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What and why

@frontmcp/utils uses only analyzeForReDoS and REDOS_THRESHOLDS from @enclave-vm/ast, for its safe-regex helpers. The package has one entry point, so importing those two names loads the whole validator (index.js, 241 KB) and its parser, acorn, acorn-walk and astring. Every FrontMCP server pays for that at startup.

The analyzer itself doesn't need any of it. pre-scanner/checks/regex-check.ts imports only mandatory-limits and the pre-scanner's error codes, and neither of those imports anything.

What changed

• libs/ast/src/redos.ts: a new entry point that re-exports analyzeForReDoS, REDOS_THRESHOLDS, REDOS_PATTERNS, calculateStarHeight and the ReDoSAnalysisResult type. These are the same names the package root exports for ReDoS analysis.
• project.json: redos.ts is an additionalEntryPoints entry in both build-cjs and build-esm. esbuild gives each entry its own bundle: redos.js is 8,188 bytes and esm/redos.mjs 7,008.
• package.json: a "./redos" export with development, types, import, require and default conditions, like ".". strip-dist-from-pkg.js rewrites it for the published package as it does the root.
• README: a short "ReDoS Analysis Without the Parser" section.
• Docs: the ReDoS examples in docs/enclave/core-libraries/ast-guard/pre-scanner.mdx and docs/enclave/libraries/ast-guard.mdx import from @enclave-vm/ast/redos.

The package root is unchanged.

Release

This needs a minor release, @enclave-vm/ast 2.17.0. FrontMCP's agentfront/frontmcp#921 then imports from @enclave-vm/ast/redos instead of making @frontmcp/utils load the package lazily.

Tests

• New: libs/ast/src/__tests__/redos-entry.spec.ts. It mocks acorn, acorn-walk and astring to throw when loaded, imports ../redos, and checks that (a+)+ is vulnerable at or above BLOCK, that [a-z]+ is safe, and that the star height of (a*)* is 2.
• Full ast suite: 26 suites, 815 tests, all pass.
• yarn lint, yarn format:check and yarn build: all pass.
• Built package, checked by hand through a node_modules/@enclave-vm/ast link to libs/ast/dist:
  • require('@enclave-vm/ast/redos'): 1.0 ms, 2 files, none from the parser, and the analysis works.
  • require('@enclave-vm/ast'): 8.8 ms, 5 files, 3 from the parser.
  • import('@enclave-vm/ast/redos') works.
  • A TypeScript file importing analyzeForReDoS, REDOS_THRESHOLDS and the ReDoSAnalysisResult type from the subpath type-checks under --module nodenext.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added a standalone ReDoS analysis entry point that evaluates regular expressions without loading JavaScript parser dependencies.
  • Exposed analysis utilities, vulnerability patterns, thresholds, star-height calculations, and result types through a dedicated package subpath.

• Documentation

  • Added usage guidance, blocking-threshold checks, and parser-independent import examples.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for nested quantifiers, safe character ranges, star-height calculations, and parser-independent loading.

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The AST package now exposes a parser-free ./redos entry point for ReDoS analysis. Package exports and CJS/ESM builds include the entry point. Tests verify parser independence and analysis results. Documentation uses the new subpath.

Changes: Parser-free ReDoS entry point

Layer / File(s)	Summary
ReDoS exports and validation libs/ast/src/redos.ts, libs/ast/src/__tests__/redos-entry.spec.ts	The standalone module re-exports ReDoS patterns, thresholds, analysis functions, and the result type. Tests verify parser independence, vulnerability classification, blocking thresholds, and star-height calculation.
Package and build exposure libs/ast/package.json, libs/ast/project.json, libs/ast/README.md, docs/enclave/core-libraries/ast-guard/pre-scanner.mdx, docs/enclave/libraries/ast-guard.mdx	The package exports the ./redos subpath, and CJS and ESM builds include its entry point. Documentation imports analyzeForReDoS from the new subpath and describes its parser-free behavior.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Consumer
  participant PackageExports
  participant ReDoSModule
  Consumer->>PackageExports: Import @enclave-vm/ast/redos
  PackageExports->>ReDoSModule: Resolve the redos entry point
  ReDoSModule-->>Consumer: Return ReDoS analysis APIs

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libs/ast/src/__tests__/redos-entry.spec.ts: 1

1-11: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Import the public subpath in the entrypoint test.

The test imports ../redos, so it bypasses the @enclave-vm/ast/redos export map and generated entrypoints. A broken require, import, or declaration target can therefore pass this test.

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-import { REDOS_THRESHOLDS, analyzeForReDoS, calculateStarHeight } from '../redos';
+import { REDOS_THRESHOLDS, analyzeForReDoS, calculateStarHeight } from '@enclave-vm/ast/redos';

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