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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;
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    async fn finish_recovery(&self, entry: &ReapedRun) {
149        let run = &entry.run;
150
151        warn!(
152            run_id = %run.id,
153            workflow = %run.workflow_name,
154            worker_id = run.worker_id.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown"),
155            retry_count = run.retry_count,
156            to = %entry.to,
157            "worker lease expired"
158        );
159
160        if let Err(err) = self
161            .engine
162            .fail_orphaned_steps(run.id, LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR)
163            .await
164        {
165            error!(run_id = %run.id, error = %err, "failed to clean up orphaned steps");
166        }
167
168        #[cfg(feature = "prometheus")]
169        {
170            let outcome = if entry.to == RunStatus::Failed {
171                "failed"
172            } else {
173                "requeued"
174            };
175            counter!(RUNS_REAPED_TOTAL, "outcome" => outcome).increment(1);
176        }
177
178        self.engine
179            .event_publisher()
180            .publish(Event::RunStatusChanged {
181                run_id: run.id,
182                workflow_name: run.workflow_name.clone(),
183                from: entry.from,
184                to: entry.to,
185                error: (entry.to == RunStatus::Failed).then(|| LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR.to_string()),
186                cost_usd: run.cost_usd,
187                duration_ms: run.duration_ms,
188                labels: run.labels.clone(),
189                at: Utc::now(),
190            });
191    }
192}
193
194#[cfg(test)]
195mod tests {
196    use std::collections::HashMap;
197    use std::sync::Mutex;
198
199    use ironflow_core::providers::claude::ClaudeCodeProvider;
200    use ironflow_engine::notify::{EventSubscriber, SubscriberFuture};
201    use ironflow_store::entities::{
202        LeaseRequest, NewRun, NewStep, RunFilter, StepKind, StepStatus, StepUpdate, TriggerKind,
203        step_trace_id,
204    };
205    use ironflow_store::memory::InMemoryStore;
206    use ironflow_store::store::RunStore;
207    use serde_json::json;
208    use tokio::task::yield_now;
209    use tokio::time::sleep;
210    use uuid::Uuid;
211
212    use super::*;
213
214    fn new_run(max_retries: u32) -> NewRun {
215        NewRun {
216            workflow_name: "test".to_string(),
217            trigger: TriggerKind::Manual,
218            payload: json!({}),
219            max_retries,
220            handler_version: None,
221            labels: HashMap::new(),
222            scheduled_at: None,
223            created_by: None,
224            idempotency_key: None,
225            max_cost_usd: None,
226        }
227    }
228
229    fn lease(worker_id: &str, ttl: Duration) -> Option<LeaseRequest> {
230        Some(LeaseRequest {
231            worker_id: worker_id.to_string(),
232            ttl,
233        })
234    }
235
236    fn build(store: Arc<InMemoryStore>) -> (Reaper, Arc<Engine>) {
237        let store_dyn: Arc<dyn Store> = store;
238        let engine = Arc::new(Engine::new(
239            store_dyn.clone(),
240            Arc::new(ClaudeCodeProvider::new()),
241        ));
242        (Reaper::new(store_dyn, engine.clone()), engine)
243    }
244
245    /// Collects the events published during a test.
246    #[derive(Default)]
247    struct EventRecorder {
248        events: Mutex<Vec<Event>>,
249    }
250
251    impl EventRecorder {
252        fn events(&self) -> Vec<Event> {
253            self.events.lock().expect("recorder lock").clone()
254        }
255    }
256
257    struct RecorderHandle(Arc<EventRecorder>);
258
259    impl EventSubscriber for RecorderHandle {
260        fn name(&self) -> &str {
261            "test-recorder"
262        }
263
264        fn handle<'a>(&'a self, event: &'a Event) -> SubscriberFuture<'a> {
265            Box::pin(async move {
266                self.0
267                    .events
268                    .lock()
269                    .expect("recorder lock")
270                    .push(event.clone());
271            })
272        }
273    }
274
275    /// Build a reaper whose engine records every published event.
276    fn build_recording(store: Arc<InMemoryStore>) -> (Reaper, Arc<EventRecorder>) {
277        let store_dyn: Arc<dyn Store> = store;
278        let mut engine = Engine::new(store_dyn.clone(), Arc::new(ClaudeCodeProvider::new()));
279        let recorder = Arc::new(EventRecorder::default());
280        engine.subscribe(RecorderHandle(recorder.clone()), Event::ALL);
281        (Reaper::new(store_dyn, Arc::new(engine)), recorder)
282    }
283
284    /// Pick a run with a lease that is already expired.
285    ///
286    /// The short sleep matters: `Utc::now()` has microsecond resolution, so a
287    /// sub-microsecond TTL can still read as "not yet expired" in the same tick.
