Merge pull request #183 from topcoder-platform/PM-3200_switch-away-pgboss-from-worker

PM-3200 switch away from using pgboss's worker

Author: vas3a

docs/ai-workflow-flow.full-diagram.png

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import {
 import * as PgBoss from 'pg-boss';
 import { policies, Queue } from 'pg-boss';
 
+const PGBOSS_JOB_POLLING_INTERVAL_SEC = parseFloat(
+  process.env.PGBOSS_JOB_POLLING_INTERVAL_SEC || '10',
+);
+
 /**
  * QueueSchedulerService
  */
@@ -16,11 +20,6 @@ export class QueueSchedulerService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   private boss: PgBoss;
   private $start;
 
-  private jobsHandlersMap = new Map<
-    string,
-    (resolution?: 'fail' | 'complete', result?: any) => void
-  >();
-
   get isEnabled() {
     return String(process.env.DISPATCH_AI_REVIEW_WORKFLOWS) === 'true';
   }
@@ -115,26 +114,7 @@ export class QueueSchedulerService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (resolution === 'fail') {
-      // IMPORTANT!
-      // thes 4 operations will update the cache for the active singletons in the database
-      // and will allow the jobs queue to go next or retry
-      await this.boss.cancel(queueName, jobId);
-      await this.boss.getQueueStats(queueName);
-      await this.boss.supervise(queueName);
-      await this.boss.resume(queueName, jobId);
-    }
-
-    if (this.jobsHandlersMap.has(jobId)) {
-      this.logger.log(
-        `Found job handler for ${jobId}. Calling with '${resolution}' resolution.`,
-      );
-      this.jobsHandlersMap.get(jobId)?.call(null, resolution);
-      this.jobsHandlersMap.delete(jobId);
-      this.logger.log('JobHandlers left:', [...this.jobsHandlersMap.keys()]);
-    } else {
-      await this.boss[resolution](queueName, jobId);
-    }
+    await this.boss[resolution](queueName, jobId);
 
     this.logger.log(`Job ${jobId} ${resolution} called.`);
 
@@ -168,16 +148,79 @@ export class QueueSchedulerService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
           await this.createQueue(queueName);
         }
 
-        return this.boss.work(queueName, handlerFn);
+        /**
+         * Continuously polls a job queue and processes jobs one at a time.
+         *
+         * @typeParam T - The type of the job payload/data.
+         *
+         * @remarks
+         * - Fetches a single job from the queue (batchSize = 1) via `this.boss.fetch<T>(queueName, { batchSize: 1 })`.
+         * - If a job is returned, logs the job and invokes `handlerFn([job])`, awaiting its completion.
+         * - After each iteration (whether a job was found or not), schedules the next poll using
+         *   `setTimeout(..., PGBOSS_JOB_POLLING_INTERVAL)` to avoid deep recursion and to yield to the event loop.
+         * - The scheduled, recursive invocation calls `poll().catch(() => {})` so that errors from those future
+         *   invocations are swallowed and do not produce unhandled promise rejections. Note that errors thrown
+         *   by the current invocation (for example from `handlerFn`) will propagate to the caller of this invocation
+         *   unless the caller handles them.
+         *
+         * @returns A Promise that resolves when this single poll iteration completes.
+         */
+        const poll = async () => {
+          try {
+            // guard: ensure boss still exists and service still enabled
+            if (!this.boss || !this.isEnabled) {
+              this.logger.warn(
+                `Polling for queue "${queueName}" stopped: boss not available or service disabled.`,
+              );
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const [job] = await this.boss.fetch<T>(queueName, { batchSize: 1 });
+            if (job) {
+              // avoid throwing from here to keep the loop alive
+              try {
+                this.logger.log(
+                  `Starting job processing for job ${job.id} from queue "${queueName}"`,
+                );
+                this.logger.debug(
+                  `Job ${job.id} payload: ${JSON.stringify(job.data)}`,
+                );
+              } catch {
+                // ignore stringify errors
+              }
+
+              try {
+                await handlerFn([job]);
+              } catch (err) {
+                this.logger.error(
+                  `Handler error while processing job ${job.id} from "${queueName}": ${
+                    (err && (err as Error).message) || err
+                  }`,
+                  err,
+                );
+                // don't rethrow so the scheduled next poll still runs
+              }
+            }
+          } catch (err) {
+            this.logger.error(
+              `Error fetching job from queue "${queueName}": ${
+                (err && (err as Error).message) || err
+              }`,
+              err,
+            );
+            // swallow to avoid unhandled promise rejection; next poll still scheduled
+          } finally {
+            // schedule next poll (non-blocking). Any errors from the scheduled invocation are logged.
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              poll().catch((err) =>
+                this.logger.error('Unhandled poll error', err),
+              );
+            }, PGBOSS_JOB_POLLING_INTERVAL_SEC * 1000);
+          }
+        };
+
+        await poll();
       }),
     );
   }
-
-  registerJobHandler(
-    jobId: string,
-    handler: (resolution?: string, result?: any) => void,
-  ) {
-    this.logger.log(`Registering job handler for job ${jobId}.`);
-    this.jobsHandlersMap.set(jobId, handler);
-  }
 }

docs/ai-workflow-flow.pgboss-diagram.png

@@ -104,21 +104,6 @@ export class WorkflowQueueHandler implements OnModuleInit {
       },
     });
 
-    // return not-resolved promise,
-    // this will put a pause on the job
-    // until it is marked as completed via webhook call
-    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.scheduler.registerJobHandler(
-        job.id,
-        (resolution: string = 'complete', result: any) => {
-          this.logger.log(
-            `Job handler called with ${resolution} and ${result}`,
-          );
-          (resolution === 'fail' ? reject : resolve)(result);
-        },
-      );
-    });
-
     this.logger.log(`Job ${job.id} promise finished.`);
   }