perf(distance): lazy build distance index on first request (#1011) (#1597)

## Summary

Build the distance analytics index lazily on the first
`/api/analytics/distance` request instead of eagerly inside `Load()`
(and its background-load chunked merge). Per the triage Fix path on the
issue:

- Eager startup build removed from `Load()` and from
`loadAllPacketsBackground()`'s post-merge pass.
- First request returns `202 Accepted` + `Retry-After: 5` and kicks off
the build in a background goroutine, gated by `sync.Once` so concurrent
first-window requests all observe 202 (single build, not N parallel
O(n²) computations).
- Once built, subsequent requests fall through to the existing
analytics-recomputer / TTL cache and serve 200 as before.
- Debounced rebuild policy: refire only when `Δobs > 5%` since last
build OR `>5 min` elapsed, whichever is more restrictive. Background
loader also resets the gate so the next request rebuilds against the
larger dataset.

Effect: operators who never visit distance analytics no longer pay the
O(n²) construction at startup. Acceptance criteria (a) no startup build,
(b) first request triggers build, (c) concurrent in-flight requests get
202 are encoded as failing-first tests.

## Red → green

- Red: `bc947ad1` — 3 assertion failures (`expected ... empty, got 3`,
`expected 202, got 200`, `expected all 10 ... got 0`).
- Green: `5264b68a` — production change makes them pass, no other tests
regress.

## Files changed

- `cmd/server/store.go` — lazy-build state
(`distLazyMu`/`Once`/`Built`/`Building`/`LastBuilt`/`LastObs`),
`TriggerDistanceIndexBuild`, `DistanceIndexBuilt`,
`DistanceIndexBuilding`; eager `buildDistanceIndex` calls in `Load()`
post-pass and chunked-background-load post-pass removed (Once reset
instead so the next request rebuilds against the full dataset).
- `cmd/server/routes.go` — `/api/analytics/distance` returns 202 +
`Retry-After` until built.
- `cmd/server/distance_lazy_index_test.go` — new tests (the three triage
acceptance criteria).
- `cmd/server/coverage_test.go`, `cmd/server/parity_test.go`,
`cmd/server/routes_test.go`, `cmd/server/hop_disambig_e2e_test.go` —
pre-warm the index via `TriggerDistanceIndexBuild()` +
`DistanceIndexBuilt()` poll where the test asserts the 200 JSON shape.

## Perf justification

Startup cost on a 500K-obs / 2K-node dataset: previously O(n²) hop scan
during `Load()` post-pass and again during the background-load merge —
measured at 10–20s in `specs/startup-audit.md`. New code: zero work at
startup, the same O(n²) work runs at most once per HTTP request cycle
(and only when the index is stale per debounce policy). Cold-path
concurrency is bounded by `sync.Once`, so N parallel first-window
requests never produce N parallel builds.

## Scope

No config field added (debounce thresholds are hardcoded constants per
the triage Fix path — `5%` / `5min`). No public API signature changes.
No DB-side migration. Tests cover the lazy invariant, the
202+Retry-After contract, and concurrent first-request behavior.

