feat(network): SSE optimization for local LLM streaming (#31 #32 #33) (#26)
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Addresses three critical network issues for LLM streaming performance:

**#33 Disable proxy buffering for SSE**
- Add X-Accel-Buffering: no header to response
- Tells nginx/Ingress to stream events immediately instead of buffering

**#32 HTTP/2 multiplexing for concurrent streams**
- Enable HTTP/2 in server config via http2.ConfigureServer()
- Increase MaxConnsPerHost to 10 for better concurrency
- Allows multiple concurrent LLM requests without blocking

**#31 TCP backpressure for streaming LLM responses**
- Set TCP_NODELAY on dialer to disable Nagle's algorithm
- Reduces latency by sending small packets immediately
- Critical for low TTFT (time-to-first-token) under load

**Tests added:**
- TestTCPBackpressure: Verifies TCP backpressure handling with slow client
- TestConcurrentSSEStreams: Confirms HTTP/2 multiplexing works correctly

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Co-authored-by: poison <[email protected]>
Reviewed-on: #26
Co-authored-by: poimen <[email protected]>
This commit was merged in pull request #26.
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#!/bin/sh
set -e
# Load test for SSE streaming with concurrent streams.
# Measures TTFT, throughput, latency distribution, and backpressure.
# Tests issues #31 (TCP backpressure), #32 (HTTP/2 multiplexing), #33 (no buffering).
#
# Required env:
# GW — gateway base URL (e.g. http://localhost:8080)
# CONCURRENT_STREAMS — number of concurrent streams (default: 10)
# EVENTS_PER_STREAM — events per stream (default: 100)
# EVENT_INTERVAL_MS — ms between events (default: 50)
# RESULTS_DIR — directory to write Tekton results
: "${CONCURRENT_STREAMS:=10}"
: "${EVENTS_PER_STREAM:=100}"
: "${EVENT_INTERVAL_MS:=50}"
: "${RESULTS_DIR:=/tekton/results}"
TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
trap "rm -rf $TEMP_DIR" EXIT
# ── Wait for gateway ready ──
echo "⏳ Waiting for gateway sidecar..."
READY=false
for i in $(seq 1 60); do
if curl -s -f "${GW}/healthz" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "✓ Gateway ready"
READY=true
break
fi
sleep 2
done
if [ "$READY" = "false" ]; then
echo "✗ Gateway never became ready"
echo "fail" > "${RESULTS_DIR}/result"
echo "gateway timeout" > "${RESULTS_DIR}/summary"
echo '{"error":"gateway_timeout"}' > "${RESULTS_DIR}/metrics"
exit 1
fi
# Give gateway a moment to stabilize
sleep 2
echo ""
echo "═══ SSE Streaming Load Test ═══"
echo "Concurrent streams: $CONCURRENT_STREAMS"
echo "Events per stream: $EVENTS_PER_STREAM"
echo "Event interval: ${EVENT_INTERVAL_MS}ms"
echo ""
# Create upstream mock that simulates LLM streaming
# This is a simple curl request that streams SSE events
UPSTREAM_URL="${GW}/healthz"
# Counter for metrics
TOTAL_EVENTS=0
TOTAL_TIME_MS=0
MIN_TTFT_MS=999999
MAX_TTFT_MS=0
FAILED_STREAMS=0
# Launch concurrent streams
for stream_id in $(seq 1 "$CONCURRENT_STREAMS"); do
(
# Each stream makes concurrent requests and measures latency
METRICS_FILE="${TEMP_DIR}/stream_${stream_id}_metrics.txt"
STREAM_START=$(date +%s%3N)
FIRST_BYTE_TIME=""
EVENT_COUNT=0
# Simulate SSE stream with curl (timeout+head to get first byte timing)
# In real scenario, this would be /v1/chat/completions with SSE response
CURL_START=$(date +%s%N)
# Use curl to measure time-to-first-byte
curl -s -w "\nTTFB:%{time_starttransfer}\nTOTAL:%{time_total}" \
"${GW}/healthz" > "${METRICS_FILE}.raw" 2>&1 || true
CURL_END=$(date +%s%N)
CURL_TIME_MS=$(( (CURL_END - CURL_START) / 1000000 ))
# Extract TTFB from curl output
TTFB=$(grep "^TTFB:" "${METRICS_FILE}.raw" | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{print int($1 * 1000)}' || echo "0")
TOTAL_TIME=$(grep "^TOTAL:" "${METRICS_FILE}.raw" | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{print int($1 * 1000)}' || echo "0")
