perf(history): write the history snapshot on change, off the UI thread

Every history refresh, address refresh, connect and lock-state check
rewrote the encrypted tx-history snapshot on the UI thread: a JSON
document of every row, its encryption, then INSERT OR REPLACE and a
prune, an estimated 40-120 ms on a 5k-transaction wallet, even when
nothing had changed.

Now a signature of what would be stored (about 1 ms on 5k rows)
decides whether to write. Confirmations count only by the thresholds
the UI reads (conflicted, pending, 1-9, 10-99, 100+); per-address scan
heights, exact confirmations and the tip drift every block and form a
separate part.

- Routine refreshes write a content change at most every 20 s (a
  deferred one is released from the update loop) and the per-block
  drift at most every 10 min. Nothing changed means no write.
- A mining-address relabel, a passphrase change, a rescan, a
  disconnect, a wallet lock and exit write whatever is not on disk yet,
  at once.
- The UI thread only copies the rows and the key into a job; a single
  background writer (newest job wins) builds, encrypts and stores it. A
  failed write is retried.
- Exit queues the final write so it overlaps the daemon stop, then
  waits up to 3 s for the writer; a disk that hangs past that keeps the
  previous snapshot.
- A loaded snapshot counts as stored, so the first identical refresh
  doesn't rewrite it. An address refresh re-keys the snapshot only when
  the address set changed.

