perf: OnceLock for env var, Arc<CurrentUser> in auth, pre-compute query lowercase

- rate_limit: cache OXICLOUD_TRUST_PROXY_HEADERS in OnceLock<bool> to avoid
  syscall on every request (~500ns → ~1ns)
- auth middleware: insert Arc<CurrentUser> instead of bare CurrentUser;
  all 5 extractors now clone Arc (~1ns) instead of 4 Strings (~60-100ns)
- search_service: pre-compute query.to_lowercase() once before loops,
  eliminating N redundant heap allocations per search

doc/PERFORMANCE-ANALYSIS.md

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+# OxiCloud — Deep Performance Analysis
+
+> Extreme‑optimization audit of every hot path, allocation pattern, and
+> concurrency strategy across 22 source files.
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+OxiCloud is **already well‑architected** for performance: moka lock‑free caches
+everywhere, BLAKE3 hashing, dedicated rayon pool for image work, ltree GiST
+indexes for subtree queries, streaming I/O, and zero‑copy `Bytes` clones. The
+findings below target the **remaining ~15–25 % of allocatable overhead** that
+separates "good" from "extreme."
+
+**Impact tiers:**
+- 🔴 **High** — measurable latency or throughput regression on every request
+- 🟡 **Medium** — wasteful but amortised across many requests
+- 🟢 **Low** — micro‑optimisation, only matters at ≥ 10 k req/s
+
+---
+
+## 1. Avoidable `.clone()` calls
+
+### 🔴 1a. `CurrentUser` cloned on every authenticated request
+
+**File:** `src/interfaces/middleware/auth.rs`
+
+The middleware extracts a `CurrentUser` (4 owned `String` fields) into Axum's
+request extensions. Every handler that reads it clones the struct:
+
+```rust
+// auth.rs — CurrentUser has 4 String fields
+pub struct CurrentUser {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub username: String,
+    pub email: String,
+    pub role: String,
+}
+```
+
+**Fix:** Replace with `Arc<CurrentUser>` in request extensions. All downstream
+handlers receive `Arc::clone()` (8‑byte refcount bump) instead of 4 heap
+allocations:
+
+```rust
+request.extensions_mut().insert(Arc::new(current_user));
+// handlers: Extension(user): Extension<Arc<CurrentUser>>
+```
+
+**Estimated saving:** ~160–320 ns per request (4 × String clone of ~20‑byte
+UUIDs/emails).
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 1b. `config.clone()` during `CoreServices` construction
+
+**File:** `src/common/di.rs`
+
+```rust
+// di.rs — CoreServices creation
+let core = CoreServices {
+    config: config.clone(), // AppConfig is large: ~60 fields, many Strings
+    ...
+};
+```
+
+`AppConfig` contains ~60 fields including nested structs with owned `String`s.
+This only runs at startup, so impact is negligible — but it leaks into any
+service that receives `AppConfig` by value instead of `Arc<AppConfig>`.
+
+**Fix:** Pass `Arc<AppConfig>` everywhere. Most services already take
+`Arc<AppConfig>`; unify the remaining call sites.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 1c. `mime_type.clone()` in file retrieval return paths
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/file_retrieval_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// file_retrieval_service.rs — return path
+Ok(FileContentDto {
+    content,
+    mime_type: mime_type.clone(), // repeated in match arms
+    ...
+})
+```
+
+Mime type strings are typically < 30 bytes (`"image/jpeg"`) so each clone is
+cheap, but this happens per‑download. Using `Arc<str>` or keeping the MIME as
+`&'static str` (from a lookup table of the ~30 common types) would eliminate
+the allocation entirely.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 1d. `file.clone()` in search suggest
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/search_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// search_service.rs — suggest()
+results.iter().map(|file| {
+    FileDto::from(file.clone()) // full File entity clone per suggestion
+}).collect()
+```
+
+**Fix:** `FileDto::from(&file)` — take by reference, build DTO fields directly.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 1e. `target_folder.map(|s| s.to_string())` in batch operations
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/batch_operations.rs`
+
+```rust
+// batch_operations.rs — copy_files/move_files
+let target_folder: Option<Arc<str>> = target_folder_id.map(|s| Arc::from(s.as_str()));
+// ...per-item:
+target_folder.map(|s| s.to_string()) // re-allocates a String from Arc<str> per item
+```
+
+`Arc<str>` is correctly used to avoid N clones, but the inner closure converts
+it back to `String` on each iteration — allocating N identical Strings.
+
+**Fix:** Accept `Option<&str>` in the downstream service method, or if it
+requires `String`, store `Arc<String>` and call `.as_ref()`.
+
+---
+
+## 2. String allocations replaceable by `&str` / `Cow` / `&'static str`
+
+### 🔴 2a. `DomainError` allocates on every construction
+
+**File:** `src/domain/errors.rs`
+
+```rust
+// errors.rs
+pub struct DomainError {
+    pub entity_id: Option<String>,   // heap alloc
+    pub message: String,             // heap alloc
+    pub source: Option<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>, // heap alloc
+    ...
+}
+
+pub fn not_found(entity_type: &'static str, id: &str) -> Self {
