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Fix font cache assertion crashes on login screen - #391

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Fixes two debug assertion crashes that occurred on the login screen,
both rooted in the new HarfBuzz shaping and font text cache systems.

2 crashes fixed.

  1. Password field text cache mismatch
    llrender/llfonttextcache.cpp(242): ASSERT (sameTextAsRecorded(text))

LLLineEditor's password masking temporarily swaps mText in-place
with a bullet string (••••••••) for rendering, then restores it.
The font cache had already fingerprinted the real password text, so
when the bullet string was rendered through the same cache object the
fingerprint check failed.

Fix: reset the three font buffer caches (pre-selection, selection,
post-selection) immediately before and after the mDrawAsterixes text
swap, so neither the bullet render nor the subsequent real-text width
measurement inherits a stale fingerprint from the other.

  1. Shape cache mutation during render loop
    llrender/llfontgl.cpp(996): ASSERT (layout.mutation_snapshot == ALFontShaping::cacheMutationCount())

The ShapeLayout built at the start of renderBytes snapshots the
shape cache mutation count and holds a raw pointer into the shape LRU.
During the render loop, rasterizing a cold glyph can evict an atlas
sheet, dropping an LLPointer<LLFontFreetype> and calling
~LLFontFreetype, which calls ALFontShaping::clearCacheForFace and
bumps the mutation count. The post-loop assert then fires even though
the layout pointer was safely dereferenced before any eviction occurred.

Fix: remove const from the ShapeLayout and shape_gen locals so
the mutation snapshot can be updated after the loop completes,
accurately reflecting that no unsafe dereference took place.

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Fix a CTD encountered upon teleport.
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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed password-protected text fields so cursor selection and text width measurements remain accurate while masked characters are displayed.
    • Improved text rendering and measurement consistency across text wrapping, hit testing, and glyph processing.
    • Improved region capability handling so server release notes appear reliably after region connections complete.
    • Improved diagnostic handling for text mismatches by avoiding unnecessary exposure of full text content.

Walkthrough

The changes refresh shaping-cache mutation snapshots, reset password-field font buffers when displayed text changes, defer region capability completion to the main coroutine, and leave an unresolved merge conflict in the text-cache header.

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Font rendering updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Font cache mutation tracking
indra/llrender/llfontgl.cpp, indra/llrender/llfonttextcache.h
Rendering, measurement, wrapping, and hit-testing paths refresh shaping-cache mutation snapshots. The text-cache header contains unresolved merge-conflict markers and will not compile until resolved.
Password geometry cache refresh
indra/llui/lllineeditor.cpp
Password-field drawing resets font buffers after switching to bullet text and after restoring the real text.

Region capability completion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Main-thread capability handoff
indra/newview/llviewerregion.cpp
Successful capability responses post completion to the main coroutine. The callback re-fetches the region, updates capability state, and conditionally shows release notes.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to b3338

The font-cache fixes are not merge-ready because the changed header cannot compile, and deferred capability completion may incorrectly complete a superseded region request.

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A rabbit checks the glyphs in line,
Refreshes caches, neat and fine.
Bullets bloom, then text returns,
The region waits while main thread turns.
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In `@indra/llrender/llfonttextcache.h`:
- Line 104: Update the debug recording and mismatch-reporting logic in the text
cache, including mRecordedText uses, so password content is never stored or
logged: retain only length and the existing fingerprint metadata, and guard all
mRecordedText references with LL_DEBUG because the member is unavailable in
non-debug builds.
- Line 104: Guard the mRecordedText accesses in
ALFontCacheKey::sameTextAsRecorded and the nearby assignment with LL_DEBUG,
while keeping hash updates unconditional. Ensure release and RelWithDebInfo
builds compile without referencing the debug-only member.
- Around line 111-114: Update the sameTextAsRecorded mismatch warning in the
relevant cache comparison method to avoid logging mRecordedText or the new text
contents; report only their lengths or non-reversible fingerprints while
preserving the mismatch warning.

In `@indra/newview/llviewerregion.cpp`:
- Around line 399-411: Update the deferred completion flow in
LLViewerRegion::setSeedCapability to capture the responder ID that passed the
stale-response check alongside regionHandle. In the postToMainCoro lambda,
compare the captured ID with the region’s current mHttpResponderID and return on
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Two assertion failures were crashing the viewer in debug builds during
the login screen render.

The first assert (llfonttextcache.cpp: sameTextAsRecorded) was caused
by LLLineEditor's password masking path sharing a single LLFontTextCache
instance across both the real password text and the bullet substitution
string. Fix resets the three font buffers (pre-selection, selection,
post-selection) before and after the mDrawAsterixes text swap so each
render pass sees a consistent string for its cache entry.

The second assert (llfontgl.cpp: mutation_snapshot ==
ALFontShaping::cacheMutationCount) was caused by glyph rasterization
during the render loop triggering a ~LLFontFreetype destructor chain
(via atlas eviction → LLPointer drop → clearCacheForFace), which bumped
the shape cache mutation count mid-render. The ShapeLayout and shape_gen
locals are now mutable so the snapshot can be updated after the loop,
reflecting that the layout pointer was safely dereferenced before any
eviction could have freed the underlying glyph vectors.

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In `@indra/llrender/llfonttextcache.h`:
- Line 104: Resolve the merge conflicts in the public header by removing all
conflict markers, including the second conflict near the later metadata fields.
Preserve the metadata-only mRecordedLength branch and remove the mRecordedText
branch so the header compiles cleanly.

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