```ruby
module Judoscale
  class JobMetricsCollector
    module ActiveRecordHelper
      # Cleanup any whitespace characters (including new lines) from the SQL for simpler logging.
      # Reference: ActiveSupport's `squish!` method. https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/String.html#method-i-squish
      def self.cleanse_sql(sql)
        sql.gsub(/[[:space:]]+/, " ").strip
      end

      private

      def select_rows_silently(sql)
        if Config.instance.log_level && ::ActiveRecord::Base.logger.respond_to?(:silence)
          ::ActiveRecord::Base.logger.silence(Config.instance.log_level) { select_rows_tagged(sql) }
        else
          select_rows_tagged(sql)
        end
      end

      def select_rows_tagged(sql)
        if ActiveRecord::Base.logger.respond_to?(:tagged)
          ActiveRecord::Base.logger.tagged(Judoscale::LoggerProxy::TAG) { select_rows(sql) }
        else
          select_rows(sql)
        end
      end

      def select_rows(sql)
        # This ensures the agent doesn't hold onto a DB connection any longer than necessary
        ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection { |c| c.select_rows(sql) }
      end
    end
  end
end
```

Make string modifications in place to avoid creating new objects
user
```ruby
# frozen_string_literal: true

module Judoscale
  class JobMetricsCollector
    module ActiveRecordHelper
      # Cleanup any whitespace characters (including new lines) from the SQL for simpler logging.
      # Reference: ActiveSupport's `squish!` method. https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/String.html#method-i-squish
      def self.cleanse_sql(sql)
        sql = sql.dup
        sql.gsub!(/[[:space:]]+/, " ")
        sql.strip!
        sql
      end

      private

      def select_rows_silently(sql)
        if Config.instance.log_level && ::ActiveRecord::Base.logger.respond_to?(:silence)
          ::ActiveRecord::Base.logger.silence(Config.instance.log_level) { select_rows_tagged(sql) }
        else
          select_rows_tagged(sql)
        end
      end

      def select_rows_tagged(sql)
        if ActiveRecord::Base.logger.respond_to?(:tagged)
          ActiveRecord::Base.logger.tagged(Judoscale::LoggerProxy::TAG) { select_rows(sql) }
        else
          select_rows(sql)
        end
      end

      def select_rows(sql)
        # This ensures the agent doesn't hold onto a DB connection any longer than necessary
        ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection { |c| c.select_rows(sql) }
      end
    end
  end
end
```
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