Fix race condition

src/database-backends/postgresql/index.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const knexLibrary = require("knex");
 const { knexSnakeCaseMappers } = require("objection");
 const { addMilliseconds } = require("date-fns");
 const ValidationError = require("@validatem/error");
+const debug = require("debug")("srap:backend:postgresql:queries");
 
 const models = require("./models");
 const mergeItems = require("../../semantics/merge-items");
@@ -84,14 +85,37 @@ module.exports = function(state) {
 					},
 	
 					lock: function (tx, { id, task }) {
-						return Promise.try(() => {
+						return this.runInTransaction(tx, (tx) => {
-							// FIXME: use Objection for this?
+							return Promise.try(() => {
-							// FIXME: Read item first to make it prevent edit conflicts via transaction
+								return db.TaskInProgress.query(tx).forUpdate().findById([ task.name, id ]);
-							return tx.raw(`UPDATE srap_queue SET started = TRUE, started_at = NOW() WHERE task = :task AND item_id = :id`, { task: task.name, id: id });
+							}).then((item) => {
-						}).then(() => {
+								if (item != null) {
-							return true;
+									debug(`Task '${task.name}:${id}' currently locked: ${item.started}`);
-						}).catch({ name: "UniqueViolationError" }, () => {
+									if (item.started === false) {
-							return false;
+										return Promise.try(() => {
+											return db.TaskInProgress.query(tx)
+												.findById([ task.name, id ])
+												.update({
+													started: true,
+													started_at: knex.fn.now()
+												});
+										}).then(() => {
+											debug(`Task '${task.name}:${id}' locked successfully`);
+											return true;
+										}).catch({ name: "UniqueViolationError" }, () => {
+											// FIXME: This is not the correct error...
+											debug(`Task '${task.name}:${id}' failed lock because already locked on write`);
+											return false;
+										});
+									} else {
+										debug(`Task '${task.name}:${id}' failed lock because already locked on read`);
+										return false;
+									}
+								} else {
+									debug(`Task '${task.name}:${id}' failed lock because it no longer exists in queue`);
+									return false;
+								}
+							});
 						});
 					},
 	

src/database-backends/postgresql/queries/get-task-stream.js

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ module.exports = function ({ metrics, backendSettings, knex }) {
 		let fetchParameters = {
 			task: task.name,
 			resultLimit: backendSettings.taskBatchSize
+			// resultLimit: 1 // For tracking down race conditions
 		};
 
 		function refillQueue() {

src/run-task.js

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ module.exports = function ({ backend }) {
 		let api = backend.forItem({ task: task, item: item, mutationQueue: queue });
 	
 		return Promise.try(() => {
-			logStatus(task, chalk.bold.cyan, "started", item.id);
+			// TODO: Standardize logging control/levels interface, also for library use
+			if (!process.env.SRAP_QUIET) {
+				logStatus(task, chalk.bold.cyan, "started", item.id);
+			}
 	
 			// NOTE: We only pass in the item data itself, *not* any associated metadata like tags. If the scraping task wants access to that sort of information, it should do a `getItem` call from within its task logic where needed.
 			// FIXME: Is that actually still true post-refactor?
@@ -28,7 +31,11 @@ module.exports = function ({ backend }) {
 			});
 		}).then(async () => {
 			await api.internal.markTaskCompleted();
-			logStatus(task, chalk.bold.green, "completed", item.id);
+
+			if (!process.env.SRAP_QUIET) {
+				logStatus(task, chalk.bold.green, "completed", item.id);
+			}
+
 			return { status: "completed", item: item };
 		}).catch(async (error) => {
 			await api.internal.markTaskFailed(null, { error });