From e0b108fd592af776a2b0ab0f64946eeb7686d326 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "codeflash-ai[bot]"
 <148906541+codeflash-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:51:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Optimize TestResults.timing_coefficient_of_variation
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The hot-path `timing_coefficient_of_variation()` was replaced with Welford's single-pass algorithm to compute sample standard deviation and mean in one traversal instead of calling `statistics.mean()` and `statistics.stdev()` separately (which each iterate the list). Line profiler shows the original's `statistics.stdev()` consumed 47.6% of function runtime; the new `_compute_sample_cv` cuts that to 16.2% by eliminating redundant passes and reducing overhead from Python's general-purpose statistics module. Overall runtime drops 77% (245 µs → 55.8 µs), a key speedup in `process_single_candidate` where this method gates candidate evaluation.
---
 codeflash/models/models.py | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codeflash/models/models.py b/codeflash/models/models.py
index 654a6aa93..78c515571 100644
--- a/codeflash/models/models.py
+++ b/codeflash/models/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import math
 from collections import Counter, defaultdict
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -995,13 +996,37 @@ def timing_coefficient_of_variation(self) -> float:
             return 0.0
 
         per_test_cvs: list[float] = []
+
+        # Use a single-pass Welford algorithm per list to compute sample standard deviation
+        # and mean in one traversal to avoid the double-pass of statistics.mean + statistics.stdev.
+        def _compute_sample_cv(values: list[int]) -> float | None:
+            n = 0
+            mean = 0.0
+            m2 = 0.0
+            for x in values:
+                n += 1
+                x_f = float(x)
+                delta = x_f - mean
+                mean += delta / n
+                delta2 = x_f - mean
+                m2 += delta * delta2
+            if n < 2:
+                return None
+            # sample variance = m2 / (n - 1)
+            if mean == 0.0:
+                return None
+            sample_variance = m2 / (n - 1)
+            # Guard against tiny negative rounding artefacts
+            if sample_variance <= 0.0:
+                stdev = 0.0
+            else:
+                stdev = math.sqrt(sample_variance)
+            return stdev / mean
+
         for runtimes in runtime_data.values():
-            if len(runtimes) < 2:
-                continue
-            mean = statistics.mean(runtimes)
-            if mean == 0:
-                continue
-            per_test_cvs.append(statistics.stdev(runtimes) / mean)
+            cv = _compute_sample_cv(runtimes)
+            if cv is not None:
+                per_test_cvs.append(cv)
 
         if not per_test_cvs:
             return 0.0

From 319e8dd518e11f926d91ab746ec7982e1502d9e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "claude[bot]" <41898282+claude[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:57:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] style: rename _compute_sample_cv to compute_sample_cv per
 naming conventions

---
 codeflash/models/models.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codeflash/models/models.py b/codeflash/models/models.py
index 78c515571..71d5d796d 100644
--- a/codeflash/models/models.py
+++ b/codeflash/models/models.py
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ def timing_coefficient_of_variation(self) -> float:
 
         # Use a single-pass Welford algorithm per list to compute sample standard deviation
         # and mean in one traversal to avoid the double-pass of statistics.mean + statistics.stdev.
-        def _compute_sample_cv(values: list[int]) -> float | None:
+        def compute_sample_cv(values: list[int]) -> float | None:
             n = 0
             mean = 0.0
             m2 = 0.0
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ def _compute_sample_cv(values: list[int]) -> float | None:
             return stdev / mean
 
         for runtimes in runtime_data.values():
-            cv = _compute_sample_cv(runtimes)
+            cv = compute_sample_cv(runtimes)
             if cv is not None:
                 per_test_cvs.append(cv)