@bobfrankston/mailx-imap 0.1.73 → 0.1.74

package/index.js

@@ -2467,14 +2467,29 @@ export class ImapManager extends EventEmitter {
         // Quick STATUS check (above) and actions/outbox drain (above)
         // stay here because they're tightly tied to IMAP connection state
         // and the `syncing` flag.
-        // Full sync (all folders + IDLE restart) at configured interval.
-        // Stays here because callers pass `intervalMinutes` directly —
-        // moving it would mean threading the value through MailxService
-        // → Reconciler with a separate setter, for no behavior gain.
+        // LAZY FOLDER SYNC (Thunderbird model — Bob 2026-05-28). The full
+        // sweep of ALL folders no longer runs on the tight `intervalMinutes`
+        // (5 min) timer. On a mailbox with 79 folders + a 135k INBOX, that
+        // sweep ran longer than 5 minutes (folders timing out at 360s) and
+        // was therefore ALWAYS running, saturating the 4-permit connection
+        // semaphore. That starved the three things that actually matter —
+        // new INBOX mail (IDLE re-establish), body prefetch, and click-to-read
+        // — producing the session's running complaints: "slow to get codes",
+        // "lots not prefetched", "Loading… forever".
+        //
+        // New model:
+        //   - INBOX: IDLE push (instant) + the 5-min quick STATUS check above
+        //     (safety net). Unchanged — INBOX stays fresh.
+        //   - Every other folder: synced ON OPEN (the client fires syncFolder
+        //     when the user selects a folder) + a slow background sweep at
+        //     FULL_SWEEP_MIN so nothing goes stale indefinitely.
+        // The slow sweep keeps connection headroom free for the hot paths.
+        const FULL_SWEEP_MIN = 30;
         const fullInterval = setInterval(() => {
             this.runFullSync().catch(e => console.error(`  [periodic] full sync error: ${e?.message || e}`));
-        }, intervalMinutes * 60000);
+        }, FULL_SWEEP_MIN * 60000);
         this.syncIntervals.set("all", fullInterval);
+        console.log(`  [periodic] full all-folders sweep every ${FULL_SWEEP_MIN}min (lazy model — folders also sync on open); INBOX stays live via IDLE + ${intervalMinutes}min quick check`);
     }
     /** One-shot full sync + IDLE restart. Public so callers (Reconciler,
      *  user-initiated "Sync now") can fire it on demand. The original body

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bobfrankston/mailx-imap",
-  "version": "0.1.73",
+  "version": "0.1.74",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",