From 53bfb14fea840adf98a37a898d6cd8f9b86ae39a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sander Declerck <sander@sdsoftware.be>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 09:20:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Only load the malware database once

---
 packages/safe-chain/src/scanning/malwareDatabase.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/scanning/malwareDatabase.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/scanning/malwareDatabase.js
index 26f1999..0181e5e 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/scanning/malwareDatabase.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/scanning/malwareDatabase.js
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ import {
 } from "../config/configFile.js";
 import { ui } from "../environment/userInteraction.js";
 
+let cachedMalwareDatabase = null;
+
 export async function openMalwareDatabase() {
+  if (cachedMalwareDatabase) {
+    return cachedMalwareDatabase;
+  }
+
   const malwareDatabase = await getMalwareDatabase();
 
   function getPackageStatus(name, version) {
@@ -25,13 +31,14 @@ export async function openMalwareDatabase() {
     return packageData.reason;
   }
 
-  return {
+  cachedMalwareDatabase = {
     getPackageStatus,
     isMalware: (name, version) => {
       const status = getPackageStatus(name, version);
       return isMalwareStatus(status);
     },
   };
+  return cachedMalwareDatabase;
 }
 
 async function getMalwareDatabase() {