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[Perf] Throttle partial message updates while streaming - #2120
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Every streamed delta of a partial say/ask posted the whole message to the webview, so long markdown responses reflowed dozens of times per second. Post partial updates at most every 120ms with a trailing post for the latest text, and cancel the queued post when the message is finalized or the task is disposed. Fixes Zoo-Code-Org#2062 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Focused coverage exists for say() bursts, trailing delivery, finalization, and spaced updates. The changed ask() partial-update branch at Task.ts:1994-2007 has no throttling test; existing ask t… |
Add fake-timer unit tests at the Task layer. Exercise repeated task.ask(..., true) calls and verify coalescing plus latest-text delivery. Exercise ask finalization while a partial post is queued and verify cancellation with the final me… |
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Check name Status Explanation Title check The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: throttling partial message updates during streaming. Description check The description explains the problem, implementation, scope, linked issue, trade-offs, and test coverage. It omits the template headings and checklist, but the required technical information is mostly… Linked Issues check Issue #2062requests fewer partial message updates during streaming.Task.tsroutes existing partialaskandsayupdates throughpostPartialMessageUpdate, which posts immediately at the leadin…Out of Scope Changes check The diff changes only src/core/task/Task.tsand its focused tests. The implementation and tests directly support issue#2062by reducing partial message posts and preserving final delivery. No unrel…Security Boundaries No changed path meets a security failure condition. postPartialMessageUpdateonly throttles calls to the existingupdateClineMessagepath; it does not acquire secrets, execute input, or change mes…Persistence Integrity No changed persistence path meets the failure condition. The PR only throttles updateClineMessage, which posts to the webview and emits events. Partial message persistence remains unchanged through …Lifecycle Resource Cleanup No changed lifecycle leak or duplicate work is evident. The new path owns one trailing timer, and its callback clears both timer state and the pending message before it can post. It posts only while t… Full details: Description check
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The description explains the problem, implementation, scope, linked issue, trade-offs, and test coverage. It omits the template headings and checklist, but the required technical information is mostly present.
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Issue
#2062requests fewer partial message updates during streaming.Task.tsroutes existing partialaskandsayupdates throughpostPartialMessageUpdate, which posts immediately at the leading edge and coalesces later updates for 120 ms. Final messages cancel queued partial posts, persist, and post the final message. Task disposal also cancels queued posts.Task.spec.tsadds fake-timer coverage for burst coalescing, latest-text delivery, finalization, and spaced updates. The optional last-complete-line rendering suggestion is not a required coding objective.
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src/core/task/Task.tsand its focused tests. The implementation and tests directly support issue#2062by reducing partial message posts and preserving final delivery. No unrelated behavior or files are changed.
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No changed path meets a security failure condition.
postPartialMessageUpdateonly throttles calls to the existingupdateClineMessagepath; it does not acquire secrets, execute input, or change message contents.ClineProvider.postMessageToWebviewstill appliesomitOriginalContentFromExtensionMessagetomessageUpdatedpayloads. InTask.ask,checkAutoApprovalstill runs before partial dispatch, including protected asks. The PR adds no allowlist or approval bypass.
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No changed persistence path meets the failure condition. The PR only throttles
updateClineMessage, which posts to the webview and emits events. Partial message persistence remains unchanged throughaddToClineMessages()and finalization still awaitssaveClineMessages()before the final update. The new timer cancellation performs no write. ExistingsaveTaskMessages()usessafeWriteJson()with locking, temporary-file replacement, and rollback.
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No changed lifecycle leak or duplicate work is evident. The new path owns one trailing timer, and its callback clears both timer state and the pending message before it can post. It posts only while the message is still partial and the task is not aborted or abandoned. Normal
askandsayfinalization cancel the timer, anddisposeOncecancels it before task teardown. Other direct finalization paths mutate the same pending message topartial: false, so the callback self-clears without posting.
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Focused coverage exists for
say()bursts, trailing delivery, finalization, and spaced updates. The changedask()partial-update branch atTask.ts:1994-2007has no throttling test; existing ask tests cover only completion/error or abort-before-update paths. The new disposal cancellation atTask.ts:3677-3680also has no test that queues a partial update, disposes the task, and verifies that no timer post occurs. The change is extension-side event throttling, so a Playwright snapshot is not required.Resolution
Add fake-timer unit tests at the
Tasklayer. Exercise repeatedtask.ask(..., true)calls and verify coalescing plus latest-text delivery. Exercise ask finalization while a partial post is queued and verify cancellation with the final message delivered. Queue asay()partial update, calldispose(), advance timers, and verify the timer is cleared and no trailingmessageUpdatedevent is emitted.
