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ECO-CMP-PY-020

Name: Synchronous subprocess invocation in hot path

Category: CMP

Family: PY

Primary layer: code

System layers: code

Description

Blocking subprocess calls increase latency and consume resources.

Impact

  • confidence: 0.7
  • notes: High variance; often spikes p99.
  • type: latency

Detection

  • languages:
  • python
  • method: ast

Remediation

  • guidance: Avoid subprocess in request paths; cache results or move to background jobs.
  • tradeoffs: Added system complexity.

Pattern examples

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Remediation examples

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