[Fix] (FastSTL): bump submodule for the erase(iterator) double-advance fix and add erase-while-iterating regression tests - the old semantics skipped one live element per erase and ran past end() when erasing the highest occupied bucket, sending the new mass pipeline-cache eviction sweeps off the bucket array (device crash on first eviction during world load: garbage handles fed to vkDestroyPipeline)

MobileGL/Init.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <MG_State/EGLState/Core.h>
 #include <MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.h>
 #include <MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.h>
+#include <MG_Impl/GLImpl/Sync/GL_Sync.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
 #include <mutex>
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ namespace MobileGL {
                 MGLOG_I("MobileGL closing...");
             }
             glslang::FinalizeProcess();
+            // GL syncs die with their contexts, and every context is gone by the
+            // time full teardown runs: drain the live-sync registry while the
+            // backend function table can still release the backend handles (and
+            // before a re-initialized library could pair them with the wrong
+            // backend's DeleteSync).
+            MG_Impl::GLImpl::DestroyAllSyncObjects();
             MG_Backend::pActiveBackendObject.reset();
             MG_State::pGLContext.reset();
             MG_State::pEGLContext.reset();

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.cpp

@@ -469,6 +469,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // treat them as signaled/available with zero results from here on.
         BumpRendererGeneration();
         pVulkanRenderer.reset();
+        // The reflection cache is file-scope, not renderer-owned; without this the
+        // deleted programs' reflection strings survive full context teardown.
+        ClearProgramResourceCaches();
         BackendObject::ReleaseEGLResources();
     }
 
@@ -478,6 +481,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // treat them as signaled/available with zero results from here on.
         BumpRendererGeneration();
         pVulkanRenderer.reset();
+        // The reflection cache is file-scope, not renderer-owned; without this the
+        // deleted programs' reflection strings survive full context teardown.
+        ClearProgramResourceCaches();
     }
 
     const RendererInfo& BackendObject_DirectVulkan::GetRendererInfo() const {

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.cpp

@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         };
 
         struct ProgramResourceCache {
+            // Lifetime id of the program the cached reflection belongs to. GL names are
+            // recycled (IndexGenerator hands freed indices straight back), and a
+            // recreated program's backendStateVersion restarts at the same small values,
+            // so the version alone can collide; the never-reused lifetime id makes the
+            // slot's ownership unambiguous.
+            Uint64 programLifetimeId = 0;
             Uint32 backendStateVersion = 0;
             Vector<StorageBlockResource> storageBlocks;
             Vector<BufferVariableResource> bufferVariables;
@@ -82,6 +88,11 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             Uint32 baseInstance = 0;
         };
 
+        // Keyed by GL program name so the freed-name reuse in IndexGenerator bounds the
+        // map at the peak-simultaneous-program high-water mark; each slot's ownership is
+        // checked against the program's lifetime id before it is served (see
+        // GetProgramResourceCache). Cleared wholesale at EGL teardown via
+        // ClearProgramResourceCaches.
         UnorderedMap<GLuint, ProgramResourceCache> g_programResourceCaches;
 
         void ClearReadPixelsOutput(GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLenum format, GLenum type, void* pixels) {
@@ -142,13 +153,19 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         ProgramResourceCache& GetProgramResourceCache(const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program) {
             auto& cache = g_programResourceCaches[program.GetExternalIndex()];
+            const Uint64 programLifetimeId = program.GetLifetimeId();
             const Uint32 backendStateVersion = program.GetBackendStateVersion();
-            if (cache.backendStateVersion == backendStateVersion &&
+            // The lifetime id must match too: a new program that reuses a deleted
+            // program's name and happens to land on the same backendStateVersion (both
+            // count from zero) would otherwise be served the dead program's reflection.
+            if (cache.programLifetimeId == programLifetimeId &&
+                cache.backendStateVersion == backendStateVersion &&
                 (!cache.storageBlocks.empty() || !cache.bufferVariables.empty())) {
                 return cache;
             }
 
             cache = {};
+            cache.programLifetimeId = programLifetimeId;
             cache.backendStateVersion = backendStateVersion;
 
             Vector<SpvReflectShaderModule> modules;
@@ -366,6 +383,15 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         }
     } // namespace
 
+    void ClearProgramResourceCaches() {
+        // Called from EGL teardown while the backend's m_eglStateMutex is held; GL
+        // calls are serialized in this codebase (contexts migrate threads but never
+        // run concurrently), so no other thread can be inside the unsynchronized map.
+        // Live programs in another context self-heal: their entry rebuilds from the
+        // retained generated SPIR-V on the next resource query.
+        g_programResourceCaches.clear();
+    }
+
     GLuint GetShaderStorageBlockIndex(const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program, const String& name) {
         auto& cache = GetProgramResourceCache(program);
         const auto it = std::find_if(cache.storageBlocks.begin(), cache.storageBlocks.end(),

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.h

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
     Uint64 GetRendererGeneration();
     void BumpRendererGeneration();
 
+    // Drops every cached program-resource reflection entry (CPU-side strings/vectors
+    // only, no Vulkan handles). Called at EGL teardown next to the renderer reset;
+    // safe because GL calls are serialized in this codebase, and any still-live
+    // program rebuilds its entry from the retained generated SPIR-V on demand.
+    void ClearProgramResourceCaches();
+
     void ClearBufferfi(GLenum buffer, GLint drawbuffer, GLfloat depth, GLint stencil);
     void ClearBufferfv(GLenum buffer, GLint drawbuffer, const GLfloat* value);
     void ClearBufferuiv(GLenum buffer, GLint drawbuffer, const GLuint* value);

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.cpp

@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         if (result != VK_SUCCESS) {
             return result;
         }
-        frame.retiredCommandBuffers.push_back(frame.commandBuffer);
+        // lastSubmitIndex was just written by the renderer for the submission
+        // that carried this command buffer.
+        frame.retiredCommandBuffers.push_back({frame.commandBuffer, frame.lastSubmitIndex});
         frame.commandBuffer = replacement;
         return VK_SUCCESS;
     }
@@ -274,12 +276,40 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             return;
         }
         if (m_device != VK_NULL_HANDLE && m_commandPool != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
-            vkFreeCommandBuffers(m_device, m_commandPool, static_cast<Uint32>(frame.retiredCommandBuffers.size()),
-                                 frame.retiredCommandBuffers.data());
+            for (const auto& retired : frame.retiredCommandBuffers) {
+                vkFreeCommandBuffers(m_device, m_commandPool, 1, &retired.commandBuffer);
+            }
         }
         frame.retiredCommandBuffers.clear();
     }
 
+    void FrameContext::FreeRetiredCommandBuffersCompletedUpTo(Uint64 completedSubmitIndex) {
+        if (m_device == VK_NULL_HANDLE || m_commandPool == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+            return;
+        }
+        for (auto& frame : m_frames) {
+            // Retired buffers are appended in submit order, so the completed
+            // ones form a prefix.
+            SizeT completedCount = 0;
+            while (completedCount < frame.retiredCommandBuffers.size() &&
+                   frame.retiredCommandBuffers[completedCount].submitIndex <= completedSubmitIndex) {
+                vkFreeCommandBuffers(m_device, m_commandPool, 1,
+                                     &frame.retiredCommandBuffers[completedCount].commandBuffer);
+                ++completedCount;
+            }
+            if (completedCount > 0) {
+                frame.retiredCommandBuffers.erase(frame.retiredCommandBuffers.begin(),
+                                                  frame.retiredCommandBuffers.begin() + completedCount);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void FrameContext::FreeAllRetiredCommandBuffers() {
+        for (auto& frame : m_frames) {
+            FreeRetiredCommandBuffers(frame);
+        }
+    }
+
     void FrameContext::AssertValidFrameIndex(Uint32 frameIndex) const {
         MOBILEGL_ASSERT(frameIndex < m_frames.size(), "FrameContext index out of range");
     }

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.h

@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             VkPresentInfoKHR presentInfo{VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PRESENT_INFO_KHR};
         };
 
+        // A command buffer submitted mid-frame (FlushPendingCommands), tagged
+        // with the submit-tracker index it was submitted under so it can be
+        // freed as soon as that submission is observed complete - without
+        // waiting for the slot's fence to be waited again (present-less flush
+        // loops never wait it).
+        struct RetiredCommandBuffer {
+            VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            Uint64 submitIndex = 0;
+        };
+
         struct FrameData {
             VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
             VkSemaphore imageAvailableSemaphore = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -47,10 +57,10 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             Bool isCommandRecording = false;
             Bool hasCommandBufferRecorded = false;
             Bool imageAvailableSemaphoreConsumed = false;
-            // Command buffers submitted mid-frame (FlushPendingCommands) whose
-            // execution is only known complete once this slot's fence has been
-            // waited again; freed at that point.
-            Vector<VkCommandBuffer> retiredCommandBuffers;
+            // Command buffers submitted mid-frame (FlushPendingCommands),
+            // appended in submit order; freed once their submission is known
+            // complete (fence wait or completion poll).
+            Vector<RetiredCommandBuffer> retiredCommandBuffers;
             // Submit-tracker index of this slot's most recent queue submission
             // (written by the renderer at submit time).
             Uint64 lastSubmitIndex = 0;
@@ -79,9 +89,19 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // Parks the current (already ended and submitted) command buffer on the
         // slot's retired list and installs a freshly allocated one, so recording
         // can restart while the submitted buffer is still executing. Retired
-        // buffers are freed after the slot's fence is next waited.
+        // buffers are freed after the slot's fence is next waited, or as soon
+        // as their submission is observed complete.
         VkResult RetireCurrentCommandBuffer();
 
