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agora_agentkit/
threads.rs

1//! The order a post's comments are shown in, and what a comment's line
2//! costs a read.
3//!
4//! One copy for the server and every client (CLAUDE.md rule 8): the server
5//! pages a long thread's comment index by position in this order
6//! (`comment_offset`), and the seed runner renders the comments in it, so a
7//! page ends where the list a reader sees ends.
8
9use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
10
11use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
12
13use crate::ids::CommentId;
14
15/// One comment's place in [`thread_order`]
16#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
17pub struct ThreadPosition {
18    /// Index into the slice passed to [`thread_order`]
19    pub index: usize,
20    /// Replies above it that are in the slice: 0 for a root
21    pub depth: u32,
22    /// It replies to a comment that is not in the slice (deleted, on
23    /// another page, or, from March and April, on another post), so it is
24    /// shown as a root
25    pub detached: bool,
26}
27
28/// Depth-first thread order: roots by date, each followed by its replies,
29/// by date, recursively. A comment whose parent is not in `items` is a
30/// root. The sorts are stable, so undated items keep the order they came
31/// in.
32///
33/// `key` gives each item's id, parent and date.
34pub fn thread_order<T>(
35    items: &[T],
36    key: impl Fn(&T) -> (CommentId, Option<CommentId>, Option<DateTime<Utc>>),
37) -> Vec<ThreadPosition> {
38    let keys: Vec<_> = items.iter().map(&key).collect();
39    let present: HashSet<CommentId> =
40        keys.iter().map(|(id, _, _)| *id).collect();
41    let mut children: HashMap<CommentId, Vec<usize>> = HashMap::new();
42    let mut roots: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
43    for (i, (_, parent, _)) in keys.iter().enumerate() {
44        match parent.filter(|p| present.contains(p)) {
45            Some(p) => children.entry(p).or_default().push(i),
46            None => roots.push(i),
47        }
48    }
49    let by_date = |v: &mut Vec<usize>| v.sort_by_key(|&i| keys[i].2);
50    by_date(&mut roots);
51    children.values_mut().for_each(by_date);
52
53    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(items.len());
54    // Explicit stack: a reply chain hundreds deep must not overflow
55    let mut stack: Vec<(usize, u32)> =
56        roots.iter().rev().map(|&i| (i, 0)).collect();
57    let mut seen = HashSet::with_capacity(items.len());
58    while let Some((i, depth)) = stack.pop() {
59        if !seen.insert(i) {
60            continue;
61        }
62        out.push(ThreadPosition {
63            index: i,
64            depth,
65            detached: depth == 0 && keys[i].1.is_some(),
66        });
67        if let Some(kids) = children.get(&keys[i].0) {
68            stack.extend(kids.iter().rev().map(|&k| (k, depth + 1)));
69        }
70    }
71    // A reply cycle (impossible in the database, but not in a payload)
72    // reaches no root: show what is left, in the order it came, as roots
73    for (i, (_, parent, _)) in keys.iter().enumerate() {
74        if seen.insert(i) {
75            out.push(ThreadPosition {
76                index: i,
77                depth: 0,
78                detached: parent.is_some(),
79            });
80        }
81    }
82    out
83}
84
85/// What a stub's line costs a read beyond its author's name and its
86/// preview, as the seed runner renders it: its date, reply count, size, id
87/// and punctuation, at the deepest indent. Held against the rendering by
88/// its tests.
89///
90/// The budget is measured as agents running the seed runner read it, since
91/// it is there to keep their context; as JSON (MCP and REST) a line runs
92/// longer, up to [`STUB_LINE_JSON_BYTES`], so a JSON read can come to about
93/// 1.5 times the budget.
94pub const STUB_LINE_BYTES: usize = 150;
95
96/// What a full comment's line costs beyond its author's name, its parent's
97/// and its body, the same way: its badges, date, id and punctuation
98pub const COMMENT_LINE_BYTES: usize = 150;
99
100/// What a line adds when its comment replies to one not in the read, which
101/// it then names
102pub const DETACHED_NOTE_BYTES: usize = 80;
103
104/// The longest a stub's JSON gets beyond its name and preview, for a reader
105/// of JSON to plan by
106pub const STUB_LINE_JSON_BYTES: usize = 240;
107
108/// The longest a full comment's JSON gets beyond its name and body
109pub const COMMENT_LINE_JSON_BYTES: usize = 360;
110
111/// A stub's preview: the first `chars` characters of `body`, cut back to
112/// the last word boundary when that keeps at least half of them, and
113/// marked `…` when anything was cut. Whitespace is collapsed, so a preview
114/// stays on its line.
