From 9b34114dd1cc5602bc8ff83421495e90936fc2a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kiyeon Jeon <kiyeon.jeon.21@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 15:46:09 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] fix(aws-lambda): fail build-zip when ffmpeg-static binary is
 not Linux x86-64

`ffmpeg-static` materializes a single platform-selected binary at install
time. By default that follows the install host, so a default macOS/arm64
or linux/arm64 install can stage a binary that Lambda's x86-64 runtime
cannot execute.

Verify the ELF header (ELFCLASS64, EM_X86_64) before copying the binary
into `bin/ffmpeg`. When the check fails, surface the canonical workarounds:
run the build inside a linux/amd64 container, or pre-install with
`npm_config_platform=linux npm_config_arch=x64`.

In the distributed pipeline this mismatch can fail as early as Plan's
`ffmpeg -version` probe after browser probing and before chunks are
scheduled. Later encode/assemble spawns would fail for the same reason.

ffprobe already goes through the platform-segmented
`ffprobe-static/bin/linux/x64` path, so that side doesn't need the same
check.
---
 packages/aws-lambda/scripts/build-zip.ts | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/scripts/build-zip.ts b/packages/aws-lambda/scripts/build-zip.ts
index 420524442..0586c3ca6 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/scripts/build-zip.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/scripts/build-zip.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import {
   chmodSync,
+  closeSync,
   cpSync,
   existsSync,
   mkdirSync,
+  openSync,
   readdirSync,
   readFileSync,
+  readSync,
   rmSync,
   statSync,
   writeFileSync,
@@ -349,6 +352,55 @@ function stageHyperframeRuntime(stagingDir: string): void {
   console.log(`[build-zip] staged hyperframe.manifest.json + hyperframe.runtime.iife.js`);
 }
 
+// ELF header constants used by `assertLinuxX86_64Elf`. Header layout:
+// bytes 0..3 magic `0x7F 'E' 'L' 'F'`, byte 4 EI_CLASS (`2` = ELFCLASS64),
+// bytes 18..19 e_machine little-endian (`0x3E` = EM_X86_64).
+const ELF_MAGIC = Buffer.from([0x7f, 0x45, 0x4c, 0x46]);
+const ELF_CLASS_64 = 2;
+const ELF_MACHINE_X86_64 = 0x3e;
+const ELF_HEADER_BYTES = 20;
+
+/**
+ * Verify the binary at `path` is a Linux x86-64 ELF executable, the only
+ * shape the Lambda runtime can exec. Throws with the canonical workaround
+ * (Docker `--platform=linux/amd64` or `npm_config_platform` /
+ * `npm_config_arch` overrides) so the build doesn't ship a silently
+ * broken zip when a non-Linux host's postinstall fetched the wrong arch.
+ */
+function assertLinuxX86_64Elf(path: string, label: string): void {
+  const head = readFileHead(path, ELF_HEADER_BYTES, label);
+  const isElf = head.subarray(0, 4).equals(ELF_MAGIC);
+  const isElf64 = head[4] === ELF_CLASS_64;
+  const machine = head.readUInt16LE(18);
+  if (isElf && isElf64 && machine === ELF_MACHINE_X86_64) return;
+
+  const magicHex = head.subarray(0, 4).toString("hex");
+  throw new Error(
+    `[build-zip] ${label} at ${path} is not a Linux x86-64 ELF executable ` +
+      `(magic=0x${magicHex}, ei_class=${head[4]}, e_machine=0x${machine.toString(16)}). ` +
+      `This usually means the deploy host's postinstall fetched a host-platform binary ` +
+      `(e.g. macOS arm64 ffmpeg) instead of the linux/x64 binary Lambda needs. ` +
+      `Re-run the build inside a linux/amd64 container, or pre-install with ` +
+      `\`npm_config_platform=linux npm_config_arch=x64\` so the package fetches the right binary.`,
+  );
+}
+
+function readFileHead(path: string, byteCount: number, label: string): Buffer {
+  const fd = openSync(path, "r");
+  try {
+    const buf = Buffer.alloc(byteCount);
+    const bytesRead = readSync(fd, buf, 0, byteCount, 0);
+    if (bytesRead < byteCount) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `[build-zip] ${label} at ${path} is too short — read ${bytesRead} of ${byteCount} bytes.`,
+      );
+    }
+    return buf;
+  } finally {
+    closeSync(fd);
+  }
+}
+
 function stageFfmpeg(stagingDir: string): void {
   const binDir = join(stagingDir, "bin");
   mkdirSync(binDir, { recursive: true });
@@ -356,12 +408,19 @@ function stageFfmpeg(stagingDir: string): void {
   // ffmpeg from `ffmpeg-static`. The package only ships the encoder
   // binary; the audio pad/trim path also needs ffprobe, which comes
   // from `ffprobe-static`.
+  //
+  // `ffmpeg-static`'s postinstall fetches a binary for the host platform
+  // (e.g. arm64 Mach-O on Apple Silicon macOS). Lambda runs Linux x86-64,
+  // so a build from a non-Linux host silently produces a zip that boots
+  // but fails at first ffmpeg invocation with `cannot execute binary file`.
+  // Verify the ELF header up front and bail with a clear message instead.
   const ffmpegBinary = join(resolveModuleDir("ffmpeg-static"), "ffmpeg");
   if (!existsSync(ffmpegBinary)) {
     throw new Error(
       `[build-zip] ffmpeg-static binary missing at ${ffmpegBinary}. Did postinstall run?`,
     );
   }
+  assertLinuxX86_64Elf(ffmpegBinary, "ffmpeg-static binary");
   const ffmpegDest = join(binDir, "ffmpeg");
   cpSync(ffmpegBinary, ffmpegDest);
   chmodSync(ffmpegDest, 0o755);