perf: keep the API responsive while a build is ingesting - #368
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds aggregated build statistics, a ChangesBuild statistics
Image processing
Response compression
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The new worker-pool lifecycle can stall image-processing requests, consume CPU during repeated worker failures, and leave work unresolved during shutdown, while migration recovery can leave the intended database index unusable. These availability and deployment risks should be addressed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant PixelmatchService
participant StaticService
participant DiffWorkerPool
participant PixelmatchWorker
PixelmatchService->>StaticService: getImageBuffer
StaticService-->>PixelmatchService: image buffers
PixelmatchService->>DiffWorkerPool: run comparison job
DiffWorkerPool->>PixelmatchWorker: post pixelmatch job
PixelmatchWorker-->>DiffWorkerPool: comparison result
DiffWorkerPool-->>PixelmatchService: metrics and optional diff buffer
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In `@prisma/migrations/20260818134932_add_test_run_build_index/migration.sql`:
- Line 2: Update the TestRun_buildId_branchName_name_idx migration to create the
index concurrently, and upgrade the migration image from Prisma 6.18.0 to a
version that supports concurrent index creation. Preserve the existing index
columns and name.
In `@src/compare/diff-worker-pool.ts`:
- Around line 44-46: Update the DiffWorkerPool enqueue flow around the queue and
dispatch methods to add a configurable pending-job limit, checking capacity
before queue.push. When the limit is reached, reject or otherwise apply
backpressure to the incoming request before retaining its image buffers;
preserve normal dispatch behavior for jobs accepted into the queue.
- Around line 107-112: Update onModuleDestroy to reject all pending jobs in
queue and inFlight, then clear both collections before terminating workers.
Ensure every awaiting getDiff caller receives the shutdown rejection and
preserve the existing worker termination flow.
In `@src/static/hdd/hdd.service.ts`:
- Around line 32-38: Apply the existing PNG_SIGNATURE length and prefix
validation to AWSS3Service.saveImage before uploading imageBuffer, rejecting
invalid data with the same error behavior as HddService; alternatively, move the
guard into shared storage logic so both HddService and AWSS3Service enforce it
without duplicating validation.
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TestRun had no indexes at all, so every by-build query — including the previous-run lookup on every screenshot upload — was a sequential scan over the whole table.
BuildDto only needs per-status counts and a merge flag, but build_updated events and build listing loaded every test-run row of a build (thousands during ingestion, re-fetched on every debounced event burst). Compute the stats with two groupBy queries instead, and deduplicate the queued build ids before querying.
- validate uploads by PNG signature instead of a full decode - expose getImageBuffer so callers that only need bytes skip decoding - copy baselines byte-for-byte on approve (copyImage) instead of decode + re-encode of a full screenshot per approved run - switch HDD storage to async fs calls All of this ran synchronously on the event loop for every upload and approve, stalling unrelated requests during build ingestion.
Decode, pixelmatch and diff encode of full-size screenshots block the event loop for around a second each, which makes the whole API unresponsive while a build is ingesting. Run the CPU-bound part in a fixed worker_threads pool (cores - 1, capped at 8, DIFF_WORKERS_COUNT to override) and keep only async I/O on the main thread. Falls back to inline execution where the compiled worker file does not exist (ts-jest / ts-node).
Large builds return multi-megabyte test-run lists; gzip shrinks them about tenfold. Registered before swagger so every route is covered; PNG responses are excluded — they are already compressed.
A plain CREATE INDEX write-locks TestRun for the duration of the build on large production tables. Kept as the single statement in the migration on purpose: Prisma runs one-statement migrations outside a transaction, which CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY requires.
Queued jobs hold both full image buffers, so an unbounded queue could exhaust memory under a flood of concurrent uploads — cap it (DIFF_QUEUE_LIMIT, default 256). On module destroy, reject queued and in-flight jobs instead of leaving their callers hanging.
The signature check lived in HddService only, letting non-PNG bytes reach S3-backed storage. Move it to the StaticService facade so both backends reject invalid uploads.
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38-47: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winInvert the
includeAAmapping.pixelmatchincludes anti-aliased pixels whenincludeAAistrue, soignoreAntialiasing: truecurrently has the opposite effect. The removed inline code used the same mapping, so this is an existing option-semantics bug, not a regression. Pass!config.ignoreAntialiasingand update the test expectation.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@prisma/migrations/20260818134932_add_test_run_build_index/migration.sql`:
- Line 5: Remove IF NOT EXISTS from the CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY statement for
TestRun_buildId_branchName_name_idx, ensuring reruns fail visibly if an invalid
leftover index exists and require recovery to drop it before retrying.
