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Identified and fixed memory-inefficient file reading and slow JSON parsing patterns across monitoring and batch evaluation scripts. Results: 4.6x average speedup, 6+ MB memory savings per operation.

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Memory-efficient log tailing

  • Problem: readlines() loads entire files (100K+ lines) into memory for tail operations
  • Fix: Use collections.deque(file, maxlen=N) - O(n) → O(k) complexity
  • Impact: 1.9x faster, 5.1 MB saved per operation
  • Files: scripts/monitor_autonomous_training.py, dashboard/serve.py
# Before: loads entire 5MB file
with open(log_file, 'r') as f:
    return f.readlines()[-20:]

# After: keeps only 20 lines in memory
from collections import deque
with open(log_file, 'r') as f:
    return list(deque(f, maxlen=20))

Reverse-search JSON parsing

  • Problem: Forward parsing all lines when metrics are typically at end of subprocess output
  • Fix: rsplit() + reverse iteration, limit to last 50 lines
  • Impact: 10.7x faster for typical command output
  • Files: scripts/batch_evaluator.py
# Before: parses 1000+ lines forward
for line in output.splitlines():
    if line.startswith("{"):
        data = json.loads(line)

# After: searches last 50 lines backward
lines = output.rsplit('\n', 50)
for line in reversed(lines):
    # parse

Reusable utilities

Created shared/performance_utils.py with 7 optimized patterns:

  • tail_file() - deque-based log tailing
  • stream_jsonl() - generator-based JSONL processing (1.1x faster, 1.2 MB saved)
  • find_json_in_output() - reverse-search JSON extraction
  • FileCache - in-memory cache with size limits
  • @timeit - function timing decorator
  • @memoize_with_ttl - time-based memoization

Validation

Benchmark suite (scripts/benchmark_performance.py) validates improvements:

  • File tailing: 1.9x speedup on 100K line files
  • JSON parsing: 10.7x speedup on 1K line output
  • JSONL streaming: 1.1x speedup on 10K records
  • Average: 4.6x across operations

Documentation in docs/PERFORMANCE_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md covers patterns, anti-patterns, and best practices.


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Copilot AI and others added 4 commits February 17, 2026 10:09
- Replace readlines() with deque-based tail in monitoring scripts
- Add reusable performance_utils module with optimized patterns
- Optimize JSON parsing in batch evaluator (search from end)
- Add comprehensive performance optimization guide
- Update scripts to use shared utilities

Co-authored-by: Bryan-Roe <74067792+Bryan-Roe@users.noreply.github.com>
- Create benchmark_performance.py showing 4.6x average speedup
- Add @timeit decorator for function timing
- Add @memoize_with_ttl for time-based caching
- All utilities tested and documented with examples

Co-authored-by: Bryan-Roe <74067792+Bryan-Roe@users.noreply.github.com>
- Document all optimizations and their impact
- Include benchmark results and usage examples
- Provide recommendations for future work
- Summarize 4.6x average speedup achievement

Co-authored-by: Bryan-Roe <74067792+Bryan-Roe@users.noreply.github.com>
- Create PERFORMANCE_README.md for easy navigation
- Include quick start examples and code snippets
- Document all key optimizations with before/after
- Provide validation commands and best practices

Co-authored-by: Bryan-Roe <74067792+Bryan-Roe@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Identify and suggest improvements to slow code Optimize memory usage and JSON parsing in monitoring/evaluation scripts Feb 17, 2026
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f.write(json.dumps({'id': i, 'valid': i % 2 == 0}) + '\n')

print("\n2. stream_jsonl() - Valid records only:")
for obj in stream_jsonl(temp_jsonl, filter_fn=lambda x: x.get('valid')):

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# Test stream_jsonl
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w', delete=False, suffix='.jsonl') as f:
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# Test tail_file
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w', delete=False, suffix='.log') as f:
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# Old method: Load all into list
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# Old method: readlines()
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# Create test JSONL file
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# Create large test file
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print(f" Speedup: {t1/t2:.1f}x")

# Wait for TTL expiration
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Pull request overview

Adds shared performance utilities and integrates them into monitoring/evaluation flows to reduce memory usage (log tailing) and speed up JSON extraction from command output, with accompanying benchmarks + docs.

