[tarballs] Build workspace deps before packing by VaguelySerious · Pull Request #1908 · vercel/workflow

VaguelySerious · 2026-05-04T05:13:00Z

Summary

The tarballs Vercel project's vercel.json sets

"buildCommand": "pnpm --filter tarballs build"

which only runs the tarballs package's build script (node scripts/pack.ts) and does not trigger turbo's dependsOn: ["^build"] chain. As a result every preview tarball gets packed with an empty dist/ directory — only bin/, package.json, README.md, and docs/ make it in. Downstream installs then fail with errors like:

Cannot find module '/.../node_modules/workflow/dist/next.cjs'

The old docs-based pipeline did not hit this because Vercel detected docs as a Next.js framework, ran turbo for it (which fans out via ^build), and pack.ts was wired as a prebuild step that ran after workspace deps were already built. Splitting tarballs out of docs in #1893 dropped that side-effect.

The fix is one line: switch the build command to

"buildCommand": "pnpm turbo build --filter=tarballs"

so turbo evaluates the build task for tarballs, fans out via ^build to compile every workspace dependency first, and only then runs tarballs#build (pack.ts) against the populated dist/ directories.

Test plan

pnpm turbo build --filter=tarballs locally — output tarballs contain the full dist/ tree (verified package/dist/next.cjs is present in tarballs/public/workflow.tgz).
Preview deployment for this branch produces tarballs that resolve workflow/next correctly when installed in a downstream Next.js app.
CI checks pass.

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

The standalone tarballs project's vercel.json sets "buildCommand": "pnpm --filter tarballs build", which only runs the tarballs package's build script (node scripts/pack.ts) and does not trigger turbo's `dependsOn: ["^build"]` chain. Every workspace package gets packed with an empty dist/ directory, so downstream installs fail with errors like "Cannot find module '<pkg>/dist/next.cjs'". The previous docs-based pipeline didn't hit this because Vercel detected docs as a Next.js framework, ran turbo for it, and pack.ts was wired as a prebuild step that ran after deps were already built. Switch the buildCommand to `pnpm turbo build --filter=tarballs` so turbo evaluates the build task for tarballs, fans out via ^build to compile every workspace dependency first, and only then runs tarballs#build (pack.ts) against the populated dist/ directories. Verified locally: a fresh build now produces tarballs containing the full dist/ tree (including dist/next.cjs). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

vercel · 2026-05-04T05:13:01Z

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github-actions · 2026-05-04T05:13:11Z

🧪 E2E Test Results

✅ All tests passed

Summary

	Passed	Skipped	Total
✅ ▲ Vercel Production	1011	67	1078
✅ 💻 Local Development	1090	86	1176
✅ 📦 Local Production	1090	86	1176
✅ 🐘 Local Postgres	1090	86	1176
✅ 🪟 Windows	98	0	98
✅ 📋 Other	552	36	588
Total	4931	361	5292

Details by Category

✅ ▲ Vercel Production

App	Passed	Skipped
✅ astro	91	7
✅ example	91	7
✅ express	91	7
✅ fastify	91	7
✅ hono	91	7
✅ nextjs-turbopack	96	2
✅ nextjs-webpack	96	2
✅ nitro	91	7
✅ nuxt	91	7
✅ sveltekit	91	7
✅ vite	91	7

✅ 💻 Local Development

App	Passed	Skipped
✅ astro-stable	92	6
✅ express-stable	92	6
✅ fastify-stable	92	6
✅ hono-stable	92	6
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary	79	19
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable	98	0
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary	79	19
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable	98	0
✅ nitro-stable	92	6
✅ nuxt-stable	92	6
✅ sveltekit-stable	92	6
✅ vite-stable	92	6

✅ 📦 Local Production

App	Passed	Skipped
✅ astro-stable	92	6
✅ express-stable	92	6
✅ fastify-stable	92	6
✅ hono-stable	92	6
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary	79	19
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable	98	0
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary	79	19
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable	98	0
✅ nitro-stable	92	6
✅ nuxt-stable	92	6
✅ sveltekit-stable	92	6
✅ vite-stable	92	6

✅ 🐘 Local Postgres

App	Passed	Skipped
✅ astro-stable	92	6
✅ express-stable	92	6
✅ fastify-stable	92	6
✅ hono-stable	92	6
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary	79	19
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable	98	0
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary	79	19
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable	98	0
✅ nitro-stable	92	6
✅ nuxt-stable	92	6
✅ sveltekit-stable	92	6
✅ vite-stable	92	6

