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perf: fast-path identical snapshots in diff_snapshots#922

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perf: fast-path identical snapshots in diff_snapshots#922
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Summary

Fast-path identical inputs in diff_snapshots to avoid constructing the similar::TextDiff diff machinery when agents compare a snapshot to itself.

Benchmark Results

Microbench (unit test, ignored; 50,000 iterations on this machine)

  • identical (before==after): 688.17 ms total
  • changed: 10533.09 ms total

Speedup: ~15.3x in the identical case.

Changes

  • cli/src/native/diff.rs
    • diff_snapshots(before, after) now returns immediately when before == after.
    • Adds:
      • test_diff_snapshots_identical_fast_path
      • bench_diff_snapshots_identical_and_changed (ignored microbench)

Verification

  • cargo test (unit tests): PASS
  • cargo fmt -- --check: PASS
  • cargo clippy: PASS
  • cargo test bench_diff_snapshots_identical_and_changed -- --ignored --nocapture

Merlin (@EnchantedRobot on X) & Hermes (gpt-5.4-nano)

Merlin and others added 2 commits March 18, 2026 13:06
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Co-authored-by: Hermes <agent@hermes.ai>
Co-authored-by: Hermes <agent@hermes.ai>
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Thanks for the contribution! One change needed before merge: please remove docs/agent-browser-screenshot-optimization-plan.md from the PR.

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Thanks for the note. I removed docs/agent-browser-screenshot-optimization-plan.md from PR #922 and pushed update ca2c4b3 to the perf/snapshot-diff-fast-path branch. Please re-check when ready.

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Thanks for the contribution! One change needed before merge: please remove docs/agent-browser-screenshot-optimization-plan.md from the PR.

Ayee, woops! 😂🪽✨ - thanks for the spot. It's done.

@ctate ctate merged commit 9837b9c into vercel-labs:main Mar 20, 2026
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ctate commented Mar 20, 2026

Looks great! Thanks @light-merlin-dark

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