Add Spring.after_environment_load hook for post-Rails preloading#754
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Summary
Adds a
Spring.after_environment_loadhook that runs immediately after the Rails application environment is loaded in the Spring server process, but beforeGC.compact/Process.warmupand before the server enters its wait loop.This hook enables applications to preload expensive test infrastructure (e.g. test helpers, fixture caches, datastore connections) into the Spring server so that forked test workers inherit that work via copy-on-write instead of paying it on every invocation.
API
The block receives no arguments and runs once per server boot. It is intentionally not called when Spring is disabled or when the environment is reloaded.
Motivation
In Shopify's monolith,
bin/testpays ~2.4s ofrequirecost for itstest_helperon every test run even with Spring hot. By preloading this file into the Spring server, forked workers inherit the already-required code via CoW, reducing time-to-first-test significantly for inner-loop development.Implementation
Spring::Configurationgains an@after_environment_loadarray andafter_environment_loadregistration method (same pattern asafter_fork).Spring::Application#load_applicationcalls the callbacks afterrequire app_envreturns.