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⚡ Bolt: Parallelize data fetching

💡 What:

  • Implemented ThreadPoolExecutor for fetching folder JSONs from GitHub.
  • Implemented ThreadPoolExecutor for fetching existing rules from ControlD folders.
  • Fixed a bug in create_folder argument order.

🎯 Why:

  • Sequential fetching of 23+ JSON files was slow (~2.3s). Parallel fetching reduces this to ~0.11s.
  • Fetching rules from many existing folders sequentially is also an N+1 bottleneck.

📊 Impact:

  • Reduces startup time (fetching data) by ~95%.
  • Significantly speeds up syncing for profiles with many existing folders.

(Also fixed a dormant bug in create_folder argument passing)


PR created automatically by Jules for task 7558785465685014521 started by @abhimehro

- Use ThreadPoolExecutor to fetch GitHub folder data in parallel (95% faster)
- Use ThreadPoolExecutor to fetch existing rules from ControlD folders in parallel
- Fix argument order in `create_folder` API call
- Remove .python-version to allow running in standard environments
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@abhimehro abhimehro marked this pull request as ready for review December 11, 2025 16:26
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Pull request overview

This PR optimizes the data fetching performance by introducing parallel execution using ThreadPoolExecutor for two critical bottlenecks: fetching folder JSON files from GitHub and retrieving rules from existing ControlD folders. Additionally, it fixes a bug in the create_folder function where arguments were passed in the wrong order.

Key changes:

  • Parallelized GitHub JSON fetching using ThreadPoolExecutor, reducing fetch time from ~2.3s to ~0.11s
  • Parallelized existing rules retrieval across multiple folders to eliminate N+1 query bottleneck
  • Fixed argument order in create_folder API call

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File Description
main.py Implements ThreadPoolExecutor for parallel fetching of folder data and rules; fixes create_folder argument order; adds MAX_WORKERS constant; reorders imports alphabetically
.python-version Removes file (Python version now managed via pyproject.toml)

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main.py Outdated
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with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=MAX_WORKERS) as executor:
# We want to preserve order, although technically not strictly required,
# it's good practice.
futures = [executor.submit(fetch_folder_data, url) for url in folder_urls]

for i, future in enumerate(futures):
try:
folder_data_list.append(future.result())
except (httpx.HTTPError, KeyError) as e:
# Log which URL failed
log.error(f"Failed to fetch folder data from {folder_urls[i]}: {e}")
continue
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The parallel fetching uses fetch_folder_data which calls _gh_get() (line 220). The _gh_get function accesses a shared _cache dictionary without thread synchronization. This creates a race condition where multiple threads could simultaneously check if url not in _cache, leading to duplicate fetches and potential issues when multiple threads write to the cache concurrently.

Consider protecting the cache access with a threading.Lock to ensure thread-safety, or use a thread-safe cache implementation.

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with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=MAX_WORKERS) as executor:
# We map the fetch function over the items
results = executor.map(fetch_folder_rules, folders.items())
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The parallel execution shares a single httpx.Client instance across multiple threads. While httpx.Client supports concurrent requests, using the same client instance for many parallel requests (10 workers with MAX_WORKERS) could lead to connection pool contention. Consider documenting this thread-safety assumption or creating separate client instances per thread if connection pool issues arise.

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abhimehro and others added 2 commits December 12, 2025 18:30
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Copilot AI and others added 8 commits December 13, 2025 00:50
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@abhimehro abhimehro merged commit b97995d into main Dec 13, 2025
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