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fix(viewer): debounce dashboard reloads and decouple websocket sync backlog (#609) - #1302

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Summary

Fixes #609.

When opening http://localhost:3113 with a large observation backlog, WebKit/Safari Networking (com.apple.WebKit.Networking) and renderer memory balloon to 10 GB+ and freeze the browser. This is caused by an (N)$ request multiplication cascade:

  1. The WebSocket mem-live stream sends an initial sync message containing the entire historical event backlog.
  2. In src/viewer/index.html, evt.type === 'sync' iterated synchronously over all items and invoked routeWsMessage({ observation }) for each item.
  3. When the dashboard was active, each iteration called loadDashboard(), dispatching tens of thousands of concurrent fetch() requests in a single microtask turn, exhausting browser socket pools, IPC buffers, and saturating memory.

Changes

  1. Decoupled Sync Handling:
    • evt.type === 'sync' no longer iterates through routeWsMessage for every historical item.
    • Slices only the latest 50 items (items.slice(-50)) to update timeline/activity ring buffers.
    • Dispatches at most one single debounced reload for the dashboard tab.
  2. Dashboard Coordinator State Machine:
    • Added dashboardCoordinator with a 300ms trailing-edge debounce timer to coalesce rapid bursts of live observation events.
    • Mutex in-flight lock (inFlight) preventing concurrent overlapping loadDashboard() requests.
    • Trailing-edge revalidation (pendingReload flag): re-runs one fresh refresh if new updates arrived while a fetch was in flight.
    • AbortController cancellation on tab switch away from dashboard or re-trigger.
  3. Ring Buffer Bounding:
    • Enforced a 200-item maximum capacity on in-memory timeline and activity observation arrays to prevent DOM/heap accumulation.
  4. Lifecycle & Tab Visibility Throttling:
    • Integrated with Page Visibility API (visibilitychange) to pause background polling/dither/RAF loops when document.hidden is true and run a single consolidated refresh upon returning to the tab.

Verification

  • Added test/viewer-stream-optimization.test.ts covering:
    • 50,000 sync items simulation (asserts 1 dashboard load, not 50,000).
    • Rapid bursts of 100 live events coalescing into 1 debounced load.
    • In-flight mutex locking with trailing re-trigger.
    • Static code assertions for coordinator, debounce, tab cancelling, and ring buffer bounds.
  • All 162 test files passed (1,725 unit tests passed).
  • Build succeeded (npm run build).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance Improvements

    • Improved dashboard refresh responsiveness by coordinating updates, reducing duplicate work, and deferring refreshes when the page is hidden.
    • Reduced resource usage by pausing inactive graph animations and background visual effects when not visible.
    • Improved handling of large or rapid data updates with capped buffering and coalesced refreshes.
    • Added safer cancellation and recovery for interrupted dashboard and live connection updates.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved view synchronization when switching tabs or returning to the page.
    • Prevented unnecessary timers and animations from running in hidden browser tabs.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for browser visibility behavior, graph animation controls, live updates, buffering, and dashboard refresh coordination.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The viewer now coordinates dashboard refreshes, bounds WebSocket sync processing, pauses background work while hidden, and controls graph animation across tab and visibility changes. Tests cover buffering, debouncing, cancellation, rescheduling, and animation lifecycle behavior.

Changes

Viewer optimization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dashboard refresh coordination
src/viewer/index.html, test/viewer-stream-optimization.test.ts
Dashboard loads now use debouncing, cancellation, in-flight locking, hidden-document deferral, and trailing reloads across tab, polling, stream, and manual refresh paths.
Bounded stream processing
src/viewer/index.html, test/viewer-stream-optimization.test.ts
Sync processing handles at most 50 incoming items and caps timeline and activity buffers at 200 entries. Tests cover large backlogs and burst coalescing.
Visibility and graph animation lifecycle
src/viewer/index.html, test/viewer-safari-optimization.test.ts
Graph animation and dither updates pause when inactive or hidden. They resume or redraw when the graph tab or document becomes visible. Tests cover visibility and timer guards.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 42287

The PR substantially reduces dashboard reload fan-out, but tab changes can still leave older refresh requests running and allow stale or overlapping dashboard updates; the new optimization test also lacks required SDK mocks for reliable execution. Merge should wait for these bounded issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant WebSocket
  participant Viewer
  participant dashboardCoordinator
  participant DashboardAPI

  WebSocket->>Viewer: Receive sync or observation event
  Viewer->>Viewer: Process bounded observations
  Viewer->>dashboardCoordinator: Schedule dashboard refresh
  dashboardCoordinator->>DashboardAPI: Start one dashboard load
  DashboardAPI-->>dashboardCoordinator: Return dashboard data
  dashboardCoordinator->>Viewer: Render dashboard
  dashboardCoordinator->>DashboardAPI: Run trailing refresh when pending
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation addresses issue #609 by capping sync processing, bounding stored observations, debouncing dashboard reloads, coordinating in-flight loads, canceling stale work, and coalescing refre…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The visibility handling, animation throttling, tab-based graph control, and related tests support the viewer performance and resource-usage objectives. No unrelated code changes are evident.
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The implementation addresses issue #609 by capping sync processing, bounding stored observations, debouncing dashboard reloads, coordinating in-flight loads, canceling stale work, and coalescing refreshes during large or rapid WebSocket updates.