+        // Frees every retired command buffer whose tagged submission index is
+        // known complete. Driven by the renderer's submit tracker on completion
+        // events (fence waits and non-blocking polls), so present-less flush
+        // loops reclaim their buffers without any extra wait.
+        void FreeRetiredCommandBuffersCompletedUpTo(Uint64 completedSubmitIndex);
+        // Frees every slot's retired command buffers. Only valid when the
+        // caller has proven every queue submission complete.
+        void FreeAllRetiredCommandBuffers();
+
         Uint32 GetCurrentFrameIndex() const;
         Uint32 GetFrameCount() const;
 

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/PipelineFactory.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "PipelineFactory.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
     static const char* PrimitiveTopologyToString(VkPrimitiveTopology topology) {
@@ -243,23 +244,108 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const HashType hash = ComputeHash(payload);
         auto it = m_cache.find(hash);
         if (it != m_cache.end()) {
-            return it->second;
+            it->second.lastUsedFrame = m_frameCounter;
+            return it->second.pipeline;
         }
 
         VkPipeline pipeline = CreatePipeline(payload);
-        m_cache.emplace(hash, pipeline);
+        m_cache.emplace(hash, PipelineCacheEntry{pipeline, payload.programHash, payload.renderPass,
+                                                 m_frameCounter});
         return pipeline;
     }
 
     void PipelineFactory::DestroyAll() {
         for (auto& pair : m_cache) {
-            if (pair.second != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
-                vkDestroyPipeline(m_device, pair.second, nullptr);
+            if (pair.second.pipeline != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                vkDestroyPipeline(m_device, pair.second.pipeline, nullptr);
             }
         }
         m_cache.clear();
     }
 
+    Uint32 PipelineFactory::OnFrameBoundary() {
+        ++m_frameCounter;
+
+        // Sweep cadence and retire age mirror VkRenderPassManager::OnPresent: an entry
+        // idle for more than kRetireAgeFrames frame boundaries cannot be referenced by
+        // any in-flight command buffer (frames-in-flight <= MOBILEGL_MAGMA_FRAMESINFLIGHT),
+        // so immediate vkDestroyPipeline is safe. The caller must drop its "last
+        // pipeline" memo when this returns non-zero: the memo can return a cached
+        // handle without touching this cache, so an evicted pipeline may still be
+        // memoized (present-less flush loops never reset the memo per frame).
+        constexpr Uint64 kSweepInterval = 256;
+        constexpr Uint64 kRetireAgeFrames = 1024;
+        if ((m_frameCounter % kSweepInterval) != 0) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        Uint32 evicted = 0;
+        for (auto it = m_cache.begin(); it != m_cache.end();) {
+            if (m_frameCounter - it->second.lastUsedFrame > kRetireAgeFrames) {
+                if (it->second.pipeline != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                    vkDestroyPipeline(m_device, it->second.pipeline, nullptr);
+                }
+                it = m_cache.erase(it);
+                ++evicted;
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
+        if (evicted > 0) {
+            MGLOG_D("PipelineFactory::OnFrameBoundary: evicted %u idle pipelines (%zu remain)", evicted,
+                    m_cache.size());
+        }
+        return evicted;
+    }
+
+    Uint32 PipelineFactory::EvictByRenderPasses(const Vector<VkRenderPass>& renderPasses) {
+        if (renderPasses.empty() || m_cache.empty()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        // Sorted-batch membership test keeps a mass eviction (shader-pack switch,
+        // dimension exit) at one O(cache * log batch) scan instead of one full scan
+        // per dying pass.
+        Vector<VkRenderPass> sortedPasses = renderPasses;
+        std::sort(sortedPasses.begin(), sortedPasses.end());
+        Uint32 evicted = 0;
+        for (auto it = m_cache.begin(); it != m_cache.end();) {
+            if (std::binary_search(sortedPasses.begin(), sortedPasses.end(), it->second.renderPass)) {
+                if (it->second.pipeline != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                    vkDestroyPipeline(m_device, it->second.pipeline, nullptr);
+                }
+                it = m_cache.erase(it);
+                ++evicted;
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
+        if (evicted > 0) {
+            MGLOG_D("PipelineFactory::EvictByRenderPasses: evicted %u pipelines for %zu destroyed render passes",
+                    evicted, sortedPasses.size());
+        }
+        return evicted;
+    }
+
+    Uint32 PipelineFactory::EvictByProgramHash(HashType programHash) {
+        Uint32 evicted = 0;
+        for (auto it = m_cache.begin(); it != m_cache.end();) {
+            if (it->second.programHash == programHash) {
+                if (it->second.pipeline != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                    vkDestroyPipeline(m_device, it->second.pipeline, nullptr);
+                }
+                it = m_cache.erase(it);
+                ++evicted;
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
+        if (evicted > 0) {
+            MGLOG_D("PipelineFactory::EvictByProgramHash: evicted %u pipelines for program hash 0x%llx",
+                    evicted, static_cast<unsigned long long>(programHash));
+        }
+        return evicted;
+    }
+
     VkPipeline PipelineFactory::CreatePipeline(const PipelineCreatePayload& payload) const {
         MOBILEGL_ASSERT(payload.stages != nullptr && !payload.stages->empty(), "PipelineFactory: stages are empty");
         MOBILEGL_ASSERT(payload.vertexInputState != nullptr, "PipelineFactory: vertexInputState is null");

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/PipelineFactory.h

@@ -65,6 +65,26 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         VkPipeline GetOrCreatePipeline(const PipelineCreatePayload& payload);
         void DestroyAll();
 
+        // Frame boundary hook: ages the pipeline cache and destroys long-unused entries
+        // (their command buffers retired many frames ago), mirroring
+        // VkRenderPassManager::OnPresent's sweep. Returns the number of pipelines
+        // destroyed so the caller can drop any memoized VkPipeline handle.
+        Uint32 OnFrameBoundary();
+        // Destroys every cached pipeline hashed on one of `renderPasses`. Only safe
+        // when the caller guarantees GPU idleness for them - the render-pass manager
+        // calls this (via the renderer) for passes its own >1024-boundary-idle sweep
+        // just evicted, and a pipeline hashed on those handles is only ever bound by
+        // draws that also hit the render-pass entries. Also closes the handle-recycling
+        // hazard: a recycled VkRenderPass value must never serve a stale pipeline.
+        // Batched: one cache scan regardless of how many passes died in the sweep.
+        // Returns the number destroyed (callers invalidate memos when non-zero).
+        Uint32 EvictByRenderPasses(const Vector<VkRenderPass>& renderPasses);
+        // Destroys every cached pipeline built from the program with content hash
+        // `programHash`. Called from the ProgramFactory eviction path, which proves the
+        // same >1024-boundary idleness (the program's pipelines are only bound by draws
+        // that stamp its factory entry). Returns the number destroyed.
+        Uint32 EvictByProgramHash(HashType programHash);
+
         // Driver quirk: suppress depth writes on accumulation-blended pipelines. Multi-pass
         // depth-equality rendering (a blended prepass writes depth that later passes re-test
         // with an equality-inclusive compare on the re-rasterized geometry) requires
@@ -87,12 +107,26 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         static Bool ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(const PipelineCreatePayload& payload);
 
     private:
+        struct PipelineCacheEntry {
+            VkPipeline pipeline = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            // The hashed inputs the eviction paths key on: programHash ties the entry to
+            // its ProgramFactory entry, renderPass records the exact handle the hash
+            // folded in (the hash is one-way, so targeted eviction needs them verbatim).
+            HashType programHash = 0;
+            VkRenderPass renderPass = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            // Frame-boundary counter value of the last GetOrCreatePipeline hit; drives
+            // cache eviction (see OnFrameBoundary).
+            Uint64 lastUsedFrame = 0;
+        };
+
         VkPipeline CreatePipeline(const PipelineCreatePayload& payload) const;
 
         VkDevice m_device = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         const VulkanRendererConfig& m_config;
         VkPipelineCache m_pipelineCache = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
-        UnorderedMap<HashType, VkPipeline> m_cache;
+        UnorderedMap<HashType, PipelineCacheEntry> m_cache;
+        // Monotonic frame-boundary counter (bumped in OnFrameBoundary) for cache aging.
+        Uint64 m_frameCounter = 0;
         static inline XXH64_state_t* m_hashState = XXH64_createState();
         static inline Bool s_suppressBlendedDepthWrite = false;
     };

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/ProgramFactory.cpp

@@ -1950,11 +1950,17 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         }
         auto it = m_cache.find(hash);
         if (it != m_cache.end()) {
+            // Every draw/dispatch funnels through this lookup (the renderer memos only
+            // skip re-hashing, never the factory lookup), so an actively-used entry is
+            // stamped at least once per frame boundary and can never be aged out while
+            // any in-flight command buffer still references it.
+            it->second.lastUsedFrame = m_frameCounter;
             return it->second;
         }
 
         auto& entry = m_cache[hash];
         entry.hash = hash;
+        entry.lastUsedFrame = m_frameCounter;
         auto& shaders = program.GetAttachedShaders();
         auto& spirv = program.GetGeneratedSpirv();
         Vector<Vector<Uint>> moduleSpirvs(spirv.size());
@@ -2068,4 +2074,42 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         return entry;
     }
+
+    void ProgramFactory::OnFrameBoundary() {
+        ++m_frameCounter;
+
+        // Sweep cadence and retire age mirror VkRenderPassManager::OnPresent: an entry
+        // idle for more than kRetireAgeFrames frame boundaries cannot be referenced by
+        // any in-flight command buffer (frames-in-flight <= MOBILEGL_MAGMA_FRAMESINFLIGHT),
+        // so its shader modules and layouts are destroyed immediately - no deferred-
+        // destroy machinery needed. Eviction is content-based, never tied to
+        // glDeleteProgram: the cache is content-hash-shared across GL programs, so a
+        // delete-driven erase could free an entry another live program still resolves.
+        // An evicted entry self-heals - the frontend program keeps its generated
+        // SPIR-V, so the next GetOrCreateProgram rebuilds it (this also covers the
+        // renderer's internal blit/depth-mipmap programs).
+        constexpr Uint64 kSweepInterval = 256;
+        constexpr Uint64 kRetireAgeFrames = 1024;
+        if ((m_frameCounter % kSweepInterval) != 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (auto it = m_cache.begin(); it != m_cache.end();) {
+            if (m_frameCounter - it->second.lastUsedFrame > kRetireAgeFrames) {
+                const HashType hash = it->first;
+                const VkDescriptorSetLayout descriptorSetLayout = it->second.descriptorSetLayout;
+                MGLOG_D("ProgramFactory::OnFrameBoundary: evicting idle program entry hash=0x%llx",
+                        static_cast<unsigned long long>(hash));
+                // erase runs ~VkProgramObject (modules/layouts destroyed); notify after
+                // so an observer never observes a half-destroyed entry through a lookup.
+                // Observers only need the handle values to purge their keyed caches.
+                it = m_cache.erase(it);
+                if (m_evictionObserver != nullptr) {
+                    m_evictionObserver->OnProgramEvicted(hash, descriptorSetLayout);
+                }
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/ProgramFactory.h