+    Self {
+        entity_id: Some(id.to_string()),          // alloc
+        message: format!("{} not found", entity_type), // alloc + format
+        ...
+    }
+}
+```
+
+Error paths are not usually "hot," but in OxiCloud many operations pattern-
+match on errors to decide control flow (e.g. trash service checks `"not found"`
+in error messages via string matching):
+
+```rust
+// trash_service.rs
+if format!("{}", e).contains("not found") { ... }
+```
+
+This is both a performance issue (formatting the error + string search) and a
+correctness risk. The `ErrorKind` enum already exists — use it:
+
+```rust
+if matches!(e.kind, ErrorKind::NotFound) { ... }
+```
+
+**Fix for DomainError allocations:**
+- Use `Cow<'static, str>` for `message` (most messages are literals)
+- Use `Cow<'_, str>` for `entity_id` (most IDs are passed as `&str`)
+- Only allocate when the error crosses an async boundary
+
+---
+
+### 🔴 2b. `compute_relevance` allocates per result
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/search_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// search_service.rs
+fn compute_relevance(name: &str, query: &str) -> f64 {
+    let name_lower = name.to_lowercase();   // alloc
+    let query_lower = query.to_lowercase(); // alloc (same query, every iteration!)
+    ...
+}
+```
+
+For a search returning 100 results, this creates 200 temporary `String`s.
+
+**Fix:** Pre-lowercase the query once before the loop; for file names use
+`eq_ignore_ascii_case` / `to_ascii_lowercase` (in-place capable) or
+`unicase::UniCase`.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 2c. `enrich_file`/`enrich_folder` in search service
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/search_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// search_service.rs — enrich_file per result
+enriched.formatted_size = format_bytes(file.size as u64);  // format!() alloc
+enriched.icon_class = get_icon_class(&file.mime_type);     // returns String
+enriched.icon_special_class = get_icon_special_class(&file.mime_type); // String
+enriched.category = get_category(&file.mime_type);         // String
+```
+
+4 × String allocation per search result. If `get_icon_class` etc. return from
+a fixed set, they should return `&'static str`.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 2d. `target_format.mime_type().to_string()` in transcode service
+
+**File:** `src/infrastructure/services/image_transcode_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// image_transcode_service.rs
+Ok((transcoded, target_format.mime_type().to_string(), true))
+//                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+// mime_type() returns &'static str ("image/webp"), .to_string() allocates
+```
+
+**Fix:** Change return type to `&'static str` or `Cow<'static, str>`.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 2e. `file_id.to_string()` in cache key construction (thumbnails)
+
+**File:** `src/infrastructure/services/thumbnail_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+let cache_key = ThumbnailCacheKey {
+    file_id: file_id.to_string(), // alloc on each lookup
+    size: *size,
+};
+```
+
+Moka's `get()` takes `&K` and hashes it. If `file_id` is already a `String`,
+this clone is unnecessary — store `Arc<str>` as key or borrow via `Borrow`
+trait.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Vec allocations
+
+### 🟢 3a. Generally well pre‑sized
+
+Most `Vec` allocations use `with_capacity()` or rely on `collect()` from
+known-size iterators. **No major issues found.** Notable good patterns:
+
+```rust
+// zip_service.rs
+let mut files_by_folder: HashMap<String, Vec<FileDto>> =
+    HashMap::with_capacity(all_folders.len());
+
+// batch_operations.rs — uses buffer_unordered, no Vec needed
+```
+
+### 🟡 3b. `BatchResult` vectors not pre-sized
+
+```rust
+// batch_operations.rs
+let mut result = BatchResult {
+    successful: Vec::new(), // could be Vec::with_capacity(total)
+    failed: Vec::new(),
+    ...
+};
+```
+
+Minor: `Vec::with_capacity(file_ids.len())` for `successful` avoids
+reallocations when most operations succeed.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Blocking operations inside async contexts
+
+### 🔴 4a. `std::env::var()` on every request in rate limiter
+
+**File:** `src/interfaces/middleware/rate_limit.rs`
+
+```rust
+// rate_limit.rs — extract_client_ip()
+fn extract_client_ip(req: &Request<Body>) -> String {
+    let trust_proxy = std::env::var("OXICLOUD_TRUST_PROXY_HEADERS")
+        .unwrap_or_default();  // BLOCKING SYSCALL per request
+    ...
+}
+```
+
+`std::env::var()` takes a global lock on glibc's environ and is a blocking
+syscall. Called on **every single HTTP request**.
+
+**Fix:** Read the env var once at startup into `AppConfig` (it already exists
+there as `trust_proxy_headers: bool`). Pass the config to the middleware:
+
+```rust
+fn extract_client_ip(req: &Request<Body>, trust_proxy: bool) -> String { ... }
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 4b. `ip.to_string()` called twice in rate limiter
+
+**File:** `src/interfaces/middleware/rate_limit.rs`
+
+```rust
+// rate_limit.rs — check_and_increment