Closes #1011

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Co-authored-by: Kpa-clawbot <bot@corescope.local>
This commit is contained in:
Kpa-clawbot
2026-06-04 23:48:47 -07:00
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parent 69c6a3d030
commit 5629a489b2
7 changed files with 293 additions and 7 deletions
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@@ -2701,6 +2701,17 @@ func TestHandleAnalyticsDistanceWithStore(t *testing.T) {
router := mux.NewRouter()
srv.RegisterRoutes(router)
// #1011: lazy distance index — first request returns 202; trigger
// the build and wait for it before asserting the 200 shape.
store.TriggerDistanceIndexBuild()
deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
for !store.DistanceIndexBuilt() {
if time.Now().After(deadline) {
t.Fatal("distance index did not finish building within 5s")
}
time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
}
req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/analytics/distance", nil)
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
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@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
package main
import (
"net/http/httptest"
"sync"
"sync/atomic"
"testing"
"time"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
)
// Issue #1011: distance index must NOT be built eagerly at startup.
// It is constructed lazily on first /api/analytics/distance request,
// the first request returns 202 + Retry-After while the build runs,
// and concurrent requests during the build also get 202 (one build
// only, not N parallel builds).
//
// These three assertions encode the acceptance criteria from the
// triage Fix path (sync.Once-style first-request trigger, 202+Retry-After).
// TestDistanceIndexNotBuiltOnLoad: Load() must complete without
// populating distHops / distPaths. Eager build is gone.
func TestDistanceIndexNotBuiltOnLoad(t *testing.T) {
db := setupRichTestDB(t)
defer db.Close()
store := NewPacketStore(db, nil)
if err := store.Load(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("Load(): %v", err)
}
store.mu.RLock()
nHops := len(store.distHops)
nPaths := len(store.distPaths)
store.mu.RUnlock()
if nHops != 0 || nPaths != 0 {
t.Fatalf("expected distance index empty after Load() (lazy build, #1011); got %d hops, %d paths — eager build still firing in Load()", nHops, nPaths)
}
if store.DistanceIndexBuilt() {
t.Fatalf("expected DistanceIndexBuilt() = false directly after Load(); got true")
}
}
// TestDistanceFirstRequestReturns202: first /api/analytics/distance call
// must trigger async build and return 202 + Retry-After. The handler must
// NOT block for the full build.
func TestDistanceFirstRequestReturns202(t *testing.T) {
db := setupRichTestDB(t)
defer db.Close()
cfg := &Config{Port: 3000}
hub := NewHub()
srv := NewServer(db, cfg, hub)
store := NewPacketStore(db, nil)
if err := store.Load(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("Load(): %v", err)
}
srv.store = store
r := mux.NewRouter()
srv.RegisterRoutes(r)
req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/analytics/distance", nil)
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
t0 := time.Now()
r.ServeHTTP(w, req)
elapsed := time.Since(t0)
if w.Code != 202 {
t.Fatalf("expected 202 Accepted on first request (lazy build, #1011); got %d (body=%s)", w.Code, w.Body.String())
}
if ra := w.Header().Get("Retry-After"); ra == "" {
t.Fatalf("expected non-empty Retry-After header on 202 response; got none")
}
// Handler must return quickly — must not block on the full build.
if elapsed > 500*time.Millisecond {
t.Fatalf("first-request handler took %v — must not block on build (#1011)", elapsed)
}
}
// TestDistanceConcurrentRequestsDuringBuildReturn202: 10 requests fired
// in close succession while the build is in flight must all receive 202;
// exactly one build runs.
func TestDistanceConcurrentRequestsDuringBuildReturn202(t *testing.T) {
db := setupRichTestDB(t)
defer db.Close()
cfg := &Config{Port: 3000}
hub := NewHub()
srv := NewServer(db, cfg, hub)
store := NewPacketStore(db, nil)
if err := store.Load(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("Load(): %v", err)
}
srv.store = store
r := mux.NewRouter()
srv.RegisterRoutes(r)
const N = 10
var wg sync.WaitGroup
var got202 atomic.Int32
wg.Add(N)
for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
go func() {
defer wg.Done()
req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/analytics/distance", nil)
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
r.ServeHTTP(w, req)
if w.Code == 202 {
got202.Add(1)
}
}()
}
wg.Wait()
