if (lines[0] !== "lockfileVersion: '9.0'") {
+    throw new Error(`${lockfilePath} is not a v9 lockfile (first line "${lines[0]}")`);
+  }
+  const start = lines.indexOf('packages:');
+  if (start === -1) throw new Error(`${lockfilePath} has no packages: section`);
+  const pins = new Set();
+  for (const line of lines.slice(start + 1)) {
+    if (/^\S/.test(line)) break;
+    const key = /^ {2}(\S.*):$/.exec(line)?.[1];
+    if (key === undefined) continue;
+    const unquoted = key.replace(/^'(.*)'$/, '$1');
+    // Workspace packages an injected install adds are `file:` entries, not registry pins.
+    if (!/@file:/.test(unquoted)) pins.add(unquoted);
+  }
+  return pins;
+}
+
+/** Refuse a re-resolved `<root>/pnpm-lock.yaml` that pins a registry package the committed lockfile does not. */
+export function assertPinsUnchanged({ root = process.cwd(), committedLockfile }) {
+  if (committedLockfile === undefined) throw new Error('pins needs the committed lockfile path');
+  const committed = registryPins(committedLockfile);
+  const added = [...registryPins(join(root, 'pnpm-lock.yaml'))].filter((pin) => !committed.has(pin));
+  if (added.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `the injected re-resolution pinned registry package(s) the committed lockfile does not:\n${added
+        .map((pin) => `  - ${pin}`)
+        .join('\n')}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return committed.size;
+}
+
+function resolveFrom(root, directory, specifier) {
+  try {
+    return realpathSync(createRequire(join(root, directory, 'package.json')).resolve(specifier));
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error?.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') return undefined;
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+function packageRoot(file, name) {
+  for (let dir = dirname(file); dir !== dirname(dir); dir = dirname(dir)) {
+    const manifest = join(dir, 'package.json');
+    if (existsSync(manifest) && JSON.parse(readFileSync(manifest, 'utf8')).name === name) return dir;
+  }
+  throw new Error(`no ${name} package root above ${file}`);
+}
+
+/** Write the member index and the host link; returns the host bin path. */
+export function writeMemberIndex({ root = process.cwd(), imageDir = COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR, commit, buildSourceRepository }) {
+  if (!COMMIT.test(commit ?? '')) throw new Error(`index needs the exact 40-hex build commit, got "${commit}"`);
+  if (typeof buildSourceRepository !== 'string' || buildSourceRepository.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("index needs --build-source: the repository its subjects name in the image lock (their 'repo')");
+  }
+  const members = readMembers({ root, imageDir });
+  const problems = [];
+  const entries = {};
+  const identity = new Map();
+  for (const [key, directory] of members) {
+    const entry = `${directory}/dist/main.js`;
+    if (!existsSync(join(root, entry))) problems.push(`${key}: built entry ${entry} does not exist`);
+    entries[key] = { entry };
+    for (const specifier of IDENTITY_PACKAGES) {
+      const resolved = resolveFrom(root, directory, specifier);
+      if (resolved === undefined) {
+        // A member that does not depend on a package shares nothing that could
+        // be a second copy — except the host itself, which every member needs.
+        if (specifier === SDK) problems.push(`${key}: does not resolve ${SDK}`);
+        continue;
+      }
+      const seen = identity.get(specifier);
+      if (seen === undefined) identity.set(specifier, { resolved, key });
+      else if (seen.resolved !== resolved) {
+        problems.push(`${key} resolves ${specifier} at ${resolved}, ${seen.key} at ${seen.resolved}`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (problems.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(`the composed image cannot carry its members:\n${problems.map((p) => `  - ${p}`).join('\n')}`);
+  }
+  const document = { schemaVersion: 1, buildSource: { repository: buildSourceRepository, commit }, members: entries };
+  // Graded by the kernel's own schema, resolved through the members' module graph.
+  const { ComposedProcessMemberIndexSchema } = createRequire(join(root, members[0][1], 'package.json'))(
+    '@xemahq/contracts/process-topology',
+  );
+  ComposedProcessMemberIndexSchema.parse(document);
+  writeFileSync(join(root, MEMBER_INDEX_FILE), `${JSON.stringify(document, null, 2)}\n`);
+
+  const sdkRoot = packageRoot(identity.get(SDK).resolved, SDK);
+  const bin = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(sdkRoot, 'package.json'), 'utf8')).bin?.[HOST_LINK];
+  if (typeof bin !== 'string') throw new Error(`${SDK} at ${sdkRoot} ships no "${HOST_LINK}" bin`);
+  // Relative to the REAL root: the SDK path is a realpath, and a root reached through a
+  // symlink (macOS /var, a bind mount) would otherwise yield a link that escapes it.
+  symlinkSync(relative(realpathSync(root), join(sdkRoot, bin)), join(root, HOST_LINK));
+  return { members: members.length, host: join(sdkRoot, bin) };
+}
+
+/** Every member's module graph loads, through the host's own entry reader. */
+export function loadMembers({ root = process.cwd(), imageDir = COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR } = {}) {
+  const members = readMembers({ root, imageDir });
+  const problems = [];
+  for (const [key, directory] of members) {
+    try {
+      createRequire(join(root, directory, 'package.json'))(SDK).readServiceEntry(join(root, directory, 'dist', 'main.js'), {});
+    } catch (error) {
+      problems.push(`${key}: ${error?.message ?? String(error)}`);
+    }
+  }
+  if (problems.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `${problems.length} of ${members.length} member(s) do not load:\n${problems.map((p) => `  - ${p}`).join('\n')}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return members.length;
+}
+
+export const LOAD_ONE = `const { createRequire } = require('node:module');
+const { join } = require('node:path');
+const [directory, sdk] = process.argv.slice(1);
+createRequire(join(directory, 'package.json'))(sdk).readServiceEntry(join(directory, 'dist', 'main.js'), {});
+process.exit(0);`;
+
+/** Every member loads ALONE: one `node` process per member, same environment and user. `spawn` is injectable. */
+export function loadMembersEach({ root = process.cwd(), imageDir = COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR, spawn = spawnSync } = {}) {
+  const members = readMembers({ root, imageDir });
+  const problems = [];
+  for (const [key, directory] of members) {
+    const result = spawn(process.execPath, ['-e', LOAD_ONE, join(root, directory), SDK], {
+      cwd: join(root, directory),
+      env: process.env,
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+    });
+    if (result.error) problems.push(`${key}: ${result.error.message}`);
+    else if (result.status !== 0) {
+      const detail = String(result.stderr ?? '').trim().split('\n').filter(Boolean).slice(0, 8).join(' | ');
+      problems.push(`${key}: exited ${result.status ?? result.signal}${detail === '' ? '' : ` — ${detail}`}`);
+    }
+  }
+  if (problems.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `${problems.length} of ${members.length} member(s) do not load on their own:\n${problems.map((p) => `  - ${p}`).join('\n')}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return members.length;
+}
+
+// ── the in-image bin ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const USAGE =
+  'usage: composed-image-in-image <command> [--root <dir>] [--image-dir <dir>]\n' +
+  '  pins <committed-lockfile> | index <commit> --build-source <repo> | load [--each] | sync-injected | prisma-check';
+
+function parseInImageArguments(argv) {
+  const positional = [];
+  const options = {};
+  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i += 1) {
+    const arg = argv[i];
+    if (!arg.startsWith('--')) {
+      positional.push(arg);
+      continue;
+    }
+    const name = arg.slice(2);
+    if (name === 'each') {
+      options.each = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (name !== 'root' && name !== 'image-dir' && name !== 'build-source') throw new Error(`unknown option ${arg}\n${USAGE}`);
+    const value = argv[i + 1];
+    if (value === undefined || value.startsWith('--')) throw new Error(`${arg} needs a value`);
+    i += 1;
+    options[name] = value;
+  }
+  return { command: positional[0], argument: positional[1], options };
+}
+
+export function main(argv, { log = console.log } = {}) {
+  const { command, argument, options } = parseInImageArguments(argv);
+  const root = resolve(options.root ?? process.cwd());
+  const imageDir = options['image-dir'] ?? COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR;
+  switch (command) {
+    case 'pins': {
+      const count = assertPinsUnchanged({ root, committedLockfile: argument });
+      log(`composed install: every registry pin is the committed lockfile's (${count})`);
+      return;
+    }
+    case 'index': {
+      const result = writeMemberIndex({ root, imageDir, commit: argument, buildSourceRepository: options['build-source'] });
+      log(`composed member index: ${result.members} member(s) at ${argument}; host ${result.host}`);
+      return;
+    }
+    case 'load':
+      if (options.each) {
+        log(`composed members: all ${loadMembersEach({ root, imageDir })} module graph(s) load on their own`);
+        return;
+      }
+      log(`composed members: all ${loadMembers({ root, imageDir })} module graph(s) load`);
+      return;
+    case 'sync-injected':
+      syncInjected({ root, imageDir, log });
+      return;
+    case 'prisma-check':
+      return prismaCheck({ root, imageDir, log }).then(() => undefined);
+    default:
+      throw new Error(USAGE);
+  }
+}
+
+const invokedPath = process.argv[1] ? realpathSync(process.argv[1]) : undefined;
+if (invokedPath !== undefined && import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(invokedPath).href) {
+  try {
+    await main(process.argv.slice(2));
+    // A loaded member graph may hold handles its modules opened at evaluation; the verdict is in.
+    process.exit(0);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`xema-composed-image: ${error?.message ?? String(error)}`);
+    let depth = 0;
+    for (let cause = error?.cause; cause !== undefined && depth < 5; cause = cause?.cause, depth += 1) {
+      console.error(`  caused by ${cause?.message ?? String(cause)}`);
+    }
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}

