container-node/stacktape

This branch is one test of the deploy benchmarks: the Node.js container API, deployed with Stacktape. It holds only that application and the tool's configuration, so it deploys as it is.

node branches.mjs on main generates this branch from main's fixtures and tool modules. Don't edit it here: change main and generate the branches again.

The Stacktape CLI built from source of stacktape/stacktape at commit d51f56ad, as described in the main README. Each result records the commit (stacktapeCommit).

• AWS_PROFILE: a profile for the disposable AWS account. The harness uses it to call the deployed code and read stack outputs.
• STACKTAPE_API_KEY, or run stacktape login once.
• STACKTAPE_AWS_ACCOUNT: the name of the AWS account connection in the Stacktape Console. Stacktape deploys with credentials from that connection, not with AWS_PROFILE, so check with stacktape info:whoami that both point to the same account.
• STACKTAPE_BIN: the path of the Stacktape binary to measure.

You need Node.js 22 or newer, npm, Git, Docker with BuildKit, zip, the AWS CLI, a disposable AWS account and a Stacktape account with the AWS account connected. The AWS resources are created in eu-west-1. Run the harness from main, with the credentials above:

git clone https://github.com/stacktape/deploy-benchmarks && cd deploy-benchmarks
npm ci
node bench.mjs setup   stacktape container-node             # write work/bmk-stacktape-container-node/ and deploy it once (not measured)
node bench.mjs package stacktape container-node --runs 10   # record the image size
node bench.mjs deploy  stacktape container-node --runs 10   # deploy a code change from this machine
node report.mjs                                             # median, fastest and slowest run
node bench.mjs remove  stacktape container-node             # delete everything setup created

setup writes the files of this branch to work/bmk-stacktape-container-node/ and commits them as the same commit that this branch has.

Each run is a pair: a first push with an empty build cache, then a second push 15 minutes after the first one finished. The clock starts when git push returns.

1. Fork the repository with all branches: untick "Copy the main branch only".
2. In the Stacktape Console, connect your fork and this branch to the project, with the stage bmk in eu-west-1. The Console runner builds in your AWS account with the Stacktape version set in the Console, so set the version you measure there.
3. To empty the runner's caches before each first push, delete the project's runner in the Console and pass --cold-reset manual.
4. The Console runner installs Stacktape from npm, so this test needs a published version. The pinned commit above is not published, so the qualification results have no Stacktape Git push test.
5. Run the commands below. The project in work/ has the same commit as this branch, so its pushes continue your fork's branch.

export BENCH_FORK=https://github.com/<you>/deploy-benchmarks   # setup adds it as the project's origin
node bench.mjs setup stacktape container-node                  # skip if you already ran it with BENCH_FORK set
node bench.mjs push stacktape container-node --runs 10 --cold-reset manual
node report.mjs

From a checkout of this branch, without the harness:

npm ci
stacktape deploy --stage bmk --region eu-west-1 --awsAccount <connection-name> --autoConfirmOperation
# delete everything:
stacktape delete --stage bmk --region eu-west-1 --awsAccount <connection-name> --autoConfirmOperation

Each run appends one JSON line to results/package.jsonl or results/deploy.jsonl. Times are in milliseconds and sizes in bytes. Every line also records the tool version, the machine and the command log.

{ "app": "container-node", "tool": "stacktape", "bytes": <compressed image size>, "artifacts": [...] }
{ "app": "container-node", "tool": "stacktape", "journey": "cli", "run": 1, "change": "handlers", "changedTargets": 1, "readyMs": <time until the new code answers>, "commandMs": <deploy command duration>, "businessOk": true, "unchangedOk": true }
{ "app": "container-node", "tool": "stacktape", "journey": "git-cold", "run": 1, "change": "handlers", "changedTargets": 1, "readyMs": <time until the new code answers>, "coldReset": "manual", "businessOk": true, "unchangedOk": true }
{ "app": "container-node", "tool": "stacktape", "journey": "git-warm", "run": 1, "change": "handlers", "changedTargets": 1, "readyMs": <time until the new code answers>, "businessOk": true, "unchangedOk": true }

node report.mjs prints the median with the fastest and slowest run of each series. Runs whose business check failed are listed and left out.

Pending. The results will be published in the main README after the measurement runs on a dedicated EC2 machine.