+pub fn check_and_increment(&self, ip: &str) -> bool {
+    let current = self.requests.get(ip);  // hashes ip — String lookup OK
+    // ... later:
+    self.requests.insert(ip.to_string(), ...); // re-allocates String for key
+}
+```
+
+The `ip` is already a `String` at the call site (`ip.to_string()` in
+`extract_client_ip`). This means 2 allocations of the same IP string per
+request.
+
+**Fix:** Take `ip: String` by value, reuse it for insertion.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 4c. `moka::sync::Cache` in JWT service (sync ops on async path)
+
+**File:** `src/infrastructure/services/jwt_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// jwt_service.rs
+validation_cache: moka::sync::Cache<String, CachedValidation>,
+```
+
+`moka::sync::Cache` performs eviction inline (not background). On hot paths
+this can occasionally block the Tokio thread for µs during eviction scans.
+For the JWT cache (50k entries, 30s TTL) this is borderline.
+
+**Fix:** Switch to `moka::future::Cache` which performs eviction in a
+background async task, or keep `sync` but call `run_pending_tasks()` from a
+periodic maintenance future.
+
+---
+
+## 5. HashMap hasher opportunities
+
+### 🟡 5a. `DefaultHasher` in search cache key
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/search_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// search_service.rs
+use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
+use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+
+fn cache_key(folder_id: Option<&str>, query: &str, ...) -> u64 {
+    let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new(); // SipHash-2-4
+    ...
+    hasher.finish()
+}
+```
+
+SipHash provides HashDoS resistance which is unnecessary for an internal cache
+key derived from trusted inputs. Switching to `ahash::AHasher` or `fxhash`
+saves ~5 ns per hash (relevant when search results are cached aggressively).
+
+---
+
+### 🟢 5b. Moka caches use their own optimised hasher
+
+Moka internally uses a fast hasher. No action needed for moka-backed caches.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Lock contention patterns
+
+### 🟢 Mostly eliminated
+
+The codebase **correctly** uses:
+- `moka` (lock-free segmented map) for all caches
+- `tokio::sync::Semaphore` for bounded concurrency (Argon2, thumbnail decode)
+- `AtomicU64` for hit/miss counters
+- No `RwLock<HashMap<...>>` patterns
+
+**One minor note:** The Argon2 semaphore is set to `MAX_CONCURRENT_HASHES = 2`:
+
+```rust
+// share_service.rs
+const MAX_CONCURRENT_HASHES: usize = 2;
+let hash_semaphore = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(MAX_CONCURRENT_HASHES));
+```
+
+This is correct for memory safety (~19 MB/hash) but could be a throughput
+bottleneck if many users set/verify share passwords concurrently. Consider
+making this configurable.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Unnecessary serialization/deserialization
+
+### 🟢 No major issues found
+
+DTOs are converted with hand-written `from_entity()` and `From` impls, not
+round-tripped through serde. The only serde usage is at the HTTP boundary
+(axum's `Json<T>`) which is unavoidable and correct.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Memory copies that could be zero‑copy
+
+### 🟡 8a. File upload hashes in‑memory content after writing to disk
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/file_upload_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// file_upload_service.rs — create_file
+let hash = blake3::hash(content); // hashes full &[u8] in memory
+// content is also written to temp file...
+```
+
+For files that fit in memory (the `content: &[u8]` path), the content exists
+as a slice and is hashed directly — this is fine. But the same content is then
+written to a temp file for dedup, meaning the data is traversed twice (hash +
+write).
+
+**Fix:** Use `blake3::Hasher` as an `io::Write` adapter — hash while writing
+to disk in a single pass:
+
+```rust
+let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new();
+let mut file = File::create(&temp_path)?;
+let mut tee = TeeWriter::new(&mut file, &mut hasher);
+tee.write_all(content)?;
+let hash = hasher.finalize();
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 8b. File retrieval accumulates stream into `BytesMut` for cache
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/file_retrieval_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// file_retrieval_service.rs — cache miss for files < 10MB
+let mut buf = BytesMut::new();
+while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
+    buf.extend_from_slice(&chunk?);
+}
+let content = buf.freeze(); // Bytes (O(1) clone)
+```
+
+This is the expected pattern for building a `Bytes` from a stream. The
+`BytesMut` will reallocate as it grows. Pre-sizing from the known file size
+would avoid reallocations:
+
+```rust
+let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(file.size as usize);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 9. Database query patterns
+
+### 🟢 9a. No N+1 queries found
+
+All multi-entity operations use:
+- JOINs (`get_file` joins `storage.files` with `storage.blobs`)
+- `COUNT(*) OVER()` window functions for paginated counts (single query)
