⚡️ Speed up method JiraDataSource.update_component by 18%
#448
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📄 18% (0.18x) speedup for
JiraDataSource.update_componentinbackend/python/app/sources/external/jira/jira.py⏱️ Runtime :
3.07 milliseconds→2.60 milliseconds(best of250runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 17% runtime improvement and 12.6% throughput increase through a single but impactful optimization in the headers handling logic.
Key Optimization:
_headers: Dict[str, Any] = dict(headers or {})_headers: Dict[str, Any] = dict(headers) if headers else {}Why This Is Faster:
The original code uses the
oroperator withheaders or {}, which creates an empty dict{}every time whenheadersisNone(the common case), then passes it todict(). The optimized version uses conditional logic to avoid this unnecessary dict allocation whenheadersisNone, directly creating an empty dict only when needed.Performance Impact Analysis:
Looking at the line profiler results, the headers line shows:
This represents a 32% improvement on this specific line, which translates to the overall 17% speedup since this operation occurs on every function call.
Real-World Benefits:
This optimization is particularly valuable for:
update_componentis called frequently with minimal or no custom headersThe test results confirm the optimization works well across all scenarios - from basic single calls to large-scale concurrent operations (100+ simultaneous calls), with consistent performance gains regardless of payload size or concurrency level.
✅ Correctness verification report:
🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
To edit these changes
git checkout codeflash/optimize-JiraDataSource.update_component-mhp29ex4and push.