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- Around line 4352-4357: Update createStreamingTask to snapshot ts, text, and
partial from each messageUpdated post at invocation time via the mock
implementation, and return those snapshots alongside the task. Replace
messageUpdates() reference-based reads in the affected tests with the captured
array, preserving the existing assertions against the immutable values.
- Around line 4384-4397: Add fake-timer regression tests in the Task test suite
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| .mocked(mockProvider.postMessageToWebview) | ||
| .mock.calls.flatMap(([message]) => | ||
| message.type === "messageUpdated" && message.clineMessage ? [message.clineMessage] : [], | ||
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Capture message values when each post occurs.
Task.say mutates the same ClineMessage object for later deltas and finalization. The mock stores that object by reference, so the current assertions can pass even when an earlier post had different values. Capture ts, text, and partial in the mock implementation at invocation time, then assert against those snapshots.
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function createStreamingTask() {
+ const messageUpdates: Array<Pick<ClineMessage, "ts" | "text" | "partial">> = []
+ vi.mocked(mockProvider.postMessageToWebview).mockImplementation(async (message) => {
+ if (message.type === "messageUpdated" && message.clineMessage) {
+ const { ts, text, partial } = message.clineMessage
+ messageUpdates.push({ ts, text, partial })
+ }
+ })
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const task = new Task({
provider: mockProvider,
apiConfiguration: mockApiConfig,
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})
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "saveClineMessages").mockResolvedValue(true)
- return task
+ return { task, messageUpdates }
}
- const messageUpdates = () =>
- vi
- .mocked(mockProvider.postMessageToWebview)
- .mock.calls.flatMap(([message]) =>
- message.type === "messageUpdated" && message.clineMessage ? [message.clineMessage] : [],
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beforeEach(() => {
vi.useFakeTimers()
})
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it("coalesces a burst of partial updates and delivers the latest text last", async () => {
- const task = createStreamingTask()
+ const { task, messageUpdates } = createStreamingTask()
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- const updates = messageUpdates()
+ const updates = messageUpdates
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it("lets the finalized message through and drops the queued partial post", async () => {
- const task = createStreamingTask()
+ const { task, messageUpdates } = createStreamingTask()
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- expect(messageUpdates().at(-1)).toMatchObject({ text: "final text", partial: false })
+ expect(messageUpdates.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ text: "final text", partial: false })
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it("posts updates that are far enough apart immediately", async () => {
- const task = createStreamingTask()
+ const { task, messageUpdates } = createStreamingTask()
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- expect(messageUpdates()).toHaveLength(2)
- expect(messageUpdates().at(-1)?.text).toBe("three")
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Update createStreamingTask to snapshot ts, text, and partial from each
messageUpdated post at invocation time via the mock implementation, and return
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| it("lets the finalized message through and drops the queued partial post", async () => { | ||
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| await task.say("text", "first", undefined, true) | ||
| await task.say("text", "second", undefined, true) | ||
| await task.say("text", "third", undefined, true) | ||
| // "third" is queued behind the throttle; finalizing must cancel that queued post. | ||
| expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(1) | ||
| await task.say("text", "final text", undefined, false) | ||
| expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0) | ||
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Add required coverage for ask finalization and disposal.
The test-file instruction requires regression coverage for relevant boundary and cleanup cases. The current suite covers queued-update cancellation only through say() finalization. Add fake-timer tests for a queued partial ask() update followed by finalization and for a queued partial update followed by task.dispose(). Advance the timers and assert that no late partial update is posted.
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Review comment at @src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts around lines 4384 -
4397:
Add fake-timer regression tests in the Task test suite for a queued partial
ask() update followed by finalization and for a queued partial update followed
by task.dispose(). Advance timers after each transition and assert that no late
partial update is posted, while preserving the existing say() cancellation
coverage.
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Fixes #2062
Problem
Each streamed delta of a partial
say/ask(text, reasoning,attempt_completion'sresult, ...) posted the entire message to the webview (messageUpdated). Providers that stream small chunks therefore caused dozens of full re-renders per second (331 deltas in 10.5 s in the report), and partial markdown (half a table, an open code fence) changed the layout on almost every update.Change
Tasknow routes partial updates throughpostPartialMessageUpdate: the in-memory message is still updated on every delta, but the webview post happens at most once per 120 ms (leading edge, plus one trailing post so the latest text always arrives). The queued post is cancelled when the message is finalized (partial: false) and when the task is disposed; finalization still posts and persists as before.Notes
RooCodeEventName.Message"updated" event shares this path, so API/CLI consumers also see fewer partial updates; the final version is always emitted.Tests
New
partial message update throttlingtests (fake timers): a 50-delta burst coalesces into fewer than 10 posts and ends with the latest text; finalizing cancels the queued post and delivers the final text; updates far apart post immediately.srcsuite (11,031 tests) andcheck-typespass.🤖 Generated with Claude Code