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Zamil Majdy 047f011520 fix(platform): resolve authentication performance bottlenecks and improve reliability (#11028)
## Summary
Fix critical authentication performance bottlenecks causing infinite
loading during login and malformed redirect URL handling.

## Root Cause Analysis
- **OnboardingProvider** was running expensive `isOnboardingEnabled()`
database queries on every route for all users
- **Timezone detection** was calling backend APIs during authentication
flow instead of only during onboarding
- **Malformed redirect URLs** like `/marketplace,%20/marketplace`
causing authentication callback failures
- **Arbitrary setTimeout** creating race conditions instead of proper
authentication state management

## Changes Made

### 1. Backend: Cache Expensive Onboarding Queries
(`backend/data/onboarding.py`)
- Add `@cached(maxsize=1, ttl_seconds=300)` decorator to
`onboarding_enabled()`
- Cache expensive database queries for 5 minutes to prevent repeated
execution during auth
- Optimize query with `take=MIN_AGENT_COUNT + 1` to stop counting early
- Fix typo: "Onboading" → "Onboarding"

### 2. Frontend: Optimize OnboardingProvider
(`providers/onboarding/onboarding-provider.tsx`)
- **Route-based optimization**: Only call `isOnboardingEnabled()` when
user is actually on `/onboarding/*` routes
- **Preserve functionality**: Still fetch `getUserOnboarding()` for step
completion tracking on all routes
- **Smart redirects**: Only handle onboarding completion redirects when
on onboarding routes
- **Performance improvement**: Eliminates expensive database calls for
95% of page loads

### 3. Frontend: Fix Timezone Detection Race Conditions
(`hooks/useOnboardingTimezoneDetection.ts`)
- **Remove setTimeout hack**: Replace arbitrary 1000ms timeout with
proper authentication state checks
- **Add route filtering**: Only run timezone detection on
`/onboarding/*` routes using `pathname.startsWith()`
- **Proper auth dependencies**: Use `useSupabase()` hook to wait for
`user` and `!isUserLoading`
- **Fire-and-forget updates**: Change from `mutateAsync()` to `mutate()`
to prevent blocking UI

### 4. Frontend: Apply Fire-and-Forget Pattern
(`hooks/useTimezoneDetection.ts`)
- Change timezone auto-detection from `mutateAsync()` to `mutate()`
- Prevents blocking user interactions during background timezone updates
- API still executes successfully, user doesn't wait for response

### 5. Frontend: Enhanced URL Validation (`auth/callback/route.ts`)
- **Add malformed URL detection**: Check for commas and spaces in
redirect URLs
- **Constants**: Use `DEFAULT_REDIRECT_PATH = "/marketplace"` instead of
hardcoded strings
- **Better error handling**: Try-catch with fallback to safe default
path
- **Path depth limits**: Reject suspiciously deep URLs (>5 segments)
- **Race condition mitigation**: Default to `/marketplace` for corrupted
URLs with warning logs

## Technical Implementation

### Performance Optimizations
- **Database caching**: 5-minute cache prevents repeated expensive
onboarding queries
- **Route-aware logic**: Heavy operations only run where needed
(`/onboarding/*` routes)
- **Non-blocking updates**: Timezone updates don't block authentication
flow
- **Proper state management**: Wait for actual authentication instead of
arbitrary delays

### Authentication Flow Improvements
- **Eliminate race conditions**: No more setTimeout guessing - wait for
proper auth state
- **Faster auth**: Remove blocking timezone API calls during login flow
- **Better UX**: Handle malformed URLs gracefully instead of failing

## Files Changed
- `backend/data/onboarding.py` - Add caching to expensive queries
- `providers/onboarding/onboarding-provider.tsx` - Route-based
optimization
- `hooks/useOnboardingTimezoneDetection.ts` - Proper auth state + route
filtering + fire-and-forget
- `hooks/useTimezoneDetection.ts` - Fire-and-forget pattern
- `auth/callback/route.ts` - Enhanced URL validation

## Impact
- **Eliminates infinite loading** during authentication flow
- **Improves auth response times** from 5-11+ seconds to sub-second
- **Prevents malformed redirect URLs** that confused users
- **Reduces database load** through intelligent caching  
- **Maintains all existing functionality** with better performance
- **Eliminates race conditions** from arbitrary timeouts

## Validation
-  All pre-commit hooks pass (format, lint, typecheck)
-  No breaking changes to existing functionality
-  Backward compatible with all onboarding flows
-  Enhanced error logging and graceful fallbacks

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2025-10-02 01:26:49 +00:00
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