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fix(ingest): let the retention loop run more than one batch - #6842
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TIME_BUDGET_MS was 20s. A batch measures 35s mean against production (1226 batches via pg_stat_statements, 582s worst), so the deadline check after batch one always failed and a run deleted 5k rows rather than the 50k MAX_ROWS_PER_TABLE implies. MAX_ROWS_PER_TABLE has never once been the binding constraint — every recorded batch returned exactly BATCH_SIZE, so the loop never ran out of work either. Net effect was ~3.4M rows/day of drain against ~1.7M/day of intake, not the ~14M/day the comment claimed, leaving a 65M-row over-retention backlog on ingest.webhook_events draining on a ~38 day horizon and going break-even if intake grows. Also sets maxDuration. This was the only job route under apps/api without one, so it took the platform default — shorter than a single batch now costs, meaning runs were killed mid-loop rather than ending on their own budget. 300 matches the other long-running job routes. Batches are slow because each is ORDER BY received_at LIMIT 5000 off the left edge of webhook_events_received_at_idx and every prior delete leaves dead index entries in that prefix for the next batch to walk. That is not addressed here; this only stops the budget from capping the loop at one batch. Found by the 2026-08-24 schema audit (#6819). No schema change.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe retention route now permits up to 300 seconds of execution. Its deletion loop has a 240-second time budget and can process multiple batches before stopping. ChangesRetention execution window
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Two corrections after the report was first drafted. §2: the report said the job averages 2.35 batches per run, derived from assuming the 5-minute cadence its own code comment claims. That was circular. The loop checks the deadline before each batch, so with a 35s mean batch against a 20s budget every invocation runs exactly one batch and deletes exactly 5,000 rows — an invariant, not an average. 1226 invocations over 43.5h therefore implies a ~2.1 minute cadence, not 5. Same conclusion, firmer derivation. Also records that the route sets no maxDuration, and why the batches still complete despite that. §3: the mitigation the retention job defers to was checked in Linear and came back negative. SUPER-191 "Migrate Neon database from US West to US East" is Canceled, last updated 2026-05-07, with no successor and no tracking issue for either index build. The comment at enforce-retention/route.ts:39-47 is waiting on work cancelled three months before it was written, so automation_events has no mitigation before its ~2026-09-14 deadline. Header now records that §2 was fixed in #6842 and the §5 index drop was deliberately deferred, so next week's diff reads cleanly.
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In `@apps/api/src/app/api/ingest/jobs/enforce-retention/route.ts`:
- Around line 39-49: The retention job’s per-batch DELETE can outlive the route
deadline because the existing TIME_BUDGET_MS check only runs before execute.
Update the database execution in the enforce-retention route to apply a
PostgreSQL statement timeout or cancellation derived from the remaining
execution window, including a safety margin, so each DELETE is bounded before
maxDuration or TIME_BUDGET_MS expires.
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`@apps/api/src/app/api/ingest/jobs/enforce-retention/route.ts` around lines 8 -
14.
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| * Has to exceed the cost of a batch, or the loop can only ever run one. | ||
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| * A batch is `ORDER BY received_at LIMIT 5000` off the left edge of | ||
| * webhook_events_received_at_idx, and every prior delete leaves dead index | ||
| * entries in exactly that prefix for the next batch to walk. Measured against | ||
| * production over 1226 batches: 35s mean, 582s worst. At the previous 20s the | ||
| * deadline check after batch one always failed, so a run deleted 5k rows rather | ||
| * than the 50k intended — an order of magnitude under what the ceiling implies, | ||
| * and roughly break-even against intake once the backlog is drained. | ||
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| const TIME_BUDGET_MS = 240_000; |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Bound each retention batch below the function execution limit. A production batch has been observed taking up to 582 seconds, exceeding both TIME_BUDGET_MS (240 seconds) and maxDuration (300 seconds). The deadline check runs only before dbWs.execute, so the route can be terminated while a DELETE is still in flight. Reduce BATCH_SIZE or enforce a supported PostgreSQL statement timeout or cancellation based on the remaining time, with a safety margin.
