feat: add content-addressed Rune code store

Add stable versioned source and implementation IDs, exact original-source retention, compiler fingerprints, and an in-memory compiled artifact cache. Use implementation content IDs in runtime actor references.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

AGENTS.md

@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ proposed capabilities as plans, not existing behavior.
 
 - `Cargo.toml`: Rust workspace definition.
 - `crates/runa/`: current executable crate and entry point.
+- `crates/runa-core/`: stable identity types shared across layers.
 - `crates/runa-rune/`: Phase 0 Rune compilation and execution experiments.
+- `crates/runa-code/`: source identities and in-memory Rune compile cache.
 - `crates/runa-actor/`: actor value and lifecycle contracts.
 - `crates/runa-runtime/`: single-worker scheduling and in-memory transitions.
 - `runa-std/actors/`: default Rune actor scripts loaded by the local CLI.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   pending-message isolation, failures, backpressure, and all-or-nothing effects.
 - Interactive local CLI for spawning actors, sending messages, advancing ticks,
   inspecting actors/events, and stopping/restarting actors.
+- Versioned BLAKE3 source and implementation identities, original-source
+  retention, a Rune compile-input fingerprint, and an in-memory compiled
+  artifact cache.
 - Execution-model decision and Phase 1 runtime documentation.
 - Lifecycle tests proving failed-message retry from committed state and
   stop/restart preservation of reserved-first FIFO order.
@@ -38,6 +41,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Actor implementation IDs now identify compiled source/configuration content
+  rather than using sequential process-local numbers.
 - Expanded the architecture specification with crate ownership and dependency
   boundaries, and moved it to `docs/architecture.md`.
 - Required agents to pass `mise run pre-commit` before every commit and document

Cargo.lock

@@ -29,12 +29,31 @@ version = "1.0.104"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "330a5ed07fa54e4702c9d6c4174f74427fc0ef6e214bbd677ae50a5099946470"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arrayvec"
+version = "0.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3fb67a6e08acf24fdeccbac2cb6ac4305825bd1f117462e0e6f2f193345ad56"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f2032f911046de80f0a198e0901378627c33f59ea0ac00e363d481118bd70a53"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "blake3"
+version = "1.8.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d9e454fc11f76977dc803893aff6304ed33d6a26efae8696573bea74baa27ae"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayvec",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "constant_time_eq",
+ "cpufeatures",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.10.0"
@@ -61,6 +80,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "constant_time_eq"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d52eff69cd5e647efe296129160853a42795992097e8af39800e1060caeea9b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ca28b0ae3115b884660db4118d803791fd6756b6e88f39c0f3f7859060d7566"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "critical-section"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -359,6 +393,8 @@ name = "runa"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "runa-actor",
+ "runa-code",
+ "runa-core",
  "runa-rune",
  "runa-runtime",
 ]
@@ -366,6 +402,23 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "runa-actor"
 version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "runa-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "runa-code"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "blake3",
+ "runa-core",
+ "runa-rune",
+ "rune",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "runa-core"
+version = "0.0.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "runa-rune"
@@ -379,6 +432,8 @@ name = "runa-runtime"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "runa-actor",
+ "runa-code",
+ "runa-core",
  "runa-rune",
  "rune",
 ]

Cargo.toml

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ resolver = "3"
 members = [
     "crates/runa",
     "crates/runa-actor",
+    "crates/runa-code",
+    "crates/runa-core",
     "crates/runa-rune",
     "crates/runa-runtime",
 ]

README.md

@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ Runa is at an early prototype stage. The executable runs a Phase 0 feasibility
 experiment using Rune 0.14.2: script execution, native calls, async suspension,
 instruction budgets, stepping, and compiled-code sharing. It also runs a minimal
 single-worker actor demonstration with bounded mailboxes and explicit message
-effects. Persistence, the graphical world, and development API are not
+effects. Source and compiled implementation identities are BLAKE3 content
-implemented yet.
+addresses with an in-memory compile cache. Persistence, behavior editing,
+canonicalization, the graphical world, and development API are not implemented
+yet.
 
