aws / aws/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python
[Feature]: Deduplicate SerDes deserialization within an invocation
- Dominant language
- Python
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- 53
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Description
## What would you like?
Deduplicate repeated SerDes deserialization within a single Lambda invocation.
Context-dependent SerDes implementations may perform filesystem or network I/O. Repeated access to the same checkpointed result or exception currently invokes the configured SerDes again, even when the serialized input and durable payload identity are unchanged.
## Possible Implementation
- Add an invocation-scoped deserialization cache around SDK-managed SerDes calls.
- Key entries by SerDes instance identity, durable execution ARN, operation/entity identity, payload kind when available, and a digest of the serialized input.
- Cache successful values, including `None`, but never cache failures.
- Bound completed entries with an LRU or weak-reference policy so large deserialized values are not retained indefinitely.
- If SDK-managed child/concurrency threads can request the same value concurrently, share one in-flight result rather than issuing duplicate external reads.
- Clear all entries at the end of the Lambda invocation; do not use a process-global cache across replays.
- Add tests for cache hits, distinct contexts/data, `None`, failures, eviction, and concurrent callers.
## Is this a breaking change?
No.
## Does this require an RFC?
No.
## Additional Context
This is primarily valuable for filesystem and other external-storage SerDes implementations. The Java SDK work in aws/aws-durable-execution-sdk-java#648 uses an invocation-scoped bounded cache and in-flight deduplication.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the SDK-managed SerDes calls and the Lambda invocation lifecycle where an invocation-scoped cache could be established and cleared. Add tests covering cache hits, distinct contexts and data, None values, failures, eviction, and concurrent callers; done means repeated matching requests are deduplicated without caching failures or crossing invocation boundaries.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend, cloud
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100