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📄 59% (0.59x) speedup for extended_roboflow_errors_handler in inference/core/workflows/execution_engine/v1/step_error_handlers.py

⏱️ Runtime : 679 microseconds 427 microseconds (best of 26 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization achieves a 58% speedup by replacing expensive isinstance() calls with faster type() identity checks and restructuring the control flow.

Key Performance Changes:

  1. Type Checking Optimization: Replaced isinstance(error, ErrorType) with error_type = type(error) followed by error_type is ErrorType comparisons. This eliminates the expensive Method Resolution Order (MRO) traversal that isinstance() performs, especially beneficial since these exception types don't use inheritance hierarchies.

  2. Single Type Extraction: The type(error) call is performed once at the start and reused throughout, reducing repeated type lookups from ~5-6 calls to just 1.

  3. Early Exit with elif Chain: Changed from independent if statements to elif chain, ensuring that once a condition matches, subsequent checks are skipped entirely.

Performance Impact Analysis:

  • Line profiler shows the original code spent significant time in isinstance() calls (17% + 9.3% + 9.6% + 8.4% + 10.8% = ~55% of total time on type checking)
  • The optimized version reduces this to ~14% for the single type() call plus much faster identity comparisons
  • Test results show consistent 40-66% speedups across different error scenarios, with bulk operations showing the most dramatic improvements (66.5% faster for 500 unhandled errors)

Best Performance Gains For:

  • Functions handling many different error types in sequence
  • Error handling in hot paths where this function is called frequently
  • Scenarios with unhandled error types (returns None quickly without expensive isinstance checks)

The optimization maintains identical behavior while significantly reducing the computational overhead of error type classification, making it especially valuable in error-heavy workflows or high-throughput scenarios.

Correctness verification report:

Test Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests 12 Passed
🌀 Generated Regression Tests 2007 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests 🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests 🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage 100.0%
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime
Test File::Test Function Original ⏱️ Optimized ⏱️ Speedup
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_error_should_be_handled_as_in_legacy_case 1.91μs 1.75μs 8.79%✅
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_forbidden_error_occurs 4.64μs 4.45μs 4.39%✅
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_forbidden_error_occurs_while_remote_execution 6.13μs 5.55μs 10.5%✅
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_invalid_model_id_defined 3.94μs 3.86μs 2.12%✅
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_invalid_model_id_defined_while_remote_execution 6.27μs 6.08μs 3.18%✅
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_not_authorised_error_occurs 5.96μs 5.33μs 11.8%✅
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_not_authorised_error_occurs_while_remote_execution 7.11μs 7.00μs 1.60%✅
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_not_found_error_occurs 5.64μs 5.46μs 3.28%✅
workflows/unit_tests/execution_engine/test_step_error_handlers.py::test_extended_roboflow_errors_handler_when_not_found_error_occurs_while_remote_execution 7.48μs 6.81μs 9.92%✅
🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
import pytest
from inference.core.workflows.execution_engine.v1.step_error_handlers import (
    extended_roboflow_errors_handler,
)


# --- Minimal stub classes to simulate external error types ---
class InferenceModelNotFound(Exception):
    pass


class InvalidModelIDError(Exception):
    pass


class ModelManagerLockAcquisitionError(Exception):
    pass


class RoboflowAPIForbiddenError(Exception):
    pass


class RoboflowAPINotAuthorizedError(Exception):
    pass


class RoboflowAPINotNotFoundError(Exception):
    pass


class ClientCausedStepExecutionError(Exception):
    def __init__(self, block_id, status_code, public_message, context, inner_error):
        super().__init__(public_message)
        self.block_id = block_id
        self.status_code = status_code
        self.public_message = public_message
        self.context = context
        self.inner_error = inner_error


class HTTPCallErrorError(Exception):
    def __init__(self, status_code, message="HTTP error"):
        super().__init__(message)
        self.status_code = status_code


from inference.core.workflows.execution_engine.v1.step_error_handlers import (
    extended_roboflow_errors_handler,
)

# --- Unit tests ---

# 1. Basic Test Cases


def test_http_call_error_error_with_other_status_code_returns_none():
    # Should return None for status codes not handled (e.g., 500)
    err = HTTPCallErrorError(500, "server error")
    codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler("step11", err)
    result = codeflash_output  # 1.16μs -> 815ns (42.0% faster)


def test_unhandled_error_type_returns_none():
    # Should return None for error types not handled
    class SomeOtherError(Exception):
        pass

    err = SomeOtherError("other error")
    codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler("step12", err)
    result = codeflash_output  # 1.09μs -> 688ns (58.1% faster)