 The prototype uses worker-local invocation stacks and cooperative instruction
 slices. Native callbacks are not preemptible.
@@ -88,7 +90,9 @@ test task runs `cargo test --workspace`.
 ├── Cargo.toml
 ├── crates/
 │   ├── runa/             # Main binary
+│   ├── runa-core/        # Shared stable identity types
 │   ├── runa-actor/       # Actor value contracts
+│   ├── runa-code/        # Source identities and compile cache
 │   ├── runa-rune/        # Phase 0 Rune experiments
 │   └── runa-runtime/     # Single-worker actor prototype
 ├── docs/

crates/runa-actor/Cargo.toml

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+runa-core = { path = "../runa-core" }

crates/runa-actor/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 //! Value contracts for the single-worker actor prototype.
 
+use runa_core::ImplementationId;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct ActorId(pub u64);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
-pub struct ImplementationId(pub u64);
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct MailboxId(pub u64);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]

crates/runa-code/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "runa-code"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+blake3 = "1.8.7"
+runa-core = { path = "../runa-core" }
+runa-rune = { path = "../runa-rune" }
+rune = "=0.14.2"

crates/runa-code/build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() {
+    let target = std::env::var("TARGET").expect("Cargo provides the target triple");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=RUNA_BUILD_TARGET={target}");
+}

