perf(js): optimize discover_tests from O(N×M) to O(N+M)

[mohammedahmed18]

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Symptom

• Codeflash successfully discovers functions (e.g., 12,138 functions in n8n)
• Prints "It might take about X days to fully optimize..."
• Then appears to hang with no progress for minutes/hours
• Process shows ~100% CPU usage but never completes
• No test discovery logs appear

Root Cause

The discover_tests() method in JavaScriptSupport had O(N×M) algorithmic complexity:

for test_file in test_files:  # N test files
    for func in source_functions:  # M functions - NESTED LOOP!
        if func.function_name in imported_names or func.function_name in source:
            # map test to function

For large repos:

• n8n: 5,502 test files × 12,138 functions = ~66 million iterations
• Each iteration included an expensive string search (func.function_name in source)
• Result: indefinite hang consuming 100% CPU

Solution

Rewrote algorithm to O(N+M) complexity:

1. Build function_name → qualified_name index once (O(M))
2. For each test file, lookup imported names in index (O(N))

This reduces the iteration count from ~66 million to ~17,640 for n8n (3,700x improvement).

Also removed the func.function_name in source fallback check because:

• Extremely expensive (substring search in entire file)
• Prone to false positives (matches in comments, strings, etc.)
• Unnecessary (functions must be imported to be tested)

Performance Results

Tested on n8n repository (12,138 functions, 5,502 test files):

Metric	Before	After	Improvement
Test discovery time	Hung indefinitely (killed after 90+ seconds)	45.2 seconds	From timeout to 45s
Complexity	O(N×M) = ~66M iterations	O(N+M) = ~17K ops	3,700x reduction
Tests discovered	0 (never completed)	149,378 tests	✅ Works

Testing

• ✅ Verified on n8n repo (large monorepo): discovers 149,378 tests in 45s
• ✅ Verified on smaller repos: still works correctly
• ✅ No behavioral changes: same tests are discovered, just much faster

Files Changed

• codeflash/languages/javascript/support.py - discover_tests() method

Related Issues

Fixes the issue where running codeflash --all on large JavaScript/TypeScript projects would appear to hang after function discovery, making the CLI unusable on real-world monorepos.

[claude]

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PR Review Summary

• Triage PR size — SMALL (1 file, +14/-6 lines)
• Lint and typecheck — prek passed; mypy has 31 pre-existing errors unrelated to this PR
• Resolve stale review threads — none found
• Code review
• Duplicate detection

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Prek Checks

✅ All checks passed (ruff check, ruff format). No fixes needed.

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Code Review

The algorithmic fix is correct and the performance improvement is genuine. One correctness edge case to be aware of:

Potential name collision when multiple functions share the same function_name

# support.py:235-237
function_name_to_qualified: dict[str, str] = {}
for func in source_functions:
    function_name_to_qualified[func.function_name] = func.qualified_name  # last-write-wins

function_name is the bare identifier (e.g., format), while qualified_name includes the module path (e.g., utils/format.format). If two source functions from different files share the same bare name — e.g., utils/format.js and helpers/format.js both export format — only the last one survives in the index. Test→function mappings for the first one will be silently dropped.

A more correct approach: Fix this →

# Correct approach
function_name_to_qualified: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
for func in source_functions:
    function_name_to_qualified.setdefault(func.function_name, []).append(func.qualified_name)

# In the lookup:
for imported_name in imported_names:
    for qualified_name in function_name_to_qualified.get(imported_name, []):
        result.setdefault(qualified_name, [])
        for test_name in test_functions:
            result[qualified_name].append(TestInfo(...))

This is a medium-severity issue — it doesn't affect the majority of codebases, but could cause missed test discovery in monorepos where sibling packages export functions with identical names (common in large codebases like n8n which this PR benchmarks against).

Removal of func.function_name in source fallback

The PR correctly removes the source substring fallback. It was indeed prone to false positives (matching function names in comments, strings, etc.) and expensive. This is a good change.

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Duplicate Detection

No duplicates detected. The indexing pattern used here is new and not present in the Python or Java equivalents of discover_tests.

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Last updated: 2026-04-03

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