Improve test creation performance#3518
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josephsnyder merged 4 commits intoKitware:masterfrom Mar 9, 2026
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This avoids needing to commit many small transactions, while also giving us consistency for free.
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Test insertion is the most performance-critical part of CDash, simply because there are often 2-4 orders of magnitude more tests than builds. Each of those tests then has an additional order of magnitude more measurements and/or labels associated with it. This PR improves two things:
There's more to be done here, particularly relating to bulk inserts of labels, measurements, and images, but some substantial refactoring needs to be done first.