perf(models): fetch the model list conditionally with ETag - #752
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Each hourly refresh re-downloaded and reparsed the full external model list (~1.4MB raw, ~10-15MB of allocation churn) even though upstream changes about once a day, ratcheting the Go heap high-water mark and process RSS by ~20MB. Send If-None-Match on refreshes and skip the download, reparse, re-enrichment, and cache save on 304 Not Modified. The validator is persisted in the model cache so warm restarts skip the initial download too. Servers without ETag support keep answering 200 and degrade to the previous unconditional behavior.
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 4 included reviews per hour; 1 remains after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe model-list fetcher now supports URL-scoped ETag requests. The registry stores and caches ETags, preserves model data after ChangesConditional model-list fetching
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change reduces repeated model-list downloads and memory churn, but unchanged refreshes can still perform unnecessary cache persistence, routine unchanged events may add Info-level log noise, and whitespace-only configuration can trigger an invalid startup request. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up on these bounded issues. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Registry as ModelRegistry
participant Fetcher as modeldata.FetchIfChanged
participant Server as Model-list server
participant Cache as ModelCache
Registry->>Fetcher: Request list with URL-scoped ETag
Fetcher->>Server: Send If-None-Match
Server-->>Fetcher: Return 304 or changed list with ETag
Fetcher-->>Registry: Return FetchResult
Registry->>Cache: Persist changed list and ETag
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In `@internal/modeldata/fetcher.go`:
- Around line 69-70: Update FetchIfChanged and both NotModified return paths to
use the response ETag when present, falling back to the existing etag otherwise,
and propagate result.ETag so the registry validator is updated. Add tests
covering a changed 304 ETag and verifying that the persisted value is used by
the subsequent request.
In `@internal/providers/init.go`:
- Around line 141-143: Change the unchanged-model-list log in the
result.NotModified branch from slog.Info to slog.Debug, preserving the existing
message and return behavior.
In `@internal/providers/registry_init.go`:
- Around line 709-711: The outer refresh flow around refreshModelList and
SaveToCache writes the cache before the 304/unchanged result is known. Reorder
or gate persistence so SaveToCache runs only when provider state or the model
list changed, while preserving the unchanged early return in refreshModelList.
Add a ticker-path test using a warm ETag and a 304 response that verifies no
cache write occurs.
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| if result.NotModified { | ||
| slog.Info("model list unchanged since last download, using cached copy") | ||
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Log unchanged model lists at Debug level.
Line 142 emits an Info log for a normal 304 response. The PR objective specifies a debug-only model list unchanged log. Use slog.Debug here to avoid adding routine startup noise.
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In `@internal/providers/init.go` around lines 141 - 143, Change the
unchanged-model-list log in the result.NotModified branch from slog.Info to
slog.Debug, preserving the existing message and return behavior.
| if !changed { | ||
| slog.Debug("model list unchanged", "models", models) | ||
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Prevent cache writes before the 304 result is evaluated.
The ticker path calls SaveToCache at lines 594-603 before it calls refreshModelList at lines 605-608. Therefore, a 304 reaches this early return only after the cache was rewritten. This defeats the PR requirement to skip cache writes when the upstream model list is unchanged.
Make the outer refresh flow persist only when either provider state or the model list changed. Add a ticker-path test with a warm ETag and a 304 response that asserts no cache write occurs.
As per coding guidelines, add or update tests for behavior changes.
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In `@internal/providers/registry_init.go` around lines 709 - 711, The outer
refresh flow around refreshModelList and SaveToCache writes the cache before the
304/unchanged result is known. Reorder or gate persistence so SaveToCache runs
only when provider state or the model list changed, while preserving the
unchanged early return in refreshModelList. Add a ticker-path test using a warm
ETag and a 304 response that verifies no cache write occurs.
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Confidence Score: 4/5Not ready to merge until cached ETags are scoped to the model-list resource that issued them. A focused Go httptest exercised the cache-load, URL-change, conditional-request, and 304 response path. It confirmed that the old validator is sent to a different endpoint and that stale cached pricing remains active. Files Needing Attention: internal/providers/registry_cache.go needs to retain the source URL with the cached ETag, and the model-cache representation should persist that association.
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| if list != nil { | ||
| r.modelList = list | ||
| r.modelListRaw = modelCache.ModelListData | ||
| r.modelListETag = modelCache.ModelListETag |
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LoadFromCache restores ModelListETag without recording which model-list URL issued it. If MODEL_LIST_URL changes while the cache is retained, the next refresh sends the old resource’s validator to the new URL. A new endpoint that returns 304 for that validator causes the registry to retain the old cached catalog, including stale metadata and pricing, instead of fetching the new URL’s content.
Persist the source URL with the ETag and only reuse the validator when it matches the configured URL. Clear the validator and fetch unconditionally when the URL differs.
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Focused Go httptest source for cross-resource ETag validation
- Temporary untracked Go test source creates cached old metadata and two httptest refresh paths, with takeaway that the issue is exercised without modifying tracked source.
Baseline model-list refresh log without a carried validator
- Executed baseline test shows an empty If-None-Match received a new 200 catalog and changed cached pricing from 1 to 2, with takeaway that an unconditional changed-resource fetch updates metadata.
Cross-resource ETag reproduction log retaining stale pricing
- Executed reproduction shows the changed endpoint received the old validator, returned 304, and retained cached pricing 1, with takeaway that the claimed stale-metadata path is confirmed.
Review follow-ups: an HTTP validator identifies one representation of one resource, so the stored ETag is now recorded with the URL that issued it (persisted in the model cache as well) and never presented to a reconfigured MODEL_LIST_URL — some servers derive ETags from mtime+size rather than content, where a cross-URL match would wrongly 304 and pin a stale catalog. A 304 response's own ETag now refreshes the stored validator per RFC 9111, and StartBackgroundRefresh trims the URL so whitespace disables scheduling like it disables fetching.
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Each model-list refresh (hourly by default, plus startup and admin runtime refresh) re-downloaded and reparsed the full external model list (~1.4 MB raw, ~10–15 MB of allocation churn) even though upstream changes about once a day. That churn ratcheted the Go heap high-water mark and long-running RSS by ~20 MB (observed 40 → 60 MB).
modeldata.FetchIfChangedsendsIf-None-Matchand returnsNotModifiedon 304; the download, reparse, re-enrichment, and cache save are all skipped.model_list_etag), so warm restarts skip the startup download too.Measured with a 20 s refresh interval against GitHub: runtime
Sysstays flat at 43 MB (previously ratcheted 43 → 56 MB) and RSS settles ~34 MB instead of ~60 MB. No config changes; user-visible behavior is unchanged apart from lower memory and amodel list unchangeddebug log.Summary by CodeRabbit
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