From c07f0d9205c0f0f43a9cd56fb7b1fec701f9bd3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:37:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: parse emulator profiles once per process

The alias-free profile set was parsed separately from the full one, so a process asking for both read the 534 profiles twice, 1.6 s of a site build. It is now a filter over the full set.
---
 scripts/common.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/common.py b/scripts/common.py
index 48ea95b6..510faea5 100644
--- a/scripts/common.py
+++ b/scripts/common.py
@@ -1784,6 +1784,16 @@ def load_emulator_profiles(
     cache_key = (os.path.realpath(emulators_dir), skip_aliases)
     if cache_key in _emulator_profiles_cache:
         return _emulator_profiles_cache[cache_key]
+    if skip_aliases:
+        # A filter over the full set: parsed once, 534 YAML files cost 1.6 s
+        # every time a process asked for both variants.
+        profiles = {
+            name: profile
+            for name, profile in load_emulator_profiles(emulators_dir, False).items()
+            if profile.get("type") != "alias"
+        }
+        _emulator_profiles_cache[cache_key] = profiles
+        return profiles
     try:
         import yaml
     except ImportError:
@@ -1808,8 +1818,6 @@ def load_emulator_profiles(
             profile = yaml_load(fh) or {}
         if "emulator" not in profile:
             continue
-        if skip_aliases and profile.get("type") == "alias":
-            continue
         _normalize_hash_fields(profile)
         profiles[f.stem] = profile
     _emulator_profiles_cache[cache_key] = profiles