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splitsec2 a430341a93 perf: cut repeated work on search and cover paths (#1544)
I went through what Shelfmark does per search and per cover and measured
the pieces that showed up. Four of them are cheap to fix, so this is one
PR. Shelfmark runs on a single gevent worker, so any of these blocks
every other request while it runs, and I'm assuming a lot of people run
it on small hardware (a Pi, say).

Cover cache. Every cache hit rewrote the whole `cache_index.json` just
to bump the entry's last-access time. On my box that is 3.7 ms of CPU
per hit at 500 entries and about 100 ms at 15,000 (2.2 MB written each
time), and a results page asks for around 40 covers. The access time now
stays in memory and the index is written at most every 30 seconds, or
whenever something else saves it. A crash inside that window loses some
access times, which only changes eviction order.

Settings reload. `config.refresh()` rebuilt the cache by reading and
parsing a tab's JSON file once per field, so about 250 parses per
refresh, 100 ms of CPU, and the metadata search, providers and config
routes each trigger it. It now reads each file once per rebuild (several
tabs share `settings.json`, so the memo is keyed on the file path).

Library match. When the library check is on, each search result is
compared against every library entry, and the title was split into words
again for every entry. The words are now computed once per result. I
measured 33 ms per result at 5,000 library entries and 106 ms at 20,000,
which is a second or more per page of 40 results. The matching itself is
unchanged.

Cover URL probe. `is_covers_cache_enabled()` creates and deletes a file
in the config directory to check it is writable, and it runs for every
cover, queue task and history row. The answer is remembered for 60
seconds. The probe is 0.045 ms on its own, but it is called a few
hundred times per request in the worst case.

Each change has a test that fails without it (call counts on the index
saves, file opens during a refresh, tokenisation calls, and probe
calls). Ruff, basedpyright on the changed files and the non-e2e suite
pass. The timings are from a dev machine with an empty config, so the
real numbers depend on cache and library size.
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Test Suite

This directory contains the test suite for Shelfmark. Tests are organized by scope and component.

Quick Start

# Sync the local Python environment once
make install-python-dev

# Run all unit tests locally (fast, no external dependencies)
uv run pytest tests/ -v -m "not integration and not e2e"

# Run all Python static analysis (lint, format, typecheck, dead code)
make python-checks

# Run E2E API tests against a running app stack
uv run pytest tests/e2e/ -v -m e2e

# Run everything except integration tests locally
uv run pytest tests/ -v -m "not integration"

Test Structure

tests/
├── config/                 # Settings & configuration tests
│   ├── test_docker_volumes.py          # Docker volume mapping
│   ├── test_environment.py             # Environment variable handling
│   ├── test_mirror_settings_live_apply.py  # Mirror settings live reload
│   ├── test_mirror_settings_options.py # Mirror settings options
│   ├── test_security.py               # Security settings
│   └── test_oidc_settings.py          # OIDC settings fields & show_when conditions
│
├── core/                   # Core application logic tests
│   ├── test_admin_users_api.py         # Admin user CRUD API endpoints
│   ├── test_booklore_multiuser.py      # BookLore per-user override merging
│   ├── test_builtin_multiuser.py       # Builtin auth multi-user migration
│   ├── test_download_processing.py     # Download file processing
│   ├── test_hardlink.py               # Hardlink/copy operations
│   ├── test_library_processing.py      # Library file processing
│   ├── test_manual_query.py           # Manual search query handling
│   ├── test_mirrors_config.py         # Mirror configuration
│   ├── test_naming.py                 # File naming templates
│   ├── test_oidc_auth.py             # OIDC auth helpers (group claims, user provisioning)
│   ├── test_oidc_integration.py       # OIDC integration into auth system (logic mirror)
│   ├── test_oidc_routes.py           # OIDC Flask route handlers
│   ├── test_part_number_extraction.py  # Part number extraction
│   ├── test_per_user_downloads.py     # Per-user download queue filtering
│   ├── test_permission_handling.py    # File permission handling
│   ├── test_processing_integration.py  # Processing integration
│   ├── test_search_plan.py           # Search plan logic
│   ├── test_user_db.py               # UserDB CRUD operations
│   └── test_user_template_variable.py  # {User} template variable in naming
│
├── e2e/                    # End-to-end API tests
│   ├── conftest.py         # Fixtures (APIClient, DownloadTracker)
│   ├── test_api.py         # Core API endpoint tests
│   ├── test_download_flow.py   # Full download journey tests
│   └── test_prowlarr_flow.py   # Prowlarr-specific tests
│
├── prowlarr/               # Prowlarr plugin tests
│   ├── conftest.py         # Shared fixtures
│   ├── test_clients.py     # DownloadClient base, registry, DownloadStatus
│   ├── test_qbittorrent_client.py  # qBittorrent client unit tests
│   ├── test_transmission_client.py # Transmission client unit tests
│   ├── test_nzbget_client.py       # NZBGet client unit tests
│   ├── test_sabnzbd_client.py      # SABnzbd client unit tests
│   ├── test_handler.py     # ProwlarrHandler unit tests
│   ├── test_torrent_utils.py   # Bencode, hash extraction, URL parsing
│   ├── test_bencode.py     # Bencode encoding/decoding
│   ├── test_source.py      # Release source (size parsing, format detection)
│   ├── test_cache.py       # Release cache
│   ├── test_integration_clients.py  # Integration tests (require Docker stack)
│   └── test_integration_handler.py  # Handler integration tests
│
└── README.md               # This file

