.github/workflows/benchmark_ab.yaml

name: benchmark-ab

# Manual A/B throughput comparison between two refs.
#
# This is a measurement, not a test: it never fails the build on a slow result.
# Absolute req/s from a shared runner is meaningless on its own, so both refs
# are built and measured alternately in the same job and only the ratio of the
# medians is reported, with a permutation test to say whether the difference
# stands out from the run-to-run noise.
#
# Non-SSL and Linux only for now.

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      base:
        description: "Baseline ref"
        required: false
        default: "origin/master"
      head:
        description: "Ref to compare (defaults to the ref this run was started on)"
        required: false
        default: ""
      rounds:
        description: "Measurement rounds per ref (9+ recommended; below 4 the test can never reach significance)"
        required: false
        default: "9"
      duration:
        description: "Load duration per measurement"
        required: false
        default: "5s"
      connections:
        description: "Concurrent connections"
        required: false
        default: "10"

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  ubuntu:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: install bombardier
        run: go install github.com/codesenberg/bombardier@latest

      - name: run A/B benchmark
        run: |
          export PATH="$(go env GOPATH)/bin:$PATH"
          HEAD_REF="${{ inputs.head }}"
          if [ -z "$HEAD_REF" ]; then HEAD_REF="${{ github.sha }}"; fi
          ./benchmark/ab.sh \
            --base "${{ inputs.base }}" \
            --head "$HEAD_REF" \
            --rounds "${{ inputs.rounds }}" \
            --duration "${{ inputs.duration }}" \
            --connections "${{ inputs.connections }}"