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Summary

  • Enable full benchmark suite via stress-test PR label (in addition to manual workflow_dispatch)
  • Add 1000-step sequential (100ms sleep) and concurrent benchmarks to the full suite
  • Add 1MB data payload benchmarks (sequential + concurrent) with correctness assertions
  • Add stream stress benchmarks: pipeline transforms, parallel streams, and fan-out fan-in patterns with TTFB/slurp reporting integrated into existing PR comment tables

Test plan

  • pnpm typecheck passes (verified locally)
  • Verify stress-test label triggers full suite in CI
  • Verify new stream benchmarks appear in the Streams section of PR comment (auto-detected via firstByteTimeMs)
  • Verify data payload correctness assertions catch mismatches
  • Verify 1000-step benchmarks complete within time budgets

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- Enable full benchmark suite via `stress-test` PR label (in addition to
  workflow_dispatch)
- Add 1000-step sequential (100ms sleep) and concurrent benchmarks
- Add 1MB data payload benchmarks (sequential + concurrent) with
  correctness assertions
- Add stream stress benchmarks: pipeline transforms, parallel streams,
  and fan-out fan-in patterns with TTFB/slurp reporting
- Extract consumeStreamWithMetrics helper for unified stream measurement
- All stream benchmarks auto-integrate with existing PR comment reporting

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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📊 Benchmark Results

📈 Comparing against baseline from main branch. Green 🟢 = faster, Red 🔺 = slower.

workflow with no steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 0.032s (-6.4% 🟢) 1.005s (~) 0.973s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Express 0.033s (+2.2%) 1.005s (~) 0.973s 10 1.02x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 0.413s (-8.6% 🟢) 1.735s (-9.1% 🟢) 1.322s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 1 step

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 1.105s (~) 2.005s (~) 0.901s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Express 1.108s (~) 2.006s (~) 0.898s 10 1.00x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.145s (+9.3% 🔺) 3.280s (+2.8%) 1.135s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 10 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 10.815s (~) 11.022s (~) 0.207s 3 1.00x
💻 Local Express 10.853s (~) 11.023s (~) 0.170s 3 1.00x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 16.018s (-2.1%) 17.151s (~) 1.133s 2 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 25 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 14.978s (-45.6% 🟢) 15.027s (-46.4% 🟢) 0.050s 4 1.00x
💻 Local Express 15.032s (-45.4% 🟢) 15.530s (-44.6% 🟢) 0.498s 4 1.00x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 29.518s (-29.9% 🟢) 30.263s (-30.7% 🟢) 0.745s 3 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 50 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 17.289s (-69.9% 🟢) 18.031s (-69.0% 🟢) 0.742s 5 1.00x
💻 Local Express 17.479s (-69.5% 🟢) 18.032s (-69.0% 🟢) 0.552s 5 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 50.044s (-47.1% 🟢) 51.003s (-47.0% 🟢) 0.960s 2 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

Promise.all with 10 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Express 1.419s (~) 2.004s (~) 0.586s 15 1.00x
💻 Local Nitro 1.422s (-1.8%) 2.006s (~) 0.584s 15 1.00x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.132s (-10.9% 🟢) 3.254s (-5.2% 🟢) 1.123s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

Promise.all with 25 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 2.602s (-3.0%) 3.007s (~) 0.405s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Express 2.645s (~) 3.007s (~) 0.362s 10 1.02x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 3.128s (+16.7% 🔺) 3.971s (+5.7% 🔺) 0.842s 8 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

Promise.all with 50 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 7.406s (-4.1%) 8.022s (~) 0.616s 4 1.00x
💻 Local Express 8.075s (+6.5% 🔺) 8.520s (+6.3% 🔺) 0.445s 4 1.09x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 3.233s (-2.8%) 4.376s (+3.0%) 1.143s 7 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

Promise.race with 10 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 1.424s (-2.4%) 2.005s (~) 0.580s 15 1.00x
💻 Local Express 1.474s (+2.9%) 2.006s (~) 0.533s 15 1.03x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.435s (+12.5% 🔺) 3.341s (+6.0% 🔺) 0.906s 9 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

Promise.race with 25 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Express 2.747s (+0.7%) 3.008s (~) 0.261s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Nitro 2.803s (+1.3%) 3.009s (~) 0.206s 10 1.02x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.629s (-1.6%) 3.890s (+2.9%) 1.260s 8 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

Promise.race with 50 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Express 8.287s (+2.7%) 9.021s (+2.8%) 0.733s 4 1.00x
💻 Local Nitro 8.395s (-3.3%) 9.022s (~) 0.626s 4 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 3.038s (-2.9%) 3.757s (-11.6% 🟢) 0.719s 8 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 10 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 0.917s 1.004s 0.087s 60 1.00x
💻 Local Express 0.922s 1.004s 0.082s 60 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 10.845s 11.681s 0.837s 6 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 25 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 3.043s 3.728s 0.685s 25 1.00x
💻 Local Express 3.063s 3.965s 0.902s 23 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 32.449s 35.906s 3.457s 3 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 50 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 9.770s 10.017s 0.247s 12 1.00x
💻 Local Express 9.835s 10.017s 0.183s 12 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 92.858s 94.821s 1.964s 2 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 10 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 0.507s 1.004s 0.497s 60 1.00x
💻 Local Express 0.519s 1.004s 0.485s 60 1.02x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 1.329s 2.072s 0.743s 29 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 25 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 2.272s 3.008s 0.736s 30 1.00x
💻 Local Express 2.289s 3.008s 0.720s 30 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 1.941s 3.267s 1.326s 28 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

workflow with 50 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 10.520s 11.025s 0.506s 11 1.00x
💻 Local Express 10.609s 11.118s 0.509s 11 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.932s 4.087s 1.155s 30 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

Stream Benchmarks (includes TTFB metrics)
workflow with stream

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 0.171s (-1.0%) 1.003s (~) 0.011s (-5.8% 🟢) 1.017s (~) 0.846s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Express 0.175s (-3.2%) 1.002s (~) 0.011s (+4.6%) 1.017s (~) 0.842s 10 1.02x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 1.519s (+4.6%) 1.964s (-4.4%) 0.285s (+105.5% 🔺) 2.674s (+2.4%) 1.155s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

stream pipeline with 5 transform steps (1MB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 0.667s 1.009s 0.009s 1.022s 0.355s 59 1.00x
💻 Local Express 0.671s 1.009s 0.010s 1.023s 0.352s 59 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

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10 parallel streams (1MB each)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 1.086s 2.018s 0.000s 2.021s 0.935s 30 1.00x
💻 Local Express 1.108s 2.018s 0.000s 2.021s 0.913s 30 1.02x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 4.639s 5.603s 0.000s 6.249s 1.610s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

fan-out fan-in 10 streams (1MB each)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 3.189s 3.679s 0.001s 3.684s 0.494s 17 1.00x
💻 Local Express 3.429s 4.030s 0.001s 4.034s 0.605s 15 1.08x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 4.661s 5.300s 0.000s 5.686s 1.026s 11 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express ⚠️ missing - - - - -

🔍 Observability: Nitro

Summary

Fastest Framework by World

Winner determined by most benchmark wins

World 🥇 Fastest Framework Wins
💻 Local Nitro 18/21
▲ Vercel Nitro 20/20
Fastest World by Framework

Winner determined by most benchmark wins

Framework 🥇 Fastest World Wins
Express 💻 Local 21/21
Nitro 💻 Local 16/21
Column Definitions
  • Workflow Time: Runtime reported by workflow (completedAt - createdAt) - primary metric
  • TTFB: Time to First Byte - time from workflow start until first stream byte received (stream benchmarks only)
  • Slurp: Time from first byte to complete stream consumption (stream benchmarks only)
  • Wall Time: Total testbench time (trigger workflow + poll for result)
  • Overhead: Testbench overhead (Wall Time - Workflow Time)
  • Samples: Number of benchmark iterations run
  • vs Fastest: How much slower compared to the fastest configuration for this benchmark

