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LibWeb: Preserve cascade order for cached prefix answers - #11147

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Cached prefix answers are stored canonically by rule identity. When a document-scope cache hit rematerialized that payload, it returned the storage order directly even though callers require cascade order. It can let a less specific rule override a more specific rule until another invalidation forces exact matching.

Restore cascade ordering after rematerialization and cover cache misses and hits with differing specificity.

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The CSS style matcher now orders cached published and document-scope prefix answers in cascade order. Streaming uses materialized published answers. Identity-only answers fall back to materialization when required. Regression tests cover cold matching, publication, materialized consumption, streamed consumption, and cache statistics.

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  participant StyleMatcher
  participant PrefixCache
  participant Consumer
  StyleMatcher->>PrefixCache: retrieve cached prefix answers
  PrefixCache-->>StyleMatcher: return published or identity-only answers
  StyleMatcher->>StyleMatcher: restore cascade order
  StyleMatcher->>Consumer: materialize and stream ordered answers
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Cached document-scope style results can still apply CSS rules in the wrong cascade order, allowing a less-specific rule to override a more-specific rule until the cache is invalidated. The current head is not merge-ready until this ordering issue is fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

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In `@Libraries/LibWeb/Rust/src/css/style/matching.rs`:
- Around line 3862-3863: Ensure document-scope identity-only cache answers are
ordered before consumption, not only the local matches vector in
order_matches_in_cascade. Apply the cascade ordering at the final
catalog-consumption boundary used by StyleEngine::consume_published_match_answer
and StyleEngine::consume_published_match_answer_with, or preserve an ordered
payload for compact_answer; extend regression coverage through
StyleEngine::complete_published_match_answer and both consumption APIs.
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Comment thread Libraries/LibWeb/Rust/src/css/style/matching.rs
Prefix-cache answers use canonical rule-identity order for storage. A
document-scope hit could expose storage order instead of cascade order,
allowing a less-specific rule to override a more-specific rule.

Order materialized cache hits before returning them. Identity-only
published answers may lack a shared ordered payload, so restore cascade
order when materializing those answers at the consumption boundary. Keep
the zero-copy shared-payload path and allocation-free capacity probe.

Cover direct cache hits and identity-only publication with vector and
streaming consumers, including an undersized-buffer retry.
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awesomekling merged commit 9422579 into LadybirdBrowser:master Aug 16, 2026
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