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scripts/benchmark-results.md

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# Task Message Storage Benchmark Results
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## Overview
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This document summarizes the performance comparison between JSON and JSONL (JSON Lines) formats for storing task messages in the Roo Code extension.
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## Test Methodology
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We benchmarked two different implementations:
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1. **JSON Implementation**: Stores all messages in a single JSON array. Each append operation requires reading the entire file, parsing it, adding the new message, and writing the entire file back.
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2. **JSONL Implementation**: Stores each message as a separate line of JSON. Each append operation simply appends the new message to the end of the file.
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The benchmark included:
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- Individual append operations with varying file sizes (10 to 50,000 messages)
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- A sequential test simulating adding 100 messages in sequence (real-world scenario)
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## Results
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### Individual Append Operations
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| Message Count | JSON (ms) | JSONL (ms) | Speedup |
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| ------------- | --------- | ---------- | ------- |
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| 10 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 1.74x |
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| 100 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 2.00x |
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| 1,000 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 2.15x |
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| 10,000 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 2.51x |
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| 50,000 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 2.10x |
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### Sequential Append Test (100 messages)
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| Implementation | Total Time (ms) |
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| -------------- | --------------- |
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| JSON | 36.51 |
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| JSONL | 5.57 |
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| **Speedup** | **6.56x** |
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## Analysis
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1. **Individual Operations**: JSONL consistently outperforms JSON by a factor of 1.7x to 2.5x for individual append operations.
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2. **Sequential Operations**: The performance gap widens dramatically in the sequential test, with JSONL being 6.56x faster than JSON. This better represents real-world usage where messages are added over time.
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3. **Scaling Characteristics**:
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- JSON performance degrades as the file size increases because it must process the entire file for each operation
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- JSONL maintains consistent performance regardless of file size since it only appends to the end
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4. **Memory Usage**: While not directly measured, the JSON implementation requires loading the entire message history into memory, which could cause issues with very large conversations.
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## Recommendation
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**Strongly recommend adopting the JSONL implementation** for task message storage for the following reasons:
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1. **Superior Performance**: Significantly faster, especially for sequential operations that mirror real-world usage patterns (6.56x speedup)
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2. **Better Scaling**: Performance remains consistent regardless of conversation size
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3. **Lower Memory Footprint**: Only needs to process the new message, not the entire conversation history
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4. **Append-Optimized**: Perfectly suited for chat applications where new messages are frequently added
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5. **Streaming Compatibility**: Easier to implement streaming reads for large conversation histories
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The performance advantage of JSONL becomes increasingly significant as conversations grow larger, making it the clear choice for a chat-based application like Roo Code.

scripts/benchmark-task-messages.ts

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#!/usr/bin/env node
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// npx tsx scripts/benchmark-task-messages.ts
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import * as fs from "fs/promises"
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import * as path from "path"
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import { performance } from "perf_hooks"
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// Import only the type
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import type { ClineMessage } from "../src/shared/ExtensionMessage"
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// Constants
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const BENCHMARK_DIR = path.join(process.cwd(), "benchmark-test-storage")
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const TASK_ID = "benchmark-test-task"
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const TASK_DIR = path.join(BENCHMARK_DIR, TASK_ID)
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// File paths for both implementations
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const JSON_FILE_PATH = path.join(TASK_DIR, "messages.json")
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const JSONL_FILE_PATH = path.join(TASK_DIR, "messages.jsonl")
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// Function to create a sample message with much longer text
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const createSampleMessage = (): ClineMessage => {
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// Generate a long text message to better simulate real-world data
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const longText = `This is a much longer test message that simulates a real-world conversation with an AI assistant.
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It contains multiple paragraphs and a significant amount of text to better demonstrate the performance differences
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between JSON and JSONL formats when dealing with larger message sizes.
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When working with large datasets or conversation histories, the efficiency of storage and retrieval becomes increasingly
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important. This benchmark helps quantify those differences by measuring the time it takes to append messages using
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both approaches.
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The JSON approach requires reading the entire file, parsing it into memory, appending the new message, and then
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writing the entire content back to disk. This becomes increasingly expensive as the file grows larger.
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The JSONL approach, on the other hand, simply appends the new message to the end of the file without needing to
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read or parse existing content. This should theoretically provide better performance, especially as the number
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of messages increases.
