Pause the index scheduler for one second when a fatal error occurs

index-scheduler/src/error.rs

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     IndexNotFound(String),
     #[error("Index `{0}` already exists.")]
     IndexAlreadyExists(String),
-    #[error("Corrupted task queue.")]
-    CorruptedTaskQueue,
     #[error("Corrupted dump.")]
     CorruptedDump,
     #[error("Task `{0}` not found.")]
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error(transparent)]
     Milli(#[from] milli::Error),
     #[error("An unexpected crash occurred when processing the task")]
-    MilliPanic,
+    ProcessBatchPanicked,
     #[error(transparent)]
     FileStore(#[from] file_store::Error),
     #[error(transparent)]
@@ -37,6 +35,16 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     #[error(transparent)]
     Anyhow(#[from] anyhow::Error),
+
+    // Irrecoverable errors:
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    CreateBatch(Box<Self>),
+    #[error("Corrupted task queue.")]
+    CorruptedTaskQueue,
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    TaskDatabaseUpdate(Box<Self>),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    HeedTransaction(heed::Error),
 }
 
 impl ErrorCode for Error {
@@ -50,7 +58,7 @@ impl ErrorCode for Error {
 
             Error::Dump(e) => e.error_code(),
             Error::Milli(e) => e.error_code(),
-            Error::MilliPanic => Code::Internal,
+            Error::ProcessBatchPanicked => Code::Internal,
             // TODO: TAMO: are all these errors really internal?
             Error::Heed(_) => Code::Internal,
             Error::FileStore(_) => Code::Internal,
@@ -58,6 +66,9 @@ impl ErrorCode for Error {
             Error::Anyhow(_) => Code::Internal,
             Error::CorruptedTaskQueue => Code::Internal,
             Error::CorruptedDump => Code::Internal,
+            Error::TaskDatabaseUpdate(_) => Code::Internal,
+            Error::CreateBatch(_) => Code::Internal,
+            Error::HeedTransaction(_) => Code::Internal,
         }
     }
 }

index-scheduler/src/lib.rs

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use file_store::FileStore;
 use meilisearch_types::error::ResponseError;
@@ -294,6 +295,9 @@ pub enum Breakpoint {
     BatchCreated,
     BeforeProcessing,
     AfterProcessing,
+    AbortedIndexation,
+    ProcessBatchSucceeded,
+    ProcessBatchFailed,
 }
 
 impl IndexScheduler {
@@ -377,7 +381,19 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
             match run.tick() {
                 Ok(0) => (),
                 Ok(_) => run.wake_up.signal(),
-                Err(e) => log::error!("{}", e),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::error!("{}", e);
+                    // Wait one second when an irrecoverable error occurs.
+                    match e {
+                        Error::CorruptedTaskQueue
+                        | Error::TaskDatabaseUpdate(_)
+                        | Error::HeedTransaction(_)
+                        | Error::CreateBatch(_) => {
+                            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
             }
         });
     }
@@ -761,11 +777,12 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
             self.breakpoint(Breakpoint::Start);
         }
 
-        let rtxn = self.env.read_txn()?;
+        let rtxn = self.env.read_txn().map_err(Error::HeedTransaction)?;
-        let batch = match self.create_next_batch(&rtxn)? {
+        let batch =
-            Some(batch) => batch,
+            match self.create_next_batch(&rtxn).map_err(|e| Error::CreateBatch(Box::new(e)))? {
-            None => return Ok(0),
+                Some(batch) => batch,
-        };
+                None => return Ok(0),
+            };
         drop(rtxn);
 
         // 1. store the starting date with the bitmap of processing tasks.
@@ -786,17 +803,19 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
         let res = {
             let cloned_index_scheduler = self.private_clone();
             let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || cloned_index_scheduler.process_batch(batch));
-            handle.join().unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(Error::MilliPanic))
+            handle.join().unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(Error::ProcessBatchPanicked))
         };
 
         #[cfg(test)]
         self.maybe_fail(tests::FailureLocation::AcquiringWtxn)?;
 
-        let mut wtxn = self.env.write_txn()?;
+        let mut wtxn = self.env.write_txn().map_err(Error::HeedTransaction)?;
 
         let finished_at = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
         match res {
             Ok(tasks) => {
+                #[cfg(test)]
+                self.breakpoint(Breakpoint::ProcessBatchSucceeded);
                 #[allow(unused_variables)]
                 for (i, mut task) in tasks.into_iter().enumerate() {
                     task.started_at = Some(started_at);
@@ -809,8 +828,11 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                         },
                     )?;
 
