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Stacked on #302. Stack for #237: #299 → #300 → #301 → #302 → #303 → #309 → #312 (docs). The review's cache findings are addressed: the segmenter last used stays loaded and switching models releases it, concurrent calls share one load, and the hosted SAM 3 video repository now holds the bundle.

Wraps Apple's CoreAIVideoSegmentation product (coreai-models 1.0), which had no wrapper. Part of #237.

What changes

  • CoreAI.runTask('video-segmentation', config, { videoUri, data: { prompts } }, options) (or one prompt in input.text). It finds the objects the prompts describe and tracks them through the video. The AI SDK has no segmentation or tracking primitive, so this stays a native API, like image segmentation.
  • Output: output.frames[i].objects, each with id (stable across frames), prompt, score and box.
    • includeMasks: true adds each object's mask as a base64 PNG, white on transparent like image segmentation masks.
    • outputVideo: true also writes a copy with the masks and boxes drawn on, and returns its file:// URL.
  • Options: maxFrames, scoreThreshold, newObjectThreshold and maxObjects, which map to VideoSegmentationParameters.
  • Packaging: the new video-segmentation task links CoreAIVideoSegmentation (podspec default list, Expo plugin tasks, getCapabilities().isCoreAIVideoSegmentationAvailable). The segmenter stays loaded by path.
  • The example app links the task and type-checks core-ai from source.

Model

grabbou/sam3-video-CoreAI, folder sam3-video/ (1.6 GB, iOS and macOS): SAM 3 exported with Apple's recipe at 672 px, uv run models/sam3_video/export.py --dtype float16 --image-size 672.

  • Resolution: 672 px balances speed and accuracy on iPhone. The recipe's default 1008 px is slower, and 336 px misses small objects.
  • License: SAM 3 is gated. The SAM License allows redistributing derivatives under the same agreement with a copy included, so the repository ships LICENSE and a license: other card that links Meta's terms.

Testing

On iPhone 17 Pro (iOS 27):

  • harness/core-ai/video-segmentation.device.harness.ts: 4/4 pass on a 2 s, 8 fps, 240×240 pan across the cats fixture (13 KB). It covers cats tracked in all 16 frames, the same ids at the end as at the start, maxFrames with 240×240 PNG masks, and the annotated MP4
  • availability (now checking isCoreAIVideoSegmentationAvailable) and the image vision tests pass on the same build (7/7)
  • bun test passes

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  • New Features
    • Added video segmentation and object tracking for supported models, with text prompts and options for frame limits, masks, and annotated video output.
    • Added video segmentation to task linking and availability reporting on supported devices.
  • Documentation
    • Added guidance for using video segmentation, including supported options and outputs.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for segmentation results, object tracking, frame limits, masks, and annotated video output.

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Adds video segmentation as a Core AI task. The change includes public types, native iOS and macOS execution, task linking, documentation, and device harness coverage for frame results, masks, and annotated video output.

Changes: Video Segmentation Task

Layer / File(s) Summary
Task contract and linking
packages/core-ai/src/types.ts, packages/core-ai/src/index.ts, packages/core-ai/src/expo-plugin-config.ts, packages/core-ai/ReactNativeAICoreAI.podspec, packages/core-ai/ios/CoreAIError.swift, apps/expo-example/app.config.js, apps/expo-example/tsconfig.json, packages/core-ai/README.md, packages/core-ai/docs/*
The task types add video input, options, output, and an availability flag. Task linking maps the task to CoreAIVideoSegmentation. The example configuration and documentation include the task.
Native execution and output
packages/core-ai/ios/CoreAIImpl.swift, packages/core-ai/ios/CoreAIVideoSegmentation.swift
The native bridge reports availability and dispatches video segmentation on supported systems. The implementation validates input, loads and caches segmenters, returns serialized frame data, and supports optional masks and annotated video output.
Device setup and validation
harness/fixtures.ts, harness/core-ai/*
The harness adds a video fixture and model setup. Device tests check availability, frame indices, detected prompts, object IDs, frame limits, mask output, and annotated video output.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant App
  participant CoreAIImpl
  participant VideoSegmentation
  participant CoreAIVideoSegmenter
  App->>CoreAIImpl: runTask with video-segmentation
  CoreAIImpl->>VideoSegmentation: run with resolved source URL and input
  VideoSegmentation->>CoreAIVideoSegmenter: load segmenter and process video
  CoreAIVideoSegmenter-->>VideoSegmentation: segmentation frames
  VideoSegmentation-->>CoreAIImpl: serialized frames and optional video URI
  CoreAIImpl-->>App: task result
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Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 8bf2c

