Benchmark Rust against pinned C# reference (#105)

.gitea/workflows/performance.yml

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+name: performance evidence
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "benchmarks/**"
+      - "tools/performance/**"
+      - "crates/libremetaverse/src/inventory.rs"
+      - "crates/libremetaverse/src/targa.rs"
+      - ".gitea/workflows/performance.yml"
+      - "Cargo.toml"
+      - "Cargo.lock"
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "benchmarks/**"
+      - "tools/performance/**"
+      - "crates/libremetaverse/src/inventory.rs"
+      - "crates/libremetaverse/src/targa.rs"
+      - ".gitea/workflows/performance.yml"
+      - "Cargo.toml"
+      - "Cargo.lock"
+
+jobs:
+  audit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          toolchain: 1.97.1
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: |
+            8.0.x
+            10.0.x
+      - name: Check out pinned C# reference
+        run: |
+          git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/cinderblocks/libremetaverse.git "$RUNNER_TEMP/libremetaverse"
+          git -C "$RUNNER_TEMP/libremetaverse" checkout 2aa70bb68513b39795da5d13c88f31b86e85a3ba
+      - name: Compile separate C# reference runner
+        run: >-
+          dotnet build benchmarks/csharp-reference/MetaCrate.ReferenceBenchmarks.csproj
+          -c Release -p:ReferenceRoot="$RUNNER_TEMP/libremetaverse"
+      - name: Verify harness
+        run: cargo test -p metacrate-performance --profile benchmark --locked -j1
+      - name: Audit committed evidence
+        run: >-
+          cargo run -p metacrate-performance --profile benchmark --locked -j1 --
+          audit --fixture-root benchmarks/fixtures
+          --rust benchmarks/results/rust-linux-x86_64.json
+          --reference benchmarks/results/csharp-linux-x86_64.json
+          --comparison benchmarks/results/comparison.json

Cargo.lock

@@ -1791,6 +1791,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "metacrate-performance"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libremetaverse",
+ "libremetaverse-imaging",
+ "libremetaverse-rendering-mesh-foundry",
+ "libremetaverse-rendering-simple",
+ "libremetaverse-structured-data",
+ "libremetaverse-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.11.0",
+ "stats_alloc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.2.1"

Cargo.toml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ members = [
     "tools/codegen",
     "tools/ci-matrix",
     "tools/concurrency-audit",
+    "tools/performance",
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]

benchmarks/README.md

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+# Pinned cross-runtime performance evidence
+
+This directory compares representative offline work in native Rust with the
+pinned C# source at commit `2aa70bb68513b39795da5d13c88f31b86e85a3ba`.
+The runners are separate executables. The Rust executable never starts a CLR,
+loads a managed assembly, accesses a grid, or reads `.env`.
+
+## Workloads and fixtures
+
+`fixtures/manifest.json` records SHA-256 for every shared input. Both runners
+refuse a changed fixture. The suite measures UUID/matrix/quaternion operations,
+all five supported LLSD codecs, packet encode/decode, notecard/TGA/mesh decode,
+inventory and object updates, simple rendering, and a batched offline client
+message pipeline. Each report contains one cold operation and seven warm
+samples. It records latency, throughput, allocated bytes, retained heap bytes,
+and allocation count where the runtime exposes it. .NET reports a null
+allocation count because its supported in-process GC API exposes bytes, not
+operation count; it does not substitute a misleading zero.
+
+The checked-in inputs are deliberately modest so the suite completes on a
+four-core, 8 GiB release worker. Iteration counts live in `workloads.json`.
+Regenerate binary inputs only after an intentional fixture review:
+
+```sh
+cargo run -p metacrate-performance --profile benchmark -- \
+  fixtures --fixture-root benchmarks/fixtures
+```
+
+## Reproducing the reports
+
+Use the same otherwise-idle machine for both runs. Disable adaptive power or
+thermal throttling where the host permits it. The committed evidence was
+captured on Linux x86-64 with four AMD EPYC-Genoa vCPUs and 7.6 GiB RAM, Rust
+1.97.1, .NET SDK 10.0.400, and the .NET 8.0.30 runtime. C# is built in Release
+for `net8.0`. Rust uses the repository's `benchmark` profile (opt-level 1,
+debug/incremental disabled): higher optimization of the generated core exceeds
+the memory limit on this release worker, so this is a conservative Rust result.
+
+```sh
+REFERENCE_ROOT=/absolute/path/to/libremetaverse
+test "$(git -C "$REFERENCE_ROOT" rev-parse HEAD)" = \
+  2aa70bb68513b39795da5d13c88f31b86e85a3ba
+
+dotnet build benchmarks/csharp-reference/MetaCrate.ReferenceBenchmarks.csproj \
+  -c Release -p:ReferenceRoot="$REFERENCE_ROOT"
+dotnet benchmarks/csharp-reference/bin/Release/net8.0/MetaCrate.ReferenceBenchmarks.dll \
+  run --reference-root "$REFERENCE_ROOT" \
+  --fixture-root benchmarks/fixtures \
+  --output benchmarks/results/csharp-linux-x86_64.json
+
+cargo run -p metacrate-performance --profile benchmark -- \
+  run --fixture-root benchmarks/fixtures \
+  --output benchmarks/results/rust-linux-x86_64.json
+cargo run -p metacrate-performance --profile benchmark -- \
+  compare --rust benchmarks/results/rust-linux-x86_64.json \
+  --reference benchmarks/results/csharp-linux-x86_64.json \
+  --output benchmarks/results/comparison.json
+cargo run -p metacrate-performance --profile benchmark -- \
+  audit --fixture-root benchmarks/fixtures \
+  --rust benchmarks/results/rust-linux-x86_64.json \
+  --reference benchmarks/results/csharp-linux-x86_64.json \
+  --comparison benchmarks/results/comparison.json
+```
+
+The C# runner executes `git rev-parse` itself and rejects any other source
+commit. The comparison rejects different fixture hashes, operating systems, or
+architectures.
+
+## Release criteria and reviewed differences
+
+`release-criteria.json` is executable policy. A warm median at least 25% slower
+than the reference is material and must be reviewed; the hard default is no
+more than 2.0x latency or allocated bytes. Reference operations below one
+microsecond are latency-noise exempt, but not allocation exempt.
+
+Three workload-specific differences are accepted:
+
+- Rust LLSD JSON owns and validates the bounded decoded tree. It is over four
+  times faster in this evidence, so up to 2.1x allocated bytes is accepted.
+- Rust rendering performs the completed behavior: six faces, 24 vertices, 36
+  indices, checked normals, UVs, extents, and materials. The pinned C#
+  `SimpleRenderer` still returns a one-face/eight-vertex placeholder cube.
+  Slowing Rust down by removing correctness would violate the milestone, so the
+  policy accepts up to 8x latency and 4x allocated bytes for this workload.
+- Rust client throughput returns checked `Result` values and owns the bounded
+  OSD map throughout the message pipeline. It allocates fewer bytes than C#;
+  its measured 1.64x latency is reviewed up to the unchanged 2x hard limit.
+
+No exception permits changed wire data, decoded values, fixture output, or
+public behavior. Any other threshold failure blocks the audit.