crates/runa-code/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+//! Exact-source identity and in-memory Rune compile cache.
+
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use runa_core::{ImplementationId, SourceId};
+use runa_rune::{CompiledProgram, ExperimentResult};
+use rune::Module;
+
+const SOURCE_DOMAIN: &[u8] = b"runa-source:v1\0";
+const IMPLEMENTATION_DOMAIN: &[u8] = b"runa-implementation:v1\0";
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct CompileFingerprint {
+    pub rune_version: String,
+    pub compiler_settings: String,
+    pub native_modules: String,
+    pub runtime_abi: String,
+    pub target: String,
+}
+
+impl CompileFingerprint {
+    pub fn current() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rune_version: runa_rune::RUNE_VERSION.to_owned(),
+            compiler_settings: "default;features:default".to_owned(),
+            native_modules: runa_rune::COMPILER_CONFIGURATION_ID.to_owned(),
+            runtime_abi: "runa-runtime-abi:v1".to_owned(),
+            target: env!("RUNA_BUILD_TARGET").to_owned(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn hash_into(&self, hasher: &mut blake3::Hasher) {
+        for field in [
+            self.rune_version.as_bytes(),
+            self.compiler_settings.as_bytes(),
+            self.native_modules.as_bytes(),
+            self.runtime_abi.as_bytes(),
+            self.target.as_bytes(),
+        ] {
+            hasher.update(&(field.len() as u64).to_le_bytes());
+            hasher.update(field);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct CompiledArtifact {
+    pub source_id: SourceId,
+    pub implementation_id: ImplementationId,
+    original_source: Arc<str>,
+    program: Arc<CompiledProgram>,
+    fingerprint: CompileFingerprint,
+}
+
+impl CompiledArtifact {
+    pub fn original_source(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.original_source
+    }
+
+    pub fn program(&self) -> &Arc<CompiledProgram> {
+        &self.program
+    }
+
+    pub fn fingerprint(&self) -> &CompileFingerprint {
+        &self.fingerprint
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct CodeStore {
+    sources: BTreeMap<SourceId, Arc<str>>,
+    artifacts: BTreeMap<ImplementationId, Arc<CompiledArtifact>>,
+}
+
+impl CodeStore {
+    pub fn compile(&mut self, source: &str) -> ExperimentResult<Arc<CompiledArtifact>> {
+        self.compile_using(source, CompileFingerprint::current(), || {
+            CompiledProgram::compile(source)
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn compile_with_module(
+        &mut self,
+        source: &str,
+        module_id: &str,
+        module: Module,
+    ) -> ExperimentResult<Arc<CompiledArtifact>> {
+        if module_id.trim().is_empty() {
+            return Err("native module identity must not be empty".into());
+        }
+        let mut fingerprint = CompileFingerprint::current();
+        fingerprint.native_modules = format!("{};{}", fingerprint.native_modules, module_id);
+        self.compile_using(source, fingerprint, || {
+            CompiledProgram::compile_with_module(source, module)
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn compile_using(
+        &mut self,
+        source: &str,
+        fingerprint: CompileFingerprint,
+        compile: impl FnOnce() -> ExperimentResult<CompiledProgram>,
+    ) -> ExperimentResult<Arc<CompiledArtifact>> {
+        let source_id = source_identity(source);
+        let implementation_id = implementation_identity(source_id, &fingerprint);
+        if let Some(artifact) = self.artifacts.get(&implementation_id) {
+            return Ok(Arc::clone(artifact));
+        }
+
+        let original_source: Arc<str> = Arc::from(source);
+        self.sources
+            .entry(source_id)
+            .or_insert_with(|| Arc::clone(&original_source));
+        let program = Arc::new(compile()?);
+        let artifact = Arc::new(CompiledArtifact {
+            source_id,
+            implementation_id,
+            original_source,
+            program,
+            fingerprint,
+        });
+        self.artifacts
+            .insert(implementation_id, Arc::clone(&artifact));
+        Ok(artifact)
+    }
+
+    pub fn original_source(&self, id: SourceId) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.sources.get(&id).map(AsRef::as_ref)
+    }
+
+    pub fn artifact(&self, id: ImplementationId) -> Option<&Arc<CompiledArtifact>> {
