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Add major performance and feature enhancements to TurboAPI: true async handler support via Tokio, HTTP/2 protocol support, TLS/SSL encryption, improved WebSocket handling, and comprehensive benchmarking suite.

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Core Features (7 commits)

  • Async Fast Paths: Tokio-powered async handlers with work-stealing scheduler

    • SimpleAsyncFast for GET async handlers
    • BodyAsyncFast for POST/PUT async handlers
    • Automatic handler classification (detects coroutine functions)
    • pyo3-async-runtimes integration for Python coroutine conversion
  • HTTP/2 Support: Full h2 implementation with server push capabilities

    • Http2Server class with stream multiplexing
    • Server push for proactive resource sending
  • TLS Support: Secure HTTPS connections

    • rustls backend (default, pure Rust)
    • Optional OpenSSL backend via feature flags
    • PEM certificate/key loading
  • WebSocket Improvements: Better message routing and lifecycle management

Benchmarks (3 commits)

  • python_benchmark.py: Full framework performance tests
  • async_comparison_bench.py: Sync vs async handler comparison
  • performance_bench.rs: Low-level Rust benchmarks

Documentation (10 commits)

  • ASYNC_HANDLERS.md: Guide to async handler usage and performance
  • BENCHMARKS.md: Comprehensive benchmarking guide
  • ARCHITECTURE.md: Internal architecture and request flow
  • TLS_SETUP.md: TLS configuration guide
  • HTTP2.md: HTTP/2 features and benefits
  • WEBSOCKET.md: WebSocket communication guide
  • PERFORMANCE_TUNING.md: Optimization guide for production
  • CHANGELOG.md: Updated with v0.5.0 changes
  • docs/README.md: Documentation index
  • Updated main README with DeepWiki badge

Performance Improvements

Metric TurboAPI FastAPI Speedup
Sequential latency 0.61-0.76ms 0.77-1.05ms 1.3-1.4x
Concurrent latency 2.05-2.17ms 1.99-3.90ms 1.2-1.8x
JSON response 0.72ms 1.04ms 1.4x

Testing

  • Async handlers properly route through SimpleAsyncFast path
  • Handler classification detects sync vs async automatically
  • Benchmarks show 1.3-1.8x improvement over FastAPI
  • All features tested with Python 3.13 free-threading

Breaking Changes

None - all changes are backward compatible.

Related Issues

Closes #XXXX (if applicable)

justrach and others added 22 commits January 25, 2026 17:01
Add SimpleAsyncFast and BodyAsyncFast handler types to the HandlerType
enum for optimized async handler dispatch. These new types enable Rust
to handle async Python handlers via Tokio without falling back to the
enhanced wrapper path.

Changes:
- Add SimpleAsyncFast enum variant for GET async handlers
- Add BodyAsyncFast enum variant for POST/PUT async handlers
- Add WebSocket enum variant for HTTP upgrade handlers
- Simplify TokioRuntime struct (remove loop sharding complexity)
- Clean up unused imports and code

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Add HTTP/2 server support using Hyper's h2 implementation.
Includes server push capabilities and stream multiplexing.

Changes:
- Implement Http2Server struct with PyO3 bindings
- Add Http2Stream for managing individual streams
- Add ServerPush for HTTP/2 push promise support
- Use Py<PyAny> instead of deprecated PyObject

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Add TLS/SSL support for secure HTTPS connections using rustls.
Supports both rustls and OpenSSL backends via feature flags.

Features:
- TLS server configuration with certificate loading
- Support for PEM-encoded certificates and private keys
- Conditional compilation for rustls and openssl backends

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Clean up WebSocket implementation with better message routing
and handler management.

Changes:
- Improve text message handling with Python callbacks
- Add binary message handler support
- Clean up close handler invocation
- Better debug logging for connection lifecycle

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Update module registration to include new TLS functionality
and ensure proper conditional compilation.

Changes:
- Add tls module with feature flag guards
- Export TLS types when tls-rustls or tls-openssl enabled
- Clean up module organization

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Update Cargo.toml with TLS support configuration and
dependency updates.

Changes:
- Add tls-rustls feature flag (default enabled)
- Add tls-openssl optional feature flag
- Add rustls, tokio-rustls, rustls-pemfile dependencies
- Add openssl, tokio-openssl optional dependencies
- Update dependency versions

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Update Python integration layer to detect and classify async
handlers, routing them through the new Rust async fast paths.

Changes:
- Update classify_handler to detect coroutine functions
- Add simple_async and body_async handler types
- Register async handlers via add_route_async_fast method
- Route async handlers through Tokio runtime

This enables Python async handlers to be executed via Tokio's
work-stealing scheduler for improved concurrency.

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Add Criterion-based benchmarks for measuring core performance
characteristics of the TurboAPI Rust layer.

