perf: add fast paths for common HTTP/WebSocket operations

Implement fast path optimizations to reduce string comparisons in hot paths:

1. WebSocket Header Validation (WebSocketUpgradeClient.zig:735)
   - First-byte check to quickly reject headers not in exclusion list
   - Most headers (Content-Type, Accept, etc.) bypass all comparisons

2. HTTP Headers Content-Type lookup (Headers.zig:78)
   - Length check (12 chars) eliminates most candidates immediately
   - First-byte check (c/C) filters remaining non-matches

3. MIME Type Category Detection (MimeType.zig:124)
   - Length-based switch dispatch for category matching
   - First-byte check within each length bucket
   - Separate helper functions for text/application subtypes

4. WebSocket Header Parsing Early Exit (WebSocketUpgradeClient.zig:671)
   - First-byte filter for host/sec-websocket-* headers
   - Early exit when all three values (host, key, protocol) found

5. HTTP Method lookup (Method.zig:66)
   - Fast path for common methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.
   - Length-based switch avoids hash computation for 90%+ of requests

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/http/Headers.zig

@@ -83,8 +83,18 @@ pub fn getContentType(this: *const Headers) ?[]const u8 {
     const header_names = header_entries.items(.name);
     const header_values = header_entries.items(.value);
 
-    for (header_names, 0..header_names.len) |name, i| {
-        if (bun.strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(this.asStr(name), "content-type", true)) {
+    for (header_names, 0..) |name, i| {
+        const name_str = this.asStr(name);
+
+        // Fast path: "content-type" is 12 chars
+        if (name_str.len != 12) continue;
+
+        // Fast path: check first byte (case-insensitive c/C)
+        const first = name_str[0];
+        if (first != 'c' and first != 'C') continue;
+
+        // Slow path: full case-insensitive comparison
+        if (bun.strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_str, "content-type", true)) {
             return this.asStr(header_values[i]);
         }
     }

src/http/Method.zig

@@ -64,6 +64,38 @@ pub const Method = enum(u8) {
     }
 
     pub fn find(str: []const u8) ?Method {
+        // Fast path: check common methods first (covers 90%+ of requests)
+        switch (str.len) {
+            3 => {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "GET")) return .GET;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "PUT")) return .PUT;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "get")) return .GET;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "put")) return .PUT;
+            },
+            4 => {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "POST")) return .POST;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "HEAD")) return .HEAD;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "post")) return .POST;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "head")) return .HEAD;
+            },
+            5 => {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "PATCH")) return .PATCH;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "patch")) return .PATCH;
+            },
+            6 => {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "DELETE")) return .DELETE;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "delete")) return .DELETE;
+            },
+            7 => {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "OPTIONS")) return .OPTIONS;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "options")) return .OPTIONS;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "CONNECT")) return .CONNECT;
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, str, "connect")) return .CONNECT;
+            },
+            else => {},
+        }
+
+        // Slow path: full map lookup for rare methods
         return Map.get(str);
     }
 

src/http/MimeType.zig

@@ -130,90 +130,97 @@ pub const Category = enum {
                 after_slash = after_slash[0..semicolon];
             }
 
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "text")) {
-                if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "javascript")) {
-                    return .javascript;
-                }
-
-                if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "css")) {
-                    return .css;
-                }
-
-                if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "html")) {
-                    return .html;
-                }
-
-                if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "json")) {
-                    return .json;
-                }
-
-                return .text;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "application")) {
-                if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "wasm")) {
-                    return .wasm;
-                }
-
-                if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "javascript")) {
-                    return .javascript;
-                }
-
-                if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "json")) {
-                    return .json;
-                }
-
-                if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "octet-stream")) {
-                    return .other;
-                }
-
-                return .application;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "image")) {
-                return .image;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "video")) {
-                return .video;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "audio")) {
-                return .audio;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "font")) {
-                return .font;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "multipart")) {
-                return .multipart;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "model")) {
-                return .model;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "message")) {
-                return .message;
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "x-conference")) {
-                return .@"x-conference";
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "x-shader")) {
-                return .@"x-shader";
-            }
-
-            if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "chemical")) {
-                return .chemical;
+            // Length-based dispatch for categories to avoid unnecessary string comparisons
+            switch (category.len) {
+                4 => {
+                    // "text" or "font"
+                    switch (category[0]) {
+                        't' => if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "text")) {
+                            return parseTextSubtype(after_slash);
+                        },
+                        'f' => if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "font")) {
+                            return .font;
+                        },
+                        else => {},
+                    }
+                },
+                5 => {
+                    // "image", "audio", "video", "model"
+                    switch (category[0]) {
+                        'i' => if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "image")) return .image,
+                        'a' => if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "audio")) return .audio,
+                        'v' => if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "video")) return .video,
+                        'm' => if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "model")) return .model,
+                        else => {},
+                    }
+                },
+                7 => {
+                    // "message"
+                    if (category[0] == 'm' and strings.eqlComptime(category, "message")) {
+                        return .message;
+                    }
+                },
+                8 => {
+                    // "chemical", "x-shader"
+                    switch (category[0]) {
+                        'c' => if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "chemical")) return .chemical,
+                        'x' => if (strings.eqlComptime(category, "x-shader")) return .@"x-shader",
+                        else => {},
+                    }
+                },
+                9 => {
+                    // "multipart"
+                    if (category[0] == 'm' and strings.eqlComptime(category, "multipart")) {
+                        return .multipart;
+                    }
+                },
+                11 => {
+                    // "application"
+                    if (category[0] == 'a' and strings.eqlComptime(category, "application")) {
+                        return parseApplicationSubtype(after_slash);
+                    }
+                },
+                12 => {
+                    // "x-conference"
+                    if (category[0] == 'x' and strings.eqlComptime(category, "x-conference")) {
+                        return .@"x-conference";
+                    }
+                },
+                else => {},
             }
         }
 
         return .other;
     }
 
+    fn parseTextSubtype(after_slash: string) Category {
+        switch (after_slash.len) {
+            3 => if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "css")) return .css,
+            4 => switch (after_slash[0]) {
+                'j' => if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "json")) return .json,
+                'h' => if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "html")) return .html,
+                else => {},
+            },
+            10 => if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "javascript")) return .javascript,
+            else => {},
+        }
+        return .text;
+    }
+
+    fn parseApplicationSubtype(after_slash: string) Category {
+        switch (after_slash.len) {
+            4 => switch (after_slash[0]) {
+                'w' => if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "wasm")) return .wasm,
+                'j' => if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "json")) return .json,
+                else => {},
+            },
+            10 => if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "javascript")) return .javascript,
+            12 => if (strings.eqlComptime(after_slash, "octet-stream")) return .other,
+            else => {},
+        }
+        return .application;
+    }
+
     pub fn isCode(this: Category) bool {
         return switch (this) {
             .wasm, .json, .css, .html, .javascript => true,

src/http/websocket_client/WebSocketUpgradeClient.zig

@@ -668,14 +668,30 @@ fn buildRequestBody(
     var user_key: ?jsc.ZigString = null;
     var user_protocol: ?jsc.ZigString = null;
 
+    var found_count: u8 = 0;
     for (extra_headers.names, extra_headers.values) |name, value| {
         const name_slice = name.slice();
-        if (user_host == null and strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "host", true)) {
-            user_host = value;
-        } else if (user_key == null and strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "sec-websocket-key", true)) {
-            user_key = value;
-        } else if (user_protocol == null and strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "sec-websocket-protocol", true)) {
-            user_protocol = value;
+        if (name_slice.len == 0) continue;
+
+        // Fast rejection by first character (lowercase)
+        const first = name_slice[0] | 0x20;
+
+        if (first == 'h' and user_host == null) {
+            if (strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "host", true)) {
+                user_host = value;
+                found_count += 1;
+                if (found_count == 3) break; // Early exit
+            }
+        } else if (first == 's' and (user_key == null or user_protocol == null)) {
+            if (user_key == null and strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "sec-websocket-key", true)) {
+                user_key = value;
+                found_count += 1;
+                if (found_count == 3) break;
+            } else if (user_protocol == null and strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "sec-websocket-protocol", true)) {
+                user_protocol = value;
+                found_count += 1;
+                if (found_count == 3) break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -734,6 +750,20 @@ fn buildRequestBody(
 
     for (extra_headers.names, extra_headers.values) |name, value| {
         const name_slice = name.slice();
+        if (name_slice.len == 0) {
+            try writer.print("{f}: {f}\r\n", .{ name, value });
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Fast path: first-byte check to quickly reject most headers.
+        // Only headers starting with 'h', 'c', 'u', or 's' could be in the exclusion list.
+        const first = name_slice[0] | 0x20; // lowercase
+        if (first != 'h' and first != 'c' and first != 'u' and first != 's') {
+            try writer.print("{f}: {f}\r\n", .{ name, value });
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Slow path: full case-insensitive comparison for potential matches
         if (strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "host", true) or
             strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "connection", true) or
             strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCII(name_slice, "upgrade", true) or