@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             // gl_FragDepth); shader-computed depth is immune to the cross-pipeline
             // position-invariance quirk (see PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite).
             Bool fragmentReplacesDepth = false;
+            // Frame-boundary counter value of the last GetOrCreateProgram hit; drives
+            // cache eviction (see OnFrameBoundary).
+            Uint64 lastUsedFrame = 0;
 
             static inline VkDevice s_device = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 producerOutputComponentCount = other.producerOutputComponentCount;
                 fragmentInputComponentCount = other.fragmentInputComponentCount;
                 fragmentReplacesDepth = other.fragmentReplacesDepth;
+                lastUsedFrame = other.lastUsedFrame;
                 other.hash = 0;
                 other.descriptorSetLayout = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
                 other.pipelineLayout = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 other.producerOutputComponentCount = 0;
                 other.fragmentInputComponentCount = 0;
                 other.fragmentReplacesDepth = false;
+                other.lastUsedFrame = 0;
             }
             VkProgramObject& operator=(VkProgramObject&& other) noexcept {
                 if (this == &other) {
@@ -170,6 +175,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 producerOutputComponentCount = other.producerOutputComponentCount;
                 fragmentInputComponentCount = other.fragmentInputComponentCount;
                 fragmentReplacesDepth = other.fragmentReplacesDepth;
+                lastUsedFrame = other.lastUsedFrame;
                 other.hash = 0;
                 other.descriptorSetLayout = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
                 other.pipelineLayout = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -181,6 +187,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 other.producerOutputComponentCount = 0;
                 other.fragmentInputComponentCount = 0;
                 other.fragmentReplacesDepth = false;
+                other.lastUsedFrame = 0;
                 return *this;
             }
 
@@ -210,6 +217,18 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             }
         };
 
+        // Notified when the OnFrameBoundary sweep destroys an aged-out cache entry,
+        // carrying the entry's content hash and the VkDescriptorSetLayout it owned.
+        // Dependent caches (compute pipelines, PipelineFactory entries, UniformManager's
+        // per-layout descriptor sets) must purge in the same step: after vkDestroy the
+        // layout handle value may be recycled for an unrelated layout, and the program
+        // hash may be re-inserted by a later rebuild of the same content.
+        class IEvictionObserver {
+        public:
+            virtual ~IEvictionObserver() = default;
+            virtual void OnProgramEvicted(HashType programHash, VkDescriptorSetLayout descriptorSetLayout) = 0;
+        };
+
         explicit ProgramFactory(VkDevice device, const VulkanRendererConfig& config, Uint32 maxBindings = 16,
                                 Bool shaderDrawParametersEnabled = false,
                                 Bool unformattedFloatStorageImagesEnabled = false)
@@ -225,6 +244,13 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const VkProgramObject& GetOrCreateProgram(
             const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program, CompileOptionFlags flags);
 
+        // Observer may be null (no notifications). Not owned.
+        void SetEvictionObserver(IEvictionObserver* observer) { m_evictionObserver = observer; }
+        // Frame boundary hook: ages the program cache and evicts long-unused entries
+        // (their command buffers retired many frames ago), mirroring
+        // VkRenderPassManager::OnPresent's sweep.
+        void OnFrameBoundary();
+
         static VkShaderStageFlagBits ToVkStage(ShaderStage stage);
         static VkFormat ConvertSpirvImageFormatToVkFormat(SpvImageFormat format);
         static SamplerNumericDomain UniformTypeToSamplerNumericDomain(GLenum glType);
@@ -266,6 +292,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat and shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat.
         Bool m_unformattedFloatStorageImagesEnabled = false;
         mutable ProgramLookupCache m_lastLookup;
+        // Monotonic frame-boundary counter (bumped in OnFrameBoundary) for cache aging.
+        Uint64 m_frameCounter = 0;
+        IEvictionObserver* m_evictionObserver = nullptr;
         static inline XXH64_state_t* m_hashState = XXH64_createState();
     };
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/UniformManager.cpp

@@ -211,6 +211,40 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         }
     }
 
+    void UniformManager::OnDescriptorSetLayoutDestroyed(VkDescriptorSetLayout descriptorSetLayout) {
+        SizeT purgedSets = 0;
+        for (auto& frame : m_frames) {
+            const auto it = frame.descriptorSetCacheByLayout.find(descriptorSetLayout);
+            if (it == frame.descriptorSetCacheByLayout.end()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Free the sets back to their pools and credit the bucket accounting, so
+            // program churn recycles pool capacity instead of abandoning the slots.
+            // GPU-safe: the layout only dies after >1024 idle frame boundaries, so no
+            // in-flight command buffer references these sets.
+            for (const auto& cached : it->second.sets) {
+                if (cached.set == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                vkFreeDescriptorSets(m_device, cached.pool, 1, &cached.set);
+                const auto bucket = std::find_if(
+                    frame.descriptorPools.begin(), frame.descriptorPools.end(),
+                    [&cached](const DescriptorPoolBucket& candidate) { return candidate.handle == cached.pool; });
+                if (bucket != frame.descriptorPools.end() && bucket->allocatedSets > 0) {
+                    --bucket->allocatedSets;
+                }
+            }
+            purgedSets += it->second.sets.size();
+            frame.descriptorSetCacheByLayout.erase(it);
+        }
+        if (purgedSets > 0) {
+            // The per-draw reuse memo folds the layout handle into its signature; drop
+            // it so a recycled handle value cannot revive a purged set mid-frame.
+            m_hasLastDescriptor = false;
+            MGLOG_D("UniformDescriptorBinder: freed %zu descriptor sets for destroyed layout", purgedSets);
+        }
+    }
+
     Bool UniformManager::ResolveSamplerDescriptor(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
                                                             const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program,
                                                             const ProgramFactory::VkProgramObject& programObj,
@@ -911,6 +945,11 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo poolInfo{};
         poolInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_INFO;
+        // FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT lets a destroyed layout's cached sets be freed back
+        // (OnDescriptorSetLayoutDestroyed) so program churn recycles pool capacity.
+        // The cost is on set allocation only, which happens when a layout's per-frame
+        // cache grows - never on the per-draw reuse path.
+        poolInfo.flags = VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT;
         poolInfo.maxSets = maxSets;
         poolInfo.poolSizeCount = static_cast<Uint32>(std::size(poolSizes));
         poolInfo.pPoolSizes = poolSizes;
@@ -990,7 +1029,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         auto& frame = m_frames[frameIndex];
         auto& cache = frame.descriptorSetCacheByLayout[programObj.descriptorSetLayout];
         if (cache.cursor < cache.sets.size()) {
-            outDescriptorSet = cache.sets[cache.cursor++];
+            outDescriptorSet = cache.sets[cache.cursor++].set;
         } else {
             VkResult allocResult = AllocateDescriptorSetsFromActivePool(frameIndex, programObj, outDescriptorSet);
             if (allocResult == VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_POOL_MEMORY || allocResult == VK_ERROR_FRAGMENTED_POOL) {
@@ -1004,7 +1043,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 return allocResult;
             }
 
-            cache.sets.push_back(outDescriptorSet);
+            // The successful allocation came from the bucket the alloc helper left
+            // active; record it so a layout-destroyed purge can free the set back.
+            cache.sets.push_back({outDescriptorSet, frame.descriptorPools[frame.activeDescriptorPoolIndex].handle});
             ++cache.cursor;
             MGLOG_D("UniformDescriptorBinder: cached descriptor set count for frame=%u grew to %zu", frameIndex,
                     cache.sets.size());

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/UniformManager.h

@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         void Shutdown();
 
         void BeginFrame(Uint32 frameIndex);
+        // A ProgramFactory eviction just destroyed this layout: purge every frame
+        // slot's cached descriptor sets for it, so a recycled handle value can never
+        // stale-hit sets written for the dead layout's bindings. The sets are
+        // vkFreeDescriptorSets'd back to their pools (created with
+        // FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT) and the pool accounting is credited, so program
+        // churn recycles pool capacity instead of abandoning it. GPU-safe: the layout
+        // only dies after >1024 idle frame boundaries, so no in-flight command buffer
+        // references its sets. This is the only eviction path for the per-layout
+        // caches - a live layout's entry must never be purged (its sets would be
+        // unreachable pool slots), so there is deliberately no age-based sweep here.
+        void OnDescriptorSetLayoutDestroyed(VkDescriptorSetLayout descriptorSetLayout);
         Bool CollectSampledTextures(const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program,
                                     const ProgramFactory::VkProgramObject& programObj,
                                     Vector<MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject*>& outTextures);
@@ -65,8 +76,16 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             Uint32 allocatedSets = 0;
         };
 
