From 49085256929f945fe8b7b711cdf3cfa12aae8b97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: davidmonterocrespo24 <davidmonterocrespo24@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 05:44:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?perf(espidf):=20drop=20in=20ccache=20for=20ESP3?=
 =?UTF-8?q?2=20compiles=20(~10=C3=97=20warm=20speedup)?=
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Cold first compile per container is unchanged (cache empty). Subsequent
compiles drop from ~5-7 minutes to ~30-60 seconds because every ESP-IDF
base object (FreeRTOS, lwIP, esp_wifi, libsodium, soc, hal, …) hits the
cache. The user's BMP280 example, which hangs on cold compile, completes
near-instantly on the second attempt.

Why a transparent cache is safe: ccache hashes the preprocessed source +
flags + compiler. A cache hit only happens when the input is byte-for-byte
identical to a prior compile. Different sketches with different libraries
still get correct cache misses; there is no path where one project's
output contaminates another.

Changes
- Dockerfile.standalone: install ccache, set CCACHE_DIR=/var/cache/ccache,
  IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE=1, configure 2 GB cap with compression. Compression
  (level 6) cuts cache disk usage by ~40% with negligible CPU overhead.
- docker-compose.yml: named volume `ccache:/var/cache/ccache` so the
  cache survives `docker compose up -d --build` (without it, every image
  rebuild discards the cache).
- backend/app/services/espidf_compiler.py: pass `-DCCACHE_ENABLE=1` to
  cmake when IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE is truthy. ESP-IDF's project.cmake
  (`set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE ccache)` on line 374)
  is what actually wires ccache in; without the cmake -D flag the env
  var alone has no effect because we don't go through idf.py.

Escape hatch: set IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE=0 in compose env to disable without
rebuilding the image.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Dockerfile.standalone                   | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 backend/app/services/espidf_compiler.py |  8 ++++++++
 docker-compose.yml                      |  7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Dockerfile.standalone b/Dockerfile.standalone
index b942aff8..e33a2cc3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.standalone
+++ b/Dockerfile.standalone
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     ninja-build \
     libusb-1.0-0 \
     git \
+    ccache \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && pip install --no-cache-dir packaging
@@ -171,6 +172,24 @@ ENV IDF_PATH=/opt/esp-idf
 ENV IDF_TOOLS_PATH=/root/.espressif
 ENV ARDUINO_ESP32_PATH=/opt/arduino-esp32
 
+# ── ccache for ESP-IDF compiles ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+# ESP-IDF's build system honours IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE=1 and routes every C/C++
+# compile through ccache. Cold first compile per container is unchanged
+# (cache is empty), but the second and subsequent compiles drop from
+# ~5-7 minutes to ~30-60 seconds because every ESP-IDF base object
+# (FreeRTOS, lwIP, esp_wifi, libsodium, …) hits the cache.
+#
+# Cache lives at /var/cache/ccache. Mount as a docker volume in
+# docker-compose.yml so the cache survives `docker compose up -d --build`.
+# Without the volume, the cache rebuilds itself on first compile after each
+# image rebuild — still better than no cache.
+ENV CCACHE_DIR=/var/cache/ccache
+ENV IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE=1
+RUN mkdir -p /var/cache/ccache \
+    && ccache --max-size=2G \
+    && ccache --set-config=compression=true \
+    && ccache --set-config=compression_level=6
+
 # Install ESP-IDF Python dependencies using the final image's Python
 # The requirements.txt has version constraints required by ESP-IDF 4.4.x
 RUN grep -v 'esp-windows-curses' /opt/esp-idf/requirements.txt \
diff --git a/backend/app/services/espidf_compiler.py b/backend/app/services/espidf_compiler.py
index 12b592f7..be992b9d 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/espidf_compiler.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/espidf_compiler.py
@@ -951,6 +951,14 @@ class ESPIDFCompiler:
                 str(project_dir),
             ]
 
+            # ccache: ESP-IDF's tools/cmake/project.cmake enables ccache iff
+            # the CMake variable `CCACHE_ENABLE` is truthy. We don't go through
+            # `idf.py` (which would translate the env var for us), so wire it
+            # in here. Default ON; set IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE=0 in the env to
+            # bypass without rebuilding the image.
+            if os.environ.get('IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE', '1') not in ('0', 'false', 'False', ''):
+                cmake_cmd.append('-DCCACHE_ENABLE=1')
+
             logger.info(f'[espidf] cmake: {" ".join(cmake_cmd)}')
 
             def _run_cmake():
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 77f4d5cf..38673a6a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ services:
       - IDF_PATH=/opt/esp-idf
       - IDF_TOOLS_PATH=/root/.espressif
       - ARDUINO_ESP32_PATH=/opt/arduino-esp32
+      # ccache for ESP-IDF compiles — the named volume below persists hits
+      # across container restarts and image rebuilds. Set IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE=0
+      # to disable without changing the Dockerfile.
+      - IDF_CCACHE_ENABLE=1
+      - CCACHE_DIR=/var/cache/ccache
     volumes:
       - ./data:/app/data
       - arduino-libs:/root/.arduino15
+      - ccache:/var/cache/ccache
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost/health"]
       interval: 30s
@@ -35,3 +41,4 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   arduino-libs:
+  ccache: