fix(sdk): pace decrypt prefetch with Streams API backpressure (DSPX-4654) by dmihalcik-virtru · Pull Request #1092 · opentdf/web-sdk

dmihalcik-virtru · 2026-10-16T13:13:55Z

This adds backpressure support to decrypt mode, preventing large decrypt operations from allocating too much memory.

What

prefetchSegmentBatches() returns a ReadableStream<SegmentBatch>. Its pull() starts a batch's fetch-and-decrypt and enqueues the pending promise without awaiting it, so the stream keeps pulling until CountQueuingStrategy's high-water mark is reached. That is what allows several batches in flight at once; a source that awaits in pull() would only ever have one.
High-water mark is maxConcurrentSegmentBatches - 1, because the output stream's reader holds the batch it is currently draining.
The output stream's pull() drains one batch a segment at a time.

Why

Most of the machinery in #1091 only exists because the scheduler sits behind the ReadableStream that already provides backpressure. Removed here:

Mailbox / mailbox() and the promise.catch() added so unawaited rejections don't crash Node
createBoundedSegmentScheduler, SegmentBatchScheduler, SegmentBatchSchedulerState
rejectChunks, updateChunkQueue, the onError index slicing, and swapping consumed mailboxes for fresh ones

Errors now reach the reader through the stream itself, the queue keeps batches in order, and a drained batch can be garbage-collected as soon as the reader moves on.

Behaviour differences vs #1091

Cancel now stops fetching. Cancelling the output stream cancels the batch stream, so no further ranged reads are issued. Neither main nor fix(sdk): make consumption-paced decrypt prefetch the default (DSPX-4654) #1091 supports cancel.
A failed integrity check fails the whole batch. Earlier segments in that batch are no longer handed to the reader. On main and in fix(sdk): make consumption-paced decrypt prefetch the default (DSPX-4654) #1091, only the failing segment rejects.
Slightly tighter window. fix(sdk): make consumption-paced decrypt prefetch the default (DSPX-4654) #1091 counts a segment as consumed as soon as it is enqueued into the output stream's own highWaterMark: 1 queue, which allows one extra batch.
Coarser memory release. Prefetch room frees up one batch at a time rather than one segment at a time. With the derived defaults (≤ 21 segments per batch at 2 MiB) this is within the same budget.

Tests

decrypt-prefetch.spec.ts and unit/prefetch-window.spec.ts are carried over from the fix(sdk): make consumption-paced decrypt prefetch the default (DSPX-4654) #1091 work so both implementations meet the same spec. decrypt-prefetch.spec.ts comes from unpushed follow-up work on fix(sdk): make consumption-paced decrypt prefetch the default (DSPX-4654) #1091.
New: keeps at most maxConcurrentSegmentBatches batches ahead of the reader. It holds ranged reads open and checks that the window fills without the reader, that completed-but-unread batches still count against it, and that each read lets exactly one more batch start.
The createBoundedSegmentScheduler unit tests are replaced by fix(sdk): make consumption-paced decrypt prefetch the default (DSPX-4654) #1091's getBoundedSegmentSchedulerOptions tests.
cd lib && npm test: 591 passing / 6 pending (mocha); web-test-runner and karma green; coverage thresholds met.

Performance

No measurable difference from #1091 in wall clock, peak RSS, or CPU, in either the paired A/B bench or a 3 GiB multi-batch decrypt. Details: #1092 (comment)

Risk

Touches the decrypt path's ordering and error propagation. Integrity checks themselves are unchanged (decryptChunk and segmentIntegrity are untouched).

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New Features
- Decrypt reads now prefetch encrypted segments in batches, with batch size and concurrency automatically adjusted to segment size when not specified.
- Explicit batch size and concurrency settings are applied independently.
Bug Fixes
- Invalid segment sizes and batch settings are rejected before key rewrap.
- Fetch and decrypt failures stop further reads and cancel queued batches while preserving already-delivered plaintext.

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Decrypt batch settings now derive from encrypted segment size and a fixed byte budget when unset. Decryption uses an ordered stream prefetcher instead of per-chunk mailboxes and the legacy scheduler. Manifest segment sizes and explicit batch settings are validated, with new tests for prefetch limits, failures, and fallback behavior.