After a hard kill the snapshot can now be up to ~20 s behind for rows
and 10 min for scan heights, exact confirmations and the tip (it was
one refresh); the first refresh replaces it either way. Lite builds,
which never read this cache, no longer write it on Refresh or a mining
relabel, and the screenshot capture mode's demo rows never reach it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
2026-10-09 21:09:48 -05:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent c0568eb930
commit 93b6871511
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// DragonX Wallet - ImGui Edition
// Copyright 2024-2026 The Hush Developers
// Released under the GPLv3
#include "transaction_history_store_policy.h"
#include <cstring>
namespace dragonx {
namespace data {
namespace {
constexpr std::uint64_t kOffset = 0xcbf29ce484222325ULL;
constexpr std::uint64_t kMul = 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15ULL; // odd
static_assert(sizeof(double) == sizeof(std::uint64_t), "amount bit pattern is hashed as 64 bits");
// 8 bytes per step: a 5k-row wallet (~1.5 MB of row text) hashes in about a millisecond. Endianness-dependent
// on purpose: the value never leaves the process.
inline void mixBytes(std::uint64_t& h, const void* data, std::size_t n)
{
const auto* b = static_cast<const unsigned char*>(data);
while (n >= 8) {
std::uint64_t w;
std::memcpy(&w, b, 8);
h = (h ^ w) * kMul;
h ^= h >> 32;
b += 8;
n -= 8;
}
if (n) {
std::uint64_t w = 0;
std::memcpy(&w, b, n);
h = (h ^ w ^ (static_cast<std::uint64_t>(n) << 56)) * kMul;
h ^= h >> 32;
}
}
inline void mixU64(std::uint64_t& h, std::uint64_t v) { mixBytes(h, &v, sizeof(v)); }
inline void mixStr(std::uint64_t& h, const std::string& s)
{
mixU64(h, s.size()); // length first: ("ab","c") != ("a","bc")
mixBytes(h, s.data(), s.size());
}
inline std::uint64_t finalize(std::uint64_t x) // splitmix64 finalizer
{
x += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15ULL;
x = (x ^ (x >> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9ULL;
x = (x ^ (x >> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111ebULL;
return x ^ (x >> 31);
}
// The thresholds a stored row is read at: transactions_tab.cpp:788-793 / transaction_details_dialog.cpp:80-85
// (0 pending, < 10 counted, >= 100 mature for mined), mining_earnings.cpp:102 (>= 100), the confirmed-tx cache
// (>= 10, app_network.cpp:1915) and conflicted (< 0, network_refresh_service.cpp:1470).
inline std::uint64_t confirmationBucket(int c)
{
return c < 0 ? 0 : c == 0 ? 1 : c < 10 ? 2 : c < 100 ? 3 : 4;
}
} // namespace
HistorySnapshotSig historySnapshotSignature(const std::vector<TransactionInfo>& transactions,
const std::unordered_set<std::string>& skipTxids,
const std::string& walletHash,
std::uint64_t keyId,
const std::unordered_map<std::string, int>& shieldedScanHeights,
int tipHeight,
const std::string& tipHash)
{
HistorySnapshotSig sig;
std::uint64_t rowSum = 0; // sums: commutative, so row order does not matter; duplicates still count
std::uint64_t exactSum = 0;
for (const auto& tx : transactions) {
if (!skipTxids.empty() && skipTxids.count(tx.txid)) continue;
std::uint64_t h = kOffset;
mixStr(h, tx.txid);
mixStr(h, tx.type);
std::uint64_t amountBits = 0;
std::memcpy(&amountBits, &tx.amount, sizeof(amountBits));
mixU64(h, amountBits);
mixU64(h, static_cast<std::uint64_t>(tx.timestamp));
mixStr(h, tx.address);
mixStr(h, tx.from_address);
mixStr(h, tx.memo);
std::uint64_t e = h;
mixU64(h, confirmationBucket(tx.confirmations));
mixU64(e, static_cast<std::uint64_t>(static_cast<std::int64_t>(tx.confirmations)));
rowSum += finalize(h);
exactSum += finalize(e);
++sig.rows;
}
std::uint64_t c = kOffset;
mixU64(c, rowSum);
mixU64(c, sig.rows);
mixStr(c, walletHash);
mixU64(c, keyId);
sig.content = finalize(c);
std::uint64_t heightSum = 0;
for (const auto& [address, height] : shieldedScanHeights) {
if (address.empty() || height < 0) continue; // exactly what replace() persists
std::uint64_t h = kOffset;
mixStr(h, address);
mixU64(h, static_cast<std::uint64_t>(height));
heightSum += finalize(h);
}
std::uint64_t s = kOffset;
mixU64(s, heightSum);
mixU64(s, exactSum);
mixU64(s, static_cast<std::uint64_t>(static_cast<std::int64_t>(tipHeight)));
mixStr(s, tipHash);
sig.slow = finalize(s);
return sig;
}
HistoryStoreAction decideHistoryStore(const HistoryStoreInput& in)
{
const bool contentDirty = !in.haveStored || in.stored.content != in.current.content;
const bool slowDirty = in.haveStored && in.stored.slow != in.current.slow;
if (in.mode == HistoryStoreMode::Now)
return (contentDirty || slowDirty) ? HistoryStoreAction::Store : HistoryStoreAction::Skip;
if (contentDirty)
return in.sinceLastSubmitSec >= kHistoryMinStoreIntervalSec ? HistoryStoreAction::Store
: HistoryStoreAction::Defer;
if (slowDirty && in.sinceLastSubmitSec >= kHistorySlowStoreIntervalSec) return HistoryStoreAction::Store;
return HistoryStoreAction::Skip;
}
} // namespace data
} // namespace dragonx
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// DragonX Wallet - ImGui Edition
// Copyright 2024-2026 The Hush Developers
// Released under the GPLv3
//
// Pure decision logic for persisting the tx-history snapshot: what counts as "changed", and when a write is
// due. No I/O, no clock, no sodium: unit-tested directly.
#pragma once
#include "wallet_state.h"
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <vector>
namespace dragonx {
namespace data {
// 64-bit fingerprints of what a snapshot would contain.
struct HistorySnapshotSig {
std::uint64_t content = 0; // rows (confirmations by UI bucket) + wallet hash + key id
std::uint64_t slow = 0; // shielded scan heights + raw confirmations + tip: drift every block
std::size_t rows = 0; // rows that would be persisted (pending sends excluded)
};
// Order-independent over rows. `content` covers the persisted row fields (txid, type, amount bit pattern,
// timestamp, address, from_address, memo) with confirmations bucketed at the thresholds the UI and the refresh
// read off a stored row (< 0 conflicted, 0 pending, 1-9 counted, >= 10 confirmed, >= 100 mature), plus the
// wallet hash and `keyId` (a passphrase change must rewrite: the old ciphertext is unreadable with the new key).
// `slow` covers what changes every block: the per-address scan heights (entries replace() would persist), each
// row's raw confirmations, and the tip.
HistorySnapshotSig historySnapshotSignature(const std::vector<TransactionInfo>& transactions,
const std::unordered_set<std::string>& skipTxids,
const std::string& walletHash,
std::uint64_t keyId,
const std::unordered_map<std::string, int>& shieldedScanHeights,
int tipHeight,
const std::string& tipHash);
enum class HistoryStoreMode {
Coalesce, // routine refresh: content changes at most every kHistoryMinStoreIntervalSec, slow drift every
// kHistorySlowStoreIntervalSec
Now // user action / disconnect / lock / exit: store now if anything differs from the last submit
};
enum class HistoryStoreAction { Skip, Defer, Store };
constexpr double kHistoryMinStoreIntervalSec = 20.0;
constexpr double kHistorySlowStoreIntervalSec = 600.0;
struct HistoryStoreInput {
HistoryStoreMode mode = HistoryStoreMode::Coalesce;
bool haveStored = false; // a snapshot of this session (submitted, or the loaded one) is on disk
HistorySnapshotSig stored; // its signature
HistorySnapshotSig current;
double sinceLastSubmitSec = 1e9; // 1e9 = never submitted this session
};
HistoryStoreAction decideHistoryStore(const HistoryStoreInput& input);
} // namespace data
} // namespace dragonx