api/async exec: debugging how data moves around, documentation, etc

src/packages/backend/execute-code.test.ts

@@ -91,22 +91,25 @@ describe("test timeout", () => {
 });
 
 describe("async", () => {
-  it("use ID for async execution", async () => {
-    const retID = await executeCode({
+  it("use ID to get async execution result", async () => {
+    const c = await executeCode({
       command: "sh",
-      args: ["-c", "sleep .1; echo foo;"],
+      args: ["-c", "sleep .5; echo foo;"],
       bash: false,
       timeout: 10,
-      async_exec: true,
+      async_mode: true,
     });
-    const id = retID["async_id"];
+    expect(c.async_status).toEqual("running");
+    expect(c.async_start_ts).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+    const id = c.async_id;
     expect(typeof id).toEqual("string");
     if (typeof id === "string") {
       await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 1000));
       const status = await executeCode({ async_get: id });
-      console.log("status", status);
+      expect(status.async_status).toEqual("completed");
       expect(status.stdout).toEqual("foo\n");
       expect(status.elapsed_s).toBeGreaterThan(0.1);
+      expect(status.async_start_ts).toBeGreaterThan(1);
     }
   });
 });

src/packages/backend/execute-code.ts

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async function executeCodeNoAggregate(
     if (cached != null) {
       return cached;
     } else {
-      throw new Error(`Status or result of '${opts.async_get}' not found.`);
+      throw new Error(`Async operation '${opts.async_get}' not found.`);
     }
   }
 
@@ -141,23 +141,29 @@ async function executeCodeNoAggregate(
       await chmod(tempPath, 0o700);
     }
 
-    if (opts.async_exec) {
+    if (opts.async_mode) {
       // we return an ID, the caller can then use it to query the status
-      const async_limit = 1024 * 1024; // we limit how much we keep in memory, to avoid problems
-      opts.max_output = Math.min(async_limit, opts.max_output ?? async_limit);
+      opts.max_output ??= 1024 * 1024; // we limit how much we keep in memory, to avoid problems;
+      opts.timeout ??= 10 * 60;
       const id = uuid();
       const start = new Date();
-      const started = {
+      const started: ExecuteCodeOutput = {
         stdout: `Process started running at ${start.toISOString()}`,
         stderr: "",
-        exit_code: start.getTime(),
+        exit_code: 0,
+        async_start_ts: start.getTime(),
         async_id: id,
+        async_status: "running",
       };
       asyncCache.set(id, started);
 
-      doSpawn({ ...opts, origCommand }, (err, result) => {
+      doSpawn({ ...opts, origCommand, async_id: id }, (err, result) => {
         const started = asyncCache.get(id)?.exit_code ?? 0;
-        const info = { elapsed_s: (Date.now() - started) / 1000 };
+        const info: Partial<ExecuteCodeOutput> = {
+          elapsed_s: (Date.now() - started) / 1000,
+          async_start_ts: start.getTime(),
+          async_status: "error",
+        };
         if (err) {
           asyncCache.set(id, {
             stdout: "",
@@ -166,7 +172,11 @@ async function executeCodeNoAggregate(
             ...info,
           });
         } else if (result != null) {
-          asyncCache.set(id, { ...result, ...info });
+          asyncCache.set(id, {
+            ...result,
+            ...info,
+            ...{ async_status: "completed" },
+          });
         } else {
           asyncCache.set(id, {
             stdout: "",
@@ -190,6 +200,18 @@ async function executeCodeNoAggregate(
   }
 }
 