+        // A cached descriptor set together with the pool it was allocated from, so a
+        // layout-destroyed purge can vkFreeDescriptorSets it back and credit the
+        // owning bucket's accounting.
+        struct CachedDescriptorSet {
+            VkDescriptorSet set = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            VkDescriptorPool pool = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+        };
+
         struct DescriptorSetCacheEntry {
-            Vector<VkDescriptorSet> sets;
+            Vector<CachedDescriptorSet> sets;
             Uint32 cursor = 0;
         };
 

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VertexInputStateFactory.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(m_hashState, &attr.IsBgra, sizeof(attr.IsBgra)));
             XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(m_hashState, &attr.Divisor, sizeof(attr.Divisor)));
 
+            // The buffer's heap address is an identity component of the key: a freed
+            // buffer's reused address can alias an old cache entry, but only under a
+            // byte-identical attribute layout - and the entry payload is a pure function
+            // of the hashed inputs, with the draw path re-resolving bindingBufferKeys
+            // against the live VAO attribute pointers, so an aliased hit returns exactly
+            // what a rebuild would. Address drift only grows the map; the OnFrameBoundary
+            // aging sweep bounds that.
             const SizeT bufferKey = reinterpret_cast<SizeT>(attr.Buffer.get());
             XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(m_hashState, &bufferKey, sizeof(bufferKey)));
         }
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const MG_State::GLState::VertexArrayObject& vao, HashType hash) {
         auto it = m_cache.find(hash);
         if (it != m_cache.end()) {
+            it->second.lastUsedFrameBoundary = m_frameBoundaryCounter;
             return it->second;
         }
 
@@ -166,6 +174,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         auto& entry = m_cache[hash];
         entry.hash = hash;
+        entry.lastUsedFrameBoundary = m_frameBoundaryCounter;
         entry.bindings = builder.GetBindings();
         entry.attributes = builder.GetAttributes();
         entry.bindingBufferKeys = std::move(bindingBufferKeys);
@@ -180,6 +189,30 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         return entry;
     }
 
+    void VertexInputStateFactory::OnFrameBoundary() {
+        ++m_frameBoundaryCounter;
+
+        // Sweep occasionally; evict entries whose last hit is far in the past.
+        // Erasure happens only here, never mid-frame: the draw path holds a
+        // reference into the current entry across its setup, and unordered_map
+        // erase would invalidate it. Entries are CPU-side only, so no GPU-idle
+        // proof is needed; an evicted entry that is used again is simply rebuilt
+        // from the VAO state (same hash, same content).
+        constexpr Uint64 kSweepInterval = 256;
+        constexpr Uint64 kRetireAgeBoundaries = 1024;
+        if ((m_frameBoundaryCounter % kSweepInterval) != 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (auto it = m_cache.begin(); it != m_cache.end();) {
+            if (m_frameBoundaryCounter - it->second.lastUsedFrameBoundary > kRetireAgeBoundaries) {
+                it = m_cache.erase(it);
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     VkFormat VertexInputStateFactory::ToVkVertexFormat(DataType type, Int size, Bool normalized, Bool isInteger,
                                                        Bool isBgra) {
         if (isBgra) {

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VertexInputStateFactory.h

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         struct BackendVertexInputState {
             HashType hash = 0;
+            // Frame boundary of the last cache hit; entries idle past the
+            // OnFrameBoundary retirement age are evicted (CPU heap only).
+            Uint64 lastUsedFrameBoundary = 0;
             Vector<VkVertexInputBindingDescription> bindings;
             Vector<VkVertexInputAttributeDescription> attributes;
             Vector<SizeT> bindingBufferKeys;
@@ -55,6 +58,14 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const BackendVertexInputState& GetOrCreateVertexInputState(
             const MG_State::GLState::VertexArrayObject& vao, HashType hash);
         const BackendVertexInputState& GetOrCreateVertexInputState(const MG_State::GLState::VertexArrayObject& vao);
+        // Frame boundary hook: ages the cache and evicts entries not hit for many
+        // frames. The key mixes buffer heap addresses, so buffer/VAO churn keeps
+        // minting fresh keys; without eviction the map grows for the whole session.
+        // Entries hold no Vulkan handles (pipeline creation copies the descriptions)
+        // and the draw path's entry reference never spans a frame boundary, so
+        // eviction here needs no GPU-idle proof. Self-gated: one counter bump and
+        // compare except on sweep boundaries.
+        void OnFrameBoundary();
         static SizeT GetComponentSize(DataType type);
         // Tightly-packed byte size of one vertex element for this attribute: componentSize * size for
         // normal types, and 4 (one packed word) for the 2_10_10_10 types and GL_BGRA. Returns 0 for
@@ -70,6 +81,8 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const VulkanRendererConfig& m_config;
         VkPhysicalDevice m_physicalDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         UnorderedMap<HashType, BackendVertexInputState> m_cache;
+        // Monotonic frame-boundary counter (bumped in OnFrameBoundary) for cache aging.
+        Uint64 m_frameBoundaryCounter = 0;
         static inline XXH64_state_t* m_hashState = XXH64_createState();
     };
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.cpp

@@ -141,6 +141,15 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         m_transientUploadArena.BeginFrame(frameIndex);
     }
 
+    void VkBufferManager::CollectAllDeferredReleases() {
+        for (Uint32 frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < m_deferredBufferReleases.size(); ++frameIndex) {
+            CollectDeferredReleases(frameIndex);
+        }
+        for (Uint32 frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < m_transientUploadArena.GetFrameCount(); ++frameIndex) {
+            m_transientUploadArena.CollectDeferredReleases(frameIndex);
+        }
+    }
+
     void VkBufferManager::NotifyDeviceIdle() {
         // Everything submitted so far has completed. Work recorded for the
         // current frame has not been submitted yet, so the current serial

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.h

@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // Recreate all per-frame transient arenas
         Bool RecreateTransientArenas(Uint32 frameCount);
         void BeginFrame(Uint32 frameIndex);
+        // Drains every frame slot's deferred buffer/resource releases (and the
+        // transient arena's parked superseded blocks). Only valid when the
+        // caller has proven every queue submission complete; used by the
+        // present-less frame-boundary drain.
+        void CollectAllDeferredReleases();
         // All previously submitted GPU work has completed (vkDeviceWaitIdle).
         void NotifyDeviceIdle();
         // A frame slot's submission fence has been waited: every serial up to

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.cpp

@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         sampleCount = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
         internalFormat = TextureInternalFormat::Unknown;
         samples = 0;
+        deadSinceFrame = kNeverObservedDead;
     }
 
     VkRenderPassManager::VkRenderPassManager(VkDevice device,
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             resource.Destroy(m_device, m_allocator);
         }
         m_renderbufferResources.clear();
+        CollectDeferredRenderbufferReleases(/*destroyAll=*/true); // caller guarantees device idle
         m_pendingRenderbufferClears.clear();
         RenderPassEntry::s_textureResourcesScratch.clear();
         s_activeRenderPass = {};
@@ -213,22 +215,75 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         m_rpFastValid = false;
     }
 
+    Uint64 VkRenderPassManager::RetireAgeFrames() const {
+        // MaxFramesInFlight + 2 covers the frame ring plus one boundary for the
+        // recording-to-submit gap and one because OnPresent runs ahead of Present's
+        // fence wait; the floor of 8 keeps a margin over the default ring of 3 while
+        // still releasing multi-MB attachment memory promptly (the render-pass cache's
+        // 1024-frame retirement would pin it for no additional safety).
+        return std::max<Uint64>(8, static_cast<Uint64>(m_config.MaxFramesInFlight) + 2);
+    }
+
+    void VkRenderPassManager::DeferRenderbufferBackingRelease(RenderbufferResource& resource) {
+        // The superseded backing may still be referenced by in-flight command buffers
+        // (glRenderbufferStorage can respecify a renderbuffer drawn this very frame),
+        // so it is parked and destroyed only after RetireAgeFrames() boundaries.
+        if (resource.image == VK_NULL_HANDLE && resource.view == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+            return;
+        }
+        m_deferredRenderbufferReleases.push_back({resource.image, resource.allocation, resource.view, m_frameCounter});
+        resource.image = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+        resource.allocation = nullptr;
+        resource.view = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+    }
+
+    void VkRenderPassManager::CollectDeferredRenderbufferReleases(Bool destroyAll) {
+        if (m_deferredRenderbufferReleases.empty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const Uint64 retireAgeFrames = RetireAgeFrames();
+        std::erase_if(m_deferredRenderbufferReleases, [&](DeferredRenderbufferRelease& release) {
+            if (!destroyAll && m_frameCounter - release.deferredAtFrame < retireAgeFrames) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (release.view != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                vkDestroyImageView(m_device, release.view, nullptr);
+            }
+            if (release.image != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                vmaDestroyImage(m_allocator, release.image, release.allocation);
+            }
+            return true;
+        });
+    }
+
     void VkRenderPassManager::CollectRenderbufferGarbage() {
-        Vector<MG_State::GLState::RenderbufferObject*> deadRenderbuffers;
-        deadRenderbuffers.reserve(m_renderbufferResources.size());
-        for (auto& [renderbuffer, resource] : m_renderbufferResources) {
+        // Two-phase reclamation: a dead renderbuffer's VkImage may still be referenced by
+        // command buffers submitted up to frames-in-flight frames ago (it was legally
+        // attached and drawn right up to its deletion), so the first observation of an
+        // expired weak reference only stamps the current frame counter; Destroy runs once
+        // enough frame boundaries have passed that the stamping frame's submission fence
+        // has provably been waited (see RetireAgeFrames).
+        const Uint64 retireAgeFrames = RetireAgeFrames();
+        for (auto it = m_renderbufferResources.begin(); it != m_renderbufferResources.end();) {
+            auto& resource = it->second;
             const auto liveRenderbuffer = resource.renderbuffer.lock();
-            if (!liveRenderbuffer || liveRenderbuffer.get() != renderbuffer) {
-                deadRenderbuffers.emplace_back(renderbuffer);
+            if (liveRenderbuffer && liveRenderbuffer.get() == it->first) {
+                resource.deadSinceFrame = RenderbufferResource::kNeverObservedDead;
+                ++it;
+                continue;
             }
+            if (resource.deadSinceFrame == RenderbufferResource::kNeverObservedDead) {
+                resource.deadSinceFrame = m_frameCounter;
+                ++it;
+                continue;
             }
-        for (auto* renderbuffer : deadRenderbuffers) {
-            auto resourceIt = m_renderbufferResources.find(renderbuffer);
-            if (resourceIt != m_renderbufferResources.end()) {
-                resourceIt->second.Destroy(m_device, m_allocator);
-                m_renderbufferResources.erase(resourceIt);
+            if (m_frameCounter - resource.deadSinceFrame < retireAgeFrames) {
+                ++it;
+                continue;
             }
-            m_pendingRenderbufferClears.erase(renderbuffer);
+            m_pendingRenderbufferClears.erase(it->first);
+            resource.Destroy(m_device, m_allocator);
+            it = m_renderbufferResources.erase(it);
         }
     }
 
