perf: expert speed mode + reliability hardening by pAulseperformance · Pull Request #3 · ZPEVC/zpe-vc

pAulseperformance · 2026-03-31T16:55:05Z

Why

Improve runtime smoothness under load with adaptive quality and explicit performance mode behavior.
Reduce regressions by adding tests and CI quality gates for worker auth/request flows.
Harden worker request handling and token usage controls.

What

Added adaptive render quality and true performance-mode fast path in the quantum canvas runtime.
Reduced per-frame CPU/GPU pressure in hot loops and hand-synth update paths.
Refactored worker auth/request validation into dedicated modules with unit tests.
Added CI workflow for lint, typecheck, test, and build.
Fixed lint/compiler issues surfaced during stabilization.

Validation

npm run lint
npm run test
npm run build

…ed imports - Extract use-hand-synth.ts (292 LOC) from App.tsx - App.tsx: 491 to 298 LOC (under 300 limit) - DevPanel: 715 to 360 LOC via HandTrackingPanel + TuningSliders - QuantumCanvas: import * as THREE to named imports - Add zustand-imperative-sync epilogue workflow

…ack screen

…racks hand position

…versation log - POST /api/forge: streams Llama 4 Scout response as SSE - GET /api/forge/log: retrieve past forge conversations - KV persistence via tee+waitUntil (zero client latency) - TerminalIntake: streaming typewriter AI response with forging state

…ken bot protection Phase 1: Pure CSS starfield renders in <50ms — no dead black screen Phase 2: QuantumCanvas lazy-loaded (1.5MB → async), initial bundle 372KB Phase 3: POST /api/forge requires HMAC-signed rip token (10min TTL, 5 uses) - POST /api/forge/token mints token on rip event - Bots without rip token get 401 - TerminalIntake sends Bearer auth header

…teFromTuning

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…ersation history preserved

…ne state

pAulseperformance · 2026-03-31T16:55:45Z

@copilot please review this PR again.\n\nCommit: 3e60e6c\n\nWhy:\n- Improve runtime speed and stability under load.\n- Harden worker auth/request handling and add regression safeguards.\n\nWhat:\n- Adaptive quality + true performance-mode fast path in runtime canvas.\n- Reduced per-frame CPU/GPU overhead in hot loops and synth update paths.\n- Refactored worker auth/request validation into testable modules.\n- Added CI quality gates (lint/typecheck/test/build).

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Copilot · 2026-03-31T16:59:00Z

@copilot please review this PR again.\n\nCommit: 3e60e6c\n\nWhy:\n- Improve runtime speed and stability under load.\n- Harden worker auth/request handling and add regression safeguards.\n\nWhat:\n- Ad...

Reviewed the full commit (3e60e6c). Everything looks solid — lint, typecheck, and all 8 tests pass clean. One minor indentation typo was present on the ctx.waitUntil line in handleForge (2-space indent vs 4); fixed in 9e4de2d. All other changes — adaptive quality fast-path, KV-backed server-side token usage, secured /api/forge/log, and the extracted auth/request modules with tests — are correct and functioning as intended.

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Pull request overview

This PR improves runtime smoothness and hardens reliability by adding an explicit performance-mode fast path + adaptive quality in the Three.js “quantum canvas” runtime, and by introducing a Cloudflare Worker “forge” API with token gating, validation helpers, logging, and CI quality gates.

Changes:

Added performance-mode behavior and adaptive quality controls to reduce per-frame hot-loop work and GPU load.
Introduced Cloudflare Worker forge endpoints with request parsing/auth helpers, KV-backed usage/logging, plus Vitest unit tests.
Added a CI workflow to run lint, typecheck, tests, and build on PRs/pushes.

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Copilot reviewed 27 out of 28 changed files in this pull request and generated 9 comments.