✅ 🪟 Windows

App	Passed	Failed	Skipped
✅ nextjs-turbopack	98	0	0

✅ 📋 Other

App	Passed	Skipped
✅ e2e-local-dev-nest-stable	92	6
✅ e2e-local-dev-tanstack-start-stable	92	6
✅ e2e-local-postgres-nest-stable	92	6
✅ e2e-local-postgres-tanstack-start-stable	92	6
✅ e2e-local-prod-nest-stable	92	6
✅ e2e-local-prod-tanstack-start-stable	92	6

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github-actions · 2026-05-04T05:13:16Z

📊 Benchmark Results

📈 Comparing against baseline from main branch. Green 🟢 = faster, Red 🔺 = slower.

workflow with no steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
💻 Local	🥇 Nitro	0.041s (-4.4%)	1.006s (~)	0.965s	10	1.00x
💻 Local	Express	0.045s (+1.6%)	1.005s (~)	0.960s	10	1.09x
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	0.058s (-38.8% 🟢)	1.010s (-3.2%)	0.952s	10	1.42x
🐘 Postgres	Express	0.063s (+9.3% 🔺)	1.009s (~)	0.946s	10	1.54x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	0.265s (-35.4% 🟢)	2.640s (+5.2% 🔺)	2.375s	10	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	0.292s (+24.0% 🔺)	2.562s (+20.0% 🔺)	2.270s	10	1.10x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

workflow with 1 step

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
💻 Local	🥇 Nitro	1.129s (~)	2.006s (~)	0.877s	10	1.00x
💻 Local	Express	1.139s (+1.2%)	2.006s (~)	0.867s	10	1.01x
🐘 Postgres	Express	1.139s (-0.6%)	2.008s (~)	0.869s	10	1.01x
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	1.143s (~)	2.010s (~)	0.866s	10	1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	1.923s (-50.6% 🟢)	3.880s (-34.3% 🟢)	1.957s	10	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	1.950s (+4.0%)	3.611s (-5.2% 🟢)	1.661s	10	1.01x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

workflow with 10 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Express	10.902s (-0.6%)	11.022s (~)	0.120s	3	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	10.924s (~)	11.023s (~)	0.099s	3	1.00x
💻 Local	Nitro	10.938s (~)	11.024s (~)	0.086s	3	1.00x
💻 Local	Express	10.971s (~)	11.358s (+3.0%)	0.388s	3	1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	17.794s (-25.0% 🟢)	19.925s (-20.7% 🟢)	2.132s	2	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	20.665s (+21.7% 🔺)	22.483s (+12.3% 🔺)	1.818s	2	1.16x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

workflow with 25 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Express	14.543s (~)	15.023s (~)	0.480s	4	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	14.614s (~)	15.022s (~)	0.409s	4	1.00x
💻 Local	Nitro	15.052s (~)	15.780s (-1.6%)	0.728s	4	1.04x
💻 Local	Express	15.053s (+0.5%)	15.781s (+5.0%)	0.728s	4	1.04x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	34.782s (-46.0% 🟢)	36.761s (-44.8% 🟢)	1.980s	2	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	37.878s (-24.7% 🟢)	40.056s (-23.8% 🟢)	2.178s	2	1.09x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

workflow with 50 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Express	13.905s (-0.7%)	14.165s (-2.9%)	0.260s	7	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	14.197s (+1.6%)	15.024s (+5.0%)	0.828s	6	1.02x
💻 Local	Nitro	16.877s (+0.6%)	17.198s (+1.0%)	0.321s	6	1.21x
💻 Local	Express	16.948s (+2.1%)	17.030s (~)	0.082s	6	1.22x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	54.672s (-54.9% 🟢)	56.262s (-54.5% 🟢)	1.590s	2	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	57.739s (-86.3% 🟢)	59.801s (-85.9% 🟢)	2.063s	2	1.06x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

Promise.all with 10 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	1.252s (-1.7%)	2.008s (~)	0.755s	15	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	1.267s (~)	2.009s (~)	0.743s	15	1.01x
💻 Local	Express	1.511s (+1.5%)	2.005s (~)	0.494s	15	1.21x
💻 Local	Nitro	1.530s (-6.2% 🟢)	2.006s (-3.3%)	0.476s	15	1.22x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	2.831s (-1.0%)	4.302s (-7.0% 🟢)	1.470s	7	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	3.266s (+15.9% 🔺)	4.773s (+10.4% 🔺)	1.507s	7	1.15x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

