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perf(server): provider-thread reads start from owned rows, not every node of the thread#31012
Every MCP call from a thread (OrchestratorMcpService.loadCaller) and every getThreadRecords that includes provider threads reads the caller's provider threads with:
sql
| 1 | OR owner_node_id IN (SELECT node_id FROM orchestration_v2_projection_nodes WHERE thread_id = ?) |
SQLite materializes that list from every node of the thread, so the cost grows with thread history. On personal hosts this statement was over 150 ms 86 times in the last 24 h (nightly 4138, max 2.4 s cold on cups). Almost all of them came from OrchestratorMcpService.loadCaller → getThreadRecords → readCanonicalProjection during cross-machine delegation. Neither DB below has a single provider thread with an owner, so the whole cost buys nothing.
The fix starts from provider threads that have an owner and checks the owner's thread by primary key, which is how the shell's provider-history read already does it (ProjectionStore.ts, "Start with non-null owners"). That subquery is now one fragment, used by the canonical read and the three point lookups (approval, run control, checkpoint rollback). The point lookups were already fast when thread_id = ? matched, but they no longer read all nodes when a subagent's provider thread misses it.
The delivery-identities test now covers a provider thread owned by a node of the thread that belongs to another app thread. No existing test reached the owner branch: the new assertion fails when that branch matches nothing and passes on main and with this change.
Plan (read-only copies of real databases)
Before:
| 1 | INDEX 2 |
| 2 | LIST SUBQUERY 1 |
| 3 | SEARCH orchestration_v2_projection_nodes USING INDEX orchestration_v2_projection_nodes_thread_run_idx (thread_id=?) |
| 4 | SEARCH orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads USING INDEX ..._owner_idx (owner_node_id=?) |
After:
| 1 | INDEX 2 |
| 2 | LIST SUBQUERY 1 |
| 3 | SEARCH owned USING COVERING INDEX orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads_owner_idx (owner_node_id>?) |
| 4 | SEARCH owner USING INDEX sqlite_autoindex_orchestration_v2_projection_nodes_1 (node_id=?) |
| 5 | SEARCH orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads USING INDEX ..._owner_idx (owner_node_id=?) |
Timings, canonical provider-thread read (warm, mean of 5; identical rows)
| DB | nodes in thread | before | after |
|---|---|---|---|
| cups (12.9 GB, 264k nodes, 1,249 provider threads) | 37,104 | 113 ms | 0.06 ms |
| cups | 13,944 | 39 ms | 1.0 ms |
| cups | 7,484 | 20 ms | 0.3 ms |
| nucbox-1 (9.8 GB) | 68,894 | 158 ms | 5.2 ms |
| nucbox-1 | 60,071 | 154 ms | 3.7 ms |
| nucbox-1 | 24,202 | 51 ms | 0.5 ms |
Cold reads of the same statement on cups took 1.0–2.5 s before the change.
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Verdict: Approved at be0c8ea
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Provider-thread reads now start from indexed owner rows instead of scanning a thread’s node history. The change preserves existing selection boundaries and adds no data writes, schema changes or product defaults.
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✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.
| Provider | Metric | Main baseline | This PR | Impact | PR ceiling | |
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| Codex | Total thread wire | 5.0 KiB | 5.0 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 6.8 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Thread snapshot wire | 3.8 KiB | 3.8 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 4.9 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn WebSocket wire | 1.2 KiB | 1.2 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 2.0 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn WebSocket decoded | 21.5 KiB | 21.5 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 24.4 KiB | ✅ |
| Codex | Live turn messages | 1 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 8 | ✅ |
| Claude | Total thread wire | 5.0 KiB | 5.0 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 6.8 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Thread snapshot wire | 3.8 KiB | 3.8 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 4.9 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn WebSocket wire | 1.2 KiB | 1.2 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 2.0 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn WebSocket decoded | 21.9 KiB | 21.9 KiB | 0 B (0.0%) | 24.4 KiB | ✅ |
| Claude | Live turn messages | 1 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 8 | ✅ |
Baseline: 9e85538 · PR result: be0c8ea · Source CI: success
Scenario and decoded snapshot size
10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.
- Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
- Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB
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Walkthrough
The provider-thread queries now use a shared owner-index lookup to find nodes in a thread. A test adds coverage for a provider thread owned by a subagent node and associated with a child thread.
Changes: Provider-thread ownership lookup
Layer / File(s) Summary Find provider-thread owner nodes
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts,apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.test.tsA shared helper uses the provider-thread owner index to find owner nodes in a thread. Four queries use the helper. The test checks that an unfiltered read for a parent thread includes a provider thread owned by a subagent node. Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes
Change: Refactor
Possibly related issues
pingdotgg/t3code#24895— This issue describes a provider-ownership read that scans every node row; this change uses the owner index to find provider-thread owner nodes.pingdotgg/t3code#24660— This issue describes slow read-only queries blocking the shared SQLite reader; this change updates provider-thread lookups in four query paths.
Possibly related PRs
- pingdotgg/t3code#29521 — Both changes update provider-thread ownership lookup logic in
ProjectionStore.ts. - pingdotgg/t3code#29435 — Both changes modify provider-thread selection in
ProjectionStore.ts.
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Approval, run-control, and rollback lookups could slow as owned provider threads accumulate. The risk is bounded enough to merge with owner awareness and follow-up.
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The title states the main change: provider-thread reads now start from owned rows instead of scanning every node of the thread. The raw summary and objectives confirm the change replaces the all-nodes subquery with an owner-index join. The title follows the conventional commit form and is specific enough for a reviewer scanning history.
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| … | … | @@ -1961,6 +1961,16 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2, never, SqlClient.SqlClient> = | |
| 1968 | + | INDEXED BY orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads_owner_idx | |
| 1969 | + | CROSS JOIN orchestration_v2_projection_nodes AS owner | |
| 1970 | + | ON owner.node_id = owned.owner_node_id | |
| 1971 | + | WHERE owned.owner_node_id IS NOT NULL AND owner.thread_id = ${threadId} | |
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bash1 rg -n 'CREATE TABLE orchestration_v2_projection_(nodes|provider_threads)|CREATE INDEX .*orchestration_v2_projection_nodes|provider_threads_owner_idx|EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN|provider thread.*benchmark' apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/055_OrchestrationV2.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2 docs | head -90 2 sed -n '115,180p' apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/055_OrchestrationV2.ts Repository: pingdotgg/t3code
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bash1 set -eu 2 3 printf '%s\n' '--- exact source blocks ---' 4 nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '1948,1990p' 5 nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '3475,3535p' 6 nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '5025,5075p' 7 nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '5265,5350p' 8 9 printf '%s\n' '--- base helper and diff ---' 10 git show 9e85538535c8553901351112ab02dd1dd62db5ee:apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | nl -ba | sed -n '1948,1990p' 11 git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=12 9e85538535c8553901351112ab02dd1dd62db5ee be0c8ea08cea246e1d1eb146f53adbf969d5cca5 -- apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts | sed -n '1,260p' 12 13 printf '%s\n' '--- focused fixture and benchmark references ---' 14 rg -n -i --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.md' --glob '*.json' -e 'provider.?thread' -e 'owned provider' -e 'many owner' -e 'cardinality' -e 'benchmark' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2 apps/server/src/persistence docs | head -240 || test "$?" -eq 1 15 16 printf '%s\n' '--- relevant test regions ---' 17 nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionControlReads.test.ts | sed -n '200,255p' 18 nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionRecovery.test.ts | sed -n '960,1010p' 19 nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.test.ts | sed -n '4335,4385p' 20 21 printf '%s\n' '--- standalone SQLite comparison ---' 22 python3 - <<'PY' 23 import sqlite3, time, statistics 24 25 schema = """ 26 CREATE TABLE orchestration_v2_projection_nodes ( 27 node_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, 28 thread_id TEXT, 29 run_id TEXT, 30 payload_json TEXT NOT NULL 31 ); 32 CREATE INDEX orchestration_v2_projection_nodes_thread_run_idx 33 ON orchestration_v2_projection_nodes(thread_id, run_id); 34 CREATE TABLE orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads ( 35 provider_thread_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, 36 thread_id TEXT, 37 owner_node_id TEXT, 38 provider TEXT NOT NULL, 39 status TEXT NOT NULL, 40 updated_at TEXT NOT NULL, 41 payload_json TEXT NOT NULL 42 ); 43 CREATE INDEX orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads_thread_idx 44 ON orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads(thread_id); 45 CREATE INDEX orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads_owner_idx 46 ON orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads(owner_node_id); 47 """ 48 49 current = """ 50 SELECT pt.provider_thread_id 51 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads AS pt 52 WHERE pt.provider_thread_id = ? 53 AND ( 54 pt.thread_id = ? 55 OR pt.owner_node_id IN ( 56 SELECT owner.node_id 57 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads AS owned 58 INDEXED BY orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads_owner_idx 59 CROSS JOIN orchestration_v2_projection_nodes AS owner 60 ON owner.node_id = owned.owner_node_id 61 WHERE owned.owner_node_id IS NOT NULL AND owner.thread_id = ? 62 ) 63 ) 64 """ 65 old = """ 66 SELECT pt.provider_thread_id 67 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads AS pt 68 WHERE pt.provider_thread_id = ? 69 AND ( 70 pt.thread_id = ? 71 OR pt.owner_node_id IN ( 72 SELECT node_id 73 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_nodes 74 WHERE thread_id = ? 75 ) 76 ) 77 """ 78 correlated = """ 79 SELECT pt.provider_thread_id 80 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads AS pt 81 WHERE pt.provider_thread_id = ? 82 AND ( 83 pt.thread_id = ? 84 OR EXISTS ( 85 SELECT 1 86 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_nodes AS owner 87 WHERE owner.node_id = pt.owner_node_id 88 AND owner.thread_id = ? 89 ) 90 ) 91 """ 92 93 def make_db(nonnull_owners, requested_nodes=2000): 94 db = sqlite3.connect(":memory:") 95 db.executescript(schema) 96 rows = [] 97 # One requested thread with a settled history; only one owner belongs to it. 98 for i in range(requested_nodes): 99 rows.append((f"n{i}", "requested" if i < requested_nodes else "other", "r", "{}")) 100 db.executemany("INSERT INTO orchestration_v2_projection_nodes VALUES (?,?,?,?)", rows) 101 pts = [] 102 for i in range(nonnull_owners): 103 owner = f"n{i % requested_nodes}" 104 pts.append((f"p{i}", "other", owner, "x", "active", "0", "{}")) 105 # The point-read target is not itself an owned row in the requested thread. 106 pts.append(("target", "other", "n0", "x", "active", "0", "{}")) 107 db.executemany("INSERT INTO orchestration_v2_projection_provider_threads VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)", pts) 108 db.commit() 109 return db 110 111 def plan(db, sql, args): 112 return [row[3] for row in db.execute("EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN " + sql, args)] 113 114 def measure(db, sql, args, repeats=40): 115 for _ in range(5): 116 list(db.execute(sql, args)) 117 values = [] 118 for _ in range(repeats): 119 t0 = time.perf_counter_ns() 120 list(db.execute(sql, args)) 121 values.append((time.perf_counter_ns() - t0) / 1e6) 122 return statistics.median(values), statistics.median_high(values) 123 124 for owners in (10, 1000, 10000, 50000): 125 db = make_db(owners) 126 print("OWNERS", owners) 127 print("CURRENT_PLAN", plan(db, current, ("target", "requested", "requested"))) 128 print("OLD_PLAN", plan(db, old, ("target", "requested", "requested"))) 129 print("CORRELATED_PLAN", plan(db, correlated, ("target", "requested", "requested"))) 130 print("TIMES_MS", { 131 "current": measure(db, current, ("target", "requested", "requested"))[0], 132 "old": measure(db, old, ("target", "requested", "requested"))[0], 133 "correlated": measure(db, correlated, ("target", "requested", "requested"))[0], 134 }) 135 db.close() 136 PY Repository: pingdotgg/t3code
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Use a correlated owner lookup for the three point reads.
