Merge pull request #1379 from bilawalsidhu/perf/aircraft-label-candidates

Reduce repeated work in aircraft detection candidates

changelog.d/1379-aircraft-label-candidates.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- Reduce repeated work in aircraft detection candidates by caching unchanged
+  callsign/registration text and reusing resolved fleet models. Metadata updates,
+  live positions and tracked-aircraft/model handoffs remain immediate
+  (samehkhamis, #1379).

docs/CURRENT-STATE.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # God's Eye View Current State
 
+Aircraft detection candidates reuse normalized display text until callsign or
+registration changes, including in-place enrichment. Each candidate resolves its
+fleet model once per collection. Positions, model ownership and tracked-aircraft
+anchors remain live on every collection; contact admission is unchanged.
+
 Civil aircraft share one delayed render timestamp per fleet update. Extrapolated
 fixes reuse their local coordinate frame until their coordinates change, including
 in-place ground-height corrections. Update cadence, contact counts, interpolation,

src/layers/flights/queries.js

@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ export function createQueries({
         const isTracked = icao24 === flightState._trackedIcao;
         // Keep planes rendered as a 3D model (billboard hidden) so the detection box
         // doesn't vanish on the 2D→3D handoff; bb.position stays current while hidden.
-        const model = flightState._models.get(icao24);
-        const modelOwnsVisual = parts.rendering._modelOwnsVisual(icao24);
+        const model = flightState._models.get(icao24) ?? null;
+        const modelOwnsVisual = parts.rendering._modelOwnsVisual(icao24, model);
         if (!isTracked && !bb.show && !modelOwnsVisual) continue;
         const info = flightState.records.data.get(icao24);
         let object = flightState._detectionObjects.get(icao24);
@@ -491,8 +491,19 @@ export function createQueries({
         object.position = pos;
         object.skipLabel = isTracked;
         // Card text only — declutter/cohort identity is `object.sourceId` (icao24).
-        const id = _contactLabel(icao24, info);
-        if (object.id !== id) object.id = id;
+        const callsign = info?.callsign;
+        const registration = info?.registration;
+        // Records and enrichment may change in place. Cache by field values,
+        // while keeping the live visual anchor above independent of text.
+        if (
+          object.id === undefined ||
+          object._labelCallsign !== callsign ||
+          object._labelRegistration !== registration
+        ) {
+          object.id = _contactLabel(icao24, info);
+          object._labelCallsign = callsign;
+          object._labelRegistration = registration;
+        }
         const altitude = info?.altitude;
         if (object._altitude !== altitude) {
           object._altitude = altitude;

