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Max Lampert b0466ac465 perf(desktop): keep the member roster off the channel-switch path (#6456)
Switching channels triggered a full-roster fetch (kind:39002 plus a
kind:0 profile batch with every member pubkey as an author) in the
common case, and several render paths walked the full roster per render.
None of this scales past a few hundred members; the product target is
10k+.

- **Members query staleTime 30s → 5min.** Every membership change the
client can observe already invalidates the key explicitly: live
join/leave system messages for the active channel, member-added/removed
notifications for the current identity, and all membership mutations —
including previously-uncovered direct write paths (moderation kick,
agent-deletion cleanup), which now invalidate through a shared helper.
The 30s window bought correctness we already had and charged a roster
fetch per switch.
- **ChannelMembersBar no longer mounts the roster query for non-DM
channels** — the count renders from the channel summary, and the
private-channel huddle gate accepts `channel.isMember` (derived from the
same kind:39002 event as the roster's self entry).
- **Roster-derived lookups are cached on roster identity**
(`rosterDerivations.ts`): role map, agent-member subset, member/bot
pubkey sets. These were rebuilt O(members) on every live message /
profile re-key. React Query's structural sharing keeps the roster
identity stable, so each derivation computes once per distinct roster.
- **Backend: the kind:0 profile join in `get_channel_members` is capped
at the first 500 members** (roster order). Members past the cap keep
`display_name: None` (UI falls back to pubkey labels and profile
caches); `role=="bot"` agent flags are roster-derived and unaffected.
Full roster pagination is the structural follow-up.
- **Composer keystroke path**: `useCanAddChannelMembers` re-scanned
channels + roster per keystroke; now memoized on data identities,
sharing the cached pubkey set.

### Measured / estimated impact

| metric | before | after |
|---|---|---|
| roster fetches while switching (live trace) | nearly every switch | ≤1
per channel per 5 min |
| roster fetch cost on the wire (live, 51-member channel) | 273ms per
fetch | amortized away |
| kind:0 `authors` filter size at 10k members | ~670KB per request (~67
B/pubkey) | capped at 500 authors (~34KB) |
| warm-switch longtask at 10k members (mock harness, 4× throttle) |
364ms | 318ms |
| per-render roster walks (role map, agent sets) at 10k members |
O(members) per live message | once per distinct roster |

Deferred deliberately: protocol-level roster pagination and removing
`memberPubkeys` from channel summaries (needs relay support).

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Signed-off-by: Max Lampert <maxwell@squareup.com>
2026-08-21 17:40:20 -06:00
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