Worlds:

  • 💻 Local: In-memory filesystem world (local development)
  • 🐘 Postgres: PostgreSQL database world (local development)
  • ▲ Vercel: Vercel production/preview deployment
  • 🌐 Turso: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 MongoDB: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Redis: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Jazz: Community world (local development)

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  • Local: success
  • Postgres: failure
  • Vercel: failure

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🧪 E2E Test Results

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Summary

Passed Failed Skipped Total
✅ ▲ Vercel Production 523 0 49 572
✅ 💻 Local Development 556 0 68 624
✅ 📦 Local Production 556 0 68 624
✅ 🐘 Local Postgres 556 0 68 624
✅ 🪟 Windows 49 0 3 52
❌ 🌍 Community Worlds 111 45 9 165
✅ 📋 Other 135 0 21 156
Total 2486 45 286 2817

❌ Failed Tests

🌍 Community Worlds (45 failed)

turso (45 failed):

  • addTenWorkflow
  • addTenWorkflow
  • should work with react rendering in step
  • promiseAllWorkflow
  • promiseRaceWorkflow
  • promiseAnyWorkflow
  • hookWorkflow
  • webhookWorkflow
  • sleepingWorkflow
  • parallelSleepWorkflow
  • nullByteWorkflow
  • workflowAndStepMetadataWorkflow
  • fetchWorkflow
  • promiseRaceStressTestWorkflow
  • error handling error propagation workflow errors nested function calls preserve message and stack trace
  • error handling error propagation workflow errors cross-file imports preserve message and stack trace
  • error handling error propagation step errors basic step error preserves message and stack trace
  • error handling error propagation step errors cross-file step error preserves message and function names in stack
  • error handling retry behavior regular Error retries until success
  • error handling retry behavior FatalError fails immediately without retries
  • error handling retry behavior RetryableError respects custom retryAfter delay
  • error handling retry behavior maxRetries=0 disables retries
  • error handling retry behavior workflow completes despite transient 5xx on step_completed
  • error handling catchability FatalError can be caught and detected with FatalError.is()
  • hookCleanupTestWorkflow - hook token reuse after workflow completion
  • concurrent hook token conflict - two workflows cannot use the same hook token simultaneously
  • stepFunctionPassingWorkflow - step function references can be passed as arguments (without closure vars)
  • stepFunctionWithClosureWorkflow - step function with closure variables passed as argument
  • closureVariableWorkflow - nested step functions with closure variables
  • spawnWorkflowFromStepWorkflow - spawning a child workflow using start() inside a step
  • health check (queue-based) - workflow and step endpoints respond to health check messages
  • pathsAliasWorkflow - TypeScript path aliases resolve correctly
  • Calculator.calculate - static workflow method using static step methods from another class
  • AllInOneService.processNumber - static workflow method using sibling static step methods
  • ChainableService.processWithThis - static step methods using this to reference the class
  • thisSerializationWorkflow - step function invoked with .call() and .apply()
  • customSerializationWorkflow - custom class serialization with WORKFLOW_SERIALIZE/WORKFLOW_DESERIALIZE
  • instanceMethodStepWorkflow - instance methods with "use step" directive
  • crossContextSerdeWorkflow - classes defined in step code are deserializable in workflow context
  • stepFunctionAsStartArgWorkflow - step function reference passed as start() argument
  • cancelRun - cancelling a running workflow
  • cancelRun via CLI - cancelling a running workflow
  • pages router addTenWorkflow via pages router
  • pages router promiseAllWorkflow via pages router
  • pages router sleepingWorkflow via pages router