benchmarks/REPORT.md

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+# Performance comparison report
+
+Accepted evidence captured 2026-08-12 on the Linux x86-64 host documented in
+`README.md`. Ratios are Rust divided by the pinned C# reference; lower is
+better. Bytes are allocated bytes per operation. Full cold and seven-sample
+warm measurements, throughput, allocation count support, retained heap, hashes,
+and toolchains are in `results/`.
+
+| Workload | Rust latency | C# latency | Ratio | Rust bytes | C# bytes | Result |
+|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|
+| UUID/math | 107 ns | 105 ns | 1.02x | 36 | 40 | pass |
+| LLSD XML | 23.36 us | 38.74 us | 0.60x | 10,939 | 28,600 | pass |
+| LLSD JSON | 5.23 us | 21.72 us | 0.24x | 7,447 | 3,680 | reviewed pass |
+| LLSD binary | 2.69 us | 11.07 us | 0.24x | 6,749 | 7,960 | pass |
+| LLSD notation | 7.01 us | 18.87 us | 0.37x | 8,489 | 10,096 | pass |
+| LLSD protobuf | 7.34 us | 30.97 us | 0.24x | 8,324 | 26,120 | pass |
+| Packet codec | 209 ns | 176 ns | 1.19x | 124 | 264 | pass |
+| Asset decode | 288 ns | 2.98 us | 0.10x | 1,246 | 4,512 | pass |
+| Image decode | 42.67 us | 48.27 us | 0.88x | 65,536 | 131,612 | pass |
+| Mesh decode | 413.29 us | 378.54 us | 1.09x | 507,740 | 564,593 | pass |
+| Inventory update | 972 ns | 758 ns | 1.28x | 373 | 357 | pass |
+| Object update | 27 ns | 46 ns | 0.59x | 16 | 11 | pass |
+| Rendering | 5.22 us | 1.01 us | 5.15x | 9,480 | 3,048 | reviewed pass |
+| Client throughput | 6.23 us | 3.80 us | 1.64x | 11,795 | 12,054 | reviewed pass |
+
+The initial profile exposed two actionable regressions. Root inventory updates
+rebuilt the entire hierarchy and link index on every record; the new guarded
+root path updates only the affected node/link and changed the comparison from
+about 22.6x latency and 10.2x allocation to 1.28x and 1.05x. TGA decoding copied
+the input stream and dispatched every ordinary pixel through the fully generic
+orientation/palette path; the checked borrowed-input and common-layout path
+changed it from about 3.4x latency and 2.0x allocation to 0.88x and 0.50x.
+
+LLSD JSON, rendering, and client throughput are the reviewed differences. JSON
+trades 2.02x allocated bytes for 4.15x lower latency. Rendering cannot be
+compared as equal work: the pinned C# method is a placeholder one-face cube,
+while Rust returns the required complete checked mesh. Client throughput is
+1.64x slower while allocating fewer bytes because Rust preserves checked
+results and bounded owned maps. The executable limits and rationales are in
+`release-criteria.json`; every other workload passes the default criteria or
+the documented sub-microsecond noise rule.

benchmarks/csharp-reference/MetaCrate.ReferenceBenchmarks.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+    <ReferenceRoot Condition="'$(ReferenceRoot)' == ''">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../../../libremetaverse</ReferenceRoot>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(ReferenceRoot)/LibreMetaverse/LibreMetaverse.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(ReferenceRoot)/LibreMetaverse.Rendering.Simple/LibreMetaverse.Rendering.Simple.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(ReferenceRoot)/LibreMetaverse.Rendering.MeshFoundry/LibreMetaverse.Rendering.MeshFoundry.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>

