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Chat messages wait through repeated database reads and eager tool catalogs before reaching the model. This change combines fresh authorization snapshots, overlaps independent preparation, and discovers MCP tools and skills when needed. Existing receipt, quota, revocation, version pinning, Kody enrichment, and runtime authorization checks remain in place.

Production now binds a cache-disabled Hyperdrive pool. Local development omits that binding, so contributors still need no Cloudflare login. Copy activation explicitly waits for its activity publication rather than relying on query serialization.

Controlled preparation with simulated database latency and equal connection limits fell from about 5.0 seconds to 2.2 seconds. These measurements use a synthetic provider and do not claim a production time-to-first-token improvement.

Validation: full TypeScript, lint, 537 site tests, 2,274 chat tests, 20 desktop tests, 268 PostgreSQL runtime tests, and 10 final metadata scope tests passed. Production Assistant timing will be checked after deployment.

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  • Improvements
    • Conversations can begin without waiting for connected-tool or skill discovery, helping reduce delays before the assistant responds.
    • Connected tools are refreshed when needed, and skills are discovered and loaded in stages as the assistant selects them.
    • Conversation preparation and usage tracking handle related checks together, while preserving access and usage safeguards.
  • Documentation
    • Added a report of send-latency measurements, verification results, and remaining deployment work.

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The changes update conversation preparation and context reads, defer MCP and skill discovery, combine usage writes, and adjust PostgreSQL connection settings. Tests cover the updated behavior. Documentation reports latency measurements, configuration status, and verification results.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Parallel preparation and scoped context
src/chat/server/conversation.ts, src/chat/server/conversation-database.ts, src/chat/server/conversation-threads.ts, src/chat/server/memory.ts, harness-tests/pending-runtime/conversation-metadata.test.ts
Conversation preparation starts attachment, reference, model-selection, and memory-preference reads concurrently. Context and preference queries check conversation, bot, workspace, and membership scope. Tests cover run context, lifecycle data, memory preferences, and thread context.
On-demand skill and MCP discovery
src/chat/server/assistant-instructions.ts, src/chat/server/assistant-mcp-tools.ts, src/chat/server/conversation.ts, harness-tests/core/assistant-mcp-lazy.test.ts, harness-tests/pending-runtime/assistant-discovery-runtime.test.ts, harness-tests/pending-runtime/conversation-preparation.test.ts, harness-tests/pending-runtime/plugin-reference-runtime.test.ts
The run path loads MCP connections on demand. Skill discovery uses list_skills and read_skill. Tests check the discovery sequence and confirm that requests without connected-tool discovery do not read the MCP inventory or skill directory.
Usage reservation and copy publication
src/chat/server/run-usage.ts, src/chat/server/conversation.ts
Usage receipt checks and counter updates use combined SQL statements. Copy activation flushes the activity outbox before confirming publication.
Connection configuration and latency report
src/db/client.ts, vite.config.ts, wrangler.jsonc, docs/tanchat-send-latency.md
The PostgreSQL pool maximum is five across runtimes. Wrangler adds a Hyperdrive binding, and the development-server configuration clears Hyperdrive settings. The report records benchmark measurements, configuration status, and verification results.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Conversation
  participant Model
  participant assistantMcpTools
  participant MCPInventory
  Conversation->>Model: Start model loop without eager inventory read
  Model->>assistantMcpTools: Request list_connected_tools
  assistantMcpTools->>MCPInventory: loadConnections()
  MCPInventory-->>assistantMcpTools: Current connections
  assistantMcpTools-->>Model: Connected tools
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src/chat/server/conversation.ts (1)

9064-9103: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Kody enrichment reads now run before the response preferences check and keep running after a failure.

Before this change, readAccountPreferences ran first. A failure stopped the run before any Kody calls. Now searchKodyMemory, suggestKodyReferences, readKodyGuidance and suggestKodySkills start together with it. Promise.allSettled waits for all of them, so a preferences failure is reported only after the Kody reads finish. readKodyGuidance alone can take up to 10 s. searchKodyMemory and readKodyGuidance do receive the run signal. suggestKodyReferences and suggestKodySkills do not, so a stopped run keeps waiting for them. The effect is extra latency and Kody calls on failure paths. It does not affect correctness. If this matters, check signal first, or pass it to the suggestion helpers.

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Review comment at @src/chat/server/conversation.ts around lines 9064 - 9103:
Update the concurrent read flow around readAccountPreferences so Kody enrichment
calls start only after preferences have been read successfully; keep
searchKodyMemory, suggestKodyReferences, readKodyGuidance, and suggestKodySkills
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Review comments at @src/chat/server/conversation.ts:
- Around line 9064-9103: Update the concurrent read flow around
readAccountPreferences so Kody enrichment calls start only after preferences
have been read successfully; keep searchKodyMemory, suggestKodyReferences,
readKodyGuidance, and suggestKodySkills out of the preference-failure path.

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📒 Files selected for processing (16)
  • docs/tanchat-send-latency.md
  • harness-tests/core/assistant-mcp-lazy.test.ts
  • harness-tests/pending-runtime/assistant-discovery-runtime.test.ts
  • harness-tests/pending-runtime/conversation-metadata.test.ts
  • harness-tests/pending-runtime/conversation-preparation.test.ts
  • harness-tests/pending-runtime/plugin-reference-runtime.test.ts
  • src/chat/server/assistant-instructions.ts
  • src/chat/server/assistant-mcp-tools.ts
  • src/chat/server/conversation-database.ts
  • src/chat/server/conversation-threads.ts
  • src/chat/server/conversation.ts
  • src/chat/server/memory.ts
  • src/chat/server/run-usage.ts
  • src/db/client.ts
  • vite.config.ts
  • wrangler.jsonc

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