The image library is on a CIFS/SMB share (mounted rsize=4 MiB, actimeo=1), and
Quart's FileBody streams in 8 KiB chunks — so serving one large original was
~19k network round-trips to the storage server, i.e. 30–58s per download
(operator-flagged). That's what starved the GPU agent (constant "curator
unreachable" backoff) AND slowed the browser: every byte is read off CIFS and
streamed through the Python app (no reverse-proxy sendfile), and only 2 hypercorn
workers meant the agent + the browser's thumbnail grid queued behind each other.
In-container fix, no new service:
- Raise FileBody.buffer_size 8 KiB → 4 MiB in create_app, matching the mount's
read size: one round-trip per read, ~500× fewer. buffer_size is the MAX read so
small thumbnails still read in one gulp, and Range/mime/ETag/conditional
handling lives on Response — all preserved. Guarded so a Quart-internal change
can't break boot.
- HYPERCORN_WORKERS default 2 → 4 so concurrent /images requests stop queuing.
Expected: large-file transfers drop from ~40s toward link speed (a few seconds)
for the agent and the browser. See issue #1223.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ttrj5P7upUTueSfoJcxEqa
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