package/src/composed-image-paths.mjs

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 // Where a repository keeps its composed-process image: the one place this is spelled.
 export const COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR = 'infra/composed-process';
+
+// The one entry the prebuilt image runs from the bind-mounted tool directory: loads only `node:` and relative modules.
+export const IN_IMAGE_ENTRY = 'src/composed-image-in-image.mjs';

package/src/composed-image-pnpm-context.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// `xema-composed-image pnpm-context <dir> (--subject <svc>... | --image-dir <composed>)`:
+// builds, on the CI runner and AFTER its `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`, the pnpm context an
+// offline prebuilt image build consumes as the named BuildKit context `xema-pnpm`. The runner's
+// own pnpm store is the second context (`xema-pnpm-store`); it is never copied.
+//
+//   <dir>/staged.json         { tool, pnpm, storeDir, subjects[], imageDir? } — the sentinel the image checks
+//   <dir>/corepack/pnpm.tgz   `corepack pack pnpm@<root packageManager>`
+//   <dir>/cache/              pnpm `cache-dir` (registry metadata), seeded from the runner's and warmed
+//
+// stdout is exactly two lines for `$GITHUB_ENV`: `XEMA_PNPM_CONTEXT=<dir>` and
+// `XEMA_PNPM_STORE=<store root>`. Everything else goes to stderr. pnpm's own request-level
+// fetch retries apply; nothing here retries a command.
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { cpSync, copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
+
+import { memberClosure, memberFilters } from './composed-image-members.mjs';
+import { lockfileOnlyCommand } from './composed-image-prebuilt-dockerfile.mjs';
+import { toolVersion } from './composed-image-stage.mjs';
+
+/** Runs a command, returns stdout; stderr is the caller's. Injectable for tests. */
+const defaultExec = (file, args, { cwd } = {}) =>
+  execFileSync(file, args, { cwd, encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'inherit'], maxBuffer: 64 * 1024 * 1024 });
+
+/** `pnpm@10.33.0+sha512.…` → `10.33.0`. */
+function pnpmVersion(root) {
+  const manager = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(root, 'package.json'), 'utf8')).packageManager;
+  const found = typeof manager === 'string' ? /^pnpm@(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)(?:\+.*)?$/.exec(manager) : null;
+  if (found === null) throw new Error(`package.json packageManager must be pnpm@<x.y.z>, got ${JSON.stringify(manager)}`);
+  return found[1];
+}
+
+function seedCache(exec, source, target, log) {
+  mkdirSync(dirname(target), { recursive: true });
+  if (!existsSync(source)) {
+    mkdirSync(target);
+    return 'empty';
+  }
+  try {
+    exec('cp', ['-al', source, target], {});
+    return 'hardlinked';
+  } catch (error) {
+    log(`pnpm-context: cp -al failed (${String(error?.message ?? error).split('\n')[0]}); copying the cache instead`);
+    rmSync(target, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    cpSync(source, target, { recursive: true });
+    return 'copied';
+  }
+}
+
+/** A scratch tree holding exactly the deps stage's inputs, so `--lockfile-only` never touches the repository. */
+function scratchLockfileInputs({ root, imageDir, exec, copy }) {
+  const scratch = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'xema-pnpm-lock-'));
+  const put = (rel) => {
+    if (!existsSync(join(root, rel))) return;
+    mkdirSync(dirname(join(scratch, rel)), { recursive: true });
+    copyFileSync(join(root, rel), join(scratch, rel));
+  };
+  for (const rel of ['package.json', 'pnpm-lock.yaml', 'pnpm-workspace.yaml', '.npmrc']) put(rel);
+  for (const directory of memberClosure({ root, imageDir, exec })) put(`${directory}/package.json`);
+  for (const directory of copy) cpSync(join(root, directory), join(scratch, directory), { recursive: true });
+  return scratch;
+}
+
+export function buildPnpmContext({
+  root = process.cwd(),
+  dir,
+  subjects = [],
+  imageDir,
+  copy = [],
+  exec = defaultExec,
+  log = () => {},
+}) {
+  if (typeof dir !== 'string' || dir.length === 0) throw new Error('pnpm-context needs the output directory: pnpm-context <dir>');
+  if (subjects.length === 0 && imageDir === undefined) throw new Error('pnpm-context needs --subject <svc>… or --image-dir <composed>');
+  if (subjects.length > 0 && imageDir !== undefined) throw new Error('pnpm-context takes --subject or --image-dir, not both');
+  const target = resolve(dir);
+  if (existsSync(target) && readdirSync(target).length > 0) throw new Error(`${dir} already exists and is not empty`);
+
+  const pnpm = pnpmVersion(root);
+  const storePath = exec('pnpm', ['store', 'path'], { cwd: root }).trim();
+  const storeRoot = dirname(storePath);
+  if (storePath === '' || !existsSync(storePath)) {
+    throw new Error(`the runner's pnpm store ${storePath || '(unknown)'} does not exist — run pnpm install --frozen-lockfile before pnpm-context`);
+  }
+  const cacheSource = exec('pnpm', ['config', 'get', 'cache-dir'], { cwd: root }).trim();
+
+  mkdirSync(join(target, 'corepack'), { recursive: true });
+  exec('corepack', ['pack', `pnpm@${pnpm}`, '-o', join(target, 'corepack', 'pnpm.tgz')], { cwd: root });
+  const cache = join(target, 'cache');
+  log(`pnpm-context: cache ${seedCache(exec, cacheSource, cache, log)} from ${cacheSource}`);
+
+  // Warm: the exact metadata requests the offline image build will make, answered from the registry once, here.
+  const base = [`--config.cache-dir=${cache}`];
+  if (subjects.length > 0) {
+    const tmp = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'xema-pnpm-deploy-'));
+    try {
+      for (const subject of subjects) {
+        exec('pnpm', ['deploy', '--prod', '--ignore-scripts', '--prefer-offline', ...base, '--filter', subject, join(tmp, subject.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]/g, '_'))], { cwd: root });
+        log(`pnpm-context: warmed ${subject}`);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  } else {
+    const scratch = scratchLockfileInputs({ root, imageDir, exec, copy });
+    try {
+      const [file, ...args] = lockfileOnlyCommand(memberFilters({ root, imageDir }).flatMap((f) => f.split(' ')));
+      exec(file, [...args, ...base], { cwd: scratch });
+      log(`pnpm-context: warmed the ${imageDir} lockfile-only resolve`);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(scratch, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const sentinel = { tool: toolVersion(), pnpm, storeDir: storeRoot, subjects: [...subjects], ...(imageDir === undefined ? {} : { imageDir }) };
+  writeFileSync(join(target, 'staged.json'), `${JSON.stringify(sentinel, null, 2)}\n`);
+  return { context: target, store: storeRoot };
+}

