fix(dev): consolidate generated cache directories

bun.lock

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
     },
     "packages/cli": {
       "name": "@wrnexus/cli",
-      "version": "0.8.30",
+      "version": "0.8.31",
       "bin": {
         "wrnexus": "src/index.ts",
       },
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
     },
     "packages/dev-server": {
       "name": "@wrnexus/dev-server",
-      "version": "0.8.28",
+      "version": "0.8.29",
       "dependencies": {
         "@wrnexus/authz": "workspace:*",
         "@wrnexus/cache": "workspace:*",

packages/cli/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wrnexus/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.30",
+  "version": "0.8.31",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "exports": {

packages/cli/src/workspace.ts

@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ export async function runGateway(root: string, args: string[]): Promise<void> {
 
   const hostname = hostArg?.split("=")[1] ?? environmentConfig.hostname;
 
+  // The published CLI bundle carries the matching gateway/cache lifecycle.
   const { startGateway } = await import("@wrnexus/dev-server");
 
   await startGateway({

packages/dev-server/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wrnexus/dev-server",
-  "version": "0.8.28",
+  "version": "0.8.29",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "exports": {

packages/dev-server/src/cache.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { existsSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
-import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { existsSync, readdirSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join, resolve } from "node:path";
 
 export interface ResetDevCacheOptions {
   rootDir?: string;
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ export interface ResetDevCacheOptions {
   enabled?: boolean;
 }
 
+function removeLegacyProcessCaches(rootDir: string): void {
+  if (!existsSync(rootDir)) return;
+  for (const entry of readdirSync(rootDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (!entry.isDirectory() || !/^\.wrnexus-\d+$/.test(entry.name)) continue;
+    rmSync(join(rootDir, entry.name), {
+      recursive: true,
+      force: true,
+      maxRetries: 3,
+      retryDelay: 100,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 export function resetDevCache(options: ResetDevCacheOptions = {}): string {
   const rootDir = resolve(options.rootDir ?? process.cwd());
 
@@ -16,6 +29,8 @@ export function resetDevCache(options: ResetDevCacheOptions = {}): string {
     return cacheDir;
   }
 
+  removeLegacyProcessCaches(rootDir);
+
   // Safety: never allow deleting the project root.
   if (cacheDir === rootDir) {
     throw new Error("Refusing to remove the project root as the WRNexus cache directory.");

packages/dev-server/src/index.ts

@@ -288,10 +288,9 @@ export async function startServer(opts: ServeOptions): Promise<RunningServer> {
 
   const pluginContributions = await pluginRunner.contributions();
   const virtualModules = new Map<string, string>();
-  // A live dev server and a test process can share an app root. Keeping the
-  // generated artifacts in a process-specific directory prevents a test boot
-  // from deleting the running server's client modules.
-  const cacheDir = join(appRoot, `.wrnexus-${process.pid}`);
+  // Keep generated artifacts under the single framework state directory.
+  // Startup clears this cache and removes legacy PID-suffixed cache folders.
+  const cacheDir = join(appRoot, ".wrnexus", "cache");
   const virtualDir = join(cacheDir, "virtual");
   mkdirSync(virtualDir, { recursive: true });
   for (const [index, module] of pluginContributions.virtualModules.entries()) {

packages/dev-server/test/authz-startserver.test.ts

@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ export default defineAuthz({ permissions: { "post:read": { title: "View posts" }
     try {
       expect(hasAuthzCatalog()).toBe(true);
       expect(getAuthzCatalog().permissions.has("post:read")).toBe(true);
-      const cacheDir = join(appDir, "..", `.wrnexus-${process.pid}`);
+      const cacheDir = join(appDir, "..", ".wrnexus", "cache");
       mkdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true });
       writeFileSync(join(cacheDir, "generated.js"), "generated", "utf8");
       expect(existsSync(cacheDir)).toBe(true);
     } finally {
       server.stop();
     }
-    expect(existsSync(join(appDir, "..", `.wrnexus-${process.pid}`))).toBe(false);
+    expect(existsSync(join(appDir, "..", ".wrnexus", "cache"))).toBe(false);
   });
 
   test("an app with no app/authz declarations boots without throwing", async () => {

packages/dev-server/test/cache-ignore-config.test.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ test("per-process dev caches are excluded from root and example project tools",
   const projects = ["basic-app", "inter-app-api-showcase"].map((name) =>
     join(root, "examples", name),
   );
-  const caches = projects.map((project) => join(project, ".wrnexus-123"));
+  const caches = projects.map((project) => join(project, ".wrnexus", "cache"));
 
   for (const project of projects) {
     const projectEslint = readFileSync(join(project, "eslint.config.js"), "utf8");