class Async::Task
@public Since *Async v1*.
def self.current
@returns [Task]
Lookup the {Task} for the current fiber. Raise `RuntimeError` if none is available.
def self.current Fiber.current.async_task or raise RuntimeError, "No async task available!" end
def self.current?
Check if there is a task defined for the current fiber.
def self.current? Fiber.current.async_task end
def self.run(scheduler, *arguments, **options, &block)
def self.run(scheduler, *arguments, **options, &block) self.new(scheduler, **options, &block).tap do |task| task.run(*arguments) end end
def self.yield
- With no replacement.
def self.yield Fiber.scheduler.transfer end
def alive?
def alive? @fiber&.alive? end
def annotate(annotation, &block)
This will internally try to annotate the fiber if it is running, otherwise it will annotate the task itself.
Annotate the task with a description.
def annotate(annotation, &block) if @fiber @fiber.annotate(annotation, &block) else super end end
def annotation
def annotation if @fiber @fiber.annotation else super end end
def async(*arguments, **options, &block)
@raises [FinishedError] If the task has already finished.
@yields {|task| ...} in the context of the new task.
@asynchronous May context switch immediately to the new task.
@public Since *Async v1*.
Run an asynchronous task as a child of the current task.
def async(*arguments, **options, &block) raise FinishedError if self.finished? task = Task.new(self, **options, &block) # When calling an async block, we deterministically execute it until the first blocking operation. We don't *have* to do this - we could schedule it for later execution, but it's useful to: # # - Fail at the point of the method call where possible. # - Execute determinstically where possible. # - Avoid scheduler overhead if no blocking operation is performed. # # There are different strategies (greedy vs non-greedy). We are currently using a greedy strategy. task.run(*arguments) return task end
def backtrace(*arguments)
def backtrace(*arguments) @fiber&.backtrace(*arguments) end
def completed!(result)
def completed!(result) @result = result @status = :completed end
def completed?
def completed? @status == :completed end
def current?
def current? Fiber.current.equal?(@fiber) end
def defer_stop
@yields {} The block of code to execute.
If stop is invoked a second time, it will be immediately executed.
You can nest calls to defer_stop, but the stop will only be deferred until the outermost block exits.
Defer the handling of stop. During the execution of the given block, if a stop is requested, it will be deferred until the block exits. This is useful for ensuring graceful shutdown of servers and other long-running tasks. You should wrap the response handling code in a defer_stop block to ensure that the task is stopped when the response is complete but not before.
def defer_stop # Tri-state variable for controlling stop: # - nil: defer_stop has not been called. # - false: defer_stop has been called and we are not stopping. # - true: defer_stop has been called and we will stop when exiting the block. if @defer_stop.nil? begin # If we are not deferring stop already, we can defer it now: @defer_stop = false yield rescue Stop # If we are exiting due to a stop, we shouldn't try to invoke stop again: @defer_stop = nil raise ensure defer_stop = @defer_stop # We need to ensure the state is reset before we exit the block: @defer_stop = nil # If we were asked to stop, we should do so now: if defer_stop raise Stop, "Stopping current task (was deferred)!" end end else # If we are deferring stop already, entering it again is a no-op. yield end end
def failed!(exception = false)
def failed!(exception = false) @result = exception @status = :failed end
def failed?
def failed? @status == :failed end
def finish!
def finish! # Don't hold references to the fiber or block after the task has finished: @fiber = nil @block = nil # If some how we went directly from initialized to finished. # Attempt to remove this node from the task tree. consume # If this task was being used as a future, signal completion here: if @finished @finished.signal(self) @finished = nil end end
def finished?
Whether we can remove this node from the reactor graph.
def finished? # If the block is nil and the fiber is nil, it means the task has finished execution. This becomes true after `finish!` is called. super && @block.nil? && @fiber.nil? end
def initialize(parent = Task.current?, finished: nil, **options, &block)
@parameter reactor [Reactor] the reactor this task will run within.
Create a new task.
def initialize(parent = Task.current?, finished: nil, **options, &block) super(parent, **options) # These instance variables are critical to the state of the task. # In the initialized state, the @block should be set, but the @fiber should be nil. # In the running state, the @fiber should be set. # In a finished state, the @block should be nil, and the @fiber should be nil. @block = block @fiber = nil @status = :initialized @result = nil @finished = finished @defer_stop = nil end
def reactor
def reactor self.root end
def run(*arguments)
Begin the execution of the task.