Promise.all with 25 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Express	2.331s (-1.3%)	3.009s (~)	0.678s	10	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	2.356s (~)	3.010s (~)	0.654s	10	1.01x
💻 Local	Nitro	3.070s (-2.4%)	3.885s (~)	0.815s	8	1.32x
💻 Local	Express	3.072s (+4.0%)	3.889s (+12.6% 🔺)	0.817s	8	1.32x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	2.526s (-30.2% 🟢)	4.140s (-19.0% 🟢)	1.614s	8	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	3.790s (-6.5% 🟢)	5.260s (-11.2% 🟢)	1.470s	6	1.50x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

Promise.all with 50 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	3.473s (~)	4.008s (~)	0.535s	8	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	3.520s (+1.0%)	4.012s (~)	0.492s	8	1.01x
💻 Local	Express	8.370s (~)	9.022s (~)	0.652s	4	2.41x
💻 Local	Nitro	8.495s (+1.7%)	9.026s (~)	0.531s	4	2.45x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	2.833s (-19.6% 🟢)	4.761s (-14.0% 🟢)	1.928s	7	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	3.479s (-18.0% 🟢)	5.061s (-17.4% 🟢)	1.583s	6	1.23x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

Promise.race with 10 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	1.258s (~)	2.010s (~)	0.751s	15	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	1.281s (+1.9%)	2.008s (~)	0.727s	15	1.02x
💻 Local	Express	1.548s (-18.3% 🟢)	2.007s (-15.1% 🟢)	0.459s	15	1.23x
💻 Local	Nitro	1.569s (-15.9% 🟢)	2.007s (-14.3% 🟢)	0.437s	15	1.25x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	1.983s (-23.2% 🟢)	3.597s (-17.3% 🟢)	1.614s	9	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	2.025s (-17.7% 🟢)	3.788s (-9.2% 🟢)	1.763s	8	1.02x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

Promise.race with 25 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	2.327s (-0.5%)	3.009s (~)	0.682s	10	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	2.331s (~)	3.010s (~)	0.679s	10	1.00x
💻 Local	Nitro	3.050s (~)	3.885s (~)	0.835s	8	1.31x
💻 Local	Express	3.241s (+3.5%)	3.884s (+3.2%)	0.643s	8	1.39x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	2.370s (-26.7% 🟢)	4.172s (-17.8% 🟢)	1.801s	8	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	2.377s (-25.6% 🟢)	3.815s (-20.4% 🟢)	1.439s	8	1.00x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

Promise.race with 50 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Express	3.466s (-0.9%)	4.011s (~)	0.545s	8	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	3.470s (~)	4.011s (~)	0.541s	8	1.00x
💻 Local	Nitro	9.426s (+3.1%)	9.772s (-2.5%)	0.346s	4	2.72x
💻 Local	Express	9.546s (+8.5% 🔺)	10.021s (+8.1% 🔺)	0.475s	3	2.75x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	2.719s (-57.6% 🟢)	4.485s (-45.2% 🟢)	1.766s	7	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	2.729s (-46.4% 🟢)	4.372s (-35.9% 🟢)	1.643s	7	1.00x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

workflow with 10 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	0.828s (+0.9%)	1.006s (~)	0.179s	60	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	0.828s (-1.3%)	1.006s (-1.7%)	0.178s	60	1.00x
💻 Local	Nitro	1.015s (+3.5%)	1.700s (+55.4% 🔺)	0.685s	36	1.23x
💻 Local	Express	1.139s (+15.7% 🔺)	1.584s (+47.3% 🔺)	0.446s	38	1.38x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	9.922s (-55.0% 🟢)	11.725s (-51.2% 🟢)	1.803s	6	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	10.164s (-46.6% 🟢)	11.834s (-44.5% 🟢)	1.671s	6	1.02x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

workflow with 25 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Express	1.966s (-0.5%)	2.227s (-1.4%)	0.261s	41	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	1.999s (+3.7%)	2.494s (+18.7% 🔺)	0.495s	37	1.02x
💻 Local	Nitro	3.118s (+2.7%)	4.010s (+6.7% 🔺)	0.892s	23	1.59x
💻 Local	Express	3.120s (+3.4%)	3.966s (+10.6% 🔺)	0.846s	23	1.59x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	28.179s (-28.6% 🟢)	30.159s (-27.0% 🟢)	1.980s	3	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	29.648s (-14.1% 🟢)	31.610s (-14.1% 🟢)	1.962s	3	1.05x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

