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perf(web): batch middle truncate fits - #37001

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Problem

Switching to a large thread in the desktop app could freeze the renderer for 250+ ms. In a DevTools recording from T3 Code Nightly 0.1.10-nightly.20261114.4709 (dfd2187ccb, bundle hashes matched to the release tarball), the longest main-thread task was a 263 ms click. About 126 ms of that click was MiddleTruncate's fitHead, and inside that task fitHead forced 152 style/layout passes. The first pass dirtied about 1,300 newly mounted layout objects, and every later one dirtied about 20 (one row). A 106 ms frame in the same recording forced another 101 passes from the same function. In total, fitHead was about 208 ms of the recording's 805 ms of scripting.

The thread had 322 linked pull requests, so the linked pull request panel mounts about 30 rows at three truncated labels each (repository, head, base). Branch names from worktrees overflow, so almost every head is cut.

Change

Each head was fitted in its own layout effect and resize callback: read scrollWidth, toggle data-overflow (which changes the tail's ::before), binary-search with Range rects, then write clip-path and translate. Every head's first read came after the previous head's write, so N overflowing labels forced about 2N layouts.

Heads queued in one commit or one resize delivery now fit together in a microtask. That still runs before paint, so there is no unclipped frame. It does all overflow reads, then all attribute writes, then all slack measurements, then all style writes. The fitting logic itself is unchanged.

Scope

A real performance problem on any list of middle-truncated labels: linked pull requests, sidebar branches, branch pickers, changed files, PR detail. Small enough to need no issue. #29160 edits the render path of the same component, not the fitting code.

Verification

Full-app scenario: AppRoot against test/fakeEnvironment.ts in Chromium, run through the renders vitest project. The fixture has 150 sidebar threads with worktree branch names, a large thread with 322 linked PRs (long repository and branch names), 60 turns of history, 25 open PR tabs and the linked PR panel open. The test switches away and back six times. Traces were captured over CDP (devtools.timeline plus v8.cpu_profiler), with base and fix interleaved, 3 runs each. Harness files are not committed.

per round trip (away and back) base this PR
main-thread busy 809 / 733 / 733 ms 675 / 664 / 664 ms
worst task 401 / 384 / 383 ms 294 / 295 / 294 ms
fitting cost over 6 round trips 528 / 528 / 521 ms 120 / 127 / 129 ms
  • Same scenario with short names (only about 3 heads overflow per switch): neutral. Busy time and worst task are within noise, and fitting time moves into the batch rather than shrinking. The win depends on how many labels actually overflow.
  • Isolated bench, 120 overflowing truncates mounted in one commit on a 4,000-node page: about 22 ms becomes about 12–16 ms per mount.
  • Screenshots of the whole app (sidebar branches, 322-row linked PR panel, PR tabs) are byte-identical between base and this PR.
  • vp run check:changed passes. middle-truncate.browser.test.tsx gets one case: every head mounted in the same commit gets fitted. It passes on base too, and guards the batching.
  • Not checked in Safari/WebKit: desktop ships Chromium, but web users may be on Safari. Mobile does not use this apps/web component.

MiddleTruncate fitted each head in its own layout effect and resize callback: read scrollWidth, toggle data-overflow, binary-search with range rects, write clip-path. Each read followed the previous head's write, so a list of overflowing labels forced a style and layout pass per row. Heads queued in one commit or resize delivery now fit together in a microtask before paint: all reads, then all writes.
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Verdict: Approved at b46f634

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This batches middle-truncation measurements to reduce repeated browser layout work across labels. The change is confined to presentation scheduling, with no material data or operational exposure.

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MiddleTruncate schedules fitting after head changes and resize. It batches measurements for connected heads, then applies overflow and truncation updates. A browser test checks that two long values both reach the overflow state.

