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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Report the largest async-fn futures using rustc's unstable -Zprint-type-sizes.
+#
+# Usage: scripts/future-sizes.sh [TOP_N]     (default: 30)
+#
+# Uses a dedicated target dir so the normal build cache is untouched
+# and repeated runs only recompile the core crate itself.
+
+TOP_N="${1:-30}"
+
+export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="target/type-sizes"
+export RUSTFLAGS="-Zprint-type-sizes"
+export RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1
+
+# Warm the dependency cache so their output doesn't pollute the report later.
+cargo check --locked --release -p deltachat >/dev/null
+
+# Recompile only the core crate (release) capture its type-size report.
+cargo clean --locked --release -p deltachat
+report="$CARGO_TARGET_DIR/type-sizes.txt"
+if ! cargo check --locked --release -p deltachat >"$report"; then
+    tail -20 "$report"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+sizes=$(rg '^print-type-size type: `\{async fn body of (.*)\(\)\}`: ([0-9]+) bytes' \
+    -or '$2 $1' "$report" | sort -rn | uniq)
+if [ -z "$sizes" ]; then
+    echo "error: no type-size output found, see $report" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Largest async fn futures in deltachat (top $TOP_N, bytes):"
+head -"$TOP_N" <<<"$sizes"
+
+echo
+echo "Full report (all types, with per-field breakdown): $report"