From 6d88104f28636acdbe8f94ab7f28c32e1994b13d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Allegretti <mightymarco4@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:26:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(runtime): add wasmtime-runtime feature gate for real
 Wasm execution

Cargo.toml:
- New feature: wasmtime-runtime = [dep:wasmtime, dep:wasmtime-wasi]
- Default is off so the normal build remains lightweight.
- wasmtime 30 and wasmtime-wasi 30 added as optional dependencies.

src/main.rs:
- run_module(wasm_path) replaces the inline stub.
- cfg(not(feature = wasmtime-runtime)): prints READY and returns.
  Preserves all existing test and development behaviour unchanged.
- cfg(feature = wasmtime-runtime): creates a Wasmtime Engine + Module,
  builds a WASI linker with inherited stdout/stderr, prints READY, then
  instantiates the module and calls _start.
  READY is printed before _start so weft-appd can record the session as
  Running before the app enters its event loop.

The production service binary is built with:
  cargo build -p weft-runtime --release --features wasmtime-runtime
---
 crates/weft-runtime/Cargo.toml  |  6 +++++
 crates/weft-runtime/src/main.rs | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/weft-runtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/weft-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 263b810..e636340 100644
--- a/crates/weft-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/weft-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 name = "weft-runtime"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
+[features]
+default = []
+wasmtime-runtime = ["dep:wasmtime", "dep:wasmtime-wasi"]
+
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+wasmtime = { version = "30", optional = true }
+wasmtime-wasi = { version = "30", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/weft-runtime/src/main.rs b/crates/weft-runtime/src/main.rs
index bf2065d..1dcb8e0 100644
--- a/crates/weft-runtime/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/weft-runtime/src/main.rs
@@ -29,12 +29,8 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         anyhow::bail!("app.wasm not found at {}", wasm_path.display());
     }
 
-    // TODO: Load wasm_path into a Wasmtime Engine and run the module.
-    // Until Wasmtime is integrated, print READY and exit cleanly so that
-    // weft-appd can complete the session lifecycle in tests and development.
-    tracing::info!(session_id, %app_id, wasm = %wasm_path.display(), "Wasmtime integration pending");
-
-    println!("READY");
+    tracing::info!(session_id, %app_id, wasm = %wasm_path.display(), "executing module");
+    run_module(&wasm_path)?;
 
     tracing::info!(session_id, %app_id, "exiting");
     Ok(())
@@ -51,6 +47,42 @@ fn resolve_package(app_id: &str) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
     anyhow::bail!("package '{}' not found in any package store", app_id)
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "wasmtime-runtime"))]
+fn run_module(_wasm_path: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    println!("READY");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "wasmtime-runtime")]
+fn run_module(wasm_path: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    use anyhow::Context as _;
+    use wasmtime::{Config, Engine, Module, Store};
+
+    let engine = Engine::new(&Config::default()).context("create Wasmtime engine")?;
+    let module = Module::from_file(&engine, wasm_path).context("load Wasm module")?;
+
+    let mut linker: wasmtime::Linker<wasmtime_wasi::WasiCtx> = wasmtime::Linker::new(&engine);
+    wasmtime_wasi::add_to_linker(&mut linker, |cx| cx).context("add WASI to linker")?;
+
+    let wasi = wasmtime_wasi::WasiCtxBuilder::new()
+        .inherit_stdout()
+        .inherit_stderr()
+        .build();
+    let mut store = Store::new(&engine, wasi);
+
+    println!("READY");
+
+    let instance = linker
+        .instantiate(&mut store, &module)
+        .context("instantiate module")?;
+    let start = instance
+        .get_typed_func::<(), ()>(&mut store, "_start")
+        .context("get _start export")?;
+    start.call(&mut store, ()).context("call _start")?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn package_store_roots() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     if let Ok(explicit) = std::env::var("WEFT_APP_STORE") {
         return vec![PathBuf::from(explicit)];