+        self.artifacts.get(&id)
+    }
+
+    pub fn source_count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.sources.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn artifact_count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.artifacts.len()
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn source_identity(original_source: &str) -> SourceId {
+    let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new();
+    hasher.update(SOURCE_DOMAIN);
+    hasher.update(original_source.as_bytes());
+    SourceId(*hasher.finalize().as_bytes())
+}
+
+pub fn implementation_identity(
+    source_id: SourceId,
+    fingerprint: &CompileFingerprint,
+) -> ImplementationId {
+    let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new();
+    hasher.update(IMPLEMENTATION_DOMAIN);
+    hasher.update(&source_id.0);
+    fingerprint.hash_into(&mut hasher);
+    ImplementationId(*hasher.finalize().as_bytes())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    const SOURCE: &str = "pub fn add(a, b) { a + b }\n";
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identities_are_stable_domain_separated_and_exact_source() {
+        let source = source_identity(SOURCE);
+        assert_eq!(source, source_identity(SOURCE));
+        assert_ne!(source, source_identity("pub fn add(a,b){a+b}\n"));
+        assert!(source.to_string().starts_with("runa-source:v1:blake3:"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn implementation_key_includes_every_compile_input() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
+        let source_id = source_identity(SOURCE);
+        let baseline = CompileFingerprint::current();
+        let implementation = implementation_identity(source_id, &baseline);
+        assert!(
+            implementation
+                .to_string()
+                .starts_with("runa-implementation:v1:blake3:")
+        );
+
+        let mutations: [fn(&mut CompileFingerprint); 5] = [
+            |fingerprint: &mut CompileFingerprint| fingerprint.rune_version.push_str("-next"),
+            |fingerprint: &mut CompileFingerprint| {
+                fingerprint.compiler_settings.push_str("-changed")
+            },
+            |fingerprint: &mut CompileFingerprint| fingerprint.native_modules.push_str("-changed"),
+            |fingerprint: &mut CompileFingerprint| fingerprint.runtime_abi.push_str("-next"),
+            |fingerprint: &mut CompileFingerprint| fingerprint.target.push_str("-next"),
+        ];
+        for mutate in mutations {
+            let mut changed = baseline.clone();
+            mutate(&mut changed);
+            assert_ne!(implementation, implementation_identity(source_id, &changed));
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cache_reuses_artifact_and_preserves_original_source() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
+        let mut store = CodeStore::default();
+        let first = store.compile(SOURCE)?;
+        let second = store.compile(SOURCE)?;
+        assert!(Arc::ptr_eq(&first, &second));
+        assert!(Arc::ptr_eq(first.program(), second.program()));
+        assert_eq!(first.original_source(), SOURCE);
+        assert_eq!(store.original_source(first.source_id), Some(SOURCE));
+        assert_eq!(store.source_count(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(store.artifact_count(), 1);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn invalid_source_is_retained_but_not_cached_as_compiled() {
+        let mut store = CodeStore::default();
+        let source = "pub fn invalid( {";
+        assert!(store.compile(source).is_err());
+        assert_eq!(store.original_source(source_identity(source)), Some(source));
+        assert_eq!(store.artifact_count(), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn native_module_identity_changes_compiled_identity() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
+        let source = "pub fn add(a, b) { a + b }";
+        let first =
+            CodeStore::default().compile_with_module(source, "module-a:v1", Module::new())?;
+        let second =
+            CodeStore::default().compile_with_module(source, "module-b:v1", Module::new())?;
+        assert_eq!(first.source_id, second.source_id);
+        assert_ne!(first.implementation_id, second.implementation_id);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