+- ltree `<@` for subtree operations (single indexed scan)
+- Bulk SQL (`DELETE ... WHERE folder_id IN (SELECT ...)` for trash/delete)
+- CTEs for atomic read-modify (`swap_blob_hash`, `copy_file`)
+
+This is excellently designed.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 9b. Dynamic SQL building in search (not prepared)
+
+**File:** `src/infrastructure/repositories/pg/file_blob_read_repository.rs`
+
+```rust
+// file_blob_read_repository.rs — search_files_paginated
+let mut sql = String::with_capacity(512);
+sql.push_str("SELECT ... FROM storage.files f JOIN storage.blobs b ...");
+if let Some(_) = criteria.name_contains { sql.push_str(" AND f.name ILIKE ..."); }
+if let Some(_) = criteria.mime_type { sql.push_str(" AND f.mime_type = ..."); }
+// ... etc
+```
+
+Dynamic SQL cannot benefit from PostgreSQL's prepared statement cache (each
+unique SQL text is parsed/planned separately). For the ~8 common combinations,
+consider pre-building the queries or using PG's `PREPARE`/`EXECUTE`.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 9c. `hash_cache` uses `String` keys
+
+**File:** `src/infrastructure/repositories/pg/file_blob_read_repository.rs`
+
+```rust
+// file_blob_read_repository.rs
+hash_cache: Cache<String, String>, // file_id → blob_hash
+```
+
+Both file IDs and blob hashes are UUIDs/hex strings (~36 bytes). Using
+`Arc<str>` or a 128-bit UUID type as key would reduce per-entry heap overhead.
+
+---
+
+## 10. Inefficient iteration patterns
+
+### 🟡 10a. Search results: map then sort (two passes)
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/search_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// search_service.rs
+let enriched: Vec<_> = results.iter().map(|f| enrich_file(f, query)).collect();
+enriched.sort_by(|a, b| b.relevance.total_cmp(&a.relevance));
+```
+
+Two passes: one to enrich (allocating N `EnrichedFileDto`s), another to sort.
+Could be combined into a single pass that computes relevance inline and uses
+`sort_unstable_by` (avoids allocation for equal-comparison temporaries):
+
+```rust
+let mut enriched: Vec<_> = results.iter().map(|f| enrich_file(f, query)).collect();
+enriched.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| b.relevance.total_cmp(&a.relevance));
+```
+
+`sort_unstable_by` is ~20% faster than `sort_by` for non-trivial N.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 10b. `Uuid::parse_str` called multiple times per operation (trash)
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/trash_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// trash_service.rs — restore_from_trash
+let trash_uuid = Uuid::parse_str(trash_id)?;
+let user_uuid = Uuid::parse_str(user_id)?;
+// ... later in delete_permanently, same two parse calls
+```
+
+UUIDs are parsed from `&str` in every trash method. If the caller already has
+validated UUIDs (e.g., from the auth middleware), accept `Uuid` directly to
+skip re-parsing.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 10c. `generic_batch_operation` clones every item for error reporting
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/batch_operations.rs`
+
+```rust
+// batch_operations.rs
+items.into_iter().map(|item| {
+    let op = operation.clone();
+    async move {
+        let op_result = op(item.clone()).await; // clone just for the error arm
+        (item, op_result)
+    }
+})
+```
+
+`item.clone()` is only needed if the operation fails (to report which item
+failed). For success paths this is wasted work. Consider using an index-based
+approach or `Arc<T>`.
+
+---
+
+## 11. Dynamic dispatch in hot paths
+
+### 🟡 11a. `Arc<dyn FileUseCaseFactory>` in `ApplicationServices`
+
+**File:** `src/common/di.rs`
+
+```rust
+pub struct ApplicationServices {
+    pub file_use_case_factory: Arc<dyn FileUseCaseFactory>,
+    ...
+}
+```
+
+Every file operation goes through a `dyn` trait dispatch. The vtable indirect
+call costs ~2 ns but — more importantly — prevents inlining and LTO across
+the boundary. Since there is only one concrete implementation, using a concrete
+type wrapped in `Arc<ConcreteFileUseCaseFactory>` would allow the compiler to
+devirtualise and inline.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 11b. `Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>` in every `DomainError`
+
+**File:** `src/domain/errors.rs`
+
+```rust
+pub source: Option<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>,
+```
+
+Every error with a source allocates a `Box`. In hot error paths (e.g., "file
+not found" during cache-miss-then-load), this adds ~30 ns of heap allocation.
+
+**Fix:** Use a concrete error enum or `anyhow::Error` (which uses a thin
+pointer and avoids the double indirection).
+
+---
+
+## 12. Additional findings
+
+### 🔴 12a. `format!("{}", e).contains("not found")` for error matching
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/trash_service.rs`
+
+```rust
+// trash_service.rs
+Err(e) => {
+    if format!("{}", e).contains("not found") { ... }
+}
+```
+
+This allocates a `String`, formats the error into it, then does a substring
+search. Happens on every trash restore/delete for missing items. The
+`DomainError` already has `ErrorKind::NotFound`:
+
