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Every prod create paid a Freestyle status read after vms.create to learn the machine's resources before sizing it. The create response already carries them, so growToRequestedSize takes the resources from that response and only falls back to a status read for a caller without one (an older row being re-sized). The create span showed ~100 ms for the read.

The create and attach-endpoint routes also fire preconnectCloudDb beside preconnectFreestyle before auth. A cold invocation paid ~95 ms of TCP+TLS plus an STS round trip for the RDS IAM token inside the first query; now that cost overlaps caller verification. It is best effort, never awaited, and a no-op once the pool holds an idle connection.

Two commits: the driver regression test (red, create must not call vms.get) then the fix. bun test tests/vm-freestyle-provider.test.ts passes (50). web-typecheck at the base already fails in tests/billing-alerts.test.ts, untouched here.

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Touches VM create and attach hot paths and Freestyle sizing inputs; changes are performance-oriented and best-effort for DB warm-up, but incorrect create-response resources could affect resize behavior.

Overview
Performance: VM create and attach-endpoint now call preconnectCloudDb alongside preconnectFreestyle before auth, so cold DB pool setup (TCP/TLS and RDS IAM token) can overlap caller verification instead of blocking the first query.

Database client: cloudDb() state gains a coalesced warm() hook (pool connect or select 1) and preconnectCloudDb() triggers it once per process, best-effort and not awaited.

Freestyle create: growToRequestedSize uses data.resources from the vms.create response instead of a follow-up vms.get, with status read only when resources are omitted (e.g. legacy resize). A regression test asserts create never calls vms.get.

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Removes the ~100 ms status read after every Freestyle create by sizing from the create response's resources, and warms the database during auth so a cold invocation's TCP+TLS and RDS IAM token round trip overlaps caller verification instead of following it.

  • growToRequestedSize takes resources from the create response; only a caller without them (an older row being re-sized) pays a status read.
  • The create and attach-endpoint routes fire preconnectCloudDb beside preconnectFreestyle before auth; it's best effort, never awaited, and a no-op once the pool holds an idle connection.
  • The database warm-up is coalesced per process: a burst of requests shares one pooled connection, and a failed attempt is forgotten so the next call can retry.
  • Adds a regression test asserting create never calls vms.get for both size-less and sized images. web-typecheck at the base already fails in tests/billing-alerts.test.ts, untouched here.

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  • Performance

    • Improved responsiveness for virtual machine operations by preparing database connections while authentication is in progress.
    • Reduced unnecessary follow-up requests during virtual machine creation.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved machine sizing during creation by using resources returned immediately, helping requested plans be applied more reliably.
    • Increased consistency when applying the selected machine plan during virtual machine creation.

…e during auth

vms.create already returns the machine's resources, so growToRequestedSize
takes them from the create response instead of a second status read that
cost ~100 ms on every prod create. Create and attach-endpoint also open a
pooled database connection while the caller is still being verified, so the
cold TCP+TLS and RDS IAM token round trip overlaps auth instead of
following it.

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The VM API routes now preconnect the Cloud database during authentication. Cloud database states support asynchronous warming. Freestyle VM creation reuses resources from the create response when resizing and avoids a follow-up VM read.

Changes

VM creation flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cloud database warm-up
web/db/client.ts, web/app/api/vm/...
Cloud database states now expose warm. RDS IAM pools connect and release a client. Postgres.js executes select 1. The VM routes invoke preconnectCloudDb() before authentication.
Freestyle resource reuse
web/services/vms/drivers/freestyle.ts, web/tests/vm-freestyle-provider.test.ts
Freestyle creation passes returned resources to growToRequestedSize. The provider uses them instead of calling vms.get. The test verifies the resize request and the absence of follow-up reads.

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Suggested reviewers: austinywang, jacobzwang, theswerd

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Unauthenticated VM requests can consume Cloud database connection capacity before being rejected. Move both warm-up calls behind authentication before merge.

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In `@web/app/api/vm/route.ts`:
- Line 186: Move each preconnectCloudDb call into the authenticated callbacks
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web/app/api/vm/[id]/attach-endpoint/route.ts (line 24), ensuring authentication
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Comment thread web/app/api/vm/route.ts
// Warm the Freestyle connection while the caller is being verified.
// Warm the Freestyle and database connections while the caller is being verified.
preconnectFreestyle();
preconnectCloudDb();

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Authenticate before starting Cloud database warm-up.

