perf(metrics): eliminate state tag allocations

[thomhurst]

Summary

Cache boxed strategy-index tag values used by circuit-breaker, rate-limit, and concurrency-limit state gauges. This preserves every measurement and tag value while removing per-record boxing allocations.

Adds an allocation regression test with an active MeterListener.

Benchmark

BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.8, .NET 10.0.11, Windows 11, Intel i7-12700K, default job.

Happy path with listener	Before	After	Allocation
Circuit breaker	435.11 ns	434.33 ns	48 B → 0 B
Rate limit	597.38 ns	613.66 ns	30 B → 0 B
Concurrency limit	603.57 ns	599.46 ns	48 B → 0 B

Disabled-listener paths remain allocation-free. Timing is effectively neutral within cross-run variance; improvement is removal of steady-state GC pressure.

Command:

dotnet run --project benchmarks/Kevlar.Benchmarks -c Release --no-build -- --filter "*TelemetryBenchmarks.CircuitBreakerHappyPath*" "*TelemetryBenchmarks.RateLimitHappyPath*" "*TelemetryBenchmarks.ConcurrencyLimitHappyPath*"

Validation

• dotnet build Kevlar.slnx -c Release
• dotnet run --project tests/Kevlar.Tests -c Release --no-build -- --timeout 5m — 672 passed
• dotnet run --project tests/Kevlar.AllocationTests -c Release --no-build -- --timeout 5m — 3 passed

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Performance

  • Preserved zero-allocation behavior for circuit-breaker, rate-limit, and concurrency-limit operations while diagnostics measurements are enabled.
  • No functional behavior changes were introduced.

• Tests

  • Added coverage to verify allocation behavior with diagnostics measurement events active.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Kevlar renames private cached strategy-index fields and updates their references. Allocation tests enable diagnostic measurements and verify zero allocations for circuit-breaker, rate-limit, and concurrency-limit operations.

Changes

Metrics allocation optimization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Cache boxed strategy indexes src/Kevlar/Internal/KevlarMetrics.cs	The metrics code renames private cached-index fields and updates the caching helpers. Behavior remains unchanged.
Validate diagnostic allocations tests/Kevlar.AllocationTests/AllocationBudgetTests.cs	The tests enable diagnostic measurements and verify zero allocations for circuit-breaker, rate-limit, and concurrency-limit operations.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 55b24

The change removes per-record boxing allocations without changing measured values and has passing validation. It is mergeable with owner awareness because three new private fields still do not follow the repository’s _camelCase naming convention.

Poem

I’m a rabbit beside the metric stream,
Cached indexes support the scheme.
Listeners measure,
With zero bytes to spare—
Tests keep the counters clean.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 8 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: removing state tag allocations in metrics.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/Kevlar/Internal/KevlarMetrics.cs`:
- Around line 19-23: Rename the private fields MinimumCachedStrategyIndex,
MaximumCachedStrategyIndex, and BoxedStrategyIndexes to
_minimumCachedStrategyIndex, _maximumCachedStrategyIndex, and
_boxedStrategyIndexes, and update every reference to use the new _camelCase
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