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ironflow_api/
reaper.rs

1//! Recovery of runs abandoned by a dead worker.
2//!
3//! A worker attaches a lease to every run it picks up and refreshes it while it
4//! executes. When the worker dies (OOM, evicted pod, hard shutdown), the lease
5//! stops being refreshed and the run would otherwise stay `Running` forever.
6//! The [`Reaper`] periodically requeues those runs.
7//!
8//! Runs executed in-process by the API server (inline execution, resume after
9//! approval) never hold a lease and are never touched by the reaper.
10
11use std::sync::Arc;
12use std::time::Duration;
13
14use chrono::Utc;
15use ironflow_engine::engine::Engine;
16use ironflow_engine::notify::{Event, RunStatusChangedEvent};
17use ironflow_store::entities::{ReapedRun, RunStatus};
18use ironflow_store::store::{LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR, Store};
19use tokio::time::interval;
20use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
21use tracing::{error, info, warn};
22
23#[cfg(feature = "prometheus")]
24use ironflow_core::metric_names::RUNS_REAPED_TOTAL;
25#[cfg(feature = "prometheus")]
26use metrics::counter;
27
28/// How often expired leases are collected.
29pub const DEFAULT_REAPER_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
30
31/// How many runs a single tick recovers.
32///
33/// Bounded so that a mass failure (a whole worker fleet dying at once) resorbs
34/// progressively instead of holding a long transaction on the runs table.
35pub const DEFAULT_REAPER_BATCH_SIZE: u32 = 100;
36
37/// Periodic task that requeues runs whose worker lease expired.
38///
39/// # Examples
40///
41/// ```no_run
42/// use std::sync::Arc;
43/// use std::time::Duration;
44/// use ironflow_api::reaper::Reaper;
45/// use ironflow_core::providers::claude::ClaudeCodeProvider;
46/// use ironflow_engine::engine::Engine;
47/// use ironflow_store::memory::InMemoryStore;
48/// use ironflow_store::store::Store;
49/// use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
50///
51/// # async fn example() {
52/// let store: Arc<dyn Store> = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
53/// let engine = Arc::new(Engine::new(store.clone(), Arc::new(ClaudeCodeProvider::new())));
54///
55/// let reaper = Reaper::new(store, engine).interval(Duration::from_secs(30));
56/// tokio::spawn(reaper.run(CancellationToken::new()));
57/// # }
58/// ```
59pub struct Reaper {
60    store: Arc<dyn Store>,
61    engine: Arc<Engine>,
62    interval: Duration,
63    batch_size: u32,
64}
65
66impl Reaper {
67    /// Create a reaper with the default interval and batch size.
68    pub fn new(store: Arc<dyn Store>, engine: Arc<Engine>) -> Self {
69        Self {
70            store,
71            engine,
72            interval: DEFAULT_REAPER_INTERVAL,
73            batch_size: DEFAULT_REAPER_BATCH_SIZE,
74        }
75    }
76
77    /// Set how often expired leases are collected.
78    ///
79    /// Keep it well below the worker lease TTL, otherwise recovery takes longer
80    /// than the TTL suggests.
81    pub fn interval(mut self, interval: Duration) -> Self {
82        self.interval = interval;
83        self
84    }
85
86    /// Set how many runs a single tick recovers.
87    pub fn batch_size(mut self, batch_size: u32) -> Self {
88        self.batch_size = batch_size;
89        self
90    }
91
92    /// Run the recovery loop until `shutdown` is cancelled.
93    ///
94    /// Store errors are logged and the loop keeps going: a transient database
95    /// failure must not silently stop recovery.
96    pub async fn run(self, shutdown: CancellationToken) {
97        let mut ticker = interval(self.interval);
98        // The first tick fires immediately; skip it so startup is not a burst.
99        ticker.tick().await;
100
101        info!(
102            interval_secs = self.interval.as_secs(),
103            batch_size = self.batch_size,
104            "reaper started"
105        );
106
107        loop {
108            tokio::select! {
109                _ = shutdown.cancelled() => {
110                    info!("reaper stopped");
111                    return;
112                }
113                _ = ticker.tick() => {
114                    self.tick().await;
115                }
116            }
117        }
118    }
119
120    /// Recover one batch of expired leases.
