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+"""Persistent-worker build scheduler for the PyCon free-threading challenge."""
+
+import os
+import queue
+import threading
+
+from graph import BuildGraph
+
+
+MAX_WORKERS = 24
+
+
+def build_all(graph: BuildGraph) -> dict[str, bytes]:
+    targets = graph.targets
+    total = len(targets)
+    if total == 0:
+        return {}
+
+    remaining = {name: len(target.deps) for name, target in targets.items()}
+    dependents: dict[str, list[str]] = {name: [] for name in targets}
+    for name, target in targets.items():
+        for dep in target.deps:
+            dependents[dep.name].append(name)
+
+    roots = [name for name, count in remaining.items() if count == 0]
+    leaves = sum(1 for children in dependents.values() if not children)
+
+    if (
+        len(roots) == 1
+        and leaves == 1
+        and all(count <= 1 for count in remaining.values())
+        and all(len(children) <= 1 for children in dependents.values())
+    ):
+        results: dict[str, bytes] = {}
+        name = roots[0]
+        while True:
+            target = targets[name]
+            dep_results = (
+                {dep.name: results[dep.name] for dep in target.deps}
+                if target.deps
+                else {}
+            )
+            results[name] = target.build(dep_results)
+
+            children = dependents[name]
+            if not children:
+                return results
+            name = children[0]
+
+    ready: queue.SimpleQueue[str | None] = queue.SimpleQueue()
+    for name in roots:
+        ready.put(name)
+
+    results: dict[str, bytes] = {}
+    lock = threading.Lock()
+    pending = total
+    workers = min(MAX_WORKERS, os.cpu_count() or 1, total)
+    sentinel = None
+    empty_deps: dict[str, bytes] = {}
+
+    def worker() -> None:
+        nonlocal pending
+
+        while True:
+            name = ready.get()
+            if name is sentinel:
+                return
+
+            target = targets[name]
+            dep_results = (
+                {dep.name: results[dep.name] for dep in target.deps}
+                if target.deps
+                else empty_deps
+            )
+            result = target.build(dep_results)
+
+            with lock:
+                results[name] = result
+                pending -= 1
+
+                if pending == 0:
+                    for _ in range(workers):
+                        ready.put(sentinel)
+                    continue
+
+                for child in dependents[name]:
+                    remaining[child] -= 1
+                    if remaining[child] == 0:
+                        ready.put(child)
+
+    threads = [threading.Thread(target=worker) for _ in range(workers - 1)]
+    for thread in threads:
+        thread.start()
+
+    worker()
+
+    for thread in threads:
+        thread.join()
+
+    return results