workflow with 50 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	4.042s (-1.5%)	4.566s (-0.8%)	0.524s	27	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	4.045s (+1.4%)	4.703s (+7.6% 🔺)	0.658s	26	1.00x
💻 Local	Express	9.340s (+1.4%)	10.019s (~)	0.678s	12	2.31x
💻 Local	Nitro	9.427s (+1.4%)	10.019s (~)	0.592s	12	2.33x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	85.866s (-34.0% 🟢)	88.100s (-33.3% 🟢)	2.234s	2	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	86.845s (-10.4% 🟢)	88.977s (-9.6% 🟢)	2.132s	2	1.01x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

workflow with 10 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	0.275s (-3.0%)	1.007s (~)	0.732s	60	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	0.283s (~)	1.007s (~)	0.724s	60	1.03x
💻 Local	Express	0.611s (+9.0% 🔺)	1.005s (~)	0.394s	60	2.22x
💻 Local	Nitro	0.643s (+6.4% 🔺)	1.005s (-1.6%)	0.362s	60	2.34x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	1.416s (-14.8% 🟢)	3.025s (-9.7% 🟢)	1.610s	20	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	1.589s (-18.7% 🟢)	3.252s (-10.6% 🟢)	1.664s	19	1.12x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

workflow with 25 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	0.484s (-2.6%)	1.007s (~)	0.523s	90	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	0.491s (-3.8%)	1.006s (~)	0.516s	90	1.01x
💻 Local	Express	2.545s (+1.3%)	3.009s (~)	0.464s	30	5.26x
💻 Local	Nitro	2.600s (+2.4%)	3.009s (~)	0.409s	30	5.38x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	2.744s (-14.9% 🟢)	4.352s (-9.7% 🟢)	1.608s	21	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	3.035s (~)	4.735s (-1.5%)	1.700s	20	1.11x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

workflow with 50 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	0.790s (~)	1.007s (~)	0.217s	120	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	0.814s (-0.6%)	1.009s (-0.8%)	0.196s	119	1.03x
💻 Local	Express	11.272s (+0.7%)	11.937s (~)	0.665s	11	14.26x
💻 Local	Nitro	11.480s (+2.6%)	12.028s (+3.1%)	0.548s	10	14.52x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	6.569s (-11.5% 🟢)	8.049s (-12.9% 🟢)	1.481s	15	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	6.888s (-10.8% 🟢)	8.727s (-7.2% 🟢)	1.839s	14	1.05x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

Stream Benchmarks (includes TTFB metrics)

workflow with stream

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	TTFB	Slurp	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	0.204s (-0.7%)	1.002s (~)	0.001s (-6.7% 🟢)	1.010s (~)	0.806s	10	1.00x
💻 Local	Nitro	0.207s (-3.1%)	1.004s (~)	0.012s (-4.0%)	1.019s (~)	0.812s	10	1.02x
💻 Local	Express	0.209s (+5.0% 🔺)	1.004s (~)	0.012s (+0.8%)	1.019s (~)	0.809s	10	1.03x
🐘 Postgres	Express	0.211s (+3.0%)	0.993s (-0.6%)	0.002s (-6.3% 🟢)	1.009s (~)	0.798s	10	1.04x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	TTFB	Slurp	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	1.468s (-61.7% 🟢)	2.820s (-46.6% 🟢)	1.891s (+154.8% 🔺)	5.170s (-20.3% 🟢)	3.703s	10	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	1.540s (-38.5% 🟢)	3.100s (-24.2% 🟢)	1.519s (+58.1% 🔺)	5.100s (-8.8% 🟢)	3.560s	10	1.05x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

stream pipeline with 5 transform steps (1MB)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	TTFB	Slurp	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	0.606s (-2.8%)	1.004s (~)	0.004s (-3.7%)	1.022s (~)	0.415s	59	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	0.635s (+0.8%)	1.005s (~)	0.004s (+6.6% 🔺)	1.023s (~)	0.388s	59	1.05x
💻 Local	Nitro	0.775s (-7.6% 🟢)	1.012s (~)	0.011s (+13.1% 🔺)	1.025s (-8.2% 🟢)	0.249s	59	1.28x
💻 Local	Express	0.861s (+13.7% 🔺)	1.014s (-1.5%)	0.010s (+4.7%)	1.118s (+7.5% 🔺)	0.257s	54	1.42x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	TTFB	Slurp	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	4.106s (-36.9% 🟢)	5.531s (-31.0% 🟢)	0.226s (-44.7% 🟢)	6.155s (-30.3% 🟢)	2.049s	10	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	4.401s (-85.1% 🟢)	6.039s (-80.4% 🟢)	0.233s (+108.0% 🔺)	6.716s (-78.9% 🟢)	2.315s	10	1.07x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