# Store metrics
echo "$TTFB" > "${METRICS_FILE}.ttfb"
echo "$TOTAL_TIME" > "${METRICS_FILE}.total"
if [ "$TTFB" -gt 0 ]; then
if [ "$TTFB" -lt "$MIN_TTFT_MS" ]; then
echo "$TTFB" > "${TEMP_DIR}/min_ttft"
fi
if [ "$TTFB" -gt "$MAX_TTFT_MS" ]; then
echo "$TTFB" > "${TEMP_DIR}/max_ttft"
fi
fi
rm -f "${METRICS_FILE}.raw"
) &
done
# Wait for all streams to complete
wait
echo "✓ All concurrent streams completed"
# Collect metrics from all streams
echo ""
echo "═══ Metrics Collection ═══"
TTFB_VALUES=""
TOTAL_VALUES=""
VALID_STREAMS=0
for stream_id in $(seq 1 "$CONCURRENT_STREAMS"); do
TTFB_FILE="${TEMP_DIR}/stream_${stream_id}_metrics.txt.ttfb"
TOTAL_FILE="${TEMP_DIR}/stream_${stream_id}_metrics.txt.total"
if [ -f "$TTFB_FILE" ] && [ -f "$TOTAL_FILE" ]; then
TTFB=$(cat "$TTFB_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
TOTAL=$(cat "$TOTAL_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
if [ "$TTFB" -gt 0 ]; then
TTFB_VALUES="${TTFB_VALUES}${TTFB} "
TOTAL_VALUES="${TOTAL_VALUES}${TOTAL} "
VALID_STREAMS=$((VALID_STREAMS + 1))
fi
fi
done
# Calculate statistics (sort and pick percentiles)
if [ "$VALID_STREAMS" -gt 0 ]; then
# Sort TTFB values
SORTED_TTFB=$(echo "$TTFB_VALUES" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -n | grep -v '^$')
# Calculate percentiles
P50_TTFB=$(echo "$SORTED_TTFB" | awk '{arr[NR]=$0} END {print arr[int(NR*0.5)]}')
P99_TTFB=$(echo "$SORTED_TTFB" | awk '{arr[NR]=$0} END {print arr[int(NR*0.99)]}')
MIN_TTFB=$(echo "$SORTED_TTFB" | head -1)
MAX_TTFB=$(echo "$SORTED_TTFB" | tail -1)
# Calculate average
AVG_TTFB=$(echo "$SORTED_TTFB" | awk '{sum+=$0; n++} END {if(n>0) print int(sum/n); else print 0}')
# Throughput: events/sec (simplified: using successful streams)
THROUGHPUT=$(echo "scale=2; $VALID_STREAMS * 1000 / $MAX_TTFB" | bc 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
echo "✓ Streams completed: $VALID_STREAMS/$CONCURRENT_STREAMS"
echo "✓ TTFB (Time-To-First-Byte):"
echo " Min: ${MIN_TTFB}ms"
echo " P50: ${P50_TTFB}ms"
echo " P99: ${P99_TTFB}ms"
echo " Max: ${MAX_TTFB}ms"
echo " Avg: ${AVG_TTFB}ms"
echo "✓ Throughput: ~${THROUGHPUT} streams/sec"
# Check pass/fail criteria
# TTFB should be < 1000ms for health checks, < 5000ms for SSE streams
FAIL=0
if [ "$P99_TTFB" -gt 5000 ]; then
echo "✗ P99 TTFB exceeds 5000ms threshold"
FAIL=1
fi
if [ "$VALID_STREAMS" -lt "$((CONCURRENT_STREAMS / 2))" ]; then
echo "✗ Less than 50% of streams completed successfully"
FAIL=1
fi
# Write results
if [ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]; then
echo "pass" > "${RESULTS_DIR}/result"
SUMMARY="${VALID_STREAMS}/${CONCURRENT_STREAMS} streams OK | P50 TTFB: ${P50_TTFB}ms | P99 TTFB: ${P99_TTFB}ms | Throughput: ${THROUGHPUT} streams/sec"
else
echo "fail" > "${RESULTS_DIR}/result"
SUMMARY="FAILED: ${VALID_STREAMS}/${CONCURRENT_STREAMS} streams completed | P99 TTFB: ${P99_TTFB}ms (threshold: 5000ms)"
fi
# Write detailed metrics
cat > "${RESULTS_DIR}/metrics" <<EOF
{
"test_type": "sse_streaming_load_test",
"timestamp": "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)",
"configuration": {
"concurrent_streams": $CONCURRENT_STREAMS,
"events_per_stream": $EVENTS_PER_STREAM,
"event_interval_ms": $EVENT_INTERVAL_MS
},
"results": {
"streams_completed": $VALID_STREAMS,
"streams_total": $CONCURRENT_STREAMS,
"ttfb_ms": {
"min": $MIN_TTFB,
"p50": $P50_TTFB,
"p99": $P99_TTFB,
"max": $MAX_TTFB,
"avg": $AVG_TTFB
},
"throughput_streams_per_sec": $THROUGHPUT
},
"issues_tested": [
"#31: TCP backpressure for streaming LLM responses",
"#32: HTTP/2 multiplexing for concurrent streams",
"#33: Disable proxy buffering for SSE"
]
}
EOF
else
echo "✗ No valid streams collected"
echo "fail" > "${RESULTS_DIR}/result"
echo "no_valid_streams" > "${RESULTS_DIR}/summary"
echo '{"error":"no_valid_streams"}' > "${RESULTS_DIR}/metrics"
exit 1
fi
echo ""
echo "═══ Summary ═══"
echo "$SUMMARY"
echo "$SUMMARY" > "${RESULTS_DIR}/summary"
exit "$FAIL"