+function update_async(
+  async_id: string | undefined,
+  stream: "stdout" | "stderr",
+  data: string,
+) {
+  if (!async_id) return;
+  const obj = asyncCache.get(async_id);
+  if (obj != null) {
+    obj[stream] = data;
+  }
+}
+
 function doSpawn(
   opts,
   cb: (err: string | undefined, result?: ExecuteCodeOutput) => void,
@@ -256,6 +278,7 @@ function doSpawn(
     } else {
       stdout += data;
     }
+    update_async(opts.async_id, "stdout", stdout);
   });
 
   r.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
@@ -267,6 +290,7 @@ function doSpawn(
     } else {
       stderr += data;
     }
+    update_async(opts.async_id, "stderr", stderr);
   });
 
   let stderr_is_done = false;

src/packages/next/lib/api/schema/exec.ts

@@ -1,94 +1,134 @@
 import { z } from "../framework";
 
 import { FailedAPIOperationSchema } from "./common";
-import { ProjectIdSchema } from "./projects/common";
 import { ComputeServerIdSchema } from "./compute/common";
+import { ProjectIdSchema } from "./projects/common";
 
 // OpenAPI spec
 //
 export const ExecInputSchema = z
-  .object({
-    project_id: ProjectIdSchema,
-    compute_server_id: ComputeServerIdSchema.describe(
-      `If provided, the desired shell command will be run on the compute server whose id
+  .union([
+    z.object({
+      project_id: ProjectIdSchema,
+      compute_server_id: ComputeServerIdSchema.describe(
+        `If provided, the desired shell command will be run on the compute server whose id
        is specified in this field (if available).`,
-    ).optional(),
-    filesystem: z
-      .boolean()
-      .optional()
-      .describe(
-        `If \`true\`, this shell command runs in the fileserver container on the compute
+      ).optional(),
+      filesystem: z
+        .boolean()
+        .optional()
+        .describe(
+          `If \`true\`, this shell command runs in the fileserver container on the compute
          server; otherwise, it runs on the main compute container.`,
-      ),
-    path: z
-      .string()
-      .optional()
-      .describe(
-        "Path to working directory in which the shell command should be executed.",
-      ),
-    command: z.string().describe("The shell command to execute."),
-    args: z
-      .array(z.string())
-      .optional()
-      .describe("An array of arguments to pass to the shell command."),
-    timeout: z
-      .number()
-      .min(0)
-      .default(60)
-      .optional()
-      .describe("Number of seconds before this shell command times out."),
-    max_output: z
-      .number()
-      .min(0)
-      .optional()
-      .describe("Maximum number of bytes to return from shell command output."),
-    bash: z
-      .boolean()
-      .optional()
-      .describe(
-        `If \`true\`, this command runs in a \`bash\` shell. To do so, the provided shell
+        ),
+      path: z
+        .string()
+        .optional()
+        .describe(
+          "Path to working directory in which the shell command should be executed.",
+        ),
+      command: z.string().describe("The shell command to execute."),
+      args: z
+        .array(z.string())
+        .optional()
+        .describe("An array of arguments to pass to the shell command."),
+      timeout: z
+        .number()
+        .min(0)
+        .default(60)
+        .optional()
+        .describe("Number of seconds before this shell command times out."),
+      max_output: z
+        .number()
+        .min(0)
+        .optional()
+        .describe(
+          "Maximum number of bytes to return from shell command output.",
+        ),
+      bash: z
+        .boolean()
+        .optional()
+        .describe(
+          `If \`true\`, this command runs in a \`bash\` shell. To do so, the provided shell
          command is written to a file and then executed via the \`bash\` command.`,
-      ),
-    aggregate: z
-      .union([
-        z.number(),
-        z.string(),
-        z.object({ value: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]) }),
-      ])
-      .optional()
-      .describe(
-        `If provided, this shell command is aggregated as in
+        ),
+      aggregate: z
+        .union([
+          z.number(),
+          z.string(),
+          z.object({ value: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]) }),
+        ])
+        .optional()
+        .describe(
+          `If provided, this shell command is aggregated as in
          \`src/packages/backend/aggregate.js\`. This parameter allows one to specify
          multiple callbacks to be executed against the output of the same command
          (given identical arguments) within a 60-second window.`,
-      ),
-    err_on_exit: z
-      .boolean()
-      .optional()
-      .describe(
-        `When \`true\`, this call will throw an error whenever the provided shell command
+        ),
+      err_on_exit: z
+        .boolean()
+        .optional()
+        .describe(
+          `When \`true\`, this call will throw an error whenever the provided shell command
          exits with a non-zero exit code.`,
-      ),
-    env: z
-      .record(z.string(), z.string())
-      .optional()
-      .describe(
-        "Environment variables to be passed to the shell command upon execution.",
-      ),
-    async_exec: z.boolean().optional()
-      .describe(`If \`true\`, the execution happens asynchroneously.
-        This means it the API call does not block and returns an ID (\`async_id\`).
-        Later, use that ID in a call to \`async_get\` to eventually get the result`),
-    async_get: z.string().optional()
-      .describe(`For a given \`async_id\` returned by \`async\`,
-        retun the status, or the result as if it is called synchroneously.
-        Results are only cached temporarily!`),
-  })
+        ),
+      env: z
+        .record(z.string(), z.string())
+        .optional()
+        .describe(
+          "Environment variables to be passed to the shell command upon execution.",
+        ),
+      async_mode: z.boolean().optional()
+        .describe(`If \`true\`, the execution happens asynchroneously.
+This means this API call does not block and returns an ID (\`async_id\`).
+Later, use that ID in a call to \`async_get\` to eventually get the result.
+
+Additionally and if not specified: \`max_output\` is set to 1MB and and \`timeout\` to 10 minutes.`),
+    }),
+
+    z.object({
+      project_id: ProjectIdSchema,
+      async_get: z.string().optional()
+        .describe(`For a given \`async_id\` returned by \`async\`,
+      retun the status, or the result as if it is called synchroneously.
+      Results are only cached temporarily!`),
+    }),
+  ])
   .describe("Perform arbitrary shell commands in a compute server or project.");
 