288    async fn picked_with_expired_lease(store: &InMemoryStore, max_retries: u32) -> Uuid {
289        store.create_run(new_run(max_retries)).await.unwrap();
290        let run = store
291            .pick_next_pending(lease("worker-1", Duration::from_nanos(1)))
292            .await
293            .unwrap()
294            .unwrap();
295        sleep(Duration::from_millis(2)).await;
296        run.id
297    }
298
299    #[tokio::test]
300    async fn tick_requeues_run_with_expired_lease() {
301        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
302        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
303        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
304
305        reaper.tick().await;
306
307        let run = store.get_run(run_id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
308        assert_eq!(run.status.state, RunStatus::Pending);
309        assert_eq!(run.retry_count, 1);
310        assert!(run.worker_id.is_none());
311        assert!(run.lease_expires_at.is_none());
312    }
313
314    #[tokio::test]
315    async fn tick_leaves_valid_lease_alone() {
316        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
317        store.create_run(new_run(3)).await.unwrap();
318        let run = store
319            .pick_next_pending(lease("worker-1", Duration::from_secs(90)))
320            .await
321            .unwrap()
322            .unwrap();
323        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
324
325        reaper.tick().await;
326
327        let after = store.get_run(run.id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
328        assert_eq!(after.status.state, RunStatus::Running);
329        assert_eq!(after.retry_count, 0);
330        assert_eq!(after.worker_id.as_deref(), Some("worker-1"));
331    }
332
333    #[tokio::test]
334    async fn tick_fails_run_once_retries_are_exhausted() {
335        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
336        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 0).await;
337        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
338
339        reaper.tick().await;
340
341        let run = store.get_run(run_id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
342        assert_eq!(run.status.state, RunStatus::Failed);
343        assert_eq!(run.error.as_deref(), Some(LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR));
344    }
345
346    #[tokio::test]
347    async fn tick_fails_orphaned_steps() {
348        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
349        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
350        let step = store
351            .create_step(NewStep {
352                run_id,
353                trace_id: step_trace_id(run_id, "step-1", 0),
354                name: "step-1".to_string(),
355                kind: StepKind::Shell,
356                position: 0,
357                input: None,
358                is_error_handler: false,
359            })
360            .await
361            .unwrap();
362        store
363            .update_step(
364                step.id,
365                StepUpdate {
366                    status: Some(StepStatus::Running),
367                    ..Default::default()
368                },
369            )
370            .await
371            .unwrap();
372        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
373
374        reaper.tick().await;
375
376        let steps = store.list_steps(run_id).await.unwrap();
377        assert_eq!(steps[0].status.state, StepStatus::Failed);
378    }
379
380    #[tokio::test]
381    async fn tick_publishes_status_change_event() {
382        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
383        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
384        let (reaper, recorder) = build_recording(store.clone());
385
386        reaper.tick().await;
387        // Subscribers run in spawned tasks; give them a turn to record.
388        yield_now().await;
389
390        let status_changes: Vec<_> = recorder
391            .events()
392            .into_iter()
393            .filter_map(|event| match event {
394                Event::RunStatusChanged {
395                    run_id: id,
396                    from,
397                    to,
398                    error,
399                    ..
400                } if id == run_id => Some((from, to, error)),
401                _ => None,
402            })
403            .collect();
404
405        assert_eq!(
406            status_changes,
407            vec![(RunStatus::Running, RunStatus::Pending, None)]
408        );
409    }
410
411    #[tokio::test]
412    async fn tick_publishes_error_when_retries_are_exhausted() {
413        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
414        let run_id = picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 0).await;
415        let (reaper, recorder) = build_recording(store.clone());
416
417        reaper.tick().await;
418        yield_now().await;
419
420        let matched = recorder.events().into_iter().any(|event| {
421            matches!(
422                event,
423                Event::RunStatusChanged { run_id: id, to, error: Some(err), .. }
424                    if id == run_id && to == RunStatus::Failed && err == LEASE_EXPIRED_ERROR
425            )
426        });
427        assert!(matched, "expected a failed status change with an error");
428    }
429
430    #[tokio::test]
431    async fn tick_respects_batch_size() {
432        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
433        for _ in 0..3 {
434            picked_with_expired_lease(&store, 3).await;
435        }
436        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store.clone());
437        let reaper = reaper.batch_size(2);
438
439        reaper.tick().await;
440
441        let pending = store
442            .list_runs(
443                RunFilter {
444                    status: Some(RunStatus::Pending),
445                    ..Default::default()
446                },
447                1,
448                100,
449            )
450            .await
451            .unwrap();
452        assert_eq!(pending.total, 2);
453    }
454
455    #[tokio::test]
456    async fn run_stops_on_shutdown() {
457        let store = Arc::new(InMemoryStore::new());
458        let (reaper, _engine) = build(store);
459        let shutdown = CancellationToken::new();
460        shutdown.cancel();
461
462        // Returns instead of looping forever.
463        tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), reaper.run(shutdown))
464            .await
465            .expect("reaper stopped");
466    }
467}