src/layers/flights/queries.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import * as Cesium from 'cesium';
+import { createQueries } from './queries.js';
+import { createRendering } from './rendering.js';
+
+function fixture() {
+  const info = {
+    callsign: ' TEST123 ',
+    registration: ' N123 ',
+    altitude: 1000,
+  };
+  const bb = { show: true, position: new Cesium.Cartesian3(1, 2, 3) };
+  const flightState = {
+    feed: {},
+    _billboardCollection: { show: true },
+    _billboards: new Map([['abc123', bb]]),
+    _models: new Map(),
+    _detectionObjects: new Map(),
+    records: { data: new Map([['abc123', info]]) },
+  };
+  let formats = 0;
+  const services = {
+    aircraftPresentation: {},
+    militaryRegistry: {},
+    camera: {},
+    focus: {},
+    recession: {},
+    labels: {
+      formatFlightLevel: (altitude) => {
+        formats++;
+        return String(altitude);
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const parts = {
+    testing: {},
+    tracking: { _trackedModelRegimeActive: () => true },
+    motion: { _trackedVisualCached: () => null },
+  };
+  parts.rendering = createRendering({ flightState, services, parts });
+  const queries = createQueries({ flightState, services, parts }).methods;
+  return { flightState, info, bb, parts, queries, formats: () => formats };
+}
+
+test('candidate text follows in-place enrichment without freezing identity or positions', () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  const [first] = f.queries.getDetectableObjects();
+  assert.equal(first.id, 'TEST123');
+  assert.equal(first.sourceId, 'abc123');
+  f.bb.position = new Cesium.Cartesian3(4, 5, 6);
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0], first);
+  assert.equal(first.position, f.bb.position);
+  assert.equal(f.formats(), 1);
+  f.info.callsign = ' NEW456 ';
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0].id, 'NEW456');
+  f.info.callsign = '   ';
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0].id, 'N123');
+  f.info.registration = ' N456 ';
+  f.info.altitude = 2000;
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0].id, 'N456');
+  assert.equal(first.metric, '2000');
+  assert.equal(f.formats(), 2);
+  f.flightState.records.data.set('abc123', { ...f.info });
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0], first);
+  f.flightState.records.data.delete('abc123');
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0].id, 'abc123');
+  assert.equal(first.sourceId, 'abc123');
+});
+
+test('unchanged candidate text is normalized once across paints', (t) => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  const trim = String.prototype.trim;
+  let calls = 0;
+  t.mock.method(String.prototype, 'trim', function () {
+    if (String(this) === ' TEST123 ') calls++;
+    return trim.call(this);
+  });
+  for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) f.queries.getDetectableObjects();
+  assert.equal(calls, 1);
+});
+
+test('candidate collection resolves models once and keeps handoffs live', (t) => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  const get = t.mock.method(f.flightState._models, 'get');
+  const [candidate] = f.queries.getDetectableObjects();
+  assert.equal(get.mock.callCount(), 1);
+  const model = {
+    ready: false,
+    show: true,
+    modelMatrix: Cesium.Matrix4.fromTranslation(
+      new Cesium.Cartesian3(10, 20, 30),
+    ),
+  };
+  f.parts.rendering._modelSpec = () => ({
+    visualCenterNative: Cesium.Cartesian3.ZERO,
+    scale: 1,
+  });
+  f.flightState._models.set('abc123', model);
+  f.bb.show = false;
+  assert.deepEqual(f.queries.getDetectableObjects(), []);
+  model.ready = true;
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0], candidate);
+  assert.deepEqual(candidate.position, new Cesium.Cartesian3(10, 20, 30));
+  Cesium.Matrix4.setTranslation(
+    model.modelMatrix,
+    new Cesium.Cartesian3(40, 50, 60),
+    model.modelMatrix,
+  );
+  f.queries.getDetectableObjects();
+  assert.deepEqual(candidate.position, new Cesium.Cartesian3(40, 50, 60));
+  model.show = false;
+  assert.deepEqual(f.queries.getDetectableObjects(), []);
+  f.bb.show = true;
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0].position, f.bb.position);
+  assert.equal(get.mock.callCount(), 6);
+  model.show = true;
+  assert.equal(f.parts.rendering._modelOwnsVisual('abc123'), true);
+  assert.equal(get.mock.callCount(), 7);
+});
+
+test('tracked ownership and live anchors remain independent of fleet models', () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  f.flightState._trackedIcao = 'abc123';
+  f.flightState._trackedModel = { ready: true, show: true };
+  f.parts.rendering._modelSpec = () => ({});
+  let anchor = new Cesium.Cartesian3(10, 20, 30);
+  f.parts.motion._trackedVisualCached = () => anchor;
+  const [candidate] = f.queries.getDetectableObjects();
+  assert.equal(candidate.position, anchor);
+  assert.equal(candidate.skipLabel, true);
+  assert.equal(f.parts.rendering._modelOwnsVisual('abc123', null), true);
+  anchor = new Cesium.Cartesian3(40, 50, 60);
+  assert.equal(f.queries.getDetectableObjects()[0].position, anchor);
+  for (const tracked of [
+    null,
+    { ready: false, show: true },
+    { ready: true, show: false },
+  ]) {
+    f.flightState._trackedModel = tracked;
+    assert.equal(
+      f.parts.rendering._modelOwnsVisual('abc123', { ready: true, show: true }),
+      false,
+    );
+  }
+  f.flightState._trackedModel = { ready: true, show: true };
+  f.parts.tracking._trackedModelRegimeActive = () => false;
+  assert.equal(f.parts.rendering._modelOwnsVisual('abc123', null), false);
+});

src/layers/flights/rendering.js

@@ -383,17 +383,20 @@ export function createRendering({
    *    null or still-loading tracked model from claiming a visual it is not
    *    drawing yet.
    * @param {string} icao24
+   * @param {Cesium.Model|null} [model] Resolved fleet model; null means absent.
    * @returns {boolean}
    */
 
-  function _modelOwnsVisual(icao24) {
+  function _modelOwnsVisual(icao24, model) {
     if (icao24 === flightState._trackedIcao) {
       return (
         parts.tracking._trackedModelRegimeActive() &&
         _modelIsRendering(flightState._trackedModel)
       );
     }
-    return _modelIsRendering(flightState._models.get(icao24));
+    return _modelIsRendering(
+      model === undefined ? flightState._models.get(icao24) : model,
+    );
   }
 
   /** A model is the visual only once it actually draws — loaded AND shown.