Video segmentation models stay in memory for the life of the app process, which can exhaust memory when an app switches models. The device harness cannot fetch its model on a fresh device from the configured repository, so the new tests cannot run there. Both should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 8bf2c

The new on-device task operates within the host application's existing authority. The main risks are incomplete resource ownership and cleanup after failed video processing, rather than a demonstrated expansion of access or privileges.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · reliability · inferred: The new static cache retains segmenters by filesystem path without eviction or integration with unloadModel or removeModel. Initialization occurs outside the dictionary lock, so concurrent misses can also construct duplicate segmenters. Although warm retention is documented and dictionary access is synchronized, resource release and same-path replacement are outside the existing lifecycle controls. Repeated bundle paths can therefore accumulate retained instances, and replacement can reuse an earlier instance, weakening host-application failure containment and recovery.
  • Low · security · inferred: Annotated-video rendering creates a temporary media copy before the wrapper checks collected serialization failures. With mask output enabled, a serialization failure can cause rejection after rendering completes, without returning the destination or deleting it. This introduces a potential residual-media lifecycle gap inside the application's storage. The wrapper's missing cleanup is observed; actual retention and access by another principal are not established, and native cleanup behavior remains unknown.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated scope is the host application's readable model and video files, temporary media, and process resources. Triggering the path requires application code to invoke the native task. The inspected evidence does not establish cross-tenant exposure, credential access, or elevated privileges.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — A conditional privacy path exists when annotated rendering writes media and frame serialization subsequently fails: the request rejects without handing back the destination, and wrapper cleanup does not remove it. This is a local retention concern, not verified disclosure to another principal. Native cleanup guarantees remain unresolved.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The application-to-native boundary accepts configuration, video paths, prompts, and options. Product and OS checks gate execution, while basic input checks reject missing video locations or prompts. Model-source resolution is unchanged from the comparison base; the PR adds another consumer rather than a new source-authority mechanism.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Optional frame limits and mask output let callers reduce work, but the wrapper accumulates all returned frames and retains segmenters across calls. Without bounded cache ownership or a video cancellation handle, recovery from excessive application-local resource use depends on caller discipline and unavailable native lifecycle guarantees.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Give cached segmenters explicit bounded ownership, coalesce concurrent initialization, and define invalidation for bundle removal or replacement. Confirm native concurrent-use guarantees before sharing instances across requests.
  • proposed — Keep ownership of the temporary destination until successful result handoff, deleting it on every unsuccessful terminal path. Document ownership of successful outputs and define cancellation behavior for long-running video processing.
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packages/core-ai/ios/CoreAIVideoSegmentation.swift: 1

69-73: Trivial · Performance & Scalability · Quick win

Coalesce in-flight segmenter loads.

CoreAI.runTask starts an asynchronous native task for each call. Direct calls can therefore miss segmenters[url.path] concurrently and initialize duplicate VideoSegmenter instances. This causes duplicate model work and a transient memory peak.

Cache an in-flight Task per path and await it. Treat this as a performance refactor rather than a demonstrated out-of-memory failure; sibling image tasks use the same per-call loading pattern.

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Update the segmenter cache lookup and loading flow around `segmenters` and
`VideoSegmenter` to store an in-flight `Task` keyed by `url.path`, so concurrent
callers await the same initialization instead of creating duplicate instances.
Preserve reuse of the successfully loaded segmenter for subsequent calls.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @harness/core-ai/helpers.ts:
- Around line 107-108: Update the repo and folder values used by
setupVideoSegmentationModel() to identify a repository path that actually
contains the model, or publish the model folder at the configured path. Verify
setup succeeds without a cached model so the download path is exercised.

Review comments at @packages/core-ai/ios/CoreAIVideoSegmentation.swift:
- Line 14: Add a release lifecycle or a bounded-size policy for the static
segmenters cache in CoreAIVideoSegmentation, so cached VideoSegmenter instances
can be removed when models change or the cache limit is reached. Preserve the
existing lookup and reuse behavior for entries that remain cached.