crates/runa-core/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[package]
+name = "runa-core"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]

crates/runa-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//! Small stable identity types shared across workspace layers.
+
+use std::fmt;
+
+macro_rules! digest_id {
+    ($name:ident, $prefix:literal) => {
+        #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+        pub struct $name(pub [u8; 32]);
+
+        impl fmt::Debug for $name {
+            fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+                write!(formatter, "{}", self)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl fmt::Display for $name {
+            fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+                write!(formatter, concat!($prefix, ":blake3:"))?;
+                for byte in self.0 {
+                    write!(formatter, "{byte:02x}")?;
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+digest_id!(SourceId, "runa-source:v1");
+digest_id!(ImplementationId, "runa-implementation:v1");

crates/runa-rune/src/lib.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ use rune::runtime::{RuntimeContext, Unit, budget};
 use rune::termcolor::{ColorChoice, StandardStream};
 use rune::{Context, Diagnostics, Module, Source, Sources, Vm};
 
+pub const RUNE_VERSION: &str = "0.14.2";
+pub const COMPILER_CONFIGURATION_ID: &str =
+    "default-modules; native-functions:v1:native_double,native_suspend";
+
 mod execution;
 pub use execution::{Invocation, Slice};
 

crates/runa-runtime/Cargo.toml

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 runa-actor = { path = "../runa-actor" }
+runa-code = { path = "../runa-code" }
+runa-core = { path = "../runa-core" }
 runa-rune = { path = "../runa-rune" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]

crates/runa-runtime/src/lib.rs

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::task::{Context, Wake, Waker};
 
-use runa_actor::{ActorId, ActorSnapshot, Event, ImplementationId, MailboxId, Message, Status};
+use runa_actor::{ActorId, ActorSnapshot, Event, MailboxId, Message, Status};
-use runa_rune::{CompiledProgram, ExperimentResult, Invocation, Slice};
+use runa_code::CompiledArtifact;
+use runa_core::ImplementationId;
+use runa_rune::{ExperimentResult, Invocation, Slice};
 
 type WireTransition = (i64, Vec<(u64, i64, i64)>);
 pub type RuntimeResult<T> = ExperimentResult<T>;
@@ -34,20 +36,24 @@ struct Actor {
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Runtime {
     actors: BTreeMap<ActorId, Actor>,
-    implementations: BTreeMap<ImplementationId, CompiledProgram>,
+    implementations: BTreeMap<ImplementationId, Arc<CompiledArtifact>>,
     next_actor: u64,
-    next_implementation: u64,
     events: Vec<Event>,
 }
 
