Improve performance for user database queries

server/controllers/user.controller.js

@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ export async function validateResetPasswordToken(req, res) {
   const user = await User.findOne({
     resetPasswordToken: req.params.token,
     resetPasswordExpires: { $gt: Date.now() }
-  }).exec();
+  })
+    .lean()
+    .exec();
   if (!user) {
     res.status(401).json({
       success: false,

server/models/project.js

@@ -76,5 +76,7 @@ projectSchema.methods.isSlugUnique = async function isSlugUnique() {
   };
 };
 
+projectSchema.index({ user: 1 }, { collation: { locale: 'en', strength: 2 } });
+
 export default mongoose.models.Project ||
   mongoose.model('Project', projectSchema);

server/models/user.js

@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ userSchema.statics.findByEmailOrUsername = async function findByEmailOrUsername(
     const foundUser = await user
       .findOne(query)
       .collation({ locale: 'en', strength: 2 })
+      .lean()
       .exec();
 
     return foundUser;
@@ -343,6 +344,7 @@ userSchema.statics.findByEmailAndUsername = async function findByEmailAndUsernam
   const foundUser = await user
     .findOne(query)
     .collation({ locale: 'en', strength: 2 })
+    .lean()
     .exec();
 
   return foundUser;

server/views/404Page.js

@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ export const get404Sketch = async () => {
     </html>`);
 
   try {
-    const p5User = await User.findOne({ username: 'p5' }).exec();
+    const p5User = await User.findOne({ username: 'p5' }).lean().exec();
 
     if (!p5User) {
       return errorMessage;
     }
 
-    const projects = await Project.find({ user: p5User._id }).exec();
+    const projects = await Project.find({ user: p5User._id }).lean().exec();
 
     if (!projects.length) {
       return errorMessage;