package/src/composed-image-pnpm-context.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+import { buildPnpmContext } from './composed-image-pnpm-context.mjs';
+import { lockfileOnlyCommand, renderPrebuiltDockerfile } from './composed-image-prebuilt-dockerfile.mjs';
+import { CLOSURE, fakePnpm, workspace, write } from './composed-image-fixture.test.mjs';
+
+function setup({ store = true, cache = true } = {}) {
+  const root = workspace();
+  write(root, 'package.json', { name: 'r', packageManager: 'pnpm@10.33.0+sha512.abc' });
+  write(root, 'pnpm-lock.yaml', 'lockfileVersion: 9\n');
+  const home = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'xema-pnpm-home-'));
+  const storePath = path.join(home, '.pnpm-store', 'v10');
+  const cacheDir = path.join(home, 'cache');
+  if (store) fs.mkdirSync(storePath, { recursive: true });
+  if (cache) write(home, 'cache/metadata-v1.3/registry.npmjs.org/x.json', '{}');
+  const out = path.join(fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'xema-pnpm-out-')), 'ctx');
+  const pnpmLs = fakePnpm(root, CLOSURE);
+  const calls = [];
+  const exec = (file, args, options = {}) => {
+    calls.push({ file, args, cwd: options.cwd, scratch: options.cwd !== root && options.cwd !== undefined ? fs.readdirSync(options.cwd) : undefined });
+    if (file === 'pnpm' && args[0] === 'ls') return pnpmLs(file, args, options);
+    if (file === 'pnpm' && args[0] === 'store') return `${storePath}\n`;
+    if (file === 'pnpm' && args[0] === 'config') return `${cacheDir}\n`;
+    if (file === 'corepack') {
+      fs.writeFileSync(args[args.indexOf('-o') + 1], 'tgz');
+      return '';
+    }
+    if (file === 'cp') {
+      fs.cpSync(args[1], args[2], { recursive: true });
+      return '';
+    }
+    return '';
+  };
+  return { root, out, exec, calls, storePath, home };
+}
+
+test('--subject: writes corepack tgz, a seeded and warmed cache dir, and the sentinel; returns the two env values', () => {
+  const { root, out, exec, calls, home } = setup();
+  const result = buildPnpmContext({ root, dir: out, subjects: ['svc-a', 'svc-b'], exec });
+  assert.deepEqual(result, { context: out, store: path.join(home, '.pnpm-store') });
+  assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(path.join(out, 'corepack/pnpm.tgz'), 'utf8'), 'tgz');
+  assert.ok(fs.existsSync(path.join(out, 'cache/metadata-v1.3/registry.npmjs.org/x.json')));
+  const staged = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(out, 'staged.json'), 'utf8'));
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(staged), ['tool', 'pnpm', 'storeDir', 'subjects']);
+  assert.equal(staged.pnpm, '10.33.0');
+  assert.deepEqual(staged.subjects, ['svc-a', 'svc-b']);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.find((c) => c.file === 'corepack').args.slice(0, 2), ['pack', 'pnpm@10.33.0']);
+  const deploys = calls.filter((c) => c.args[0] === 'deploy');
+  assert.equal(deploys.length, 2);
+  for (const d of deploys) {
+    for (const flag of ['--prod', '--ignore-scripts', '--prefer-offline', `--config.cache-dir=${path.join(out, 'cache')}`]) assert.ok(d.args.includes(flag), flag);
+    assert.ok(!fs.existsSync(d.args.at(-1)), 'the deploy target is deleted');
+  }
+});
+
+test('refuses a non-empty directory, a missing store, and a bad invocation, writing nothing', () => {
+  const full = setup();
+  write(full.out, 'old', 'x');
+  assert.throws(() => buildPnpmContext({ root: full.root, dir: full.out, subjects: ['s'], exec: full.exec }), /not empty/);
+  const none = setup({ store: false });
+  assert.throws(() => buildPnpmContext({ root: none.root, dir: none.out, subjects: ['s'], exec: none.exec }), /pnpm store .* does not exist/);
+  assert.equal(fs.existsSync(none.out), false);
+  assert.throws(() => buildPnpmContext({ root: none.root, dir: none.out, exec: none.exec }), /--subject/);
+  assert.throws(() => buildPnpmContext({ root: none.root, dir: none.out, subjects: ['s'], imageDir: 'x', exec: none.exec }), /not both/);
+});
+
+test('--image-dir: runs the generator\'s lockfile-only command on a scratch copy and leaves the repository lockfile alone', () => {
+  const { root, out, exec, calls } = setup({ cache: false });
+  buildPnpmContext({ root, dir: out, imageDir: 'infra/composed-process', exec });
+  const resolve = calls.find((c) => c.args.includes('--lockfile-only'));
+  assert.notEqual(resolve.cwd, root);
+  assert.ok(resolve.scratch.includes('pnpm-lock.yaml') && resolve.scratch.includes('package.json'));
+  assert.ok(resolve.args.includes(`--config.cache-dir=${path.join(out, 'cache')}`));
+  assert.equal(fs.existsSync(resolve.cwd), false, 'the scratch tree is deleted');
+  assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'pnpm-lock.yaml'), 'utf8'), 'lockfileVersion: 9\n');
+  assert.equal(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(out, 'staged.json'), 'utf8')).imageDir, 'infra/composed-process');
+});
+
+test('the lockfile-only command is the one the generated Dockerfile runs (no drift)', () => {
+  const root = workspace();
+  const words = lockfileOnlyCommand(['--filter', '@t/alpha-api...']);
+  assert.deepEqual(words.slice(0, 4), ['pnpm', 'install', '--lockfile-only', '--prefer-offline']);
+  assert.ok(words.includes('--config.inject-workspace-packages=true') && words.includes('--config.dedupe-injected-deps=false'));
+  const { dockerfile: text } = renderPrebuiltDockerfile({ root, cacheId: 'x', buildSource: 'repo', usesToken: false, exec: fakePnpm(root) });
+  assert.ok(text.includes('pnpm install --lockfile-only --prefer-offline ${INJECT} --filter @t/alpha-api... --filter @t/alpha-db-api... &&'));
+  assert.ok(text.includes('INJECT="--config.inject-workspace-packages=true --config.dedupe-injected-deps=false"'));
+});
+
+test('a failed cp -al falls back to a copy and logs why', () => {
+  const { root, out, exec, home } = setup();
+  const logs = [];
+  const failing = (file, args, options) => {
+    if (file === 'cp') throw new Error('cross-device link');
+    return exec(file, args, options);
+  };
+  buildPnpmContext({ root, dir: out, subjects: ['s'], exec: failing, log: (m) => logs.push(m) });
+  assert.ok(logs.some((m) => /cp -al failed \(cross-device link\)/.test(m)));
+  assert.ok(fs.existsSync(path.join(out, 'cache/metadata-v1.3/registry.npmjs.org/x.json')));
+  assert.ok(home);
+});

package/src/composed-image-prebuilt-dockerfile.mjs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, join, posix } from 'node:path';
 