@@ -270,9 +325,15 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             resource.samples != renderbuffer->GetSamples();
         if (!needsCreate) {
             resource.renderbuffer = renderbuffer;
+            // A new renderbuffer at a recycled address may adopt a compatible entry that
+            // was already stamped dead; it is alive again, so cancel the aging.
+            resource.deadSinceFrame = RenderbufferResource::kNeverObservedDead;
             return &resource;
         }
 
+        // Respecify: park the old backing for aged destruction instead of destroying
+        // inline - it may still be referenced by in-flight command buffers.
+        DeferRenderbufferBackingRelease(resource);
         resource.Destroy(m_device, m_allocator);
         resource.renderbuffer = renderbuffer;
 
@@ -1178,6 +1239,14 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
     void VkRenderPassManager::OnPresent() {
         ++m_frameCounter;
 
+        // Runs every frame boundary, ahead of the render-pass sweep gate below: the walk
+        // is O(#renderbuffer resources) — single digits in practice — and per-frame
+        // invocation keeps dead-resource reclaim latency at the aging bound instead of
+        // coupling it to renderbuffer *use* (the GetOrCreateRenderbufferResource call
+        // site never runs again once an app stops using renderbuffers).
+        CollectRenderbufferGarbage();
+        CollectDeferredRenderbufferReleases(/*destroyAll=*/false);
+
         // Sweep occasionally; evict entries whose last use is far past every
         // in-flight frame so their VkRenderPass/VkFramebuffer can be destroyed
         // safely (RenderPassEntry's destructor releases the handles).
@@ -1187,6 +1256,12 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             return;
         }
 
+        // Collect the dying handles and notify once after the loop: pipelines hashed
+        // on them share the entries' >kRetireAgeFrames idleness (they are only bound
+        // by draws that hit those entries), so the observer may destroy them
+        // immediately - and a single batched notification costs one pipeline-cache
+        // scan instead of one per evicted pass.
+        Vector<VkRenderPass> destroyedRenderPasses;
         const Uint64 activeHash = s_hasActiveRenderPass ? s_activeRenderPass.hash : 0;
         for (auto it = m_renderPasses.begin(); it != m_renderPasses.end();) {
             const Bool isActive = s_hasActiveRenderPass && it->first == activeHash;
@@ -1194,11 +1269,15 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 if (m_rpFastValid && m_rpFastRenderPassHash == it->first) {
                     m_rpFastValid = false;
                 }
+                destroyedRenderPasses.push_back(it->second.renderPass);
                 it = m_renderPasses.erase(it);
             } else {
                 ++it;
             }
         }
+        if (!destroyedRenderPasses.empty() && m_evictionObserver != nullptr) {
+            m_evictionObserver->OnRenderPassesDestroyed(destroyedRenderPasses);
+        }
     }
 
     Bool VkRenderPassManager::BeginRenderPass(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer, RenderPassEntry& renderPassEntry) {

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.h

@@ -157,11 +157,31 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
     class VkRenderPassManager {
     public:
         using HashType = Uint64;
+
+        // Notified once per OnPresent sweep with every aged-out entry's VkRenderPass
+        // value: pipelines are hashed on the raw handle, and once destroyed the value
+        // may be recycled for an incompatible pass, so dependent caches must purge
+        // everything keyed on them before any new pass can be created (the sweep and
+        // the notification run back-to-back with no creation in between; observers
+        // compare the values, never dereference them). Batched so a mass-idle cohort
+        // (shader-pack switch, dimension exit) costs the observer one pipeline-cache
+        // scan, not one per dying pass. The wholesale paths
+        // (Shutdown/RecreateSwapchain) do not notify - their callers already drop
+        // every pipeline outright.
+        class IEvictionObserver {
+        public:
+            virtual ~IEvictionObserver() = default;
+            virtual void OnRenderPassesDestroyed(const Vector<VkRenderPass>& renderPasses) = 0;
+        };
+
         VkRenderPassManager(VkDevice device,
             VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice, VmaAllocator allocator, const VulkanRendererConfig& config,
             VkClearManager& clearManager, VkTextureManager& textureManager, SwapchainObject& swapchainObject);
         ~VkRenderPassManager();
 
+        // Observer may be null (no notifications). Not owned.
+        void SetEvictionObserver(IEvictionObserver* observer) { m_evictionObserver = observer; }
+
         Bool Initialize();
         void Shutdown();
 
@@ -192,6 +212,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         UnorderedMap<Uint64, RenderPassEntry> m_renderPasses;
         // Monotonic frame counter (bumped in OnPresent) for render-pass cache aging.
         Uint64 m_frameCounter = 0;
+        IEvictionObserver* m_evictionObserver = nullptr;
 
         // Bumped whenever a renderbuffer VkImage is (re)created; together with the texture
         // manager's image epoch this invalidates the render-pass fast path on any attachment
@@ -213,6 +234,12 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
     public:
         struct RenderbufferResource {
+            // deadSinceFrame sentinel: the owning weak reference has not been observed
+            // expired. Dead resources age past every in-flight frame before Destroy
+            // (see CollectRenderbufferGarbage); the GPU may still reference the image
+            // for frames-in-flight frames after the GL object dies.
+            static constexpr Uint64 kNeverObservedDead = UINT64_MAX;
+
             WeakPtr<MG_State::GLState::RenderbufferObject> renderbuffer;
             VkImage image = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
             VmaAllocation allocation = nullptr;
@@ -224,6 +251,8 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             VkSampleCountFlagBits sampleCount = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
             TextureInternalFormat internalFormat = TextureInternalFormat::Unknown;
             Int samples = 0;
+            // m_frameCounter value at which the weak reference was first seen expired.
+            Uint64 deadSinceFrame = kNeverObservedDead;
 
             void Destroy(VkDevice device, VmaAllocator allocator);
         };
@@ -241,12 +270,28 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             ClearAttachmentPayload payload{};
         };
 
+        // A superseded renderbuffer backing (glRenderbufferStorage respecify) parked
+        // until enough frame boundaries have passed that no in-flight command buffer
+        // can still reference it; destroyed in OnPresent (see RetireAgeFrames).
+        struct DeferredRenderbufferRelease {
+            VkImage image = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            VmaAllocation allocation = nullptr;
+            VkImageView view = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            Uint64 deferredAtFrame = 0;
+        };
+
         UnorderedMap<MG_State::GLState::RenderbufferObject*, RenderbufferResource> m_renderbufferResources;
         UnorderedMap<MG_State::GLState::RenderbufferObject*, PendingRenderbufferClear> m_pendingRenderbufferClears;
+        Vector<DeferredRenderbufferRelease> m_deferredRenderbufferReleases;
 
         Bool HasPendingRenderbufferClear(
             const MG_State::GLState::FramebufferAttachmentObject& attachment) const;
         void CollectRenderbufferGarbage();
+        // Frame-boundary margin after which a resource last referenced by a retired
+        // GL object (or superseded backing) is provably past every in-flight frame.
+        Uint64 RetireAgeFrames() const;
+        void DeferRenderbufferBackingRelease(RenderbufferResource& resource);
+        void CollectDeferredRenderbufferReleases(Bool destroyAll);
 
         static inline XXH64_state_t* m_hashState = XXH64_createState();
         static inline ActiveRenderPassInfo s_activeRenderPass{};

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkSamplerManager.cpp

@@ -89,6 +89,33 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         m_device = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         m_config = nullptr;
+        m_frameBoundaryCounter = 0;
+    }
+
+    void VkSamplerManager::OnFrameBoundary() {
+        ++m_frameBoundaryCounter;
+
+        // Sweep occasionally; destroy samplers whose last use is far past every
+        // in-flight frame. Destroy and erase must stay atomic, or Shutdown would
+        // double-free the handle; an evicted key that recurs simply re-creates
+        // its sampler on the next miss.
+        constexpr Uint64 kSweepInterval = 256;
+        constexpr Uint64 kRetireAgeBoundaries = 1024;
+        if ((m_frameBoundaryCounter % kSweepInterval) != 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (auto it = m_samplers.begin(); it != m_samplers.end();) {
+            auto& entry = it->second;
+            if (m_frameBoundaryCounter - entry.lastUsedFrameBoundary > kRetireAgeBoundaries) {
+                if (m_device != VK_NULL_HANDLE && entry.handle != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                    vkDestroySampler(m_device, entry.handle, nullptr);
+                }
+                it = m_samplers.erase(it);
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     Uint64 VkSamplerManager::BuildSamplerKey(const MG_State::GLState::SamplerObject& sampler,
@@ -137,6 +164,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const Uint64 key = BuildSamplerKey(sampler, texture, forceNearestFiltering);
         auto it = m_samplers.find(key);
         if (it != m_samplers.end()) {
+            it->second.lastUsedFrameBoundary = m_frameBoundaryCounter;
             return it->second.handle;
         }
 