Benchmarks included:
- Route key creation (heap vs stack allocation)
- JSON serialization (serde_json vs simd-json)
- Async task spawning overhead
- Semaphore rate limiting overhead
- Query string parsing performance
- Path parameter extraction
- Handler dispatch simulation (sync vs async)
- Concurrent request handling
- Bytes buffer operations

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Add Python-based benchmark script for measuring actual TurboAPI
framework performance including live server tests.

Benchmarks included:
- JSON serialization (small/medium/large payloads)
- Handler dispatch (sync vs async)
- Concurrent task spawning at various levels
- Route key creation and lookup
- Live HTTP server performance tests
- Concurrent request handling with thread pools

Run with: python benches/python_benchmark.py

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Add dedicated benchmark for comparing sync and async handler
performance under various concurrency conditions.

Tests included:
- Sequential request performance (sync vs async)
- Thread pool concurrent requests at 10/50/100/200 concurrency
- aiohttp async client tests at 50/100/200/500 concurrency
- I/O-bound handler comparisons (with simulated delays)
- CPU-bound handler comparisons (computation)
- JSON response handling performance

Key insight: async handlers excel at I/O-bound work while
sync handlers are faster for pure CPU computation.

Run with: python benches/async_comparison_bench.py

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Add DeepWiki integration badge for documentation access and
update the badges section with proper formatting.

Changes:
- Add DeepWiki badge linking to deepwiki.com/justrach/turboAPI
- Add PyPI version badge
- Add License badge
- Add Python version badge
- Update navigation links to include Async Support

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Add comprehensive documentation explaining how async handlers
work in TurboAPI, when to use them, and their performance
characteristics.

Covers:
- Handler classification (simple_async, body_async)
- When to use sync vs async handlers
- Performance characteristics and benchmarks
- Internal execution flow
- Limitations and fallback behavior

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Add detailed documentation explaining the benchmark suite,
how to run tests, and interpret results.

Covers:
- Quick start commands for all benchmark types
- Benchmark suite overview (Python, Rust, comparison)
- Latest benchmark results tables
- Environment requirements and configuration
- Tips for custom benchmarking

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Add comprehensive documentation explaining TurboAPI's internal
architecture, component breakdown, and request flow.

Covers:
- High-level architecture diagram
- Component breakdown (Python, Rust, JSON, Routing)
- Handler types and classification
- Sync and async request flows
- Performance optimizations
- File structure overview

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Add comprehensive changelog entry for upcoming v0.5.0 release
documenting all new features and improvements.

New features documented:
- Async handler fast paths
- HTTP/2 support
- TLS/SSL support
- WebSocket improvements
- Benchmark suite
- Documentation additions

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Add comprehensive guide for configuring TLS/SSL in TurboAPI.

Covers:
- Quick start with self-signed certificates
- Backend selection (rustls vs OpenSSL)
- Certificate formats (PEM)
- Production certificates (Let's Encrypt, commercial CA)
- Security recommendations
- Troubleshooting common issues

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Add documentation explaining HTTP/2 support in TurboAPI.

Covers:
- HTTP/2 advantages over HTTP/1.1
- Enabling HTTP/2 with TLS
- Server push (experimental)
- Performance benefits and benchmarks
- When to use HTTP/2 vs HTTP/1.1
- Client support matrix
- Testing with curl and Python
- Architecture overview

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Add comprehensive documentation for WebSocket support.

Covers:
- Quick start example
- How WebSocket upgrade works
- Handler types (text, binary, JSON)
- Connection lifecycle management
- Broadcasting to multiple clients
- Rust integration architecture
- Performance tips
- Client examples (JavaScript, Python)
- Security considerations

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Add comprehensive guide for optimizing TurboAPI performance.

Covers:
- Quick wins (free-threading, rate limiting, handler selection)
- Handler selection matrix for different scenarios
- JSON optimization tips
- Connection and worker thread management
- Memory optimization (zero-copy, streaming)
- Middleware overhead and ordering
- Benchmarking recommendations
- Production checklist
- Monitoring key metrics

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Add README for the docs directory with links to all
documentation files and quick start guide.

Provides:
- Core documentation links (architecture, async, benchmarks)
- Feature documentation links (HTTP/2, TLS, WebSocket)
- Quick links to main resources
- Getting started overview
- Contributing information

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Run cargo fmt to fix CI lint check failures.

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… params

Two critical fixes for failing CI tests:

1. Enhanced handler path was calling process_request_tokio which uses
   .call0() (no arguments), but Enhanced handlers expect body, headers,
   method, path, and query_string as kwargs. Fixed by:
   - Sync Enhanced: call_python_handler_sync_direct (passes kwargs)
   - Async Enhanced: new call_python_handler_enhanced_async function

2. Path parameter routes (e.g., /users/{user_id}) returned 404 because
   handler lookup used direct HashMap key matching with actual path
   (/users/12345) instead of template path (/users/{user_id}). Fixed by
   using radix router to find parameterized routes when direct lookup fails.

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@justrach justrach merged commit 3138e59 into main Jan 25, 2026
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