refactor: balance serialized server shards by recorded suite duration (#11528)

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## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The PR verify workflow gates every pull request; its wall-clock time
sets the feedback loop for all contributors
> - In a recent successful PR run (actions run 32012408876), the slowest
check was "Verify serialized server suites (1/5)" at 337s, while its
four sibling shards finished in 212-238s
> - The serialized lane assigns suites to shards round-robin over an
alphabetical list, so the heavy heartbeat and issues suites cluster on
one runner
> - The general-server lane already solves this with a duration-aware
LPT partition backed by a recorded manifest
> - This pull request reuses that partitioner for the serialized lane
with a fresh per-suite duration manifest
> - The benefit is a balanced serialized matrix: the measured 968s suite
total levels to about 194s per shard, which removes about 80-100s from
the run's slowest check

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

The `Verify serialized server suites` shard matrix in
`.github/workflows/pr.yml` distributes route/authz test suites across
five runners.

**Subsystem affected**

CI / test infrastructure (`scripts/run-vitest-stable.mjs`).

**Current behavior**

`selectSerializedSuites` assigns suites round-robin (`index %
shardCount`) over the alphabetically sorted file list. The heavy suites
cluster on shard 1/5. In actions run 32012408876, shard 1/5 spent 291s
in its test step while the other shards spent 170-201s, which made that
job (337s total) the slowest check of the whole PR run.

**Proposed behavior**

Partition the serialized suites with the same duration-aware LPT
algorithm the general-server lane already uses
(`scripts/general-server-shard.mjs`), backed by a new per-suite duration
manifest. All five shards then carry about 194s of measured test time.

**Reason and benefit**

The slowest check bounds PR feedback time. Balancing the serialized
matrix removes about 80-100s from that bound without adding runners.

**Breaking changes**

None. The partition remains deterministic, complete, and
non-overlapping; suites missing from the manifest get the median weight.

## What Changed

- Added `scripts/serialized-shard-durations.json`: per-suite wall-clock
durations (ms) for all 134 serialized suites, sampled from actions run
32012408876 by diffing consecutive per-suite label timestamps in the
shard logs (captures vitest spawn overhead, not just reported test time)
- `scripts/run-vitest-stable.mjs`: `selectSerializedSuites` now uses the
existing LPT partitioner (`selectGeneralServerShard`) with the new
manifest instead of round-robin
- `scripts/__tests__/run-vitest-stable-shard.test.mjs`: added a
manifest-freshness test and a shard-balance test for the serialized
lane, mirroring the general-server ones
- `.github/workflows/pr.yml`: updated the serialized matrix comment with
the new measurement and mechanism

## Verification

- `node --test ./scripts/__tests__/run-vitest-stable-shard.test.mjs`
passes (13 tests), including the existing test that the serialized
shards form a complete, non-overlapping partition
- Dry-run of all five shards shows estimated totals of
194/194/194/194/193s (round-robin was 276/175/160/172/187s):
`node scripts/run-vitest-stable.mjs --mode serialized --shard-index N
--shard-count 5 --dry-run`
- The `Verify serialized server suites` jobs on this PR run the real
partition end to end

## Risks

- Low risk. Selection logic only; the vitest invocation per suite is
unchanged
- A stale manifest degrades gracefully: unknown suites get the median
weight, and a dedicated test fails if fewer than half the current suites
have recorded durations

## Model Used

- Claude (Anthropic), model ID `claude-fable-5`, agentic coding session
with tool use (Claude Code / Claude Agent SDK); no extended-thinking
mode

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

Related prior work: #10923 (split serialized tests into five shards),
#10925 (general-server duration manifest), #11156 (workspaces-a native
shards).

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
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@ -287,9 +287,11 @@ jobs:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
include:
# A successful PR run on 2026-08-04 (30876682788) spent 256s in
# serialized shard 2/4, making its 305s job the run's slowest check.
# Five shards reduce the measured 739s suite total to about 148s per
# A successful PR run on 2026-08-17 (32012408876) spent 291s in
# serialized shard 1/5 while its siblings ran 170-201s: round-robin
# clustered the heavy suites on one runner. Shards are now balanced
# by recorded duration (scripts/serialized-shard-durations.json),
# which levels the measured 968s suite total to about 194s per
# runner before setup overhead.
- shard_index: 0
shard_count: 5

