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Adapter\Pool sent every getter through delegate(). So each getSupportFor*, getMax*, getLimitFor*, getHostname, getIdAttributeType, etc. checked out a connection and replayed the full handle state onto it, only to read a constant. getDocument asks for several of these per call.

The Pool now keeps the answers to getters that are the same for every connection in a pool (same factory, so same adapter class and DSN). They are kept per pool, in a WeakMap keyed by the Utopia\Pools\Pool, not per handle: Appwrite builds a new Adapter\Pool for every Database on every request, so a per-handle memo would still check out once per distinct getter per request.

These still delegate because they read connection or handle state: getDriver, getConnectionId, getMaxIndexLength (depends on shared tables), getSupportForPCRERegex and getSupportForAttributeResizing (SQLite per-instance flags). getSupportForAttributes has a setter, so the getter is per handle. The setter's answer depends only on the value asked for, so it is kept per pool too, and the requested value is replayed on every checkout (a pinned transaction connection is told directly). getHostname does not keep an empty answer, and getMinDateTime returns a clone. PoolTimeoutTest now uses ping() to force a checkout, because a capability getter no longer does.

Verification: a SQLite-backed Pool whose use() counts checkouts, with a new handle per operation (Appwrite's shape) and a warmed-up handle.

Checkouts before after
New handle, 1 cached getDocument 8 1
New handle, 5 cached getDocument 40 1
New handle, uncached getDocument 11 3
New handle, find 12 3
New handle, createDocument 13 4
Warmed-up handle, cached getDocument 8 0

The one remaining checkout on a new handle is getSupportForAttributes, for handles that never set it. Appwrite's tenant databases set it on every handle, so once the pool has answered the setter they need no checkout to build the handle or to serve a cached read. Adapters with hostname support (MariaDB, Postgres) save two more checkouts per getDocument.

Refs appwrite/appwrite#14083

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  • Performance
    • Adapter capability checks are more efficient, reducing unnecessary connection checkouts when retrieving limits, feature support, and other adapter information.
    • Hostname lookups avoid retaining empty results, allowing later lookups to retrieve an available hostname.
  • Reliability
    • Minimum date-time values returned by the adapter are protected from unintended changes.
    • Attribute-support updates reflect the value reported by the adapter and are applied consistently to checked-out connections, including during transactions.

Adapter\Pool delegated every getter, so each getSupportFor*/getMax*/getHostname call checked out a connection and replayed the handle state onto it. Memoize the answers that are the same for every connection in a pool, keep delegating the getters that read connection or handle state, and update getSupportForAttributes from its setter.
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Pool caches adapter capability getter results per pool. It tracks attribute-support settings per handle and applies them during connection and transaction checkout. Timeout tests use ping() instead of getSupportForTimeouts().

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Pool capability caching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-pool capability cache
src/Database/Adapter/Pool.php
Pool stores capability results per pool and delegates each getter on a cache miss.
Cached getters and timeout test updates
src/Database/Adapter/Pool.php, tests/unit/PoolTimeoutTest.php
Capability getters use the shared cache. Hostname results are cached only when non-empty, and getMinDateTime() returns a clone. getSupportForAttributes() memoizes results per handle. Timeout tests call ping() instead of getSupportForTimeouts(); their assertions remain unchanged.
Attribute-support setting replay
src/Database/Adapter/Pool.php
Pool records requested and reported attribute-support values. It applies the requested value or the adapter’s captured default during connection and transaction checkout.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 16f2d

The change reduces connection checkouts for constant capability getters while keeping handle-dependent behavior delegated. No concrete merge-blocking risk was identified.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to a2f48

A cached setting can keep required-field and unknown-field checks disabled after the underlying setting has been restored. Write permissions still apply, and exposure depends on connection sharing, application configuration, and request lifetime.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · inferred: An unset handle can permanently memoize attribute support disabled by a previous pool user. If another handle restores the reused adapter to true, the affected handle still reports false and keeps required-field and unknown-field controls disabled. The base could observe the restored value on its next getter call. This prolongs an existing connection-state leak into handle-owned schema-policy drift; it does not bypass operation permissions.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated exposure is bounded to handles sharing a pool of mutable adapters, including Memory or Mongo. Application code must first disable attribute support on a reusable adapter; an unset handle must then observe false and remain in use. The cache does not share answers across distinct pool objects. An external writer still needs the applicable operation permission.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — After an unset handle memoizes false, restoring the underlying adapter does not restore that handle's schema checks. An otherwise authorized create request can supply a non-null, undeclared field that is neither removed nor rejected. Mongo casting leaves undeclared fields in the document, and its insertion path forwards the resulting record to the client without a schema whitelist.
  • observed — Memory provides a concrete storage counterpart: casting returns the document unchanged, row serialization copies document attributes without consulting the collection schema, and createDocument stores that row.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Explicitly setting support refreshes the calling handle's reported result, and subsequent checkouts replay its requested setting. These controls protect explicitly configured handles, but do not repair another unset handle's cached report. Tenant and authorization replay remain in place, and create permission checking is independent of attribute support.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The setter records requested support before checkout or pinned-adapter application completes. If that operation throws, the request remains recorded while the reported value is not refreshed; later checkouts can replay the failed request. This is an additional configuration-recovery consistency issue, not evidence of a separate authorization bypass.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Define attribute support as explicit handle-owned effective configuration rather than memoized observations of reused connection state. Keep requested, reported, and replayed values consistent across restoration and failed setters, including handles with no explicit override.
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A handle is usually built for one request around a pool that lives as long
as the process, so memoizing on the handle still checked a connection out
for every distinct getter on every request. The answers now live in a
WeakMap keyed by the pool, so each one is asked once per pool. Attribute
support has a setter and stays per handle.

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Its answer depends only on the value asked for, and every checkout already replays that value, so it is kept per pool like the capabilities. A pinned connection is told directly, since it is not replayed onto.
…on's own

A connection keeps the attribute support its last holder set, so a handle
that never set it ran with, and reported, whatever the previous handle left.
Each connection's value from the first checkout is now replayed for those
handles, on both checkout paths.
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