fix(app-router): keep dynamic usage visible across nested request scopes

[NathanDrake2406]

Overview

Goal	Keep dynamicUsageDetected a property of the request, not of whichever nested ALS scope happens to be active.
Core change	runWithUnifiedStateMutation() aliases the flag to the parent context instead of copying it by value.
Key boundary	The unified request context owns the flag. Scopes that measure a subtree opt out through the new isolateDynamicUsage().
Expected impact	A cookies(), headers(), or noStore() call that happens inside a nested scope, or in async work that scope spawned, now reaches the cache policy.

Why

Cacheability is decided once per request. consumeDynamicUsage() is the control that forces no-store and skips ISR writes when a render touches request data, so every markDynamicUsage() in that request must reach it.

runWithUnifiedStateMutation() builds a child scope with { ...parentCtx }. The file already documents the hazard for reference-typed fields, which leak into the parent. dynamicUsageDetected is a primitive and has the mirror hazard: the child gets a private copy, and writes to that copy never reach the parent.

Two properties make this observable rather than theoretical:

1. Nested scopes wrap lazily consumed streams. handleSsr() runs inside runWithNavigationContext() and then inside runWithRootParamsScope(), but the HTTP layer pulls the HTML stream after both callbacks settle. app-page-render.ts documents this timing where it defers clearRequestContext() until the stream drains.
2. The cache decision runs in the outer lifecycle. renderAppPageLifecycle() and finalizeAppPageHtmlCacheResponse() both call options.consumeDynamicUsage() from outside those scopes.

Concretely: a render enters a nested scope, returns a stream handle, and the scope callback settles. The HTTP layer then pulls the body, and a component that runs during that pull calls cookies(). The flag is set on the discarded child copy. The outer consumeDynamicUsage() returns false, and the response is treated as cacheable.

A fix in runWithRootParamsScope() alone would be a symptom patch. runWithNavigationContext() wraps the same SSR render one level further out and reproduces the identical failure, and seven other wrappers build child scopes the same way.

Area	Principle / invariant	What this PR changes
unified-request-context.ts	A nested scope shares request-level state and replaces only the slice it overrides.	Aliases dynamicUsageDetected to the parent so nested scopes cannot fork it.
headers.ts	runWithIsolatedDynamicUsage() and runWithHeadersContext() deliberately start a fresh dynamic-usage measurement.	Both opt out through isolateDynamicUsage() and keep their current isolation.
app-layout-param-observation.ts	The layout probe measures one subtree and folds the result into its own observation.	Opts out through isolateDynamicUsage() and keeps its current isolation.

What changed

Scenario	Before	After
markDynamicUsage() inside any nested scope	Marked the child copy only.	Marks the request.
markDynamicUsage() from async work that outlives the nested scope callback	Lost when the child scope was discarded.	Marks the request.
runWithIsolatedDynamicUsage()	Measured its subtree without marking the request.	Unchanged.
runWithHeadersContext()	Started a fresh flag and restored the outer value on exit.	Unchanged.
Layout param probe	Isolated its flag and folded the result into the observation.	Unchanged.
runWithConnectionProbe()	Copied the child flag to the parent when the probe finished.	Unchanged in effect. The copy is now a no-op because both read the same flag.
setHeadersContext()	Reset the flag on the current state at request entry.	Unchanged. Every call site runs at the outer level.

Maintainer review path

1. packages/vinext/src/shims/unified-request-context.ts for the ownership decision: aliasDynamicUsageToParent(), isolateDynamicUsage(), and the call added to runWithUnifiedStateMutation().
2. packages/vinext/src/shims/headers.ts and packages/vinext/src/server/app-layout-param-observation.ts for the three deliberate opt-outs.
3. tests/unified-request-context.test.ts for the owning-layer contract in both directions.
4. tests/root-params.test.ts for the reported caller.