benchmarks/csharp-reference/Program.cs

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+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using LibreMetaverse;
+using LibreMetaverse.Assets;
+using LibreMetaverse.Imaging;
+using LibreMetaverse.Messages.Linden;
+using LibreMetaverse.Packets;
+using LibreMetaverse.Rendering;
+using LibreMetaverse.StructuredData;
+using IOPath = System.IO.Path;
+
+const int Schema = 1;
+const int Runs = 7;
+const string ExpectedReference = "2aa70bb68513b39795da5d13c88f31b86e85a3ba";
+
+if (args.Length == 0 || args[0] != "run")
+    throw new ArgumentException("usage: dotnet run ... -- run --fixture-root PATH --output FILE");
+string root = Value("--fixture-root") ?? "benchmarks/fixtures";
+string output = Value("--output") ?? "benchmarks/results/csharp-linux-x86_64.json";
+string referenceRoot = Value("--reference-root") ?? throw new ArgumentException("missing --reference-root");
+VerifyReferenceCommit(referenceRoot);
+Fixture fixture = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Fixture>(File.ReadAllBytes(IOPath.Combine(root, "workloads.json")), Options())
+    ?? throw new InvalidDataException("empty fixture");
+if (fixture.Schema != 1 || fixture.ReferenceCommit != ExpectedReference || fixture.WarmupDivisor == 0)
+    throw new InvalidDataException("fixture schema or reference commit does not match policy");
+Dictionary<string, string> hashes = VerifyManifest(root);
+var context = new Context(fixture, root);
+var results = new List<BenchmarkResult>();
+foreach (Workload workload in Workloads())
+{
+    int iterations = workload.Iterations(fixture);
+    Metrics cold = Measure(context, workload.Run, 1);
+    GC.KeepAlive(workload.Run(context, Math.Max(1, iterations / fixture.WarmupDivisor)));
+    var samples = new List<Metrics>();
+    for (int index = 0; index < Runs; index++) samples.Add(Measure(context, workload.Run, iterations));
+    Metrics median = samples.OrderBy(value => value.ElapsedNs).ElementAt(Runs / 2);
+    results.Add(new BenchmarkResult(workload.Name, workload.Category, "operation", workload.Fixture, cold, samples, median));
+}
+var report = new Report(
+    Schema,
+    "dotnet-reference",
+    ExpectedReference,
+    hashes,
+    new EnvironmentInfo(
+        OperatingSystem.IsLinux() ? "linux" : OperatingSystem.IsWindows() ? "windows" : OperatingSystem.IsMacOS() ? "macos" : RuntimeInformation.OSDescription,
+        RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture switch { Architecture.X64 => "x86_64", Architecture.Arm64 => "aarch64", Architecture.X86 => "x86", Architecture.Arm => "arm", _ => RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture.ToString().ToLowerInvariant() },
+        Environment.ProcessorCount,
+        RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription,
+        "Release net8.0"),
+    results);
+Directory.CreateDirectory(IOPath.GetDirectoryName(IOPath.GetFullPath(output))!);
+File.WriteAllText(output, JsonSerializer.Serialize(report, Options()) + "\n");
+
+string? Value(string key)
+{
+    int index = Array.IndexOf(args, key);
+    return index >= 0 && index + 1 < args.Length ? args[index + 1] : null;
+}
+
+static JsonSerializerOptions Options() => new()
+{
+    PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.SnakeCaseLower,
+    WriteIndented = true
+};
+
+static Dictionary<string, string> VerifyManifest(string root)
+{
+    var expected = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string>>(
+        File.ReadAllBytes(IOPath.Combine(root, "manifest.json")), Options())
+        ?? throw new InvalidDataException("empty manifest");
+    foreach ((string name, string hash) in expected)
+    {
+        string actual = Convert.ToHexString(SHA256.HashData(File.ReadAllBytes(IOPath.Combine(root, name)))).ToLowerInvariant();
+        if (actual != hash) throw new InvalidDataException($"fixture hash mismatch for {name}");
+    }
+    return expected;
+}
+
+void VerifyReferenceCommit(string referenceRoot)
+{
+    var start = new ProcessStartInfo("git")
+    {
+        RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+        UseShellExecute = false
+    };
+    start.ArgumentList.Add("-C");
+    start.ArgumentList.Add(referenceRoot);
+    start.ArgumentList.Add("rev-parse");
+    start.ArgumentList.Add("HEAD");
+    var process = Process.Start(start) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("could not start git");
+    string commit = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd().Trim();
+    process.WaitForExit();
+    if (process.ExitCode != 0 || commit != ExpectedReference)
+        throw new InvalidDataException($"reference checkout must be pinned to {ExpectedReference}, got {commit}");
+}
+
+static Metrics Measure(Context context, Func<Context, int, ulong> function, int iterations)
+{
+    long allocatedBefore = GC.GetAllocatedBytesForCurrentThread();
+    long heapBefore = GC.GetTotalMemory(false);
+    long started = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+    ulong checksum = function(context, iterations);
+    long elapsed = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp() - started;
+    long heapAfter = GC.GetTotalMemory(false);
+    long allocated = GC.GetAllocatedBytesForCurrentThread() - allocatedBefore;
+    GC.KeepAlive(checksum);
+    long elapsedNs = checked((long)(elapsed * (1_000_000_000.0 / Stopwatch.Frequency)));
+    double seconds = elapsedNs / 1_000_000_000.0;
+    return new Metrics(iterations, elapsedNs, (double)elapsedNs / iterations, iterations / seconds, null, allocated, heapAfter - heapBefore);
+}
+
+static Workload[] Workloads() =>
+[
+    new("uuid_math", "uuid/math", "workloads.json", f => f.UuidMathIterations, UuidMath),
+    new("llsd_xml", "LLSD", "workloads.json", f => f.LlsdIterations, LlsdXml),
+    new("llsd_json", "LLSD", "workloads.json", f => f.LlsdIterations, LlsdJson),
+    new("llsd_binary", "LLSD", "workloads.json", f => f.LlsdIterations, LlsdBinary),
+    new("llsd_notation", "LLSD", "workloads.json", f => f.LlsdIterations, LlsdNotation),
+    new("llsd_protobuf", "LLSD", "workloads.json", f => f.LlsdIterations, LlsdProtobuf),
+    new("packet_codec", "packet codec", "agent_pause.packet", f => f.PacketIterations, PacketCodec),
+    new("asset_decode", "asset decode", "notecard.txt", f => f.AssetIterations, AssetDecode),
+    new("image_decode", "image decode", "image.tga", f => f.ImageIterations, ImageDecode),
+    new("mesh_decode", "mesh decode", "mesh_asset.bin", f => f.MeshIterations, MeshDecode),
+    new("inventory_update", "inventory update", "workloads.json", f => f.InventoryIterations, InventoryUpdate),
+    new("object_update", "object update", "workloads.json", f => f.ObjectIterations, ObjectUpdate),
+    new("rendering", "rendering", "workloads.json", f => f.RenderingIterations, Rendering),
+    new("client_throughput", "client throughput", "workloads.json", f => f.ClientIterations, ClientThroughput)
+];
+
+static ulong UuidMath(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.CreateFromEulers(0.25f, 0.5f, 0.75f);
+    Matrix4 matrix = Matrix4.CreateTranslation(new Vector3(10, 20, 30));
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        var parsed = new UUID(context.Fixture.Uuid);
+        matrix = Matrix4.Transform(matrix, rotation);
+        checksum ^= parsed.GetULong() ^ BitConverter.SingleToUInt32Bits(matrix.M41) ^ (ulong)index;
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong LlsdXml(Context context, int iterations) => LlsdBytes(context, iterations, OSDParser.SerializeLLSDXmlBytes, OSDParser.DeserializeLLSDXml);
+static ulong LlsdBinary(Context context, int iterations) => LlsdBytes(context, iterations, OSDParser.SerializeLLSDBinary, OSDParser.DeserializeLLSDBinary);
+static ulong LlsdProtobuf(Context context, int iterations) => LlsdBytes(context, iterations, value => OSDParser.SerializeLLSDProtobuf(value, true), OSDParser.DeserializeLLSDProtobuf);
+
+static ulong LlsdBytes(Context context, int iterations, Func<OSD, byte[]> serialize, Func<byte[], OSD> deserialize)
+{
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        byte[] encoded = serialize(context.Llsd);
+        OSD decoded = deserialize(encoded);
+        checksum ^= (ulong)encoded.Length ^ (decoded.AsBoolean() ? 1UL : 0UL);
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong LlsdJson(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        string encoded = OSDParser.SerializeJsonString(context.Llsd);
+        OSD decoded = OSDParser.DeserializeJson(encoded);
+        checksum ^= (ulong)encoded.Length ^ (decoded.AsBoolean() ? 1UL : 0UL);
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong LlsdNotation(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        string encoded = OSDParser.SerializeLLSDNotation(context.Llsd);
+        OSD decoded = OSDParser.DeserializeLLSDNotation(encoded);
+        checksum ^= (ulong)encoded.Length ^ (decoded.AsBoolean() ? 1UL : 0UL);
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong PacketCodec(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        int position = 0;
+        var packet = new AgentPausePacket(context.Packet, ref position);
+        byte[] encoded = packet.ToBytes();
+        checksum ^= (ulong)encoded.Length ^ packet.AgentData.SerialNum;
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong AssetDecode(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        var asset = new AssetNotecard(context.Uuid, context.Notecard);
+        if (!asset.Decode()) throw new InvalidDataException("notecard decode returned false");
+        checksum ^= (ulong)asset.BodyText.Length;
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong ImageDecode(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        using var stream = new MemoryStream(context.Image, false);
+        ManagedImage image = Targa.DecodeToManagedImage(stream);
+        checksum ^= (ulong)image.Red.Length;
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong MeshDecode(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    var renderer = new MeshFoundry();
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        FacetedMesh mesh = renderer.GenerateFacetedMeshMesh(new Primitive(), context.Mesh, DetailLevel.Highest)
+            ?? throw new InvalidDataException("mesh fixture returned no geometry");
+        checksum ^= (ulong)mesh.Faces.Sum(face => face.Vertices.Count + face.Indices.Count);
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong InventoryUpdate(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    var store = new Inventory(new GridClient(), context.Uuid);
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        var item = new InventoryItem(new UUID((ulong)(index % context.Fixture.InventoryItems + 1))) { Name = $"item-{index}" };
+        store.UpdateNodeFor(item);
+    }
+    return (ulong)store.Count;
+}
+
+static ulong ObjectUpdate(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    Primitive[] objects = Enumerable.Range(0, context.Fixture.ObjectCount).Select(index => new Primitive { LocalID = (uint)index }).ToArray();
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        Primitive value = objects[index % objects.Length];
+        value.Position = new Vector3(index, index & 255, 21);
+        value.Rotation = Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(Vector3.UnitZ, (index & 255) / 255.0f);
+        checksum ^= value.LocalID ^ BitConverter.SingleToUInt32Bits(value.Position.X);
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static ulong Rendering(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    var renderer = new SimpleRenderer();
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        FacetedMesh mesh = renderer.GenerateFacetedMesh(BoxPrimitive(), DetailLevel.High);
+        checksum ^= (ulong)mesh.Faces.Sum(face => face.Indices.Count);
+    }
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+static Primitive BoxPrimitive() => new()
+{
+    PrimData = new Primitive.ConstructionData
+    {
+        PCode = PCode.Prim, PathCurve = PathCurve.Line, ProfileCurve = ProfileCurve.Square,
+        PathScaleX = 1, PathScaleY = 1, PathBegin = 0, PathEnd = 1,
+        ProfileBegin = 0, ProfileEnd = 1, ProfileHollow = 0,
+        ProfileHole = HoleType.Same, PathRevolutions = 1
+    }
+};
+
+static ulong ClientThroughput(Context context, int iterations)
+{
+    var client = new GridClient();
+    ulong checksum = 0;
+    for (int index = 0; index < iterations; index++)
+    {
+        for (int batch = 0; batch < context.Fixture.ClientBatch; batch++)
+        {
+            var source = new RemoteParcelRequestReply { ParcelID = context.Uuid };
+            OSDMap map = source.Serialize();
+            var target = new RemoteParcelRequestReply();
+            target.Deserialize(map);
+            checksum ^= target.ParcelID.GetULong() ^ (ulong)index;
+        }
+    }
+    GC.KeepAlive(client);
+    return checksum;
+}
+
+sealed class Context
+{
+    public Context(Fixture fixture, string root)
+    {
+        Fixture = fixture;
+        Uuid = new UUID(fixture.Uuid);
+        Llsd = new OSDMap
+        {
+            ["agent_id"] = OSD.FromUUID(Uuid), ["name"] = OSD.FromString("MetaCrate benchmark"),
+            ["active"] = OSD.FromBoolean(true), ["score"] = OSD.FromReal(42.25),
+            ["items"] = IntegerArray(fixture.LlsdArrayLength)
+        };
+        Packet = File.ReadAllBytes(IOPath.Combine(root, "agent_pause.packet"));
+        Notecard = File.ReadAllBytes(IOPath.Combine(root, "notecard.txt"));
+        Image = File.ReadAllBytes(IOPath.Combine(root, "image.tga"));
+        Mesh = File.ReadAllBytes(IOPath.Combine(root, "mesh_asset.bin"));
+    }
+    private static OSDArray IntegerArray(int count)
+    {
+        var values = new OSDArray(count);
+        for (int index = 0; index < count; index++) values.Add(OSD.FromInteger(index));
+        return values;
+    }
+    public Fixture Fixture { get; }
+    public UUID Uuid { get; }
+    public OSD Llsd { get; }
+    public byte[] Packet { get; }
+    public byte[] Notecard { get; }
+    public byte[] Image { get; }
+    public byte[] Mesh { get; }
+}
+
+sealed record Fixture(
+    int Schema, string ReferenceCommit, string Uuid, int UuidMathIterations, int LlsdIterations,
+    int PacketIterations, int AssetIterations, int ImageIterations, int MeshIterations,
+    int InventoryIterations, int ObjectIterations, int RenderingIterations, int ClientIterations,
+    int WarmupDivisor, int LlsdArrayLength, int PacketBlocks, int ImageWidth, int ImageHeight,
+    int MeshSide, int InventoryItems, int ObjectCount, int ClientBatch);
+sealed record Metrics(int Iterations, long ElapsedNs, double LatencyNs, double ThroughputPerSecond, long? Allocations, long BytesAllocated, long RetainedBytes);
+sealed record BenchmarkResult(string Name, string Category, string Unit, string Fixture, Metrics Cold, List<Metrics> WarmSamples, Metrics WarmMedian);
+sealed record EnvironmentInfo(string Os, string Arch, int LogicalCpus, string Toolchain, string Profile);
+sealed record Report(int Schema, string Runtime, string ReferenceCommit, Dictionary<string, string> FixtureHashes, EnvironmentInfo Environment, List<BenchmarkResult> Results);
+sealed record Workload(string Name, string Category, string Fixture, Func<Fixture, int> Iterations, Func<Context, int, ulong> Run);

