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⚡ Bolt: Parallelize bulk file deletion in CacheCleaner#257

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💡 What: Refactored removeContents(of:) in CacheCleaner to execute FileManager.removeItem concurrently using withThrowingTaskGroup and a sliding window iterator.
🎯 Why: Sequential removeItem inside a loop executes synchronously, causing O(N) blocking disk I/O and potential cooperative thread pool exhaustion, leading to sluggish UI updates and slow overall cache cleanup.
📊 Impact: Expected to significantly reduce cache clearance times (up to 8x faster depending on disk capabilities and thread availability) by parallelizing file I/O operations effectively.
🔬 Measurement: Execute a permanent cache cleanup (moveToTrash: false) on a category with numerous small files and observe the reduction in time taken to free the disk space compared to the synchronous approach.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 13216076028287996049 started by @acebytes

…ger.removeItem` concurrently using `withThrowingTaskGroup` and a sliding window iterator.

Co-authored-by: acebytes <2820910+acebytes@users.noreply.github.com>
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