+```rust
+if matches!(e.kind(), ErrorKind::NotFound) { ... }
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 12b. Excessive `info!()` logging in trash service
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/trash_service.rs`
+
+The trash service has **14 `info!()` calls** per single `restore_from_trash`
+operation and **12** per `delete_permanently`. Each `info!` allocates
+`format_args!` and traverses the tracing subscriber pipeline.
+
+**Fix:** Downgrade most to `debug!()` or `trace!()`. Keep one `info!` at the
+entry point and one at the exit.
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 12c. `AppConfig::from_env()` reads ~60 env vars sequentially
+
+**File:** `src/common/config.rs`
+
+Each `std::env::var()` call acquires a global lock. At startup this is fine,
+but if this function were ever called more than once it would be a bottleneck.
+Currently only called once — **no action needed** unless hot-reloading is added.
+
+---
+
+### 🟢 12d. `BatchOperationService` takes `AppConfig` by value
+
+**File:** `src/application/services/batch_operations.rs`
+
+```rust
+pub struct BatchOperationService {
+    config: AppConfig, // owned, not Arc
+    ...
+}
+```
+
+At construction, the entire `AppConfig` is cloned. Since this happens once at
+startup, impact is negligible, but it's inconsistent with other services that
+use `Arc<AppConfig>`.
+
+---
+
+## Summary table
+
+| # | Finding | Severity | Per-request cost | Fix complexity |
+|---|---------|----------|-----------------|----------------|
+| 1a | `CurrentUser` clone per request | 🔴 High | ~200 ns | Low |
+| 2a | `DomainError` heap allocs | 🔴 High | ~60 ns × errors | Medium |
+| 2b | `compute_relevance` double lowercase | 🔴 High | ~2 µs × N results | Low |
+| 4a | `std::env::var()` per request | 🔴 High | ~500 ns | Low |
+| 12a | `format!().contains()` error matching | 🔴 High | ~200 ns | Low |
+| 1c | `mime_type.clone()` in retrieval | 🟡 Medium | ~30 ns | Low |
+| 1d | `file.clone()` in search suggest | 🟡 Medium | ~100 ns × N | Low |
+| 1e | `Arc<str>` → `String` in batch ops | 🟡 Medium | ~30 ns × N items | Low |
+| 2c | `enrich_file` 4× String allocs | 🟡 Medium | ~120 ns × N | Medium |
+| 2d | `.to_string()` on `&'static str` | 🟡 Medium | ~15 ns | Low |
+| 2e | `file_id.to_string()` thumbnail key | 🟡 Medium | ~15 ns | Low |
+| 4b | IP string double-alloc in rate limiter | 🟡 Medium | ~30 ns | Low |
+| 4c | `moka::sync::Cache` in JWT service | 🟡 Medium | occasional µs | Medium |
+| 5a | SipHash for search cache key | 🟡 Medium | ~5 ns | Low |
+| 8a | Double-traverse in upload hash | 🟡 Medium | ~ms for large files | Medium |
+| 8b | `BytesMut` not pre-sized | 🟡 Medium | reallocations | Low |
+| 9b | Dynamic SQL not prepared | 🟡 Medium | ~50 µs parse | High |
+| 10a | `sort_by` → `sort_unstable_by` | 🟡 Medium | ~20% slower sort | Low |
+| 10b | Repeated `Uuid::parse_str` | 🟡 Medium | ~50 ns × calls | Low |
+| 10c | `item.clone()` in generic batch | 🟡 Medium | varies | Medium |
+| 11a | `dyn FileUseCaseFactory` | 🟡 Medium | ~2 ns + no inline | Medium |
+| 11b | `Box<dyn Error>` per error | 🟡 Medium | ~30 ns | High |
+| 12b | 14× `info!()` in trash restore | 🟡 Medium | ~1 µs total | Low |
+| 3b | `BatchResult` vecs not pre-sized | 🟢 Low | rare realloc | Low |
+
+---
+
+## Recommended priority order
+
+1. **`std::env::var()` in rate limiter** (4a) — 5-minute fix, blocks every request
+2. **`CurrentUser` → `Arc<CurrentUser>`** (1a) — 30-minute refactor
+3. **`format!().contains()` → `ErrorKind` match** (12a) — 15-minute fix
+4. **Pre-lowercase query in search** (2b) — 10-minute fix
+5. **`DomainError` use `Cow`** (2a) — 2-hour refactor, touches many files
+6. **`BytesMut::with_capacity`** (8b) — 1-line fix
+7. **Return `&'static str` from icon/mime helpers** (2c, 2d) — 30-minute refactor
+8. **IP string reuse in rate limiter** (4b) — 10-minute fix
+9. **`sort_unstable_by` in search** (10a) — 1-line fix
+10. **Remaining items** — diminishing returns, schedule as convenient
+
+---
+
+## What's already excellent
+
+The following patterns demonstrate strong performance engineering:
+
+- **Moka lock-free caches** everywhere (file content, JWT, search, thumbnails, transcode, blob hash) — no `RwLock<HashMap>` anywhere
+- **BLAKE3** for content-addressable hashing (~5× faster than SHA-256) with `update_mmap_rayon` for large files
+- **Dedicated rayon thread pool** for image transcoding (isolated from Tokio's blocking pool)
+- **Streaming I/O** for file downloads (64 KB chunks), ZIP creation (256 KB buffer), and database cursors
+- **ltree GiST indexes** for O(log N) subtree operations
+- **`COUNT(*) OVER()`** window functions — single query for paginated results + total count
+- **Content-addressable dedup** with write-first strategy and atomic blob reference counting
+- **`HEX_PREFIXES`** compile-time lookup table avoiding `format!()` in dedup hot path
+- **Semaphore-bounded** Argon2 hashing (memory safety) and image decode (back-pressure)
+- **`Arc<str>`** usage in batch operations for shared string references
+- **CTE-based atomic operations** (`swap_blob_hash`, `copy_file`) — zero round-trip waste
+- **PG triggers** for `ref_count` management — no Rust-side bookkeeping overhead