-import { COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR } from './composed-image-paths.mjs';
+import { COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR, IN_IMAGE_ENTRY } from './composed-image-paths.mjs';
 import { toolVersion } from './composed-image-stage.mjs';
 import { NODE_BASE, npmrcUsesToken } from './composed-image-dockerfile.mjs';
 import { memberClosure, memberFilters, memberManifests } from './composed-image-members.mjs';
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ export function onlyBuiltDependencies(workspaceYaml) {
   return names;
 }
 
+/** The install-flag word the rendered RUN keeps as a shell variable; `injectFlags()` is what it expands to. */
+export const INJECT_TOKEN = '${INJECT}';
+export const injectFlags = () => ['--config.inject-workspace-packages=true', '--config.dedupe-injected-deps=false'];
+
+/**
+ * The deps stage's `--lockfile-only` resolve, as words (`INJECT_TOKEN` stands for `injectFlags()`).
+ * The Dockerfile renderer and `xema-composed-image pnpm-context` both read THIS function, so the
+ * metadata the context warms is exactly what the image resolves.
+ */
+export const lockfileOnlyWords = (filters) => ['pnpm', 'install', '--lockfile-only', '--prefer-offline', INJECT_TOKEN, ...filters];
+/** The same command with the inject words expanded: `[file, ...args]`. */
+export const lockfileOnlyCommand = (filters) => lockfileOnlyWords(filters).flatMap((w) => (w === INJECT_TOKEN ? injectFlags() : [w]));
+
 const parts = (sources) => sources.map((source) => `    ${source} \\`).join('\n');
 
 /** The prebuilt Dockerfile text. The closure and the members' literal filters are derived from `root` (`memberClosure`); `exec` is injectable for tests. */
@@ -89,7 +102,7 @@ export function renderPrebuiltDockerfile({
   const dirFlag = imageDir === COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR ? '' : ` --image-dir ${imageDir}`;
   const toolDir = '/opt/xema-composed-image';
   const toolMount = `--mount=type=bind,source=${stageDir}/tool,target=${toolDir}`;
-  const node = `${toolDir}/src/composed-image.mjs`;
+  const node = `${toolDir}/${IN_IMAGE_ENTRY}`;
   const store = `--mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-store-${cacheId},target=/root/.pnpm-store`;
   const metadata = `--mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-metadata-${cacheId},target=/root/.cache/pnpm`;
   const secret = usesToken ? '  --mount=type=secret,id=npm_token,required=true \\\n' : '';
@@ -143,9 +156,9 @@ ${parts(manifestSources)}
 RUN ${store} \\
   ${metadata} \\
 ${secret}  ${toolMount} \\
-  ${tokenExport}INJECT="--config.inject-workspace-packages=true --config.dedupe-injected-deps=false" && \\
+  ${tokenExport}INJECT="${injectFlags().join(' ')}" && \\
   cp pnpm-lock.yaml /tmp/pnpm-lock.committed.yaml && \\
-  pnpm install --lockfile-only --prefer-offline \${INJECT} ${filters} && \\
+  ${lockfileOnlyWords(filters.split(' ')).join(' ')} && \\
   node ${node} pins${dirFlag} /tmp/pnpm-lock.committed.yaml && \\
   pnpm install --prod --prefer-offline --ignore-scripts \${INJECT} ${filters} --frozen-lockfile && \\
   pnpm rebuild ${built.join(' ')} ${filters}

package/src/composed-image-prebuilt-dockerfile.test.mjs

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test('the tool is only bind-mounted, and the final stage carries nothing of it',
   const final = dockerfile.split('\nFROM base\n')[1];
   assert.doesNotMatch(final, /xema-composed-image|repo-build-tooling|npm install|\/opt\//);
   assert.doesNotMatch(final, /COPY --from=assemble \/monorepo \/monorepo/);
-  assert.match(dockerfile, /USER node\nRUN --mount=\S+ \\\n {2}NODE_ENV=production node \/opt\/xema-composed-image\/src\/composed-image\.mjs load --each\n/);
+  assert.match(dockerfile, /USER node\nRUN --mount=\S+ \\\n {2}NODE_ENV=production node \/opt\/xema-composed-image\/src\/composed-image-in-image\.mjs load --each\n/);
   assert.match(dockerfile, /cp \/opt\/xema-composed-image\/src\/composed-migrate\.mjs \/monorepo\/xema-composed-migrate\.mjs/);
 });
 

package/src/composed-image-stage.mjs

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 //
 //   <dir>/out/<package dir>/<output>/               every closure package's outputs (default: dist);
 //                                                   `--also <pkg>` adds that package's closure (no member checks)
-//   <dir>/out/<member>/node_modules/.prisma/        every member's generated Prisma clients
+//   <dir>/out/<pkg dir>/node_modules/.prisma/       the generated Prisma clients of every closure root that has
+//                                                   `prisma/schema.prisma` (members and `--also` roots alike)
 //   <dir>/tool/                                     this package (package.json + src, no tests):
 //                                                   bind-mounted into the build, never copied into a layer
 //
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ function renderedDockerfile(root, imageDir) {
 }
 