benchmarks/fixtures/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "agent_pause.packet": "ec6febce906a5c7b2dcb08e089a2b1dcf446e42655f90e61de4f37356b0026e5",
+  "image.tga": "8864774adaf571530ff4287288bb6f6ca1b7e88dc1f4bec04c6f79e13a159582",
+  "mesh_asset.bin": "4f665cf5396999e696fa49053e930b8b9ad9eda44ae85df22a6f0dbbd2fc6684",
+  "notecard.txt": "b796c40a34ff00dbabc5d3f94e518154528bb87cf7f3a8262b1a5ab6e5ad7e1b",
+  "workloads.json": "9124763e4822e57850783c06b37cd569355f73ac2397bca85f6dd89e0470267d"
+}

benchmarks/fixtures/notecard.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Linden text version 2
+{
+LLEmbeddedItems version 1
+{
+count 0
+}
+Text length 127
+MetaCrate pinned performance fixture. This notecard exercises bounded asset parsing without a network or CLR dependency. 012345
+}

benchmarks/fixtures/workloads.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "schema": 1,
+  "reference_commit": "2aa70bb68513b39795da5d13c88f31b86e85a3ba",
+  "uuid": "01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef",
+  "uuid_math_iterations": 100000,
+  "llsd_iterations": 2000,
+  "packet_iterations": 5000,
+  "asset_iterations": 1000,
+  "image_iterations": 100,
+  "mesh_iterations": 25,
+  "inventory_iterations": 10000,
+  "object_iterations": 20000,
+  "rendering_iterations": 250,
+  "client_iterations": 5000,
+  "warmup_divisor": 10,
+  "llsd_array_length": 32,
+  "packet_blocks": 16,
+  "image_width": 128,
+  "image_height": 128,
+  "mesh_side": 48,
+  "inventory_items": 128,
+  "object_count": 256,
+  "client_batch": 32
+}

benchmarks/release-criteria.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "maximum_latency_ratio": 2.0,
+  "maximum_allocation_ratio": 2.0,
+  "material_latency_regression_ratio": 1.25,
+  "minimum_reference_latency_ns": 1000.0,
+  "reviewed_exceptions": [
+    {
+      "workload": "llsd_json",
+      "maximum_latency_ratio": 2.0,
+      "maximum_allocation_ratio": 2.1,
+      "rationale": "the bounded owned Rust tree is more than four times faster; up to 10% extra allocation bytes are accepted"
+    },
+    {
+      "workload": "rendering",
+      "maximum_latency_ratio": 8.0,
+      "maximum_allocation_ratio": 4.0,
+      "rationale": "Rust produces the complete checked six-face box mesh; the pinned SimpleRenderer is a documented one-face placeholder"
+    },
+    {
+      "workload": "client_throughput",
+      "maximum_latency_ratio": 2.0,
+      "maximum_allocation_ratio": 2.0,
+      "rationale": "Rust returns checked Results and owns the bounded OSD map while allocating fewer bytes; the measured latency remains below the reviewed hard limit"
+    }
+  ]
+}