Test Types

Unit Tests

Fast tests that mock external dependencies. Run these frequently during development.

uv run pytest tests/prowlarr/ -v -m "not integration"

What they test:

  • Download client logic (status mapping, URL handling, error cases)
  • Bencode encoding/decoding for torrent files
  • Hash extraction from magnet links and .torrent files
  • Protocol detection (torrent vs usenet)
  • Release cache operations
  • Handler download flow logic
  • User database (CRUD, settings, OIDC subject linking)
  • OIDC authentication (group claims, user provisioning, route handlers)
  • Admin user management API (create, update, delete, password, per-user settings)
  • Multi-user download queue filtering and per-user overrides
  • Settings configuration (OIDC fields, show_when conditions)

E2E Tests

Test the full application through its HTTP API. Require the app to be running.

uv run pytest tests/e2e/ -v -m e2e

What they test:

  • Health check endpoint
  • Configuration endpoint
  • Metadata provider search (Hardcover, etc.)
  • Release source listing
  • Download queue operations (add, cancel, reorder, clear)
  • Settings API
  • Prowlarr integration

Integration Tests

Test against real services (qBittorrent, Transmission, etc.). Require the full Docker test stack.

# Start the test stack first
docker compose -f docker-compose.test-clients.yml up -d

# Run integration tests
docker compose -f docker-compose.test-clients.yml exec shelfmark uv run pytest tests/prowlarr/ -v -m integration

What they test:

  • Real connections to download clients
  • Adding/removing actual torrents
  • Status polling from real clients

Test Markers

Marker Description When to Skip
integration Requires running services (qBittorrent, etc.) Default skip with -m "not integration"
e2e End-to-end API tests When app isn't running
slow Tests that take longer (network calls, polling) Quick feedback with -m "not slow"

Common Commands

# Run specific test file
uv run pytest tests/prowlarr/test_clients.py -v

# Run specific test class
uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_api.py::TestHealthEndpoint -v

# Run specific test
uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_api.py::TestHealthEndpoint::test_health_returns_ok -v

# Run with short traceback (cleaner output)
uv run pytest tests/ -v --tb=short -m "not integration"

# Run and stop on first failure
uv run pytest tests/ -v -x -m "not integration"

# Run with coverage (if pytest-cov installed)
uv run pytest tests/ --cov=shelfmark -m "not integration"

Writing New Tests

Unit Test Example

from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch


class TestMyFeature:
    def test_something(self, monkeypatch):
        # Mock config values
        monkeypatch.setattr(
            "shelfmark.module.config.get",
            lambda key, default="": {"KEY": "value"}.get(key, default),
        )

        # Test your code
        result = my_function()
        assert result == expected

E2E Test Example

import pytest
from .conftest import APIClient, DownloadTracker


@pytest.mark.e2e
class TestMyEndpoint:
    def test_endpoint_works(self, protected_api_client: APIClient):
        resp = protected_api_client.get("/api/my-endpoint")
        assert resp.status_code == 200

    def test_with_cleanup(
        self,
        protected_api_client: APIClient,
        download_tracker: DownloadTracker,
    ):
        # Track IDs for automatic cleanup after test
        download_tracker.track("some-id")
        # ... test code ...

Test Fixtures

E2E Fixtures (tests/e2e/conftest.py)

Fixture Scope Description
api_client function Fresh HTTP client for general E2E calls
protected_api_client function Authenticated client for protected-route E2Es
download_tracker function Tracks downloads for cleanup
server_config session Cached server configuration

Prowlarr Fixtures (tests/prowlarr/conftest.py)

Fixture Scope Description
transmission_client module Real Transmission client (integration)
qbittorrent_client module Real qBittorrent client (integration)
deluge_client module Real Deluge client (integration)
nzbget_client module Real NZBGet client (integration)
sabnzbd_client module Real SABnzbd client (integration)

Expected Skips

Some tests skip when external services aren't available. This is normal:

  • "No metadata providers available" - Metadata provider not responding
  • "Prowlarr not configured" - Prowlarr settings not set up
  • "No releases found" - No indexers configured in Prowlarr
  • "Legacy search source unavailable" - Direct download source offline
  • "Transmission/qBittorrent not available" - Docker test stack not running

Troubleshooting

Tests can't connect to app

# Check the app/container is running
docker ps

# Check app logs
docker logs <your-shelfmark-container>

Import errors

# Sync the local Python environment first
uv sync --locked --extra browser

# Then run tests from the repo root
uv run pytest ...

Integration tests failing

# Make sure test stack is running
docker compose -f docker-compose.test-clients.yml up -d

# Check client containers
docker ps | grep -E "qbittorrent|transmission|deluge|nzbget|sabnzbd"

Stale test data

Restart the container to reset the in-memory queue between test runs:

docker restart <your-shelfmark-container>