Validation

• Added a regression test at the owning layer: late dynamic usage from work that outlives a nested scope callback reaches the request context.
• Added a regression test for the opposite direction: runWithIsolatedDynamicUsage() still measures its subtree without marking the request.
• Added a regression test for the reported caller: dynamic usage during work that outlives runWithRootParamsScope() reaches consumeDynamicUsage().
• Confirmed the two new failure cases are red on the parent commit and green after the change.
• Existing isolation contracts stay green without modification: the runWithHeadersContext() sub-state test in tests/unified-request-context.test.ts, and the layout probe test in tests/app-layout-param-observation.test.ts.
• Ran 32 targeted suites covering request context, shims, App Router render, dispatch, probe, cache, ISR, prerender, route handlers, and draft mode. 2093 tests passed.
• Ran vp check. No formatting, lint, or type errors in 1289 files.

Commands and extended results

vp test run tests/root-params.test.ts tests/unified-request-context.test.ts \
  tests/app-layout-param-observation.test.ts tests/cache-for-request.test.ts
  Test Files  4 passed (4)
       Tests  52 passed (52)

vp test run tests/shims.test.ts tests/app-page-render.test.ts tests/app-page-cache.test.ts \
  tests/app-page-cache-render.test.ts tests/app-page-dispatch.test.ts tests/app-page-probe.test.ts \
  tests/app-page-execution.test.ts tests/app-route-handler-execution.test.ts \
  tests/app-route-handler-cache.test.ts tests/fetch-cache.test.ts tests/app-request-context.test.ts \
  tests/app-prerender-static-params.test.ts tests/cloudflare-cdn-cache.test.ts tests/als-registry.test.ts
  Test Files  14 passed (14)
       Tests  1771 passed (1771)

vp test run tests/isr-cache.test.ts tests/isr-decision.test.ts tests/cache-proof.test.ts \
  tests/cache-control.test.ts tests/app-static-generation.test.ts tests/app-ppr-fallback-shell.test.ts \
  tests/ppr-fallback-shell.test.ts tests/app-visited-response-cache.test.ts tests/page-cache-tags.test.ts \
  tests/prerender-phase.test.ts tests/prerender-route-params.test.ts \
  tests/app-hydration-cache-publication.test.ts tests/nextjs-compat/draft-mode.test.ts \
  tests/app-page-boundary-render.test.ts
  Test Files  14 passed (14)
       Tests  270 passed (270)

vp check
  pass: Found no warnings, lint errors, or type errors in 1289 files

Risk / compatibility

• Public API: unchanged. UnifiedRequestContext keeps the dynamicUsageDetected field name and boolean type, so no caller or existing test needed updating. isolateDynamicUsage() is a new internal export from vinext/shims/unified-request-context.
• Behavioural direction: the change can only make more renders classify as dynamic. It cannot cause a render that previously bypassed the cache to start being cached.
• Property descriptor: the alias uses Object.defineProperty with enumerable: true, so a child context still spreads correctly into further nested scopes. Nested aliases chain up to the nearest isolating ancestor.
• Known limit: this change corrects the scope semantics. It does not add an end-to-end fixture that drives a production route through the previously affected path, so the practical exposure of any specific route configuration is not measured here.

Non-goals

• Converting dynamicUsageDetected into a shared holder object. That is the idiom this file already uses for reference-typed slices, but it renames a field used in about 20 places and in the createRequestContext() options, which mixes a mechanical refactor into a behavioural fix.
• Auditing the other primitive fields on UnifiedRequestContext for the same copy-by-value question. phase, actionRevalidationKind, and the currentFetch* fields are genuinely scope-local today.

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Compared 2924106 against base 20fdac4 using alternating same-runner rounds. Next.js was unchanged and skipped.

0 improved · 0 regressed · 6 within ±1.5%

Scenario	Framework	Baseline	Current	Change
Client bundle size (gzip)	vinext	141.4 KB	141.4 KB	⚫ +0.0%
Client entry size (gzip)	vinext	128.8 KB	128.8 KB	⚫ +0.0%
Dev server cold start	vinext	3.15 s	3.15 s	⚫ -0.1%
Production build time	vinext	3.43 s	3.41 s	⚫ -0.6%
RSC entry closure size (gzip)	vinext	115.6 KB	115.7 KB	⚫ +0.1%
Server bundle size (gzip)	vinext	196.8 KB	197.0 KB	⚫ +0.1%

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