Retry package-set heap exhaustion with clean compiler output

app/src/App/CLI/Purs.purs

@@ -191,10 +191,16 @@ callCompiler compilerArgs = do
 compilerRaceConditionError :: String
 compilerRaceConditionError = "Unexpected end of JSON input"
 
+-- | Heap exhaustion can leave stdout empty, so JSON decoding also reports EOF.
+isCompilerHeapExhaustion :: CompilerFailure -> Boolean
+isCompilerHeapExhaustion = case _ of
+  UnknownError err -> String.contains (String.Pattern "purs: Heap exhausted") err
+  _ -> false
+
 -- | Check if a compiler failure is due to the known race condition bug.
 isCompilerRaceCondition :: CompilerFailure -> Boolean
-isCompilerRaceCondition = case _ of
-  UnknownError err -> String.contains (String.Pattern compilerRaceConditionError) err
+isCompilerRaceCondition failure = case failure of
+  UnknownError err -> not (isCompilerHeapExhaustion failure) && String.contains (String.Pattern compilerRaceConditionError) err
   _ -> false
 
 -- | Compile PureScript source files with automatic retry for transient errors.

app/src/App/Effect/PackageSets.purs

@@ -263,12 +263,21 @@ handle env = case _ of
   compileInstalledPackages :: Version -> Run _ (Either CompilerFailure String)
   compileInstalledPackages compiler = do
     Log.debug "Compiling installed packages..."
-    Purs.compile
-      { globs: [ Path.concat [ Path.basename packagesWorkDir, "**/*.purs" ] ]
-      , profile: Purs.PackageSetBuild
-      , version: Just compiler
-      , cwd: Just env.workdir
-      }
+    let
+      compile = Purs.compile
+        { globs: [ Path.concat [ Path.basename packagesWorkDir, "**/*.purs" ] ]
+        , profile: Purs.PackageSetBuild
+        , version: Just compiler
+        , cwd: Just env.workdir
+        }
+    result <- compile
+    case result of
+      Left err | Purs.isCompilerHeapExhaustion err -> do
+        Log.warn "Compiler heap exhausted; clearing package-set output and retrying once."
+        -- Keep the backup intact so a failed retry can still roll back.
+        FS.Extra.remove outputWorkDir
+        compile
+      _ -> pure result
 
   attemptChanges :: Version -> PackageSet -> ChangeSet -> Run _ (Either CompilerFailure PackageSet)
   attemptChanges compiler (PackageSet set) changes = do

app/test/App/CLI/Purs.purs

@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ spec = do
       let err = UnknownError "Some prefix text\nJSON: Unexpected end of JSON input\nSome suffix"
       Purs.isCompilerRaceCondition err `Assertions.shouldEqual` true
 
+    Spec.it "Recognizes heap exhaustion without treating its empty JSON output as a race" do
+      let
+        err = UnknownError $ String.joinWith "\n"
+          [ "purs: Heap exhausted;"
+          , "purs: Current maximum heap size is 3221225472 bytes (3072 MB)."
+          , "JSON: Unexpected end of JSON input"
+          ]
+      Purs.isCompilerHeapExhaustion err `Assertions.shouldEqual` true
+      Purs.isCompilerRaceCondition err `Assertions.shouldEqual` false
+      Purs.isCompilerHeapExhaustion (UnknownError "JSON: Unexpected end of JSON input") `Assertions.shouldEqual` false
+
     Spec.it "Does not detect race condition for normal UnknownError" do
       let err = UnknownError "Some other compiler error message"
       Purs.isCompilerRaceCondition err `Assertions.shouldEqual` false