def run(*arguments) if @status == :initialized @status = :running schedule do @block.call(self, *arguments) rescue => error # I'm not completely happy with this overhead, but the alternative is to not log anything which makes debugging extremely difficult. Maybe we can introduce a debug wrapper which adds extra logging. if @finished.nil? warn(self, "Task may have ended with unhandled exception.", exception: error) end raise end else raise RuntimeError, "Task already running!" end end
def running?
def running? @status == :running end
def schedule(&block)
def schedule(&block) @fiber = Fiber.new(annotation: self.annotation) do begin completed!(yield) rescue Stop stopped! rescue StandardError => error failed!(error) rescue Exception => exception failed!(exception) # This is a critical failure, we should stop the reactor: raise ensure # Console.info(self) {"Task ensure $! = #{$!} with #{@children&.size.inspect} children!"} finish! end end @fiber.async_task = self self.root.resume(@fiber) end
def sleep(duration = nil)
- Prefer {Kernel#sleep} except when compatibility with `stable-v1` is required.
def sleep(duration = nil) super end
def stop(later = false)
If `later` is false, it means that `stop` has been invoked directly. When `later` is true, it means that `stop` is invoked by `stop_children` or some other indirect mechanism. In that case, if we encounter the "current" fiber, we can't stop it right away, as it's currently performing `#stop`. Stopping it immediately would interrupt the current stop traversal, so we need to schedule the stop to occur later.
Stop the task and all of its children.
def stop(later = false) if self.stopped? # If the task is already stopped, a `stop` state transition re-enters the same state which is a no-op. However, we will also attempt to stop any running children too. This can happen if the children did not stop correctly the first time around. Doing this should probably be considered a bug, but it's better to be safe than sorry. return stopped! end # If the fiber is alive, we need to stop it: if @fiber&.alive? # As the task is now exiting, we want to ensure the event loop continues to execute until the task finishes. self.transient = false # If we are deferring stop... if @defer_stop == false # Don't stop now... but update the state so we know we need to stop later. @defer_stop = true return false end if self.current? # If the fiber is current, and later is `true`, we need to schedule the fiber to be stopped later, as it's currently invoking `stop`: if later # If the fiber is the current fiber and we want to stop it later, schedule it: Fiber.scheduler.push(Stop::Later.new(self)) else # Otherwise, raise the exception directly: raise Stop, "Stopping current task!" end else # If the fiber is not curent, we can raise the exception directly: begin # There is a chance that this will stop the fiber that originally called stop. If that happens, the exception handling in `#stopped` will rescue the exception and re-raise it later. Fiber.scheduler.raise(@fiber, Stop) rescue FiberError => error # In some cases, this can cause a FiberError (it might be resumed already), so we schedule it to be stopped later: Fiber.scheduler.push(Stop::Later.new(self)) end end else # We are not running, but children might be, so transition directly into stopped state: stop! end end
def stop!
def stop! stopped! finish! end
def stop_deferred?
def stop_deferred? @defer_stop end
def stopped!
def stopped! # Console.info(self, status:) {"Task #{self} was stopped with #{@children&.size.inspect} children!"} @status = :stopped stopped = false begin # We are not running, but children might be so we should stop them: stop_children(true) rescue Stop stopped = true # If we are stopping children, and one of them tries to stop the current task, we should ignore it. We will be stopped later. retry end if stopped raise Stop, "Stopping current task!" end end
def stopped?
def stopped? @status == :stopped end
def to_s
def to_s "\#<#{self.description} (#{@status})>" end
def wait
@raises [RuntimeError] If the task's fiber is the current fiber.
Conceptually speaking, waiting on a task should return a result, and if it throws an exception, this is certainly an exceptional case that should represent a failure in your program, not an expected outcome. In other words, you should not design your programs to expect exceptions from `#wait` as a normal flow control, and prefer to catch known exceptions within the task itself and return a result that captures the intention of the failure, e.g. a `TimeoutError` might simply return `nil` or `false` to indicate that the operation did not generate a valid result (as a timeout was an expected outcome of the internal operation in this case).
Retrieve the current result of the task. Will cause the caller to wait until result is available. If the task resulted in an unhandled error (derived from `StandardError`), this will be raised. If the task was stopped, this will return `nil`.
def wait raise "Cannot wait on own fiber!" if Fiber.current.equal?(@fiber) # `finish!` will set both of these to nil before signaling the condition: if @block || @fiber @finished ||= Condition.new @finished.wait end if @status == :failed raise @result else return @result end end
def warn(...)
def warn(...) Console.warn(...) end
def with_timeout(duration, exception = TimeoutError, message = "execution expired", &block)
def with_timeout(duration, exception = TimeoutError, message = "execution expired", &block) Fiber.scheduler.with_timeout(duration, exception, message, &block) end
def yield
def yield Fiber.scheduler.yield end