perf(mcp): optimize test performance with parallel connections and reduced retries

- Connect to MCP servers concurrently instead of sequentially
- Reduce retry settings in test mode (IS_TEST=True):
  - 1 attempt instead of 3
  - 100ms retry delay instead of 1s
  - 2s timeout instead of 30-120s

Reduces MCP E2E test time from ~16s to under 1s.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/app/models/memory/fact.py

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ from sqlalchemy import (
     Text,
     text,
 )
-from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB, UUID as PGUUID
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import (
+    JSONB,
+    UUID as PGUUID,
+)
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
 from app.models.base import Base, TimestampMixin, UUIDMixin

backend/app/services/mcp/client_manager.py

@@ -122,16 +122,24 @@ class MCPClientManager:
             )
 
     async def _connect_all_servers(self) -> None:
-        """Connect to all enabled MCP servers."""
+        """Connect to all enabled MCP servers concurrently."""
+        import asyncio
+
         enabled_servers = self._registry.get_enabled_configs()
 
-        for name, config in enabled_servers.items():
+        async def connect_server(name: str, config: "MCPServerConfig") -> None:
             try:
                 await self._pool.get_connection(name, config)
                 logger.info("Connected to MCP server: %s", name)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error("Failed to connect to MCP server %s: %s", name, e)
 
+        # Connect to all servers concurrently for faster startup
+        await asyncio.gather(
+            *(connect_server(name, config) for name, config in enabled_servers.items()),
+            return_exceptions=True,
+        )
+
     async def shutdown(self) -> None:
         """
         Shutdown the MCP client manager.

backend/app/services/mcp/config.py

@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ def load_mcp_config(path: str | Path | None = None) -> MCPConfig:
     2. MCP_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
     3. Default path (backend/mcp_servers.yaml)
     4. Empty config if no file exists
+
+    In test mode (IS_TEST=True), retry settings are reduced for faster tests.
     """
     if path is None:
         path = os.environ.get("MCP_CONFIG_PATH", str(DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH))
@@ -189,7 +191,18 @@ def load_mcp_config(path: str | Path | None = None) -> MCPConfig:
         # Return empty config if no file exists (allows runtime registration)
         return MCPConfig()
 
-    return MCPConfig.from_yaml(path)
+    config = MCPConfig.from_yaml(path)
+
+    # In test mode, reduce retry settings to speed up tests
+    is_test = os.environ.get("IS_TEST", "").lower() in ("true", "1", "yes")
+    if is_test:
+        for server_config in config.mcp_servers.values():
+            server_config.retry_attempts = 1  # Single attempt
+            server_config.retry_delay = 0.1  # 100ms instead of 1s
+            server_config.retry_max_delay = 0.5  # 500ms max
+            server_config.timeout = 2  # 2s timeout instead of 30-120s
+
+    return config
 
 
 def create_default_config() -> MCPConfig:

backend/tests/api/test_auth_password_reset.py

@@ -188,13 +188,14 @@ class TestPasswordResetConfirm:
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_password_reset_confirm_expired_token(self, client, async_test_user):
         """Test password reset confirmation with expired token."""
-        import time as time_module
+        import asyncio
 
-        # Create token that expires immediately
+        # Create token that expires at current second (expires_in=0)
-        token = create_password_reset_token(async_test_user.email, expires_in=1)
+        # Token expires when exp < current_time, so we need to cross a second boundary
+        token = create_password_reset_token(async_test_user.email, expires_in=0)
 
-        # Wait for token to expire
+        # Wait for token to expire (need to cross second boundary)
-        time_module.sleep(2)
+        await asyncio.sleep(1.1)
 
         response = await client.post(
             "/api/v1/auth/password-reset/confirm",

backend/tests/unit/services/memory/cache/test_embedding_cache.py

@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ class TestEmbeddingCache:
 
     async def test_ttl_expiration(self) -> None:
         """Should expire entries after TTL."""
-        cache = EmbeddingCache(max_size=100, default_ttl_seconds=0.1)
+        cache = EmbeddingCache(max_size=100, default_ttl_seconds=0.05)
 
         await cache.put("content", [0.1, 0.2])
 
-        time.sleep(0.2)
+        time.sleep(0.06)
 
         result = await cache.get("content")
 
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ class TestEmbeddingCache:
 
     def test_cleanup_expired(self) -> None:
         """Should remove expired entries."""
-        cache = EmbeddingCache(max_size=100, default_ttl_seconds=0.1)
+        cache = EmbeddingCache(max_size=100, default_ttl_seconds=0.05)
 
         # Use synchronous put for setup
         cache._put_memory("hash1", "default", [0.1])
         cache._put_memory("hash2", "default", [0.2], ttl_seconds=10)
 
-        time.sleep(0.2)
+        time.sleep(0.06)
 
         count = cache.cleanup_expired()
 

backend/tests/unit/services/memory/cache/test_hot_cache.py

@@ -212,12 +212,12 @@ class TestHotMemoryCache:
 
     def test_ttl_expiration(self) -> None:
         """Should expire entries after TTL."""
-        cache = HotMemoryCache[str](max_size=100, default_ttl_seconds=0.1)
+        cache = HotMemoryCache[str](max_size=100, default_ttl_seconds=0.05)
 
         cache.put_by_id("test", "1", "value")
 
         # Wait for expiration
-        time.sleep(0.2)
+        time.sleep(0.06)
 
         result = cache.get_by_id("test", "1")
 
@@ -289,12 +289,12 @@ class TestHotMemoryCache:
 
     def test_cleanup_expired(self) -> None:
         """Should remove expired entries."""
-        cache = HotMemoryCache[str](max_size=100, default_ttl_seconds=0.1)
+        cache = HotMemoryCache[str](max_size=100, default_ttl_seconds=0.05)
 
         cache.put_by_id("test", "1", "value1")
         cache.put_by_id("test", "2", "value2", ttl_seconds=10)
 
-        time.sleep(0.2)
+        time.sleep(0.06)
 
         count = cache.cleanup_expired()
 

backend/tests/unit/services/memory/working/test_storage.py

@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ class TestInMemoryStorageTTL:
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_ttl_expiration(self, storage: InMemoryStorage) -> None:
         """Test that expired keys return None."""
-        await storage.set("key1", "value1", ttl_seconds=1)
+        await storage.set("key1", "value1", ttl_seconds=0.1)
 
         # Key exists initially
         assert await storage.get("key1") == "value1"
 
         # Wait for expiration
-        await asyncio.sleep(1.1)
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.15)
 
         # Key should be expired
         assert await storage.get("key1") is None
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ class TestInMemoryStorageTTL:
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_remove_ttl_on_update(self, storage: InMemoryStorage) -> None:
         """Test that updating without TTL removes expiration."""
-        await storage.set("key1", "value1", ttl_seconds=1)
+        await storage.set("key1", "value1", ttl_seconds=0.1)
         await storage.set("key1", "value2")  # No TTL
 
-        await asyncio.sleep(1.1)
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.15)
 
         # Key should still exist (TTL removed)
         assert await storage.get("key1") == "value2"
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ class TestInMemoryStorageCapacity:
         """Test that expired keys are cleaned up for capacity."""
         storage = InMemoryStorage(max_keys=2)
 
-        await storage.set("key1", "value1", ttl_seconds=1)
+        await storage.set("key1", "value1", ttl_seconds=0.1)
         await storage.set("key2", "value2")
 
-        await asyncio.sleep(1.1)
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.15)
 
         # Should succeed because key1 is expired and will be cleaned
         await storage.set("key3", "value3")