 impl Runtime {
-    pub fn publish(&mut self, program: CompiledProgram) -> ExperimentResult<ImplementationId> {
+    pub fn publish(
-        self.next_implementation = self
+        &mut self,
-            .next_implementation
+        artifact: Arc<CompiledArtifact>,
-            .checked_add(1)
+    ) -> ExperimentResult<ImplementationId> {
-            .ok_or("implementation IDs exhausted")?;
+        let id = artifact.implementation_id;
-        let id = ImplementationId(self.next_implementation);
+        if let Some(existing) = self.implementations.get(&id) {
-        self.implementations.insert(id, program);
+            if existing.source_id != artifact.source_id {
+                return Err("implementation identity collision".into());
+            }
+            return Ok(id);
+        }
+        self.implementations.insert(id, artifact);
         Ok(id)
     }
 
@@ -205,7 +211,7 @@ impl Runtime {
                     continue;
                 };
                 actor.snapshot.reserved = Some(message);
-                let program = &self.implementations[&actor.snapshot.implementation];
+                let program = self.implementations[&actor.snapshot.implementation].program();
                 match Invocation::start(
                     program.vm(),
                     "handle",
@@ -247,17 +253,23 @@ impl Runtime {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use runa_code::CodeStore;
 
     fn capacity(n: usize) -> NonZeroUsize {
         NonZeroUsize::new(n).unwrap()
     }
 
+    fn publish(runtime: &mut Runtime, source: &str) -> ExperimentResult<ImplementationId> {
+        runtime.publish(CodeStore::default().compile(source)?)
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn two_actors_isolation_and_effects() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let code = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(
+        let code = publish(
+            &mut runtime,
             "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { if kind == 1 { (state + 1, [(value, 0, 5)]) } else { (state + value, []) } }",
-        )?)?;
+        )?;
         let first = runtime.spawn(code, 0, capacity(4))?;
         let second = runtime.spawn(code, 10, capacity(4))?;
         runtime.send(
@@ -285,12 +297,14 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn runaway_does_not_starve_healthy_actor() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let runaway = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(
+        let runaway = publish(
+            &mut runtime,
             "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { loop {} }",
-        )?)?;
+        )?;
-        let healthy = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(
+        let healthy = publish(
+            &mut runtime,
             "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { (state + value, []) }",
-        )?)?;
+        )?;
         let first = runtime.spawn(runaway, 0, capacity(1))?;
         let second = runtime.spawn(healthy, 0, capacity(2))?;
         runtime.send(first, Message { kind: 0, value: 1 })?;
@@ -313,9 +327,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn invalid_effect_does_not_commit_state_or_partial_sends() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let code = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(
+        let code = publish(
+            &mut runtime,
             "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { (99, [(value, 0, 1), (999, 0, 2)]) }",
-        )?)?;
+        )?;
         let actor = runtime.spawn(code, 5, capacity(4))?;
         runtime.send(
             actor,
@@ -375,10 +390,13 @@ mod tests {
             .function("wait", move || Wait(Arc::clone(&native_gate)))
             .build()?;
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let code = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile_with_module(
+        let code = runtime.publish(
-            "pub async fn handle(state, kind, value) { if kind == 1 { let x = wait().await; (state + x, []) } else { (state + value, []) } }",
+            CodeStore::default().compile_with_module(
-            module,
+                "pub async fn handle(state, kind, value) { if kind == 1 { let x = wait().await; (state + x, []) } else { (state + value, []) } }",
-        )?)?;
+                "test-gate:v1",
+                module,
+            )?,
+        )?;
         let actor = runtime.spawn(code, 10, capacity(2))?;
         runtime.send(actor, Message { kind: 1, value: 0 })?;
         runtime.send(actor, Message { kind: 0, value: 3 })?;
@@ -432,9 +450,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn mailbox_capacity_and_runtime_failures_are_explicit() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let code = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(
+        let code = publish(
+            &mut runtime,
             "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { (state / value, []) }",
-        )?)?;
+        )?;
         let actor = runtime.spawn(code, 5, capacity(1))?;
         runtime.send(actor, Message { kind: 0, value: 0 })?;
         assert!(runtime.send(actor, Message { kind: 0, value: 1 }).is_err());
@@ -456,9 +475,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn aggregate_self_sends_respect_capacity_without_partial_commit() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let code = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(
+        let code = publish(
+            &mut runtime,
             "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { (99, [(value, 0, 1), (value, 0, 2)]) }",
-        )?)?;
+        )?;
         let actor = runtime.spawn(code, 5, capacity(1))?;
         runtime.send(
             actor,
@@ -481,9 +501,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn invalid_transition_shape_fails_without_committing() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let code = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(
+        let code = publish(&mut runtime, "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { 99 }")?;
-            "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { 99 }",
-        )?)?;
         let actor = runtime.spawn(code, 5, capacity(1))?;
         runtime.send(actor, Message { kind: 0, value: 1 })?;
         for _ in 0..100 {
@@ -509,10 +527,13 @@ mod tests {
             })
             .build()?;
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let code = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile_with_module(
+        let code = runtime.publish(
-            "fn check() { if fail_once() { 1 / 0 } else { 0 } } pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { let _ = check(); (state + value, []) }",
+            CodeStore::default().compile_with_module(
-            module,
+                "fn check() { if fail_once() { 1 / 0 } else { 0 } } pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { let _ = check(); (state + value, []) }",
-        )?)?;
+                "test-fail-once:v1",
+                module,
+            )?,
+        )?;
         let actor = runtime.spawn(code, 10, capacity(3))?;
         let first = Message { kind: 1, value: 2 };
         let second = Message { kind: 1, value: 3 };
@@ -559,9 +580,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn stop_and_restart_preserve_reserved_and_queued_fifo_order() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let code = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(
+        let code = publish(
+            &mut runtime,
             "pub fn handle(state, kind, value) { (state * 10 + value, []) }",
-        )?)?;
+        )?;
         let actor = runtime.spawn(code, 0, capacity(3))?;
         let first = Message { kind: 0, value: 1 };
         let second = Message { kind: 0, value: 2 };