Both handlers call preconnectCloudDb() before withAuthedVmApiRoute. The helper calls pool.connect() or select 1, so unauthenticated request bursts can consume pooled database connection capacity.

Move each call into the authenticated callback.

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In `@web/app/api/vm/route.ts` at line 186, Move each preconnectCloudDb call into
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Comment thread web/db/client.ts
A burst of create or attach-endpoint requests, authenticated or not, shares
one warm-up promise and so costs one pooled connection; a warm process never
re-runs the probe query.

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22-24: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Move preconnectCloudDb() after authentication. withAuthedVmApiRoute rejects unauthenticated requests, but this helper runs first and opens one pooled connection per process. An unauthenticated request can therefore start database work before receiving 401. Move the warm-up into the authenticated callback.

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In `@web/app/api/vm/`[id]/attach-endpoint/route.ts around lines 22 - 24, Move the
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// Warm the Freestyle and database connections while the caller is being verified.
preconnectFreestyle();
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Move preconnectCloudDb() behind the authentication guard.

POST /api/vm can receive unauthenticated requests, and preconnectCloudDb() currently starts before withAuthedVmApiRoute() calls verifyRequest(). The helper can open one pooled connection per cold process before returning 401, which can consume database connection capacity. Start it at the beginning of the authenticated callback, before VM work.

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In `@web/app/api/vm/route.ts` around lines 184 - 186, Move preconnectCloudDb()
from the unauthenticated route setup into the callback protected by
withAuthedVmApiRoute, placing it at the start of the authenticated flow before
VM work begins; leave preconnectFreestyle() in its current position.

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rustybret pushed a commit to rustybret/bmux that referenced this pull request Sep 11, 2026
72ce5e9 Merge pull request manaflow-ai#12210 from manaflow-ai/issue-12204-inactive-pane-colors
39bbf00 feat(web): add Founding Chromium Engineer role to jobs page (manaflow-ai#12248)
a34d44c devbox: promote sh-cd099a44912648399e0420df9b4e7f4f (daemon 897bb7a, theme-portable attach) (manaflow-ai#12304)
021537a fix: keep main windows out of fullscreen tiling (manaflow-ai#12298)
24125c7 test: update managed appearance snapshots for Catppuccin
a5a3c0f fix: match fallback colors to managed Catppuccin themes
c042f83 test: cover Catppuccin colors without theme resources
4916e7c test: use authoritative scrollbar response in wheel regression
3774a64 Complete macOS localization parity and validate plural catalogs (manaflow-ai#12169)
897bb7a Cloud panes: keep the local Ghostty theme on attach (manaflow-ai#12259)
cde2e36 web: drop the status read after Freestyle create and warm the database during auth (manaflow-ai#12260)
18e6282 Merge pull request manaflow-ai#12295 from manaflow-ai/fix/codex-default-theme-compositing
fe2292b fix: align managed terminal defaults with Codex theme
27bbb39 test: require the Codex Catppuccin default theme
84283f4 fix: size terminal frames from the tiled clip viewport
caee136 fix: keep portal terminal contents clipped during resize
454bd7a fix: preserve inactive terminal colors by default
e577aa7 test: cover inactive split appearance defaults

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…e during auth (manaflow-ai#12260)

* test(web): create sizes from the create response and never re-reads the machine

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015E475vvXKQANyfiWTDwqsV

* web: drop the status read after Freestyle create and warm the database during auth

vms.create already returns the machine's resources, so growToRequestedSize
takes them from the create response instead of a second status read that
cost ~100 ms on every prod create. Create and attach-endpoint also open a
pooled database connection while the caller is still being verified, so the
cold TCP+TLS and RDS IAM token round trip overlaps auth instead of
following it.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015E475vvXKQANyfiWTDwqsV

* web: warm the cloud database at most once per process

A burst of create or attach-endpoint requests, authenticated or not, shares
one warm-up promise and so costs one pooled connection; a warm process never
re-runs the probe query.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015E475vvXKQANyfiWTDwqsV

* test: create sizing under main's sized-image semantics

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Qbo7h8EMVTWizLKXD6ECRL

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