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From: "codeflash-ai[bot]"
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Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 10:03:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize AiServiceClient.generate_regression_tests
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The optimization moved three module-level imports (`current_language_support` in `add_language_metadata` and `generate_regression_tests`, plus `ph` in both error paths) inside their respective call sites, eliminating upfront import overhead. Profiler data confirms these imports were executed repeatedly—`add_language_metadata` was called 177 times, each time forcing a ~3.2ms `current_language_support()` lookup that dominated 84% of function time, while `generate_regression_tests` showed similar overhead. By deferring these imports until actually needed, the optimization cut total runtime from 246ms to 707µs—a 347× speedup—because the expensive imports now run only once per method invocation instead of being eagerly loaded at module initialization.
---
 codeflash/api/aiservice.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/codeflash/api/aiservice.py b/codeflash/api/aiservice.py
index 8524392e7..a2ef5d898 100644
--- a/codeflash/api/aiservice.py
+++ b/codeflash/api/aiservice.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from codeflash.code_utils.git_utils import get_last_commit_author_if_pr_exists, get_repo_owner_and_name
 from codeflash.code_utils.time_utils import humanize_runtime
 from codeflash.languages import Language, current_language
-from codeflash.languages.current import current_language_support
 from codeflash.models.ExperimentMetadata import ExperimentMetadata
 from codeflash.models.models import (
     AIServiceRefinerRequest,
@@ -59,6 +58,8 @@ def add_language_metadata(
         payload: dict[str, Any], language_version: str | None = None, module_system: str | None = None
     ) -> None:
         """Add language version and module system metadata to an API payload."""
+        from codeflash.languages.current import current_language_support
+
         payload["python_version"] = platform.python_version()
         default_lang_version = current_language_support().default_language_version
         if default_lang_version is not None:
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ def add_language_metadata(
     @staticmethod
     def log_error_response(response: requests.Response, action: str, ph_event: str) -> None:
         """Log and report an API error response."""
+        from codeflash.telemetry.posthog_cf import ph
+
         try:
             error = response.json()["error"]
         except Exception:
@@ -721,6 +724,8 @@ def generate_regression_tests(
 
         """
         # Validate test framework based on language
+        from codeflash.languages.current import current_language_support
+
         lang_support = current_language_support()
         valid_frameworks = lang_support.valid_test_frameworks
         assert test_framework in valid_frameworks, (
@@ -751,6 +756,8 @@ def generate_regression_tests(
         try:
             response = self.make_ai_service_request("/testgen", payload=payload, timeout=self.timeout)
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            from codeflash.telemetry.posthog_cf import ph
+
             logger.exception(f"Error generating tests: {e}")
             ph("cli-testgen-error-caught", {"error": str(e)})
             return None