From Database Log we find a slow query(6064379 NanoSecond) with many subquery and union produced by group.rb#L112 as follows:
SELECT
"groups"."id",
"groups"."name"
FROM
"groups"
INNER JOIN "group_users" ON "groups"."id" = "group_users"."group_id"
WHERE
"group_users"."user_id" = 296
AND (groups.id > 0)
AND (
groups.id IN (
SELECT
id
FROM
groups
WHERE
visibility_level = 0
UNION ALL
SELECT
id
FROM
groups
WHERE
visibility_level = 1
AND 296 IS NOT NULL
UNION ALL
SELECT
g.id
FROM
groups g
JOIN group_users gu ON gu.group_id = g.id
AND gu.user_id = 296
WHERE
g.visibility_level = 2
UNION ALL
SELECT
g.id
FROM
groups g
LEFT JOIN group_users gu ON gu.group_id = g.id
AND gu.user_id = 296
AND gu.owner
WHERE
g.visibility_level = 3
AND (
gu.id IS NOT NULL
OR FALSE
)
UNION ALL
SELECT
g.id
FROM
groups g
JOIN group_users gu ON gu.group_id = g.id
AND gu.user_id = 296
AND gu.owner
WHERE
g.visibility_level = 4
)
)
ORDER BY
name ASC
Obviously it is equal to query as below:
SELECT
"groups"."id",
"groups"."name"
FROM
"groups"
INNER JOIN "group_users" ON "groups"."id" = "group_users"."group_id"
WHERE
"group_users"."user_id" = 296 AND
groups.visibility_level IN (0, 1, 2, 3, 4)
ORDER BY
name ASC
This opt query takes 378062 Nanosecond(improve 93%).