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@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ import {
const repoRoot = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "..");
const script = path.join(repoRoot, "scripts", "run-vitest-stable.mjs");
const durationsManifest = path.join(repoRoot, "scripts", "general-server-shard-durations.json");
const serializedDurationsManifest = path.join(
repoRoot,
"scripts",
"serialized-shard-durations.json",
);
function dryRun(args) {
const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, [script, ...args, "--dry-run"], {
@ -167,6 +172,39 @@ test("the checked-in manifest loads and covers most of the current suite set", (
);
});
test("the checked-in serialized manifest loads and covers most of the current suite set", () => {
const durations = loadShardDurations(serializedDurationsManifest);
assert.ok(Object.keys(durations).length > 0, "manifest must parse to a non-empty duration map");
const shard = dryRunJson(["--mode", "serialized", "--shard-index", "0", "--shard-count", "1"]);
const currentFiles = shard.selectedSerializedSuites;
const known = currentFiles.filter((file) => durations[file] !== undefined).length;
assert.ok(
known / currentFiles.length >= 0.5,
`manifest is stale: only ${known} of ${currentFiles.length} suites have recorded durations — regenerate it from a recent PR run (see the manifest's $comment)`,
);
});
test("the real serialized shard partition is duration-balanced", () => {
const durations = loadShardDurations(serializedDurationsManifest);
const fallback = defaultSuiteWeight(durations);
const shards = Array.from({ length: SERIALIZED_SHARD_COUNT }, (_, index) =>
dryRunJson(["--mode", "serialized", "--shard-index", String(index), "--shard-count", String(SERIALIZED_SHARD_COUNT)]),
);
const totals = shards.map((shard) =>
shard.selectedSerializedSuites.reduce((sum, file) => sum + (durations[file] ?? fallback), 0),
);
const maxTotal = Math.max(...totals);
const minTotal = Math.min(...totals);
// LPT keeps the spread within the heaviest single suite; use that as the bound.
const heaviest = Math.max(...Object.values(durations));
assert.ok(
maxTotal - minTotal <= heaviest,
`serialized shard weight spread ${maxTotal - minTotal}ms exceeds heaviest suite ${heaviest}ms: ${totals.join(", ")}`,
);
});
test("the real shard partition is duration-balanced", () => {
const durations = loadShardDurations(durationsManifest);
const fallback = defaultSuiteWeight(durations);

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@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ const scriptsDir = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
const generalServerShardDurations = loadShardDurations(
path.join(scriptsDir, "general-server-shard-durations.json"),
);
const serializedShardDurations = loadShardDurations(
path.join(scriptsDir, "serialized-shard-durations.json"),
);
const serverRoot = path.join(repoRoot, "server");
const serverSrcDir = path.join(repoRoot, "server", "src");
const serverTestsDir = path.join(repoRoot, "server", "src", "__tests__");
@ -251,7 +254,18 @@ function parseCliOptions(argv) {
}
function selectSerializedSuites(routeTests, shardIndex, shardCount) {
return routeTests.filter((_, index) => index % shardCount === shardIndex);
// Same duration-aware LPT partition as the general-server lane. Round-robin
// over the alphabetical list clustered the heavy heartbeat/issues suites on
// one shard (291s vs 170-201s test steps across the matrix in actions run
// 32012408876), which made that shard the whole PR run's slowest check.
const byRepoPath = new Map(routeTests.map((routeTest) => [routeTest.repoPath, routeTest]));
const shardFiles = selectGeneralServerShard(
routeTests.map((routeTest) => routeTest.repoPath),
shardIndex,
shardCount,
serializedShardDurations,
);
return shardFiles.map((file) => byRepoPath.get(file));
}
function runVitest(args, label) {

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@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
{
"$comment": "Per-suite wall-clock durations (ms) for the serialized route/authz vitest lane, used by scripts/run-vitest-stable.mjs to balance suites across the PR shard matrix. Sampled from a real PR run of .github/workflows/pr.yml (actions run 32012408876, 2026-08-17) by diffing consecutive '[test:run] <suite>' label timestamps in the 'Run serialized server test shard' logs - that captures each suite's true serial cost including the per-suite vitest spawn overhead, not just the vitest-reported test time. Suites missing here get the median weight, so the manifest only needs occasional refreshes.",
"unit": "ms",
"durations": {
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"server/src/__tests__/activity-routes.test.ts": 3181,
"server/src/__tests__/adapter-model-refresh-routes.test.ts": 3934,
"server/src/__tests__/adapter-routes-authz.test.ts": 4391,
"server/src/__tests__/adapter-routes.test.ts": 5343,
"server/src/__tests__/agent-action-audit-routes.test.ts": 11458,
"server/src/__tests__/agent-adapter-validation-routes.test.ts": 5758,
"server/src/__tests__/agent-cross-tenant-authz-routes.test.ts": 3818,
"server/src/__tests__/agent-device-login-routes.test.ts": 6486,
"server/src/__tests__/agent-instructions-routes.test.ts": 5532,
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"server/src/__tests__/approval-routes-idempotency.test.ts": 6142,
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