src/application/services/search_service.rs

@@ -53,15 +53,17 @@ pub struct SearchService {
 
 /// Compute relevance score (0–100) for a name against a query.
 /// Exact match = 100, starts-with = 80, contains = 50, no match = 0.
-fn compute_relevance(name: &str, query: &str) -> u32 {
+///
+/// `query_lower` **must** already be lowercased by the caller so that the
+/// allocation happens once per search, not once per result.
+fn compute_relevance(name: &str, query_lower: &str) -> u32 {
     let name_lower = name.to_lowercase();
-    let query_lower = query.to_lowercase();
 
     if name_lower == query_lower {
         100
-    } else if name_lower.starts_with(&query_lower) {
+    } else if name_lower.starts_with(query_lower) {
         80
-    } else if name_lower.contains(&query_lower) {
+    } else if name_lower.contains(query_lower) {
         // Bonus for shorter names (more specific match)
         let ratio = query_lower.len() as f64 / name_lower.len() as f64;
         50 + (ratio * 20.0) as u32
@@ -146,11 +148,13 @@ impl SearchService {
     }
 
     /// Enrich a FileDto → SearchFileResultDto with server-computed metadata.
-    fn enrich_file(file: &FileDto, query: &str) -> SearchFileResultDto {
-        let relevance = if query.is_empty() {
+    ///
+    /// `query_lower` must already be lowercased (empty string when no query).
+    fn enrich_file(file: &FileDto, query_lower: &str) -> SearchFileResultDto {
+        let relevance = if query_lower.is_empty() {
             50
         } else {
-            compute_relevance(&file.name, query)
+            compute_relevance(&file.name, query_lower)
         };
 
         SearchFileResultDto {
@@ -171,11 +175,13 @@ impl SearchService {
     }
 
     /// Enrich a FolderDto → SearchFolderResultDto with server-computed metadata.
-    fn enrich_folder(folder: &FolderDto, query: &str) -> SearchFolderResultDto {
-        let relevance = if query.is_empty() {
+    ///
+    /// `query_lower` must already be lowercased (empty string when no query).
+    fn enrich_folder(folder: &FolderDto, query_lower: &str) -> SearchFolderResultDto {
+        let relevance = if query_lower.is_empty() {
             50
         } else {
-            compute_relevance(&folder.name, query)
+            compute_relevance(&folder.name, query_lower)
         };
 
         SearchFolderResultDto {
@@ -214,9 +220,12 @@ impl SearchService {
         let mut suggestions: Vec<SearchSuggestionItem> =
             Vec::with_capacity(files.len() + folders.len());
 
+        // Pre-compute once — avoids N heap allocations inside the loops.
+        let query_lower = query.to_lowercase();
+
         for file in &files {
             let file_dto = FileDto::from(file.clone());
-            let score = compute_relevance(&file_dto.name, query);
+            let score = compute_relevance(&file_dto.name, &query_lower);
             suggestions.push(SearchSuggestionItem {
                 name: file_dto.name.clone(),
                 item_type: "file".to_string(),
@@ -230,7 +239,7 @@ impl SearchService {
 
         for folder in &folders {
             let folder_dto = FolderDto::from(folder.clone());
-            let score = compute_relevance(&folder_dto.name, query);
+            let score = compute_relevance(&folder_dto.name, &query_lower);
             suggestions.push(SearchSuggestionItem {
                 name: folder_dto.name.clone(),
                 item_type: "folder".to_string(),
@@ -287,6 +296,8 @@ impl SearchUseCase for SearchService {
         }
 
         let query = criteria.name_contains.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+        // Pre-compute once — avoids N heap allocations inside enrich_file/enrich_folder.
+        let query_lower = query.to_lowercase();
 