121    ///
122    /// Exposed for tests and for callers that drive the schedule themselves.
123    pub async fn tick(&self) {
124        let reaped = match self.store.reap_expired_leases(self.batch_size).await {
125            Ok(reaped) => reaped,
126            Err(err) => {
127                error!(error = %err, "failed to collect expired leases");
128                return;
129            }
130        };
131
132        if reaped.is_empty() {
133            return;
134        }
135
136        warn!(
137            count = reaped.len(),
138            batch_size = self.batch_size,
139            "recovered runs with an expired worker lease"
140        );
141
142        for entry in &reaped {
143            self.finish_recovery(entry).await;
144        }
145    }
146
147    /// Apply the side effects of a recovery: clean up steps, publish the event.
148    ///
149    /// The `Running` steps of a requeued run are marked interrupted, see
150    /// [`Engine::interrupt_running_steps`]; every open step of a run that
151    /// exhausted its recoveries is failed with [`LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR`].
152    async fn finish_recovery(&self, entry: &ReapedRun) {
153        let run = &entry.run;
154
155        warn!(
156            run_id = %run.id,
157            workflow = %run.workflow_name,
158            worker_id = run.worker_id.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown"),
159            retry_count = run.retry_count,
160            lease_recoveries = run.lease_recoveries,
161            to = %entry.to,
162            "worker lease expired"
163        );
164
165        // A requeued run resumes in the same attempt: only the steps that were
166        // running are closed, so the next worker executes them again and replays
167        // everything else. A run out of recoveries is over: close every open step.
168        let cleanup = if entry.to == RunStatus::Pending {
169            self.engine.interrupt_running_steps(run.id).await
170        } else {
171            self.engine
172                .fail_orphaned_steps(run.id, LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR)
173                .await
174        };
175        if let Err(err) = cleanup {
176            error!(run_id = %run.id, error = %err, "failed to clean up orphaned steps");
177        }
178
179        #[cfg(feature = "prometheus")]
180        {
181            let outcome = if entry.to == RunStatus::Failed {
182                "failed"
183            } else {
184                "requeued"
185            };
186            counter!(RUNS_REAPED_TOTAL, "outcome" => outcome).increment(1);
187        }
188
189        self.engine
190            .event_publisher()
191            .publish(Event::RunStatusChanged(RunStatusChangedEvent {
192                run_id: run.id,
193                workflow_name: run.workflow_name.clone(),
194                from: entry.from,
195                to: entry.to,
196                error: (entry.to == RunStatus::Failed).then(|| LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR.to_string()),
197                cost_usd: run.cost_usd,
198                duration_ms: run.duration_ms,
199                labels: run.labels.clone(),
200                at: Utc::now(),
201            }));
202    }
203}
204
205#[cfg(test)]
206mod tests {
207    use std::collections::HashMap;
208    use std::sync::Mutex;
209
210    use ironflow_core::providers::claude::ClaudeCodeProvider;
211    use ironflow_engine::notify::{EventSubscriber, SubscriberFuture};
212    use ironflow_store::entities::{
213        LeaseRequest, NewRun, NewStep, RunFilter, StepKind, StepStatus, StepUpdate, TriggerKind,
214        step_trace_id,
215    };
216    use ironflow_store::memory::InMemoryStore;
217    use ironflow_store::store::{RunStore, STEP_INTERRUPTED_ERROR};
218    use serde_json::json;
219    use tokio::task::yield_now;
220    use tokio::time::sleep;
221    use uuid::Uuid;
222
223    use super::*;
224
225    fn new_run(max_retries: u32) -> NewRun {
226        NewRun {
227            workflow_name: "test".to_string(),
228            trigger: TriggerKind::Manual,
229            payload: json!({}),
230            max_retries,
231            handler_version: None,
232            labels: HashMap::new(),
233            scheduled_at: None,
234            created_by: None,
235            idempotency_key: None,
236            concurrency_key: None,
237            max_cost_usd: None,
238        }
239    }
240
241    fn lease(worker_id: &str, ttl: Duration) -> Option<LeaseRequest> {
242        Some(LeaseRequest {
243            worker_id: worker_id.to_string(),
244            ttl,
245        })
246    }
247
248    fn build(store: Arc<InMemoryStore>) -> (Reaper, Arc<Engine>) {
249        let store_dyn: Arc<dyn Store> = store;
250        let engine = Arc::new(Engine::new(
251            store_dyn.clone(),
252            Arc::new(ClaudeCodeProvider::new()),
253        ));
254        (Reaper::new(store_dyn, engine.clone()), engine)
255    }
256
257    /// Collects the events published during a test.