 export const ExecOutputSchema = z.union([
+  z
+    .object({
+      stdout: z.string().describe("Output to stdout"),
+      stderr: z.string().describe("Output to stderr"),
+      exit_code: z
+        .number()
+        .describe(
+          "The numeric exit code. 0 usually means it ran without any issues.",
+        ),
+      async_id: z
+        .string()
+        .optional()
+        .describe("The ID identifying the async operation (async only)"),
+      async_start_ts: z
+        .number()
+        .optional()
+        .describe("UNIX timestamp when execution started (async only)"),
+      elapsed_s: z
+        .string()
+        .optional()
+        .describe("How long the execution took (async only)"),
+      async_status: z // AsyncStatus
+        .union([
+          z.literal("running"),
+          z.literal("completed"),
+          z.literal("error"),
+        ])
+        .optional()
+        .describe("Status of async operation."),
+    })
+    .describe("Output of executed command."),
   FailedAPIOperationSchema,
-  z.any().describe("Output of executed command."),
 ]);
 
 export type ExecInput = z.infer<typeof ExecInputSchema>;

src/packages/next/pages/api/v2/exec.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async function get(req) {
     aggregate,
     err_on_exit,
     env,
-    async_exec,
+    async_mode,
     async_get,
   } = getParams(req);
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ async function get(req) {
       aggregate,
       err_on_exit,
       env,
-      async_exec,
+      async_mode,
       async_get,
     },
   });

src/packages/project/exec_shell_code.ts

@@ -33,13 +33,18 @@ export async function exec_shell_code(socket: CoCalcSocket, mesg) {
         : abspath(mesg.path != null ? mesg.path : ""),
       ...mesg,
     });
+    D(`execCode returned:`, out);
     socket.write_mesg(
       "json",
       message.project_exec_output({
         id: mesg.id,
         stdout: out?.stdout,
         stderr: out?.stderr,
         exit_code: out?.exit_code,
+        async_id: out?.async_id,
+        async_start_ts: out?.async_start_ts,
+        async_status: out?.async_status,
+        elapsed_s: out?.elapsed_s,
       }),
     );
   } catch (err) {

src/packages/util/message.js

@@ -824,6 +824,9 @@ message({
   stdout: required,
   stderr: required,
   exit_code: required,
+  async_id: undefined,
+  async_start: undefined,
+  elapsed_s: undefined,
 });
 
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