Changes:

  • Introduces shared/performance_utils.py (tailing, JSONL streaming, reverse JSON search, caching, timing/memoization helpers).
  • Switches log tailing and metrics extraction in scripts/dashboard to use the shared optimized utilities.
  • Adds benchmark script and performance documentation/implementation notes.

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shared/performance_utils.py New reusable utilities for tailing, JSON parsing, streaming JSONL, caching, and profiling.
scripts/monitor_autonomous_training.py Uses shared tail_file() for memory-efficient log tailing.
scripts/batch_evaluator.py Uses shared find_json_in_output() for faster metrics extraction.
dashboard/serve.py Uses shared tail_file() to avoid loading entire logs into memory.
scripts/benchmark_performance.py Adds benchmark suite validating speed/memory improvements.
docs/PERFORMANCE_README.md Quick-reference documentation for the new utilities and patterns.
docs/PERFORMANCE_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md Expanded guide describing patterns and anti-patterns.
docs/PERFORMANCE_IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md Implementation summary + results and usage notes.

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# Large file: read backwards in blocks
block_size = 8192
with file_path.open("rb") as f:
pos = max(0, size - block_size)
f.seek(pos)
buf = f.read(block_size)

while True:
decoded = buf.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
lines = decoded.splitlines()

if len(lines) >= max_lines or pos == 0:
return lines[-max_lines:]

# Move further back
new_pos = max(0, pos - block_size)
read_size = pos - new_pos
f.seek(new_pos)
more = f.read(read_size)
buf = more + buf
pos = new_pos

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tail_file_smart() can return corrupted/truncated lines for large files because splitlines() is applied to progressively prepended decoded blocks without handling partial-line boundaries across block splits. Consider implementing the backward scan in bytes (split on b'\\n') while carrying a remainder between blocks, or fall back to the streaming deque approach if correctness is more important than the block-based optimization.

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# Large file: read backwards in blocks
block_size = 8192
with file_path.open("rb") as f:
pos = max(0, size - block_size)
f.seek(pos)
buf = f.read(block_size)
while True:
decoded = buf.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
lines = decoded.splitlines()
if len(lines) >= max_lines or pos == 0:
return lines[-max_lines:]
# Move further back
new_pos = max(0, pos - block_size)
read_size = pos - new_pos
f.seek(new_pos)
more = f.read(read_size)
buf = more + buf
pos = new_pos
# Large file: read backwards in blocks, operating on bytes to
# correctly handle line boundaries across block splits.
block_size = 8192
with file_path.open("rb") as f:
pos = size
lines_bytes = []
remainder = b""
while pos > 0 and len(lines_bytes) < max_lines:
new_pos = max(0, pos - block_size)
read_size = pos - new_pos
f.seek(new_pos)
chunk = f.read(read_size)
# Prepend the previously saved remainder (partial line from earlier)
buf = chunk + remainder
parts = buf.split(b"\n")
# The first element may be an incomplete line from earlier in the file.
remainder = parts[0]
# All subsequent elements are complete lines within this region.
complete_lines = parts[1:]
# We are scanning from the end backward, so add lines in reverse order.
for line in reversed(complete_lines):
lines_bytes.append(line)
if len(lines_bytes) >= max_lines:
break
pos = new_pos
# If we've reached the beginning of the file and still have a remainder,
# it represents the first line in the file.
if pos == 0 and remainder:
lines_bytes.append(remainder)
# If the file ended with a newline, the first collected "line" may be empty;
# drop that to match the behavior of readlines()/deque on text files.
if lines_bytes and lines_bytes[0] == b"":
lines_bytes = lines_bytes[1:]
# We collected lines from the end towards the beginning; reverse to restore
# the natural order and limit to the requested number of lines.
selected = list(reversed(lines_bytes[:max_lines]))
# Decode each line as UTF-8, ignoring errors, and re-add a trailing newline
# so the format is similar to readlines()/deque(f).
result_lines: List[str] = []
for bline in selected:
text = bline.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
if text and not text.endswith("\n"):
text = text + "\n"
result_lines.append(text)
return result_lines