10 parallel streams (1MB each)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	TTFB	Slurp	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	0.922s (-4.8%)	1.104s (-11.5% 🟢)	0.000s (+77.8% 🔺)	1.132s (-10.0% 🟢)	0.210s	54	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	0.973s (+1.3%)	1.328s (+3.9%)	0.000s (-100.0% 🟢)	1.358s (+3.9%)	0.385s	45	1.06x
💻 Local	Express	1.247s (+1.8%)	2.023s (~)	0.000s (+20.0% 🔺)	2.025s (~)	0.778s	30	1.35x
💻 Local	Nitro	1.266s (+3.6%)	2.023s (~)	0.000s (+100.0% 🔺)	2.025s (~)	0.758s	30	1.37x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	TTFB	Slurp	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Express	3.102s (-17.1% 🟢)	4.665s (-8.6% 🟢)	0.000s (-54.2% 🟢)	5.097s (-7.8% 🟢)	1.995s	12	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Nitro	3.496s (+14.6% 🔺)	5.240s (+19.3% 🔺)	0.000s (+18.2% 🔺)	5.691s (+18.3% 🔺)	2.194s	11	1.13x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro

fan-out fan-in 10 streams (1MB each)

💻 Local Development

World	Framework	Workflow Time	TTFB	Slurp	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres	🥇 Nitro	1.726s (-3.6%)	2.067s (-3.5%)	0.000s (-100.0% 🟢)	2.094s (-3.7%)	0.367s	29	1.00x
🐘 Postgres	Express	1.769s (~)	2.100s (-3.6%)	0.000s (+Infinity% 🔺)	2.114s (-3.8%)	0.345s	29	1.02x
💻 Local	Express	2.971s (-14.3% 🟢)	3.422s (-15.2% 🟢)	0.000s (-65.3% 🟢)	3.424s (-15.2% 🟢)	0.453s	18	1.72x
💻 Local	Nitro	3.021s (-10.8% 🟢)	3.533s (-12.4% 🟢)	0.000s (-16.7% 🟢)	3.536s (-12.4% 🟢)	0.515s	18	1.75x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World	Framework	Workflow Time	TTFB	Slurp	Wall Time	Overhead	Samples	vs Fastest
▲ Vercel	🥇 Nitro	4.775s (+16.6% 🔺)	6.453s (+20.1% 🔺)	0.000s (-100.0% 🟢)	6.877s (+18.7% 🔺)	2.102s	9	1.00x
▲ Vercel	Express	48.263s (+952.1% 🔺)	49.393s (+720.2% 🔺)	0.000s (+Infinity% 🔺)	49.959s (+673.7% 🔺)	1.696s	7	10.11x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express

Summary

Fastest Framework by World

Winner determined by most benchmark wins

World	🥇 Fastest Framework	Wins
💻 Local	Nitro	12/21
🐘 Postgres	Nitro	14/21
▲ Vercel	Nitro	12/21

Fastest World by Framework

Winner determined by most benchmark wins

Framework	🥇 Fastest World	Wins
Express	🐘 Postgres	16/21
Nitro	🐘 Postgres	17/21

Column Definitions

Workflow Time: Runtime reported by workflow (completedAt - createdAt) - primary metric
TTFB: Time to First Byte - time from workflow start until first stream byte received (stream benchmarks only)
Slurp: Time from first byte to complete stream consumption (stream benchmarks only)
Wall Time: Total testbench time (trigger workflow + poll for result)
Overhead: Testbench overhead (Wall Time - Workflow Time)
Samples: Number of benchmark iterations run
vs Fastest: How much slower compared to the fastest configuration for this benchmark

Worlds:

💻 Local: In-memory filesystem world (local development)
🐘 Postgres: PostgreSQL database world (local development)
▲ Vercel: Vercel production/preview deployment
🌐 Turso: Community world (local development)
🌐 MongoDB: Community world (local development)
🌐 Redis: Community world (local development)
🌐 Jazz: Community world (local development)

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