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Summary

  • Skip Graph API for accounts without Mail.Read permission — check token scope after refresh, avoid wasting ~1.5s on guaranteed-401 requests
  • Channel cache (in-memory, 1h TTL) — remember whether each account uses Graph or IMAP, skip probing on subsequent requests
  • Email list cache (in-memory, 2h TTL) — avoid redundant IMAP/Graph fetches for the same mailbox+folder within 2 hours
  • SSE streaming (/api/emails/<email>/stream) — IMAP emails rendered progressively as each message arrives (~5s to first email instead of waiting 30s for all)
  • Concurrent IMAP — try outlook.live.com and outlook.office365.com simultaneously, use whichever connects first
  • Batch IMAP FETCH — single FETCH command for all messages instead of N sequential round-trips
  • Gunicorn gthread — 8 threads per worker, concurrent request handling without blocking (page load API calls served in parallel)
  • Fix cached method name matching (includes() vs ===) preventing email detail fetch after cache hit

Performance comparison

Scenario Before After
Graph API account 1.5-2s 1.5-2s (unchanged)
IMAP account (cold) 20-60s (blocked UI) ~5s first email visible (SSE)
IMAP account (cached) 20-60s 3ms
Concurrent page load APIs Serial (one blocks all) Parallel (8 threads)
IMAP server failover +20-30s (sequential retry) 0s (concurrent)

Test plan

  • Graph API accounts load emails correctly
  • IMAP-only accounts stream emails progressively via SSE
  • Cached results return instantly (verify (cached) in method tag)
  • Force refresh (获取邮件 button) bypasses cache
  • Email detail click works for both Graph and cached-Graph accounts
  • Multiple concurrent requests don't block each other

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…concurrent IMAP

- Skip Graph API for accounts without Mail.Read permission (check token scope)
- Cache account channel (graph/imap) in memory with 1h TTL to avoid repeated probing
- Add server-side email list cache with 2h TTL to eliminate redundant fetches
- SSE streaming endpoint (/api/emails/<email>/stream) for progressive email rendering
- Concurrent IMAP: try both outlook.live.com and outlook.office365.com simultaneously
- Batch IMAP FETCH: single request for all messages instead of N sequential fetches
- Gunicorn: switch to gthread worker with 8 threads for concurrent request handling
- Fix cached method name matching (use includes() instead of strict equality)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ZeroPointSix commented Apr 11, 2026

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感谢你的贡献!这个 PR 在性能优化方向上的思路很有价值,特别是以下几点我们非常认可:

  • Graph API 权限预检(scope 判断跳过无 Mail.Read 的账号):避免了 ~1.5s 的无效 API 调用,这个思路很好
  • IMAP 并发双服务器尝试:同时连接 outlook.live.comoutlook.office365.com,消除了串行 failover 的等待时间
  • 批量 IMAP FETCH:单次 FETCH 命令替代 N 次串行网络往返
  • SSE 流式渲染理念:首封邮件 ~5s 可见而非等待 30s 全部加载完成,UX 方向正确

不过在代码审查中我们发现了一些需要关注的问题,目前不适合直接合并:

1. account_type 路由分发缺失

当前主分支的 api_get_emails() 已支持通用 IMAP 账号(account_type == "imap"),通过 imap_generic 服务处理。新增的 api_stream_emails() SSE 端点完全忽略了这一分支,会导致通用 IMAP 账号调用 SSE 时走入 Outlook OAuth IMAP 认证路径,必然报错。

2. 缓存缺少失效机制和容量限制

  • invalidate_email_cache()invalidate_channel() 虽然已实现,但在整个代码库中没有任何调用点。删除邮件、标记已读、Token 刷新后缓存不会失效,用户在 2h 内会看到已删除的邮件。
  • 缓存是无限增长的内存 dict,缺少 LRU / 最大条目数限制,大规模邮箱管理场景下存在内存泄漏风险。

3. 原始 API 的缓存与接口语义矛盾

api_get_emails() 入口直接加入缓存检查,但该函数注释为「支持分页,不使用缓存」,且没有 force 参数。外部 API 调用方会始终拿到缓存数据,与预期行为不符。

4. 与当前 dev 分支有大量冲突

我们的 dev 分支近期新增了验证码提取通道路由、AI 增强提取等功能,与此 PR 涉及的 controllers/emails.py 有较大差异,直接合并会产生大量冲突。

5. SSE 流式端点仍用逐条 FETCH

stream_emails_imap() 中仍是逐条 connection.fetch(msg_id, "(RFC822)"),与 PR 描述的 "Batch IMAP FETCH" 优化不一致。流式场景的性能提升主要来自并发连接而非批量 FETCH。


我们的计划

我们会将这个 PR 中有价值的优化思路纳入内部 backlog,在下一个版本中由团队自行实现,并补齐:

  • 完整的 account_type 路由兼容
  • 缓存失效策略(删除/标记/刷新时主动失效)+ LRU 容量限制
  • 与现有 dev 分支的功能集成
  • 测试覆盖

再次感谢你的贡献和优化思路!🙏

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