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- 81 issue files ISSUE-055..135 (decisions + 1 skipped no-brainer).
- Scanner docs from scratch (was zero): architecture, data model, API ref, payment
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-30 18:48:04 +04:00

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---
issue: 123
title: "Backend: notification unread-count chatty DB access — 3 parallel countDocuments per event"
severity: low
domain: Notification
labels: [performance, backend, database]
status: open
created: 2026-05-30
source: Full Codebase Audit 2026-05-30
---
# Backend: notification unread-count chatty DB access — 3 parallel countDocuments per event
**Severity:** low
**Domain:** Notification
**Labels:** performance, backend, database
## Description
`NotificationService.ts:145` runs 3 `countDocuments` calls per unread-count request. When notification events are frequent, this creates a high volume of DB count queries. Under heavy load, these compete with write operations.
## Options
1. Cache per-user unread count in Redis, increment/decrement on events.
2. Coalesce the 3 parallel `countDocuments` into fewer aggregations.
3. Leave as-is (covered by existing index) and only optimize if hot.
## Recommendation
Introduce a Redis-backed unread counter updated incrementally; until then, coalesce counts.
## Affected Files
- `backend/src/services/notification/NotificationService.ts:145`
## References
- [Full Codebase Audit 2026-05-30](../09%20-%20Audits/Full%20Codebase%20Audit%20-%202026-05-30.md) — DEC-44