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Tom Brow 40fe4b5d9a perf(mobile): evict verified-profile interest in one pass (#9007)
## Summary

Follow-up to [#8931](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/8931), from
Wes's [review
note](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/8931#discussion_r4456891410).

[#8931](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/8931) replaced the
per-eviction scan in `VerifiedProfilesNotifier.track` with `keys.first`.
That was much cheaper than main, but not constant time: removing from a
Dart map leaves deleted slots, and each new `keys` iterator walks past
them. One `track` call that overflows the 1,024-subject cap by E
subjects still costs about E²/2 slot checks. Wes measured ~3 ms at 4,300
subjects, 62 ms at 8,600 and 205 ms at 17,200.

Eviction now takes the overflow from a single iteration
(`keys.take(overflow).toList()`), so it's linear. Which subjects are
kept doesn't change: still the 1,024 most recently inserted.

The [#8931](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/8931) eviction test
counted keys yielded by the map, which `keys.first` keeps at one per
eviction, so it couldn't fail on the quadratic path. It now counts
iterations started over the interest map and expects exactly one per
`track` call. Main's scan and the merged `keys.first` loop both start
one per eviction.

### Testing
- Falsification: with the merged `keys.first` loop restored, the new
test fails (`Expected: <1>, Actual: <3276>`). With this change it
passes.
- `flutter test test/shared/verified_profiles/`: 31 passed. The existing
"keeps the 1,024 most recently tracked subjects" journey still passes,
so retention is unchanged.
- `just mobile-check`: clean.
- `just mobile-test`: 4,227 Flutter tests passed, 40 skipped, plus 4
push and 27 crypto tests.
- Automated app run: installed this build on an iOS 27 simulator (iPhone
17 Pro) signed in to a Builderlab community, opened the inbox, a channel
timeline with images and the image viewer, and the channel details
member list, which all track verified-profile subjects. No errors. That
community is small (30 members), so the overflow path itself is covered
by the unit tests, not the app run.

- Agent review: an independent agent review found no blockers.
- Human test: waived under the mobile testing exception; the automated
app run above replaces it.

Not covered: Android, and no new device profile (Wes's AOT numbers above
are the cost model; this removes the E² term).

buzz-review-completed

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Signed-off-by: Tom Brow <tomb@squareup.com>
Co-authored-by: Tom Brow <tomb@squareup.com>
Co-authored-by: studio <dc2fc481343672df31a689840c09299972e704dac592e0da6f18486646a7ee3e@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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