258    #[derive(Default)]
259    struct EventRecorder {
260        events: Mutex<Vec<Event>>,
261    }
262
263    impl EventRecorder {
264        fn events(&self) -> Vec<Event> {
265            self.events.lock().expect("recorder lock").clone()
266        }
267    }
268
269    struct RecorderHandle(Arc<EventRecorder>);
270
271    impl EventSubscriber for RecorderHandle {
272        fn name(&self) -> &str {
273            "test-recorder"
274        }
275
276        fn handle<'a>(&'a self, event: &'a Event) -> SubscriberFuture<'a> {
277            Box::pin(async move {
278                self.0
279                    .events
280                    .lock()
281                    .expect("recorder lock")
282                    .push(event.clone());
283            })
284        }
285    }
286
287    /// Build a reaper whose engine records every published event.
288    fn build_recording(store: Arc<InMemoryStore>) -> (Reaper, Arc<EventRecorder>) {
289        let store_dyn: Arc<dyn Store> = store;
290        let mut engine = Engine::new(store_dyn.clone(), Arc::new(ClaudeCodeProvider::new()));
291        let recorder = Arc::new(EventRecorder::default());
292        engine.subscribe(RecorderHandle(recorder.clone()), Event::ALL);
293        (Reaper::new(store_dyn, Arc::new(engine)), recorder)
294    }
295
296    /// Pick a run with a lease that is already expired.
297    ///
298    /// The short sleep matters: `Utc::now()` has microsecond resolution, so a
299    /// sub-microsecond TTL can still read as "not yet expired" in the same tick.
300    async fn picked_with_expired_lease(store: &InMemoryStore, max_retries: u32) -> Uuid {
301        store.create_run(new_run(max_retries)).await.unwrap();
302        let run = store
303            .pick_next_pending(lease("worker-1", Duration::from_nanos(1)))
304            .await
305            .unwrap()
306            .unwrap();
307        sleep(Duration::from_millis(2)).await;
308        run.id
309    }
310
311    #[tokio::test]
312    async fn tick_requeues_run_with_expired_lease() {
313        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
314        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
315        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
316
317        reaper.tick().await;
318
319        let run = store.get_run(run_id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
320        assert_eq!(run.status.state, RunStatus::Pending);
321        // A lease recovery is not a handler retry: the run stays in its attempt.
322        assert_eq!(run.retry_count, 0);
323        assert_eq!(run.lease_recoveries, 1);
324        assert!(run.worker_id.is_none());
325        assert!(run.lease_expires_at.is_none());
326    }
327
328    #[tokio::test]
329    async fn tick_leaves_valid_lease_alone() {
330        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
331        store.create_run(new_run(3)).await.unwrap();
332        let run = store
333            .pick_next_pending(lease("worker-1", Duration::from_secs(90)))
334            .await
335            .unwrap()
336            .unwrap();
337        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
338
339        reaper.tick().await;
340
341        let after = store.get_run(run.id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
342        assert_eq!(after.status.state, RunStatus::Running);
343        assert_eq!(after.retry_count, 0);
344        assert_eq!(after.worker_id.as_deref(), Some("worker-1"));
345    }
346
347    #[tokio::test]
348    async fn tick_fails_run_once_retries_are_exhausted() {
349        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
350        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 0).await;
351        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
352
353        reaper.tick().await;
354
355        let run = store.get_run(run_id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
356        assert_eq!(run.status.state, RunStatus::Failed);
357        assert_eq!(run.error.as_deref(), Some(LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR));
358    }
359
360    /// Create a step of `run_id` at `position` and move it to `status`.