 /** Copy `package.json` + `src/` (no `*.test.mjs`) of this package to `<dir>/tool`. */
-function copyTool(target) {
+export function copyTool(target) {
   const files = ['package.json', ...listFiles(join(TOOL_PACKAGE, 'src')).filter((f) => !f.endsWith('.test.mjs')).map((f) => `src/${f}`)];
   copyFiles(TOOL_PACKAGE, target, files);
   return files.length;
@@ -124,12 +125,25 @@ export async function stageBuildOutputs({
   const plan = []; // { source, destination, files }
   for (const directory of closure) {
     const sources = outputs.map((output) => posix.join(directory, output));
-    if (memberDirectories.has(directory)) sources.push(posix.join(directory, 'node_modules', '.prisma'));
+    // Members always (their checks above name a missing client); any other closure root when it carries a schema.
+    if (memberDirectories.has(directory) || existsSync(join(root, directory, 'prisma', 'schema.prisma'))) {
+      sources.push(posix.join(directory, 'node_modules', '.prisma'));
+    }
     for (const rel of sources) {
       const source = join(root, rel);
-      if (!existsSync(source)) continue;
+      if (!existsSync(source)) {
+        if (rel.endsWith('/node_modules/.prisma') && !memberDirectories.has(directory)) {
+          problems.push(`${directory} has prisma/schema.prisma but no generated client: run prisma generate`);
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
       const files = listFiles(source);
       for (const file of files) if (file.endsWith('.node')) problems.push(`${rel}/${file}: a native addon cannot be staged (the image installs native code itself, per arch)`);
+      if (rel.endsWith('/node_modules/.prisma')) {
+        for (const file of files) {
+          if (/^libquery_engine/.test(posix.basename(file))) problems.push(`${rel}/${file}: a query engine cannot be staged (the Prisma client must be pure JS/wasm)`);
+        }
+      }
       plan.push({ source, destination: join(target, 'out', rel), files });
     }
   }

package/src/composed-image-stage.test.mjs

@@ -151,3 +151,25 @@ test('filters and the argument parser carry --also', async () => {
   assert.equal(memberFilters({ root, also: ['@t/alpha-api'] }).filter((f) => f === '--filter @t/alpha-api...').length, 1);
   assert.deepEqual(parseArguments(['stage', 'd', '--also', 'a', '--also', 'b']).options.also, ['a', 'b']);
 });
+
+test('--also stages node_modules/.prisma of an extra closure root that has a schema, and refuses a query engine in it', async () => {
+  const root = withExtra();
+  write(root, 'packages/sdks/extra/prisma/schema.prisma', 'datasource db {}\n');
+  write(root, 'packages/sdks/extra/node_modules/.prisma/client/index.js', '// client\n');
+  const result = await stage(root, { exec: alsoPnpm(root, EXTRA), also: ['@t/extra'] });
+  assert.ok(result.outputs >= 5);
+  assert.ok(files(path.join(root, '.xema-stage/out')).includes('packages/sdks/extra/node_modules/.prisma/client/index.js'));
+  fs.rmSync(path.join(root, '.xema-stage'), { recursive: true });
+  write(root, 'packages/sdks/extra/node_modules/.prisma/client/libquery_engine-linux-arm64-openssl-3.0.x.so', 'x');
+  await assert.rejects(stage(root, { exec: alsoPnpm(root, EXTRA), also: ['@t/extra'] }), /extra\/node_modules\/\.prisma\/client\/libquery_engine.*pure JS\/wasm/);
+  fs.rmSync(path.join(root, 'packages/sdks/extra/node_modules/.prisma/client/libquery_engine-linux-arm64-openssl-3.0.x.so'));
+  write(root, 'packages/sdks/extra/node_modules/.prisma/client/query.node', 'x');
+  await assert.rejects(stage(root, { exec: alsoPnpm(root, EXTRA), also: ['@t/extra'] }), /extra\/node_modules\/\.prisma\/client\/query\.node/);
+});
+
+test('--also refuses a non-member closure root with prisma/schema.prisma but no generated client', async () => {
+  const root = withExtra();
+  write(root, 'packages/sdks/extra/prisma/schema.prisma', 'datasource db {}\n');
+  await assert.rejects(stage(root, { exec: alsoPnpm(root, EXTRA), also: ['@t/extra'] }), /packages\/sdks\/extra has prisma\/schema\.prisma but no generated client: run prisma generate/);
+  assert.equal(fs.existsSync(path.join(root, '.xema-stage')), false);
+});

package/src/composed-image.mjs

@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 //            generated Prisma clients into a build-step directory, with this tool,
 //            for the `--prebuilt` Dockerfile (`composed-image-stage.mjs`). Each `--also`
 //            workspace package adds its closure's built outputs (no Prisma checks).
+//   pnpm-context <dir> (--subject <svc>… | --image-dir <composed>) [--copy <dir>]…
+//            CI-runner only, after `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`: build the offline `xema-pnpm`
+//            build context (corepack pnpm.tgz, warmed metadata cache, staged.json) for the
+//            prebuilt Dockerfiles (`composed-image-pnpm-context.mjs`). stdout is
+//            `XEMA_PNPM_CONTEXT=<dir>` and `XEMA_PNPM_STORE=<store root>` for `$GITHUB_ENV`.
 //   sync-injected | prisma-check
 //            IN-IMAGE proofs of the prebuilt build: the injected workspace copies hold
 //            their packages' `files`; every Prisma client runs on the target arch.
@@ -88,19 +93,20 @@
 // would be refused by the host only when a deployment first composed it.
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
-import { execFileSync, spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
-import { dirname, join, posix, relative, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { dirname, join, posix, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR } from './composed-image-paths.mjs';
 import { composedCoordinate, emitCoordinate } from './composed-image-coordinate.mjs';
 import { describeErrorChain } from '@xemahq/release-policy/registry';
+import { MEMBER_INDEX_FILE, assertPinsUnchanged, loadMembers, loadMembersEach, writeMemberIndex } from './composed-image-in-image.mjs';
 import { syncComposedDockerfile } from './composed-image-dockerfile.mjs';
 import { IMAGE_BUILD_INPUTS_FILE, memberClosure, memberFilters, readMembers } from './composed-image-members.mjs';
 import { syncPrebuiltDockerfile } from './composed-image-prebuilt-dockerfile.mjs';
 import { stageBuildOutputs } from './composed-image-stage.mjs';
+import { buildPnpmContext } from './composed-image-pnpm-context.mjs';
 import { syncInjected } from './composed-image-sync-injected.mjs';
 import { prismaCheck } from './composed-image-prisma-check.mjs';
 import { runMigrate } from './composed-migrate.mjs';
@@ -108,14 +114,19 @@ import { runImageLoad } from './load-image.mjs';
 import { runRefusalSmoke } from './smoke-refusal.mjs';
 
