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perf(decofile): decompress .bin with node:zlib instead of npm:brotli - #1242

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Why

engine/decofile/fs.ts imports { decompress } from "npm:[email protected]" to read the production decofile (/app/decofile/decofile.bin). That package's index.js also does require('./compress'), which loads build/encode.js. That's an Emscripten build that allocates TOTAL_MEMORY = 318767104 bytes (304 MiB) when the module loads.

fs.ts is imported statically (engine/manifest/manifest.ts), so every pod of every site pays this, even though only decompress is ever called.

Measured on Linux (denoland/deno:2.5.6), in a script that only imports the package:

VmRSS Deno.memoryUsage().external
npm:brotli 89 MiB 312 MiB
node:zlib 56 MiB 3 MiB

So it costs ~33 MiB of real memory per pod, plus a 312 MiB "external" reading that makes memory dashboards and V8's external-memory accounting misleading. In a heap snapshot of a production-mode farmrio instance, that single Int16Array was 324 of 579 MiB.

What

Use brotliDecompressSync from node:zlib, Deno's native Rust brotli. No npm package, no WASM/asm.js heap.

Tests

  • New engine/decofile/fs.test.ts: writes a brotli + base64 decofile.bin (the production format) and reads it back through newFsProviderFromPath.
  • In a farmrio production-mode replay (800 real requests), external went from 309 MiB to 4 MiB with no functional change.

Summary by cubic

Swaps the decofile decompressor from npm:brotli to node:zlib, cutting per-pod memory usage. The old package loaded its Emscripten encoder at import time, reserving a 304 MiB heap in every pod even though only decompress was used; measured RSS dropped from 89 MiB to 56 MiB and external memory from 312 MiB to 3 MiB.

  • Replaces decompress from npm:[email protected] with brotliDecompressSync from node:zlib in engine/decofile/fs.ts.
  • Adds a test in engine/decofile/fs.test.ts covering the production brotli + base64 .bin format.
  • Adds dispose on the fs provider to close its Deno.watchFs watcher and clear pending debounced reads, fixing a handle leak.
  • Starts the watcher in its own async task so a watchFs failure can't reject the decofile promise, and skips state updates after dispose.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved compatibility when reading Brotli-compressed decofiles, including Base64-encoded files, while preserving support for regular JSON files.
    • Improved cleanup when a filesystem provider is disposed, helping prevent lingering file updates after it is no longer in use.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage verifying that Brotli-compressed, Base64-encoded decofiles load and return the expected decoded content.

npm:brotli's index loads its emscripten encoder too, which reserves
TOTAL_MEMORY (304 MiB) at module load. fs.ts is imported statically, so
every pod paid it even though only decompress is used: ~312 MiB of
external memory (~33 MiB resident on Linux). node:zlib's
brotliDecompressSync is native and needs no npm package.
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The filesystem decofile provider now uses Node.js Brotli decompression for .bin data. It also retains and closes its watcher during disposal and clears pending debounced updates. A test checks the provider state from a Brotli-compressed, base64-encoded decofile.

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DecoFile filesystem provider

Layer / File(s) Summary
Brotli decompression and verification
engine/decofile/fs.ts, engine/decofile/fs.test.ts
The .bin reader uses brotliDecompressSync from node:zlib instead of the npm Brotli package. The test checks that provider state matches the source object and cleans up the provider and temporary directory.
Filesystem watcher lifecycle
engine/decofile/fs.ts
The provider retains its watcher handle and ignores state updates after disposal. It starts watching only if initialization completes before disposal. Disposal closes an active watcher and clears pending debounced updates.

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Change: Refactor

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The .bin decoding behavior is preserved, and disposal prevents pending reads from publishing later updates. The watcher-startup rejection behavior predates this change; no actionable PR-introduced merge risk remains.

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Changed systems: engine

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  • observed — engine (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in engine/decofile/fs.test.ts: Adds a production-format decofile test using a temporary file and asserts the provider’s state matches the source object; provider disposal and recursive directory removal run in finally.
  • observed — Modified behavior in engine/decofile/fs.ts: The Brotli implementation import changes from decompress in npm:[email protected] to brotliDecompressSync from node:zlib.
  • observed — Modified behavior in engine/decofile/fs.ts: .bin file decompression now calls brotliDecompressSync instead of the removed package's decompress.
  • observed — Modified behavior in engine/decofile/fs.ts: newFsProviderFromPath adds watcher and disposal state. doUpdateState now returns when reading fails or the provider has been disposed; previously it returned only when reading failed.
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All reported issues were addressed across 2 files

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The fs provider had no dispose, so its Deno.watchFs handle leaked and the
test had to turn off the resource/op sanitizers. Close the watcher (and
drop any pending debounced read) on dispose, and re-enable the sanitizers.

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All reported issues were addressed across 2 files (changes from recent commits).

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