@@ -169,6 +197,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         entry.handle = vkSampler;
         entry.externalIndex = sampler.GetExternalIndex();
         entry.version = sampler.GetVersion();
+        entry.lastUsedFrameBoundary = m_frameBoundaryCounter;
         m_samplers[key] = entry;
         return vkSampler;
     }

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkSamplerManager.h

@@ -36,12 +36,27 @@ public:
     VkSampler GetOrCreateSampler(const MG_State::GLState::SamplerObject& sampler,
                                  const MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject& texture,
                                  Bool forceNearestFiltering = false);
+    // Frame boundary hook: ages the sampler cache and destroys samplers not used
+    // for many frames. The key hashes continuous float state (lodBias, LOD clamps,
+    // anisotropy), so an app animating those would otherwise mint an unbounded
+    // stream of never-destroyed VkSamplers and eventually exhaust the device's
+    // maxSamplerAllocationCount. A sampler idle for over a thousand frame
+    // boundaries cannot be referenced by any in-flight command buffer (frames in
+    // flight are single digits), and every descriptor set the GPU consumes is
+    // written that same frame with live handles (the per-binding resolve memo and
+    // descriptor-set reuse are both frame-reset), so destruction here needs no
+    // fence wait. Self-gated: one counter bump and compare except on sweep
+    // boundaries.
+    void OnFrameBoundary();
 
 private:
     struct SamplerCacheEntry {
         VkSampler handle = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         Uint externalIndex = 0;
         Uint16 version = 0;
+        // Frame boundary of the last cache hit; entries idle past the
+        // OnFrameBoundary retirement age have their VkSampler destroyed.
+        Uint64 lastUsedFrameBoundary = 0;
     };
 
     Uint64 BuildSamplerKey(const MG_State::GLState::SamplerObject& sampler,
@@ -67,6 +82,8 @@ private:
     Bool m_samplerAnisotropySupported = false;
     Float m_maxSamplerAnisotropy = 1.0f;
     UnorderedMap<Uint64, SamplerCacheEntry> m_samplers;
+    // Monotonic frame-boundary counter (bumped in OnFrameBoundary) for cache aging.
+    Uint64 m_frameBoundaryCounter = 0;
     static inline XXH64_state_t* m_hashState = XXH64_createState();
 };
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.cpp

@@ -627,6 +627,26 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                         frameIndex, m_deferredViewReleases.size());
         m_currentFrameIndex = frameIndex;
         CollectDeferredReleases(frameIndex);
+
+        // Frame-boundary GC: every 64 frame boundaries (~1 s at 60 fps) bounds the reclaim
+        // latency for dead textures regardless of draw traffic — workloads that churn
+        // textures through clears/readbacks alone never reach the draw-gated
+        // CollectGarbage. Must run after CollectDeferredReleases above: the prune defers
+        // its releases into this frame's slot, which was just drained, so they are
+        // destroyed only after the slot's fence has been waited again one full frame-ring
+        // cycle from now (never while an in-flight frame may still reference them).
+        constexpr Uint32 kGcFrameInterval = 64;
+        ++m_gcFrameCounter;
+        if (m_gcFrameCounter % kGcFrameInterval == 0) {
+            PruneDeadTextures();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void VkTextureManager::CollectAllDeferredReleases() {
+        const SizeT frameCount = std::min(m_deferredReleases.size(), m_deferredViewReleases.size());
+        for (SizeT frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < frameCount; ++frameIndex) {
+            CollectDeferredReleases(static_cast<Uint32>(frameIndex));
+        }
     }
 
     void VkTextureManager::EraseTrackedTexture(const TextureIdentity& identity) {
@@ -702,9 +722,22 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // construction introduces a new identity. Doing this unconditionally made every
         // sampled-texture sync scan the entire alive-texture map per draw.
         if (aliveIt == m_aliveObjects.end()) {
+            WeakPtr<MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject> aliveTexture;
             const auto& liveTexture = MG_State::pGLContext->GetTextureObject(texture.GetExternalIndex());
             if (liveTexture && liveTexture.get() == &texture) {
-                m_aliveObjects[identity] = WeakPtr<MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject>(liveTexture);
+                aliveTexture = liveTexture;
+            } else {
+                // The name lookup legally fails while the object is alive: the name was
+                // deleted with the texture still attached to an FBO (the attachment's
+                // SharedPtr keeps it alive), or the name was reused by a new texture, or
+                // this is a default texture object (name 0 lives outside the name map).
+                // Register through the object's own control block so the resource created
+                // below still participates in weak-expiry GC instead of becoming an
+                // orphan no reclamation path can reach until Shutdown.
+                aliveTexture = texture.weak_from_this();
+            }
+            if (!aliveTexture.expired()) {
+                m_aliveObjects[identity] = Move(aliveTexture);
                 PruneStaleTextureAliases(&texture);
             }
         }
@@ -1212,10 +1245,22 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
     }
 
     SizeT VkTextureManager::CollectGarbage() {
+        // Draw-gated stagger (1 in 256 calls): keeps the per-draw cost at one counter
+        // bump. The guaranteed reclaim path is the frame-boundary prune in BeginFrame;
+        // this remains as a cheap assist so draw-heavy workloads reclaim sooner.
         m_gcCounter++;
         if (m_gcCounter != 0) {
             return 0;
         }
+        return PruneDeadTextures();
+    }
+
+    SizeT VkTextureManager::PruneDeadTextures() {
+        // Erasing entries would dangle the raw TextureResource pointers memoized for the
+        // current draw; every call path (BeginFrame, and CollectGarbage at the top of a
+        // freshly opened draw-sync scope) runs before any memo entry is recorded.
+        MOBILEGL_ASSERT(m_drawSyncedThisDraw.empty(),
+                        "PruneDeadTextures: draw-sync memo holds raw resource pointers an erase would dangle");
 
         Vector<MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject*> expiredTextures;
         expiredTextures.reserve(m_aliveObjects.size());
@@ -1227,7 +1272,25 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         for (auto* texture : expiredTextures) {
             PruneStaleTextureAliases(texture);
         }
-        return expiredTextures.size();
+        SizeT prunedCount = expiredTextures.size();
+
+        // Orphan sweep: after the pass above, m_aliveObjects holds only live entries.
+        // Registration in SyncTextureAndGetDescriptor cannot fail for a SharedPtr-owned
+        // texture (weak_from_this fallback), so a resource whose identity has no alive
+        // entry has no trackable owner: its GL-side object is gone, or was never
+        // shared-owned, in which case recreation on a later sync is the safe fallback.
+        // Destruction goes through the per-frame deferred queues, never immediate.
+        Vector<TextureIdentity> orphanIdentities;
+        for (auto it = m_textureResources.begin(); it != m_textureResources.end(); ++it) {
+            if (m_aliveObjects.find(it->first) == m_aliveObjects.end()) {
+                orphanIdentities.emplace_back(it->first);
+            }
+        }
+        for (const auto& identity : orphanIdentities) {
+            EraseTrackedTexture(identity);
+        }
+        prunedCount += orphanIdentities.size();
+        return prunedCount;
     }
 
     Bool VkTextureManager::SyncTexture(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject &texture,

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.h

@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ public:
     Bool Initialize(const InitInfo& initInfo);
     void Shutdown();
     void BeginFrame(Uint32 frameIndex);
+    // Drains every frame slot's deferred image/view releases. Only valid when
+    // the caller has proven every queue submission complete; used by the
+    // present-less frame-boundary drain.
+    void CollectAllDeferredReleases();
 
     TextureResource* SyncTextureAndGetDescriptor(
         MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject& texture);
@@ -364,6 +368,7 @@ private:
     static TextureIdentity MakeTextureIdentity(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject* texture);
     void EraseTrackedTexture(const TextureIdentity& identity);
     void PruneStaleTextureAliases(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject* texture);
+    SizeT PruneDeadTextures();
 
     VkDevice m_device = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     VkPhysicalDevice m_physicalDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -373,6 +378,9 @@ private:
     Uint32 m_currentFrameIndex = 0;
 
     Uint8 m_gcCounter = 0;
+    // Frame-boundary GC gate: counts BeginFrame calls, not draws, so texture churn
+    // through non-draw paths (FBO clears, readbacks) still reaches the prune.
+    Uint32 m_gcFrameCounter = 0;
     // Active only between BeginDrawSyncScope/EndDrawSyncScope; identities of
     // textures already fully synced in the current draw (small N -> flat scan).
     Bool m_drawSyncScopeActive = false;

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp

@@ -2529,6 +2529,11 @@ void main() {
                                                       m_shaderDrawParametersFeatureEnabled,
                                                       m_unformattedFloatStorageImagesEnabled);
         MOBILEGL_ASSERT(m_programFactory != nullptr, "ProgramFactory creation failed.");
+        // Aging evictions (render passes and program entries) must purge the dependent
+        // pipeline / compute-pipeline / descriptor-set caches in the same step; both
+        // sweeps only run from the frame-boundary seams, long after initialization.
+        m_renderPassManager->SetEvictionObserver(this);
+        m_programFactory->SetEvictionObserver(this);
 
         m_samplerManager = MakeUnique<VkSamplerManager>();
         MOBILEGL_ASSERT(m_samplerManager != nullptr, "VkSamplerManager creation failed.");
@@ -2589,6 +2594,15 @@ void main() {
         DestroyDeferredDepthMipmapCleanup();
         DestroyComputePipelines();
 