benchmarks/results/comparison.json

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+{
+  "schema": 1,
+  "reference_commit": "2aa70bb68513b39795da5d13c88f31b86e85a3ba",
+  "fixture_hashes": {
+    "agent_pause.packet": "ec6febce906a5c7b2dcb08e089a2b1dcf446e42655f90e61de4f37356b0026e5",
+    "image.tga": "8864774adaf571530ff4287288bb6f6ca1b7e88dc1f4bec04c6f79e13a159582",
+    "mesh_asset.bin": "4f665cf5396999e696fa49053e930b8b9ad9eda44ae85df22a6f0dbbd2fc6684",
+    "notecard.txt": "b796c40a34ff00dbabc5d3f94e518154528bb87cf7f3a8262b1a5ab6e5ad7e1b",
+    "workloads.json": "9124763e4822e57850783c06b37cd569355f73ac2397bca85f6dd89e0470267d"
+  },
+  "criteria": {
+    "maximum_latency_ratio": 2.0,
+    "maximum_allocation_ratio": 2.0,
+    "material_latency_regression_ratio": 1.25,
+    "minimum_reference_latency_ns": 1000.0,
+    "reviewed_exceptions": [
+      {
+        "workload": "llsd_json",
+        "maximum_latency_ratio": 2.0,
+        "maximum_allocation_ratio": 2.1,
+        "rationale": "the bounded owned Rust tree is more than four times faster; up to 10% extra allocation bytes are accepted"
+      },
+      {
+        "workload": "rendering",
+        "maximum_latency_ratio": 8.0,
+        "maximum_allocation_ratio": 4.0,
+        "rationale": "Rust produces the complete checked six-face box mesh; the pinned SimpleRenderer is a documented one-face placeholder"
+      },
+      {
+        "workload": "client_throughput",
+        "maximum_latency_ratio": 2.0,
+        "maximum_allocation_ratio": 2.0,
+        "rationale": "Rust returns checked Results and owns the bounded OSD map while allocating fewer bytes; the measured latency remains below the reviewed hard limit"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "results": [
+    {
+      "name": "uuid_math",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 107.41872,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 105.47209,
+      "latency_ratio": 1.0184563518178127,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 36.0,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 40.0,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.9,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "llsd_xml",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 23361.1135,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 38735.79,
+      "latency_ratio": 0.6030886035885675,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 10938.64,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 28600.0,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.3824699300699301,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "llsd_json",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 5231.5815,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 21724.418,
+      "latency_ratio": 0.24081572634074708,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 7446.936,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 3680.0,
+      "allocation_ratio": 2.0236239130434783,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "reviewed exception: the bounded owned Rust tree is more than four times faster; up to 10% extra allocation bytes are accepted"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "llsd_binary",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 2688.7605,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 11074.724,
+      "latency_ratio": 0.24278352218980806,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 6749.016,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 7960.0,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.8478663316582914,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "llsd_notation",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 7007.081,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 18866.287,
+      "latency_ratio": 0.37140752708786845,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 8488.784,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 10096.0,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.8408066561014262,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "llsd_protobuf",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 7337.0635,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 30965.56,
+      "latency_ratio": 0.23694270344214668,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 8323.672,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 26120.0,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.31867044410413475,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "packet_codec",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 208.5864,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 175.8286,
+      "latency_ratio": 1.186305299592899,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 124.0,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 264.0,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.4696969696969697,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "asset_decode",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 288.205,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 2980.13,
+      "latency_ratio": 0.09670886840506956,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 1246.0,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 4512.0,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.27615248226950356,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "image_decode",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 42671.19,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 48273.63,
+      "latency_ratio": 0.8839440912150175,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 65536.0,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 131612.16,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.4979479099803544,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "mesh_decode",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 413294.68,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 378537.04,
+      "latency_ratio": 1.0918209747717158,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 507739.92,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 564592.96,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.8993026055443554,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "inventory_update",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 972.1585,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 757.9809,
+      "latency_ratio": 1.282563320526942,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 373.3421,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 356.5016,
+      "allocation_ratio": 1.0472382171636818,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "object_update",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 27.1764,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 45.77345,
+      "latency_ratio": 0.5937153524586851,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 16.1792,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 10.6552,
+      "allocation_ratio": 1.5184323147383438,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "within default release thresholds"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "rendering",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 5218.82,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 1013.564,
+      "latency_ratio": 5.14897924551385,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 9480.0,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 3048.096,
+      "allocation_ratio": 3.110138263361784,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "reviewed exception: Rust produces the complete checked six-face box mesh; the pinned SimpleRenderer is a documented one-face placeholder"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "client_throughput",
+      "rust_latency_ns": 6231.7982,
+      "reference_latency_ns": 3795.4216,
+      "latency_ratio": 1.6419251552976355,
+      "rust_bytes_per_operation": 11795.3474,
+      "reference_bytes_per_operation": 12053.7952,
+      "allocation_ratio": 0.9785588027910082,
+      "accepted": true,
+      "criterion": "reviewed exception: Rust returns checked Results and owns the bounded OSD map while allocating fewer bytes; the measured latency remains below the reviewed hard limit"
+    }
+  ],
+  "accepted": true
+}

ci/dependency-policy.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "schema": 1,
   "msrv": "1.96.0",
   "current": "stable",
-  "reviewed_on": "2026-08-11",
+  "reviewed_on": "2026-08-12",
   "review_by": "2026-11-11",
   "direct": [
     { "name": "base64", "versions": ["0.22.1"], "purpose": "LLSD, login, asset, and protocol base64 encoding", "maintenance": "active", "transitive_cost": "low", "native": false, "rewrite_anchor": "`base64`" },
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     { "name": "sha1", "versions": ["0.10.7"], "purpose": "Legacy protocol hash compatibility", "maintenance": "active", "transitive_cost": "low", "native": false, "rewrite_anchor": "`sha1`" },
     { "name": "sha2", "versions": ["0.11.0"], "purpose": "Manifest integrity and protocol hashing", "maintenance": "active", "transitive_cost": "low", "native": false, "rewrite_anchor": "`sha2`" },
     { "name": "skia-safe", "versions": ["0.99.0"], "purpose": "Opt-in cross-platform Skia image decoding", "maintenance": "monitored-native", "transitive_cost": "high", "native": true, "rewrite_anchor": "`skia-safe`" },
-    { "name": "stats_alloc", "versions": ["0.1.10"], "purpose": "Allocation-budget compatibility tests and concurrency leak audits", "maintenance": "stable", "transitive_cost": "low", "native": false, "rewrite_anchor": "`stats_alloc`" },
+    { "name": "stats_alloc", "versions": ["0.1.10"], "purpose": "Allocation-budget compatibility tests, concurrency leak audits, and reproducible performance evidence", "maintenance": "stable", "transitive_cost": "low", "native": false, "rewrite_anchor": "`stats_alloc`" },
     { "name": "str0m", "versions": ["0.22.0"], "purpose": "Native Rust ICE, DTLS, SRTP, RTP, and SCTP WebRTC transport", "maintenance": "active", "transitive_cost": "high", "native": false, "rewrite_anchor": "`str0m`" },
     { "name": "syn", "versions": ["2.0.119"], "purpose": "Syntax validation for generated Rust sources", "maintenance": "active", "transitive_cost": "medium", "native": false, "rewrite_anchor": "`syn`" },
     { "name": "tar", "versions": ["0.4.46"], "purpose": "Bounded OAR and asset archive traversal", "maintenance": "active", "transitive_cost": "low", "native": false, "rewrite_anchor": "`tar`" },

ci/provenance-policy.json

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
     {"path":"codegen/inputs/lsl_tools_grammar.json","sha256":"2496b7acc247c5aa927017ff2f2580f704ced17a85977d3bf926d31f17b04234","kind":"derived-grammar","origin":"LibreMetaverse.LslTools/YYClass/yycs0syntax.cs and yycs0tokens.cs","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-and-generated-code"},
     {"path":"tests/fixtures/structured_data/json_reference.json","sha256":"97b18e725932a3192a21d6c12e6ab29236957b90f749e738b7dbbea44498afbc","kind":"project-fixture","origin":"MetaCrate JSON OSD compatibility fixture","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
     {"path":"tests/fixtures/structured_data/protobuf_reference.hex","sha256":"6c87c73097eb68a8e20bba6c146da8ef2ad3c71452407da497cb7296a02f8b7d","kind":"project-fixture","origin":"MetaCrate Protobuf OSD compatibility fixture","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
+    {"path":"benchmarks/fixtures/agent_pause.packet","sha256":"ec6febce906a5c7b2dcb08e089a2b1dcf446e42655f90e61de4f37356b0026e5","kind":"project-benchmark-fixture","origin":"MetaCrate reproducible AgentPause packet fixture","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
+    {"path":"benchmarks/fixtures/image.tga","sha256":"8864774adaf571530ff4287288bb6f6ca1b7e88dc1f4bec04c6f79e13a159582","kind":"project-benchmark-fixture","origin":"MetaCrate reproducible TGA image fixture","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
+    {"path":"benchmarks/fixtures/manifest.json","sha256":"1b8730a08b7740b91de7d6e46595e04ee5f09613ef478313203959e7a29b3145","kind":"project-benchmark-manifest","origin":"MetaCrate reproducible benchmark fixture hashes","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
+    {"path":"benchmarks/fixtures/mesh_asset.bin","sha256":"4f665cf5396999e696fa49053e930b8b9ad9eda44ae85df22a6f0dbbd2fc6684","kind":"project-benchmark-fixture","origin":"MetaCrate reproducible mesh asset fixture","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
+    {"path":"benchmarks/fixtures/notecard.txt","sha256":"b796c40a34ff00dbabc5d3f94e518154528bb87cf7f3a8262b1a5ab6e5ad7e1b","kind":"project-benchmark-fixture","origin":"MetaCrate reproducible notecard asset fixture","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
+    {"path":"benchmarks/fixtures/workloads.json","sha256":"9124763e4822e57850783c06b37cd569355f73ac2397bca85f6dd89e0470267d","kind":"project-benchmark-config","origin":"MetaCrate reproducible workload dimensions","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
     {"path":"fuzz/corpus/binary_llsd/malformed.hex","sha256":"7e0f49303f07a638a8d2fba637ac7fab1e63386c9b4e6b46730425e87d15fcbe","kind":"project-security-corpus","origin":"MetaCrate parser hardening cases","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
     {"path":"fuzz/corpus/json_osd/malformed.txt","sha256":"a1b326b59db9d59a1f4ba9f6e58aa58e77bc7e160600844e76f7b0f09b44b39a","kind":"project-security-corpus","origin":"MetaCrate parser hardening cases","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},
     {"path":"fuzz/corpus/notation_llsd/malformed.txt","sha256":"e87c4ad58f40cc0703b771a522bf5edd7c1768bb26336169502553866f070bd1","kind":"project-security-corpus","origin":"MetaCrate parser hardening cases","license":"BSD-3-Clause","distribution":"source-only"},

