performance experiments - #4022

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cjl/snapshot-experiments

Commits on Aug 10, 2026

wire snapshots into flatKV
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allow iterator to be held longer
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don't paper over an error with a log
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doc cleanup, unit test fix
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document startup edge case
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fix unit test dead code
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fix snapshot metrics
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fix docs
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fix flaky test
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small fixes
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Commits on Aug 12, 2026

fix bug
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minor fixes
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Merge branch 'main' into cjl/snapshot-integration-2
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snapshot writer on background thread
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Commits on Aug 13, 2026

background hashing, not yet had a human review pass
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test work
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don't flush the WAL
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tune block preprocessing
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new tests
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more efficient serialization
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snapshot engine tuning/rewrite
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more snapshot engine write optimizations
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minor tweaks
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Commits on Aug 14, 2026

fix cache dashboard
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2000 transactions per block
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new test scenario
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update block size
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optimize batch get
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more optimizations for batch get
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Commits on Aug 20, 2026

remove shard locks
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fan out threads for commit
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move allocations out of shard commit lock
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revert fanout
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fan out to different DBs but not to shards, revert changes that didn't help
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5k transactions per block
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improve cryptosim harness perf
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Revert "improve cryptosim harness perf"

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tweak cryptosim harness
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remove mutex
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approximate LRU
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Commits on Aug 21, 2026

don't take wlock for hashing
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fewer allocations
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turn off cache metrics
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tweaks
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parallel preprocess
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revert preprocess threading
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batch allocate keys in ApplyChangeSets()
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re-enable snapshot metrics, add pprof support
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more shards
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shard count 16
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32 shards + fanout
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experimental fanout
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Commits on Aug 24, 2026

refactor hashing
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move account merging+reads off the main thread
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optimze merge account phase
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chunk up GC
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more performant block generation
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more efficient work sending to executors
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experimental build
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remove GC chunking
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fan out GC
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better back pressure, more metrics
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tune pebble, new metrics
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tweak pebble config
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tune pebble
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pre-sort values, revert pebble config tweaks
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better pre-sorting
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moar transactions per block
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Commits on Aug 25, 2026

parallelize apply_change_sets_prepare
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wire in change
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benchmarks
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faster block creation
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memiavl stuff
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cryptosim progress
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Commits on Aug 31, 2026

comment for optimization idea
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Commits on Sep 11, 2026

new hash impl
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