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⚡ Bolt: Offload blocking I/O in dashboard handler

💡 What:
Wrapped synchronous file I/O and parsing operations in the dashboard handler within tokio::task::spawn_blocking.

🎯 Why:
The dashboard handler was performing blocking operations (loading specs, tasks, reading status files) directly in the async context, which can stall the tokio reactor and degrade performance for concurrent requests.

📊 Impact:
Should improve responsiveness and throughput under load by freeing up the async worker threads.

🔬 Measurement:
Verified by running cargo test -p app-http --test ui_contract_dom to ensure no regression in UI functionality.


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This change optimizes the dashboard handler by wrapping synchronous file I/O and spec loading operations in `tokio::task::spawn_blocking`. This prevents blocking the async runtime and improves responsiveness under load.

- Adds `tokio` dependency to `crates/http-platform`
- Wraps `load_all_specs`, `load_tasks`, `load_service_metadata`, and file reads in `spawn_blocking`
- Handles `JoinError` gracefully by returning internal server errors
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Pull request overview

This PR improves the http-platform UI dashboard handler by moving synchronous filesystem reads and spec parsing out of the async request context and onto Tokio’s blocking thread pool, reducing the risk of starving async workers under concurrent load.

Changes:

  • Wrap spec/task loading and status file reads in tokio::task::spawn_blocking within the dashboard handler.
  • Add tokio as a direct dependency of http-platform (now used in non-test code).
  • Add a Jules “bolt” note documenting the learned pattern for future work.

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Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File Description
crates/http-platform/src/ui.rs Offloads blocking I/O + parsing in dashboard via spawn_blocking, threading through policy + feature status data.
crates/http-platform/Cargo.toml Adds tokio to [dependencies] to support the new runtime usage.
.Jules/bolt.md Records the pattern/learning to prevent reintroducing blocking I/O in async handlers.
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crates/http-platform/Cargo.toml:30

  • tokio is now listed in both [dependencies] and [dev-dependencies]. Since the crate uses tokio::task::spawn_blocking in non-test code, it should live in [dependencies] only; consider removing the redundant dev-dependencies entry to avoid duplication/confusion.
tracing.workspace = true
tokio.workspace = true

[dev-dependencies]
testing.workspace = true
tokio.workspace = true
tower.workspace = true

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.await
.unwrap_or_else(|e| {
(
Err(spec_runtime::SpecError::Internal(format!("Task failed: {}", e))),
Err(spec_runtime::SpecError::Internal("Task failed".into())),
None,
"unknown".to_string(),
None,
)
});
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The spawn_blocking join-error path drops useful context and doesn’t log the JoinError. Consider logging the join failure (it usually means panic/cancel) and include the same join error context in both status_result and tasks_result so debugging isn’t blind.

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This change optimizes the dashboard handler by wrapping synchronous file I/O and spec loading operations in `tokio::task::spawn_blocking`. This prevents blocking the async runtime and improves responsiveness under load.

- Adds `tokio` dependency to `crates/http-platform`
- Wraps `load_all_specs`, `load_tasks`, `load_service_metadata`, and file reads in `spawn_blocking`
- Handles `JoinError` gracefully by returning internal server errors
- Fixes `cargo fmt` violations by inlining tuple return
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Test Results

283 tests   245 ✅  11m 22s ⏱️
 25 suites   38 💤
  1 files      0 ❌

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