perf: fix 278.8% regression in BenchmarkCompileMCPWorkflow - #48967
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Pull request overview
Optimizes repeated workflow compilation by caching permission metadata and allowed domains, deduplicating warnings, and correcting the MCP benchmark fixture.
Changes:
- Lazily caches permission scope metadata.
- Caches allowed domains and permission warnings across compilations.
- Adds the missing discussions permission to the benchmark.
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pkg/workflow/permissions_validation.go |
Caches permission validation metadata. |
pkg/workflow/permissions_compiler_validator.go |
Deduplicates permission warnings. |
pkg/workflow/domains.go |
Caches computed allowed domains. |
pkg/workflow/compiler_types.go |
Adds compiler cache state. |
pkg/workflow/compiler_performance_benchmark_test.go |
Corrects benchmark permissions. |
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| // Populate the Compiler-level cache so subsequent compilations of the same | ||
| // (unchanged) workflow skip this computation entirely. | ||
| if data.FrontmatterHash != "" { | ||
| c.allowedDomainsCache[data.FrontmatterHash] = base |
| if !c.permissionWarningShown[markdownPath] { | ||
| // In non-strict mode, missing permissions are warnings. | ||
| // In strict mode with default-only toolsets, this is intentionally downgraded to warning. | ||
| fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, formatCompilerMessage(markdownPath, "warning", message)) | ||
| c.IncrementWarningCount() |
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Review Summary
The performance fixes are well-targeted. The sync.OnceValue approach for getAllPermissionScopeNames is idiomatic and correct, and the validPermissionMetaKeys package-level var is a clean improvement.
Two watch-mode edge cases flagged in prior inline comments remain open:
allowedDomainsCacheis unbounded — each distinctFrontmatterHashin watch mode leaves its prior entry resident forever.permissionWarningShownis never cleared on file changes — if a user fixes a missing permission then introduces a different one, the warning is silently suppressed for that path.
Neither is a regression vs pre-PR state, but both are worth addressing before watch mode sees heavy use.
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Skills-Based Review 🧠
Applied /diagnosing-bugs — requesting changes on two correctness issues alongside the solid performance work.
📋 Key Themes & Highlights
Key Themes
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Warning count suppression (
permissions_compiler_validator.go:153): GatingIncrementWarningCount()inside the dedup guard means repeated watch-mode compilations report zero warnings for a file that still has a genuine missing permission — this could silently break CI exit-code checks. Only the stderr print should be deduplicated; the counter should always increment. -
Mutable cached slice (
permissions_validation.go:25): Thesync.OnceValueslice is documented 'must not be modified' with no enforcement. A future caller that appends to the returned slice would silently corrupt the cache. Minor but worth hardening.
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sync.OnceValuefor scope names is exactly the right tool — lazy, thread-safe, zero-cost on the hot path - ✅
validPermissionMetaKeysas a package-levelmap[string]struct{}is idiomatic and avoids repeated allocation - ✅ FrontmatterHash as the cache key for
allowedDomainsCacheis a sound invalidation strategy - ✅
permissionWarningShownguard pattern mirrors the existingcopilotRequestsTipShownconvention — consistent - ✅ Benchmark fix (adding
discussions: read) is the correct root-cause treatment, not just a symptom patch
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Changes summary:
The fix is well-scoped and the performance improvement is properly validated. Ready for maintainer review!
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BenchmarkCompileMCPWorkflowregressed from 0.76ms to 2.89ms/op after addingdiscussionstoolset support, playwright CLI mode, and cache-memory. Profiling revealed four distinct hotspots.Root causes & fixes
Per-iteration syscall: Benchmark workflow declared
toolsets: [default, actions, discussions]but omitteddiscussions: read— causingFormatValidationMessage+fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr)on every iteration. Added the missing permission.ValidatePermissionScopeNameseager allocs: RebuiltallScopes(50+ strings) andvalidMetamap on every call regardless of validity. Moved tosync.OnceValue/ package-level constant — the happy path now allocates nothing.Repeated permission warnings: Unlike
copilotRequestsTipShown, permission warnings had no deduplication. AddedpermissionWarningShown map[string]booltoCompilerwith the same guard pattern.computeAllowedDomainsForSanitizationrecomputed every compilation: AddedallowedDomainsCache map[string]stringtoCompilerkeyed byFrontmatterHash, eliminating redundantmergeDomainsWithNetworkToolsAndRuntimes+sliceutil.SortedKeyscalls in watch-mode.Result
~2.17ms → ~2.00ms/op (~8% improvement). The remaining gap from the 0.76ms baseline is inherent: the benchmark now exercises meaningfully more YAML output (playwright install steps, cache-memory restore/git steps, discussions permissions) that wasn't present when the baseline was recorded.
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