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fix(perf): reuse the config explorer for all files of a compilation - #748
loadConfig creates a new cosmiconfig explorer for every file. cosmiconfig caches searches and loads per explorer, so the caches never hit, and every CSS file repeats:
cosmiconfig's synchronous read of package.json in the working directory;
the config search: 27 places per directory, up to the config file, or up to the home directory and the global config directory if there is none (including when all plugins are set in the loader options);
the evaluation of postcss.config.js.
This PR keeps one explorer per compilation in a WeakMap keyed by loaderContext._compilation. sass-loader does the same with its Sass compiler, keyed by _compiler.
The explorer options do not depend on the file. Searches are cached by directory and loads by path, so each file gets the same config as before.
Each build gets a new Compilation and so a new explorer: config changes are picked up in watch mode. The config file is still a dependency and a build dependency of every module.
A function config is still called for every file, with that file's api.
src/index.js now copies the map options before setting prev, since the config object is shared.
Without a compilation object (direct calls; thread-loader passes a new stub for every file), a new explorer is created for every file, as before.
One difference: plugin instances created in postcss.config.js (plugins: [require("x")()]) are now created once per compilation instead of once per file. This is already the case for plugins set in the loader options. If per-file evaluation should stay, I can change this to cache only the search.
Whole webpack build (compiler.run()), CSS files in nested folders imported from one entry, one small PostCSS plugin. Median of 5 interleaved rounds, a new process per build, e0de43e vs this branch:
CSS files
config
base
patched
speedup
250
postcss.config.js
1365 ms
433 ms
3.2x
1000
postcss.config.js
4142 ms
807 ms
5.1x
4000
postcss.config.js
15393 ms
1916 ms
8.0x
250
none (plugins in loader options)
1660 ms
539 ms
3.1x
1000
none (plugins in loader options)
6092 ms
767 ms
7.9x
4000
none (plugins in loader options)
18443 ms
1571 ms
11.7x
Windows 11, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Node v26.13.0.
Related: #307 (same symptom, 2017, old postcss-load-config code).
What kind of change does this PR introduce?
perf
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes, test/config-cache.test.js:
Files in sibling directories get their own directory's config.
A function config is called for every file with that file's api.
A changed config is used by the next compilation of the same compiler.
With map options in the config and sourceMap: false, an incoming source map is used only for its own file.
loadConfig loads the config once per compilation object, adds the dependencies for every file, and loads it again for a new compilation object or none.
Does this PR introduce a breaking change?
No. Plugin instances created in postcss.config.js are shared within a build (see above).
If relevant, what needs to be documented once your changes are merged or what have you already documented?
Nothing.
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Bug Fixes
Configuration is reused across files within a compilation and refreshed for subsequent compilations and watch rebuilds.
Loads outside a compilation continue to reflect the latest configuration.
Source map settings remain isolated between files, preventing one file’s input map from affecting another.
Configuration changes remain detectable through file and build dependencies, helping ensure updated settings are applied when relevant files change.
loadConfig caches cosmiconfig explorers by compilation. Calls without a compilation use a fresh explorer. The loader copies PostCSS map options before assigning the normalized input source map. Tests cover config selection, dependency registration, cache reuse, config updates, and source-map isolation.
Merge Risk: Low · up to d6cc0
Config caching is mergeable with bounded follow-up for uncommon map configurations: inherited options can be lost, and plugin mutations can affect later files. The loader’s shared previous-map assignment is fixed.
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Add CSS files in sibling directories with different configs. Assert that each output contains its own config label. The current tests use one config source per compilation and can miss reuse of the first resolved config for every file.
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Enforce mapped-then-unmapped processing in this test.
If the unmapped files process first, the assertions can pass with the shared-map mutation restored. Make an unmapped file process after file-0.css so the test detects that regression reliably.
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`loadConfig` created a cosmiconfig explorer per file, so its search and
load caches never hit. Every CSS file repeated the config search (27
places per directory, up to the home directory when there is no config
file), cosmiconfig's synchronous read of `package.json`, and the
evaluation of `postcss.config.js`.
Keep one explorer per compilation in a `WeakMap` keyed by
`loaderContext._compilation`. Each compilation gets a new explorer, so
config changes are still picked up in watch mode. Dependencies are still
added, and function configs still called, for every file. Without a
compilation object, behavior is unchanged.
As the loaded config is now shared, copy its map options before setting
`prev` on them.
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Summary
loadConfigcreates a new cosmiconfig explorer for every file. cosmiconfig caches searches and loads per explorer, so the caches never hit, and every CSS file repeats:package.jsonin the working directory;postcss.config.js.This PR keeps one explorer per compilation in a
WeakMapkeyed byloaderContext._compilation. sass-loader does the same with its Sass compiler, keyed by_compiler.Compilationand so a new explorer: config changes are picked up in watch mode. The config file is still a dependency and a build dependency of every module.api.src/index.jsnow copies the map options before settingprev, since the config object is shared.thread-loaderpasses a new stub for every file), a new explorer is created for every file, as before.One difference: plugin instances created in
postcss.config.js(plugins: [require("x")()]) are now created once per compilation instead of once per file. This is already the case for plugins set in the loader options. If per-file evaluation should stay, I can change this to cache only the search.Whole webpack build (
compiler.run()), CSS files in nested folders imported from one entry, one small PostCSS plugin. Median of 5 interleaved rounds, a new process per build,e0de43evs this branch:postcss.config.jspostcss.config.jspostcss.config.jsWindows 11, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Node v26.13.0.
Related: #307 (same symptom, 2017, old
postcss-load-configcode).What kind of change does this PR introduce?
perf
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes,
test/config-cache.test.js:api.mapoptions in the config andsourceMap: false, an incoming source map is used only for its own file.loadConfigloads the config once per compilation object, adds the dependencies for every file, and loads it again for a new compilation object or none.Does this PR introduce a breaking change?
No. Plugin instances created in
postcss.config.jsare shared within a build (see above).If relevant, what needs to be documented once your changes are merged or what have you already documented?
Nothing.
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