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Review comments at @packages/core-ai/ios/CoreAIVideoSegmentation.swift:
- Around line 69-73: Update the segmenter cache lookup and loading flow around
`segmenters` and `VideoSegmenter` to store an in-flight `Task` keyed by
`url.path`, so concurrent callers await the same initialization instead of
creating duplicate instances. Preserve reuse of the successfully loaded
segmenter for subsequent calls.

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🔵 Needs a closer look

Unresolved native memory-safety, input-validation, and inference lifecycle defects block approval.

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What changed in this PR

Adds video segmentation and object tracking to @react-native-ai/core-ai, alongside native capabilities that advance #237.

Changes:

  • Adds per-frame tracking results, optional PNG masks, and annotated video output.
  • Implements transcription, embeddings, vision tasks, and raw tensor calls.
  • Updates native linking, public APIs, documentation, and test coverage.
File Description
packages/​core-ai/​src/​types.ts Adds task, tensor, option, and result types.
packages/​core-ai/​src/​tensor.ts Adds tensor serialization helpers.
packages/​core-ai/​src/​NativeCoreAI.ts Defines streaming transcription bridge methods and events.
packages/​core-ai/​src/​index.ts Exports new helpers and types.
packages/​core-ai/​src/​expo-plugin-config.ts Enables speech and video segmentation linking.
packages/​core-ai/​src/​ai-sdk.ts Adds streaming transcription and image embeddings.
packages/​core-ai/​src/​__tests__/​tensor.test.ts Tests tensor encoding and round trips.
packages/​core-ai/​src/​__tests__/​expo-plugin.test.ts Updates unsupported-task validation tests.
packages/​core-ai/​src/​__tests__/​ai-sdk.test.ts Tests transcription streams and embedding adapters.
packages/​core-ai/​README.md Updates capability and linking documentation.
packages/​core-ai/​ReactNativeAICoreAI.podspec Maps new tasks to native products.
packages/​core-ai/​ios/​CoreAIVisionTasks.swift Implements upscaling, classification, and depth estimation.
packages/​core-ai/​ios/​CoreAIVideoSegmentation.swift Implements tracking, mask serialization, and annotated output.
packages/​core-ai/​ios/​CoreAIRawFunction.swift Implements raw model calls and tensor conversion.
packages/​core-ai/​ios/​CoreAIImpl.swift Integrates runners, speech sessions, and capability reporting.
packages/​core-ai/​ios/​CoreAIError.swift Maps new products to task names.
packages/​core-ai/​ios/​CoreAIEmbeddings.swift Implements CLIP text and image embeddings.
packages/​core-ai/​ios/​CoreAI.mm Bridges streaming transcription to Swift.
packages/​core-ai/​docs/​getting-started.md Updates task linking and capability guidance.
packages/​core-ai/​docs/​api.md Documents new APIs and usage examples.
packages/​core-ai/​docs/​agent-skill.md Updates integration guidance for supported tasks.
harness/​core-ai/​vision-tasks.device.harness.ts Adds vision-task device checks.
harness/​core-ai/​video-segmentation.device.harness.ts Checks tracking, masks, frame limits, and annotated output.
harness/​core-ai/​transcription.device.harness.ts Checks batch and streaming transcription.
harness/​core-ai/​raw-function.device.harness.ts Checks raw inference, shapes, and compute options.
harness/​core-ai/​helpers.ts Adds model setup and video fixture helpers.
harness/​core-ai/​embeddings.device.harness.ts Checks embedding similarity and batching.
harness/​core-ai/​availability.device.harness.ts Checks speech and video segmentation availability.
apps/​expo-example/​tsconfig.json Resolves core-ai types from source.
apps/​expo-example/​README.md Documents the speech model download.
apps/​expo-example/​app.config.js Links speech and video segmentation tasks.

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runTask('video-segmentation') runs coreai-models video segmentation
bundles (SAM 3 video): it finds the objects text prompts describe and
tracks them from frame to frame, with stable ids, boxes and scores, and
optionally masks and an annotated copy of the video. The
video-segmentation task links the CoreAIVideoSegmentation product. The
segmenter last used stays loaded, and concurrent calls share one load.

Part of #237

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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