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FIX: Prevent slow bookmark first post reminder at query for topic (#11024)

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On forums with a large amount of posts when a user had a bookmark in the topic, PostgreSQL was using an inefficient query plan to fetch the first post of the topic. When running this ActiveRecord query:

```
topic.posts.with_deleted.where(post_number: 1).first
```

The following query plan was produced:

```
 Limit  (cost=0.43..583.49 rows=1 width=891) (actual time=3850.515..3850.515 rows=1 loops=1)
   ->  Index Scan using posts_pkey on posts  (cost=0.43..391231.51 rows=671 width=891) (actual time=3850.514..3850.514 
rows=1 loops=1)
         Filter: ((topic_id = 160918) AND (post_number = 1))
         Rows Removed by Filter: 2274520
 Planning time: 0.200 ms
 Execution time: 3850.559 ms
(6 rows)
```

The issue here is the combination of ORDER BY and LIMIT causing the ineficcient Index Scan using posts_pkey on posts to be used. When we correct the AR call to this:

```
topic.posts.with_deleted.find_by(post_number: 1)
```

We end up with a query that still has a LIMIT but no ORDER BY, which in turn creates a much more efficient query plan:

```
Limit  (cost=0.43..1.44 rows=1 width=891) (actual time=0.033..0.034 rows=1 loops=1)
   ->  Index Scan using index_posts_on_topic_id_and_post_number on posts  (cost=0.43..678.82 rows=671 width=891) (actua
l time=0.033..0.033 rows=1 loops=1)
         Index Cond: ((topic_id = 160918) AND (post_number = 1))
 Planning time: 0.167 ms
 Execution time: 0.072 ms
(5 rows)
```

This query plan uses the correct index, `Index Scan using index_posts_on_topic_id_and_post_number on posts`. Note that this is only a problem on forums with a larger amount of posts; tiny forums would not notice the difference. On large forums a query for a topic that takes 1s without a bookmark can take 8-30 seconds, and even end up with 502 errors from nginx.
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Martin Brennan
2020-10-26 14:30:31 +10:00
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@@ -349,8 +349,12 @@ class TopicView
end
def first_post_bookmark_reminder_at
@topic.posts.with_deleted.where(post_number: 1).first
.bookmarks.where(user: @user).pluck_first(:reminder_at)
@first_post_bookmark_reminder_at ||= \
begin
first_post = @topic.posts.with_deleted.find_by(post_number: 1)
return if !first_post
first_post.bookmarks.where(user: @user).pluck_first(:reminder_at)
end
end
MAX_PARTICIPANTS = 24