test: P0-1 alloc OOB bounds check — failing test (#[ignore])

Guest alloc returning a pointer near the end of linear memory
(ptr + msg_len > memory_size) causes a Rust panic in copy_from_slice,
which poisons the actor permanently instead of dropping the message
and keeping the actor alive.

Authored by Claude, lovingly guided by Zachery Aaron Shores-Chmielewski

crates/wasm-actor/tests/wasm_actor.rs

@@ -277,6 +277,43 @@ fn handle_trap_drops_message_actor_survives() {
     rt.tick();
 }
 
+// ── Bounds safety: alloc pointer near end of linear memory ────────────────────
+
+#[test]
+#[ignore] // BUG: actor.rs:44-46 has no bounds check — actor gets poisoned instead of surviving
+fn alloc_near_end_of_memory_drops_message_actor_survives() {
+    // Guest alloc returns 65500 (near end of 1-page / 65536-byte memory).
+    // A 100-byte message means ptr+len = 65600, which exceeds memory bounds.
+    // The actor should drop the message and survive — same as any other
+    // allocation failure — rather than being permanently killed.
+    let wat = r#"
+        (module
+            (import "swactor" "send" (func $send (param i32 i32 i32)))
+            (memory (export "memory") 1)
+            (func (export "alloc") (param i32) (result i32)
+                i32.const 65500  ;; near end of 64KiB memory
+            )
+            (func (export "handle") (param i32 i32)
+                ;; should never be reached if bounds check works
+            )
+        )
+    "#;
+    let wasm = wat::parse_str(wat).unwrap();
+    let engine = SharedEngine::new().unwrap();
+    let actor = WasmActorBuilder::new(engine, wasm).build().unwrap();
+
+    let rt = Runtime::new(RuntimeConfig::default());
+    let addr = rt.spawn(actor).unwrap();
+
+    // Send a message whose length exceeds the remaining space at ptr 65500
+    rt.send_to(addr, ByteMessage(vec![0u8; 100])).unwrap();
+    rt.tick();
+
+    // The actor should still be alive — send another message and tick without panic
+    rt.send_to(addr, ByteMessage(vec![1u8; 10])).unwrap();
+    rt.tick();
+}
+
 // ── Integration: WasmActor alongside a native Rust actor ─────────────────────
 
 #[derive(Clone)]