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In `@apps/api/src/app/api/ingest/jobs/enforce-retention/route.ts` around lines 39
- 49, The retention job’s per-batch DELETE can outlive the route deadline
because the existing TIME_BUDGET_MS check only runs before execute. Update the
database execution in the enforce-retention route to apply a PostgreSQL
statement timeout or cancellation derived from the remaining execution window,
including a safety margin, so each DELETE is bounded before maxDuration or
TIME_BUDGET_MS expires.
Apply the same fix in
`@apps/api/src/app/api/ingest/jobs/enforce-retention/route.ts` around lines 8 -
14.
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Read the CodeRabbit finding; not taking it, and not taking the autofix. Recording why. The finding is factually right: a 582s batch does exceed But the consequence is benign, and it is the pre-existing behaviour. When the function is killed the Both suggested remedies would make it worse:
The real fix for batch cost is clearing the dead prefix (autovacuum on this table is nowhere near its trigger — default One correction to my own PR description while I'm here: I asserted the platform default was shorter than a batch. I can't actually verify that from here — with Fluid Compute the default may already be 300s, in which case the |
Found by the 2026-08-24 schema audit (#6819). One file, no schema change, no migration.
The bug
TIME_BUDGET_MSwas 20s. A batch measures 35s mean against production — so thewhile (Date.now() < deadline && ...)check after batch one always failed, and a run deleted 5,000 rows instead of the 50,000MAX_ROWS_PER_TABLEimplies.From
pg_stat_statementsover the job's first 43.5 hours:rows_per_callis exactlyBATCH_SIZEon all 1,226 calls — the loop has never once run out of work, andMAX_ROWS_PER_TABLEhas never once been the binding constraint.Net effect: ~3.4M rows/day of drain against ~1.7M/day of intake, not the "~14M rows/day, comfortably ahead of the ~1.2M/day" the comment claimed. That leaves a 65M-row over-retention backlog on
ingest.webhook_events(62% of the table) draining on a ~38-day horizon, and going break-even if intake grows — which it is: a like-for-like hour went 35,162 rows on 08-23 to 110,060 on 08-24.Also: no
maxDurationThis was the only job route under
apps/apiwithout one, so it took the platform default — shorter than a single batch now costs, so runs were being killed mid-loop rather than ending on their own budget.300matches the other long-running job routes (refresh-mrr,sweep-schedules,renew-watches).Set to 300 with a 240s budget, so the budget binds first and ~6 batches fit.
What this does not fix
Batches are slow because each is
ORDER BY received_at LIMIT 5000off the left edge ofwebhook_events_received_at_idx, and every prior delete leaves dead index entries in exactly that prefix for the next batch to walk. Autovacuum isn't clearing them at any useful rate — at 105M live rows the defaultscale_factor = 0.2puts the trigger near 21M dead tuples and the table sits at 3.4M. This PR only stops the time budget from capping the loop at one batch; it doesn't address the underlying scan cost.Worth knowing: at ~6 batches/run the job will be deleting near-continuously.
FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKEDalready makes overlapping runs safe, but it does mean anyACCESS EXCLUSIVEDDL oningest.webhook_eventswill now almost certainly queue behind a batch — which is why the unused-index drop the audit also recommended is being deliberately held until the backlog clears.Verification
bunx turbo typecheck --filter=@superset/api→ exit 0. Biome check on the changed file → clean. Not exercised against production; the numbers above are read-only measurements taken during the audit.Summary by cubic
Lets the ingest retention job run more than one batch per run by raising the time budget and setting an explicit
maxDuration. Previously, runs always stopped after the first 5k-row batch due to a 20s budget and platform timeouts; now the loop can reach the intended 50k rows per table per run.TIME_BUDGET_MSfrom 20_000 to 240_000 so the loop can execute multiple batches and hitMAX_ROWS_PER_TABLE(50_000).maxDuration = 300to the route to avoid platform default kills and match other long-running jobs.Operational impact
FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED; ongoing deletes may delayACCESS EXCLUSIVEDDL oningest.webhook_events.Written for commit e885e34. Summary will update on new commits.
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