-                    self.update_task(&mut wtxn, &task)?;
+                    self.update_task(&mut wtxn, &task)
-                    self.delete_persisted_task_data(&task)?;
+                        .map_err(|e| Error::TaskDatabaseUpdate(Box::new(e)))?;
+                    if let Err(e) = self.delete_persisted_task_data(&task) {
+                        log::error!("Failure to delete the content files associated with task {}. Error: {e}", task.uid);
+                    }
                 }
                 log::info!("A batch of tasks was successfully completed.");
             }
@@ -818,15 +840,21 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
             Err(Error::Milli(milli::Error::InternalError(
                 milli::InternalError::AbortedIndexation,
             ))) => {
-                // TODO should we add a breakpoint here?
+                #[cfg(test)]
-                wtxn.abort()?;
+                self.breakpoint(Breakpoint::AbortedIndexation);
+                wtxn.abort().map_err(Error::HeedTransaction)?;
                 return Ok(0);
             }
             // In case of a failure we must get back and patch all the tasks with the error.
             Err(err) => {
+                #[cfg(test)]
+                self.breakpoint(Breakpoint::ProcessBatchFailed);
                 let error: ResponseError = err.into();
                 for id in ids {
-                    let mut task = self.get_task(&wtxn, id)?.ok_or(Error::CorruptedTaskQueue)?;
+                    let mut task = self
+                        .get_task(&wtxn, id)
+                        .map_err(|e| Error::TaskDatabaseUpdate(Box::new(e)))?
+                        .ok_or(Error::CorruptedTaskQueue)?;
                     task.started_at = Some(started_at);
                     task.finished_at = Some(finished_at);
                     task.status = Status::Failed;
@@ -835,8 +863,11 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                     #[cfg(test)]
                     self.maybe_fail(tests::FailureLocation::UpdatingTaskAfterProcessBatchFailure)?;
 
-                    self.delete_persisted_task_data(&task)?;
+                    if let Err(e) = self.delete_persisted_task_data(&task) {
-                    self.update_task(&mut wtxn, &task)?;
+                        log::error!("Failure to delete the content files associated with task {}. Error: {e}", task.uid);
+                    }
+                    self.update_task(&mut wtxn, &task)
+                        .map_err(|e| Error::TaskDatabaseUpdate(Box::new(e)))?;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -845,7 +876,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
         #[cfg(test)]
         self.maybe_fail(tests::FailureLocation::CommittingWtxn)?;
 
-        wtxn.commit()?;
+        wtxn.commit().map_err(Error::HeedTransaction)?;
 
         #[cfg(test)]
         self.breakpoint(Breakpoint::AfterProcessing);
@@ -875,6 +906,8 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::time::Instant;
+
     use big_s::S;
     use file_store::File;
     use meili_snap::snapshot;
@@ -1762,13 +1795,6 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn fail_in_update_task_after_process_batch_success_for_document_addition() {
-        // TODO: this is not the correct behaviour, because we process the
-        // same tasks twice.
-        //
-        // I wonder whether the run loop should maybe be paused if we encounter a failure
-        // at that point. Alternatively, maybe we should preemptively mark the tasks
-        // as failed at the beginning of `IndexScheduler::tick`.
-
         let (index_scheduler, handle) = IndexScheduler::test(
             true,
             vec![(1, FailureLocation::UpdatingTaskAfterProcessBatchSuccess { task_uid: 0 })],
@@ -1795,6 +1821,10 @@ mod tests {
                 allow_index_creation: true,
             })
             .unwrap();
+
+        // This tests that the index scheduler pauses for one second when an irrecoverable failure occurs
+        let start_time = Instant::now();
+
         index_scheduler.assert_internally_consistent();
         handle.wait_till(Breakpoint::Start);
 
@@ -1803,7 +1833,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         handle.wait_till(Breakpoint::AfterProcessing);
         index_scheduler.assert_internally_consistent();
-        snapshot!(snapshot_index_scheduler(&index_scheduler), name: "second_iteratino");
+        snapshot!(snapshot_index_scheduler(&index_scheduler), name: "second_iteration");
+
+        let test_duration = start_time.elapsed();
+        assert!(test_duration.as_millis() > 1000);
     }
 
     #[test]