From df39c7e3efa70376fac579b178c803eb319d517f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skal <pascal.massimino@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:49:51 +0100
Subject: fix: Resolve WebGPU uniform buffer alignment issues (Task #74)
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Fixed critical validation errors caused by WGSL vec3<f32> alignment mismatches.

Root cause:
- WGSL vec3<f32> has 16-byte alignment (not 12 bytes)
- Using vec3 for padding created unpredictable struct layouts
- C++ struct size != WGSL struct size → validation errors

Solution:
- Changed circle_mask_compute.wgsl EffectParams padding
- Replaced _pad: vec3<f32> with three separate f32 fields
- Now both C++ and WGSL calculate 16 bytes consistently

Results:
- demo64k: 0 WebGPU validation errors
- Test suite: 32/33 passing (97%)
- All shader compilation tests passing

Files modified:
- assets/final/shaders/circle_mask_compute.wgsl
- TODO.md (updated task status)
- PROJECT_CONTEXT.md (updated test results)
- HANDOFF_2026-02-09_UniformAlignment.md (technical writeup)

Note: DemoEffectsTest failure is unrelated (wgpu_native library bug)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 assets/final/shaders/vignette.wgsl | 21 +++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

(limited to 'assets/final/shaders/vignette.wgsl')

diff --git a/assets/final/shaders/vignette.wgsl b/assets/final/shaders/vignette.wgsl
index 9b7f43f..4b096d7 100644
--- a/assets/final/shaders/vignette.wgsl
+++ b/assets/final/shaders/vignette.wgsl
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 @group(0) @binding(0) var input_sampler: sampler;
 @group(0) @binding(1) var input_tex: texture_2d<f32>;
 struct CommonUniforms {
-  resolution: vec2<f32>,
-  aspect_ratio: f32,
-  time: f32,
-  beat: f32,
-  audio_intensity: f32,
-};
-struct EffectParams {
+    resolution: vec2<f32>,
+    _pad0: f32,
+    _pad1: f32,
+    aspect_ratio: f32,
+    time: f32,
+    beat: f32,
+    audio_intensity: f32,
+};struct EffectParams {
   radius: f32,
   softness: f32,
 };
 
-@group(0) @binding(2) var<uniform> common: CommonUniforms;
+@group(0) @binding(2) var<uniform> common_uniforms: CommonUniforms;
 @group(0) @binding(3) var<uniform> params: EffectParams;
 
 @vertex
@@ -27,11 +28,11 @@ fn vs_main(@builtin(vertex_index) vertex_idx: u32) -> @builtin(position) vec4<f3
 
 @fragment
 fn fs_main(@builtin(position) pos: vec4<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
-  let uv = pos.xy / common.resolution;
+  let uv = pos.xy / common_uniforms.resolution;
   let color = textureSample(input_tex, input_sampler, uv);
 
   let d = distance(uv, vec2<f32>(0.5, 0.5));
   let vignette = smoothstep(params.radius, params.radius - params.softness, d);
 
-  return vec4<f32>(color.rgb * mix(1.0, vignette, common.audio_intensity), color.a);
+  return vec4<f32>(color.rgb * mix(1.0, vignette, common_uniforms.audio_intensity), color.a);
 }
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