crates/libremetaverse/src/inventory.rs

@@ -1706,6 +1706,44 @@ impl Inventory {
         let parent_uuid = value.base().parent_uuid;
         let event = {
             let mut state = write(&self.inner.state);
+            // Root-level records have no hierarchy edges or ancestor counts to
+            // rebuild. They are common during the initial flat inventory feed
+            // and for incremental item refreshes, so update their node and link
+            // index directly instead of walking and relocking the entire store.
+            // The general path below remains responsible for moves, folders,
+            // cycles, placeholder parents, and descendant counts.
+            let old_root_value = state
+                .items
+                .get(&uuid)
+                .and_then(InventoryNode::value)
+                .filter(|old| old.base().parent_uuid == UUID::zero());
+            if parent_uuid == UUID::zero()
+                && (old_root_value.is_some() || !state.items.contains_key(&uuid))
+            {
+                if let Some(old) = old_root_value.as_ref() {
+                    update_link_index(&mut state.links, uuid, old, false);
+                }
+                update_link_index(&mut state.links, uuid, &value, true);
+                let event = if let Some(node) = state.items.get(&uuid) {
+                    let old = node.value();
+                    node.set_value(value.clone());
+                    old.map(|old| InventoryObjectUpdatedEventArgs::from_values(old, value.clone()))
+                } else {
+                    state
+                        .items
+                        .insert(uuid, InventoryNode::from_value(value.clone()));
+                    None
+                };
+                drop(state);
+                if let Some(event) = event {
+                    self.inner.updated.emit(event);
+                } else {
+                    self.inner
+                        .added
+                        .emit(InventoryObjectAddedEventArgs::from_value(value));
+                }
+                return Ok(());
+            }
             if parent_uuid != UUID::zero() && !state.items.contains_key(&parent_uuid) {
                 let mut fake = InventoryFolder::new(parent_uuid)?;
                 fake.version = InventoryFolder::VERSION_UNKNOWN;
@@ -1865,6 +1903,28 @@ impl Inventory {
     }
 }
 
+fn update_link_index(
+    links: &mut HashMap<UUID, HashSet<UUID>>,
+    uuid: UUID,
+    value: &InventoryValue,
+    insert: bool,
+) {
+    let Some(item) = value.item() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if !item.is_link().unwrap_or(false) || item.asset_uuid == UUID::zero() {
+        return;
+    }
+    if insert {
+        links.entry(item.asset_uuid).or_default().insert(uuid);
+    } else if let Some(records) = links.get_mut(&item.asset_uuid) {
+        records.remove(&uuid);
+        if records.is_empty() {
+            links.remove(&item.asset_uuid);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn rebuild_indexes_and_counts(state: &mut InventoryState) {
     state.links.clear();
     let nodes: Vec<_> = state.items.values().cloned().collect();
@@ -2944,6 +3004,29 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn root_item_fast_path_keeps_link_index_and_events_consistent() {
+        let (_client, inventory) = fixture();
+        let item_id = UUID::random().unwrap();
+        let first_target = UUID::random().unwrap();
+        let second_target = UUID::random().unwrap();
+        let mut item = InventoryItem::new_with_uuid(item_id).unwrap();
+        item.set_asset_type(AssetType::Link);
+        item.set_asset_uuid(first_target);
+        inventory.update_node_for(&item).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(inventory.find_all_links(first_target).unwrap().len(), 1);
+
+        item.set_asset_uuid(second_target);
+        inventory.update_node_for(&item).unwrap();
+        assert!(inventory.find_all_links(first_target).unwrap().is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(inventory.find_all_links(second_target).unwrap().len(), 1);
+
+        item.set_asset_type(AssetType::Texture);
+        inventory.update_node_for(&item).unwrap();
+        assert!(inventory.find_all_links(second_target).unwrap().is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(inventory.count(), 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn system_folders_sort_first_and_are_discoverable() {
         let (_client, mut inventory) = fixture();

crates/libremetaverse/src/targa.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ type TgaPalette = (usize, Vec<[u8; 4]>);
 pub struct Targa;
 
 impl Targa {
+    /// Decodes an in-memory TGA or DDS payload without copying it through the
+    /// compatibility stream boundary.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Returns a typed error for oversized, malformed, or unsupported input.
+    pub fn decode_to_managed_image_with_bytes(data: &[u8]) -> Result<ManagedImage, Error> {
+        decode(data)
+    }
+
     /// Decodes a TGA or DDS file into planar managed-image storage.
     ///
     /// # Errors
@@ -185,6 +195,15 @@ fn decode_tga(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<ManagedImage, Error> {
         return Err(parse(18, "truncated TGA image ID"));
     }
     let palette = read_tga_palette(bytes, header, has_color_map, color_mapped, &mut position)?;
+    if !rle
+        && !grayscale
+        && palette.is_none()
+        && matches!(depth, 24 | 32)
+        && header[17] & 0x30 == 0x20
+    {
+        decode_plain_truecolor(bytes, position, pixels, pixel_bytes, depth, &mut image)?;
+        return Ok(image);
+    }
     let mut decoded = 0;
     while decoded < pixels {
         let (count, repeated) = if rle {
@@ -238,6 +257,30 @@ fn decode_tga(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<ManagedImage, Error> {
     Ok(image)
 }
 