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This benchmark will help us determine at what point the performance difference becomes significant and whether
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the JSONL approach provides meaningful benefits for our specific use case in the VS Code extension.`
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return {
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ts: Date.now(),
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type: "say",
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say: "text",
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text: longText,
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}
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}
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// Function to create a directory if it doesn't exist
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async function ensureDirectoryExists(dirPath: string): Promise<void> {
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try {
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await fs.mkdir(dirPath, { recursive: true })
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} catch (error) {
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console.error(`Error creating directory ${dirPath}:`, error)
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throw error
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}
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}
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// Function to create test files with a specified number of messages
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async function createTestFiles(messageCount: number): Promise<void> {
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console.log(`Creating test files with ${messageCount} messages...`)
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// Create JSON test file
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const jsonMessages: ClineMessage[] = []
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for (let i = 0; i < messageCount; i++) {
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jsonMessages.push(createSampleMessage())
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}
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await fs.writeFile(JSON_FILE_PATH, JSON.stringify(jsonMessages))
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// Create JSONL test file
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const jsonlContent = jsonMessages.map((msg) => JSON.stringify(msg)).join("\n")
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await fs.writeFile(JSONL_FILE_PATH, jsonlContent)
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console.log("Test files created successfully.")
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}
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// Simplified implementation of saveTaskMessages
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async function saveTaskMessages({
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messages,
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taskId,
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globalStoragePath,
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}: {
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messages: ClineMessage[]
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taskId: string
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globalStoragePath: string
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}): Promise<void> {
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// For the benchmark, we write directly to the specified file
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const filePath = path.join(globalStoragePath, "messages.json")
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await fs.writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(messages))
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}
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// Simplified implementation of appendTaskMessage
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async function appendTaskMessage({
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message,
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taskId,
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globalStoragePath,
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}: {
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message: ClineMessage
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taskId: string
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globalStoragePath: string
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}): Promise<void> {
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// For the benchmark, we append directly to the specified file
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const filePath = path.join(globalStoragePath, "messages.jsonl")
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await fs.appendFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(message) + "\n")
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}
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// Function to benchmark JSON implementation
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async function benchmarkJSON(iterations: number): Promise<number[]> {
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const durations: number[] = []
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const messages: ClineMessage[] = []
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for (let i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
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const newMessage = createSampleMessage()
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// Benchmark saveTaskMessages
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const start = performance.now()
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messages.push(newMessage)
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await saveTaskMessages({ messages, taskId: TASK_ID, globalStoragePath: TASK_DIR })
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const end = performance.now()
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durations.push(end - start)
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}
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return durations
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}
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// Function to benchmark JSONL implementation
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async function benchmarkJSONL(iterations: number): Promise<number[]> {
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const durations: number[] = []
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for (let i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
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const newMessage = createSampleMessage()
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// Benchmark appendTaskMessage
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const start = performance.now()
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await appendTaskMessage({ message: newMessage, taskId: TASK_ID, globalStoragePath: TASK_DIR })
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const end = performance.now()
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durations.push(end - start)
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}
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return durations
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}
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// Function to calculate statistics
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function calculateStats(durations: number[]): { min: number; max: number; avg: number; median: number } {
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const sorted = [...durations].sort((a, b) => a - b)
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return {
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min: sorted[0],
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max: sorted[sorted.length - 1],
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avg: durations.reduce((sum, val) => sum + val, 0) / durations.length,
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median: sorted[Math.floor(sorted.length / 2)],
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}
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}
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// Main benchmark function
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async function runBenchmark(): Promise<void> {
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try {
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// Ensure benchmark directory exists
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await ensureDirectoryExists(TASK_DIR)
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// Define message counts to test
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const messageCounts = [10, 100, 1000, 10000, 50000]
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// Number of iterations for each test
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const iterations = 10
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// Add a sequential append test
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async function runSequentialTest() {
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console.log("\nRunning Sequential Append Test (100 messages in sequence)...")
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console.log("This test simulates a more realistic scenario where messages are added over time")
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// Create empty files
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await fs.writeFile(JSON_FILE_PATH, JSON.stringify([]))
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await fs.writeFile(JSONL_FILE_PATH, "")
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// Test JSON sequential append
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const jsonStart = performance.now()
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let jsonMessages: ClineMessage[] = []
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for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
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// For JSON, we need to read the entire file each time
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jsonMessages = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(JSON_FILE_PATH, "utf8"))
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jsonMessages.push(createSampleMessage())
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await fs.writeFile(JSON_FILE_PATH, JSON.stringify(jsonMessages))
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}
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const jsonEnd = performance.now()
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const jsonDuration = jsonEnd - jsonStart
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// Test JSONL sequential append
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const jsonlStart = performance.now()
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for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
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await fs.appendFile(JSONL_FILE_PATH, JSON.stringify(createSampleMessage()) + "\n")
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}
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const jsonlEnd = performance.now()
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const jsonlDuration = jsonlEnd - jsonlStart
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// Calculate speedup
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const sequentialSpeedup = jsonDuration / jsonlDuration
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console.log(`JSON sequential append time: ${jsonDuration.toFixed(2)} ms`)
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console.log(`JSONL sequential append time: ${jsonlDuration.toFixed(2)} ms`)
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console.log(`Sequential append speedup: ${sequentialSpeedup.toFixed(2)}x`)
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}
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console.log("Starting benchmark...")
