Eliminate unnecessary API calls when persisting field (#12429)

Fixes #10177

Modified `usePersistField` to check for deep equality between the value
to persist and the current record store value before sending an update
query.

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-field/hooks/__tests__/usePersistField.test.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-import { gql } from '@apollo/client';
-import { MockedResponse } from '@apollo/client/testing';
-import { act, renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
-
 import { CoreObjectNameSingular } from '@/object-metadata/types/CoreObjectNameSingular';
 import { PERSON_FRAGMENT_WITH_DEPTH_ONE_RELATIONS } from '@/object-record/hooks/__mocks__/personFragments';
 import { useUpdateOneRecord } from '@/object-record/hooks/useUpdateOneRecord';
@@ -20,6 +14,11 @@ import { usePersistField } from '@/object-record/record-field/hooks/usePersistFi
 import { FieldDefinition } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldDefinition';
 import { FieldMetadata } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldMetadata';
 import { recordStoreFamilySelector } from '@/object-record/record-store/states/selectors/recordStoreFamilySelector';
+import { gql } from '@apollo/client';
+import { MockedResponse } from '@apollo/client/testing';
+import { renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { ReactNode, act } from 'react';
+import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
 import { getJestMetadataAndApolloMocksWrapper } from '~/testing/jest/getJestMetadataAndApolloMocksWrapper';
 
 const query = gql`
@@ -30,6 +29,13 @@ const query = gql`
   }
 `;
 
+const phoneMock = {
+  primaryPhoneNumber: '123 456',
+  primaryPhoneCountryCode: 'US',
+  primaryPhoneCallingCode: '+1',
+  additionalPhones: [],
+};
+
 const mocks: MockedResponse[] = [
   {
     request: {
@@ -37,12 +43,7 @@ const mocks: MockedResponse[] = [
       variables: {
         idToUpdate: 'recordId',
         input: {
-          phones: {
-            primaryPhoneNumber: '123 456',
-            primaryPhoneCountryCode: 'US',
-            primaryPhoneCallingCode: '+1',
-            additionalPhones: [],
-          },
+          phones: phoneMock,
         },
       },
     },
@@ -117,11 +118,15 @@ const PhoneWrapper = getWrapper(phonesFieldDefinition);
 const RelationWrapper = getWrapper(relationFieldDefinition);
 
 describe('usePersistField', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
   it('should work as expected', async () => {
     const { result } = renderHook(
       () => {
         const entityFields = useRecoilValue(
-          recordStoreFamilySelector({ recordId, fieldName: 'phone' }),
+          recordStoreFamilySelector({ recordId, fieldName: 'phones' }),
         );
 
         return {
@@ -172,4 +177,55 @@ describe('usePersistField', () => {
       expect(mocks[1].result).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
+
+  it('should skip persistence value has not changed', async () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(
+      () => {
+        const entityFields = useRecoilValue(
+          recordStoreFamilySelector({ recordId, fieldName: 'phones' }),
+        );
+
+        return {
+          persistField: usePersistField(),
+          entityFields,
+        };
+      },
+      { wrapper: PhoneWrapper },
+    );
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.persistField(phoneMock);
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mocks[0].result).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should skip persistence when relation field value has not changed', async () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(
+      () => {
+        const entityFields = useRecoilValue(
+          recordStoreFamilySelector({
+            recordId,
+            fieldName: 'company',
+          }),
+        );
+
+        return {
+          persistField: usePersistField(),
+          entityFields,
+        };
+      },
+      { wrapper: RelationWrapper },
+    );
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.persistField({ id: 'companyId' });
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mocks[1].result).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
 });

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-field/hooks/usePersistField.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { isFieldRichTextV2 } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/guards/isF
 import { isFieldRichTextValue } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/guards/isFieldRichTextValue';
 import { isFieldRichTextV2Value } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/guards/isFieldRichTextValueV2';
 import { getForeignKeyNameFromRelationFieldName } from '@/object-record/utils/getForeignKeyNameFromRelationFieldName';
+import { isDeeplyEqual } from '~/utils/isDeeplyEqual';
 import { FieldContext } from '../contexts/FieldContext';
 import { isFieldBoolean } from '../types/guards/isFieldBoolean';
 import { isFieldBooleanValue } from '../types/guards/isFieldBooleanValue';
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ export const usePersistField = () => {
   const [updateRecord] = useUpdateRecord();
 
   const persistField = useRecoilCallback(
-    ({ set }) =>
+    ({ set, snapshot }) =>
       (valueToPersist: unknown) => {
         const fieldIsRelationToOneObject =
           isFieldRelationToOneObject(
@@ -156,6 +157,22 @@ export const usePersistField = () => {
 
         if (isValuePersistable) {
           const fieldName = fieldDefinition.metadata.fieldName;
+
+          const currentValue: any = snapshot
+            .getLoadable(recordStoreFamilySelector({ recordId, fieldName }))
+            .getValue();
+
+          if (
+            fieldIsRelationToOneObject &&
+            valueToPersist?.id === currentValue?.id
+          ) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          if (isDeeplyEqual(valueToPersist, currentValue)) {
+            return;
+          }
+
           set(
             recordStoreFamilySelector({ recordId, fieldName }),
             valueToPersist,