if got202.Load() != N {
t.Fatalf("expected all %d concurrent first-window requests to get 202; only %d did", N, got202.Load())
}
}
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@@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ func TestTopHopsRespectsContextAcrossAllCallSites(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatalf("Load: %v", err)
}
// #1011: distance index is now lazy — trigger it explicitly and
// wait for build completion before inspecting distHops.
store.TriggerDistanceIndexBuild()
deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
for !store.DistanceIndexBuilt() {
if time.Now().After(deadline) {
t.Fatal("distance index did not finish building within 5s")
}
time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
}
// Inspect precomputed distance index.
store.mu.RLock()
hops := make([]distHopRecord, len(store.distHops))
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@@ -146,7 +146,17 @@ type parityEndpoint struct {
func TestParityShapes(t *testing.T) {
shapes := loadShapes(t)
_, router := setupTestServer(t)
srv, router := setupTestServer(t)
// #1011: lazy distance index — pre-warm before parity shape
// validation expects 200.
srv.store.TriggerDistanceIndexBuild()
deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
for !srv.store.DistanceIndexBuilt() {
if time.Now().After(deadline) {
t.Fatal("distance index did not finish building within 5s")
}
time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
}
endpoints := []parityEndpoint{
{"stats", "/api/stats"},
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@@ -2019,6 +2019,19 @@ func (s *Server) handleAnalyticsDistance(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
region := r.URL.Query().Get("region")
area := r.URL.Query().Get("area")
if s.store != nil {
// Lazy build (#1011): distance index is not built at startup.
// First request triggers an async build and gets 202 +
// Retry-After; concurrent requests during the build window
// also get 202. Cached results (after the build completes)
// are served as 200 from the analytics recomputer / TTL cache.
if !s.store.DistanceIndexBuilt() {
s.store.TriggerDistanceIndexBuild()
w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "5")
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"status":"building","retry_after_seconds":5,"detail":"distance index is being computed (lazy build, #1011). Retry after Retry-After seconds."}`))
return
}
writeJSON(w, s.store.GetAnalyticsDistance(region, area))
return
}
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@@ -626,7 +626,17 @@ func TestContentTypeJSON(t *testing.T) {
}
func TestAllEndpointsReturn200(t *testing.T) {
_, router := setupTestServer(t)
srv, router := setupTestServer(t)
// #1011: ensure /api/analytics/distance returns 200 (not the
// lazy-build 202) by pre-warming the index.
srv.store.TriggerDistanceIndexBuild()
deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
for !srv.store.DistanceIndexBuilt() {
if time.Now().After(deadline) {
t.Fatal("distance index did not finish building within 5s")
}
time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
}
endpoints := []struct {
path string
status int
@@ -1154,7 +1164,17 @@ func TestAnalyticsChannels(t *testing.T) {
}
func TestAnalyticsDistance(t *testing.T) {
_, router := setupTestServer(t)
srv, router := setupTestServer(t)
// #1011: lazy distance index — trigger build and wait for it
// before asserting 200 shape.
srv.store.TriggerDistanceIndexBuild()
deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
for !srv.store.DistanceIndexBuilt() {
if time.Now().After(deadline) {
t.Fatal("distance index did not finish building within 5s")
}
time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
}
req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/analytics/distance", nil)
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
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@@ -247,11 +247,30 @@ type PacketStore struct {
spIndex map[string]int // "hop1,hop2" → count
spTxIndex map[string][]*StoreTx // "hop1,hop2" → transmissions containing this subpath
spTotalPaths int // transmissions with paths >= 2 hops
// Precomputed distance analytics: hop distances and path totals
// computed during Load() and incrementally updated on ingest.
// Precomputed distance analytics: hop distances and path totals.
// Built LAZILY on first /api/analytics/distance request (#1011) —
// previously eager in Load() at startup, which was O(n²) work for
// operators who never visit the distance analytics page. After the
// initial lazy build, the in-memory index is maintained
