Merge branch '17960-issues-api-endpoint-performs-poorly' into 'master'

CHANGELOG

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ v 8.9.0 (unreleased)
   - Replace Colorize with Rainbow for coloring console output in Rake tasks.
   - An indicator is now displayed at the top of the comment field for confidential issues.
   - RepositoryCheck::SingleRepositoryWorker public and private methods are now instrumented
+  - Improve issuables APIs performance when accessing notes !4471
 
 v 8.8.4 (unreleased)
   - Ensure branch cleanup regardless of whether the GitHub import process succeeds

app/models/commit.rb

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class Commit
   end
 
   def notes_with_associations
-    notes.includes(:author, :project)
+    notes.includes(:author)
   end
 
   def method_missing(m, *args, &block)

app/models/concerns/issuable.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ module Issuable
     belongs_to :assignee, class_name: "User"
     belongs_to :updated_by, class_name: "User"
     belongs_to :milestone
-    has_many :notes, as: :noteable, dependent: :destroy
+    has_many :notes, as: :noteable, dependent: :destroy do
+      def authors_loaded?
+        # We check first if we're loaded to not load unnecesarily.
+        loaded? && to_a.all? { |note| note.association(:author).loaded? }
+      end
+    end
     has_many :label_links, as: :target, dependent: :destroy
     has_many :labels, through: :label_links
     has_many :todos, as: :target, dependent: :destroy
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ module Issuable
 
     scope :without_label, -> { joins("LEFT OUTER JOIN label_links ON label_links.target_type = '#{name}' AND label_links.target_id = #{table_name}.id").where(label_links: { id: nil }) }
     scope :join_project, -> { joins(:project) }
+    scope :inc_notes_with_associations, -> { includes(notes: :author) }
     scope :references_project, -> { references(:project) }
     scope :non_archived, -> { join_project.where(projects: { archived: false }) }
 
@@ -179,7 +185,13 @@ module Issuable
   end
 
   def user_notes_count
-    notes.user.count
+    if notes.loaded?
+      # Use the in-memory association to select and count to avoid hitting the db
+      notes.to_a.count { |note| !note.system? }
+    else
+      # do the count query
+      notes.user.count
+    end
   end
 
   def subscribed_without_subscriptions?(user)
@@ -239,7 +251,13 @@ module Issuable
   end
 
   def notes_with_associations
-    notes.includes(:author, :project)
+    # If A has_many Bs, and B has_many Cs, and you do
+    # `A.includes(b: :c).each { |a| a.b.includes(:c) }`, sadly ActiveRecord
+    # will do the inclusion again. So, we check if all notes in the relation
+    # already have their authors loaded (possibly because the scope
+    # `inc_notes_with_associations` was used) and skip the inclusion if that's
+    # the case.
+    notes.authors_loaded? ? notes : notes.includes(:author)
   end
 
   def updated_tasks

app/models/snippet.rb

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Snippet < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def notes_with_associations
-    notes.includes(:author, :project)
+    notes.includes(:author)
   end
 
   class << self

lib/api/issues.rb

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module API
       #   GET /issues?labels=foo,bar
       #   GET /issues?labels=foo,bar&state=opened
       get do
-        issues = current_user.issues
+        issues = current_user.issues.inc_notes_with_associations
         issues = filter_issues_state(issues, params[:state]) unless params[:state].nil?
         issues = filter_issues_labels(issues, params[:labels]) unless params[:labels].nil?
         issues.reorder(issuable_order_by => issuable_sort)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module API
       #   GET /projects/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0&state=closed
       #   GET /issues?iid=42
       get ":id/issues" do
-        issues = user_project.issues.visible_to_user(current_user)
+        issues = user_project.issues.inc_notes_with_associations.visible_to_user(current_user)
         issues = filter_issues_state(issues, params[:state]) unless params[:state].nil?
         issues = filter_issues_labels(issues, params[:labels]) unless params[:labels].nil?
         issues = filter_by_iid(issues, params[:iid]) unless params[:iid].nil?

lib/api/merge_requests.rb

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module API
       #
       get ":id/merge_requests" do
         authorize! :read_merge_request, user_project
-        merge_requests = user_project.merge_requests
+        merge_requests = user_project.merge_requests.inc_notes_with_associations
 
         unless params[:iid].nil?
           merge_requests = filter_by_iid(merge_requests, params[:iid])

spec/models/concerns/issuable_spec.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ describe Issue, "Issuable" do
     it { is_expected.to belong_to(:assignee) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:notes).dependent(:destroy) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:todos).dependent(:destroy) }
+
+    context 'Notes' do
+      let!(:note) { create(:note, noteable: issue, project: issue.project) }
+      let(:scoped_issue) { Issue.includes(notes: :author).find(issue.id) }
+
+      it 'indicates if the notes have their authors loaded' do
+        expect(issue.notes).not_to be_authors_loaded
+        expect(scoped_issue.notes).to be_authors_loaded
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'Included modules' do
@@ -245,6 +255,22 @@ describe Issue, "Issuable" do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#user_notes_count' do
+    let(:project) { create(:project) }
+    let(:issue1) { create(:issue, project: project) }
+    let(:issue2) { create(:issue, project: project) }
+
+    before do
+      create_list(:note, 3, noteable: issue1, project: project)
+      create_list(:note, 6, noteable: issue2, project: project)
+    end
+
+    it 'counts the user notes' do
+      expect(issue1.user_notes_count).to be(3)
+      expect(issue2.user_notes_count).to be(6)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "votes" do
     let(:project) { issue.project }