Changes: MiddleTruncate fitting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Schedule, batch, and verify fitting
apps/web/src/components/ui/middle-truncate.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ui/middle-truncate.browser.test.tsx
Head changes and resize schedule fitting. Connected heads are measured before batch updates to overflow attributes, clipping, and tail translations. Slack measurement uses binary search and accounts for surrogate-pair boundaries. The browser test checks overflow on two long values.

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

Change: Refactor

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, guryanov-a

Merge Risk: Low · up to f18f8

This change batches the fitting of truncated labels to reduce main-thread work, and the fitting logic itself is unchanged. One minor, pre-existing edge case remains: at fractional layout widths the last character of a truncated label can be slightly clipped. It is low risk and can be handled separately.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

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Title check Passed The title "perf(web): batch middle truncate fits" is a short conventional-commit title that names the main change: fitting middle-truncated heads is batched. The raw summary confirms that MiddleTrunca…
Description check Passed The description covers the required template sections: Problem (250+ ms renderer freeze when switching to a large thread, with profiling evidence), Change (per-head layout reads and writes replaced by…
Linked Issues check Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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The title "perf(web): batch middle truncate fits" is a short conventional-commit title that names the main change: fitting middle-truncated heads is batched. The raw summary confirms that MiddleTruncate now schedules and measures pending heads together in a microtask, so the title matches the changeset and the stated objective.

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The description covers the required template sections: Problem (250+ ms renderer freeze when switching to a large thread, with profiling evidence), Change (per-head layout reads and writes replaced by batched reads, then writes, in a microtask), Scope (a bug-level performance fix with no issue link, with a justification for why none is needed), and Verification (a full-app Chromium scenario with before/after tables, an isolated bench, byte-identical screenshots, and a stated gap for Safari/WebKit). It also notes the harness files were not committed. The template asks for an agent model and harness line when an agent was used; the description does not include one. The template also asks for an explicit link or request for the Scope section, and the description's reference to #29160 is not a link to the bug. These are minor gaps, so the description is mostly complete.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/ui/middle-truncate.browser.test.tsx:
- Around line 40-42: Replace the `expect.poll` assertion in the middle-truncate
browser test with a permitted browser assertion mechanism: use `vi.waitFor`
around the overflow-count assertion or assert each head with `expect.element`.

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Evidence

Linux Chromium 156.0.8078.4, 1440×900, dark theme, dev builds, no CPU throttle. Identical fresh synthetic data: 150 sidebar threads plus long-name and short-name workloads, each with 61 replay turns and 322 linked PRs. Open the linked PR panel, warm up once, then perform five runs of six sidebar round trips through Work item 151, settling 1.5 seconds after each switch.

Sampled fitting across six round trips fell 81.6%: 340.85 → 62.75 ms. Five-run ranges were 284.90–401.30 ms before and 53.91–85.37 ms after. The 278.10 ms median gain exceeds both spreads combined (147.86 ms). Median layout time per round trip fell 45.50 → 21.22 ms; layout passes fell 220.17 → 20.00.

Before After
01c8e59f14 f18f883260
Before: long-name thread and PR panel After: long-name thread and PR panel
Before recording After recording

PR label crops differ by 0 pixels. All 254 overflowing labels have identical text, widths, clipping and tail translations. Short-name control: median layout passes remain 16.17 on both; sampled fitting improves 54.14 → 2.19 ms. Whole-app busy-time and longest-task gains do not exceed run spread. Recordings mask only the environment name in the other thread’s details card; PR labels and stills are unmodified.

Five-run measurement output

All measurements · Driver and RPC seed · Replay-history seed · Report generator · Recording export · Reproduction instructions · Complete evidence bundle

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  • Whole-app busy-time and worst-task gains did not exceed run spread; the proven improvement is sampled fitting and layout work, not the author's absolute timing numbers.
  • Safari/WebKit and packaged desktop were not tested; this proof covers the Linux Chromium web dev build.
  • The 25-open-PR-tab workload was not configured, matching the supplied triage reproduction.
  • Resize-only flows were not exercised; this proof covers thread-switch panel unmounts and remounts.

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