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perf(ci): reuse appliance-local mbx cache - #1365

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Summary

  • build performance-test source once with the released mbx
  • persist trusted-main build outputs on jdx-perf-01; use a fresh appliance-local volume for each PR comparison
  • discard each PR volume after cleanup so code under test cannot affect a later job
  • explicitly disable remote mbx backends and report the mbx version and cache directory

Depends on jdx/perf-runner#10. Benchmark-refresh jobs remain release-artifact-only and do not use this source-build cache. Tak remains on its deliberate GitHub-hosted built-in Rust build.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • Updated performance measurement workflows to use the release build process consistently.
    • Added isolated local caching for more reliable benchmark runs and reduced repeated setup work.
    • Enhanced benchmark metadata with build-tool version and cache diagnostics.
  • Chores

    • Updated the documentation deployment action reference without changing its underlying behavior.

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Medium Risk
Changes how release binaries are produced and cached on self-hosted perf runners; misconfigured mounts or cache isolation could skew instruction-count comparisons or leak artifacts between PR jobs.

Overview
Performance CI now builds release artifacts through mbx instead of bare cargo, with an appliance-local content-addressed cache mounted at /var/cache/mbx. MBX_REMOTE_URL is cleared so no remote cache backend is used.

On main (perf.yml), the cache is a bind mount from /var/cache/jdx-perf/mbx so trusted builds can reuse artifacts across runs. On PR comparison (perf-pr.yml), each job gets an anonymous Docker volume (initialized with chown, pruned after the container exits) so PR code cannot pollute shared cache. Runner summaries now include mbx --version and mbx cache dir.

mise.toml aligns perf:build, perf:shadow, and related tasks with mbx build --release (drops MBX_DISABLE on perf builds). The base-commit worktree in perf-pr.yml uses mbx build and tak run --record directly; redundant explicit cargo build steps were removed where mise run perf:record already builds via perf:build.

docs.yml only updates the deploy-pages action comment to v3.0.2-node.24 (same pin SHA).

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The performance workflows now use mbx build --release, configure appliance-local caches, and record mbx metadata. The documentation workflow updates the pinned Pages action version comment without changing its commit SHA.

Changes

mbx performance build workflows

Layer / File(s) Summary
Appliance-local mbx cache wiring
.github/workflows/perf.yml, .github/workflows/perf-pr.yml
Both workflows set MBX_CACHE_DIR, disable the remote backend, mount cache storage, and initialize cache permissions.
mbx build execution and metadata
.github/workflows/perf.yml, .github/workflows/perf-pr.yml, mise.toml
Release measurements use mbx build --release. The workflows update recording commands and record mbx version and cache directory data.

GitHub Pages deployment reference

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pages action version annotation
.github/workflows/docs.yml
The deployment step changes the version comment from # v5 to # v3.0.2-node.24. The pinned commit SHA remains unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f9eb2

The change updates performance-build caching and related workflow behavior without any identified merge-blocking correctness, security, availability, or deployment risk; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PerformanceWorkflow
  participant MeasurementContainer
  participant mbx
  participant PerfRecorder
  PerformanceWorkflow->>MeasurementContainer: mount cache at /var/cache/mbx
  MeasurementContainer->>mbx: use appliance-local cache
  PerformanceWorkflow->>mbx: run mbx build --release
  PerformanceWorkflow->>PerfRecorder: run performance recording command
  PerformanceWorkflow->>mbx: record version and cache directory
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mbx builds a binary there
The runners print their version bright
Pages keeps its pinned flight
Fresh paths hop through workflows light

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- Line 86: Update the pull-request performance job’s container cache
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98-98: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Run the release build outside the CPU affinity.

perf:record depends on perf:build, which runs mbx build --release. Therefore, both .github/workflows/perf.yml and .github/workflows/perf-pr.yml pin the build to CPUs 0–3. Run mbx build --release separately, then run taskset -c 0-3 tak run --record.

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In @.github/workflows/perf.yml at line 98, Separate the release build from the
CPU-pinned performance recording in .github/workflows/perf.yml at lines 98-98
and .github/workflows/perf-pr.yml at lines 186-186: run mbx build --release
without taskset, then run the recording command under taskset -c 0-3 using tak
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- Line 98: Separate the release build from the CPU-pinned performance recording
in .github/workflows/perf.yml at lines 98-98 and .github/workflows/perf-pr.yml
at lines 186-186: run mbx build --release without taskset, then run the
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jdx merged commit d7eb1b1 into main Sep 2, 2026
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