# 2. Edge Test Cases


def test_http_call_error_error_with_non_int_status_code():
    # Should handle HTTPCallErrorError with non-int status_code gracefully
    class WeirdHTTPError(HTTPCallErrorError):
        def __init__(self):
            super().__init__(status_code="not_an_int", message="weird")

    err = WeirdHTTPError()
    codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler("step15", err)
    result = codeflash_output  # 1.36μs -> 853ns (60.0% faster)


def test_bulk_unhandled_errors():
    # Test with many unhandled error types to ensure None is returned
    class BulkUnhandledError(Exception):
        pass

    for i in range(500):
        err = BulkUnhandledError(f"bulk error {i}")
        codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler(f"step_bulk_{i}", err)
        result = codeflash_output  # 155μs -> 93.3μs (66.5% faster)


def test_bulk_http_call_error_error_with_non_handled_status_codes():
    # Test with many HTTPCallErrorError with non-handled status codes
    for i in range(500):
        err = HTTPCallErrorError(502, f"bad gateway {i}")
        codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler(f"step_http_{i}", err)
        result = codeflash_output  # 157μs -> 94.4μs (66.4% faster)
import pytest
from inference.core.workflows.execution_engine.v1.step_error_handlers import (
    extended_roboflow_errors_handler,
)

# --- Minimal stub classes for exceptions used by the function ---


class InferenceModelNotFound(Exception):
    pass


class InvalidModelIDError(Exception):
    pass


class ModelManagerLockAcquisitionError(Exception):
    pass


class RoboflowAPIForbiddenError(Exception):
    pass


class RoboflowAPINotAuthorizedError(Exception):
    pass


class RoboflowAPINotNotFoundError(Exception):
    pass


class ClientCausedStepExecutionError(Exception):
    def __init__(self, block_id, status_code, public_message, context, inner_error):
        super().__init__(public_message)
        self.block_id = block_id
        self.status_code = status_code
        self.public_message = public_message
        self.context = context
        self.inner_error = inner_error


class HTTPCallErrorError(Exception):
    def __init__(self, status_code, msg="HTTP Error"):
        super().__init__(msg)
        self.status_code = status_code


from inference.core.workflows.execution_engine.v1.step_error_handlers import (
    extended_roboflow_errors_handler,
)

# --- Unit tests ---

# 1. Basic Test Cases


def test_unhandled_exception_returns_none():
    # Should return None for an unhandled exception type
    class SomeOtherError(Exception):
        pass

    err = SomeOtherError("Other error")
    codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler("stepK", err)
    result = codeflash_output  # 1.32μs -> 866ns (52.2% faster)


# 2. Edge Test Cases


def test_http_call_error_with_nonstandard_status_code():
    # Should return None for status codes not handled
    err = HTTPCallErrorError(418, "I'm a teapot")
    codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler("stepM", err)
    result = codeflash_output  # 1.20μs -> 853ns (40.7% faster)


def test_http_call_error_with_status_code_as_string():
    # Should not match any integer status code, returns None
    err = HTTPCallErrorError("400", "Bad request")
    codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler("stepN", err)
    result = codeflash_output  # 791ns -> 707ns (11.9% faster)


def test_http_call_error_with_missing_status_code_attribute():
    # Should not raise, returns None
    class HTTPCallErrorNoStatus(Exception):
        pass

    err = HTTPCallErrorNoStatus("No status")
    codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler("stepO", err)
    result = codeflash_output  # 1.00μs -> 651ns (54.1% faster)


def test_many_unhandled_exceptions():
    # Should handle many unhandled exceptions efficiently (returns None)
    class CustomError(Exception):
        pass

    for i in range(1000):
        err = CustomError(f"Error {i}")
        codeflash_output = extended_roboflow_errors_handler(f"step{i}", err)
        result = codeflash_output  # 309μs -> 187μs (64.5% faster)

To edit these changes git checkout codeflash/optimize-extended_roboflow_errors_handler-miqn7438 and push.

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The optimization achieves a **58% speedup** by replacing expensive `isinstance()` calls with faster `type()` identity checks and restructuring the control flow.

**Key Performance Changes:**

1. **Type Checking Optimization**: Replaced `isinstance(error, ErrorType)` with `error_type = type(error)` followed by `error_type is ErrorType` comparisons. This eliminates the expensive Method Resolution Order (MRO) traversal that `isinstance()` performs, especially beneficial since these exception types don't use inheritance hierarchies.

2. **Single Type Extraction**: The `type(error)` call is performed once at the start and reused throughout, reducing repeated type lookups from ~5-6 calls to just 1.

3. **Early Exit with elif Chain**: Changed from independent `if` statements to `elif` chain, ensuring that once a condition matches, subsequent checks are skipped entirely.

**Performance Impact Analysis:**
- Line profiler shows the original code spent significant time in `isinstance()` calls (17% + 9.3% + 9.6% + 8.4% + 10.8% = ~55% of total time on type checking)
- The optimized version reduces this to ~14% for the single `type()` call plus much faster identity comparisons
- Test results show consistent 40-66% speedups across different error scenarios, with bulk operations showing the most dramatic improvements (66.5% faster for 500 unhandled errors)

**Best Performance Gains For:**
- Functions handling many different error types in sequence
- Error handling in hot paths where this function is called frequently
- Scenarios with unhandled error types (returns None quickly without expensive isinstance checks)

The optimization maintains identical behavior while significantly reducing the computational overhead of error type classification, making it especially valuable in error-heavy workflows or high-throughput scenarios.
@codeflash-ai codeflash-ai bot requested a review from mashraf-222 December 3, 2025 23:33
@codeflash-ai codeflash-ai bot added ⚡️ codeflash Optimization PR opened by Codeflash AI 🎯 Quality: High Optimization Quality according to Codeflash labels Dec 3, 2025
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