Add the benchmark behind the Redis session storage decision - #109
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Issue #95 asked for hash-based per-field session storage on the grounds that it avoids transferring the whole session. #101 shipped a string instead. That decision rested on numbers that lived only in a PR description, so nobody could check them. This is the measurement, as a script anyone can run: one request under PHP's session lifecycle, string versus per-field, across session shapes from 2x100B up to 20x20KB, with a README recording the method, the results, and what they mean. The finding is narrower than either side of the original discussion assumed. Below ~3KB of session the two are indistinguishable once the two round trips both shapes pay are accounted for. Per-field pulls ahead above ~10-20KB, but only when most segments go untouched -- a request that reads every segment is slower per-field than as a string.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds a standalone Redis benchmark that compares serialized whole-session storage with per-field hash storage. It measures request patterns, models network transfer time, cleans up prefixed keys, and documents setup, results, and conclusions. ChangesSession-shape benchmark
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new Redis benchmark can publish misleading storage-performance conclusions because hash-backed sessions do not model the same expiry-refresh behavior as string-backed sessions. Update the hash write paths and regenerate the documented measurements before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@benchmarks/session-shape.php`:
- Line 129: Update both hash write paths in benchmarks/session-shape.php at
lines 129 and 142 to pipeline each hSet/hMSet operation with EXPIRE $hkey 1440,
matching the string session TTL behavior. Update the transfer model accordingly,
then regenerate the benchmark results and conclusions in benchmarks/README.md
lines 58–86.
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| $raw = $redis->hGet($hkey, $touched); | ||
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Refresh $hkey expiry in both hash write paths.
setEx($sid, 1440, ...) refreshes the string key, but hSet() and hMSet() do not change a Redis hash TTL. The benchmark therefore compares expiring string sessions with non-expiring hash sessions. Pipeline each hash write with EXPIRE $hkey 1440, update the transfer model, and regenerate the README results and conclusions.
Apply this to benchmarks/session-shape.php lines 129 and 142, and update benchmarks/README.md lines 58–86.
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In `@benchmarks/session-shape.php` at line 129, Update both hash write paths in
benchmarks/session-shape.php at lines 129 and 142 to pipeline each hSet/hMSet
operation with EXPIRE $hkey 1440, matching the string session TTL behavior.
Update the transfer model accordingly, then regenerate the benchmark results and
conclusions in benchmarks/README.md lines 58–86.
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Summary
Adds
benchmarks/session-shape.phpand a README recording the method andresults, so the storage-shape decision behind #101 and #95 can be re-checked
instead of taken on trust.
The numbers that decided it lived only in #100's PR description. This makes
them reproducible.
What it measures
One HTTP request under PHP's session lifecycle — read once at
session_start(), write once atsession_write_close():GETwhole sessionSETEXwhole sessionHGETone segmentHSETone segmentHGETALLHMSETAcross session shapes from 2 segments × 100B up to 20 × 20KB.
Results (Redis 6.2.6, PHP 8.4.1, 2000 iterations, ms/request)
Three findings:
added, per-field saves 0.007–0.038 ms, against the ~1 ms both shapes spend on
two round trips. That is 1–4% of real request cost.
400KB, 6.3 ms.
at 41KB) — hash overhead and per-field serialization, same bytes moved. The
win needs a sparse access pattern, not just a large session.
Notes on the script
deliberately excluded from the modelled wire figures. The README says to read
the absolute saving rather than the percentage, since a "90% saving" on a
figure that omits 1 ms of unavoidable latency is a few percent of the real
request.
aura-bench:and cleans them up withSCAN+DEL. It does not callflushDB(), so it will not destroy a Redis thatholds other data. Verified against a server with an unrelated key present.
ext-redisand a server, andit is a decision record rather than a regression check.
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