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Every status event during streaming ("Thinking...", "Searching web...", etc.) calls add_message_status_to_chat_by_id_and_message_id, which does a full read-modify-write of the chat JSON blob. A typical tool-use response triggers 5-15 of these for states that are only shown live during streaming.

The client already gets these via the socket emit before the DB call, so the live UI is unaffected. The only status that matters for the persisted statusHistory is the final done=True one, which the frontend uses to render the collapsed summary after streaming (e.g. "Searched 3 sites").

This adds a done guard so only terminal statuses hit the DB. Intermediate ones stay socket-only.

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  • socket/main.py: guard status DB write with event_data.get("data", {}).get("done", False)

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I like

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tjbck commented Mar 1, 2026

@Algorithm5838 @Classic298 tested?

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@tjbck let me test real quick

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tjbck commented Mar 1, 2026

Could cause side effects with custom function when the perf enhancements are minimal. Thanks for the contribution regardless.

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@Algorithm5838 Algorithm5838 deleted the fix/skip-intermediate-status-db-writes branch March 1, 2026 19:18
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