+fn decode_plain_truecolor(
+    bytes: &[u8],
+    position: usize,
+    pixels: usize,
+    pixel_bytes: usize,
+    depth: u8,
+    image: &mut ManagedImage,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let byte_length = pixels.checked_mul(pixel_bytes).ok_or(Error::Argument)?;
+    let end = position.checked_add(byte_length).ok_or(Error::Argument)?;
+    let data = bytes
+        .get(position..end)
+        .ok_or_else(|| parse(position, "truncated TGA pixel data"))?;
+    for (target, pixel) in data.chunks_exact(pixel_bytes).enumerate() {
+        image.blue[target] = pixel[0];
+        image.green[target] = pixel[1];
+        image.red[target] = pixel[2];
+        if depth == 32 {
+            image.alpha[target] = pixel[3];
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn tga_channels(
     grayscale: bool,
     color_mapped: bool,

crates/libremetaverse/tests/performance_regressions.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use libremetaverse::imaging::Targa;
+use libremetaverse::{GridClient, Inventory, InventoryItem};
+use libremetaverse_types::{AssetType, UUID};
+
+#[test]
+fn root_inventory_updates_preserve_link_index() {
+    let client = Arc::new(GridClient::new().expect("offline client"));
+    let inventory = Inventory::new_with_grid_client_uuid(client, UUID::zero()).expect("store");
+    let item_id = UUID::new_with_u_int64(1).expect("item UUID");
+    let first_target = UUID::new_with_u_int64(2).expect("first target");
+    let second_target = UUID::new_with_u_int64(3).expect("second target");
+    let mut item = InventoryItem::new_with_uuid(item_id).expect("item");
+    item.set_asset_type(AssetType::Link);
+    item.set_asset_uuid(first_target);
+    inventory.update_node_for(&item).expect("insert root link");
+    assert_eq!(inventory.find_all_links(first_target).unwrap().len(), 1);
+
+    item.set_asset_uuid(second_target);
+    inventory
+        .update_node_for(&item)
+        .expect("retarget root link");
+    assert!(inventory.find_all_links(first_target).unwrap().is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(inventory.find_all_links(second_target).unwrap().len(), 1);
+
+    item.set_asset_type(AssetType::Texture);
+    inventory.update_node_for(&item).expect("replace link");
+    assert!(inventory.find_all_links(second_target).unwrap().is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(inventory.count(), 1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn borrowed_tga_fast_path_preserves_fixture_pixels() {
+    let bytes = include_bytes!("../../../benchmarks/fixtures/image.tga");
+    let image = Targa::decode_to_managed_image_with_bytes(bytes).expect("decode TGA fixture");
+    assert_eq!((image.width, image.height), (128, 128));
+    assert_eq!(image.red.len(), 128 * 128);
+    assert_eq!(
+        (&image.red[..4], &image.green[..4], &image.blue[..4]),
+        (&[0, 1, 2, 3][..], &[0, 3, 6, 9][..], &[0, 7, 14, 21][..])
+    );
+    assert!(image.alpha.iter().all(|value| *value == u8::MAX));
+}

release/DEPENDENCY-LICENSES.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schema": 1,
-  "cargo_lock_sha256": "c772cdfb50bc3a9160b135355f0d7a89fd7055dc5df0c876e7245deabd2c4812",
+  "cargo_lock_sha256": "ff5b851139156d43915f08494c5723638d3b48abb9d7ab5de6eea9e9f5b5554b",
   "packages": [
     {
       "name": "adler2",

