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Anand Krishnamoorthi 394625d4bc feat!: add cooperative execution-time limits across engine, VM, and binding (#539)
- Introduce ExecutionTimer/ExecutionTimerConfig to allow limiting evaluating time.
- To amortize time checking costs, checking interval can be configured via the notion of work units
- A global fallback time limit can be set to universally limit all evaluation in addition to engine level limit setting.
- Implement limnits in interpreter and RVM. In RVM, also handle suspend/resume so that time during pause is not counted.
- Add engine-level APIs to set/clear per-engine timer configuration and apply global fallback defaults.
- Surface execution-time limits through FFI and C# bindings
- Add C# tests and example usage to validate engine overrides, global fallback behavior, and compiled policy enforcement.
- Expand docs for execution-time limit
- Add interpreter YAML cases and VM unit tests for time-limit behavior and deterministic time sources.

Signed-off-by: Anand Krishnamoorthi <anakrish@microsoft.com>
2026-01-28 05:58:03 +05:30

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# Regorus CSharp
**Regorus** is
- *Rego*-*Rus(t)* - A fast, light-weight [Rego](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/policy-language/)
interpreter written in Rust.
- *Rigorous* - A rigorous enforcer of well-defined Rego semantics.
See main [Regorus page](https://github.com/microsoft/regorus) for more details about the project.
# Building
## Github Actions
The simplest way to build a Nuget for Regorus' C# bindings is to use Github Actions. The action to do so is named `bindings/csharp` and is defined in `.github/workflows/test-csharp.yml`.
There are two ways to trigger a Nuget build.
1. Runs are triggered automatically whenever a push or pull request is made to the `main` branch.
2. A run can be triggered manually by navigating to the action in the Github UI and clicking `Run workflow`. This option allows you to generate a Nuget for any branch, which is useful when testing the integration of in-progress changes to Regorus with other projects. Nuget files that are generated via this flow will have a `manualtrigger` suffix appended to their version number, making it easy to distinguish them from Nugets generated using the `main` branch.
![Image displaying the run workflow button](docs/images/readme/manuallytriggeringrun.png)
Once the workflow run completes, the generated Nuget can be downloaded by following these steps:
1. Open the run.
2. Click on `Build Regorus nuget` on the left.
3. Expand the `Upload Regorus nuget` step.
4. Click the `Artifact download URL` link at the bottom.
5. Save and extract the downloaded zip file to find the `.nupkg` file.
![Image displaying the download URL link](docs/images/readme/downloadnuget.png)
## Local
The `cargo xtask` runner provides helpers for local builds:
1. `cargo xtask ffi` builds the `bindings/ffi` crate for the host platform in debug mode. Add `--target <triple>` (repeatable) to cross-compile, or `--release` to produce optimised artefacts. Results land under `bindings/ffi/target/<triple>/<profile>`.
2. `cargo xtask nuget` reuses those artefacts to pack the C# library. It defaults to debug builds for the host but accepts `--target`, `--release`, `--artifacts-dir <path>` to reuse existing binaries, and `--enforce-artifacts` to require every officially supported platform.
3. `cargo xtask test-csharp` ensures a NuGet is available (rebuilding when required or when `--force-nuget` is passed) and then runs `Regorus.Tests`, `TestApp`, and `TargetExampleApp` against it. The command accepts the same build flags as `cargo xtask nuget`.
## Memory Usage Safeguards
The C# bindings expose allocator-backed memory tracking utilities via the static `Regorus.MemoryLimits` helper. Typical usage:
```csharp
// Restrict total allocations to 128 MiB for the process
Regorus.MemoryLimits.SetGlobalMemoryLimit(128 * 1024 * 1024);
// Optional: tune how frequently each thread flushes its allocation counters
Regorus.MemoryLimits.SetThreadFlushThresholdOverride(256 * 1024);
// Engine operations throw InvalidOperationException with the allocator message if the budget is exceeded
using var engine = new Regorus.Engine();
var veryLargeJson = new string('x', 128 * 1024);
try
{
engine.SetInputJson(veryLargeJson);
}
catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Allocator reported: {ex.Message}");
}
// Restore defaults once done
Regorus.MemoryLimits.SetGlobalMemoryLimit(null);
Regorus.MemoryLimits.SetThreadFlushThresholdOverride(null);
```
See bindings/csharp/Regorus.Tests/RegorusTests.cs for scenario coverage and bindings/csharp/TargetExampleApp/Program.cs for end-to-end usage.