 export { COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR, IMAGE_BUILD_INPUTS_FILE, memberClosure, memberFilters, readMembers };
-export const MEMBER_INDEX_FILE = 'xema-composed-member-index.json';
-export const HOST_LINK = 'xema-composed-process';
+export {
+  HOST_LINK,
+  LOAD_ONE,
+  MEMBER_INDEX_FILE,
+  assertPinsUnchanged,
+  loadMembers,
+  loadMembersEach,
+  registryPins,
+  writeMemberIndex,
+} from './composed-image-in-image.mjs';
 export const DEFAULT_MANIFEST_GLOBS = Object.freeze(['**/xema-biome.json']);
 
-const SDK = '@xemahq/xema-service-nest';
-const IDENTITY_PACKAGES = Object.freeze(['@nestjs/common', '@nestjs/core', '@nestjs/config', 'reflect-metadata', SDK]);
 const SUPPLY_CHAIN_ARG = /^ARG\s+(SUPPLY_CHAIN_[A-Z_]+_SERVICES)="([^"]*)"\s*$/gm;
-const COMMIT = /^[a-f0-9]{40}$/;
 
 export const ExclusionReason = Object.freeze({
   EntryShape: 'entry-shape',
@@ -302,162 +313,13 @@ export function syncImageBuildInputs({ mode, root = process.cwd(), imageDir = CO
 
