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Disable prefetching on backup downloads - #2875

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The prefetching (introduced here #2855) causes downloads to stall in the browser.

I can't find a way to have the browser limit the amount it downloads once it creates the connection. If it tries to prefetch a very large file, then it will stall once it hits some internal limit.

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Backup archive entry bodies now fetch strictly sequentially. The prefetch option and concurrent pipeline were removed. Tests verify that each body starts fetching only when its entry begins writing.

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Sequential backup fetching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Implement sequential entry fetching
client/packages/platform/src/backupDownload.ts, client/packages/version/src/version.ts
The prefetch option and concurrent prefetch pipeline were removed. The archive writer invokes each EntryThunk immediately before writing the entry. Retry and ordering documentation was updated, and the shared package version changed to v1.0.66.
Verify sequential fetch order
client/packages/platform/__tests__/src/backupDownload.test.ts
The test gates each write independently and verifies that no later body is fetched while the current write is blocked.

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The change disables prefetching for backup downloads, but the sequential-download regression test can still pass if a later fetch starts too early. Tightening the test or explicitly accepting this bounded follow-up risk is recommended before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ArchiveWriter
  participant EntryThunk
  participant Encoder
  ArchiveWriter->>EntryThunk: Invoke before writing entry
  EntryThunk->>ArchiveWriter: Return fetched entry body
  ArchiveWriter->>Encoder: Write entry body
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: disabling prefetching for backup downloads.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains that backup-download prefetching can cause browser stalls for very large files and states the reason for disabling it.
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client/packages/platform/__tests__/src/backupDownload.test.ts (1)

195-204: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Block an active write before checking for later fetches.

The snapshots run only when writer.add starts. A regression can start the next fetch after the current writer.add starts and before it resolves. This test would still pass.

Gate the first add call. Start downloadBackupArchive without awaiting it. Assert that started contains only config.json while that write is blocked. Then release the write and await the download.

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In `@client/packages/platform/__tests__/src/backupDownload.test.ts` around lines
195 - 204, Update the backup download test’s createWriter/add flow to block the
first writer.add call, start downloadBackupArchive without awaiting it, and
assert started contains only config.json while that write remains blocked; then
release the write and await the download completion.
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In `@client/packages/platform/__tests__/src/backupDownload.test.ts`:
- Around line 195-204: Update the backup download test’s createWriter/add flow
to block the first writer.add call, start downloadBackupArchive without awaiting
it, and assert started contains only config.json while that write remains
blocked; then release the write and await the download completion.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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In `@client/packages/platform/__tests__/src/backupDownload.test.ts`:
- Around line 191-210: Add per-entry synchronization barriers in the backup
download test around createWriter.add, rather than gating only the first entry.
Before releasing each entry’s gate, assert that the corresponding fetch has
started, then release it and continue through the entries to verify no later
body is pulled ahead while the previous write is blocked.
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Nice!

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dwwoelfel merged commit c33e621 into main Aug 25, 2026
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dwwoelfel deleted the disable-prefetch branch August 25, 2026 18:27
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