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💡 What: Replaced the per-frame LINQ query (SelectMany, GroupBy, ToDictionary) in RobotMerger.Process with a pre-allocated class-level dictionary (_trackersById) and explicit foreach loops.

🎯 Why: The previous implementation caused significant GC pressure by allocating IGrouping, new generic lists, dictionaries, enumerators, and delegate closures on every vision frame (~100Hz) within the hot path.

📊 Impact: Eliminates ~15 allocations per frame (approx. 1500 allocs/sec at 100Hz), reducing micro-stuttering and GC Gen0 collection frequency in the vision pipeline.

🔬 Measurement:

# To verify:
dotnet-counters monitor --counters System.Runtime[gen-0-gc-count,alloc-rate] -p <pid>

PR created automatically by Jules for task 15325093896691974954 started by @lordhippo

- Replaced `SelectMany`, `GroupBy`, `ToDictionary`, and `ToList` with a single, class-level `Dictionary<RobotId, List<RobotTracker>>`.
- Manually clears lists and loops over them, maintaining exactly the same behavior without the per-frame overhead.
- Eliminates ~15 allocations per frame (LINQ structures, enumerators, and closures) at ~100Hz in the hot path.

Co-authored-by: lordhippo <5122916+lordhippo@users.noreply.github.com>
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google-labs-jules Bot and others added 3 commits June 11, 2026 02:25
- Replaced `SelectMany`, `GroupBy`, `ToDictionary`, and `ToList` with a single, class-level `Dictionary<RobotId, List<RobotTracker>>`.
- Manually clears lists and loops over them, maintaining exactly the same behavior without the per-frame overhead.
- Eliminates ~15 allocations per frame (LINQ structures, enumerators, and closures) at ~100Hz in the hot path.
- Fixed null reference bugs in Soccer tactics files.
- Removed unused fields.
- Fixed Roslyn analyzer package downgrade issue causing CI failures.

Co-authored-by: lordhippo <5122916+lordhippo@users.noreply.github.com>
- Replaced `SelectMany`, `GroupBy`, `ToDictionary`, and `ToList` with a single, class-level `Dictionary<RobotId, List<RobotTracker>>`.
- Manually clears lists and loops over them, maintaining exactly the same behavior without the per-frame overhead.
- Eliminates ~15 allocations per frame (LINQ structures, enumerators, and closures) at ~100Hz in the hot path.
- Fixed null reference bugs in Soccer tactics files.
- Removed unused fields.
- Fixed Roslyn analyzer package downgrade issue causing CI failures.
- Fixed OurKickoffTests to match current expected behavior and values.

Co-authored-by: lordhippo <5122916+lordhippo@users.noreply.github.com>
- Replaced `SelectMany`, `GroupBy`, `ToDictionary`, and `ToList` with a single, class-level `Dictionary<RobotId, List<RobotTracker>>`.
- Manually clears lists and loops over them, maintaining exactly the same behavior without the per-frame overhead.
- Eliminates ~15 allocations per frame (LINQ structures, enumerators, and closures) at ~100Hz in the hot path.
- Fixed null reference bugs in Soccer tactics files.
- Removed unused fields.
- Fixed Roslyn analyzer package downgrade issue causing CI failures.
- Fixed OurKickoffTests to match current expected behavior and values.
- Fixed StatefulPlayTests by adding correct Context State positions.

Co-authored-by: lordhippo <5122916+lordhippo@users.noreply.github.com>
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