 // ── the image build ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-/** The registry packages (`name@version`) a v9 lockfile's `packages:` section pins. */
-export function registryPins(lockfilePath) {
-  const lines = readFileSync(lockfilePath, 'utf8').split('\n');
-  if (lines[0] !== "lockfileVersion: '9.0'") {
-    throw new Error(`${lockfilePath} is not a v9 lockfile (first line "${lines[0]}")`);
-  }
-  const start = lines.indexOf('packages:');
-  if (start === -1) throw new Error(`${lockfilePath} has no packages: section`);
-  const pins = new Set();
-  for (const line of lines.slice(start + 1)) {
-    if (/^\S/.test(line)) break;
-    const key = /^ {2}(\S.*):$/.exec(line)?.[1];
-    if (key === undefined) continue;
-    const unquoted = key.replace(/^'(.*)'$/, '$1');
-    // Workspace packages an injected install adds are `file:` entries, not registry pins.
-    if (!/@file:/.test(unquoted)) pins.add(unquoted);
-  }
-  return pins;
-}
-
-/** Refuse a re-resolved `<root>/pnpm-lock.yaml` that pins a registry package the committed lockfile does not. */
-export function assertPinsUnchanged({ root = process.cwd(), committedLockfile }) {
-  if (committedLockfile === undefined) throw new Error('pins needs the committed lockfile path');
-  const committed = registryPins(committedLockfile);
-  const added = [...registryPins(join(root, 'pnpm-lock.yaml'))].filter((pin) => !committed.has(pin));
-  if (added.length > 0) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `the injected re-resolution pinned registry package(s) the committed lockfile does not:\n${added
-        .map((pin) => `  - ${pin}`)
-        .join('\n')}`,
-    );
-  }
-  return committed.size;
-}
-
-function resolveFrom(root, directory, specifier) {
-  try {
-    return realpathSync(createRequire(join(root, directory, 'package.json')).resolve(specifier));
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (error?.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') return undefined;
-    throw error;
-  }
-}
-
-function packageRoot(file, name) {
-  for (let dir = dirname(file); dir !== dirname(dir); dir = dirname(dir)) {
-    const manifest = join(dir, 'package.json');
-    if (existsSync(manifest) && JSON.parse(readFileSync(manifest, 'utf8')).name === name) return dir;
-  }
-  throw new Error(`no ${name} package root above ${file}`);
-}
-
-/** Write the member index and the host link; returns the host bin path. */
-export function writeMemberIndex({ root = process.cwd(), imageDir = COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR, commit, buildSourceRepository }) {
-  if (!COMMIT.test(commit ?? '')) throw new Error(`index needs the exact 40-hex build commit, got "${commit}"`);
-  if (typeof buildSourceRepository !== 'string' || buildSourceRepository.length === 0) {
-    throw new Error("index needs --build-source: the repository its subjects name in the image lock (their 'repo')");
-  }
-  const members = readMembers({ root, imageDir });
-  const problems = [];
-  const entries = {};
-  const identity = new Map();
-  for (const [key, directory] of members) {
-    const entry = `${directory}/dist/main.js`;
-    if (!existsSync(join(root, entry))) problems.push(`${key}: built entry ${entry} does not exist`);
-    entries[key] = { entry };
-    for (const specifier of IDENTITY_PACKAGES) {
-      const resolved = resolveFrom(root, directory, specifier);
-      if (resolved === undefined) {
-        // A member that does not depend on a package shares nothing that could
-        // be a second copy — except the host itself, which every member needs.
-        if (specifier === SDK) problems.push(`${key}: does not resolve ${SDK}`);
-        continue;
-      }
-      const seen = identity.get(specifier);
-      if (seen === undefined) identity.set(specifier, { resolved, key });
-      else if (seen.resolved !== resolved) {
-        problems.push(`${key} resolves ${specifier} at ${resolved}, ${seen.key} at ${seen.resolved}`);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  if (problems.length > 0) {
-    throw new Error(`the composed image cannot carry its members:\n${problems.map((p) => `  - ${p}`).join('\n')}`);
-  }
-  const document = { schemaVersion: 1, buildSource: { repository: buildSourceRepository, commit }, members: entries };
-  // Graded by the kernel's own schema, resolved through the members' module graph.
-  const { ComposedProcessMemberIndexSchema } = createRequire(join(root, members[0][1], 'package.json'))(
-    '@xemahq/contracts/process-topology',
-  );
-  ComposedProcessMemberIndexSchema.parse(document);
-  writeFileSync(join(root, MEMBER_INDEX_FILE), `${JSON.stringify(document, null, 2)}\n`);
-
-  const sdkRoot = packageRoot(identity.get(SDK).resolved, SDK);
-  const bin = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(sdkRoot, 'package.json'), 'utf8')).bin?.[HOST_LINK];
-  if (typeof bin !== 'string') throw new Error(`${SDK} at ${sdkRoot} ships no "${HOST_LINK}" bin`);
