fix(android)!: preserve JVM settings and reuse metadata sessions (#908)

* perf(graph): avoid repeated traversal edge scans and copies

* fix(android)!: preserve JVM settings and reuse metadata sessions

Read class metadata without generating application source, retain immutable serialized APK sessions, and join owned cleanup on cancellation and shutdown.

BREAKING CHANGE: Android analysis now requires a full JDK 17 or newer with its compiler module for the packaged Java source bridge.
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@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ connected server's tool list before selecting it.
## Supply tools
Use **Java 17 or newer** and **jadx-headless-mcp 0.7.1**. REA does not install Java,
Use a **full JDK 17 or newer** (including its compiler module) and
**jadx-headless-mcp 0.7.1**. REA runs its packaged Java metadata bridge in
source-file mode against the unmodified engine JAR. REA does not install Java,
an Android SDK, JADX, a device service or an emulator. Set the path in the shell
or MCP server environment:
@@ -21,8 +23,9 @@ export REA_JADX_MCP_JAR=/absolute/path/jadx-headless-mcp-0.7.1-all.jar
export JAVA_HOME=/absolute/path/existing-jdk
```
Linux is verified with the public Appium ApiDemos fixture. The POSIX adapter can
run on macOS, but that host has not undergone real Android verification.
The current metadata bridge is verified on macOS arm64 with OpenJDK 21 and the
public Appium ApiDemos fixture. The POSIX adapter also supports Linux; the new
bridge has not yet undergone real verification on Linux/JDK 25.
Windows is unsupported for this provider's owned stdio process boundary.
## Answer an analyst question
@@ -72,7 +75,10 @@ selected overload. Native/abstract methods with no decompiled body report
Signature verification is explicitly `not_performed`.
- Class search consumes all pages and checks their counts. An empty `query`
inventories all class names; class names are decompiler representations.
- Class inventories return display signatures, fields and inner class names.
- Class inventories read parsed metadata without generating source and return
full reported display types, fields and inner class names. Synthetic members
that code generation hides can appear in the inventory; it stays consistent
after method decompilation within the retained session.
Exact DEX descriptors are unknown. Overload indices are tied to this artifact
and engine, not stable identities across different builds.
- Method inspection reports Java or smali, fallback markers and complete/partial
@@ -109,23 +115,48 @@ runtime calls.
## Resource and lifecycle limits
Each request creates private, immutable APK and JAR copies. Their workspace and
owned process group are cleaned on success, failure, timeout and cancellation.
REA retains one serialized session with private, immutable APK, engine JAR and
metadata-bridge copies. Matching requests reuse the loaded engine. APK/engine
digests and JVM configuration are checked before reuse; changed inputs retire
the previous session. Sessions are cleaned after 60 seconds of inactivity, on
target/configuration changes, failure, timeout, cancellation, MCP disconnect or
server shutdown. One-shot CLI commands always join cleanup before returning.
REA never writes to the original APK or launches target code.
If process cleanup cannot be confirmed, REA retains the workspace and reports its
location. That provider instance blocks subsequent engine launches until the
caller resolves the reported resources and starts a fresh instance.
The provider serializes requests within each REA instance, uses one worker and
sets JVM maximum heap to **512 MiB**. Heap is not a total RSS cap: the JVM also
The provider uses one JADX analysis worker independently of JVM processor and
garbage-collector settings. REA supplies no default heap or visible-CPU override;
Java uses its normal ergonomics and inherits caller JVM settings. Optional
provider settings add explicit JVM arguments:
```sh
export REA_JADX_HEAP_MIB=8192
# Optional, independent of the single JADX worker:
export REA_JADX_ACTIVE_PROCESSOR_COUNT=4
# Or select settings through Java's standard environment options:
export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-Xmx8g
```
Both REA settings must be positive safe integers; processor counts must also fit
the JVM's signed 32-bit range. REA preserves
`JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS`, `JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS` and `_JAVA_OPTIONS` rather than replacing
them. Java's standard precedence applies: explicit command-line heap settings
override `JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS`, while `_JAVA_OPTIONS` can override command-line
settings. Evidence reports the worker's observed `Runtime.maxMemory()` rounded
down to MiB and retains exact bytes, Java version and visible processors in its
raw runtime response. The observed allocatable heap can differ from configured
`-Xmx`, especially with Serial GC. Heap is not a total RSS cap: the JVM also
uses native memory. Independent REA instances have independent queues. Whole
operations have a **120-second** execution deadline after reaching the queue's
front; upstream decompilation is limited to **90 seconds**.
Decoded manifest and method text have a **1 MiB** upstream byte budget and report
truncation. A protocol frame above **8 MiB**, or cumulative stdout/stderr above
**32 MiB**, fails with a diagnostic instead of returning an incomplete inventory
truncation. Class-name pages use indexed slices of up to 4,096 names without changing the
complete, case-sensitive search contract. A protocol frame above **8 MiB**, or combined stdout/stderr above
**32 MiB per operation**, fails with a diagnostic instead of returning an incomplete inventory
as complete. These are memory-safety boundaries, not undocumented result caps.
## Real verification