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Summary

  • Replace process-lifetime Ajv compilation caches with a bounded content-keyed LRU of compiled MCP validators.
  • Compile cache misses with short-lived dialect-specific Ajv instances.
  • Add regression coverage for freshly deserialized equivalent schemas, eviction, and existing dialect semantics.

Finding

Three module-scoped Ajv instances compiled every enabled external MCP tool schema on every chat turn. Cached tool definitions are deserialized from Redis, so unchanged schemas arrive as fresh object identities. Ajv always records each compiled object in its private _cache; addUsedSchema: false only prevents registration by schema ID and does not disable that object cache.

With Ajv 8.18, compiling 10,000 freshly parsed copies of the same small schema left 10,008 cache entries and retained 37.9 MB of V8 heap after forced GC (about 3.79 KiB per compile); RSS grew by 220 MB. This affects Ask/chat traffic for installations with external MCP tools, rather than the dominant anonymous browse traffic in the current production incident.

Remediation

Validators are keyed by serialized schema content and retained in a 100-entry LRU, so freshly parsed copies reuse one validator. Cache keys larger than 64 KiB are not retained. Each miss uses a short-lived Ajv instance, which also guarantees that unique or oversized schemas cannot accumulate in an Ajv process-lifetime object cache. Dialect selection, local references, duplicate root IDs, synchronous validation, and error formatting are preserved.

The original 10,000-compile forced-GC probe retained 37.9 MB. Against this branch, the same probe changed heap by -49,848 bytes after GC.

Test plan

  • yarn workspace @sourcebot/web test --run src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.test.ts (16 tests passed)
  • yarn workspace @sourcebot/web exec eslint src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.ts src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.test.ts
  • Full web tsc was also attempted; it remains blocked by existing unrelated missing public-asset declarations and pre-existing test fixture type errors.

Note

Medium Risk
Touches EE chat MCP tool-input validation and caching. Behavior is covered by tests, but a cache-key or eviction bug could recompile schemas extra times or reuse the wrong validator.

Overview
Stops a process-lifetime memory leak when compiling external MCP tool schemas on each Ask/chat turn.

MCP tool defs are deserialized from Redis, so Ajv treated every request as a new schema object and grew its internal compile cache. Compilation now uses a 100-entry LRU keyed by serialized schema content (keys over 64 KiB are not cached), and cache misses compile with a short-lived dialect-specific Ajv instance. Error formatting still uses a shared Ajv 2020 instance.

Adds tests that equivalent deserialized schemas reuse one validator and that LRU eviction recompiles the oldest entry. Changelog notes the EE fix.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved chat reliability when processing external tool schemas across multiple turns.
    • Prevented validator caching from growing indefinitely during long-running sessions.
    • Preserved schema validation while reusing recent results and removing older cached entries.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for validator reuse and cache eviction.
  • Documentation

    • Updated the unreleased changelog with the fix.

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Walkthrough

The MCP JSON Schema validator now uses a bounded content-keyed LRU cache for compiled Ajv validators. Unsupported or oversized schemas bypass caching. Tests cover validator reuse, validation, and LRU eviction.

Changes

MCP validator cache

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cache limits and key generation
packages/web/src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.ts
The validator defines a 100-entry cache, limits serialized keys to 64 KiB, uses a dedicated Ajv2020 formatter, and bypasses caching when key generation fails.
Compilation, eviction, and validation coverage
packages/web/src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.ts, packages/web/src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.test.ts, CHANGELOG.md
Compilation reuses cached validators, refreshes cache hits, evicts the oldest entry at capacity, and documents the fix. Tests cover schema reuse, validation, and LRU eviction.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 12706

This change bounds MCP schema-validator memory usage while preserving validation behavior and adding regression coverage; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator
  participant validatorCache
  participant DialectAjv
  compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator->>validatorCache: Look up serialized schema
  validatorCache-->>compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator: Return cached validator or miss
  compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator->>DialectAjv: Compile schema on miss
  DialectAjv-->>compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator: Return validator
  compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator->>validatorCache: Store validator and evict oldest entry
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packages/web/src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.test.ts (1)

96-113: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Test cache-hit recency refresh.

This test proves eviction after insertion pressure. It still passes if cache hits do not refresh insertion order and the cache becomes FIFO. Fill the cache with firstSchema and known entries, compile firstSchema again, insert one more entry, then confirm that firstSchema remains cached while the stale entry is recompiled.

Proposed test shape
-        for (let index = 0; index < 101; index++) {
+        const staleSchema = {
+            type: 'object',
+            $comment: 'validator-cache-stale-target',
+        };
+        const stale = compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator(staleSchema);
+
+        for (let index = 0; index < 98; index++) {
             compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator({
                 type: 'object',
                 $comment: `validator-cache-entry-${index}`,
             });
         }
 
-        const recompiled = compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator({ ...firstSchema });
-        expect(recompiled).not.toBe(first);
-        expect(recompiled({})).toBe(true);
+        expect(compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator({ ...firstSchema })).toBe(first);
+        compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator({
+            type: 'object',
+            $comment: 'validator-cache-overflow-entry',
+        });
+
+        expect(compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator({ ...firstSchema })).toBe(first);
+        expect(compileMcpJsonSchemaValidator({ ...staleSchema })).not.toBe(stale);
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In `@packages/web/src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.test.ts` around
lines 96 - 113, Strengthen the test named “evicts least-recently-used validators
when the cache is full” to verify cache-hit recency: fill the cache with
identifiable schemas, compile firstSchema again to refresh its recency, add one
more entry, then assert firstSchema remains cached while the oldest untouched
entry is recompiled. Preserve the existing validator-behavior assertion.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/web/src/ee/features/chat/mcp/mcpJsonSchemaValidator.test.ts`:
- Around line 96-113: Strengthen the test named “evicts least-recently-used
validators when the cache is full” to verify cache-hit recency: fill the cache
with identifiable schemas, compile firstSchema again to refresh its recency, add
one more entry, then assert firstSchema remains cached while the oldest
untouched entry is recompiled. Preserve the existing validator-behavior
assertion.

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