From ac09a48eaaa57e59bd680ffa8ff222d0222cb423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ephraim Duncan <55143799+ephraimduncan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:13:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] perf: parallelize independent async operations in
 createEnvelope (#2618)

---
 .../server-only/envelope/create-envelope.ts   | 25 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/lib/server-only/envelope/create-envelope.ts b/packages/lib/server-only/envelope/create-envelope.ts
index 3eae7e6a7..3a37c321f 100644
--- a/packages/lib/server-only/envelope/create-envelope.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/server-only/envelope/create-envelope.ts
@@ -265,18 +265,6 @@ export const createEnvelope = async ({
   // for uploads from the frontend
   const timezoneToUse = meta?.timezone || settings.documentTimezone || userTimezone;
 
-  const documentMeta = await prisma.documentMeta.create({
-    data: extractDerivedDocumentMeta(settings, {
-      ...meta,
-      timezone: timezoneToUse,
-    }),
-  });
-
-  const secondaryId =
-    type === EnvelopeType.DOCUMENT
-      ? await incrementDocumentId().then((v) => v.formattedDocumentId)
-      : await incrementTemplateId().then((v) => v.formattedTemplateId);
-
   const getValidatedDelegatedOwner = async () => {
     if (
       !settings.delegateDocumentOwnership ||
@@ -311,7 +299,18 @@ export const createEnvelope = async ({
     return delegatedOwner;
   };
 
-  const delegatedOwner = await getValidatedDelegatedOwner();
+  const [documentMeta, secondaryId, delegatedOwner] = await Promise.all([
+    prisma.documentMeta.create({
+      data: extractDerivedDocumentMeta(settings, {
+        ...meta,
+        timezone: timezoneToUse,
+      }),
+    }),
+    type === EnvelopeType.DOCUMENT
+      ? incrementDocumentId().then((v) => v.formattedDocumentId)
+      : incrementTemplateId().then((v) => v.formattedTemplateId),
+    getValidatedDelegatedOwner(),
+  ]);
   const envelopeOwnerId = delegatedOwner?.id ?? userId;
 
   const createdEnvelope = await prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {