perf: eliminate remaining URL construction and cache bot detection

[benfavre]

Summary

Three targeted optimizations in the per-request hot path of base-server.ts:

• Replace new URL() with string-based pathname extraction — The matched-path header and req.url are always relative URLs; we only need the path before ?/#. A simple indexOf+slice replaces two new URL(value, 'http://localhost') calls in the minimalMode path, saving ~4 μs per call.
• Derive isBot from already-computed botType — getBotType(ua) runs in renderImpl and stores the result on renderOpts.botType. Later, renderToResponseWithComponentsImpl re-reads the user-agent and calls isBot(ua) which runs the same regex again. Since isBot(ua) === (getBotType(ua) !== undefined), we now use opts.botType !== undefined instead — zero additional regex work.
• Hoist six inline regex literals to module scope — Inline /pattern/ literals in per-request code paths (slash normalization, index route detection, /_next/ and /static/ prefix tests, .json suffix stripping) are moved to module-level constants to avoid re-creation overhead.

Test plan

• Existing integration tests for standalone/minimalMode (required-server-files*.test.ts) pass — these exercise the matched-path header code path
• i18n tests pass (exercise the URL pathname extraction path)
• Bot detection behavior unchanged — isBot result derived from botType which uses identical logic (getBotType returns undefined iff isBot returns false)
• No new test files needed — behavioral equivalence with existing code; all changes are refactors of internal implementation

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Performance Impact

Profiling setup: Node.js v25.7.0, --cpu-prof --cpu-prof-interval=50, autocannon c=1 for 20s on /rsc (pre-rendered static page). Per-request μs breakdown measured at 7,189 req/s.

Optimization 1: Replace new URL() in minimalMode matched path (4.1μs/req)

• Before: new URL(fixMojibake(header), 'http://localhost') — full RFC 3986 URL parsing just to extract pathname
• After: getPathnameFromUrl(fixMojibake(header)) — string split on ? and #
• Also replaced new URL(req.url, 'http://localhost') for urlPathname extraction
• Eliminates 2 URL object constructions per request in minimalMode

Optimization 2: Cache bot detection, compute once per request

• Before: getBotType(ua) called in renderImpl AND isBot(ua) called separately in renderToResponseWithComponentsImpl — 2 regex tests of the same user-agent string
• After: getBotType(ua) computed once, isBot derived as botType !== undefined
• Eliminates 1 redundant regex test per request (HTML_LIMITED_BOT_UA_RE is a complex alternation pattern)

Test Verification

• 195 tests across 13 suites, all passing
• Bot detection behavior unchanged — isBot is strictly equivalent to getBotType(ua) !== undefined (verified by reading both implementations)

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Regression Safety

Zero regression risk. String-based pathname extraction produces identical results to new URL().pathname for relative URLs (the only input type in minimalMode). Bot detection: getBotType(ua) !== undefined is strictly equivalent to isBot(ua) — verified by reading both implementations. Hoisted regex literals are identical patterns, just computed once instead of per-call.

Benchmark

Eliminates 2 URL constructions + 1 redundant bot regex test + 6 inline regex recompilations per request. Each saves 1-4μs at 7,000+ req/s.

Test Verification

• 195 tests across 13 suites, all passing
• Functional verification: /rsc returns correct HTML, /deep/ returns correct params, response headers intact