From 9b024ffcdcf6a7adb14f031ced94e03ab6ec2e79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kurt Himebauch <136133082+xXJSONDeruloXx@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 00:09:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: quick_deploy reuses runtime assets prepared on another
 branch (#1934)

---
 app/build.gradle                   |  4 +++-
 tools/quick_deploy.sh              |  3 ++-
 tools/release/runtime_inputs.py    | 14 +++++++++++---
 tools/tests/test_runtime_inputs.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 38c5d72b0..92b5a906e 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -313,7 +313,9 @@ if (!ciBuild) {
 def verifyRuntimeInputs = tasks.register('verifyRuntimeInputs', Exec) {
     mustRunAfter(stageSessionScripts, stageRuntimeAssets)
     workingDir rootProject.projectDir
-    commandLine pythonExecutable, 'tools/release/runtime_inputs.py', 'verify'
+    def allowStale = (project.findProperty('allowStaleRuntime')
+        ?: localBuildOptions.getProperty('droiddeck.allowStaleRuntime', 'false')).toString().toBoolean()
+    commandLine([pythonExecutable, 'tools/release/runtime_inputs.py', 'verify'] + (allowStale ? ['--allow-stale-sources'] : []))
 }
 tasks.configureEach { task ->
     if (task.name in ['packageDebug', 'packageRelease']) task.dependsOn(verifyRuntimeInputs)
diff --git a/tools/quick_deploy.sh b/tools/quick_deploy.sh
index 57e585c4a..5216ad740 100755
--- a/tools/quick_deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/quick_deploy.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ while IFS= read -r dir; do
 done < <(ls -d "${sdk_dir}"/build-tools/* 2>/dev/null | sort -rV)
 [[ -n "${build_tools}" ]] || { echo "No build-tools with aapt, zipalign and apksigner under ${sdk_dir}." >&2; exit 1; }
 
-./gradlew -q :app:assembleRelease
+# Runtime assets from another branch are fine for a Kotlin/UI loop; CI and releases stay strict.
+./gradlew -q -PallowStaleRuntime=true :app:assembleRelease
 (
     cd "$(dirname "${signing_env}")"
     set -a; . "${signing_env}"; set +a
diff --git a/tools/release/runtime_inputs.py b/tools/release/runtime_inputs.py
index a375bbed5..4aefaa3da 100644
--- a/tools/release/runtime_inputs.py
+++ b/tools/release/runtime_inputs.py
@@ -149,13 +149,21 @@ def record(root=ROOT):
     (root / MANIFEST).write_text(json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=2) + '\n')
 
 
-def verify(root=ROOT):
+def verify(root=ROOT, stale_sources_ok=False):
     try:
         data = json.loads((root / MANIFEST).read_text())
     except (OSError, ValueError):
         raise ValueError('Runtime inputs have not been prepared. Run tools/build_local.sh.')
-    if data.get('version') != 1 or data.get('sources') != sources(root):
+    if data.get('version') != 1:
         raise ValueError('Runtime sources changed since preparation. Run tools/build_local.sh.')
+    current = sources(root)
+    if data.get('sources') != current:
+        if not stale_sources_ok:
+            raise ValueError('Runtime sources changed since preparation. Run tools/build_local.sh.')
+        recorded = data.get('sources') or {}
+        changed = sorted(name for name in recorded.keys() | current.keys() if recorded.get(name) != current.get(name))
+        print('Warning: reusing runtime assets prepared from other sources (run tools/build_local.sh if these matter):\n  '
+              + '\n  '.join(changed[:20]) + ('\n  ...' if len(changed) > 20 else ''), file=sys.stderr)
     for name in required():
         if name not in data['outputs']:
             raise ValueError('Runtime manifest missing ' + name)
@@ -224,7 +232,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         if sys.argv[1] == 'record':
             record()
         elif sys.argv[1] == 'verify':
-            verify()
+            verify(stale_sources_ok='--allow-stale-sources' in sys.argv[2:])
         elif sys.argv[1] == 'apk':
             check_apk(sys.argv[2])
         else:
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_runtime_inputs.py b/tools/tests/test_runtime_inputs.py
index 1ace64e40..ebb6cf97e 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_runtime_inputs.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_runtime_inputs.py
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ class RuntimeInputsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'sources changed'):
             runtime.verify(self.root)
 
+    def test_dev_loop_can_reuse_assets_from_other_sources(self):
+        runtime.record(self.root)
+        self.source.write_text('new implementation')
+        with mock.patch('sys.stderr', new_callable=io.StringIO) as stderr:
+            runtime.verify(self.root, stale_sources_ok=True)
+        self.assertIn('tools/linuxfs/preload/test.c', stderr.getvalue())
+
+    def test_dev_loop_still_rejects_changed_outputs(self):
+        runtime.record(self.root)
+        (self.root / 'app/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libproot.so').write_bytes(b'old APK binary')
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'changed runtime input'):
+            runtime.verify(self.root, stale_sources_ok=True)
+
     def test_changed_quest_source_rejects_old_outputs(self):
         source = self.root / 'tools/quest/kgsl_compat.c'
         source.parent.mkdir(parents=True)