Details by Category

✅ ▲ Vercel Production
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ astro 47 0 5
✅ example 47 0 5
✅ express 47 0 5
✅ fastify 47 0 5
✅ hono 47 0 5
✅ nextjs-turbopack 50 0 2
✅ nextjs-webpack 50 0 2
✅ nitro 47 0 5
✅ nuxt 47 0 5
✅ sveltekit 47 0 5
✅ vite 47 0 5
✅ 💻 Local Development
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ astro-stable 45 0 7
✅ express-stable 45 0 7
✅ fastify-stable 45 0 7
✅ hono-stable 45 0 7
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable 49 0 3
✅ nitro-stable 45 0 7
✅ nuxt-stable 45 0 7
✅ sveltekit-stable 45 0 7
✅ vite-stable 45 0 7
✅ 📦 Local Production
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ astro-stable 45 0 7
✅ express-stable 45 0 7
✅ fastify-stable 45 0 7
✅ hono-stable 45 0 7
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable 49 0 3
✅ nitro-stable 45 0 7
✅ nuxt-stable 45 0 7
✅ sveltekit-stable 45 0 7
✅ vite-stable 45 0 7
✅ 🐘 Local Postgres
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ astro-stable 45 0 7
✅ express-stable 45 0 7
✅ fastify-stable 45 0 7
✅ hono-stable 45 0 7
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary 49 0 3
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable 49 0 3
✅ nitro-stable 45 0 7
✅ nuxt-stable 45 0 7
✅ sveltekit-stable 45 0 7
✅ vite-stable 45 0 7
✅ 🪟 Windows
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ nextjs-turbopack 49 0 3
❌ 🌍 Community Worlds
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ mongodb-dev 3 0 0
✅ mongodb 49 0 3
✅ redis-dev 3 0 0
✅ redis 49 0 3
✅ turso-dev 3 0 0
❌ turso 4 45 3
✅ 📋 Other
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ e2e-local-dev-nest-stable 45 0 7
✅ e2e-local-postgres-nest-stable 45 0 7
✅ e2e-local-prod-nest-stable 45 0 7

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Pull request overview

This PR adds comprehensive stress benchmarks for the workflow system, focusing on high-volume step execution, large data payloads, and stream processing capabilities. The PR enables triggering the full benchmark suite via a stress-test label in addition to manual workflow dispatch.

Changes:

  • Add 1000-step sequential benchmark with 100ms sleep (vs 1000ms for smaller counts) to the full suite
  • Add 1MB data payload benchmarks (sequential and concurrent) with correctness assertions
  • Add stream stress benchmarks: pipeline transforms, parallel streams, and fan-out/fan-in patterns with TTFB/slurp metrics

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workbench/example/workflows/97_bench.ts Add doWorkWithDelay helper, update sequentialStepsWorkflow to accept sleep parameter, add data payload workflows and stream stress test workflows
packages/core/e2e/bench.bench.ts Add consumeStreamWithMetrics helper, update sequential step configs with sleep parameter, add data payload benchmarks and stream stress benchmarks
.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml Add labeled trigger type and enable full suite when stress-test label is present
.changeset/stress-benchmarks.md Add changeset describing the new benchmarks

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args: [50, 1024 * 1024],
skip: !fullSuite,
time: 180000,
expectedTotalBytes: 50 * 1024 * 1024,
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Incorrect expected byte count: Same issue as line 510 - the workflow returns a JSON summary stream (approximately 40-50 bytes), not 50MB of actual stream data. The correctness check will fail.

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Fixed in a3e2e05 — same fix as above, uses summaryStream: true to parse the JSON summary.

args: [10, 1024 * 1024],
skip: false,
time: 60000,
expectedTotalBytes: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
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Incorrect expected byte count: Same issue as lines 510 and 518 - the workflow returns a JSON summary stream (approximately 40-50 bytes), not 10MB of actual stream data. The correctness check will fail.

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Fixed in a3e2e05.

args: [50, 1024 * 1024],
skip: !fullSuite,
time: 180000,
expectedTotalBytes: 50 * 1024 * 1024,
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Incorrect expected byte count: Same issue as other parallel/fan-out tests - the workflow returns a JSON summary stream (approximately 40-50 bytes), not 50MB of actual stream data. The correctness check will fail.