361    async fn step_at(
362        store: &InMemoryStore,
363        run_id: Uuid,
364        position: u32,
365        status: StepStatus,
366    ) -> Uuid {
367        let name = format!("step-{position}");
368        let step = store
369            .create_step(NewStep {
370                run_id,
371                trace_id: step_trace_id(run_id, &name, position),
372                name,
373                kind: StepKind::Shell,
374                position,
375                input: None,
376                is_error_handler: false,
377            })
378            .await
379            .unwrap();
380        if status != StepStatus::Pending {
381            store
382                .update_step(
383                    step.id,
384                    StepUpdate {
385                        status: Some(status),
386                        ..Default::default()
387                    },
388                )
389                .await
390                .unwrap();
391        }
392        step.id
393    }
394
395    #[tokio::test]
396    async fn tick_fails_orphaned_steps() {
397        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
398        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
399        let running = step_at(&store, run_id, 0, StepStatus::Running).await;
400        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
401
402        reaper.tick().await;
403
404        let step = store.get_step(running).await.unwrap().unwrap();
405        assert_eq!(step.status.state, StepStatus::Failed);
406        // Requeued: the step is executed again by the next worker.
407        assert_eq!(step.error.as_deref(), Some(STEP_INTERRUPTED_ERROR));
408    }
409
410    #[tokio::test]
411    async fn tick_leaves_pending_steps_of_a_requeued_run_alone() {
412        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
413        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
414        let pending = step_at(&store, run_id, 0, StepStatus::Pending).await;
415        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
416
417        reaper.tick().await;
418
419        let step = store.get_step(pending).await.unwrap().unwrap();
420        assert_eq!(step.status.state, StepStatus::Pending);
421        assert!(step.error.is_none());
422    }
423
424    #[tokio::test]
425    async fn tick_fails_orphaned_steps_with_lease_expired_once_retries_are_exhausted() {
426        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
427        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 0).await;
428        let running = step_at(&store, run_id, 0, StepStatus::Running).await;
429        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
430
431        reaper.tick().await;
432
433        let step = store.get_step(running).await.unwrap().unwrap();
434        assert_eq!(step.status.state, StepStatus::Failed);
435        assert_eq!(step.error.as_deref(), Some(LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR));
436    }
437
438    #[tokio::test]
439    async fn tick_publishes_status_change_event() {
440        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
441        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
442        let (reaper, recorder) = build_recording(store.clone());
443
444        reaper.tick().await;
445        // Subscribers run in spawned tasks; give them a turn to record.
446        yield_now().await;
447
448        let status_changes: Vec<_> = recorder
449            .events()
450            .into_iter()
451            .filter_map(|event| match event {
452                Event::RunStatusChanged(e) if e.run_id == run_id => Some((e.from, e.to, e.error)),
453                _ => None,
454            })
455            .collect();
456
457        assert_eq!(
458            status_changes,
459            vec![(RunStatus::Running, RunStatus::Pending, None)]
460        );
461    }
462
463    #[tokio::test]
464    async fn tick_publishes_error_when_retries_are_exhausted() {
465        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
466        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 0).await;
467        let (reaper, recorder) = build_recording(store.clone());
468
469        reaper.tick().await;
470        yield_now().await;
471
472        let matched = recorder.events().into_iter().any(|event| {
473            matches!(
474                event,
475                Event::RunStatusChanged(ref e)
476                    if e.run_id == run_id
477                        && e.to == RunStatus::Failed
478                        && e.error.as_deref() == Some(LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR)
479            )
480        });
481        assert!(matched, "expected a failed status change with an error");
482    }
483
484    #[tokio::test]
485    async fn tick_respects_batch_size() {
486        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
487        for _ in 0..3 {
488            picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
489        }
490        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
491        let reaper = reaper.batch_size(2);
492
493        reaper.tick().await;
494
495        let pending = store
496            .list_runs(
497                RunFilter {
498                    status: Some(RunStatus::Pending),
499                    ..Default::default()
500                },
501                1,
502                100,
503            )
504            .await
505            .unwrap();
506        assert_eq!(pending.total, 2);
507    }
508
509    #[tokio::test]
510    async fn run_stops_on_shutdown() {
511        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
512        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store);
513        let shutdown = CancellationToken::new();
514        shutdown.cancel();
515
516        // Returns instead of looping forever.
517        tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), reaper.run(shutdown))
518            .await
519            .expect("reaper stopped");
520    }
521}