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# 12 - Performance Workbook
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*Purpose* – define **repeatable, data‑driven** benchmarks that guard Stella Ops’ core pledge:
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> *“P95 vulnerability feedback in ≤ 5 seconds.”*
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---
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## 0 Benchmark Scope
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| Area | Included | Excluded |
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|------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
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| SBOM‑first scan | Trivy engine w/ warmed DB | Full image unpack ≥ 300 MB |
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| Delta SBOM ⭑ | Missing‑layer lookup & merge | Multi‑arch images |
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| Policy eval ⭑ | YAML → JSON → rule match | Rego (until GA) |
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| Feed merge | NVD JSON 2023–2025 | GHSA GraphQL (plugin) |
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| Quota wait‑path | 5 s soft‑wait, 60 s hard‑wait behaviour | Paid tiers (unlimited) |
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| API latency | REST `/scan`, `/layers/missing` | UI SPA calls |
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⭑ = new in July 2025.
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---
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## 1 Hardware Baseline (Reference Rig)
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| Element | Spec |
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|-------------|------------------------------------|
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| CPU | 8 vCPU (Intel Ice‑Lake equiv.) |
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| Memory | 16 GiB |
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| Disk | NVMe SSD, 3 GB/s R/W |
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| Network | 1 Gbit virt. switch |
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| Container | Docker 25.0 + overlay2 |
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| OS | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (kernel 6.8) |
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*All P95 targets assume a **single‑node** deployment on this rig unless stated.*
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---
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## 2 Phase Targets & Gates
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| Phase (ID) | Target P95 | Gate (CI) | Rationale |
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|-----------------------|-----------:|-----------|----------------------------------------|
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| **SBOM_FIRST** | ≤ 5 s | `hard` | Core UX promise. |
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| **IMAGE_UNPACK** | ≤ 10 s | `soft` | Fallback path for legacy flows. |
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| **DELTA_SBOM** ⭑ | ≤ 1 s | `hard` | Needed to stay sub‑5 s for big bases. |
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| **POLICY_EVAL** ⭑ | ≤ 50 ms | `hard` | Keeps gate latency invisible to users. |
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| **QUOTA_WAIT** ⭑ | *soft* ≤ 5 s<br>*hard* ≤ 60 s | `hard` | Ensures graceful Free‑tier throttling. |
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| **SCHED_RESCAN** | ≤ 30 s | `soft` | Nightly batch – not user‑facing. |
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| **FEED_MERGE** | ≤ 60 s | `soft` | Off‑peak cron @ 01:00. |
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| **API_P95** | ≤ 200 ms | `hard` | UI snappiness. |
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*Gate* legend — `hard`: break CI if regression > 3 × target,
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`soft`: raise warning & issue ticket.
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---
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## 3 Test Harness
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* **Runner** – `perf/run.sh`, accepts `--phase` and `--samples`.
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* **Metrics** – Prometheus + `jq` extracts; aggregated via `scripts/aggregate.ts`.
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* **CI** – GitLab CI job *benchmark* publishes JSON to `bench‑artifacts/`.
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* **Visualisation** – Grafana dashboard *Stella‑Perf* (provisioned JSON).
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> **Note** – harness mounts `/var/cache/trivy` tmpfs to avoid disk noise.
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---
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## 4 Current Results (July 2025)
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| Phase | Samples | Mean (s) | P95 (s) | Target OK? |
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|---------------|--------:|---------:|--------:|-----------:|
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| SBOM_FIRST | 100 | 3.7 | 4.9 | ✅ |
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| IMAGE_UNPACK | 50 | 6.4 | 9.2 | ✅ |
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| **DELTA_SBOM**| 100 | 0.46 | 0.83 | ✅ |
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| **POLICY_EVAL** | 1 000 | 0.021 | 0.041 | ✅ |
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| **QUOTA_WAIT** | 80 | 4.0* | 4.9* | ✅ |
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| SCHED_RESCAN | 10 | 18.3 | 24.9 | ✅ |
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| FEED_MERGE | 3 | 38.1 | 41.0 | ✅ |
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| API_P95 | 20 000 | 0.087 | 0.143 | ✅ |
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*Data files:* `bench-artifacts/2025‑07‑14/phase‑stats.json`.
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---
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## 5 Δ‑SBOM Micro‑Benchmark Detail
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### 5.1 Scenario
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1. Base image `python:3.12-slim` already scanned (all layers cached).
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2. Application layer (`COPY . /app`) triggers new digest.
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3. `Stella CLI` lists **7** layers, backend replies *6 hit*, *1 miss*.
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4. Builder scans **only 1 layer** (~9 MiB, 217 files) & uploads delta.
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### 5.2 Key Timings
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| Step | Time (ms) |
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|---------------------|----------:|
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| `/layers/missing` | 13 |
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| Trivy single layer | 655 |
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| Upload delta blob | 88 |
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| Backend merge + CVE | 74 |
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| **Total wall‑time** | **830 ms** |
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---
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## 6 Quota Wait‑Path Benchmark Detail
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### 6.1 Scenario
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1. Free‑tier token reaches **scan #200** – dashboard shows yellow banner.
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### 6.2 Key Timings
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| Step | Time (ms) |
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|------------------------------------|----------:|
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| `/quota/check` Redis LUA INCR | 0.8 |
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| Soft wait sleep (server) | 5 000 |
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| Hard wait sleep (server) | 60 000 |
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| End‑to‑end wall‑time (soft‑hit) | 5 003 |
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| End‑to‑end wall‑time (hard‑hit) | 60 004 |
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## 7 Policy Eval Bench
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### 7.1 Setup
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* Policy YAML: **28** rules, mix severity & package conditions.
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* Input: scan result JSON with **1 026** findings.
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* Evaluator: custom rules engine (Go structs → map look‑ups).
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### 7.2 Latency Histogram
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```
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0‑10 ms ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 38 %
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10‑20 ms ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 42 %
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20‑40 ms ▇▇▇▇▇▇ 17 %
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40‑50 ms ▇ 3 %
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```
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P99 = 48 ms. Meets 50 ms gate.
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## 8 Trend Snapshot
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_Plot generated weekly by `scripts/update‑trend.py`; shows last 12 weeks P95 per phase._
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---
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## 9 Action Items
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1. **Image Unpack** – Evaluate zstd for layer decompress; aim to shave 1 s.
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2. **Feed Merge** – Parallelise regional XML feed parse (plugin) once stable.
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3. **Rego Support** – Prototype OPA side‑car; target ≤ 100 ms eval.
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4. **Concurrency** – Stress‑test 100 rps on 4‑node Redis cluster (Q4‑2025).
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---
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## 10 Change Log
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| Date | Note |
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| 2025‑07‑14 | Added Δ‑SBOM & Policy Eval phases; updated targets & current results. |
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| 2025‑07‑12 | First public workbook (SBOM‑first, image‑unpack, feed merge). |
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