## Context Production profiling identified `formatResult` as a recurring CPU hotspot on read paths, especially for list queries and nested relations. The formatter receives one metadata snapshot for the complete result, but previously rebuilt metadata-derived lookup structures for every record. For each record, including recursively formatted relation records, it rebuilt or rescanned: - field name and join-column maps - composite field property maps - required composite properties - date and date-time field collections This metadata does not change while one result is being formatted, so the repeated work scaled with the number of records without changing the output. It also created short-lived allocations that added GC pressure on busy server pods. ## What changed - Create a private cache for each top-level `formatResult` invocation. - Lazily derive formatter metadata once per object metadata ID. - Reuse it across records in an array and recursively formatted relations. - Precompute required composite property names and date-time field metadata. - Remove the DATE post-processing pass, which assigned each value back to itself. - Keep the exported `formatResult` signature unchanged. The cache is discarded when the formatting call returns. ## Why use a call-scoped cache The derived structures are valid for the metadata maps passed to one `formatResult` call. Keeping the cache local provides reuse for the complete result batch without adding cross-request state, invalidation rules, or another long-lived memory cache. This also preserves existing callers and keeps recursive implementation details private. ## Safety - Formatting behavior and returned shapes are unchanged. - Nested relation formatting still resolves metadata for each target object type. - Composite null and default handling, and DATE_TIME validation, are unchanged. - Metadata is recomputed for every top-level invocation, so a later request cannot reuse data derived from an older metadata snapshot. - No Redis, workspace-cache, database, or public API behavior changes. ## Expected impact Metadata preparation now scales with the number of object types in a result instead of the number of records. The largest benefit is expected for list queries and nested relations, with lower CPU usage and fewer short-lived allocations. This is a targeted result-formatting optimization. It does not address every source of API tail latency or retained cache memory. ## Validation - Added a nested-relation regression test that verifies unchanged output. - The test verifies metadata resolution is bounded per object type within one invocation and recomputed for a separate invocation. - Focused formatter Jest suite. - Existing chart relation-label Jest suite, 10 tests. - Type-aware Oxlint. - Oxfmt. - `yarn nx typecheck twenty-server`.
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Twenty gives technical teams the building blocks for a custom CRM that meets complex business needs and quickly adapts as the business evolves. Twenty is the CRM you build, ship, and version like the rest of your stack.
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The fastest way to get started. Sign up at twenty.com and spin up a workspace in under a minute, with no infrastructure to manage and always up to date.
Build an app
Scaffold a new app with the Twenty CLI:
npx create-twenty-app my-app
Define objects, fields, and views as code:
import { defineObject, FieldType } from 'twenty-sdk/define';
export default defineObject({
nameSingular: 'deal',
namePlural: 'deals',
labelSingular: 'Deal',
labelPlural: 'Deals',
fields: [
{ name: 'name', label: 'Name', type: FieldType.TEXT },
{ name: 'amount', label: 'Amount', type: FieldType.CURRENCY },
{ name: 'closeDate', label: 'Close Date', type: FieldType.DATE_TIME },
],
});
Then ship it to your workspace:
npx twenty app:publish --private
See the app development guide for objects, views, agents, and logic functions.
Self-hosting
Run Twenty on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose, or contribute locally via the local setup guide.
Everything you need
Twenty gives you the building blocks of a modern CRM (objects, views, workflows, and agents) and lets you extend them as code. Here's a tour of what's in the box.
Want to go deeper? Read the User Guide for product walkthroughs, or the
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