refactor: Enhance profile picture copying with optimized I/O and error handling (#6083)

* feat: enhance profile picture copying with optimized I/O and error handling

* fix: correct docstring for copy_profile_pictures function

src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/setup.py

@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ from langflow.services.database.models.folder.utils import (
     get_default_folder_id,
 )
 from langflow.services.database.models.user.crud import get_user_by_username
-from langflow.services.deps import (
+from langflow.services.deps import get_settings_service, get_storage_service, get_variable_service, session_scope
-    get_settings_service,
-    get_storage_service,
-    get_variable_service,
-    session_scope,
-)
 from langflow.template.field.prompt import DEFAULT_PROMPT_INTUT_TYPES
 from langflow.utils.util import escape_json_dump
 
@@ -393,10 +388,27 @@ async def load_starter_projects(retries=3, delay=1) -> list[tuple[anyio.Path, di
 
 
 async def copy_profile_pictures() -> None:
+    """Asynchronously copies profile pictures from the source directory to the target configuration directory.
+
+    This function copies profile pictures while optimizing I/O operations by:
+    1. Using a set to track existing files and avoid redundant filesystem checks
+    2. Performing bulk copy operations concurrently using asyncio.gather
+    3. Offloading blocking I/O to threads
+
+    The directory structure is:
+    profile_pictures/
+    ├── People/
+    │   └── [profile images]
+    └── Space/
+        └── [profile images]
+    """
+    # Get config directory from settings
     config_dir = get_storage_service().settings_service.settings.config_dir
     if config_dir is None:
         msg = "Config dir is not set in the settings"
         raise ValueError(msg)
+
+    # Setup source and target paths
     origin = anyio.Path(__file__).parent / "profile_pictures"
     target = anyio.Path(config_dir) / "profile_pictures"
 
@@ -404,15 +416,41 @@ async def copy_profile_pictures() -> None:
         msg = f"The source folder '{origin}' does not exist."
         raise ValueError(msg)
 
+    # Create target dir if needed
     if not await target.exists():
-        await target.mkdir(parents=True)
+        await target.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
     try:
-        await asyncio.to_thread(shutil.copytree, str(origin), str(target), dirs_exist_ok=True)
+        # Get set of existing files in target to avoid redundant checks
-        logger.debug(f"Folder copied from '{origin}' to '{target}'")
+        target_files = {str(f.relative_to(target)) async for f in target.rglob("*") if await f.is_file()}
 
-    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+        # Define a helper coroutine to copy a single file concurrently
-        logger.exception("Error copying the folder")
+        async def copy_file(src_file, dst_file, rel_path):
+            # Create parent directories if needed
+            await dst_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            # Offload blocking I/O to a thread
+            await asyncio.to_thread(shutil.copy2, str(src_file), str(dst_file))
+            logger.debug(f"Copied file '{rel_path}'")
+
+        tasks = []
+        async for src_file in origin.rglob("*"):
+            if not await src_file.is_file():
+                continue
+
+            rel_path = src_file.relative_to(origin)
+            if str(rel_path) not in target_files:
+                dst_file = target / rel_path
+                tasks.append(copy_file(src_file, dst_file, rel_path))
+            else:
+                logger.debug(f"Skipped existing file: '{rel_path}'")
+
+        if tasks:
+            await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.exception("Error copying profile pictures")
+        msg = "An error occurred while copying profile pictures."
+        raise RuntimeError(msg) from exc
 
 
 def get_project_data(project):