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Summary

GormStore.mu is a *sync.Mutex that serialises all 84 write methods across the process regardless of the backing database. For PostgreSQL, the database itself provides row-level locking (SELECT ... FOR UPDATE) and transaction isolation, making the Go-level global mutex unnecessary overhead on the hot path (SelectRouteCandidates, FinishCall, etc.).

Changes

  • store.go: Changed mu from *sync.Mutex to sync.Locker interface. Added nopLocker type (empty Lock()/Unlock()) for PostgreSQL-backed stores.
  • store_database.go: Constructor selects nopLocker{} when driver == "postgres", uses &sync.Mutex{} for SQLite. The interface change is transparent to all 84 existing Lock/Unlock call sites.
  • store_mutex_test.go (new): 5 regression tests covering interface compliance, concurrent safety, driver type assertion, 20-goroutine × 50 concurrent write integrity, and SQLite mutex regression guard.

Verification

  • go build ./internal/server/ — clean
  • go vet ./internal/server/ — clean
  • Full test suite: 56s, all passing
  • New regression tests:
    • TestNopLockerImplementsLockernopLocker satisfies sync.Locker
    • TestNopLockerConcurrentSafety — race detector clean under 100×1000 concurrent lock/unlock
    • TestStoreDriverMutexType — PG gets nopLocker, SQLite gets *sync.Mutex
    • TestConcurrentWritesDataIntegrity — 20 goroutines × 50 projects, all 1000 verified
    • TestSQLiteMutexIsNotNoop — regression guard

Checklist

  • My code follows the project coding style
  • I have added tests for my changes
  • All existing and new tests pass
  • go vet passes

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Standards

  • This backend concurrency behavior change adds no regression tests, contrary to AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md.
  • The PR body does not preserve .github/pull_request_template.md; please restore its sections and checklist, and record skipped or applicable checks.

Spec

See the inline P1. Local backend tests and repository gates pass, but they do not exercise this PostgreSQL race.

Comment thread backend/internal/server/store_database.go Outdated
GormStore.mu is a *sync.Mutex that serialises all writes across the
process regardless of the backing database. For PostgreSQL, the
database itself provides row-level locking (SELECT ... FOR UPDATE) and
transaction isolation, making the Go-level global mutex unnecessary
overhead on the hot path (SelectRouteCandidates, FinishCall, etc.).

Change mu from *sync.Mutex to sync.Locker, initialise it to
&sync.Mutex{} for SQLite and nopLocker{} for PostgreSQL. The
interface change is transparent to all 84 existing Lock/Unlock call
sites.

Add regression tests:
- nopLocker satisfies sync.Locker
- nopLocker is safe under concurrent use (race detector clean)
- SQLite-backed store uses a real *sync.Mutex, never nopLocker
- Concurrent writes (20 goroutines × 50 projects) preserve data
  integrity under SQLite mutex serialisation
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susunola force-pushed the perf/drop-pg-global-mutex branch from 2bc0879 to 48940f6 Compare August 4, 2026 22:57
@susunola susunola changed the title perf(store): make store-wide mutex a no-op for Postgres backend perf: drop global mutex for PG-backed stores Aug 4, 2026

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Two blocking review issues remain. Separately, the PR body still omits required pull-request-template sections, and gofmt -l reports backend/internal/server/store_mutex_test.go. GitHub currently reports merge conflicts and no current checks.


muLocker := sync.Locker(&sync.Mutex{})
if driver == "postgres" {
muLocker = nopLocker{}

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[P1] Preserve unconverted read-check-write invariants

PostgreSQL only provides row serialization when the code actually takes a row/advisory lock or uses a conditional update; making this locker a no-op exposes many of the 84 existing call sites that do neither. For example, AuthenticateAdminUser reads and verifies an active user before its transaction; a concurrent UpdateAdminUser can disable that user, after which authentication's stale full-row tx.Save(&user) restores the old status/password/role and creates a valid session. Two ResetAdminUserPassword calls can also both observe UsedAt == nil and consume the same one-time token, while concurrent final-admin demotions can both pass the ordinary COUNT check. The previously reported race therefore remains in this head. Please retain synchronization for unconverted paths, or move every protected invariant behind transaction-scoped row/advisory locks or conditional updates before disabling the process lock.


for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.driver, func(t *testing.T) {
store := NewMemoryStore()

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[P2] Exercise a real PostgreSQL store with the no-op locker

This test always constructs SQLite and then manually assigns both dbDriver and mu, so it cannot detect a regression in the constructor changed by this PR. The concurrent integrity test below also uses NewMemoryStore(), retaining SQLite's real mutex, and its errs channel is never written. Consequently these tests pass even if PostgreSQL never selects nopLocker, and they exercise none of the newly concurrent read-check-write paths. Please construct through NewStoreWithDialect using the PostgreSQL test fixture and add a deterministic concurrency invariant test (for example one-time reset-token consumption or last-admin preservation).

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