fix(release): harden package and engine verifier cleanup

scripts/verify-binaries.js

@@ -317,6 +317,54 @@ function runEngine(label, engine, args, timeout = 30000) {
   }
 }
 
+function waitForProcessExit(proc, timeoutMs) {
+  if (proc.exitCode !== null || proc.signalCode !== null) {
+    return Promise.resolve(true);
+  }
+
+  return new Promise(resolve => {
+    let settled = false;
+    let timer;
+    const finish = value => {
+      if (settled) return;
+      settled = true;
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      proc.removeListener('exit', onExit);
+      resolve(value);
+    };
+    const onExit = () => finish(true);
+
+    timer = setTimeout(() => finish(false), timeoutMs);
+    proc.once('exit', onExit);
+    if (proc.exitCode !== null || proc.signalCode !== null) {
+      finish(true);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+async function terminateProcess(proc, label) {
+  if (proc.exitCode === null && proc.signalCode === null) {
+    try {
+      proc.kill('SIGTERM');
+    } catch {}
+    if (await waitForProcessExit(proc, 2000)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      proc.kill('SIGKILL');
+    } catch {}
+    if (await waitForProcessExit(proc, 2000)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    fail(`${label} did not terminate after SIGTERM and SIGKILL.`);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 const coldStartTimeout = isMacOS ? 120000 : 30000;
 if (canExecuteTarget) {
   runEngine('yt-dlp cold start', 'yt-dlp', ['--version'], coldStartTimeout);
@@ -397,13 +445,9 @@ if (canExecuteTarget) {
       tryFetch();
     });
 
-    // Clean up
+    // Clean up and wait before the verifier exits so a stuck daemon cannot be
-    proc.kill('SIGTERM');
+    // left behind on a runner and contaminate later package or smoke checks.
-    setTimeout(() => {
+    await terminateProcess(proc, 'aria2 RPC verifier process');
-      try {
-        proc.kill('SIGKILL');
-      } catch {}
-    }, 2000);
 
     if (result.ok) {
       try {

scripts/verify-linux-packages.js

@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ export function parseDebianPackagePath(line) {
   return match[1].replace(/^\.\//, '');
 }
 
+export function isSafePackagePath(packagePath) {
+  if (packagePath === '') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const parts = packagePath.split('/');
+  return !parts.includes('..') && (parts[0] === 'usr' || packagePath === 'usr');
+}
+
 function assertSafePackageListing(listing, packageType) {
   const lines = listing.split('\n').filter(Boolean);
   const paths = packageType === 'deb'
@@ -109,8 +118,7 @@ function assertSafePackageListing(listing, packageType) {
     : lines.map(line => line.replace(/^\/+/, ''));
 
   for (const packagePath of paths) {
-    const parts = packagePath.split('/');
+    if (!isSafePackagePath(packagePath)) {
-    if (parts.includes('..') || (parts[0] !== 'usr' && packagePath !== 'usr')) {
       fail(`${packageType} package contains an unsafe path: ${packagePath}`);
     }
   }

scripts/verify-linux-packages.node-test.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
 
-import { parseDebianPackagePath } from './verify-linux-packages.js';
+import { isSafePackagePath, parseDebianPackagePath } from './verify-linux-packages.js';
 
 test('parses current dpkg-deb listings without a ./ prefix', () => {
   assert.equal(
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ test('parses legacy dpkg-deb listings with a ./ prefix', () => {
   );
 });
 
+test('accepts the package root in legacy dpkg-deb listings', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    parseDebianPackagePath('drwxr-xr-x root/root       0 2026-07-12 07:24 ./'),
+    ''
+  );
+  assert.equal(isSafePackagePath(''), true);
+});
+
+test('rejects paths outside the package usr tree', () => {
+  assert.equal(isSafePackagePath('../tmp/firelink'), false);
+  assert.equal(isSafePackagePath('etc/firelink'), false);
+});
+
 test('rejects malformed dpkg-deb listing lines', () => {
   assert.throws(
     () => parseDebianPackagePath('not a dpkg-deb listing'),