perf!: skipped keys out of the protobuf chain, MessageInfo 968→536 B, inline message ids - #1390
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A receiver chain's out-of-order keys lived inside the generated `Chain.message_keys`: 136 bytes of `MessageKey` plus a 32-byte `Bytes` per seed-only key, and `decrypt_snapshot` cloned every one of them, promoting each seed to a shared allocation, on every DM decrypt. They now live beside the chain as `Option<Arc<Vec<SkippedKey>>>`, a 40-byte inline seed per key, so the snapshot is a refcount bump per chain and a skip-ahead pays one copy-on-write. The protobuf is reassembled only when the state is encoded, and only for a chain that skipped; a record written with the legacy derived triple keeps its protobuf boxed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0172fpxasGTrouFyYH5UGmjN
MessageInfo is retained per message through the commit batch and by every consumer that keeps a message; it was 968 bytes, most of it fields that are absent on the ordinary message. `meta_info` (280 B), `bot_info` and `device_sent_meta` are now boxed options, built only when their stanza children are present; `MessageInfo::meta()` hands readers an empty one otherwise. `ephemeral_expiration` and `comment_target` move to `InboundMessage`, where they are known: writing them into the shared `Arc<MessageInfo>` deep-copied the whole struct on every disappearing-chat message. `MessageId` becomes `CompactString`, so a 22-character id lives inline in the info, in `ChatMessageId`/`SenderMessageId` cache keys and in receipt id lists instead of costing a heap allocation each; `push_name` follows for the same reason. BREAKING: `MessageInfo` field types change as described above and `ephemeral_expiration`/`comment_target` move to `InboundMessage`; `MessageId` is a `CompactString`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0172fpxasGTrouFyYH5UGmjN
`SessionState` carries its skipped-key backlog beside the protobuf, which takes `SessionRecord` past clippy's `large_enum_variant` threshold in the two checkout-result enums that carry one. Both are transient return values matched and moved out of by their caller on the per-message path, so boxing the record arm would add an allocation per checkout to save nothing; the lint is allowed at each with that rationale. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0172fpxasGTrouFyYH5UGmjN
`process_node` derived the `StanzaTag` for its dispatch match but each gate before it (offline-sync banner, IQ sync response, stream end, IQ waiter) re-compared the tag string, and the match itself was a chain of string guards. The tag is now derived once and every gate dispatches on the enum. `pending_retries` and `pending_lid_refreshes` hold one entry per in-flight operation and are empty almost all the time, but a reconnect can push hundreds of retries through at once and a `HashSet` never gives that table back. The scopeguard that removes a reservation now shrinks the set once it is a quarter full, to twice its length so a draining burst does not oscillate between shrink and regrow. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0172fpxasGTrouFyYH5UGmjN
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WalkthroughThe PR compacts message identifiers and metadata, moves derived inbound fields into ChangesMessage and session memory changes
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The message metadata relocation currently causes bot callbacks to lose ephemeral-message expiration and comment-target information, which can lead to incorrect retention or privacy behavior. Merge should wait until MessageContext preserves these fields or the compatibility impact is explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant IncomingStanza
participant MessageParser
participant InboundMessage
participant SessionState
participant Serializer
IncomingStanza->>MessageParser: parse compact message metadata
MessageParser->>InboundMessage: attach expiration and comment target
MessageParser->>SessionState: read or update skipped keys
SessionState->>Serializer: reassemble skipped keys when encoding
Serializer-->>SessionState: restore session structure when decoding
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| wacore/libsignal/src/protocol/state/session.rs | Moves skipped message keys into compact parallel storage while preserving chain alignment, rollback, archival, and serialized compatibility. |
| wacore/src/types/message.rs | Shrinks MessageInfo through compact strings and boxed optional metadata, with an accessor for absent metadata. |
| wacore/src/types/events.rs | Relocates post-decryption expiration and comment-thread metadata onto the application-visible inbound message. |
| src/message/dispatch.rs | Populates the relocated inbound metadata on both newsletter and committed live-message dispatch paths. |
| src/client/node_io.rs | Reuses one strict stanza-tag classification without changing the prior routing comparisons. |
| src/client.rs | Adds bounded post-burst shrinking for transient reservation sets. |
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E --> F[Copy on write when backlog changes]
F --> G[Reassemble message keys into protobuf]
G --> H[Serialize compatible SessionRecord]
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- Around line 127-129: Update MessageContext and MessageContext::from_inbound to
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Preserve inbound metadata in MessageContext.
BotBuilder::on_message calls MessageContext::from_inbound, which copies only message and info. The new InboundMessage::ephemeral_expiration and InboundMessage::comment_target values are therefore dropped before callbacks run. Add equivalent fields to MessageContext and populate them, with tests for newsletter and normal messages.
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In `@src/message/dispatch.rs` around lines 127 - 129, Update MessageContext and
MessageContext::from_inbound to retain and populate
InboundMessage::ephemeral_expiration and comment_target alongside message and
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| ⚡ | Simulation | bench_parse_message_info[group_lid] |
21.7 µs | 18.1 µs | +20.22% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | bench_parse_message_info[status_broadcast] |
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src/message/dispatch.rsdropsephemeral_expirationandcomment_targetinfrom_inbound, so callbacks can lose expiration and targeting behavior; preserve both fields when constructingMessageContext.wacore/binary/src/jid.rscauses common 22-byteMessageIdvalues to heap-allocate on wasm32 and other 32-bit targets, potentially regressing allocation-sensitive performance; use a target-independent inline representation large enough for these IDs.src/receipt.rshas an outdated comment describing receipt IDs asStringrather thanMessageId, which can mislead maintainers about the allocation rationale; update the comment.
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P3: The adjacent comment still says receipt IDs are `String`, but this code now builds `MessageId` values. Update the comment to describe the `MessageId` conversion so its allocation rationale remains accurate.</violation>
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P1: Preserve `ephemeral_expiration` and `comment_target` when converting `InboundMessage` into `MessageContext`. `from_inbound` currently forwards only `message` and `info`, so callbacks lose both fields even though this dispatch now populates them.</violation>
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P1: Preserve ephemeral_expiration and comment_target when converting InboundMessage into MessageContext. from_inbound currently forwards only message and info, so callbacks lose both fields even though this dispatch now populates them.
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| /// A message id, inline: WhatsApp ids are 20–32 hex/base64 characters, and | ||
| /// every client-generated one is 22, so the common case pays no heap | ||
| /// allocation per message, per receipt id and per dedup-cache key. | ||
| pub type MessageId = CompactString; |
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P2: On wasm32 and other 32-bit targets, the common 22-byte MessageId spills to the heap because CompactString only has a 12-byte inline budget. Use a target-independent inline representation large enough for these IDs, or document that this optimization is 64-bit-only.
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@@ -371,7 +371,10 @@ pub const BOT_SERVER: &str = "bot";
+/// A message id, inline: WhatsApp ids are 20–32 hex/base64 characters, and
+/// every client-generated one is 22, so the common case pays no heap
+/// allocation per message, per receipt id and per dedup-cache key.
+pub type MessageId = CompactString;
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| // is widened once here instead of cloning both candidates first. | ||
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P3: The adjacent comment still says receipt IDs are String, but this code now builds MessageId values. Update the comment to describe the MessageId conversion so its allocation rationale remains accurate.
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Summary
Follow-up to #1389, same pattern: find the structures the client retains per message or per session, and stop paying for the fields the ordinary message never carries. Two big fish and a few small ones. This one takes the breaking changes that the previous PR avoided.
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wacore-libsignal). A receiver chain's out-of-order keys lived inside the generatedChain.message_keys: a 136-byteMessageKeyplus a 32-byteBytesallocation per seed-only key, for 36 bytes of information. They now sit beside the chain asOption<Arc<Vec<SkippedKey>>>, a 40-byte inline seed per key with nothing to allocate or refcount, and are reassembled into the protobuf only when the state is encoded, and only for a chain that actually skipped. An in-order conversation's chains own nothing. A record written before seeds were persisted (the derived cipher/MAC/IV triple) keeps its protobuf boxed and round-trips unchanged.MessageInfoshrinks from 968 to 536 bytes. It is retained per message through the commit batch and by every consumer that keeps a message.meta_info(280 B on its own),bot_infoanddevice_sent_metaare now boxed options built only when their stanza children are present;MessageInfo::meta()hands readers an empty one otherwise.pending_retriesandpending_lid_refreshesare empty almost all the time, but a reconnect can push hundreds of retries through at once and aHashSetnever gives that table back. The scopeguard that removes a reservation now shrinks the set once it is a quarter full, to twice its length so a draining burst does not oscillate.Per message
ephemeral_expirationandcomment_targetused to be written into the sharedArc<MessageInfo>viaArc::make_mut, which copied the whole 968-byte struct on every message in an ephemeral chat. They move toInboundMessage, where they are known, and the info stays shared.decrypt_snapshotno longer clones the skipped-key backlog. The snapshot taken before MAC verification is now a refcount bump per chain; a skip-ahead during a decrypt pays one copy-on-write against it, on a chain that skipped anyway.MessageIdis aCompactString, so a 22-character id lives inline in the info, inChatMessageId/SenderMessageIdcache keys and in receipt id lists instead of costing a heap allocation each.push_namefollows for the same reason.process_nodederives theStanzaTagonce and dispatches on the enum; the offline-sync, IQ-waiter, stream-end and handler gates no longer each re-compare the tag string.Refuted or left out
SenderKeyRecordcheckout on group decrypt. The record is still cloned out of the cache and written back; making the cache hand out a checkout that writes back in place is a real win but touches the store trait, so it goes in its own PR.wacore-binary's ownership model and needs its own Miri coverage.set_sender_key_status_for_devicesrenders oneStringper device. The store API takes&[(&str, bool)]; keeping the change inside this PR would mean changing that trait for a handful of short allocations per retry.Compatibility
BREAKING (we are < 1.0):
MessageInfo::meta_info,bot_infoanddevice_sent_metaareOption<Box<_>>. Readmeta_infothroughinfo.meta(), which returns an emptyMsgMetaInfowhen the stanza carried none.MessageInfo::ephemeral_expirationandcomment_targetare gone; they are onInboundMessagenow, where they were always set from.MessageIdis aCompactString(Deref<Target = str>,Display,From<&str>/From<String>);MessageInfo::idandpush_namefollow. Code that didid.clone()into aStringneeds.to_string(); code that compared to a&strkeeps working.SessionState's serialized form is unchanged: skipped keys are put back into the protobuf on encode, so records written by either version load in the other.No wire behaviour changes. No generated file is touched.
SessionRecordgrows by 24 bytes (the per-chain backlog slots), which takes it past clippy'slarge_enum_variantthreshold in the two transient checkout-result enums that carry one; both are matched and moved out of immediately on the per-message path, so the lint is allowed there with that rationale rather than boxing an allocation onto every checkout.Validation
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