Fredrik Adelöw 2f0519cba3 permission: cache user info and parallelize resolution
The permission backend previously resolved userInfo and minted a plugin
request token sequentially for every authorize request with user
credentials. On high-traffic endpoints this meant two serial internal
HTTP round-trips per request, even when the same user made many
requests in quick succession.

This change:

1. Adds a 5-second TTL cache to DefaultUserInfoService so that repeated
   getUserInfo() calls for the same user return the cached result
   without an HTTP call to the auth backend.

2. Parallelises the getUserInfo() and getPluginRequestToken() calls in
   the permission backend's handleRequest via Promise.all, saving one
   sequential round-trip on cache misses.

Signed-off-by: Fredrik Adelöw <freben@gmail.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Fredrik Adelöw <freben@gmail.com>
2026-05-16 17:39:50 +02:00
2026-05-12 18:28:01 +00:00

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Backstage is an open source framework for building developer portals. Powered by a centralized software catalog, Backstage restores order to your microservices and infrastructure and enables your product teams to ship high-quality code quickly without compromising autonomy.

Backstage unifies all your infrastructure tooling, services, and documentation to create a streamlined development environment from end to end.

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Out of the box, Backstage includes:

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