Only update the sidebar count caches when neededsidebar-cache-updates

This ensures the issues/MR cache of the sidebar is only updated when the
state or confidential flags changes, instead of changing this for every
update.

5 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index b9aa937d2f9..dfcd4030ec3 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -269,7 +269,13 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
+  def update_project_counter_caches?
+    state_changed? || confidential_changed?
+  end
+
   def update_project_counter_caches
+    return unless update_project_counter_caches?
+
     Projects::OpenIssuesCountService.new(project).refresh_cache
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index 7f73de67625..764bc08923e 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -942,7 +942,13 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
     true
   end
 
+  def update_project_counter_caches?
+    state_changed?
+  end
+
   def update_project_counter_caches
+    return unless update_project_counter_caches?
+
     Projects::OpenMergeRequestsCountService.new(target_project).refresh_cache
   end
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sidebar-cache-updates.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sidebar-cache-updates.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aebe53ba5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sidebar-cache-updates.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Only update the sidebar count caches when needed
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: other
diff --git a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
index de86788d142..e547da0cfbe 100644
--- a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
@@ -769,4 +769,22 @@ describe Issue do
       expect(described_class.public_only).to eq([public_issue])
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#update_project_counter_caches?' do
+    it 'returns true when the state changes' do
+      subject.state = 'closed'
+
+      expect(subject.update_project_counter_caches?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true when the confidential flag changes' do
+      subject.confidential = true
+
+      expect(subject.update_project_counter_caches?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false when the state or confidential flag did not change' do
+      expect(subject.update_project_counter_caches?).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb b/spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb
index 92cf15a5a51..09f3b97ec58 100644
--- a/spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb
@@ -1700,4 +1700,16 @@ describe MergeRequest do
         .to change { project.open_merge_requests_count }.from(1).to(0)
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#update_project_counter_caches?' do
+    it 'returns true when the state changes' do
+      subject.state = 'closed'
+
+      expect(subject.update_project_counter_caches?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false when the state did not change' do
+      expect(subject.update_project_counter_caches?).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
 end