When many unrelated provider threads have non-null owner_node_id values, nodesOwningProviderThreads scans those owner rows even though the point reads already select one provider_thread_id. Use a correlated lookup from the selected provider-thread row to orchestration_v2_projection_nodes.node_id, with the existing thread_id check.
Keep the owner-first helper for the canonical read. The canonical read has no provider-thread target, and changing it to the point-read form could reintroduce the settled-node-history scan. This is a narrow scaling concern for the three point reads, not a demonstrated major regression.
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Checked against a real 14 GB statev2.sqlite opened read-only. The owner subquery uses the covering provider_threads_owner_idx and only touches rows with a non-null owner_node_id (0 on this DB, and at most the 1,304 provider threads total), while the base form walks every node of the thread via nodes_thread_run_idx, which is the settled-history scan this PR removes. The point reads also filter on provider_thread_id first (autoindex SEARCH), so the subquery only acts as a membership check. CodeRabbit notes this is not a demonstrated regression; keeping one helper for all four reads. Resolving.
@juliusmarminge Thanks for checking the real database. The evidence does not justify a separate point-read path for this workload, so I withdraw the recommendation. Performance with many non-null owners remains unverified.
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1 Learnt from: Yash-Singh1 2 Repo: pingdotgg/t3code PR: 29429 3 File: apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts:4597-4599 4 Timestamp: 2026-11-02T16:35:15.648Z 5 Learning: Within repository "pingdotgg/t3code", only for files matching one of ["apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts"]: When reviewing the owner-node candidate branch in getRuntimeRecoveryProjection in apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts, do not recommend a nodes-first join or require the nodes-thread index solely because the owner-first branch walks global non-null owner entries. The owner-first branch intentionally avoids walking a thread's settled node history. Before recommending a join-direction change, compare query plans and timings on a large settled-node-history workload and verify identical ordered payloads. Account for non-null owner cardinality; the existing measurements do not establish performance for workloads with many more non-null owners.
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I closed my duplicate (#31844) in favour of this one. In case it's useful, here is the same fix measured on a larger real database: a self-hosted server on nightly 4205, 26 GB statev2.sqlite, opened read-only with the sqlite 3.53.3 CLI. The long-lived thread has 16,503 runs and 61,272 nodes, and none of its provider threads has a node owner.
| Statement | Before | After (owner-first selector) | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
getThreadRecords(..., ["providerThreads"]) | 333–352 ms | 17–26 ms | 838, identical |
| Point lookup for a subagent's provider thread | 316–337 ms | 7–8 ms | 1, identical |
On that thread, this query took ~160–190 ms of each Orchestrator.dispatchMessage, which averaged ~2.1 s in total. About 2.0 s of that is the command read in readCanonicalProjection, roughly half SQL and half decoding, so the rest of #29521 matters as much as this part. In a quiet 95-minute window, ~18 statements an hour on that server waited more than 1 s for the SQLite connection (max 7.2 s), which is consistent with the command read holding the write transaction. Issue #29468 describes the same symptom at a smaller scale.
Is there anything we can do to help this or #29521 land? I can run either head against a read-only copy of that database and post before/after timings for send, edit, promote-to-steer and Stop, or check a rebase of #29521 if that would help. #31844 also has a test covering all five ownership statements (including recovery's) that you're welcome to take.
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