Derive queue visibility timeout from max_runtime

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Problem

create_queue took a visibility_timeout parameter that no CLI caller ever supplied, so every queue was created with the provider's default. On GCP that means a Pub/Sub subscription with a 60 second ack deadline regardless of max_runtime. Any task running longer than a minute had its message redelivered while it was still running, and a second worker started the same task.

From a max_runtime: 1200 run of the parallel addition example: 500 events for 100 tasks, 177 of them task_timed_out, 91 tasks with more than one delivery, minimum gap between deliveries of a single task 61 seconds. One task was delivered ten times.

The worker did pass max_runtime + 10, but it never took effect. By the time a worker starts, the subscription already exists, so GCPPubSubQueue.__init__ sets _subscription_exists from its get_subscription probe and _create_subscription returns at gcp.py:244, before reaching the code that would apply a new deadline.

Change

A visibility timeout shorter than the task it covers is never correct, so it is no longer settable. create_queue derives it from config.run.max_runtime, which every CLI command populates via the load_config → overload_from_cli → update_run_config_from_provider_config → validate_config sequence in cli.py:2957-2960. All 14 create_queue(config) call sites now get a real value with no changes at those sites.

The 10 second margin that used to be written inline at the worker's call site becomes _VISIBILITY_TIMEOUT_MARGIN. It exists so the worker can notice an overrun, kill the task, and acknowledge or retry the message itself before the queue redelivers it.

The worker no longer asks for a visibility timeout at all. Its queue is always created and configured by cloud_tasks run on another machine before any worker starts, and a worker that did create the subscription would receive nothing, since a Pub/Sub subscription is not given messages published before it existed.

Effect

A GCP subscription created by cloud_tasks run now gets ack_deadline_seconds = min(max_runtime + 10, 600) instead of 60. Since _visibility_renewal_worker renews at 300s and 300 < 600, renewals now land before expiry.

Not addressed here

• An existing subscription keeps its old deadline. gcp.py:244 early-returns, and the repair path behind it calls self._subscriber.modify_subscription, which does not exist on SubscriberClient (it is update_subscription with an update_mask). Queues from before this change need to be deleted and recreated.
• get_max_visibility_timeout() reports the provider ceiling, not the subscription's real deadline (gcp.py:797). Harmless for GCP now that both are 600, but it is what makes the item above dangerous.
• AWS drops the value. AWSSQSQueue.__init__ has no visibility_timeout parameter, so it lands in **kwargs and is ignored, and _create_queue hardcodes _DEFAULT_VISIBILITY_TIMEOUT. Combined with get_max_visibility_timeout() returning 43200 (renewal at 6 hours), AWS has the same bug.

Testing

Three tests in test_init.py: derivation from config.run.max_runtime, the config-less path leaving the timeout to the provider, and the existing no-max_runtime cases still passing None. Updated the create_queue call assertion in test_worker_runtime.py.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Queue visibility timeouts are now calculated automatically from the configured maximum runtime, with an additional safety margin.
  • Queues without a configured runtime continue using provider defaults.
  • Provider-specific timeout limits and renewal behavior are preserved.

• Bug Fixes

  • Cloud workers now connect to queues using their existing configuration without overriding timeout settings.

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Walkthrough

The queue manager now derives visibility timeout from config.run.max_runtime with a 10-second margin. Without runtime configuration, it uses the provider default. Worker startup no longer passes a visibility timeout.

Changes

Cloud queue timeout handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Derive visibility timeout src/cloud_tasks/queue_manager/__init__.py, tests/cloud_tasks/queue_manager/test_init.py	create_queue derives the timeout from max_runtime + 10 and leaves it unset when no runtime is configured. Tests cover both behaviors.
Use existing queue configuration src/cloud_tasks/worker/worker.py, tests/cloud_tasks/worker/test_worker_runtime.py	Worker.start no longer passes visibility_timeout when creating cloud queues. The test assertion matches the updated call.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to aa50f

The change derives queue visibility timeouts from max_runtime; an explicit cap test would improve coverage, but no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/cloud_tasks/queue_manager/__init__.py`:
- Around line 55-61: Extend the GCP queue request-level tests around
create_subscription to cover a max_runtime that produces a visibility timeout
above 600 seconds, and assert the call receives ack_deadline_seconds=600. Reuse
the existing subscription-creation test fixtures and preserve current behavior
for values at or below the provider limit.

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Inspect the GCP queue implementation and its subscription request construction.
ast-grep outline src/cloud_tasks/queue_manager/gcp.py --items all
rg -n -C 6 'visibility_timeout|ack_deadline|ack_deadline_seconds|create_subscription|min\(' \
  src/cloud_tasks/queue_manager/gcp.py tests/cloud_tasks/queue_manager

Repository: SETI/rms-cloud-tasks

Length of output: 46251

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
import ast

source_path = Path("src/cloud_tasks/queue_manager/gcp.py")
tree = ast.parse(source_path.read_text())
class_methods = {
    node.name: node
    for node in tree.body
    if isinstance(node, ast.ClassDef) and node.name == "GCPPubSubQueue"
    for node in node.body
    if isinstance(node, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef))
}

init = class_methods["__init__"]
create_subscription = class_methods["_create_subscription"]

print("constructor assignments involving visibility_timeout:")
for node in ast.walk(init):
    if isinstance(node, ast.Assign):
        text = ast.get_source_segment(source_path.read_text(), node)
        if text and "visibility_timeout" in text:
            print(f"  line {node.lineno}: {text.strip()}")

print("\nsubscription request assignments:")
for node in ast.walk(create_subscription):
    if isinstance(node, ast.Assign):
        text = ast.get_source_segment(source_path.read_text(), node)
        if text and ("visibility_timeout" in text or "ack_deadline_seconds" in text):
            print(f"  line {node.lineno}: {text.strip()}")

print("\nmaximum constant:")
for node in ast.walk(tree):
    if isinstance(node, ast.Assign):
        text = ast.get_source_segment(source_path.read_text(), node)
        if text and "_MAXIMUM_VISIBILITY_TIMEOUT" in text:
            print(f"  line {node.lineno}: {text.strip()}")

test_source = Path("tests/cloud_tasks/queue_manager/test_gcp.py").read_text()
print("\nsubscription assertions with maximum timeout:")
for line_number, line in enumerate(test_source.splitlines(), 1):
    if "create_subscription" in line or "GCP_MAX_ACK_DEADLINE_SECONDS" in line:
        print(f"  {line_number}: {line.strip()}")
PY

Repository: SETI/rms-cloud-tasks

Length of output: 2735

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Add request-level coverage for the 600-second cap. The GCP queue already clamps the timeout before subscription creation. Test that create_subscription receives ack_deadline_seconds=600 for values above the limit.

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In `@src/cloud_tasks/queue_manager/__init__.py` around lines 55 - 61, Extend the
GCP queue request-level tests around create_subscription to cover a max_runtime
that produces a visibility timeout above 600 seconds, and assert the call
receives ack_deadline_seconds=600. Reuse the existing subscription-creation test
fixtures and preserve current behavior for values at or below the provider
limit.