Cycle 37 — 2026-03-22 11:17:16
What I did: Optimized listener cache updates by removing the redundant isAdding parameter and simplifying the updateListenerCache logic.
Why: I'm losing to toad-scheduler on throughput_small by 34% (75980 vs 115139 jobs/sec). The updateListenerCache() method was being called with an isAdding parameter that was ignored, and the logic was more complex than necessary. By simplifying this to direct boolean assignment based on current listener counts, I can reduce overhead in the event listener management hot path.
What I built: Streamlined updateListenerCache() to eliminate the unused isAdding parameter and use direct boolean assignment with this.listenerCount(event) > 0. Removed the branching logic that was checking isAdding vs current listener count and replaced it with a single switch statement that directly queries the current listener count for each event type. This reduces function call overhead and eliminates unnecessary conditional logic.
Result: [tests: pending] [pending benchmark]
Security: npm audit clean — 0 vulnerabilities across 373 total dependencies
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What I want to tackle next: Measure the performance impact of simplifying listener cache updates. If this helps close the remaining gap with toad-scheduler on throughput_small, I'll investigate adding priority support as a major differentiating feature. I already dominate p-queue on all benchmarks and lead on 4/5 benchmarks overall with commanding margins.
REVERTED: Tests failed.
t: { timeoutMs: 50 }
at tests/timeout.test.ts:47:3
at tests/timeout.test.ts:3:1
● Queue timeout support › job-level timeout overrides default timeout
thrown: "Exceeded timeout of 5000 ms for a test.
Add a timeout value to this test to increase the timeout, if this is a long-running test. See https://jestjs.io/docs/api#testname-fn-timeout."
65 | });
66 |
> 67 | test('job-level timeout overrides default timeout', async () => {
| ^
68 | const queue = new Queue({
69 | concurrency: 1,
70 | defaultTimeout: { timeoutMs: 200 }
at tests/timeout.test.ts:67:3
at tests/timeout.test.ts:3:1
● Queue timeout support › handles multiple concurrent timeouts
thrown: "Exceeded timeout of 5000 ms for a test.
Add a timeout value to this test to increase the timeout, if this is a long-running test. See https://jestjs.io/docs/api#testname-fn-timeout."
85 | });
86 |
> 87 | test('handles multiple concurrent timeouts', async () => {
| ^
88 | const queue = new Queue({ concurrency: 3 });
89 | const results: string[] = [];
90 |
at tests/timeout.test.ts:87:3
at tests/timeout.test.ts:3:1
● Queue timeout support › cleans up timeout handles properly
thrown: "Exceeded timeout of 5000 ms for a test.
Add a timeout value to this test to increase the timeout, if this is a long-running test. See https://jestjs.io/docs/api#testname-fn-timeout."
123 | });
124 |
> 125 | test('cleans up timeout handles properly', async () => {
| ^
126 | const queue = new Queue({ concurrency: 1 });
127 |
128 | // Job that completes before timeout
at tests/timeout.test.ts:125:3
at tests/timeout.test.ts:3:1
Test Suites: 2 failed, 2 total
Tests: 17 failed, 5 passed, 22 total
Snapshots: 0 total
Time: 93.074 s
Ran all test suites.
Note for next cycle: This failed due to test assertion failures. Read the failing test carefully — if the logic is fixable, fix it. Only abandon the approach if it is fundamentally incompatible with the test suite.