perf: Remove defer feature update

This is totally an anti pattern. It overloads in few seconds the scheduler queue and slow down the whole request by 5-10 seconds.

app/helpers/call_events.py

@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ async def on_call_connected(
         _handle_recording(
             call=call,
             client=client,
-            scheduler=scheduler,
             server_call_id=server_call_id,
         ),  # Second, start recording the call
     )
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ async def on_automation_recognize_error(
     logger.info(
         "Timeout, retrying language selection (%s/%s)",
         call.recognition_retry,
-        await recognition_retry_max(scheduler),
+        await recognition_retry_max(),
     )
     await _handle_ivr_language(
         call=call,
@@ -321,7 +320,7 @@ async def _pre_recognize_error(
     Returns True if the call should continue, False if it should end.
     """
     # Voice retries are exhausted, end call
-    if call.recognition_retry >= await recognition_retry_max(scheduler):
+    if call.recognition_retry >= await recognition_retry_max():
         logger.info("Timeout, ending call")
         return False
 
@@ -793,15 +792,14 @@ async def _handle_ivr_language(
 async def _handle_recording(
     call: CallStateModel,
     client: CallAutomationClient,
-    scheduler: Scheduler,
     server_call_id: str,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Start recording the call.
 
     Feature activation is checked before starting the recording.
     """
-    if not await recording_enabled(scheduler):
+    if not await recording_enabled():
         return
 
     assert CONFIG.communication_services.recording_container_url

app/helpers/call_llm.py

@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ async def _response_callback(_retry: bool = False) -> None:
             in_callback=aec.pull_audio,
             out_callback=stt_client.push_audio,
             response_callback=_response_callback,
-            scheduler=scheduler,
             stop_callback=_stop_callback,
             timeout_callback=_timeout_callback,
         )
@@ -307,10 +306,10 @@ def _loading_task() -> asyncio.Task:
     # Timeouts
     soft_timeout_triggered = False
     soft_timeout_task = asyncio.create_task(
-        asyncio.sleep(await answer_soft_timeout_sec(scheduler))
+        asyncio.sleep(await answer_soft_timeout_sec())
     )
     hard_timeout_task = asyncio.create_task(
-        asyncio.sleep(await answer_hard_timeout_sec(scheduler))
+        asyncio.sleep(await answer_hard_timeout_sec())
     )
 
     def _clear_tasks() -> None:
@@ -340,7 +339,7 @@ def _clear_tasks() -> None:
             if hard_timeout_task.done():
                 logger.warning(
                     "Hard timeout of %ss reached",
-                    await answer_hard_timeout_sec(scheduler),
+                    await answer_hard_timeout_sec(),
                 )
                 # Clean up
                 _clear_tasks()
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ def _clear_tasks() -> None:
                 if soft_timeout_task.done() and not soft_timeout_triggered:
                     logger.warning(
                         "Soft timeout of %ss reached",
-                        await answer_soft_timeout_sec(scheduler),
+                        await answer_soft_timeout_sec(),
                     )
                     soft_timeout_triggered = True
                     # Never store the error message in the call history, it has caused hallucinations in the LLM
@@ -501,7 +500,6 @@ async def _content_callback(buffer: str) -> None:
         async for delta in completion_stream(
             max_tokens=160,  # Lowest possible value for 90% of the cases, if not sufficient, retry will be triggered, 100 tokens ~= 75 words, 20 words ~= 1 sentence, 6 sentences ~= 160 tokens
             messages=call.messages,
-            scheduler=scheduler,
             system=system,
             tools=tools,
         ):
@@ -619,7 +617,6 @@ async def _process_audio_for_vad(  # noqa: PLR0913
     in_callback: Callable[[], Awaitable[tuple[bytes, bool]]],
     out_callback: Callable[[bytes], None],
     response_callback: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]],
-    scheduler: Scheduler,
     stop_callback: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]],
     timeout_callback: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]],
 ) -> None:
@@ -643,7 +640,7 @@ async def _wait_for_silence() -> None:
         """
         # Wait before flushing
         nonlocal stop_task
-        timeout_ms = await vad_silence_timeout_ms(scheduler)
+        timeout_ms = await vad_silence_timeout_ms()
         await asyncio.sleep(timeout_ms / 1000)
 
         # Cancel the clear TTS task
@@ -656,7 +653,7 @@ async def _wait_for_silence() -> None:
         await response_callback()
 
         # Wait for silence and trigger timeout
-        timeout_sec = await phone_silence_timeout_sec(scheduler)
+        timeout_sec = await phone_silence_timeout_sec()
         while True:
             # Stop this time if the call played a message
             timeout_start = datetime.now(UTC)
@@ -685,7 +682,7 @@ async def _wait_for_stop() -> None:
         """
         Stop the TTS if user speaks for too long.
         """
-        timeout_ms = await vad_cutoff_timeout_ms(scheduler)
+        timeout_ms = await vad_cutoff_timeout_ms()
 
         # Wait before clearing the TTS queue
         await asyncio.sleep(timeout_ms / 1000)

app/helpers/call_utils.py

@@ -728,8 +728,7 @@ async def pull_recognition(self) -> str:
         try:
             await asyncio.wait_for(
                 self._stt_complete_gate.wait(),
-                timeout=await recognition_stt_complete_timeout_ms(self._scheduler)
-                / 1000,
+                timeout=await recognition_stt_complete_timeout_ms() / 1000,
             )
         except TimeoutError:
             logger.debug("Complete recognition timeout, using partial recognition")
@@ -856,7 +855,7 @@ async def _rms_speech_detection(self, voice: np.ndarray) -> bool:
         # Calculate Root Mean Square (RMS)
         rms = np.sqrt(np.mean(voice**2))
         # Get VAD threshold, divide by 10 to more usability from user side, as RMS is in range 0-1 and a detection of 0.1 is a good maximum threshold
-        threshold = await vad_threshold(self._scheduler) / 10
+        threshold = await vad_threshold() / 10
         return rms >= threshold
 
     async def _process_one(self, input_pcm: bytes) -> None:

app/helpers/features.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import TypeVar, cast
 