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In `@src/viewer/index.html`:
- Line 1519: Remove the this.inFlight = false assignment from loadDashboard’s
completion path so execute() remains responsible for clearing the lock in its
finally block; add a regression test covering cancellation or overlapping
dashboard loads to ensure the earlier load cannot clear inFlight while a newer
load is active.

In `@test/viewer-safari-optimization.test.ts`:
- Around line 8-16: Strengthen the assertions in the Safari optimization test by
scoping each pattern to its owning lifecycle function or branch, rather than
matching the entire HTML source. Verify that visibility handling pauses and
resumes the graph timer and dither loop, and that graph-tab activation invokes
wakeGraphSim and renderGraph in the intended branch; preferably execute these
visibility and tab-switch paths and assert the resulting behavior.

In `@test/viewer-stream-optimization.test.ts`:
- Line 1: Add a vi.mock("iii-sdk") setup before the test suite in
viewer-stream-optimization.test.ts, providing mocks for sdk.trigger, kv.get,
kv.set, and kv.list while preserving the existing test behavior.
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Comment thread src/viewer/index.html
try { this.abortController.abort(); } catch {}
this.abortController = null;
}
this.inFlight = false;

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Keep the in-flight lock until the dashboard load settles.

loadDashboard() does not pass its signal to the api() calls, so cancel() does not cancel the active requests. Setting inFlight to false then allows another dashboard load to start. The earlier load can clear inFlight while the newer load is still active.

Remove this assignment. Let execute() clear inFlight in its finally block. Add a regression test for this sequence.

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In `@src/viewer/index.html` at line 1519, Remove the this.inFlight = false
assignment from loadDashboard’s completion path so execute() remains responsible
for clearing the lock in its finally block; add a regression test covering
cancellation or overlapping dashboard loads to ensure the earlier load cannot
clear inFlight while a newer load is active.

Comment on lines +8 to +16
expect(viewer).toMatch(/document\.addEventListener\(['"]visibilitychange['"]/);
expect(viewer).toMatch(/if\s*\(document\.hidden\)\s*\{/);
expect(viewer).toMatch(/cancelAnimationFrame\(graphSim\.raf\)/);
expect(viewer).toMatch(/graphSim\.raf\s*=\s*null/);
expect(viewer).toMatch(/stopDitherLoop\(\)/);
expect(viewer).toMatch(/startDitherLoop\(\)/);
expect(viewer).toMatch(/if\s*\(state\.activeTab\s*===\s*['"]graph['"]\)/);
expect(viewer).toMatch(/wakeGraphSim\(\)/);
expect(viewer).toMatch(/renderGraph\(\)/);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Bind assertions to the lifecycle behavior.

Each toMatch scans the entire HTML source independently. It does not prove that document.hidden guards the specific timer callbacks or that graph and dither calls execute inside the intended visibility and tab-switch branches. A regression can leave the tokens elsewhere and still pass this suite. Scope each check to its owning function block at minimum. Prefer executing the relevant branches and asserting the pause/resume behavior.

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In `@test/viewer-safari-optimization.test.ts` around lines 8 - 16, Strengthen the
assertions in the Safari optimization test by scoping each pattern to its owning
lifecycle function or branch, rather than matching the entire HTML source.
Verify that visibility handling pauses and resumes the graph timer and dither
loop, and that graph-tab activation invokes wakeGraphSim and renderGraph in the
intended branch; preferably execute these visibility and tab-switch paths and
assert the resulting behavior.

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import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";

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Add the required iii-sdk mock.

test/viewer-stream-optimization.test.ts matches test/**/*.test.ts, but it does not call vi.mock("iii-sdk"). Add mocks for sdk.trigger, kv.get, kv.set, and kv.list before the test suite.

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In `@test/viewer-stream-optimization.test.ts` at line 1, Add a vi.mock("iii-sdk")
setup before the test suite in viewer-stream-optimization.test.ts, providing
mocks for sdk.trigger, kv.get, kv.set, and kv.list while preserving the existing
test behavior.

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