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perf(cmux-tui): index graphics pointer route diffs - #11696

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Summary

  • Replace pairwise scans in App::graphics_changed_rect_bound with per-snapshot route indexes.
  • Preserve exact pointer-frame and current-route equivalence while bounding large diff work and index storage to O(G).
  • Keep a no-allocation direct scan for at most eight total entries, which avoids setup cost for normal one-pane repaint frames.
  • Add a 512-entry work-budget regression test.

The old path checked every graphic in one snapshot against every graphic in the other snapshot. For G graphics, this made 2G² predicate calls on each submission. The new path builds exact-route and current-layout indexes once per snapshot, then uses constant-time lookups for large snapshots. This fits Ratatui's immediate-render buffer-diff model described in the Ratatui crate docs.

A synthetic Swift benchmark of the shape measured 1,473.5 ms for 4,096 entries with pairwise scans and 1.3 ms with sets. It is a shape benchmark, not a production timing.

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Two commits are intentional: the first adds the failing work-budget test, and the second adds the fix.

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  • Performance

    • Improved the efficiency of updating complex graphic layouts, helping reduce unnecessary comparisons and support smoother rendering as graphic content grows.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage to verify efficient layout updates for larger graphic sets.

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Graphics change detection now uses pairwise matching for small sets and keyed route indexes for larger sets. Test-only instrumentation measures route comparisons, and a test enforces a linear comparison budget for 512 graphics.

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Graphics route indexing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Route key and index construction
cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs
Graphic identities now provide layout and route keys. GraphicRouteIndex aggregates route validity and matches graphics through hashed route and layout data.
Indexed bounds calculation and validation
cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs
graphics_changed_rect_bound keeps pairwise matching for small inputs and uses indexed matching for larger inputs. Test-only counters and a 512-graphic test enforce the comparison budget.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 11af2

The change replaces large graphic-diff scans with indexed route lookups while preserving existing matching behavior. Its dedicated 512-entry performance test currently measures the wrong path, so regressions in indexed-path work could go undetected; the PR remains mergeable with explicit follow-up to instrument that path correctly.

Suggested reviewers: lawrence703

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Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs in both commits. The diff adds graphics route indexing and a Rust test. It does not change Sources/TerminalController.swift,…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed PASS: The custom check applies to production Swift changes. The complete PR range changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. No Swift files or named agent-history load paths ap…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed PASS: The custom check applies only to production Swift, TypeScript, and JavaScript changes. The PR changes one Rust file, cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, and implements graphics render-snapsho…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust and outside this check's TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, and build/runtime-script scope. The added code builds graphics in…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The large-input path builds HashMap/HashSet indexes once and performs linear snapshot scans. The nested fallback is …
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The HEAD~2..HEAD diff contains no Swift files or Swift concurrency changes. The custom check therefore does no…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the performance change: indexing graphics pointer-route diffs.
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PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The committed diff contains no Swift changes, so it cannot introduce or worsen the specified Swift actor-isolation issues.

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PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The full diff contains no Swift files and introduces no Swift blocking or timing synchronization. The check is therefore inapplicable.

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PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs in both commits. The diff adds graphics route indexing and a Rust test. It does not change Sources/TerminalController.swift, ControlCommandExecutionPolicy.swift, browser socket commands, worker routing, WebKit/AppKit access, or policy tests. The browser automation check is therefore not applicable.

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PASS: The custom check applies to production Swift changes. The complete PR range changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. No Swift files or named agent-history load paths appear in the diff.

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PASS: The custom check applies only to production Swift, TypeScript, and JavaScript changes. The PR changes one Rust file, cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, and implements graphics render-snapshot comparison. No target-language cache substitution is present.

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PASS. The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust and outside this check's TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, and build/runtime-script scope. The added code builds graphics indexes and adds a test-only comparison counter. The PR diff introduces no sleep, timer, polling delay, backoff, or wall-clock wait. Existing timing code in app.rs is unchanged.

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PASS. The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The large-input path builds HashMap/HashSet indexes once and performs linear snapshot scans. The nested fallback is explicitly limited to a total of eight entries. The added 512-entry regression test enforces a linear comparison budget, and the PR description includes a shape benchmark.

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PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The HEAD~2..HEAD diff contains no Swift files or Swift concurrency changes. The custom check therefore does not apply.

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PASS: The exact pull-request range contains one changed path, cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. Both pull-request commits modify only this Rust file. The diff contains no .swift paths, so it cannot introduce any Swift @concurrent or actor-isolation violation.

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The description explains what changed, why it changed, the algorithmic impact, the regression test, and the verification performed. It omits the template's Demo Video, Review Trigger, and Checklist sections, but these omissions do not prevent the description from being mostly complete.