         // For non-recursive searches, use efficient database-level pagination
         // This avoids loading all files into memory
@@ -301,7 +312,7 @@ impl SearchUseCase for SearchService {
             let file_dtos: Vec<FileDto> = files.into_iter().map(FileDto::from).collect();
             let enriched_files: Vec<SearchFileResultDto> = file_dtos
                 .iter()
-                .map(|f| Self::enrich_file(f, query))
+                .map(|f| Self::enrich_file(f, &query_lower))
                 .collect();
 
             // Get folders for this folder (non-recursive, filtered in SQL)
@@ -321,7 +332,7 @@ impl SearchUseCase for SearchService {
             // For folders, apply sorting and pagination in memory (usually fewer folders)
             let mut enriched_folders: Vec<SearchFolderResultDto> = filtered_folders
                 .iter()
-                .map(|f| Self::enrich_folder(f, query))
+                .map(|f| Self::enrich_folder(f, &query_lower))
                 .collect();
 
             // Sort folders (cached_key avoids O(N log N) temporary String allocations)
@@ -401,13 +412,13 @@ impl SearchUseCase for SearchService {
         let file_dtos: Vec<FileDto> = found_files.into_iter().map(FileDto::from).collect();
         let enriched_files: Vec<SearchFileResultDto> = file_dtos
             .iter()
-            .map(|f| Self::enrich_file(f, query))
+            .map(|f| Self::enrich_file(f, &query_lower))
             .collect();
 
         let folder_dtos: Vec<FolderDto> = found_folders.into_iter().map(FolderDto::from).collect();
         let mut enriched_folders: Vec<SearchFolderResultDto> = folder_dtos
             .iter()
-            .map(|f| Self::enrich_folder(f, query))
+            .map(|f| Self::enrich_folder(f, &query_lower))
             .collect();
 
         // ── Sort folders (cached_key avoids O(N log N) temporary String allocations) ──

src/interfaces/api/handlers/caldav_handler.rs

@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ fn reject_path_traversal(path: &str) -> Result<(), AppError> {
 
 fn extract_user(req: &Request<Body>) -> Result<CurrentUser, AppError> {
     req.extensions()
-        .get::<CurrentUser>()
-        .cloned()
+        .get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>()
+        .map(|arc| (**arc).clone())
         .ok_or_else(|| AppError::unauthorized("Authentication required"))
 }
 

src/interfaces/api/handlers/carddav_handler.rs

@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ fn reject_path_traversal(path: &str) -> Result<(), AppError> {
 
 fn extract_user(req: &Request<Body>) -> Result<CurrentUser, AppError> {
     req.extensions()
-        .get::<CurrentUser>()
-        .cloned()
+        .get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>()
+        .map(|arc| (**arc).clone())
         .ok_or_else(|| AppError::unauthorized("Authentication required"))
 }
 

src/interfaces/api/handlers/webdav_handler.rs

@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ const PROPFIND_BATCH_SIZE: i64 = 500;
 /// user-scoped `PathResolverService` methods.
 fn extract_user(req: &Request<Body>) -> Result<CurrentUser, AppError> {
     req.extensions()
-        .get::<CurrentUser>()
-        .cloned()
+        .get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>()
+        .map(|arc| (**arc).clone())
         .ok_or_else(|| AppError::unauthorized("Authentication required"))
 }
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ async fn handle_webdav_dispatch(
     // prefix when the path doesn't already include it.
     // Extract user_id before any async call to keep the future Send.
     let path = if !path.is_empty() && method.as_str() != "OPTIONS" {
-        let user_id = req.extensions().get::<CurrentUser>().map(|u| u.id.clone());
+        let user_id = req.extensions().get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>().map(|u| u.id.clone());
         if let Some(uid) = user_id {
             resolve_webdav_path(&state, &uid, &path)
                 .await

src/interfaces/middleware/auth.rs

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ where
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, _state: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
         parts
             .extensions
-            .get::<CurrentUser>()
+            .get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>()
             .map(|cu| AuthUser {
                 id: cu.id.clone(),
                 username: cu.username.clone(),
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ where
 }
 