In `@src/compare/diff-worker-pool.ts`:
- Around line 70-78: Update the worker message handler to add a worker to idle
only if it is still present in the active workers collection; do not requeue
workers removed by replace or onModuleDestroy. Keep inFlight cleanup, job
resolution/rejection, and dispatch behavior unchanged.
- Around line 92-105: Bound the worker replacement loop in replace by tracking
respawn attempts and preventing immediate unlimited spawn calls when workers
repeatedly fail during startup. After the configured failure threshold, stop
respawning and fall back to the pool’s existing inline execution path, while
preserving rejection of the failed in-flight job and normal dispatch behavior
for successful workers.
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In `@src/compare/libs/pixelmatch/pixelmatch.service.ts`:
- Around line 38-47: Update the includeAA argument in the diffWorkerPool.run
call to pass the inverse of config.ignoreAntialiasing, and update the related
test expectation to reflect the corrected option mapping.
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Three things could go wrong around a failing worker: - a message arriving after the worker was dropped or the pool shut down put it back in the idle list, so it was handed a job it would never answer - a worker script that cannot load fails the same way on every respawn, which turned the error handler into a spawn loop; the pool now gives up after three failures and compares on the main thread instead, so uploads still go through - the job in flight when a worker died was failed outright; it is now handed to another worker once before being given up on The migration also drops IF NOT EXISTS: a concurrent index build that fails leaves an invalid index behind, and skipping it on a retry would let the migration report success while the index stays unusable.
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All three are addressed in 1eed20a — the two pool findings were real defects, thanks. Dead worker returned to the idle list. Fixed: the message handler only takes a worker back when it is still in Unbounded respawns. Fixed: after three consecutive worker failures the pool stops respawning, flips to comparing on the main thread and drains what is queued there. Slower, but uploads keep working instead of spinning. A job dying with its worker. While verifying the above I saw the in-flight job fail outright, so it is now requeued once ( Verified by running the built image with the worker file deliberately replaced by
Migration. Also right, and it is the failure mode that matters most on a production table: Full suite passes (28 suites, 0 failures). |
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Problem
While a build with many screenshots is being ingested, the whole API becomes unresponsive: opening a test run leaves the baseline/checkpoint images spinning for seconds, and every REST call queues up.
Profiling showed the event loop is blocked by synchronous CPU work on every upload —
PNG.sync.readof two full-size screenshots, a full-resolutionPixelmatch,PNG.sync.writeof the diff andwriteFileSyncadd up to ~1s of blocked loop per screenshot. On top of that, every debouncedbuild_updatedemit re-fetched all test-run rows of the build from the database just to compute four counters, andTestRunhad no indexes at all.Changes
worker_threadspool (cores − 1, capped at 8,DIFF_WORKERS_COUNTto override); only async I/O stays on the main thread. Inline fallback where the compiled worker file doesn't exist (ts-jest / ts-node).getImageBufferfor callers that only need bytes; newcopyImageso approving a run copies the baseline byte-for-byte instead of decode + re-encode; async fs in HDD storage.groupByqueries instead of loading every test-run row; deduplicate queued build ids.TestRun(buildId, branchName, name)index.Measurements (local docker stack, 1284×2778 screenshots, 4 concurrent uploaders)
Diff correctness verified end-to-end: statuses, diffPercent and diff images identical to the previous pipeline; full jest suite passes.
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Merging and deploying
Stacked on #369 — that one touches the same four files under
src/static, so merge it first; this PR then collapses to its own changes. Verified:master+ #369 + this branch merges with no conflicts.Migration.
CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLYonTestRun, kept as the single statement in the migration so Prisma runs it outside a transaction. On a large table it takes a while and does not block writes; if it is interrupted, Postgres leaves the indexINVALIDand it has to be dropped and the migration re-run — standard for concurrent index builds, worth knowing before a production deploy.New optional settings.
DIFF_WORKERS_COUNT(default: cores − 1, capped at 8) andDIFF_QUEUE_LIMIT(default 256 queued jobs). Neither has to be set.Memory. Measured on a real ingest: the API settles at ~950 MB RSS after a build of thousands of screenshots and stays there — eight worker threads keeping the heaps they used to decode full-size PNGs, not a leak (verified stable while idle). Set
DIFF_WORKERS_COUNTlower on a memory-constrained host.Behaviour change worth calling out. PNG validation moved from
HddServiceto theStaticServicefacade, so it now also applies to S3 — which previously accepted any bytes. Every one of the 24 342 images in our own deployment is a PNG, so this changed nothing for us, but an S3 deployment that stored non-PNG uploads would start getting an error.Both upload endpoints verified against this branch:
POST /test-runs(base64) andPOST /test-runs/multipartproduce identical results, including the samediffPercentto the last digit, and the worker pool starts for both.