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perf(server): reduce branch PR discovery cache churn#26036

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Large collections of branch threads repeatedly scan remote refs and invalidate unrelated branch PR results during status refreshes. Metadata cache entries also compete with PR results despite requiring multiple entries per branch, causing repeated Git reads on warm sweeps.

Share the raw remote-ref listing across missing branches, give Git metadata a separately bounded LRU cache, and invalidate only the visible branch's PR results on UI status refresh. Keep full invalidation for Git mutations, fresh reads for forced lookups, and generation checks against stale in-flight metadata.

Regression coverage demonstrates 32 missing branches share one remote-ref scan and a warm sweep over 1,100 unpublished branches avoids 2,203 repeated metadata reads. A two-branch repository test checks that refreshing one branch preserves the other branch's cached result while full invalidation still works.

Validation: vp run check:changed passes: formatting, lint, both knip passes, GraphQL validation, affected-package typechecks, and 118 tests across three files. Git tests use the standard system Git template directory.

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Verdict: Approved at d93c51e

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a bounded server-side cache optimization that reduces repeated Git metadata scans and preserves unrelated branch PR results during routine status refreshes. Existing mutation invalidation remains intact, and focused tests cover the new cache and invalidation behavior.

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Walkthrough

GitManager now maintains a separate, larger Git-state cache with refreshed entry ordering and protection against storing stale reads. Missing local branches reuse a cached remote-tracking-ref listing. Status invalidation can target the current branch, and VcsStatusBroadcaster uses that mode.

Changes: Git status cache and invalidation

Layer / File(s)Summary
Git-state cache and remote-ref reuse
apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts		Git-state reads use a separate epoch and a larger cache. Cache hits refresh entry ordering, and reads skip storing results if invalidation or a newer read occurred. Missing local branches reuse a cached raw remote-ref listing. Tests cover repeated discovery and shared scans.
Scoped status invalidation
apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitWorkflowService.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts		invalidateStatus accepts an optional currentBranchOnly setting. That setting targets PR lookup entries for the current branch, while the default retains broad invalidation. VcsStatusBroadcaster.refreshStatus uses current-branch-only invalidation.

Priority: External image Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Refactor

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#23702: The changes reuse remote-ref reads and narrow invalidation, addressing parts of the reported repeated discovery and cache churn.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#24098: The changes update Git-state caching and invalidation during branch PR lookup polling.

Suggested labels: size:M

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, juliusmarminge, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: External image Moderate · up to d93c5

Refreshing one branch may cause unnecessary Git metadata reads across background branches. Preserve unrelated metadata during branch-only refreshes before merging.

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apps/server/src/git/GitManager.tsline 2680Open thread
……@@ -2652,10 +2658,26 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
2677+ } else {
2678+ yield* bumpPrLookupEpoch(cwd);
2679+ }
2680+ gitStateEpochByCwd.set(cacheCwd, gitStateEpoch(cacheCwd) + 1);
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Keep unrelated Git metadata warm during a branch-only refresh.

When VcsStatusBroadcaster.refreshStatus requests currentBranchOnly, this line increments the epoch for every branch. The following forgetPrLookupGitState call clears their metadata. A later sweep must repeat Git reads for background branches even though their PR results remain cached. The 1,100-branch warm-sweep test does not include a status refresh. Limit Git-state invalidation to the affected branch while retaining full invalidation for Git mutations.

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6Review comment at @apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts at line 2680:
7Update the Git-state invalidation used by VcsStatusBroadcaster.refreshStatus
8when currentBranchOnly is requested so it invalidates only the affected branch,
9keeping unrelated branches’ cached Git metadata warm; preserve full invalidation
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