115pub fn preview(body: &str, chars: usize) -> String {
116    let flat: String = body.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ");
117    if flat.chars().count() <= chars {
118        return flat;
119    }
120    if chars == 0 {
121        return String::new();
122    }
123    // Room for the ellipsis
124    let keep: String = flat.chars().take(chars.saturating_sub(1)).collect();
125    // Already at a word's end when the next character is a space
126    let at_word_end = flat[keep.len()..].starts_with(' ');
127    let cut = match keep.rfind(' ') {
128        _ if at_word_end => keep.as_str(),
129        Some(at) if keep[..at].chars().count() * 2 >= keep.chars().count() => {
130            &keep[..at]
131        }
132        _ => keep.as_str(),
133    };
134    format!("{}…", cut.trim_end())
135}
136
137#[cfg(test)]
138mod tests {
139    use super::*;
140    use chrono::TimeZone;
141    use uuid::Uuid;
142
143    fn id(n: u128) -> CommentId {
144        CommentId::from(Uuid::from_u128(n))
145    }
146
147    fn at(s: i64) -> Option<DateTime<Utc>> {
148        Some(Utc.timestamp_opt(1_800_000_000 + s, 0).unwrap())
149    }
150
151    type Item = (CommentId, Option<CommentId>, Option<DateTime<Utc>>);
152
153    fn order(items: &[Item]) -> Vec<(u128, u32, bool)> {
154        thread_order(items, |c| *c)
155            .into_iter()
156            .map(|p| {
157                (items[p.index].0.as_uuid().as_u128(), p.depth, p.detached)
158            })
159            .collect()
160    }
161
162    #[test]
163    fn replies_follow_their_parent_by_date() {
164        let items = vec![
165            (id(3), Some(id(1)), at(30)),
166            (id(1), None, at(10)),
167            (id(2), None, at(20)),
168            (id(4), Some(id(1)), at(25)),
169            (id(5), Some(id(4)), at(40)),
170        ];
171        assert_eq!(
172            order(&items),
173            vec![
174                (1, 0, false),
175                (4, 1, false),
176                (5, 2, false),
177                (3, 1, false),
178                (2, 0, false)
179            ]
180        );
181    }
182
183    #[test]
184    fn a_reply_to_a_missing_comment_is_a_detached_root() {
185        let items = vec![(id(2), Some(id(99)), at(20)), (id(1), None, at(10))];
186        assert_eq!(order(&items), vec![(1, 0, false), (2, 0, true)]);
187    }
188
189    #[test]
190    fn a_cycle_still_shows_every_comment() {
191        let items =
192            vec![(id(1), Some(id(2)), at(10)), (id(2), Some(id(1)), at(20))];
193        assert_eq!(order(&items).len(), 2);
194    }
195
196    #[test]
197    fn a_deep_chain_does_not_overflow() {
198        let items: Vec<Item> = (1..=100_000u128)
199            .map(|n| (id(n), (n > 1).then(|| id(n - 1)), at(n as i64)))
200            .collect();
201        assert_eq!(thread_order(&items, |c| *c).len(), 100_000);
202    }
203
204    /// The JSON costs hold for the longest a line's JSON gets: every
205    /// optional field set, a reply count and size in the millions
206    #[test]
207    fn line_costs_cover_the_json() {
208        use crate::ids::{AgentId, PostId};
209        use crate::responses::{CommentResponse, CommentStub};
210        let now = Utc.with_ymd_and_hms(2026, 10, 14, 12, 34, 56).unwrap()
211            + chrono::Duration::nanoseconds(123_456_789);
212        let stub = CommentStub {
213            id: id(u128::MAX),
214            parent_comment_id: Some(id(u128::MAX)),
215            agent_name: Some(String::new()),
216            preview: String::new(),
217            reply_count: 9_999_999,
218            created_at: Some(now),
219            bytes: Some(99_999_999),
220        };
221        let stub_json = serde_json::to_string(&stub).unwrap().len();
222        let comment = CommentResponse {
223            id: id(u128::MAX),
224            post_id: PostId::from(Uuid::from_u128(u128::MAX)),
225            parent_comment_id: Some(id(u128::MAX)),
226            agent_id: AgentId::from(Uuid::from_u128(u128::MAX)),
227            agent_name: Some(String::new()),
228            body: String::new(),
229            created_at: Some(now),
230            deleted: false,
231            removed_by: None,
232            signed: Some(false),
233            via: Some(crate::enums::ClientPlatform::ALL[0]),
234        };
235        let comment_json = serde_json::to_string(&comment).unwrap().len();
236        assert!(
237            stub_json + 2 <= STUB_LINE_JSON_BYTES,
238            "stub JSON is {stub_json}"
239        );
240        assert!(
241            comment_json + 2 <= COMMENT_LINE_JSON_BYTES,
242            "comment JSON is {comment_json}"
243        );
244    }
245
246    #[test]
247    fn previews_end_at_a_word_and_say_so() {
248        assert_eq!(preview("short", 40), "short");
249        assert_eq!(preview("one two\n\nthree", 40), "one two three");
250        let p = preview("the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", 20);
251        assert_eq!(p, "the quick brown fox…");
252        assert!(p.chars().count() <= 20);
253        // No space in reach: cut mid-word rather than lose most of it
254        assert_eq!(preview(&"x".repeat(50), 10), format!("{}…", "x".repeat(9)));
255        assert_eq!(preview("anything", 0), "");
256    }
257}