Changes: Decrypt prefetch flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Derive and validate prefetch settings `lib/tdf3/src/utils/prefetch-window.ts`, `lib/tdf3/src/tdf.ts`, `lib/src/opentdf.ts`, `lib/tdf3/src/client/builders.ts`, `lib/tests/mocha/unit/prefetch-window.spec.ts`, `lib/tests/mocha/unit/tdf.spec.ts`	Unset batch settings derive from segment size and the configured byte budget. Explicit values are validated and override only their corresponding defaults. Documentation describes the defaults and memory relationship.
Fetch and decrypt ordered batches `lib/tdf3/src/tdf.ts`, `lib/tests/mocha/unit/tdf.spec.ts`	A `ReadableStream` prefetcher replaces the legacy scheduler and per-chunk mailboxes. Fetch and decrypt operations return plaintext arrays, and batch failures reject their promises.
Integrate batches into decrypt stream `lib/tdf3/src/tdf.ts`, `lib/tests/mocha/encrypt-decrypt.spec.ts`	The decrypt stream emits plaintext segments in order, reports progress, and cancels further reads after a batch failure. Tests cover ranged-read failures, manifest validation, and missing segment-size fallback.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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  participant DecryptStream
  participant Prefetcher as prefetchSegmentBatches
  participant BatchFetcher as fetchAndDecryptChunkSlice
  participant SegmentDecryptor as sliceAndDecrypt
  DecryptStream->>Prefetcher: Read ordered segment batches
  Prefetcher->>BatchFetcher: Fetch each batch
  BatchFetcher->>SegmentDecryptor: Decrypt fetched batch
  SegmentDecryptor-->>BatchFetcher: Return plaintext arrays
  BatchFetcher-->>Prefetcher: Resolve batch promise
  Prefetcher-->>DecryptStream: Deliver batches in order

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Decrypting large files with explicit segment sizes can use far more memory than intended. Derive the window from the effective segment sizes before merging.

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dmihalcik-virtru · 2026-10-16T13:36:19Z

xtest bench: #1091 (baseline) vs this PR (candidate)

Run locally on an otherwise-idle macOS laptop against a local platform, using the js CLI built from each PR head (#1091 @ 57281d2c, #1092 @ 63b14085).

Paired A/B (`pytest --bench --sdks js --bench-baseline js@refs--pull--1091--head --bench-candidate js@refs--pull--1092--head`)

No regressions. All cells resolved within the 15% threshold (runner noise floor ±3.2%). The run was rated trustworthy and the A/A control did not trip.

cell	metric	#1091 (median)	#1092 (median)	ratio [95% CI]	n	verdict
js-encrypt-1MiB-control	wall	1071 ms	1070 ms	0.999x [0.963, 1.026]	20	PASS
js-encrypt-1MiB-control	rss	149.1 MiB	149.5 MiB	1.002x [0.994, 1.008]	20	PASS
js-encrypt-1MiB-control	cpu (ungated)	0.93 s	0.92 s	0.996x [0.971, 1.025]	20	PASS
js-encrypt-1KiB	wall	1080 ms	1060 ms	0.968x [0.943, 1.013]	20	PASS
js-encrypt-1KiB	rss	141.7 MiB	141.6 MiB	0.999x [0.996, 1.003]	20	PASS
js-encrypt-1KiB	cpu (ungated)	0.92 s	0.90 s	0.975x [0.947, 1.027]	20	PASS
js-encrypt-1MiB	wall	1055 ms	1062 ms	0.990x [0.959, 1.052]	22	PASS
js-encrypt-1MiB	rss	149.6 MiB	148.9 MiB	0.999x [0.991, 1.004]	22	PASS
js-encrypt-1MiB	cpu (ungated)	0.90 s	0.91 s	1.020x [0.964, 1.053]	22	PASS
js-encrypt-32MiB	wall	1201 ms	1179 ms	0.991x [0.962, 1.040]	24	PASS
js-encrypt-32MiB	rss	252.3 MiB	255.6 MiB	1.016x [0.988, 1.083]	24	PASS
js-encrypt-32MiB	cpu (ungated)	1.13 s	1.15 s	1.007x [0.986, 1.043]	24	PASS
js-decrypt-1KiB	wall	1091 ms	1079 ms	0.991x [0.950, 1.041]	26	PASS
js-decrypt-1KiB	rss	141.9 MiB	141.7 MiB	0.999x [0.997, 1.000]	26	PASS
js-decrypt-1KiB	cpu (ungated)	0.93 s	0.92 s	0.987x [0.961, 1.037]	26	PASS
js-decrypt-1MiB	wall	1095 ms	1090 ms	0.968x [0.943, 1.051]	25	PASS
js-decrypt-1MiB	rss	142.3 MiB	142.3 MiB	1.000x [0.998, 1.002]	25	PASS
js-decrypt-1MiB	cpu (ungated)	0.92 s	0.91 s	1.000x [0.953, 1.028]	25	PASS
js-decrypt-32MiB	wall	1149 ms	1133 ms	0.992x [0.944, 1.031]	21	PASS
js-decrypt-32MiB	rss	295.1 MiB	295.2 MiB	1.000x [0.999, 1.002]	21	PASS
js-decrypt-32MiB	cpu (ungated)	1.01 s	0.98 s	0.973x [0.950, 0.988]	21	PASS

