## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - The Connectors page (`/apps`) merges native connectors with about 1,600 apps from the Composio and Arcade catalogs > - #19328 made some native connectors yield to aggregator sign-in on managed instances. To decide, it checks whether any aggregator serves each native row > - That check scans the whole catalog. It runs once per native row for every catalog app, so one pass makes about 1,600 × 110 × 1,600 name comparisons > - The pass also re-runs on every render, because a memo dependency is a `Map` rebuilt in the component body. Aggregator polling keeps renders coming > - On a managed instance, the page pegs a CPU core and does not become usable. Self-hosted instances skip the branch, and the tests used one or two catalog entries, so nothing caught it > - This pull request makes the check a set lookup, keeps the memo inputs stable, and adds a test at shipped catalog scale plus a general review rule for rendering large collections > - The benefit is that `/apps` loads normally on managed instances again, and similar regressions fail a test or get flagged in review ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs #19328 Refs #19247 **What happened?** On a managed instance, opening `/apps` pegs the CPU at 100%, and the page is very slow or unresponsive. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Open a managed instance (`useCloudInstance()?.managed === true`). 2. Go to `/apps`. 3. The tab holds a CPU core at 100%. **Expected behavior** The Connectors page renders in well under a second, and it does not re-run catalog work on unrelated renders. **Root cause** In `ui/src/pages/apps/Browse.tsx`, `yieldsToAggregators()` calls `hasAggregatorRoute()`. That function scans every aggregator catalog entry with regex normalization. The `managedCatalog` loop calls `yieldsToAggregators()` for every native row, for each of about 1,600 catalog apps. A Node benchmark with the shipped catalog data measured about 214 s per pass on a managed instance and 40 ms self-hosted. The `rows` memo depended on `upstreamAppsBySlug` and `gallery`, which were rebuilt on every render, so the memo never reused its result. ## What Changed - Index every aggregator identity once (`managedCatalogIdentities`), so the aggregator route check is one `Set` lookup. - Cache each slug's yield decision for the pass. Rows hold their final connections and chat endpoints by then, so the answer cannot change. - Normalize native row identities once before matching them against catalog apps. - Memoize `gallery`, the aggregator snapshots, `upstreamAppsBySlug` and `managedCatalog`. A small `useShallowStableItems` helper keeps the per-gateway `useQueries` data stable, so the `rows` memo runs only when connector data changes. - Match catalog apps to native rows through an identity-to-row index instead of scanning the native rows for each catalog app. The earliest row among an app's alias lookups is the row the old ordered scan found. - Add a test that loads the shipped aggregator catalog and every native connector in managed-instance mode, with a saved Composio gateway and account. It counts `aggregatorAppIdentity` calls. The full load must stay under 20× the catalog name count (today about 5×). An unchanged refetch and a search must not rebuild the rows, and a changed account must still appear. Above the limit the counter throws, so a regression fails in milliseconds instead of blocking the test worker. - Add `rules/ui-render-cost.mdc`, a general rule for `ui/src/**` code that renders large collections: no nested scans, stable memo dependencies, and a realistic-size test with a deterministic work counter when a change touches such a path. Register it in `.greptile/files.json`. ## Verification - `cd ui && npx vitest run src/pages/apps/Browse.test.tsx`: 100 of 100 pass. - With the previous `Browse.tsx` and the new test, the new test fails in 70 ms with "Connector catalog work exceeded its budget". - Measured on the new code: a full managed-instance load makes 25,810 identity calls for 5,095 catalog names. A search makes 0. - `node scripts/run-tsc.mjs -b` in `ui/`: no new errors. The only errors are in `PluginOrganizationSwitcher`, because `@paperclipai/plugin-sdk` is not built in a fresh worktree. They are unrelated to this change. - `pnpm check:token-gates`: all gates clean. - I did not check this in a browser on a managed instance. A local self-hosted instance does not take that branch. ## Risks - Low. The row-building logic gives the same results. The existing managed-instance Slack, Asana and Google tests still pass. - `useShallowStableItems` writes a ref during render. In the worst case, a concurrent render does one extra memo pass. It cannot return stale data, because it compares every item by identity. - The new rule applies to all `ui/src/**` reviews. Its body limits it to large or unbounded collections, to keep review noise low. > For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`. ## Model Used - Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`) in Claude Code, with tool use (shell, file editing, test execution). ## Checklist - [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context to this change - [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability details) - [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate planned core work - [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked them above - [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes #` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant issue template - [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip` URLs) - [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`) and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details - [x] I have run tests locally and they pass - [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable - [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes - [x] I have considered and documented any risks above - [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green - [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups - [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before requesting merge 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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