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Fixed in a3e2e05.

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while (remaining > 0) {
const size = Math.min(chunkSize, remaining);
const chunk = new Uint8Array(size);
for (let i = 0; i < size; i++) {
chunk[i] = (chunkIndex + i) % 256;
}
controller.enqueue(chunk);
remaining -= size;
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The byte pattern logic is incorrect. The comment on line 195 states "Chunk i contains bytes where each byte = (chunkIndex + byteOffset) % 256", but the implementation uses (chunkIndex + i) % 256 where chunkIndex is incremented once per chunk (not per byte). This means all chunks will have similar patterns offset by 1. To match the documented pattern, change to use a running byte counter: track totalBytesProcessed and use (totalBytesProcessed + i) % 256, or update the comment to accurately describe the current implementation.

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while (remaining > 0) {
const size = Math.min(chunkSize, remaining);
const chunk = new Uint8Array(size);
for (let i = 0; i < size; i++) {
chunk[i] = (chunkIndex + i) % 256;
}
controller.enqueue(chunk);
remaining -= size;
let totalBytesProcessed = 0;
while (remaining > 0) {
const size = Math.min(chunkSize, remaining);
const chunk = new Uint8Array(size);
for (let i = 0; i < size; i++) {
chunk[i] = (totalBytesProcessed + i) % 256;
}
controller.enqueue(chunk);
remaining -= size;
totalBytesProcessed += size;

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Fixed in a3e2e05 — now uses a running totalBytesProcessed counter and updated the comment to match.

const { done, value } = await reader.read();
if (done) break;
streamBytes += value.length;
totalBytes += value.length;
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Race condition: totalBytes is being incremented from multiple parallel async operations without synchronization. While JavaScript is single-threaded and this may work in practice due to the event loop, it's safer to calculate totalBytes after the Promise.all completes by summing streamByteCounts, or use proper synchronization. Recommend: const totalBytes = streamByteCounts.reduce((sum, count) => sum + count, 0); after line 260.

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Fixed in a3e2e05 — removed the shared accumulator and now sums streamByteCounts after Promise.all completes.

args: [10, 1024 * 1024],
skip: false,
time: 60000,
expectedTotalBytes: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
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Incorrect expected byte count: The parallelStreamsWorkflow returns the result of consumeAndVerifyStreams, which returns a JSON summary stream (approximately 40-50 bytes), not the actual stream data. The correctness check on line 557 will fail because it expects 10 * 1024 * 1024 bytes, but will only receive the size of the JSON string like {"totalBytes":10485760,"streamCount":10}. Either update expectedTotalBytes to match the JSON summary size, or modify the workflow to return the consumed stream data instead of a summary.

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Fixed in a3e2e05 — the harness now parses the JSON summary stream and verifies the reported totalBytes field, with a summaryStream flag distinguishing pipeline (raw data) from parallel/fan-out (summary) benchmarks.

- Fix genLargeStream byte pattern: use running byte counter instead of
  chunk index so each byte has a unique pattern across the stream
- Fix consumeAndVerifyStreams race condition: sum streamByteCounts after
  Promise.all instead of incrementing totalBytes in parallel
- Fix parallel/fan-out stream benchmarks: parse the JSON summary stream
  to verify reported totalBytes rather than comparing raw stream size
  (these workflows return a small summary, not the full data)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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- Move parallel streams and fan-out fan-in benchmarks to full-suite-only
  (they exercise patterns that aren't stable on all backends/deployments)
- Change stream correctness check from fatal throw to console.warn
  (some Vercel deployments don't return stream data)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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🐛 Bugs Uncovered by Stress Benchmarks

The new stress benchmarks have uncovered real bugs in the workflow runtime. Here are the detailed findings:


Bug 1: fan-out fan-in — Unconsumed Event in Event Log

Error: WorkflowRuntimeError: Unconsumed event in event log: eventType=step_completed, correlationId=step_01KJF0YJK3SV03W11NEPQQQFFH

Run: wrun_01KJF0YJJEJ0A3TGWHBTC34ZTG on nitro-v3/postgres
CI Job: https://github.com/vercel/workflow/actions/runs/22476842814/job/65105793831

Root Cause Analysis:

The EventsConsumer (packages/core/src/events-consumer.ts:91-105) uses a setTimeout(0) deferred check: when all registered callbacks return NotConsumed for an event, it schedules a macrotask to check if the event is still orphaned. If so, it calls onUnconsumedEvent() which rejects the workflow (packages/core/src/workflow.ts:76-85).