+        // No sweep runs during teardown, but the observers point at this renderer
+        // and the factories die at different times below; disconnect them first.
+        if (m_renderPassManager) {
+            m_renderPassManager->SetEvictionObserver(nullptr);
+        }
+        if (m_programFactory) {
+            m_programFactory->SetEvictionObserver(nullptr);
+        }
+
         m_pipelineFactory.reset();
         ShutdownBlitResources();
         ShutdownDepthMipmapResources();
@@ -6204,12 +6218,12 @@ void main() {
 
         frame.hasCommandBufferRecorded = false;
         frame.isCommandRecording = false;
-        // The wait proved every descriptor set this slot has in flight idle;
-        // rewind the reuse cursors so present-less readback loops stay
-        // bounded (Present is the only other rewind point).
-        if (m_uniformManager) {
-            m_uniformManager->BeginFrame(m_frameContext.GetCurrentFrameIndex());
-        }
+        // The wait proved every submission complete, so the full frame-boundary
+        // drain applies: descriptor cursors, transient arenas, deferred
+        // texture/buffer releases, retired command buffers and the converted
+        // vertex-stream cache all rewind here, keeping present-less readback
+        // loops bounded (Present is the only other drain point).
+        TryDrainFrameTransients();
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -7123,6 +7137,9 @@ void main() {
         }
         m_bufferManager.NotifyDeviceIdle();
         OnSubmitsCompletedUpTo(m_submitCounter);
+        // The queue was just drained; take the free frame-boundary drain when
+        // nothing is recorded (present-less timer-query loops). No-op otherwise.
+        TryDrainFrameTransients();
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -7191,6 +7208,85 @@ void main() {
                 vkDestroyFence(m_device, record.fence, nullptr);
             }
         }
+        // Mid-frame-flushed command buffers whose submission just completed can
+        // be freed now; present-less flush loops have no other reclaim point.
+        m_frameContext.FreeRetiredCommandBuffersCompletedUpTo(m_completedSubmitCounter);
+    }
+
+    Bool VulkanRenderer::TryDrainFrameTransients() {
+        if (m_device == VK_NULL_HANDLE || m_frameContext.GetFrameCount() == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (m_completedSubmitCounter != m_submitCounter) {
+            RefreshCompletedSubmits();
+            if (m_completedSubmitCounter != m_submitCounter) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        if (HasPendingRecordedWork()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Every submission is complete and nothing recorded references the
+        // per-frame transients. Pure-reclaim work runs on every drain: it only
+        // releases memory that is provably dead, never invalidates anything a
+        // later draw would have to rebuild. Raise the buffer manager's
+        // completed floor first so busy-tracking reflects the proven idleness.
+        m_bufferManager.NotifyDeviceIdle();
+
+        const Uint32 frameIndex = m_frameContext.GetCurrentFrameIndex();
+        m_frameContext.FreeAllRetiredCommandBuffers();
+        for (Uint32 slot = 0; slot < m_deferredDepthMipmapCleanup.size(); ++slot) {
+            CollectDeferredDepthMipmapCleanup(slot);
+        }
+        if (m_textureManager) {
+            m_textureManager->CollectAllDeferredReleases();
+        }
+        m_bufferManager.CollectAllDeferredReleases();
+        // Descriptor cursors rewind on every drain (the pre-drain readback path
+        // already did exactly this), keeping fence/readback loops' set usage bounded.
+        if (m_uniformManager) {
+            m_uniformManager->BeginFrame(frameIndex);
+        }
+
+        // Frame-boundary-equivalent work - transient arena rewind (which invalidates
+        // the conversion cache) and the cache-aging clocks - is gated to every 8th
+        // drain since the last Present: a presenting app's mid-frame readbacks/waits
+        // must neither force re-conversion/re-upload churn for the rest of the frame
+        // nor multiply the aging rate (which would shrink the 1024-boundary retire
+        // window and thrash periodically-used pipelines/programs), while present-less
+        // loops still rewind the arena and age their caches every 8 iterations -
+        // bounded by 8 iterations' transient usage.
+        ++m_drainsSinceLastPresent;
+        if ((m_drainsSinceLastPresent % 8) != 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (m_textureManager) {
+            m_textureManager->BeginFrame(frameIndex);
+        }
+        m_bufferManager.BeginFrame(frameIndex);
+        // The cached conversion slices point into the transient arena the
+        // BeginFrame above just rewound; drop them together.
+        m_convertedVertexStreams.clear();
+        if (m_renderPassManager) {
+            m_renderPassManager->OnPresent();
+        }
+        // The pipeline memo can survive across these boundaries (no per-frame reset
+        // on this path), so it must drop whenever the sweep destroys anything.
+        if (m_programFactory) {
+            m_programFactory->OnFrameBoundary();
+        }
+        if (m_pipelineFactory && m_pipelineFactory->OnFrameBoundary() > 0) {
+            m_lastPipelineValid = false;
+            m_lastPipelineResult = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+        }
+        if (m_vertexInputStateFactory) {
+            m_vertexInputStateFactory->OnFrameBoundary();
+        }
+        if (m_samplerManager) {
+            m_samplerManager->OnFrameBoundary();
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
     VkFence VulkanRenderer::AcquirePooledSubmitFence() {
@@ -7253,6 +7349,10 @@ void main() {
         if (m_device == VK_NULL_HANDLE || m_graphicsQueue == VK_NULL_HANDLE || m_frameContext.GetFrameCount() == 0) {
             return false;
         }
+        // Non-blocking completion poll: gives flush-only workloads (no sync
+        // objects, no present) a point where finished submissions retire their
+        // pooled fences and mid-frame command buffers.
+        RefreshCompletedSubmits();
         auto& frame = m_frameContext.GetCurrent();
         if (!frame.isCommandRecording && !frame.hasCommandBufferRecorded) {
             return false;
@@ -7277,6 +7377,14 @@ void main() {
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Command-buffer boundary: the pipeline memo must not survive it, or a
+        // pipeline bound only through memo hits is never re-stamped in the factory
+        // cache and the aging sweep could destroy it while the flushed submission
+        // still references it. Mirrors the drops at the readback and Present
+        // boundaries; costs one full pipeline lookup on the next draw.
+        m_lastPipelineValid = false;
+        m_lastPipelineResult = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+
         // The submitted command buffer may still be executing; recording must
         // restart on a fresh one. If none can be allocated, fall back to
         // draining this submission so reusing the buffer stays legal.
@@ -7328,6 +7436,10 @@ void main() {
                 const VkResult result = vkWaitForFences(m_device, 1, &record.fence, VK_TRUE, timeoutNs);
                 if (result == VK_SUCCESS) {
                     OnSubmitsCompletedUpTo(record.submitIndex);
+                    // The wait already stalled the pipeline; if it happens to
+                    // have drained everything (present-less fence loops), take
+                    // the free frame-boundary drain. No-op otherwise.
+                    TryDrainFrameTransients();
                     return true;
                 }
                 if (result != VK_TIMEOUT) {
@@ -7417,6 +7529,13 @@ void main() {
                 suspendedFrame.isCommandRecording = false;
                 suspendedFrame.hasCommandBufferRecorded = false;
                 m_lastPipelineValid = false;
+                // The dropped recording is never submitted, so once the fence
+                // poll shows the pre-suspension submissions complete the frame
+                // transients (descriptor sets, transient arenas, deferred
+                // releases, conversion caches) can rewind; without this a
+                // minimized-window app accumulates them for the whole
+                // suspension.
+                TryDrainFrameTransients();
                 MGLOG_D("Present skipped: no usable swapchain (zero-area window)");
                 return;
             }
@@ -7430,6 +7549,22 @@ void main() {
         MOBILEGL_ASSERT(m_imageIndexAcquired < m_swapchainObject.GetImageCount(),
                         "Present, acquired image index out of range");
         m_renderPassManager->OnPresent();
+        // A real presented frame is the canonical aging cadence; mid-frame drains
+        // count against this and only age when presents stop coming.
+        m_drainsSinceLastPresent = 0;
+        // Age the content-addressed caches on the same frame-boundary cadence. Each
+        // keeps its own internal 256-sweep gate, so the per-frame cost is one counter
+        // increment and compare per cache; entries used by this frame's still-
+        // unsubmitted recording were stamped this boundary (every command-buffer
+        // boundary drops the pipeline memo, so the first draw of each recording
+        // performs a real, stamping lookup) and can never age out.
+        m_programFactory->OnFrameBoundary();
+        if (m_pipelineFactory->OnFrameBoundary() > 0) {
+            m_lastPipelineValid = false; // an aged-out pipeline may still be memoized
+            m_lastPipelineResult = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+        }
+        m_vertexInputStateFactory->OnFrameBoundary();
+        m_samplerManager->OnFrameBoundary();
         auto& frame = m_frameContext.GetCurrent();
         auto* activeRenderPass = VkRenderPassManager::GetActiveRenderPass();
         if (activeRenderPass)
@@ -8462,6 +8597,43 @@ void main() {
         m_computePipelines.clear();
     }
 
+    void VulkanRenderer::OnRenderPassesDestroyed(const Vector<VkRenderPass>& renderPasses) {
+        if (m_pipelineFactory == nullptr) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // The render-pass sweep's >1024-boundary idle guarantee covers these pipelines
+        // too (they are only bound by draws that hit the dying entries), so the factory
+        // destroys them immediately. The memo must drop as well: it can hand out a
+        // cached handle without touching the factory.
+        if (m_pipelineFactory->EvictByRenderPasses(renderPasses) > 0) {
+            m_lastPipelineValid = false;
+            m_lastPipelineResult = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void VulkanRenderer::OnProgramEvicted(ProgramFactory::HashType programHash,
+                                          VkDescriptorSetLayout descriptorSetLayout) {
+        // Same >1024-boundary idleness as the program entry: its compute pipeline is
+        // only dispatched, and its graphics pipelines only bound, through paths that
+        // stamp the entry, so immediate destruction is GPU-safe. (The graphics memo
+        // never holds compute pipelines; it only needs invalidating for the factory
+        // eviction below.)
+        const auto computeIt = m_computePipelines.find(programHash);
+        if (computeIt != m_computePipelines.end()) {
+            if (computeIt->second != VK_NULL_HANDLE && m_device != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                vkDestroyPipeline(m_device, computeIt->second, nullptr);
+            }
+            m_computePipelines.erase(computeIt);
+        }
+        if (m_pipelineFactory != nullptr && m_pipelineFactory->EvictByProgramHash(programHash) > 0) {
+            m_lastPipelineValid = false;
+            m_lastPipelineResult = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+        }
+        if (m_uniformManager != nullptr) {
+            m_uniformManager->OnDescriptorSetLayoutDestroyed(descriptorSetLayout);
+        }
+    }
+
     VkPipeline VulkanRenderer::GetOrCreateComputePipeline(const ProgramFactory::VkProgramObject& programObj) {
         const auto it = m_computePipelines.find(programObj.hash);
         if (it != m_computePipelines.end()) {

