fix(core): stream grep/ripgrep output to prevent OOM (#17146)

packages/core/src/utils/shell-utils.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   spawnSync,
   type SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio,
 } from 'node:child_process';
+import * as readline from 'node:readline';
 import type { Node, Tree } from 'web-tree-sitter';
 import { Language, Parser, Query } from 'web-tree-sitter';
 import { loadWasmBinary } from './fileUtils.js';
@@ -765,3 +766,123 @@ export const spawnAsync = (
       reject(err);
     });
   });
+
+/**
+ * Executes a command and yields lines of output as they appear.
+ * Use for large outputs where buffering is not feasible.
+ *
+ * @param command The executable to run
+ * @param args Arguments for the executable
+ * @param options Spawn options (cwd, env, etc.)
+ */
+export async function* execStreaming(
+  command: string,
+  args: string[],
+  options?: SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio & {
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+    allowedExitCodes?: number[];
+  },
+): AsyncGenerator<string, void, void> {
+  const child = spawn(command, args, {
+    ...options,
+    // ensure we don't open a window on windows if possible/relevant
+    windowsHide: true,
+  });
+
+  const rl = readline.createInterface({
+    input: child.stdout,
+    terminal: false,
+  });
+
+  const errorChunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  let stderrTotalBytes = 0;
+  const MAX_STDERR_BYTES = 20 * 1024; // 20KB limit
+
+  child.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    if (stderrTotalBytes < MAX_STDERR_BYTES) {
+      errorChunks.push(chunk);
+      stderrTotalBytes += chunk.length;
+    }
+  });
+
+  let error: Error | null = null;
+  child.on('error', (err) => {
+    error = err;
+  });
+
+  const onAbort = () => {
+    // If manually aborted by signal, we kill immediately.
+    if (!child.killed) child.kill();
+  };
+
+  if (options?.signal?.aborted) {
+    onAbort();
+  } else {
+    options?.signal?.addEventListener('abort', onAbort);
+  }
+
+  let finished = false;
+  try {
+    for await (const line of rl) {
+      if (options?.signal?.aborted) break;
+      yield line;
+    }
+    finished = true;
+  } finally {
+    rl.close();
+    options?.signal?.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort);
+
+    // Ensure process is killed when the generator is closed (consumer breaks loop)
+    let killedByGenerator = false;
+    if (!finished && child.exitCode === null && !child.killed) {
+      try {
+        child.kill();
+      } catch (_e) {
+        // ignore error if process is already dead
+      }
+      killedByGenerator = true;
+    }
+
+    // Ensure we wait for the process to exit to check codes
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      // If an error occurred before we got here (e.g. spawn failure), reject immediately.
+      if (error) {
+        reject(error);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      function checkExit(code: number | null) {
+        // If we aborted or killed it manually, we treat it as success (stop waiting)
+        if (options?.signal?.aborted || killedByGenerator) {
+          resolve();
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const allowed = options?.allowedExitCodes ?? [0];
+        if (code !== null && allowed.includes(code)) {
+          resolve();
+        } else {
+          // If we have an accumulated error or explicit error event
+          if (error) reject(error);
+          else {
+            const stderr = Buffer.concat(errorChunks).toString('utf8');
+            const truncatedMsg =
+              stderrTotalBytes >= MAX_STDERR_BYTES ? '...[truncated]' : '';
+            reject(
+              new Error(
+                `Process exited with code ${code}: ${stderr}${truncatedMsg}`,
+              ),
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (child.exitCode !== null) {
+        checkExit(child.exitCode);
+      } else {
+        child.on('close', (code) => checkExit(code));
+        child.on('error', (err) => reject(err));
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}