Improve Performance
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To improve first request GraphQL performance we can use Composer package maritos/magento2-performance-fixes. (Source code available here)
In general, this package changes the default cache building process, when the cache is empty, it locks all incoming requests and waits until the first request finishes building cache and then all following requests instead of rebuilding cache just use it right away.
So yeah, up to 30% speed improvements for GraphQL requests on the first load from a thin air.
Install Composer package in your project.
npm run cli # open CLI
c require maritos/magento2-performance-fixes # install package
Add
extra
field in composer.json
composer.json
"extra": {
"magento-force": "override",
"enable-patching": true,
"composer-exit-on-patch-failure": true,
"patches": {
"magento/framework": {
"performance fix #1 - vendor/magento/framework/Config/Data.php": "vendor/maritos/magento2-performance-fixes/vendorPatch/magento/framework/Config/Data.patch",
"performance fix #2 - vendor/magento/framework/App/ObjectManager/ConfigLoader.patch": "vendor/maritos/magento2-performance-fixes/vendorPatch/magento/framework/App/ObjectManager/ConfigLoader.patch",
"performance fix #3 - vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Config/Config.patch": "vendor/maritos/magento2-performance-fixes/vendorPatch/magento/framework/Interception/Config/Config.patch"
}
}
}
After
composer install
make sure patches have been applied.
Composer install output should be similar to: - Applying patches for magento/framework
vendor/maritos/magento2-performance-fixes/vendorPatch/magento/framework/Config/Data.patch (performance fix #1 - vendor/magento/framework/Config/Data.php)
vendor/maritos/magento2-performance-fixes/vendorPatch/magento/framework/App/ObjectManager/ConfigLoader.patch (performance fix #2 - vendor/magento/framework/App/ObjectManager/ConfigLoader.patch)
vendorPatch/magento/framework/Interception/Config/Config.patch (performance fix #3 - vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Config/Config.patch)
That's it! Happy coding!