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keylists fix-forward: Effect RSS +28 MB (fewer minors, ArenaBytes full trigger) after stationary canonical keys

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
performance

Research direction

Read the keylists PR #12424 and inspect the evidence in codex-small/keylists3-report.txt. Compare Effect's RSS, copying minor counts, and full-GC trigger before and after the change, alongside the older frontend object cross-check. Determine which pacing interaction explains the RSS increase and define a change that brings RSS back while preserving the reported instruction and minor-GC results.

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Description

After the keylists PR (https://github.com/PerryTS/perry/pull/12424), Effect's RSS goes from 128 to 156 MB with instructions flat. Copying minors drop from 6 to 4 and the full-GC trigger changes from OldGenBytes to ArenaBytes. A cross-check with older frontend objects showed −20.7% instructions and 15 → 4 minors. Attribute the pacing interaction and bring RSS back. Evidence: secret-tests scratchpad codex-small/keylists3-report.txt.

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