release/DISTRIBUTION-MANIFEST.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schema": 1,
-  "cargo_lock_sha256": "c772cdfb50bc3a9160b135355f0d7a89fd7055dc5df0c876e7245deabd2c4812",
+  "cargo_lock_sha256": "ff5b851139156d43915f08494c5723638d3b48abb9d7ab5de6eea9e9f5b5554b",
-  "provenance_policy_sha256": "188ac430e8c804a8b40153c3dca05affd869a6e05abab80fcccbc2d46ff0ee2e",
+  "provenance_policy_sha256": "045859dcf317efc19e6e47fc73dfc15726f7a787556a3960c4732aa5f3afde7c",
   "upstream_repository": "https://github.com/cinderblocks/libremetaverse",
   "upstream_commit": "2aa70bb68513b39795da5d13c88f31b86e85a3ba",
   "source_files": [
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
       "bytes": 1607,
       "sha256": "f7a23f0c89bb9476fffc3036b257ab8022a7af8b3b3ecd586d98cb7d76a23db6"
     },
+    {
+      "path": ".gitea/workflows/performance.yml",
+      "bytes": 1855,
+      "sha256": "bafd171f15b6e83e52f07f85836f5807a822d2016f4c75901b242623a092a6fb"
+    },
     {
       "path": ".gitea/workflows/release-matrix.yml",
       "bytes": 4196,
@@ -72,13 +77,13 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "Cargo.lock",
-      "bytes": 99105,
+      "bytes": 99427,
-      "sha256": "c772cdfb50bc3a9160b135355f0d7a89fd7055dc5df0c876e7245deabd2c4812"
+      "sha256": "ff5b851139156d43915f08494c5723638d3b48abb9d7ab5de6eea9e9f5b5554b"
     },
     {
       "path": "Cargo.toml",
-      "bytes": 1455,
+      "bytes": 1480,
-      "sha256": "b40542879b5e6e2421053dfcf46cee9611a8edfd4eafb39c3346986744ddcf56"
+      "sha256": "fa9a7e393968e0080672245dc7dc05b046c51307cdf734cc176f183e1d2e7404"
     },
     {
       "path": "LICENSE.md",
@@ -160,6 +165,76 @@
       "bytes": 47154083,
       "sha256": "618974cf09bfd1e051ae7a3a35e01ca3b1a8b64b919bcbf153860290d137ce94"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/README.md",
+      "bytes": 4567,
+      "sha256": "f5fa11f3c977d59b43082dd86718c5c4b986f78b401b71993186f3bd3904511a"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/REPORT.md",
+      "bytes": 2584,
+      "sha256": "26224aed892c7b63c2c97c3a82cfaaa4b758ec1e18013addd594c0093e162ef3"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/csharp-reference/MetaCrate.ReferenceBenchmarks.csproj",
+      "bytes": 790,
+      "sha256": "c6ffc4c9ede90f4160cd2c802f368ce7fdc08c43041597b7910ccc7502df8a88"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/csharp-reference/Program.cs",
+      "bytes": 15208,
+      "sha256": "8b6e0c3abf1abf97fde76ba356f00d2e7c21fda176d3a9f7da52d598b48c34eb"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/agent_pause.packet",
+      "bytes": 46,
+      "sha256": "ec6febce906a5c7b2dcb08e089a2b1dcf446e42655f90e61de4f37356b0026e5"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/image.tga",
+      "bytes": 65568,
+      "sha256": "8864774adaf571530ff4287288bb6f6ca1b7e88dc1f4bec04c6f79e13a159582"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/manifest.json",
+      "bytes": 440,
+      "sha256": "1b8730a08b7740b91de7d6e46595e04ee5f09613ef478313203959e7a29b3145"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/mesh_asset.bin",
+      "bytes": 26921,
+      "sha256": "4f665cf5396999e696fa49053e930b8b9ad9eda44ae85df22a6f0dbbd2fc6684"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/notecard.txt",
+      "bytes": 208,
+      "sha256": "b796c40a34ff00dbabc5d3f94e518154528bb87cf7f3a8262b1a5ab6e5ad7e1b"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/workloads.json",
+      "bytes": 636,
+      "sha256": "9124763e4822e57850783c06b37cd569355f73ac2397bca85f6dd89e0470267d"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/release-criteria.json",
+      "bytes": 986,
+      "sha256": "c3516ed91258bb900699d432ccdc9e3f69e120c92f580cf46fcca3eea0cd4f1f"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/results/comparison.json",
+      "bytes": 7252,
+      "sha256": "fdcc62d12a5d73a9ce75374f808226cff36f452332388b575a4d95c45a7d8cb9"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/results/csharp-linux-x86_64.json",
+      "bytes": 37903,
+      "sha256": "4bae693cdc712dc2ce8039121d9511042c098fa07dfece8f50e57cc91a957aaa"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/results/rust-linux-x86_64.json",
+      "bytes": 37699,
+      "sha256": "9ffc240ca35d397ee848a6b313efcfefcf186ea01f61911aa3329cb2dcefd202"
+    },
     {
       "path": "ci/concurrency-thresholds.json",
       "bytes": 169,
@@ -167,8 +242,8 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "ci/dependency-policy.json",
-      "bytes": 10329,
+      "bytes": 10365,
-      "sha256": "6d2ddc20ba92dc51645cdddd39817ad84d1ad1a9d02c5532e499ff91d729b2dc"
+      "sha256": "4f545b31c6ea2d97eadc5a60423d13839cc9a71447a603806a8690de4c56f226"
     },
     {
       "path": "ci/evidence/api-audit.json",
@@ -187,8 +262,8 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "ci/provenance-policy.json",
-      "bytes": 9684,
+      "bytes": 11311,
-      "sha256": "188ac430e8c804a8b40153c3dca05affd869a6e05abab80fcccbc2d46ff0ee2e"
+      "sha256": "045859dcf317efc19e6e47fc73dfc15726f7a787556a3960c4732aa5f3afde7c"
     },
     {
       "path": "ci/release-matrix.json",
@@ -987,8 +1062,8 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "crates/libremetaverse/src/inventory.rs",
-      "bytes": 103729,
+      "bytes": 107222,
-      "sha256": "7b4ac24b66c8371cedefcbd7dbeb141d7a7927e731e6823c8cdfef84617d1d80"
+      "sha256": "d4fe66be383f8c88cbe523315c6edb02044e4585e328eb432f8c422a095d3035"
     },
     {
       "path": "crates/libremetaverse/src/inventory_ais.rs",
@@ -1102,8 +1177,8 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "crates/libremetaverse/src/targa.rs",
-      "bytes": 45068,
+      "bytes": 46419,
-      "sha256": "c74ce84eb97d0e3e211e3a2039b2538399c648dcb4809d0f0e8c03d00281761d"
+      "sha256": "20c66897bca7787a3bfb363294f9b00aa766e29d6bd5779d3170a874cc50660b"
     },
     {
       "path": "crates/libremetaverse/src/terrain_codec.rs",
@@ -1175,6 +1250,11 @@
       "bytes": 6544,
       "sha256": "07233faf32417f605cf29c275a4c70c12e8b1960434f247f16bc02148dace6db"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "crates/libremetaverse/tests/performance_regressions.rs",
+      "bytes": 1944,
+      "sha256": "a21ad12e32b5fdb9e6cb29c3cba1326c548a22b2a0222978ee4d4e0321a55bbb"
+    },
     {
       "path": "crates/libremetaverse/tests/udp_transport.rs",
       "bytes": 17729,
@@ -2182,8 +2262,8 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "tools/ci-matrix/src/provenance.rs",
-      "bytes": 44192,
+      "bytes": 44234,
-      "sha256": "59146a9426f4d6f515084cbca7a91b4c98589066620e6f3ef48dc30aa8b90fb4"
+      "sha256": "d9421c261ba99e68d1eba2c4606cbf63f8d9dc61b87d36f5a696afec1efeadb1"
     },
     {
       "path": "tools/codegen/Cargo.toml",
@@ -2250,6 +2330,16 @@
       "bytes": 2085,
       "sha256": "cece0ccb847dfc015734297b6988752d140e15a44f5347236266d2af699f7052"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "tools/performance/Cargo.toml",
+      "bytes": 901,
+      "sha256": "6621825fb0de082d035c3ac9855009a33afdf5d0d2189cd3d72e0a3e2c1babb4"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "tools/performance/src/main.rs",
+      "bytes": 35323,
+      "sha256": "412c56a136c7e0fe2e51c1ba323e6377e2bec69aa11ae602436abc87348f7e4c"
+    },
     {
       "path": "tools/test_audit_red_suite.py",
       "bytes": 1212,
@@ -2275,7 +2365,7 @@
     {
       "path": "release/DEPENDENCY-LICENSES.json",
       "bytes": 215927,
-      "sha256": "f2f8c01d5994e8b1d5568f4f678456de7f0a77aa54e29fa8e1c534f4060bd073"
+      "sha256": "1644915765f829b6476cfa65f2105f8dead39ca0e65640c87bfb497e5d873d0e"
     },
     {
       "path": "release/THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md",
@@ -2377,6 +2467,54 @@
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "distribution": "source-only"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/agent_pause.packet",
+      "sha256": "ec6febce906a5c7b2dcb08e089a2b1dcf446e42655f90e61de4f37356b0026e5",
+      "kind": "project-benchmark-fixture",
+      "origin": "MetaCrate reproducible AgentPause packet fixture",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "distribution": "source-only"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/image.tga",
+      "sha256": "8864774adaf571530ff4287288bb6f6ca1b7e88dc1f4bec04c6f79e13a159582",
+      "kind": "project-benchmark-fixture",
+      "origin": "MetaCrate reproducible TGA image fixture",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "distribution": "source-only"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/manifest.json",
+      "sha256": "1b8730a08b7740b91de7d6e46595e04ee5f09613ef478313203959e7a29b3145",
+      "kind": "project-benchmark-manifest",
+      "origin": "MetaCrate reproducible benchmark fixture hashes",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "distribution": "source-only"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/mesh_asset.bin",
+      "sha256": "4f665cf5396999e696fa49053e930b8b9ad9eda44ae85df22a6f0dbbd2fc6684",
+      "kind": "project-benchmark-fixture",
+      "origin": "MetaCrate reproducible mesh asset fixture",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "distribution": "source-only"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/notecard.txt",
+      "sha256": "b796c40a34ff00dbabc5d3f94e518154528bb87cf7f3a8262b1a5ab6e5ad7e1b",
+      "kind": "project-benchmark-fixture",
+      "origin": "MetaCrate reproducible notecard asset fixture",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "distribution": "source-only"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "benchmarks/fixtures/workloads.json",
+      "sha256": "9124763e4822e57850783c06b37cd569355f73ac2397bca85f6dd89e0470267d",
+      "kind": "project-benchmark-config",
+      "origin": "MetaCrate reproducible workload dimensions",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "distribution": "source-only"
+    },
     {
       "path": "fuzz/corpus/binary_llsd/malformed.hex",
       "sha256": "7e0f49303f07a638a8d2fba637ac7fab1e63386c9b4e6b46730425e87d15fcbe",

tools/ci-matrix/src/provenance.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ const GENERATED_RELEASE_PATHS: [&str; 4] = [
     NATIVE_NOTICE_PATH,
     DISTRIBUTION_MANIFEST_PATH,
 ];
-const MATERIAL_ROOTS: [&str; 3] = ["codegen/inputs", "tests/fixtures", "fuzz/corpus"];
+const MATERIAL_ROOTS: [&str; 4] = [
+    "codegen/inputs",
+    "tests/fixtures",
+    "fuzz/corpus",
+    "benchmarks/fixtures",
+];
 const BUNDLED_EXTENSIONS: [&str; 18] = [
     "a", "animatn", "bmp", "bodypart", "clothing", "dll", "dylib", "gesture", "gif", "jpeg", "jpg",
     "llm", "ogg", "png", "so", "tga", "wav", "webp",

tools/performance/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[package]
+name = "metacrate-performance"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+description = "Reproducible cross-runtime performance evidence for MetaCrate"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+libremetaverse = { path = "../../crates/libremetaverse" }
+libremetaverse-imaging = { path = "../../crates/libremetaverse-imaging" }
+libremetaverse-rendering-mesh-foundry = { path = "../../crates/libremetaverse-rendering-mesh-foundry" }
+libremetaverse-rendering-simple = { path = "../../crates/libremetaverse-rendering-simple" }
+libremetaverse-structured-data = { path = "../../crates/libremetaverse-structured-data" }
+libremetaverse-types = { path = "../../crates/libremetaverse-types" }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+sha2 = "0.11"
+stats_alloc = "0.1.10"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true