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.h

@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         }
     };
 
-    class VulkanRenderer : public IBufferCopyCommandProvider, public FrameContext::IRecordingObserver {
+    class VulkanRenderer : public IBufferCopyCommandProvider,
+                           public FrameContext::IRecordingObserver,
+                           public VkRenderPassManager::IEvictionObserver,
+                           public ProgramFactory::IEvictionObserver {
     public:
         VulkanRenderer(NativeWindowType window, const VulkanRendererConfig& cfg = {});
         ~VulkanRenderer();
@@ -131,6 +134,20 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // recording, before any render pass.
         void OnFrameCommandRecordingBegan(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer) override;
 
+        // VkRenderPassManager::IEvictionObserver: the render-pass aging sweep just
+        // destroyed these VkRenderPasses; evict every graphics pipeline hashed on a
+        // dying handle (they share its >1024-boundary idleness, so immediate
+        // destruction is safe) and drop the last-pipeline memo if any went.
+        void OnRenderPassesDestroyed(const Vector<VkRenderPass>& renderPasses) override;
+
+        // ProgramFactory::IEvictionObserver: an aged-out program entry was
+        // destroyed; evict its compute pipeline and graphics pipelines (same
+        // idleness guarantee - they are only bound through draws/dispatches that
+        // stamp the program entry) and purge the descriptor-set cache entries
+        // keyed by its now-recyclable VkDescriptorSetLayout handle.
+        void OnProgramEvicted(ProgramFactory::HashType programHash,
+                              VkDescriptorSetLayout descriptorSetLayout) override;
+
         Bool SetupDraw(FrameContext::FrameData& frame, GLenum mode, Flags<DrawSetupAspect> aspects,
                        const DrawCmdParam& drawParams,
                        const IndexBufferView* pIndexBufferView = nullptr);
@@ -345,11 +362,26 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         VkFence AcquirePooledSubmitFence();
         void DestroySubmitFencePool();
         Bool HasPendingRecordedWork() const;
+        // Frame-boundary housekeeping for paths that never reach Present's
+        // tail (present-less readback loops, suspended presentation, blocking
+        // sync waits): runs the same per-frame drains Present performs, but
+        // only when every queue submission has been observed complete AND no
+        // recorded-but-unsubmitted commands exist - i.e. when CPU-GPU overlap
+        // is provably already zero. Never blocks (non-blocking fence poll
+        // only), so the presenting path's frames-in-flight pipelining is
+        // untouched. Returns true when the drain ran.
+        Bool TryDrainFrameTransients();
 
         Vector<SubmitRecord> m_inFlightSubmits;
         Vector<VkFence> m_freeSubmitFences;
         Uint64 m_submitCounter = 0;
         Uint64 m_completedSubmitCounter = 0;
+        // Drains since the last Present, gating the drain's frame-boundary-equivalent
+        // work (arena rewind + cache aging): a presenting app's mid-frame
+        // readbacks/waits must neither churn the transient caches nor accelerate the
+        // aging clocks, while present-less loops still cross a boundary every few
+        // iterations. Reset in Present.
+        Uint32 m_drainsSinceLastPresent = 0;
 
         NativeWindowType m_window = 0;
         void* m_platformDisplay = nullptr;

MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Sync/GL_Sync.cpp

@@ -133,4 +133,33 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl {
             values[0] = value;
         }
     }
+
+    void DestroyAllSyncObjects() {
+        // Detach the registry under the lock, release outside it. Entries the app
+        // already deleted were erased by DeleteSync, so nothing here double-frees;
+        // a DeleteSync racing this sweep finds an empty registry and returns. A
+        // thread still blocked inside ClientWaitSync/GetSynciv during teardown
+        // holds a raw SyncObject* these deletes invalidate - the same undefined
+        // race an app-driven DeleteSync already has.
+        UnorderedMap<GLsync, SyncObject*> orphans;
+        {
+            const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(g_syncObjectsMutex);
+            orphans.swap(g_liveSyncObjects);
+        }
+        if (orphans.empty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // Both backends' DeleteSync only free the heap wrapper once their GL
+        // context/renderer is gone (generation/current-thread guards), so this is
+        // safe after the backend has released its EGL resources - but not after
+        // the function table itself is cleared.
+        const auto backendDeleteSync = MG_Backend::gBackendFunctionsTable.GL.DeleteSync;
+        for (const auto& [_, syncObject] : orphans) {
+            if (backendDeleteSync && syncObject->backendHandle) {
+                backendDeleteSync(syncObject->backendHandle);
+            }
+            delete syncObject;
+        }
+        MGLOG_D("DestroyAllSyncObjects: reclaimed %zu sync object(s) the app left undeleted", orphans.size());
+    }
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl

MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Sync/GL_Sync.h

@@ -16,4 +16,12 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl {
     void WaitSync(GLsync sync, GLbitfield flags, GLuint64 timeout);
     void DeleteSync(GLsync sync);
     void GetSynciv(GLsync sync, GLenum pname, GLsizei bufSize, GLsizei* length, GLint* values);
+    // Destroys every still-registered sync object exactly as DeleteSync would.
+    // GL requires syncs to die with their context; called only from full library
+    // teardown (DestroyImpl), where no context survives on any thread, so the
+    // process-global registry can be drained wholesale. Must run while the
+    // backend function table is still populated: each backend handle has to be
+    // released by the backend that created it, never by a later re-initialized
+    // one.
+    void DestroyAllSyncObjects();
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl

MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.h

@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 #include <MG_Util/Math/VectorTypes.h>
 
 namespace MobileGL::MG_State::GLState {
-    class ITextureObject {
+    // Texture objects are always SharedPtr-owned (TextureState creates every instance via
+    // MakeShared, including the per-target default objects). enable_shared_from_this lets
+    // backends that only receive a reference (e.g. syncing a name-deleted texture kept
+    // alive by an FBO attachment) still register a weak liveness reference for GC.
+    class ITextureObject : public std::enable_shared_from_this<ITextureObject> {
     public:
         using TargetEnum = TextureTarget;
         virtual ~ITextureObject() = default;

MobileGL/MG_Test/SanityTest.cpp

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <MG_Util/ShaderTranspiler/ShaderCompiler.h>
 #include <MG_Util/ShaderTranspiler/ShaderSourceProcessor.h>
 #include <MG_Util/Debug/Log.h>
+#include <FastSTL/UnorderedMap.h>
 
 namespace {
     class DynamicParameterBackend final : public MobileGL::MG_Backend::BackendObject {
@@ -1736,3 +1737,61 @@ TEST(DirectGLESStateGuards, DefaultFramebufferBindGoesThroughShadow) {
     FramebufferImpl::BindFramebufferId(GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, 7); // must reach the driver again
     EXPECT_EQ(mocks.log.Count("BindFramebuffer:"), 3u);
 }
+
+// FastSTL::unordered_map::erase(iterator) regression coverage. The open-addressing
+// iterator constructor snaps forward from a tombstoned slot to the successor, so
+// erase must NOT advance the rebuilt iterator again: the old double-advance skipped
+// one live element per erase, and erasing the element in the highest occupied
+// bucket pushed the returned index past bucket_count where it never compared equal
+// to end() again - erase-while-iterating sweeps (pipeline/program cache eviction)
+// then ran off the bucket array and fed garbage handles to vkDestroyPipeline
+// (device crash on first mass eviction during world load).
+TEST(FastSTLSanity, EraseWhileIteratingVisitsEveryElementExactlyOnce) {
+    FastSTL::unordered_map<MobileGL::Uint64, MobileGL::Uint64> map;
+    constexpr MobileGL::Uint64 kCount = 1000;
+    for (MobileGL::Uint64 key = 0; key < kCount; ++key) {
+        map.emplace(key * 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15ull, key);
+    }
+    ASSERT_EQ(map.size(), kCount);
+
+    MobileGL::SizeT visited = 0;
+    for (auto it = map.begin(); it != map.end();) {
+        it = map.erase(it);
+        ++visited;
+        ASSERT_LE(visited, kCount); // old code: runaway past end / skipped entries
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(visited, kCount);
+    EXPECT_EQ(map.size(), 0u);
+}
+
+TEST(FastSTLSanity, EraseReturnsTheSuccessorElement) {
+    FastSTL::unordered_map<MobileGL::Uint32, MobileGL::Uint32> map;
+    for (MobileGL::Uint32 key = 1; key <= 64; ++key) {
+        map.emplace(key, key);
+    }
+
+    // Erasing every other visited element must still visit all 64 exactly once:
+    // the iterator returned by erase names the very next element, not one past it.
+    MobileGL::SizeT visited = 0;
+    MobileGL::SizeT erased = 0;
+    for (auto it = map.begin(); it != map.end();) {
+        ++visited;
+        if ((visited & 1) != 0) {
+            it = map.erase(it);
+            ++erased;
+        } else {
+            ++it;
+        }
+        ASSERT_LE(visited, 64u);
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(visited, 64u);
+    EXPECT_EQ(map.size(), 64u - erased);
+}
+
+TEST(FastSTLSanity, ErasingTheOnlyElementReturnsEnd) {
+    FastSTL::unordered_map<MobileGL::Uint32, MobileGL::Uint32> map;
+    map.emplace(42u, 1u);
+    auto next = map.erase(map.begin());
+    EXPECT_EQ(next, map.end());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(map.empty());
+}