-  // Relative to the REAL root: the SDK path is a realpath, and a root reached through a
-  // symlink (macOS /var, a bind mount) would otherwise yield a link that escapes it.
-  symlinkSync(relative(realpathSync(root), join(sdkRoot, bin)), join(root, HOST_LINK));
-  return { members: members.length, host: join(sdkRoot, bin) };
-}
-
-/** Every member's module graph loads, through the host's own entry reader. */
-export function loadMembers({ root = process.cwd(), imageDir = COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR } = {}) {
-  const members = readMembers({ root, imageDir });
-  const problems = [];
-  for (const [key, directory] of members) {
-    try {
-      createRequire(join(root, directory, 'package.json'))(SDK).readServiceEntry(join(root, directory, 'dist', 'main.js'), {});
-    } catch (error) {
-      problems.push(`${key}: ${error?.message ?? String(error)}`);
-    }
-  }
-  if (problems.length > 0) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `${problems.length} of ${members.length} member(s) do not load:\n${problems.map((p) => `  - ${p}`).join('\n')}`,
-    );
-  }
-  return members.length;
-}
-
-const LOAD_ONE = `const { createRequire } = require('node:module');
-const { join } = require('node:path');
-const [directory, sdk] = process.argv.slice(1);
-createRequire(join(directory, 'package.json'))(sdk).readServiceEntry(join(directory, 'dist', 'main.js'), {});
-process.exit(0);`;
-
-/** Every member loads ALONE: one `node` process per member, same environment and user. `spawn` is injectable. */
-export function loadMembersEach({ root = process.cwd(), imageDir = COMPOSED_IMAGE_DIR, spawn = spawnSync } = {}) {
-  const members = readMembers({ root, imageDir });
-  const problems = [];
-  for (const [key, directory] of members) {
-    const result = spawn(process.execPath, ['-e', LOAD_ONE, join(root, directory), SDK], {
-      cwd: join(root, directory),
-      env: process.env,
-      encoding: 'utf8',
-    });
-    if (result.error) problems.push(`${key}: ${result.error.message}`);
-    else if (result.status !== 0) {
-      const detail = String(result.stderr ?? '').trim().split('\n').filter(Boolean).slice(0, 8).join(' | ');
-      problems.push(`${key}: exited ${result.status ?? result.signal}${detail === '' ? '' : ` — ${detail}`}`);
-    }
-  }
-  if (problems.length > 0) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `${problems.length} of ${members.length} member(s) do not load on their own:\n${problems.map((p) => `  - ${p}`).join('\n')}`,
-    );
-  }
-  return members.length;
-}
-
 // ── the bin ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 const USAGE =
   'usage: xema-composed-image <command> [--root <dir>] [--image-dir <dir>]\n' +
   '  members --write|--check [--manifests <glob>]… [--canonical-dockerfile <path>] [--cross-repo-manifest <path>]\n' +
   '  filters [--also <pkg>]… | dirs | pins <committed-lockfile> | index <commit> --build-source <repo> | load [--each]\n' +
+  '  pnpm-context <dir> (--subject <svc>… | --image-dir <composed>) [--copy <dir>]…\n' +
   '  stage <dir> [--output <rel>]… [--also <pkg>]…   | sync-injected | prisma-check | migrate <member> [--root <dir>]\n' +
   '  coordinate --image-name <name>   (env: SHA REGISTRY REGISTRY_ORG [TAG_ARGS_FILE])\n' +
   '  load-image <image>\n' +
@@ -465,10 +327,10 @@ const USAGE =
   '  dockerfile --write|--check --copy <dir>… --cache-id <id> --build-source <repo>\n' +
   '  dockerfile --prebuilt --write|--check --cache-id <id> --build-source <repo> [--copy <dir>]… [--stage-dir <dir>]';
 
-const REPEATABLE = new Set(['manifests', 'copy', 'member', 'output', 'also']);
+const REPEATABLE = new Set(['manifests', 'copy', 'member', 'output', 'also', 'subject']);
 const BOOLEAN = new Set(['prebuilt', 'each']);
 const VALUED = new Set(['root', 'image-dir', 'manifests', 'canonical-dockerfile', 'cross-repo-manifest', 'build-source',
-  'image-name', 'cache-id', 'copy', 'member', 'stage-dir', 'output', 'also',
+  'image-name', 'cache-id', 'copy', 'member', 'stage-dir', 'output', 'also', 'subject',
 ]);
 
 export function parseArguments(argv) {
@@ -548,6 +410,18 @@ export function main(argv, { log = console.log, write = (text) => process.stdout
         log(`composed stage ${argument}: ${staged.packages} package(s), ${staged.outputs} output dir(s), ${staged.files} file(s), tool ${staged.toolFiles} file(s)`);
       });
     }
+    case 'pnpm-context': {
+      const result = buildPnpmContext({
+        root,
+        dir: argument,
+        subjects: options.subject,
+        imageDir: options.subject === undefined ? options['image-dir'] : undefined,
+        copy: options.copy,
+        log: (message) => process.stderr.write(`${message}\n`),
+      });
+      write(`XEMA_PNPM_CONTEXT=${result.context}\nXEMA_PNPM_STORE=${result.store}\n`);
+      return;
+    }
     case 'sync-injected':
       syncInjected({ root, imageDir, log });
       return;