In the fan-out-fan-in pattern, the workflow does:

  1. Promise.all on N genLargeStream() calls (N concurrent steps)
  2. Promise.all on N transformStreamXor() calls (N concurrent steps)
  3. Single consumeAndVerifyStreams() call

The problem: when many steps complete rapidly in Promise.all, multiple step_completed events arrive in the event log in quick succession. Each step callback (packages/core/src/step.ts) only consumes events matching its own correlationId and returns NotConsumed for others.

The race condition occurs because:

  • Stream serialization in getStepReducers pushes async pipeTo(writable) operations (serialization.ts:833) to an ops array
  • These piping operations run concurrently with event log replay
  • When streams are passed between steps (gen → transform → consume), the deserialization/hydration of stream parameters may not complete before the next event needs to be consumed
  • The setTimeout(0) deferred check fires before a new step subscriber has been registered, causing the event to be flagged as orphaned

Why nitro-v3/postgres specifically: Postgres event log persistence + query latency may widen the timing window that exposes this race, compared to local filesystem.


Bug 2: Stream Returns 0 Bytes on Vercel/express

Error: Stream correctness failure: expected >0 bytes but got 0

CI Job: https://github.com/vercel/workflow/actions/runs/22476842814/job/65105793832

Root Cause Analysis:

The stream data flow is:

  1. Step returns ReadableStreamgetStepReducers serializes it by piping to WorkflowServerWritableStream (serialization.ts:831-833)
  2. Workflow receives stream reference via getStepRevivers → creates WorkflowServerReadableStream (serialization.ts:1299-1309)
  3. Client reads via run.returnValue → hydrates to WorkflowServerReadableStream that calls world.readFromStream(name, startIndex)

The critical difference between worlds:

Local world (world-local/src/streamer.ts:245+): Uses filesystem writes + an EventEmitter pattern. Chunks are written synchronously to disk and events are emitted immediately, so reads always see data that's been written.

Vercel world (world-vercel/src/streamer.ts:109-118): Uses HTTP PUT to write chunks and HTTP GET to read. The readFromStream does a single fetch(url) and returns res.body — there's no waiting mechanism for data to be available. If the write hasn't been persisted by the time the client reads, the response body is empty.

The async value.pipeTo(writable) at serialization.ts:833 is pushed to ops but there's a timing gap: the stream reference (name) is returned and can be consumed before the actual stream data has been fully written to Vercel's storage. On local filesystem this is masked by the synchronous write + event emitter pattern; on Vercel's HTTP-based storage, the write may not have completed when the client reads.


Bug 3: 429 Rate Limiting on Vercel/nitro-v3

Error: WorkflowAPIError: Too many requests (status 429, retryAfter: 3)

CI Job: https://github.com/vercel/workflow/actions/runs/22476842814/job/65105793864

This is a rate limiting issue — all 3 Vercel app benchmarks run in parallel against the Vercel API. Lower priority than the other two bugs.


Impact

Bugs 1 and 2 are pre-existing runtime issues exposed by the new stress benchmark patterns. They affect:

  • Bug 1: Any workflow using Promise.all with many stream-returning steps on postgres backends
  • Bug 2: Any workflow returning a ReadableStream on Vercel deployments (timing-dependent)

These are not benchmark-specific — they could affect production workflows.

These are real bugs, not false positives. Revert the console.warn back
to throw, and restore parallel/fan-out stream benchmarks as always-on.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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LGTM so far, I think you can merge already if you want given it's tag controlled

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