perf: Add timeout and optimize URL unfurl performance (#11149)

* perf: Add timeout and optimize URL unfurl performance

Fixes issue where urls.unfurl endpoint could take 15+ seconds due to external API timeouts and sequential plugin execution.

Changes:
- Add timeout support to fetch utility with AbortController (defaults to no timeout, configurable per request)
- Add 10 second timeout to Iframely plugin requests
- Add early URL pattern validation to GitHub and Linear plugins to avoid unnecessary database queries
- Add try-catch error handling to URL parsing in GitHub and Linear plugins

This reduces worst-case unfurl time from 15+ seconds to ~10 seconds maximum, and eliminates unnecessary overhead for URLs that don't match plugin patterns.

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

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Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

plugins/github/server/github.ts

@@ -140,24 +140,29 @@ export class GitHub {
    * @returns {object} Containing resource identifiers - `owner`, `repo`, `type` and `id`.
    */
   public static parseUrl(url: string) {
-    const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(url);
-    if (hostname !== "github.com") {
+    try {
+      const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(url);
+      if (hostname !== "github.com") {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const parts = pathname.split("/");
+      const owner = parts[1];
+      const repo = parts[2];
+      const type = parts[3]
+        ? (pluralize.singular(parts[3]) as UnfurlResourceType)
+        : undefined;
+      const id = Number(parts[4]);
+
+      if (!type || !GitHub.supportedResources.includes(type)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      return { owner, repo, type, id, url };
+    } catch (_err) {
+      // Invalid URL format
       return;
     }
-
-    const parts = pathname.split("/");
-    const owner = parts[1];
-    const repo = parts[2];
-    const type = parts[3]
-      ? (pluralize.singular(parts[3]) as UnfurlResourceType)
-      : undefined;
-    const id = Number(parts[4]);
-
-    if (!type || !GitHub.supportedResources.includes(type)) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    return { owner, repo, type, id, url };
   }
 
   private static authenticateAsApp = () => {
@@ -222,6 +227,7 @@ export class GitHub {
    * @returns An object containing resource details e.g, a GitHub Pull Request details
    */
   public static unfurl: UnfurlSignature = async (url: string, actor: User) => {
+    // Early return if URL doesn't match GitHub pattern (before any DB queries)
     const resource = GitHub.parseUrl(url);
 
     if (!resource) {

plugins/iframely/server/iframely.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ class Iframely {
       const res = await fetch(
         `${apiUrl}/${type}?url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}&api_key=${
           env.IFRAMELY_API_KEY
-        }`
+        }`,
+        {
+          timeout: 10000, // 10 second timeout
+        }
       );
       return await res.json();
     } catch (err) {

plugins/linear/server/linear.ts

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export class Linear {
    * @returns An object containing resource details e.g, a Linear issue details
    */
   static unfurl: UnfurlSignature = async (url: string, actor: User) => {
+    // Early return if URL doesn't match Linear pattern (before any DB queries)
     const resource = Linear.parseUrl(url);
 
     if (!resource) {
@@ -241,21 +242,26 @@ export class Linear {
    * @returns An object containing resource identifiers - `workspaceKey`, `type`, `id` and `name`.
    */
   private static parseUrl(url: string) {
-    const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(url);
-    if (hostname !== "linear.app") {
+    try {
+      const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(url);
+      if (hostname !== "linear.app") {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const parts = pathname.split("/");
+      const workspaceKey = parts[1];
+      const type = parts[2] ? (parts[2] as UnfurlResourceType) : undefined;
+      const id = parts[3];
+      const name = parts[4];
+
+      if (!type || !Linear.supportedUnfurls.includes(type)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      return { workspaceKey, type, id, name };
+    } catch (_err) {
+      // Invalid URL format
       return;
     }
-
-    const parts = pathname.split("/");
-    const workspaceKey = parts[1];
-    const type = parts[2] ? (parts[2] as UnfurlResourceType) : undefined;
-    const id = parts[3];
-    const name = parts[4];
-
-    if (!type || !Linear.supportedUnfurls.includes(type)) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    return { workspaceKey, type, id, name };
   }
 }

server/utils/fetch.ts

@@ -52,11 +52,23 @@ export default async function fetch(
   url: string,
   init?: RequestInit & {
     allowPrivateIPAddress?: boolean;
+    timeout?: number;
   }
 ): Promise<Response> {
   Logger.silly("http", `Network request to ${url}`, init);
 
-  const { allowPrivateIPAddress, ...rest } = init || {};
+  const { allowPrivateIPAddress, timeout, ...rest } = init || {};
+
+  // Create AbortController for timeout if specified
+  let abortController: AbortController | undefined;
+  let timeoutId: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
+
+  if (timeout && !rest.signal) {
+    abortController = new AbortController();
+    timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+      abortController?.abort();
+    }, timeout);
+  }
 
   try {
     const response = await nodeFetch(url, {
@@ -65,6 +77,7 @@ export default async function fetch(
         "User-Agent": outlineUserAgent,
         ...rest?.headers,
       },
+      signal: abortController?.signal || rest.signal,
       agent: buildAgent(url, init),
     });
 
@@ -79,12 +92,19 @@ export default async function fetch(
 
     return response;
   } catch (err) {
+    if (err.name === "AbortError") {
+      throw new Error(`Request timeout after ${timeout}ms`);
+    }
     if (!env.isCloudHosted && err.message?.startsWith("DNS lookup")) {
       throw InternalError(
         `${err.message}\n\nTo allow this request, add the IP address or CIDR range to the ALLOWED_PRIVATE_IP_ADDRESSES environment variable.`
       );
     }
     throw err;
+  } finally {
+    if (timeoutId) {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+    }
   }
 }