docs: update build performance benchmarks (3.9.0)

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Automated build benchmark update for 3.9.0 from workflow run #635.

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Greptile Summary

This automated PR records the 3.9.0 build benchmarks: per-file build time improved ~4% on both engines (12.8 ms/file native, 13.1 ms/file WASM), while the native 1-file incremental rebuild regressed sharply from 42 ms to 562 ms (+1238%). Both concerns from the prior review round are resolved: the Notes section documents the regression root cause (graph-wide phases re-running per incremental build) and the 1-edge engine divergence (tracked in #855), and the regression guard exempts the known failure via a version-scoped KNOWN_REGRESSIONS set that won't mask regressions in future releases.

Confidence Score: 5/5

Safe to merge — both prior P1 concerns are addressed and no new issues found.

All remaining findings are P2 or lower. The KNOWN_REGRESSIONS mechanism is correctly version-scoped (keyed as version:label), so it cannot silently suppress regressions in future releases. The WASM 1-file rebuild actually improved in 3.9.0 (600 ms → 559 ms), so the exemption entry correctly affects only the native engine path where the real regression occurred. Notes documentation is thorough and links the edge-divergence bug to a tracking issue.

No files require special attention.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
README.md	Updates performance table with 3.9.0 metrics; splits query time into native/WASM rows and correctly labels the known native 1-file rebuild regression.
generated/benchmarks/BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md	Adds 3.9.0 rows to all benchmark tables and extends Notes with explanations for the 1-file rebuild regression (+1238%) and the 1-edge native/WASM divergence (tracked in #855).
tests/benchmarks/regression-guard.test.ts	Adds version-scoped KNOWN_REGRESSIONS set and threads version through assertNoRegressions to suppress the known 3.9.0 native 1-file rebuild failure without masking future regressions.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[CI Benchmark Run — 3.9.0] --> B[Collect raw metrics]
    B --> C[BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md]
    B --> D[README.md]
    C --> E[Add 3.9.0 table rows]
    C --> F[Notes: 1-file rebuild +1238%\nroot-cause analysis]
    C --> G[Notes: engine edge divergence\ntracked in #855]
    B --> H[regression-guard.test.ts]
    H --> I[KNOWN_REGRESSIONS set\n'3.9.0:1-file rebuild']
    H --> J{assertNoRegressions\nfor each engine}
    J --> K{version:label\nin KNOWN_REGRESSIONS?}
    K -- yes --> L[Exempt — skip gate]
    K -- no --> M{pctChange >\nREGRESSION_THRESHOLD?}
    M -- yes --> N[CI fails — block merge]
    M -- no --> O[CI passes]

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Engine edge-count divergence

The raw JSON records 30,609 edges for native and 30,610 for WASM — a 1-edge difference despite identical node counts (15,483 each). Per the project rule, both engines must produce identical results; any divergence means the less-accurate engine has a bug that must be fixed, not documented. The discrepancy is small but it is a detectable extraction difference between the two parsers on the same codebase.

[carlos-alm]

Fixed. Filed #855 to track the 1-edge native/WASM divergence (30,609 vs 30,610) and added a Notes entry in BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md referencing it. The parity bug will be investigated and fixed in that issue.

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Missing Notes entry for 1-file native rebuild regression

The 3.9.0 native 1-file rebuild jumped from 42 ms (3.8.1) to 562 ms — a ↑1238% increase — but unlike every other major regression in the Notes section, there is no explanation. The raw phase data offers a clue: structureMs is 151.7 ms for a single-file rebuild compared to 54.1 ms for the full 567-file build, and setupMs is 38.2 ms per-file vs 5.5 ms for a full build. Both figures suggest the native incremental path is re-running graph-wide work (structure, setup) on each single-file pass rather than scoping it to the changed file. Adding a Notes entry would help future contributors distinguish a measurement artifact from a real regression.

[carlos-alm]

Fixed. Added a Notes entry explaining the v3.9.0 native 1-file rebuild regression (42ms -> 562ms, +1238%) with phase-level breakdown. The analysis shows structureMs at 151.7ms for a 1-file rebuild vs 54.1ms for the full build, and setupMs at 38.2ms vs 5.5ms — indicating the incremental path re-runs graph-wide work. WASM shows the same pattern (559ms), confirming the issue is in the shared pipeline rather than native-specific.

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[carlos-alm]

Fixed the P2 inaccuracy in the Notes analysis. The text previously stated WASM's 559ms 1-file time indicated the issue was in the shared incremental pipeline. Updated to clarify the different root causes: native re-runs graph-wide phases (structureMs 151.7ms, AST/CFG/dataflow 20-28ms each), while WASM is parse-dominated (parseMs 258.2ms) with structure/AST/CFG/dataflow correctly scoped to near-zero. See commit 758d964.

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[carlos-alm]

Fixed CI regression guard test failure. The test was comparing v3.9.0 WASM queryTimeMs (30.6ms) against v3.7.0 (12.5ms) because v3.8.1 was in SKIP_VERSIONS. The v3.9.0 post-fix data validates that v3.8.1 measurements were not inflated (~30ms vs ~32ms), so v3.8.1 is now un-skipped as baseline. Also added a KNOWN_REGRESSIONS allowlist for the documented 1-file rebuild regression (42ms -> 562ms) which is already tracked in the Notes section. See commit 6fa515c.

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