// incrementally by updateDistanceIndexForTxs on ingest.
distHops []distHopRecord
distPaths []distPathRecord
// Lazy-build gate for the distance index (#1011). distLazyBuilt is
// true once the first /api/analytics/distance request has completed
// its build (or a debounced rebuild). distLazyBuilding is true
// while a build is currently running — concurrent requests in this
// window receive 202 + Retry-After rather than racing N parallel
// O(n²) computations. distLazyOnce serialises the first build;
// reset by the background loader (Load() chunked merge) and by the
// debounced-rebuild policy so subsequent rebuilds can re-fire.
distLazyMu sync.Mutex
distLazyOnce sync.Once
distLazyBuilt bool
distLazyBuilding bool
distLazyLastBuilt time.Time
distLazyLastObs int // totalObs at last build, for Δobs debounce
// Cached GetNodeHashSizeInfo result — recomputed at most once every 15s
hashSizeInfoMu sync.Mutex
hashSizeInfoCache map[string]*hashSizeNodeInfo
@@ -824,7 +843,11 @@ func (s *PacketStore) Load() error {
s.buildPathHopIndex()
// Precompute distance analytics (hop distances, path totals)
s.buildDistanceIndex()
// — DEFERRED to first /api/analytics/distance request (#1011).
// At scale (2K+ nodes) this is O(n²) per-pair work that most
// operators never trigger. See lazy build via
// TriggerDistanceIndexBuild + handleAnalyticsDistance 202 path.
// s.buildDistanceIndex()
// Track oldest loaded timestamp for future SQL fallback queries.
// When hotStartupHours > 0 use the SAME cutoff string that was used in
@@ -1249,7 +1272,15 @@ func (s *PacketStore) loadBackgroundChunks() {
s.mu.Lock()
s.buildSubpathIndex()
s.buildPathHopIndex()
s.buildDistanceIndex()
// Distance index is now lazy (#1011) — built on first
// /api/analytics/distance request, not at background-load
// completion. If a previous request already triggered the build,
// invalidate the gate so the next request rebuilds against the
// fuller dataset.
s.distLazyMu.Lock()
s.distLazyBuilt = false
s.distLazyOnce = sync.Once{}
s.distLazyMu.Unlock()
s.mu.Unlock()
s.backgroundLoadDone.Store(true)
@@ -3809,6 +3840,82 @@ func (s *PacketStore) updateDistanceIndexForTxs(txs []*StoreTx) {
}
}
// DistanceIndexBuilt reports whether the distance analytics index has
// been constructed. Used by tests and /api/perf to verify the lazy
// build invariant from issue #1011 (eager Load() build removed).
func (s *PacketStore) DistanceIndexBuilt() bool {
s.distLazyMu.Lock()
defer s.distLazyMu.Unlock()
return s.distLazyBuilt
}
// DistanceIndexBuilding reports whether a lazy distance-index build
// is currently in flight. Used by the /api/analytics/distance handler
// to serve 202 + Retry-After to concurrent first-window requests
// (#1011).
func (s *PacketStore) DistanceIndexBuilding() bool {
s.distLazyMu.Lock()
defer s.distLazyMu.Unlock()
return s.distLazyBuilding
}
// TriggerDistanceIndexBuild kicks off a lazy build of the distance
// index in a background goroutine if one is not already running and
// the debounce policy permits. Returns immediately. Idempotent:
// concurrent callers see only one build, gated by sync.Once.
//
// Debounce policy (#1011 triage Fix path): rebuild if Δobs > 5% since
// the last build OR at most once per 5 minutes — whichever is more
// restrictive. The first-ever build always runs.
func (s *PacketStore) TriggerDistanceIndexBuild() {
s.distLazyMu.Lock()
if s.distLazyBuilding {
s.distLazyMu.Unlock()
return
}
// Debounce: if a build has already completed, suppress re-trigger
// unless Δobs > 5% or >5min has elapsed.
if s.distLazyBuilt {
s.mu.RLock()
curObs := s.totalObs
s.mu.RUnlock()
elapsed := time.Since(s.distLazyLastBuilt)
deltaPct := 0.0
if s.distLazyLastObs > 0 {
deltaPct = float64(curObs-s.distLazyLastObs) / float64(s.distLazyLastObs)
}
if elapsed < 5*time.Minute && deltaPct < 0.05 {
s.distLazyMu.Unlock()
return
}
// Reset the gate so a new build can fire.
s.distLazyOnce = sync.Once{}
s.distLazyBuilt = false
}
s.distLazyMu.Unlock()
// Fire-and-forget; sync.Once collapses concurrent goroutines into
// a single build. The Once is reset above (under the mutex) before
// each rebuild cycle.
go s.distLazyOnce.Do(func() {
s.distLazyMu.Lock()
s.distLazyBuilding = true
s.distLazyMu.Unlock()
s.mu.Lock()
s.buildDistanceIndex()
obsAtBuild := s.totalObs
s.mu.Unlock()
s.distLazyMu.Lock()
s.distLazyBuilding = false
s.distLazyBuilt = true
s.distLazyLastBuilt = time.Now()
s.distLazyLastObs = obsAtBuild
s.distLazyMu.Unlock()
})
}
// buildDistanceIndex precomputes haversine distances for all packets.
// Must be called with s.mu held (Lock).
func (s *PacketStore) buildDistanceIndex() {