Caveat: the largest A/B payload is 32 MiB, which is 16 segments at the 2 MiB default. With the derived window that is a single batch for both PRs, so these cells measure fixed overhead (startup, rewrap, the stream plumbing), not multi-batch pacing.

Multi-batch decrypt at 3 GiB (`--bench-scale 3GiB` + 6 alternating manual rounds, `/usr/bin/time -l`)

1,536 segments, about 73 batches of 21 with 3 in flight. Both builds decrypt the same ciphertext to /dev/null.

build	wall (median of 6)	peak RSS median (range)
#1091	2.11 s	618 MiB (601–652)
#1092	2.11 s	626 MiB (599–636)

Throughput is about 1.3 GiB/s for both. RSS is the same within noise; an earlier single --bench-scale sample showed 661 vs 603 MiB, which the repeated rounds show to be run-to-run variance.

Conclusion: no measurable performance or memory difference between the hand-rolled scheduler and Streams API backpressure.

Side finding: js CLI cannot decrypt TDFs over 4 GiB

--bench-scale 8GiB failed for both builds with InvalidFileError: unable to find end of central directory record. The TDF's ZIP64 trailer is well-formed. The cause is Node v24.21.0's fs.openAsBlob(), which reports size = 264053 for an 8,590,198,645-byte file (exactly the size mod 2^32). The CLI wraps inputs with openAsBlob → fromBrowserFile, so slice(-1024) reads the wrong bytes. This is unrelated to either PR; it would need an fd-based chunker in the CLI or a Node fix.

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github-actions · 2026-10-16T15:53:01Z

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…SPX-4654) Prototype alternative to #1091 for comparison. Same defaults and knobs (derivePrefetchWindow, 128 MiB budget, explicit segmentBatchSize / maxConcurrentSegmentBatches win), but the prefetch window is enforced by a ReadableStream's high-water mark instead of a hand-rolled scheduler. prefetchSegmentBatches() returns a ReadableStream whose pull() starts a batch's fetch-and-decrypt and enqueues the pending promise without awaiting it, so the stream keeps pulling until CountQueuingStrategy's high-water mark (maxConcurrentSegmentBatches - 1; the reader holds the batch it is draining) is reached. The output stream's pull() drains one batch a segment at a time. This deletes the Mailbox type, createBoundedSegmentScheduler and its state types, updateChunkQueue, rejectChunks, and the consumed-mailbox swapping: errors propagate through the stream, the queue holds order, and a drained batch is garbage as soon as the reader moves on. Cancelling the output stream now cancels the batch stream, so no further ranged reads are issued. Behaviour change: a segment that fails its integrity check fails its whole batch, so earlier segments in that batch are no longer released to the reader. Signed-off-by: Dave Mihalcik <dmihalcik@virtru.com>

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feat(sdk): plaintext byte-range decrypt in the SDK and CLI (DSPX-5116) #1093

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