Bug 2142992

Summary: Very large or long playbook executions still seem to trigger the DeadlineExceeded error code
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Link Dupont <link>
Component: rhc-worker-playbookAssignee: Link Dupont <link>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Pavol Kotvan <pakotvan>
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Version: 8.6CC: pakotvan, rantunes
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Target Release: 8.8   
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Fixed In Version: rhc-worker-playbook-0.1.8-5.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Link Dupont 2022-11-15 17:55:47 UTC
Description of problem:
Very large or long playbook executions still seem to trigger the DeadlineExceeded error code.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhc-0.2.1-9.el8_6.x86_64
rhc-worker-playbook-0.1.8-2.el8_6.x86_64


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Register host with subscription-manager
2. Register host with insights-client
3. Get host UUID from inventory
4. Make sure your user account has the Tasks administrator RBAC role
5. Execute the leapp-preupgrade playbook via the tasks API by sending '{"task":"leapp-preupgrade","hosts":["YOUR HBI UUID"]}' to https://console.redhat.com/api/tasks/v1/executed_task
6. Watch the rhcd logs for the playbook to complete
7. Execute the leapp-preupgrade playbook again.

Actual results:
The dispatch times out with the DeadlineExceeded error message

Expected results:
The dispatch should not time out. The second playbook should execute just like the first.

Additional info:

Original report: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/ADVISOR-2872

Comment 1 Link Dupont 2022-11-16 19:13:25 UTC
I believe I have found a solution to this.

_run_data is not async-aware, so declaring it as an async function and
running it in an event loop results in synchronous execution of the
entire function. This means the Send function only returns once the
entire _run_data function has completed. Running it on the event loop
using run_in_executor runs the function call in a thread executor pool,
ensuring that it doesn't block the calling thread. This is a fairly
naive solution; a better implementation might be able to pass a future
into _run_data, immediately fulfill that future, let the calling
function (Send) return the RPC receipt, and continue running _run_data.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:26:58 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (rhc-worker-playbook bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2776