fix(viewer): pause canvas graph simulation and background polling when tab is hidden - #1296
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe viewer pauses background refresh, polling, graph animation, and dither animation while the document tab is hidden. It resumes relevant activity when the tab becomes visible. A Vitest suite checks the new visibility controls. ChangesViewer visibility lifecycle
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change is mergeable with owner awareness: a hidden page can still start the dither interval, and route changes can reactivate graph work while the page remains hidden, causing bounded background CPU usage and weakening the pause behavior. The added timer test also does not independently verify both callback guards. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@src/viewer/index.html`:
- Line 4575: Update the dither-loop guard in the helper containing “if (reduced
|| ditherInterval) return” to also return when document.hidden is true,
preventing startDitherLoop from creating an interval during hidden
initialization while preserving existing reduced-motion and active-interval
behavior.
- Around line 1439-1444: Update the graph branch in switchTab to skip
wakeGraphSim and renderGraph when document.hidden is true, allowing the
visibility handler to resume or repaint the graph once visible. Preserve the
existing behavior for visible documents and the surrounding syncTabFromRoute
flow.
In `@test/viewer-safari-optimization.test.ts`:
- Around line 26-29: Update the test covering startDashboardAutoRefresh and
startPolling so each function is independently verified to contain its
document.hidden guard, or invoke both timer callbacks and assert their
hidden-document behavior; do not rely on a single unscoped HTML substring match.
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| if (tab === 'graph') { | ||
| if (graphSim.running && graphSim.quietTicks <= 30) { | ||
| wakeGraphSim(); | ||
| } else if (graphSim.canvas) { | ||
| renderGraph(); | ||
| } |
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Guard graph activation while the document is hidden.
syncTabFromRoute() calls switchTab() from hashchange and popstate without a visibility check. When either event selects graph while hidden, the graph branch can call wakeGraphSim() or renderGraph() after the visibility handler parks the graph. Add a document.hidden guard and let the visibility handler resume or repaint the graph.
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In `@src/viewer/index.html` around lines 1439 - 1444, Update the graph branch in
switchTab to skip wakeGraphSim and renderGraph when document.hidden is true,
allowing the visibility handler to resume or repaint the graph once visible.
Preserve the existing behavior for visible documents and the surrounding
syncTabFromRoute flow.
| if (!reduced) { | ||
| setInterval(function () { | ||
| startDitherLoop = function() { | ||
| if (reduced || ditherInterval) return; |
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Do not start the dither interval while the document is hidden.
When the viewer initializes with document.hidden === true, line 4590 calls startDitherLoop() unconditionally. This condition does not check document.hidden, so the 120 ms interval remains active until a later visibility transition. The visibility listener handles state changes, not the initial hidden state. (developer.mozilla.org)
Add the hidden-state check inside the helper.
Proposed fix
- if (reduced || ditherInterval) return;
+ if (reduced || document.hidden || ditherInterval) return;📝 Committable suggestion
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| if (reduced || ditherInterval) return; | |
| if (reduced || document.hidden || ditherInterval) return; |
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[error] 4575-4578: React's useState should not be directly called
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In `@src/viewer/index.html` at line 4575, Update the dither-loop guard in the
helper containing “if (reduced || ditherInterval) return” to also return when
document.hidden is true, preventing startDitherLoop from creating an interval
during hidden initialization while preserving existing reduced-motion and
active-interval behavior.
| it("guards auto-refresh dashboard and polling intervals when document is hidden", () => { | ||
| expect(viewer).toContain("function startDashboardAutoRefresh()"); | ||
| expect(viewer).toContain("if (document.hidden) return;"); | ||
| }); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Check the dashboard and polling guards independently.
The assertion only checks that one if (document.hidden) return; occurs somewhere in the HTML. The test still passes if startPolling loses its guard while the dashboard callback keeps its guard. Scope the assertions to startDashboardAutoRefresh and startPolling, or execute both timer callbacks.
Example assertion split
- expect(viewer).toContain("if (document.hidden) return;");
+ const dashboardStart = viewer.indexOf("function startDashboardAutoRefresh()");
+ const pollingStart = viewer.indexOf("function startPolling()");
+ expect(viewer.slice(dashboardStart, pollingStart))
+ .toContain("if (document.hidden) return;");
+ expect(viewer.slice(pollingStart))
+ .toContain("if (document.hidden) return;");📝 Committable suggestion
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| it("guards auto-refresh dashboard and polling intervals when document is hidden", () => { | |
| expect(viewer).toContain("function startDashboardAutoRefresh()"); | |
| expect(viewer).toContain("if (document.hidden) return;"); | |
| }); | |
| it("guards auto-refresh dashboard and polling intervals when document is hidden", () => { | |
| expect(viewer).toContain("function startDashboardAutoRefresh()"); | |
| const dashboardStart = viewer.indexOf("function startDashboardAutoRefresh()"); | |
| const pollingStart = viewer.indexOf("function startPolling()"); | |
| expect(viewer.slice(dashboardStart, pollingStart)) | |
| .toContain("if (document.hidden) return;"); | |
| expect(viewer.slice(pollingStart)) | |
| .toContain("if (document.hidden) return;"); | |
| }); |
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In `@test/viewer-safari-optimization.test.ts` around lines 26 - 29, Update the
test covering startDashboardAutoRefresh and startPolling so each function is
independently verified to contain its document.hidden guard, or invoke both
timer callbacks and assert their hidden-document behavior; do not rely on a
single unscoped HTML substring match.
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Superseded by #1302 which incorporates the canvas visibility lifecycle fixes alongside dashboard debouncing and WebSocket sync slicing. |
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Summary
In WebKit (Safari) and Chromium browsers, backgrounded or inactive dashboard tabs continue running the 60fps Canvas Graph physics animation loop, ambient dither interval, and active polling timers, causing high CPU load and browser memory footprint (~600MB+ in Safari Web Content).
Changes
visibilitychange) listener insrc/viewer/index.htmlto cancel activegraphSim.rafanimation frames and clear the ambient dither interval whendocument.hiddenis true.graphtab.graphSim.rafwhen navigating away from thegraphtab inswitchTab(tab).if (document.hidden) return;guards todashboardTimerandpollTimercallbacks to prevent background wakeups.startDitherLoop()/stopDitherLoop()helpers with a 120ms interval (~8fps).test/viewer-safari-optimization.test.ts.Verification
npx vitest run test/viewer-safari-optimization.test.tspassed (4/4 tests).62 passedacross 6 test files).Summary by CodeRabbit
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