From e6372de09553c47f3dd8d53826db8815dd481119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Index <contact@indexx.dev>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:33:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: cache post URIs & prevent recursion loop

---
 src/utils/cache.ts        | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/utils/conversation.ts | 10 ++++++++--
 src/utils/post.ts         | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/utils/cache.ts

diff --git a/src/utils/cache.ts b/src/utils/cache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f8112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/cache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+interface CacheEntry<T> {
+  value: T;
+  expiry: number;
+}
+
+class TimedCache<T> {
+  private cache = new Map<string, CacheEntry<T>>();
+  private ttl: number; // Time to live in milliseconds
+
+  constructor(ttl: number) {
+    this.ttl = ttl;
+  }
+
+  get(key: string): T | undefined {
+    const entry = this.cache.get(key);
+    if (!entry) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (Date.now() > entry.expiry) {
+      this.cache.delete(key); // Entry expired
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    return entry.value;
+  }
+
+  set(key: string, value: T): void {
+    const expiry = Date.now() + this.ttl;
+    this.cache.set(key, { value, expiry });
+  }
+
+  delete(key: string): void {
+    this.cache.delete(key);
+  }
+
+  clear(): void {
+    this.cache.clear();
+  }
+}
+
+export const postCache = new TimedCache<any>(2 * 60 * 1000); // 2 minutes cache
diff --git a/src/utils/conversation.ts b/src/utils/conversation.ts
index 1b36d43..18a36e2 100644
--- a/src/utils/conversation.ts
+++ b/src/utils/conversation.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { env } from "../env";
 import { bot, ERROR_MESSAGE, MAX_GRAPHEMES } from "../core";
 import { parsePost, parsePostImages, traverseThread } from "./post";
+import { postCache } from "../utils/cache";
 
 /*
     Utilities
@@ -123,14 +124,19 @@ export async function parseConversation(
             });
     }
 
-    const post = await bot.getPost(row.postUri);
+    let post = postCache.get(row.postUri);
+    if (!post) {
+        post = await bot.getPost(row.postUri);
+        postCache.set(row.postUri, post);
+    }
     const convoMessages = await getRelevantMessages(row!);
 
     let parseResult = null;
     try {
+        const parsedPost = await parsePost(post, true, new Set());
         parseResult = {
             context: yaml.dump({
-                post: await parsePost(post, true),
+                post: parsedPost || null,
             }),
             messages: convoMessages.map((message) => {
                 const role = message.did == env.DID ? "model" : "user";
diff --git a/src/utils/post.ts b/src/utils/post.ts
index c893732..42d1527 100644
--- a/src/utils/post.ts
+++ b/src/utils/post.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,21 @@ import {
 import * as c from "../core";
 import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
 import type { ParsedPost } from "../types";
+import { postCache } from "../utils/cache";
 
 export async function parsePost(
   post: Post,
   includeThread: boolean,
-): Promise<ParsedPost> {
+  seenUris: Set<string> = new Set(),
+): Promise<ParsedPost | undefined> {
+  if (seenUris.has(post.uri)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  seenUris.add(post.uri);
+
   const [images, quotePost, ancestorPosts] = await Promise.all([
     parsePostImages(post),
-    parseQuote(post),
+    parseQuote(post, seenUris),
     includeThread ? traverseThread(post) : Promise.resolve(null),
   ]);
 
@@ -28,23 +35,31 @@ export async function parsePost(
     ...(quotePost && { quotePost }),
     ...(ancestorPosts && {
       thread: {
-        ancestors: await Promise.all(
-          ancestorPosts.map((ancestor) => parsePost(ancestor, false)),
-        ),
+        ancestors: (await Promise.all(
+          ancestorPosts.map((ancestor) => parsePost(ancestor, false, seenUris)),
+        )).filter((post): post is ParsedPost => post !== undefined),
       },
     }),
   };
 }
 
-async function parseQuote(post: Post) {
+async function parseQuote(post: Post, seenUris: Set<string>) {
   if (
     !post.embed || (!post.embed.isRecord() && !post.embed.isRecordWithMedia())
   ) return undefined;
 
   const record = (post.embed as RecordEmbed || RecordWithMediaEmbed).record;
-  const embedPost = await c.bot.getPost(record.uri);
+  if (seenUris.has(record.uri)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
 
-  return await parsePost(embedPost, false);
+  let embedPost = postCache.get(record.uri);
+  if (!embedPost) {
+    embedPost = await c.bot.getPost(record.uri);
+    postCache.set(record.uri, embedPost);
+  }
+
+  return await parsePost(embedPost, false, seenUris);
 }
 
 export function parsePostImages(post: Post) {