crates/runa/Cargo.toml

@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 runa-actor = { path = "../runa-actor" }
+runa-code = { path = "../runa-code" }
+runa-core = { path = "../runa-core" }
 runa-rune = { path = "../runa-rune" }
 runa-runtime = { path = "../runa-runtime" }

crates/runa/src/main.rs

@@ -2,19 +2,22 @@ use std::io::{self, BufRead, Write};
 use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 
 use runa_actor::{ActorId, Message};
-use runa_rune::{CompiledProgram, ExperimentResult};
+use runa_code::CodeStore;
+use runa_core::ImplementationId;
+use runa_rune::ExperimentResult;
 use runa_runtime::Runtime;
 
 const MAILBOX_CAPACITY: usize = 64;
 const DEFAULT_TICK_BUDGET: usize = 32;
 
 fn main() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
-    let program = CompiledProgram::compile(include_str!("../../../runa-std/actors/counter.rn"))?;
+    let mut code = CodeStore::default();
+    let artifact = code.compile(include_str!("../../../runa-std/actors/counter.rn"))?;
     let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-    let implementation = runtime.publish(program)?;
+    let implementation = runtime.publish(artifact)?;
 
     println!("Runa — Rune Actors");
-    println!("Loaded the default counter behavior as implementation {implementation:?}.");
+    println!("Loaded the default counter behavior as implementation {implementation}.");
     println!("Type `help` for commands.");
     run_repl(
         io::stdin().lock(),
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ fn run_repl<R: BufRead, W: Write>(
     mut input: R,
     mut output: W,
     runtime: &mut Runtime,
-    implementation: runa_actor::ImplementationId,
+    implementation: ImplementationId,
 ) -> io::Result<()> {
     let mut line = String::new();
     loop {
@@ -209,9 +212,9 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn repl_drives_actor_messages_and_inspection() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let implementation = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(include_str!(
+        let mut code = CodeStore::default();
-            "../../../runa-std/actors/counter.rn"
+        let implementation =
-        ))?)?;
+            runtime.publish(code.compile(include_str!("../../../runa-std/actors/counter.rn"))?)?;
         let input = io::Cursor::new(
             "spawn 0\nspawn 10\nsend 1 1 2\ntick 100\ninspect 1\ninspect 2\nevents\nquit\n",
         );
@@ -228,9 +231,9 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn repl_reports_bad_input_and_continues() -> ExperimentResult<()> {
         let mut runtime = Runtime::default();
-        let implementation = runtime.publish(CompiledProgram::compile(include_str!(
+        let mut code = CodeStore::default();
-            "../../../runa-std/actors/counter.rn"
+        let implementation =
-        ))?)?;
+            runtime.publish(code.compile(include_str!("../../../runa-std/actors/counter.rn"))?)?;
         let input = io::Cursor::new("spawn nope\nsend 999 0 1\ntick 1 0\nunknown\nquit\n");
         let mut output = Vec::new();
         run_repl(input, &mut output, &mut runtime, implementation)?;

docs/architecture.md

@@ -303,10 +303,11 @@ The diagram is conceptual; Cargo dependencies should be kept minimal. A dependen
 
 | Crate            | Owns                                                                                                                                               | May depend on                          |
 | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
-| `runa-core`      | Small, stable value types shared across independent layers: `ActorId`, `ImplementationId`, canonical message value types, common error identifiers | Minimal external libraries only        |
+| `runa-core`      | Small, stable value types shared across independent layers: actor IDs, source and implementation IDs, canonical message value types, common error identifiers | Minimal external libraries only        |
+| `runa-code`      | Original source retention, versioned source/implementation hashing, compile-input fingerprints, in-memory compiled artifact cache              | `runa-core`, `runa-rune`, BLAKE3         |
 | `runa-actor`     | Mailbox and state-transition semantics, message reservation, acknowledgment, effects, actor lifecycle definitions                                  | `runa-core`                            |
 | `runa-rune`      | Rune compilation, VM execution, suspension, interruption hooks, language-specific diagnostics                                                      | `runa-core`, Rune libraries            |
-| `runa-runtime`   | Scheduling, actor execution coordination, state commits, crash recovery, binding actor semantics to Rune execution                                 | `runa-core`, `runa-actor`, `runa-rune` |
+| `runa-runtime`   | Scheduling, actor execution coordination, state commits, crash recovery, binding actor semantics to Rune execution                                 | `runa-core`, `runa-actor`, `runa-code`, `runa-rune` |
 | `runa-image-api` | Authorized in-process operations for spawning, inspecting, sending, editing, upgrading, and debugging                                              | `runa-core`, `runa-runtime`            |
 | `runa-protocol`  | Versioned transport-neutral request/response/event DTOs and validation                                                                             | `runa-core`                            |
 | `runa-server`    | WebSocket/JSON-RPC transport, sessions, authentication, subscriptions                                                                              | `runa-protocol`, `runa-image-api`      |
@@ -314,6 +315,10 @@ The diagram is conceptual; Cargo dependencies should be kept minimal. A dependen
 | `runa-world`     | Morphic-style graphical composition and in-world development UI                                                                                    | `runa-image-api`, `runa-graphics`      |
 | `runa`           | Startup, configuration, resource wiring, shutdown                                                                                                  | Top-level crates it instantiates       |
 
+The current prototype has added `runa-code` for exact-source identity and
+in-memory compilation caching. It deliberately does not canonicalize source
+yet; canonicalization needs a semantics-preserving, source-map-aware policy.
+
 **Important:** `runa-core` must not contain schedulers, mailbox implementations, persistence engines, Rune VM types, service traits used by only one crate, generic helper collections, or GUI abstractions. Prefer a type defined in its owning crate until two independent consumers demonstrably need a stable shared representation.
 