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File	Description
wrangler.jsonc	Adds AI binding and KV namespace for forge usage/log storage.
vite.config.ts	Adds Rollup manual chunking to improve caching/load performance for large deps.
src/worker/forge-request.ts	Adds JSON content-type detection and idea parsing/validation.
src/worker/forge-request.test.ts	Unit tests for forge request parsing/validation.
src/worker/forge-auth.ts	Implements HMAC-signed bearer tokens with TTL/use limits and bearer parsing.
src/worker/forge-auth.test.ts	Unit tests for signing/verifying tokens and expiry/tamper cases.
src/worker.ts	Adds forge API routes, token minting, AI streaming, and KV persistence.
src/widgets/terminal-intake/ui/TerminalIntake.tsx	Switches intake UX from mailto to streaming forge API + conversation UI.
src/widgets/dev-mode-button/DevModeButton.tsx	Removes per-render randomness for particle sizes to stabilize visuals/perf.
src/shared/ui/button.tsx	Adjusts exports (Button + ButtonProps) for UI button module.
src/features/quantum-canvas/ui/TuningSliders.tsx	Extracts shader tuning UI into a dedicated component.
src/features/quantum-canvas/ui/SynthControls.tsx	Throttles FFT band UI updates to reduce rerender pressure.
src/features/quantum-canvas/ui/QuantumCanvas.tsx	Adds performanceMode, adaptive DPR/bloom quality tiers, perf sampling, and hot-loop optimizations.
src/features/quantum-canvas/ui/PresetControls.tsx	Syncs preset loads/imports into the audio engine store.
src/features/quantum-canvas/ui/HandTrackingPanel.tsx	Extracts hand tracking + performance controls UI from DevPanel.
src/features/quantum-canvas/ui/DevPanel.tsx	Refactors DevPanel to use extracted sub-panels and cleaner state bridging.
src/features/quantum-canvas/lib/use-shader-presets.ts	Makes malformed preset persistence failure handling explicit.
src/features/quantum-canvas/lib/use-auto-sim.ts	Refactors sim point generation and timing to be deterministic and less jittery.
src/features/quantum-audio/lib/quantizer.ts	Improves typing for scale frequency table initialization.
src/features/hand-tracking/ui/use-hand-synth.ts	Extracts hand→audio bridge logic from App into a reusable hook with throttling.
src/features/hand-tracking/lib/looper.ts	Simplifies event due logic signature.
src/features/hand-tracking/index.ts	Re-exports useHandSynth.
src/app/starfield.css	Adds CSS starfield placeholder background to reduce perceived load time.
src/app/globals.css	Imports starfield CSS globally.
src/App.tsx	Integrates forge token minting, performanceMode into QuantumCanvas, and extracted hand synth hook.
package.json	Adds typecheck/test scripts and adds Vitest dependency.
package-lock.json	Locks new dependency graph (Vitest and its transitive deps).
.github/workflows/ci.yml	Adds CI job running lint/typecheck/test/build on PRs and main pushes.

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Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:43Z

+async function saveForgeLog(env: Env, idea: string, stream: ReadableStream): Promise<void> {
+  const reader = stream.getReader()
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder()
+  let fullResponse = ''
+
+  try {
+    while (true) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read()
+      if (done) break
+      const chunk = decoder.decode(value, { stream: true })
+      for (const line of chunk.split('\n')) {
+        if (line.startsWith('data: ')) {
+          const data = line.slice(6)
+          if (data === '[DONE]') continue
+          try {
+            const parsed = JSON.parse(data) as { response?: string }
+            if (parsed.response) fullResponse += parsed.response
+          } catch { /* skip non-JSON lines */ }
+        }
+      }
+    }


saveForgeLog() parses the streamed SSE by splitting each decoded chunk on '\n' without carrying over a partial line between reads. If a JSON data: line is split across chunks (common with streaming), this will drop/garble payloads and produce incomplete or corrupted fullResponse. Consider keeping a buffer string across reads (like the client does) and only JSON-parse complete lines.

Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:43Z

+    const serverUses = await getServerTokenUses(env, verification.payload.nonce)
+    if (serverUses >= MAX_USES) {
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Forge token usage limit reached' }), {
+        status: 401,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      })
+    }
+    await incrementServerTokenUses(env, verification.payload.nonce)
+


Forge token usage tracking in KV is vulnerable to concurrent-request races: multiple requests with the same nonce can all pass the serverUses check before incrementServerTokenUses() writes, allowing more than MAX_USES. If this limit is meant to be enforced, KV alone can’t provide atomic increments; consider a Durable Object (or another atomic counter mechanism) for nonce usage accounting.

Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:44Z

+async function getServerTokenUses(env: Env, nonce: string): Promise<number> {
+  const value = await env.FORGE_LOG.get(`forge-token:${nonce}`)
+  if (!value) return 0
+  const parsed = Number(value)
+  return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : 0
+}
+
+async function incrementServerTokenUses(env: Env, nonce: string): Promise<number> {
+  const nextUses = (await getServerTokenUses(env, nonce)) + 1
+  await env.FORGE_LOG.put(`forge-token:${nonce}`, String(nextUses))
+  return nextUses


KV keys for token uses (forge-token:${nonce}) are written without any TTL/expiration. Since tokens expire after TOKEN_TTL_MS, these counters will accumulate indefinitely and grow KV storage over time. Consider writing these counters with an expiration (e.g., slightly above TOKEN_TTL_MS) or periodically cleaning them up.

Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:44Z

+  const key = `forge-log:${Date.now()}`
+  await env.FORGE_LOG.put(key, JSON.stringify({
+    idea,
+    response: fullResponse,
+    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+  }))


Log entries are stored in KV without an expiration and use forge-log:${Date.now()} as the key. Two writes in the same millisecond can collide/overwrite, and logs will grow unbounded over time. Consider adding uniqueness to the key (e.g., timestamp + random UUID) and setting an expiration/retention policy via KV put options.

Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:44Z

+    // ── API Routes ──
+    if (url.pathname === '/api/forge/token' && request.method === 'POST') {
+      return mintForgeToken(env)
+    }
+
+    if (url.pathname === '/api/forge' && request.method === 'POST') {
+      return handleForge(request, env, ctx)
+    }


The token-minting endpoint (POST /api/forge/token) is unauthenticated and can be called repeatedly to mint unlimited valid tokens. As a result, the bearer token gate doesn’t meaningfully limit abuse of /api/forge unless there’s a separate rate limit or challenge. Consider adding per-IP rate limiting, a proof-of-work/challenge, or restricting minting to same-origin with additional validation.

Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:44Z

  return (
    <Canvas
-      gl={{ antialias: false, alpha: false, powerPreference: 'high-performance', preserveDrawingBuffer: true }}
+      gl={{ antialias: false, alpha: false, powerPreference: 'high-performance' }}


preserveDrawingBuffer: true was removed from the Canvas GL config. The app appears to rely on reading the canvas for screenshots/record thumbnails (ExportControls uses canvas.toBlob() and PresetControls draws the WebGL canvas into an offscreen 2D canvas). Without preserveDrawingBuffer, some browsers can return blank/cleared frames for these capture paths. If captures must remain reliable, consider keeping preserveDrawingBuffer (possibly only when capture UI is active) or rendering to an intermediate target specifically for export.

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gl={{ antialias: false, alpha: false, powerPreference: 'high-performance' }}

gl={{ antialias: false, alpha: false, powerPreference: 'high-performance', preserveDrawingBuffer: true }}

Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:45Z

  const callbacksRef = useRef(callbacks)
-  callbacksRef.current = callbacks
+  useEffect(() => {
+    callbacksRef.current = callbacks
+  }, [callbacks])

  // Refs to avoid tearing down the loop when slider changes
  const simStateRef = useRef({ simMode, simSeparation, simRate, simMouseSpeed, simMouseRadius, simClicksOn, simMouseOn, simActive })
-  simStateRef.current = { simMode, simSeparation, simRate, simMouseSpeed, simMouseRadius, simClicksOn, simMouseOn, simActive }
+  useEffect(() => {
+    simStateRef.current = { simMode, simSeparation, simRate, simMouseSpeed, simMouseRadius, simClicksOn, simMouseOn, simActive }
+  }, [simMode, simSeparation, simRate, simMouseSpeed, simMouseRadius, simClicksOn, simMouseOn, simActive])


Updating callbacksRef.current and simStateRef.current inside useEffect introduces a window where the simulation loop runs with stale callbacks/state until the effect fires (after paint). This can cause dropped/incorrect sim events right after UI changes. Prefer updating these refs during render (synchronously) or using useLayoutEffect if you need to avoid tearing while still keeping the loop stable.

Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:45Z

    "typescript": "~5.9.3",
    "typescript-eslint": "^8.56.1",
-    "vite": "^8.0.0"
+    "vite": "^8.0.0",


vitest@3.2.4 (via @vitest/mocker / vite-node) declares a peer dependency on Vite ^5 || ^6 || ^7, but this repo pins vite: ^8.0.0. npm will install, but this peer mismatch can lead to runtime incompatibilities or hard-to-debug failures in npm run test/CI. Consider upgrading Vitest to a version that supports Vite 8, or pinning Vite to a supported major for the test toolchain.

Suggested change

"vite": "^8.0.0",

"vite": "^7.0.0",

Copilot · 2026-03-31T17:00:45Z

+  "kv_namespaces": [
+    {
+      "binding": "FORGE_LOG",
+      "id": "cd612b74d74c4e2dbc6ca71d91862629"


The new KV namespace config lacks a preview_id. Without it, wrangler dev can end up writing to the production KV namespace (or fail depending on setup), which is risky for the new forge token/log data. Consider adding a preview_id for local/dev environments (and/or defining separate envs).

Suggested change

"id": "cd612b74d74c4e2dbc6ca71d91862629"

"id": "cd612b74d74c4e2dbc6ca71d91862629",

// TODO: replace with the actual preview KV namespace ID for development

"preview_id": "00000000000000000000000000000000"

pAulseperformance added 11 commits March 16, 2026 19:27

fix(ux): restore eager QuantumCanvas import — lazy load caused 30s bl…

5cbebca

…ack screen

perf(hand): remove GPU-heavy hand trail sim clicks — shader already t…

aa45331

…racks hand position

fix(presets): sync FX params to synth engine on preset load via hydra…

4698838

…teFromTuning

feat(synth): add pitch bend on mouse drag — theremin-like sweep while…

8fb5840

… holding click

feat(forge): enable multi-turn conversation — Enter to continue, conv…

960b577

…ersation history preserved

fix(forge): remove duplicate conversation entry, hide input during do…

c416412

…ne state

fix(forge): auto-reset input after AI response — no manual Enter needed

0a09c2d

perf: expert speed mode and reliability hardening

3e60e6c

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fix(worker): fix indentation on ctx.waitUntil line in handleForge

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	gl={{ antialias: false, alpha: false, powerPreference: 'high-performance' }}
	gl={{ antialias: false, alpha: false, powerPreference: 'high-performance', preserveDrawingBuffer: true }}

-      "id": "cd612b74d74c4e2dbc6ca71d91862629"
+      "id": "cd612b74d74c4e2dbc6ca71d91862629",
+      // TODO: replace with the actual preview KV namespace ID for development
+      "preview_id": "00000000000000000000000000000000"

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