-from aiojobs import Scheduler
 from azure.appconfiguration.aio import AzureAppConfigurationClient
 from azure.core.exceptions import ResourceNotFoundError
 
@@ -16,55 +15,51 @@
 T = TypeVar("T", bool, int, float, str)
 
 
-async def answer_hard_timeout_sec(scheduler: Scheduler) -> int:
+async def answer_hard_timeout_sec() -> int:
     """
     The hard timeout for the bot answer in secs.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=60,
         key="answer_hard_timeout_sec",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
-async def answer_soft_timeout_sec(scheduler: Scheduler) -> int:
+async def answer_soft_timeout_sec() -> int:
     """
     The soft timeout for the bot answer in secs.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=30,
         key="answer_soft_timeout_sec",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
-async def callback_timeout_hour(scheduler: Scheduler) -> int:
+async def callback_timeout_hour() -> int:
     """
     The timeout for a callback in hours. Set 0 to disable.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=24,
         key="callback_timeout_hour",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
-async def phone_silence_timeout_sec(scheduler: Scheduler) -> int:
+async def phone_silence_timeout_sec() -> int:
     """
     Amount of silence in secs to trigger a warning message from the assistant.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=20,
         key="phone_silence_timeout_sec",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
-async def vad_threshold(scheduler: Scheduler) -> float:
+async def vad_threshold() -> float:
     """
     The threshold for voice activity detection. Between 0.1 and 1.
     """
@@ -73,88 +68,80 @@ async def vad_threshold(scheduler: Scheduler) -> float:
         key="vad_threshold",
         max_incl=1,
         min_incl=0.1,
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=float,
     )
 
 
-async def vad_silence_timeout_ms(scheduler: Scheduler) -> int:
+async def vad_silence_timeout_ms() -> int:
     """
     Silence to trigger voice activity detection in milliseconds.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=500,
         key="vad_silence_timeout_ms",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
-async def vad_cutoff_timeout_ms(scheduler: Scheduler) -> int:
+async def vad_cutoff_timeout_ms() -> int:
     """
     The cutoff timeout for voice activity detection in milliseconds.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=250,
         key="vad_cutoff_timeout_ms",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
-async def recording_enabled(scheduler: Scheduler) -> bool:
+async def recording_enabled() -> bool:
     """
     Whether call recording is enabled.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=False,
         key="recording_enabled",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=bool,
     )
 
 
-async def slow_llm_for_chat(scheduler: Scheduler) -> bool:
+async def slow_llm_for_chat() -> bool:
     """
     Whether to use the slow LLM for chat.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=True,
         key="slow_llm_for_chat",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=bool,
     )
 
 
-async def recognition_retry_max(scheduler: Scheduler) -> int:
+async def recognition_retry_max() -> int:
     """
     The maximum number of retries for voice recognition. Minimum of 1.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=3,
         key="recognition_retry_max",
         min_incl=1,
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
-async def recognition_stt_complete_timeout_ms(scheduler: Scheduler) -> int:
+async def recognition_stt_complete_timeout_ms() -> int:
     """
     The timeout for STT completion in milliseconds.
     """
     return await _default(
         default=100,
         key="recognition_stt_complete_timeout_ms",
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=int,
     )
 
 
-async def _default(  # noqa: PLR0913
+async def _default(
     default: T,
     key: str,
-    scheduler: Scheduler,
     type_res: type[T],
     max_incl: T | None = None,
     min_incl: T | None = None,
@@ -165,7 +152,6 @@ async def _default(  # noqa: PLR0913
     # Get the setting
     res = await _get(
         key=key,
-        scheduler=scheduler,
         type_res=type_res,
     )
     if res:
@@ -207,11 +193,7 @@ def _validate(
     return res
 
 
-async def _get(
-    key: str,
-    scheduler: Scheduler,
-    type_res: type[T],
-) -> T | None:
+async def _get(key: str, type_res: type[T]) -> T | None:
     """
     Get a setting from the App Configuration service.
     """
@@ -224,15 +206,6 @@ async def _get(
             value=cached.decode(),
         )
 
-    # Defer the update
-    await scheduler.spawn(_refresh(cache_key, key))
-    return
-
-
-async def _refresh(
-    cache_key: str,
-    key: str,
-) -> T | None:
     # Try live
     try:
         async with await _use_client() as client:
@@ -253,6 +226,12 @@ async def _refresh(
         value=res,
     )
 
+    # Return value
+    return _parse(
+        type_res=type_res,
+        value=res,
+    )
+
 
 @async_lru_cache()
 async def _use_client() -> AzureAppConfigurationClient:

app/helpers/llm_tools.py

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ async def new_claim(
 
         # Store the last message and use it at first message of the new claim
         self.call = await _db.call_create(
-            call=CallStateModel(
+            CallStateModel(
                 initiate=self.call.initiate.model_copy(),
                 voice_id=self.call.voice_id,
                 messages=[
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ async def new_claim(
                     # Reinsert the last message, using more will add the user message asking to create the new claim and the assistant can loop on it sometimes
                     self.call.messages[-1],
                 ],
-            ),
-            scheduler=self.scheduler,
+            )
         )
         return "Claim, reminders and messages reset"