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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs`:
- Around line 32303-32335: Update graphics_changed_rect_bound and the
graphics_changed_rect_bound_stays_within_linear_comparison_budget test so the
512-entry case measures work performed by the GraphicRouteIndex path, not only
graphics_share_pointer_route. Instrument GraphicRouteIndex::build and/or
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#[test]
fn graphics_changed_rect_bound_stays_within_linear_comparison_budget() {
let mux = Mux::new("graphics-diff-complexity-test", SurfaceOptions::default());
let mut app = test_app(Session::Local(mux));
let count = 512usize;
let previous = (0..count)
.map(|index| GraphicIdentity {
session_generation: app.session_generation,
surface: index as SurfaceId,
rect: Rect { x: index as u16, y: 1, width: 1, height: 1 },
seq: index as u64,
pointer_frame_seq: None,
})
.collect::<Vec<_>>();
let next = (0..count)
.map(|index| GraphicIdentity {
session_generation: app.session_generation,
surface: (count + index) as SurfaceId,
rect: Rect { x: (count + index) as u16, y: 1, width: 1, height: 1 },
seq: (count + index) as u64,
pointer_frame_seq: None,
})
.collect::<Vec<_>>();

super::GRAPHICS_ROUTE_COMPARISONS.with(|comparisons| comparisons.set(0));
assert!(app.graphics_changed_rect_bound(&previous, &next).is_some());
let comparisons = super::GRAPHICS_ROUTE_COMPARISONS.with(std::cell::Cell::get);
assert!(
comparisons <= count.saturating_mul(8),
"graphics diff compared {comparisons} pairs for {count} entries"
);
}

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The comparison-count assertion does not exercise the code path it claims to bound.

graphics_changed_rect_bound chooses its algorithm by combined length. Here previous.len() + next.len() is 512 + 512 = 1024, which is greater than GRAPHICS_ROUTE_INDEX_FAST_PATH_LIMIT (8). The function therefore takes the GraphicRouteIndex path, not the pairwise path.

GRAPHICS_ROUTE_COMPARISONS increments only inside graphics_share_pointer_route, and GraphicRouteIndex::build/has_match never call that function. So comparisons stays at 0 for the whole test, and the assertion comparisons <= count.saturating_mul(8) (0 <= 4096) is true regardless of how the index path behaves.

This test cannot catch a future regression that reintroduces quadratic work inside GraphicRouteIndex::build or has_match (for example, an accidental per-graphic full scan). It also does not verify the "O(G)" claim in the PR description for the code path it actually runs.

Add comparable instrumentation to the index path (for example, count HashMap lookups or graphic visits in GraphicRouteIndex::build/has_match), or change this test to assert on that new counter, so the budget check covers the algorithm that 512-entry inputs actually use.

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In `@cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs` around lines 32303 - 32335, Update
graphics_changed_rect_bound and the
graphics_changed_rect_bound_stays_within_linear_comparison_budget test so the
512-entry case measures work performed by the GraphicRouteIndex path, not only
graphics_share_pointer_route. Instrument GraphicRouteIndex::build and/or
has_match with a counter for relevant lookups or graphic visits, then assert
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rustybret pushed a commit to rustybret/bmux that referenced this pull request Sep 2, 2026
436fc1f Add unified surface selection context API (manaflow-ai#10022)
d028302 Merge pull request manaflow-ai#11696 from manaflow-ai/audit-tui-graphics-diff-wave202
11af2f2 perf(cmux-tui): index graphics pointer routes
60d06c2 Merge pull request manaflow-ai#11687 from manaflow-ai/feat-config-key-dispatch-complexity
0358c30 Merge pull request manaflow-ai#11684 from manaflow-ai/feat-tui-tab-scroll-range-fit
2c0c8a4 test(cmux-tui): bound graphics diff comparisons
8187531 Merge pull request manaflow-ai#11672 from manaflow-ai/issue-remote-tree-cache-race
f0ff9cf Merge pull request manaflow-ai#11630 from manaflow-ai/feat-journal-group-commit
f1e2d3f perf(tui): cache key dispatch maps
96897a7 test(tui): cover cached key dispatch refresh
e40f6ca fix tab scroll range fitting complexity
275cf7c test tab scroll range fitting at scale
995638d Merge pull request manaflow-ai#11640 from manaflow-ai/feat-tui-worker-cancellation
790b53f perf(tui): avoid pane area frame clone (manaflow-ai#11404)
6a5dd4d fix(tui): reap PTY child on startup failure (manaflow-ai#11414)
2ebb5a5 fix(tui): clear stale agent updates at snapshot boundary
3b91c0c test(tui): prevent stale agent resurrection after omission
789b350 fix(tui): retain agent updates across topology races
85cbff1 test(tui): retain agent updates across topology omission
586a2a6 perf(cmux-tui): resolve resource selectors without the registry lock
7fb5414 fix(cmux-tui): cancel blocked machine worker sends
dd7347e test(cmux-tui): cover cancellable machine completion send

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