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console.log("=============================================")
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console.log("| Message Count | Implementation | Min (ms) | Max (ms) | Avg (ms) | Median (ms) |")
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console.log("|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|")
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for (const count of messageCounts) {
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// Create test files with the specified number of messages
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await createTestFiles(count)
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// Benchmark JSON implementation
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const jsonDurations = await benchmarkJSON(iterations)
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const jsonStats = calculateStats(jsonDurations)
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// Reset the files to ensure consistent state
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await createTestFiles(count)
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// Benchmark JSONL implementation
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const jsonlDurations = await benchmarkJSONL(iterations)
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const jsonlStats = calculateStats(jsonlDurations)
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// Print results
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console.log(
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`| ${count.toString().padEnd(13)} | JSON | ${jsonStats.min.toFixed(2).padEnd(8)} | ${jsonStats.max.toFixed(2).padEnd(8)} | ${jsonStats.avg.toFixed(2).padEnd(8)} | ${jsonStats.median.toFixed(2).padEnd(11)} |`,
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)
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console.log(
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`| ${" ".padEnd(13)} | JSONL | ${jsonlStats.min.toFixed(2).padEnd(8)} | ${jsonlStats.max.toFixed(2).padEnd(8)} | ${jsonlStats.avg.toFixed(2).padEnd(8)} | ${jsonlStats.median.toFixed(2).padEnd(11)} |`,
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)
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// Calculate and print speedup
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const avgSpeedup = jsonStats.avg / jsonlStats.avg
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console.log(`| ${" ".padEnd(13)} | Speedup | ${avgSpeedup.toFixed(2)}x ${" ".repeat(37)} |`)
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console.log("|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|")
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}
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console.log("Benchmark completed!")
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// Run the sequential test
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await runSequentialTest()
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} catch (error) {
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console.error("Error running benchmark:", error)
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}
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}
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// Run the benchmark
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runBenchmark()
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import * as path from "path"
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import * as fs from "fs/promises"
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import * as readline from "readline"
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import { createReadStream } from "fs"
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import { fileExistsAtPath } from "../../utils/fs"
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import { GlobalFileNames } from "../../shared/globalFileNames"
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import { ClineMessage } from "../../shared/ExtensionMessage"
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import { getTaskDirectoryPath } from "../../shared/storagePathManager"
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import type { ReadTaskMessagesOptions, SaveTaskMessagesOptions } from "./taskMessages"
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export async function readTaskMessages({
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taskId,
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globalStoragePath,
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}: ReadTaskMessagesOptions): Promise<ClineMessage[]> {
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const taskDir = await getTaskDirectoryPath(globalStoragePath, taskId)
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const filePath = path.join(taskDir, `${GlobalFileNames.apiConversationHistory}l`)
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const fileExists = await fileExistsAtPath(filePath)
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if (!fileExists) {
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return []
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}
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const messages: ClineMessage[] = []
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const fileStream = createReadStream(filePath, { encoding: "utf8" })
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const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: fileStream, crlfDelay: Infinity })
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for await (const line of rl) {
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if (line.trim()) {
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messages.push(JSON.parse(line))
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}
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}
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return messages
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}
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export async function writeTaskMessages({ messages, taskId, globalStoragePath }: SaveTaskMessagesOptions) {
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const taskDir = await getTaskDirectoryPath(globalStoragePath, taskId)
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const filePath = path.join(taskDir, `${GlobalFileNames.apiConversationHistory}l`)
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const content = messages.map((message) => JSON.stringify(message)).join("\n")
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await fs.writeFile(filePath, content)
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}
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export type AppendTaskMessageOptions = {
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message: ClineMessage
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globalStoragePath: string
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}
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export async function appendTaskMessage({ message, taskId, globalStoragePath }: AppendTaskMessageOptions) {
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const taskDir = await getTaskDirectoryPath(globalStoragePath, taskId)
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const filePath = path.join(taskDir, `${GlobalFileNames.apiConversationHistory}l`)
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await fs.appendFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(message) + "\n")
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}

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