WIP: Add a PeekTask endpoint to the actions API #5849
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This lets a runner check if a task is available for it, without getting the task assigned to it immediately.
For #5847. So far just an untested proof of concept.
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This area of the code doesn't seem covered by tests much so it's unclear to me how to set them up. If people have pointers to tests to take inspiration from, I'd be very grateful.
Also, this new
PeekTaskAPI is reusing the protobuf request/responses from theFetchTaskendpoint. Is that fine? Intuitively, the response at least ought to be separate, because we shouldn't return a task, but rather a boolean indicating if a task is available, or even better, the number of pending tasks (so that one can scale a pool of runners dynamically), as suggested by @dcz_pf. But it seems to me that the protobuf declarations are not part of this code base, so it would be harder to modify them as things stand. Alternatively, we could make separate Protobuf declarations in the forgejo repository only for this API endpoint, without forking the others.Also, I couldn't figure out how to specify that
PeekTaskexpects GET requests, compared toFetchTaskwhich should be called with POST requests only (I think?)Checklist
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*_test.gofor unit tests.tests/integrationdirectory if it involves interactions with a live Forgejo server.web_src/js/*.test.jsif it can be unit tested.tests/e2e/*.test.e2e.jsif it requires interactions with a live Forgejo server (see also the developer guide for JavaScript testing).Documentation
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release-notes/<pull request number>.mdto be be used for the release notes instead of the title.Please rebase your pull request or merge the latest target branch. It is necessary for the tests to not be skipped. A change in how the CI is run was done 12 hours ago and the requirement it imposes on open pull requests was overlooked. Sorry for the inconvenience.
4f6cebaecc9c99755dcfThis pull request contains good code but it has not seen any activity in a long time. In order to unclutter the queue and help reviewers focus on those that are actively worked on, it is now closed. Feel free to re-open it as soon as you want. It is also marked with the label
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