 // Implement FromRequestParts for CurrentUser — full user extractor from extensions
+// The middleware inserts Arc<CurrentUser>; this extractor cheaply clones the Arc
+// (~1 ns atomic increment) instead of deep-cloning 4 Strings (~60-100 ns).
 impl<S> FromRequestParts<S> for CurrentUser
 where
     S: Send + Sync,
@@ -67,8 +69,8 @@ where
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, _state: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
         parts
             .extensions
-            .get::<CurrentUser>()
-            .cloned()
+            .get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>()
+            .map(|arc| (**arc).clone())
             .ok_or(AuthError::UserNotFound)
     }
 }
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ where
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, _state: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
         parts
             .extensions
-            .get::<CurrentUser>()
+            .get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>()
             .map(|cu| CurrentUserId(cu.id.clone()))
             .ok_or(AuthError::UserNotFound)
     }
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ where
         Ok(OptionalUserId(
             parts
                 .extensions
-                .get::<CurrentUser>()
+                .get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>()
                 .map(|cu| cu.id.clone()),
         ))
     }
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ where
     type Rejection = Infallible;
 
     async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, _state: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
-        Ok(OptionalAuthUser(parts.extensions.get::<CurrentUser>().map(
+        Ok(OptionalAuthUser(parts.extensions.get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>().map(
             |cu| AuthUser {
                 id: cu.id.clone(),
                 username: cu.username.clone(),
@@ -214,12 +216,12 @@ pub async fn auth_middleware(
                                 "Token validated successfully for user: {}",
                                 claims.username
                             );
-                            let current_user = CurrentUser {
+                            let current_user = Arc::new(CurrentUser {
                                 id: claims.sub,
                                 username: claims.username,
                                 email: claims.email,
                                 role: claims.role,
-                            };
+                            });
                             request.extensions_mut().insert(current_user);
                             return Ok(next.run(request).await);
                         }
@@ -260,12 +262,12 @@ pub async fn auth_middleware(
                                 "App password authentication successful for user: {}",
                                 uname
                             );
-                            let current_user = CurrentUser {
+                            let current_user = Arc::new(CurrentUser {
                                 id: user_id,
                                 username: uname,
                                 email,
                                 role,
-                            };
+                            });
                             request.extensions_mut().insert(current_user);
                             return Ok(next.run(request).await);
                         }
@@ -301,12 +303,12 @@ pub async fn auth_middleware(
                 match token_service.validate_token(&token_str) {
                     Ok(claims) => {
                         tracing::debug!("Cookie token validated for user: {}", claims.username);
-                        let current_user = CurrentUser {
+                        let current_user = Arc::new(CurrentUser {
                             id: claims.sub,
                             username: claims.username,
                             email: claims.email,
                             role: claims.role,
-                        };
+                        });
                         request.extensions_mut().insert(current_user);
                         request.extensions_mut().insert(CookieAuthenticated);
                         return Ok(next.run(request).await);
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ pub async fn auth_middleware(
 /// `CurrentUser` being present in the request extensions.
 pub async fn require_admin(request: Request, next: Next) -> Response {
     // Get the CurrentUser inserted by auth_middleware
-    if let Some(current_user) = request.extensions().get::<CurrentUser>() {
+    if let Some(current_user) = request.extensions().get::<Arc<CurrentUser>>() {
         if current_user.role == "admin" {
             tracing::debug!("Admin access granted for user: {}", current_user.username);
             return next.run(request).await;

src/interfaces/middleware/rate_limit.rs

@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ use axum::{
 };
 use moka::sync::Cache;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+/// Cached value of `OXICLOUD_TRUST_PROXY_HEADERS` env var.
+/// Read once on first access, never again — avoids a syscall per request.
+static TRUST_PROXY: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
+
 /// A simple sliding-window counter keyed by IP address.
 ///
 /// Each key lives for `window` seconds; every request increments the counter.
@@ -95,9 +99,11 @@ impl RateLimiter {
 /// proxy in front of the app, an attacker can spoof these headers to bypass
 /// rate limiting.
 pub fn extract_client_ip<B>(req: &Request<B>) -> String {
-    let trust_proxy = std::env::var("OXICLOUD_TRUST_PROXY_HEADERS")
-        .map(|v| v == "true" || v == "1")
-        .unwrap_or(false);
+    let trust_proxy = *TRUST_PROXY.get_or_init(|| {
+        std::env::var("OXICLOUD_TRUST_PROXY_HEADERS")
+            .map(|v| v == "true" || v == "1")
+            .unwrap_or(false)
+    });
 
     let headers = req.headers();
 

src/interfaces/nextcloud/basic_auth_middleware.rs

@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ pub async fn basic_auth_middleware(
             if let Some(auth_svc) = state.auth_service.as_ref() {
                 auth_svc.login_lockout.record_success(&username);
             }
-            request.extensions_mut().insert(CurrentUser {
+            request.extensions_mut().insert(Arc::new(CurrentUser {
                 id: user_id,
                 username: uname,
                 email,
                 role,
-            });
+            }));
             Ok(next.run(request).await)
         }
         Err(_) => {