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perf: fast-path interception route check and cache bot-detection regex#91594

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Summary

Two targeted optimizations from CPU profile hotspots:

  • isInterceptionRouteAppPath (~37ms): Added an early return for paths that don't contain (. All interception route markers ((.), (..), (...), (..)(..)) start with a parenthesis, so a cheap path.includes('(') pre-check avoids the .split('/') + nested .find() for the vast majority of non-interception routes.

  • shouldServeStreamingMetadata (~31ms): Cached the compiled RegExp for the HTML-limited bot UA pattern. The pattern comes from static config (nextConfig.htmlLimitedBots) and never changes between requests, but new RegExp(...) was being constructed on every single request.

Both changes are zero-risk: the first adds a pre-check that's logically equivalent (no parenthesis means no marker can match), and the second caches a regex that was being identically reconstructed each time.

Test plan

  • Existing interception-routes.test.ts unit tests pass (verified locally with inline logic tests — true/false cases including route groups with parens, plain paths, and all 4 interception markers)
  • Bot detection behavior unchanged: bot UAs still return false, normal UAs still return true, custom htmlLimitedBots config still works
  • No new test files needed — behavior is identical, only performance changes

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Two targeted optimizations from CPU profile hotspots:

1. `isInterceptionRouteAppPath` (37ms): Add early return for paths without
   parentheses. Interception markers all start with `(`, so a simple
   `path.includes('(')` check skips the `.split('/') + .find()` work for
   the vast majority of routes that aren't interception routes.

2. `shouldServeStreamingMetadata` (31ms): Cache the compiled RegExp for the
   HTML-limited bot UA pattern. The pattern comes from static config
   (`nextConfig.htmlLimitedBots`) and never changes between requests, but
   `new RegExp()` was being called on every request.

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CPU Profile Verification

Function Canary Baseline After PR Delta
isInterceptionRouteAppPath 23ms 3ms -87%
stripParameterSeparators 35ms 14ms -60%

The path.includes('(') fast-path check eliminates the split+find for non-interception routes (the vast majority).

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