 ### 11.3 Runtime interfaces and avoiding cycles
@@ -326,7 +331,7 @@ The diagram is conceptual; Cargo dependencies should be kept minimal. A dependen
 - `runa-world` uses the same `runa-image-api` operations as the external bridge. It does not reach into runtime internals for convenience.
 - Native platform handles stay behind `runa-graphics` (or a later platform crate), not in `runa-core`.
 
-For content-addressed code, start with source/implementation IDs in `runa-core` and the actual canonicalization, hashing, storage and compilation-cache logic in the crate that owns those operations. If the code store becomes substantial, extract `runa-code` as a separate crate, depending on `runa-core`, and have `runa-runtime`/`runa-rune` consume its APIs through a clearly owned boundary. Do not move all code-store logic into `core`.
+For content-addressed code, `runa-core` owns stable source/implementation ID value types, and `runa-code` owns source hashing, compile fingerprints, storage, and compilation caching. The current prototype hashes exact source bytes without canonicalization and keeps the cache in memory.
 
 For persistence, begin with a concrete adapter wired by `runa`. Extract `runa-storage` only when its durable mailbox, state, outbox and artifact contracts are clear. Keep database-specific details out of actor semantics and out of `runa-core`.
 
@@ -345,6 +350,7 @@ runa/
 ├── crates/
 │   ├── runa-core/
 │   ├── runa-actor/
+│   ├── runa-code/
 │   ├── runa-rune/
 │   ├── runa-runtime/
 │   ├── runa-image-api/

docs/rune-feasibility.md

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ The [worker-local execution decision](decisions/0001-worker-local-execution.md)
 now implements this direction using owned asynchronous instruction stepping,
 typed slice outcomes, and wake-driven scheduling. Follow-up tests cover budgets
 before/after a genuinely pending operation, wake/resume, cancellation cleanup,
-and pure-Rune runaway fairness. See [the runtime guide](runtime.md).
+and pure-Rune runaway fairness. The source and implementation identity baseline
+is implemented by `runa-code`; see [the runtime guide](runtime.md) for its
+current exact-source and cache-key scope.
 
 Use immutable compiled units and native contexts shared by independent actor
 execution stacks. Keep Rune values and active execution on their owning worker

docs/runtime.md

@@ -34,13 +34,33 @@ The default per-actor slice budget is 32 instructions.
 
 - `runa-actor` owns actor, mailbox and implementation IDs, structured messages,
   snapshots, statuses and lifecycle events.
+- `runa-core` owns stable source and implementation identity types.
+- `runa-code` preserves original source, derives identities, and caches
+  compiled artifacts for the process lifetime.
 - `runa-rune` owns compilation and typed bounded invocation execution.
 - `runa-runtime` owns implementation registration, queues, private committed
   state, scheduling, message effects and lifecycle coordination.
 - `runa` composes the experiment and demonstration.
 
 An implementation is published once under an ID. Actors reference that exact
-implementation. IDs and incarnation counters use checked increments.
+implementation. Implementation IDs use source content and the compile
+fingerprint; actor and mailbox IDs remain process-local counters. Actor IDs and
+incarnation counters use checked increments.
+
+The source identity hashes the exact original UTF-8 bytes with the versioned
+`runa-source:v1` domain. Whitespace/comment canonicalization is intentionally
+not attempted; textually different source has a different identity. The
+implementation identity includes the source ID, pinned Rune version, compiler
+settings/features, registered native-module manifest, runtime ABI version, and
+Cargo target triple. The native-module manifest and runtime ABI identifier must
+be updated when those compile inputs change.
+
+The cache is in-memory only. Invalid source is retained in the current
+`CodeStore` for diagnostics, but does not produce a compiled artifact. Cache
+identity is not a claim that Rune bytecode is portable or safe to persist.
+`CodeStore::compile_with_module` requires an explicit stable module identity;
+callers must change it when registered native functions or their contracts
+change. The CLI currently creates a fresh `CodeStore` when it starts.
 
 Prototype state is an `i64`; messages contain integer `kind` and `value`
 fields. Rune handlers have this deliberately restricted interface: