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+"""
+Performance profiling utilities for AITBC
+Provides profiling hooks for performance bottleneck identification
+"""
+
+import time
+import functools
+import cProfile
+import pstats
+import io
+from typing import Callable, Optional, Any, Dict
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+from .aitbc_logging import get_logger
+
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ProfilingResult:
+    """Result of a profiling operation"""
+    function_name: str
+    total_time: float
+    call_count: int
+    avg_time: float
+    max_time: float
+    min_time: float
+
+
+class PerformanceProfiler:
+    """
+    Performance profiler for function execution time tracking.
+    Tracks execution statistics for function calls.
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize performance profiler"""
+        self._stats: Dict[str, list] = defaultdict(list)
+        self._enabled = True
+    
+    def enable(self) -> None:
+        """Enable profiling"""
+        self._enabled = True
+        logger.info("Performance profiling enabled")
+    
+    def disable(self) -> None:
+        """Disable profiling"""
+        self._enabled = False
+        logger.info("Performance profiling disabled")
+    
+    def record(self, function_name: str, execution_time: float) -> None:
+        """
+        Record execution time for a function
+        
+        Args:
+            function_name: Name of the function
+            execution_time: Execution time in seconds
+        """
+        if self._enabled:
+            self._stats[function_name].append(execution_time)
+    
+    def get_stats(self, function_name: Optional[str] = None) -> ProfilingResult | Dict[str, ProfilingResult]:
+        """
+        Get profiling statistics for a function or all functions
+        
+        Args:
+            function_name: Specific function name, or None for all functions
+            
+        Returns:
+            ProfilingResult or dictionary of results
+        """
+        if function_name:
+            times = self._stats.get(function_name, [])
+            if not times:
+                return ProfilingResult(
+                    function_name=function_name,
+                    total_time=0,
+                    call_count=0,
+                    avg_time=0,
+                    max_time=0,
+                    min_time=0
+                )
+            return ProfilingResult(
+                function_name=function_name,
+                total_time=sum(times),
+                call_count=len(times),
+                avg_time=sum(times) / len(times),
+                max_time=max(times),
+                min_time=min(times)
+            )
+        else:
+            return {
+                name: self.get_stats(name)
+                for name in self._stats.keys()
+            }
+    
+    def clear_stats(self) -> None:
+        """Clear all profiling statistics"""
+        self._stats.clear()
+        logger.info("Profiling statistics cleared")
+    
+    def print_stats(self, function_name: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        """
+        Print profiling statistics to console
+        
+        Args:
+            function_name: Specific function name, or None for all functions
+        """
+        stats = self.get_stats(function_name)
+        
+        if function_name:
+            self._print_single_stat(stats)
+        else:
+            for name, stat in stats.items():
+                logger.info(f"--- {name} ---")
+                self._print_single_stat(stat)
+    
+    def _print_single_stat(self, stat: ProfilingResult) -> None:
+        """Print single profiling result"""
+        logger.info(f"  Total time: {stat.total_time:.4f}s")
+        logger.info(f"  Call count: {stat.call_count}")
+        logger.info(f"  Avg time: {stat.avg_time:.4f}s")
+        logger.info(f"  Max time: {stat.max_time:.4f}s")
+        logger.info(f"  Min time: {stat.min_time:.4f}s")
+
+
+# Global profiler instance
+_global_profiler = PerformanceProfiler()
+
+
+def profile_function(profiler: Optional[PerformanceProfiler] = None):
+    """
+    Decorator to profile function execution time
+    
+    Args:
+        profiler: Custom profiler instance, or None to use global profiler
+        
+    Returns:
+        Decorated function with profiling
+    """
+    def decorator(func: Callable) -> Callable:
+        @functools.wraps(func)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs) -> Any:
+            start_time = time.perf_counter()
+            try:
+                result = func(*args, **kwargs)
+                return result
+            finally:
+                end_time = time.perf_counter()
+                execution_time = end_time - start_time
+                
+                target_profiler = profiler or _global_profiler
+                target_profiler.record(func.__name__, execution_time)
+        
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def profile_context(name: str, profiler: Optional[PerformanceProfiler] = None):
+    """
+    Context manager for profiling code blocks
+    
+    Args:
+        name: Name for the profiling context
+        profiler: Custom profiler instance, or None to use global profiler
+        
+    Yields:
+        None
+    """
+    target_profiler = profiler or _global_profiler
+    start_time = time.perf_counter()
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        end_time = time.perf_counter()
+        execution_time = end_time - start_time
+        target_profiler.record(name, execution_time)
+
+
+def profile_cprofile(func: Callable) -> Callable:
+    """
+    Decorator to profile function using cProfile
+    
+    Args:
+        func: Function to profile
+        
+    Returns:
+        Decorated function with cProfile profiling
+    """
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs) -> Any:
+        profiler = cProfile.Profile()
+        profiler.enable()
+        try:
+            result = func(*args, **kwargs)
+            return result
+        finally:
+            profiler.disable()
+            
+            # Print statistics
+            s = io.StringIO()
+            ps = pstats.Stats(profiler, stream=s).sort_stats('cumulative')
+            ps.print_stats(10)  # Print top 10 functions
+            logger.info(f"Profile for {func.__name__}:\n{s.getvalue()}")
+    
+    return wrapper
+
+
+def get_global_profiler() -> PerformanceProfiler:
+    """
+    Get the global performance profiler instance
+    
+    Returns:
+        Global PerformanceProfiler instance
+    """
+    return _global_profiler
+
+
+def enable_global_profiling() -> None:
+    """Enable global performance profiling"""
+    _global_profiler.enable()
+
+
+def disable_global_profiling() -> None:
+    """Disable global performance profiling"""
+    _global_profiler.disable()
+
+
+def get_profiling_summary() -> Dict[str, ProfilingResult]:
+    """
+    Get summary of all profiling data
+    
+    Returns:
+        Dictionary of profiling results
+    """
+    return _global_profiler.get_stats()
+
+
+def print_profiling_summary() -> None:
+    """Print summary of all profiling data"""
+    _global_profiler.print_stats()
+
+
+def clear_profiling_data() -> None:
+    """Clear all profiling data"""
+    _global_profiler.clear_stats()