Fix flaky performance test threshold for CI environments#149
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Pull request overview
Adjusts a flaky kernel performance benchmark so it’s less sensitive to CI timing variance.
Changes:
- Relaxed the
should resolve linear dependency chain quicklythreshold from 1ms to 5ms and documented the CI motivation. - Updated
pnpm-lock.yaml(patched dependency hash format and additional platform metadata likelibc).
Reviewed changes
Copilot reviewed 1 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.
| File | Description |
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| pnpm-lock.yaml | Regenerated lockfile content (patched dependency hash format + added libc fields for many packages). |
| packages/kernel/test/performance-benchmarks.test.ts | Relaxes a micro-benchmark threshold to reduce CI flakiness; adds explanatory comment. |
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| '@objectstack/objectql@0.7.1': | ||
| hash: i55z7fr6u3f4jx32ulku7jkiye | ||
| hash: 5abf4024276eb2b69e6ffbcbff3e8447ff1cc63e49ba6a7f9df1aebe7f54f9ef | ||
| path: patches/@objectstack__objectql@0.7.1.patch |
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The lockfile has substantial churn (patchedDependencies hash format change and many new libc fields) that isn’t mentioned in the PR description and appears unrelated to adjusting a test threshold. To keep the change focused and reduce merge noise/risk, please revert pnpm-lock.yaml changes unless they’re required for this PR (and if they are required, document why and how it was regenerated, including the pnpm version).
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| expect(duration).toBeLessThan(1); // Should be very fast | ||
| expect(duration).toBeLessThan(5); // Should be very fast (5ms threshold accounts for CI environment overhead) |
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This benchmark times a single very-small operation (5 nodes) using performance.now(), which is highly sensitive to timer resolution, GC, and scheduler jitter—especially in CI. Instead of only relaxing the absolute threshold, consider running the resolution in a loop (with a warm-up) and asserting on average/median duration; this will keep the test stable while still catching regressions.
Performance test
should resolve linear dependency chain quicklywas failing in CI with 3.13ms execution time against a 1ms threshold. The assertion was too strict for CI environments where shared resources and container overhead introduce timing variance.Changes
packages/kernel/test/performance-benchmarks.test.ts:355The 5ms threshold maintains regression detection capability while accommodating normal CI timing variance. Consistent with other CI-friendly thresholds in the same test suite (e.g., line 429: 250ms for 100k operations).
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