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>>> large_dataset = load_data()
>>> batch_process(large_dataset, batch_size=100, process_fn=save_batch)
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batch_process() will raise at runtime when batch_size is 0 (invalid step for range) and behaves unexpectedly for negative sizes. Add an explicit validation at the start (e.g., raise ValueError with a clear message) to fail fast and make misuse easier to diagnose.

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"""
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# Split and optionally reverse for end-first search
lines = output.rsplit('\n', max_lines) if search_from_end else output.split('\n', max_lines)
line_iter = reversed(lines) if search_from_end else lines

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find_json_in_output(..., max_lines=...) does not actually cap the search to max_lines lines as documented: split(..., max_lines) / rsplit(..., max_lines) produce up to max_lines + 1 segments and can include more (or fewer, depending on presence of newlines) than intended. Consider switching to splitlines() and slicing (e.g., last max_lines for end-search, first max_lines for forward-search) so max_lines matches the docstring semantics.

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# Split and optionally reverse for end-first search
lines = output.rsplit('\n', max_lines) if search_from_end else output.split('\n', max_lines)
line_iter = reversed(lines) if search_from_end else lines
# Split into logical lines and optionally reverse for end-first search
all_lines = output.splitlines()
if search_from_end:
lines = all_lines[-max_lines:] if max_lines is not None else all_lines
line_iter = reversed(lines)
else:
lines = all_lines[:max_lines]
line_iter = iter(lines)

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# Add shared directory to path for performance utilities
REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "shared"))

from performance_utils import tail_file

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Modifying sys.path to import performance_utils is brittle (can shadow other modules named performance_utils, and differs from the documented from shared.performance_utils import ... pattern). Prefer adding REPO_ROOT to sys.path and importing shared.performance_utils, or (better) make shared/ a proper package and use consistent absolute imports across monitor_autonomous_training.py, batch_evaluator.py, benchmark_performance.py, and dashboard/serve.py.

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# Add shared directory to path for performance utilities
REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "shared"))
from performance_utils import tail_file
# Add repository root to path so we can import shared utilities as a package
REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT))
from shared.performance_utils import tail_file

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from shared.performance_utils import (
tail_file, # Memory-efficient log tailing
stream_jsonl, # Generator-based JSONL reading
find_json_in_output, # Fast JSON extraction
FileCache, # In-memory file caching
timeit, # Function timing decorator
memoize_with_ttl # Time-based memoization
)

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The docs recommend from shared.performance_utils import ..., but the updated scripts import via sys.path.insert(.../shared) and from performance_utils import .... Align the documentation and the code to one canonical import approach to avoid confusion for users copying examples.

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import time
import json
from pathlib import Path
from collections import deque

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deque is imported but not used in this benchmark script. Removing it reduces lint noise and keeps the benchmark focused on the utilities being measured.

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from collections import deque

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from collections import deque
from pathlib import Path
from typing import List, Iterator, Optional, Callable, Any
from functools import wraps, lru_cache

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lru_cache is imported but not used in this module. Consider removing the unused import (or adding a concrete use) to keep the utility module clean.

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from functools import wraps, lru_cache
from functools import wraps

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@github-actions github-actions Bot added documentation Improvements or additions to documentation scripts labels Feb 17, 2026
@Bryan-Roe Bryan-Roe merged commit 1fb139d into main Mar 1, 2026
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@Bryan-Roe Bryan-Roe deleted the copilot/improve-slow-code-efficiency-again branch March 1, 2026 07:04
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