galaxyproject / galaxyproject/galaxy

Enhancement: Speed up keyword searches against history names

Open
#3,913 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
kind/enhancement
Dominant language
Python
Stars
1.9k
Forks
1.2k
Avg merge
2d 16h
Merged PRs (30d)
169

Description

Keyword searches are slow. Especially with many histories. Perhaps it is not just searching the history names and trying to load more content and this slows it down?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing keyword searches with many histories and tracing whether the search loads history content beyond names. Identify the relevant search path from that investigation, then compare search behavior and timing before and after the change. Done means searches remain correct and are measurably faster for large history collections.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
search
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.