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Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 e8e455b779 Store chat images separately; JPEG for large PNGs; gzip/brotli responses
Images of messages (pasted images, screenshots, generated images) were base64
inside the message JSON, so opening a chat downloaded all of them at once
(66 MB for a chat with 120 screenshots). They now live in a `blobs` table,
addressed by SHA-256; messages keep a reference (blob, size). The UI loads
them from /api/blobs/<hash> lazily with an immutable cache header, the runner
fills the bytes in before model requests, JSON exports stay self-contained.

- Store::add_message moves inline images out; large opaque PNGs become JPEG
  (q85) when smaller. Older chats are converted once at start-up in the
  background, unused images are removed (also after deleting a chat) and the
  database is vacuumed when that frees 32 MB or more.
- Responses are compressed with gzip/brotli (not images, SSE streams or
  binary downloads).

Example (copy of production): chat load 66 MB -> 1.5 MB (370 KB brotli),
database 90 MB -> 27 MB.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-09 20:21:24 +01:00

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//! Images of chat messages are stored in the `blobs` table instead of as base64 inside the
//! message JSON. A chat then loads without its images; the UI fetches them on demand from
//! /api/blobs/<hash> (cached by the browser), and the runner puts the bytes back in before
//! a model request. Large PNGs without transparency are stored as JPEG.
use crate::types::{ImageData, Message, Part};
use base64::Engine;
use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
const B64: base64::engine::GeneralPurpose = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD;
/// PNGs above this size are re-encoded as JPEG when that is smaller and loses no transparency.
const RECOMPRESS_ABOVE: usize = 100 * 1024;
const JPEG_QUALITY: u8 = 85;
/// An image to put into the store.
pub struct Blob {
pub hash: String,
pub media_type: String,
pub bytes: Vec<u8>,
}
/// Call `f` for every image of a message (pasted images and tool results).
pub fn for_each_image(m: &mut Message, mut f: impl FnMut(&mut ImageData)) {
for part in &mut m.parts {
match part {
Part::Image { image } => f(image),
Part::ToolResult { images, .. } => images.iter_mut().for_each(&mut f),
_ => {}
}
}
}
/// Move the inline images of `m` out: each becomes a reference (`blob`, `size`, no
/// `data`). Returns the blobs to store. Images that already are references stay as they are.
pub fn externalize(m: &mut Message) -> Vec<Blob> {
let mut out = Vec::new();
for_each_image(m, |img| {
if img.data.is_empty() {
return;
}
let Ok(raw) = B64.decode(img.data.as_bytes()) else { return };
let (media_type, bytes) = compact(&img.media_type, raw);
let hash = hash(&bytes);
img.media_type = media_type.clone();
img.data.clear();
img.blob = Some(hash.clone());
img.size = Some(bytes.len() as u64);
out.push(Blob { hash, media_type, bytes });
});
out
}
/// Whether `s` looks like a blob hash (64 lowercase hex digits).
pub fn is_hash(s: &str) -> bool {
s.len() == 64 && s.bytes().all(|b| b.is_ascii_digit() || (b'a'..=b'f').contains(&b))
}
fn hash(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
Sha256::digest(bytes).iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect()
}
/// Re-encode a large opaque PNG as JPEG if that is smaller; anything else is kept.
fn compact(media_type: &str, raw: Vec<u8>) -> (String, Vec<u8>) {
if media_type != "image/png" || raw.len() <= RECOMPRESS_ABOVE {
return (media_type.to_string(), raw);
}
let Ok(img) = image::load_from_memory_with_format(&raw, image::ImageFormat::Png) else {
return (media_type.to_string(), raw);
};
if img.color().has_alpha() && img.to_rgba8().pixels().any(|p| p.0[3] != 255) {
return (media_type.to_string(), raw);
}
let mut jpeg = Vec::new();
let enc = image::codecs::jpeg::JpegEncoder::new_with_quality(&mut jpeg, JPEG_QUALITY);
if img.to_rgb8().write_with_encoder(enc).is_err() || jpeg.len() >= raw.len() {
return (media_type.to_string(), raw);
}
("image/jpeg".to_string(), jpeg)
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use crate::types::Role;
fn png(w: u32, h: u32, alpha: u8) -> Vec<u8> {
// Noise, so the PNG is large and JPEG wins.
let img = image::RgbaImage::from_fn(w, h, |x, y| {
let v = (x.wrapping_mul(7919) ^ y.wrapping_mul(104_729)).wrapping_mul(2_654_435_761) >> 24;
image::Rgba([v as u8, (v >> 1) as u8, (v >> 2) as u8, alpha])
});
let mut buf = Vec::new();
img.write_to(&mut std::io::Cursor::new(&mut buf), image::ImageFormat::Png).unwrap();
buf
}
fn message(img: ImageData) -> Message {
let mut m = Message { id: "m1".into(), role: Role::User, parts: vec![], model: None, usage: None, created_at: 0 };
m.parts.push(Part::ToolResult { call_id: "c".into(), name: "browser".into(), content: String::new(), images: vec![img], is_error: false, meta: None });
m
}
#[test]
fn large_opaque_png_becomes_a_jpeg_reference() {
let raw = png(400, 400, 255);
let mut m = message(ImageData::new("image/png", B64.encode(&raw)));
let blobs = externalize(&mut m);
assert_eq!(blobs.len(), 1);
assert_eq!(blobs[0].media_type, "image/jpeg");
assert!(blobs[0].bytes.len() < raw.len());
let Part::ToolResult { images, .. } = &m.parts[0] else { panic!() };
assert!(images[0].data.is_empty());
assert_eq!(images[0].blob.as_deref(), Some(blobs[0].hash.as_str()));
assert_eq!(images[0].size, Some(blobs[0].bytes.len() as u64));
assert!(is_hash(&blobs[0].hash));
// Already a reference: nothing to do.
assert!(externalize(&mut m).is_empty());
}
#[test]
fn transparent_and_small_pngs_stay_png() {
let mut m = message(ImageData::new("image/png", B64.encode(png(400, 400, 128))));
assert_eq!(externalize(&mut m)[0].media_type, "image/png");
let mut m = message(ImageData::new("image/png", B64.encode(png(8, 8, 255))));
assert_eq!(externalize(&mut m)[0].media_type, "image/png");
}
#[test]
fn serialized_reference_has_no_data() {
let img = ImageData { media_type: "image/jpeg".into(), data: String::new(), blob: Some("ab".into()), size: Some(3) };
assert_eq!(serde_json::to_value(&img).unwrap(), serde_json::json!({"media_type": "image/jpeg", "blob": "ab", "size": 3}));
}
}