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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Bench: Numa cold-cache recursive resolution vs dig (forwarded through system resolver)
-#
-# Measures cold-cache recursive resolution time for Numa.
-# Flushes Numa's cache before each query to ensure cold-cache.
-# Compares against dig querying a public recursive resolver (no cache advantage).
-#
-# Usage: ./scripts/bench-recursive.sh [numa_port]
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-NUMA_ADDR="${NUMA_ADDR:-127.0.0.1}"
-NUMA_PORT="${NUMA_PORT:-${1:-53}}"
-API_PORT="${API_PORT:-5380}"
-ROUNDS=3
-
-DOMAINS=(
-  "example.com"
-  "rust-lang.org"
-  "kernel.org"
-  "signal.org"
-  "archlinux.org"
-  "openbsd.org"
-  "git-scm.com"
-  "sqlite.org"
-  "wireguard.com"
-  "mozilla.org"
-)
-
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-AMBER='\033[0;33m'
-CYAN='\033[0;36m'
-DIM='\033[0;90m'
-BOLD='\033[1m'
-RESET='\033[0m'
-
-echo -e "${CYAN}${BOLD}Recursive DNS Resolution Benchmark${RESET}"
-echo -e "${DIM}Numa (cold cache, recursive from root) vs dig @1.1.1.1 (public resolver)${RESET}"
-echo -e "${DIM}Rounds per domain: ${ROUNDS}${RESET}"
-echo ""
-
-# Verify Numa is reachable
-if ! dig @${NUMA_ADDR} -p ${NUMA_PORT} +short +time=3 +tries=1 example.com A &>/dev/null; then
-  echo -e "${AMBER}Numa not responding on ${NUMA_ADDR}:${NUMA_PORT}${RESET}" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Verify we can flush cache
-if ! curl -s -X DELETE "http://${NUMA_ADDR}:${API_PORT}/cache" &>/dev/null; then
-  echo -e "${AMBER}Cannot flush cache via API at ${NUMA_ADDR}:${API_PORT}${RESET}" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-measure_ms() {
-  local start end
-  start=$(python3 -c 'import time; print(time.time())')
-  eval "$1" &>/dev/null
-  end=$(python3 -c 'import time; print(time.time())')
-  python3 -c "print(round(($end - $start) * 1000, 1))"
-}
-
-printf "${BOLD}%-22s  %10s  %10s  %8s${RESET}\n" "Domain" "Numa (ms)" "1.1.1.1" "Delta"
-printf "%-22s  %10s  %10s  %8s\n" "----------------------" "----------" "----------" "--------"
-
-numa_total=0
-dig_total=0
-count=0
-
-for domain in "${DOMAINS[@]}"; do
-  numa_sum=0
-  dig_sum=0
-
-  for ((r=1; r<=ROUNDS; r++)); do
-    # Flush Numa cache
-    curl -s -X DELETE "http://${NUMA_ADDR}:${API_PORT}/cache" &>/dev/null
-    sleep 0.05
-
-    # Measure Numa (recursive from root, cold cache)
-    ms=$(measure_ms "dig @${NUMA_ADDR} -p ${NUMA_PORT} +short +time=10 +tries=1 ${domain} A")
-    numa_sum=$(python3 -c "print(round($numa_sum + $ms, 1))")
-
-    # Measure dig against 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare — warm cache, but shows baseline)
-    ms=$(measure_ms "dig @1.1.1.1 +short +time=10 +tries=1 ${domain} A")
-    dig_sum=$(python3 -c "print(round($dig_sum + $ms, 1))")
-  done
-
-  numa_avg=$(python3 -c "print(round($numa_sum / $ROUNDS, 1))")
-  dig_avg=$(python3 -c "print(round($dig_sum / $ROUNDS, 1))")
-  delta=$(python3 -c "d = round($numa_avg - $dig_avg, 1); print(f'+{d}' if d > 0 else str(d))")
-
-  # Color the delta
-  delta_color="$GREEN"
-  if python3 -c "exit(0 if $numa_avg > $dig_avg * 1.5 else 1)" 2>/dev/null; then
-    delta_color="$AMBER"
-  fi
-
-  printf "%-22s  %8s ms  %8s ms  ${delta_color}%6s ms${RESET}\n" "$domain" "$numa_avg" "$dig_avg" "$delta"
-
-  numa_total=$(python3 -c "print(round($numa_total + $numa_avg, 1))")
-  dig_total=$(python3 -c "print(round($dig_total + $dig_avg, 1))")
-  count=$((count + 1))
-done
-
-echo ""
-numa_mean=$(python3 -c "print(round($numa_total / $count, 1))")
-dig_mean=$(python3 -c "print(round($dig_total / $count, 1))")
-delta_mean=$(python3 -c "d = round($numa_mean - $dig_mean, 1); print(f'+{d}' if d > 0 else str(d))")
-
-printf "${BOLD}%-22s  %8s ms  %8s ms  %6s ms${RESET}\n" "AVERAGE" "$numa_mean" "$dig_mean" "$delta_mean"
-
-echo ""
-echo -e "${DIM}Note: Numa resolves recursively from root hints (cold cache).${RESET}"
-echo -e "${DIM}1.1.1.1 serves from Cloudflare's global cache (warm). The comparison${RESET}"
-echo -e "${DIM}is intentionally unfair — it shows Numa's worst case vs the best case${RESET}"
-echo -e "${DIM}of a global anycast resolver. Cached Numa queries resolve in <1ms.${RESET}"