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feat(job): honor the authored retryPolicy / timeout in the job scheduler (#3494) - #3529

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feat(job): honor the authored retryPolicy / timeout in the job scheduler (#3494)#3529
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Part of #3494 (together with #3516 this completes the issue — closes#3494 once both land). The Job row of the aspirational-config cluster is built, not pruned: retry/backoff and per-run time limits are semantics job authors reasonably expect.

What

JobSchema.retryPolicy / JobSchema.timeout were parsed-but-ignored — the cron adapter's execute() was a bare try/catch with no retry, backoff, or time limit. Now enforced end to end:

  • specIJobService.schedule gains an optional 4th options argument (JobScheduleOptions with retryPolicy/timeout, mirroring the authorable RetryPolicySchema); new JobRetryPolicy type. Backward compatible: existing 3-arg callers/implementations unchanged. JobSchema describe strings drop their [EXPERIMENTAL — not enforced] markers.
  • service-job — new runWithPolicy helper (exported, with JobTimeoutError) wraps the handler invocation in CronJobAdapter and IntervalJobAdapter; DbJobAdapter threads options to its inner adapters, so the persisted path records one sys_job_run row per attempt. Semantics: failed attempts (including timeouts) retry with exponential backoff backoffMs * backoffMultiplier^(retry-1) up to maxRetries retries after the initial attempt; an attempt exceeding timeout records execution status 'timeout' (the pre-existing but never-used JobExecution status). No options → exactly the legacy single-attempt behavior, guarded by a dedicated test.
  • runtime — AppPlugin's declarative-jobs registration forwards the authored retryPolicy/timeout (previously dropped at this layer).

Test discipline

The 6 new adapter tests were written first and verified red on the old adapters (flaky handler called once instead of retrying; slow handler recorded success instead of timeout), then green on the implementation. service-job: 37/37. Affected-package sweep (turbo test --filter='...[origin/main]' --force): green (one unrelated flake in service-automation passes standalone). Full-repo turbo type-check --force: green.

Notes

  • JavaScript cannot forcibly cancel an in-flight handler — a timed-out attempt is abandoned, not killed (documented on the schema and helper).
  • RetryPolicySchema has no maxDelay knob; delay growth is bounded only by maxRetries. Left as-is — adding knobs is out of scope for reconnecting the existing ones.

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os-zhuangand others added 2 commits July 27, 2026 11:05
…3494)
JobSchema.retryPolicy and JobSchema.timeout were parsed-but-ignored (the
2026-06 liveness audit's aspirational-config cluster). Built rather than
pruned:
- spec: IJobService.schedule gains an optional 4th options argument
(JobScheduleOptions with retryPolicy/timeout + JobRetryPolicy type);
backward compatible. JobSchema describe strings updated (EXPERIMENTAL
markers removed).
- service-job: new runWithPolicy helper (+ JobTimeoutError) wraps handler
invocation in CronJobAdapter and IntervalJobAdapter; DbJobAdapter threads
options through. Failed attempts (incl. timeouts) retry with exponential
backoff up to maxRetries; over-limit attempts record execution status
'timeout'. No options = legacy single-attempt behavior (guarded by test).
- runtime: AppPlugin declarative-jobs registration forwards the authored
retryPolicy/timeout.
Tests were written first and verified red on the old adapters (handler
called once, no timeout status), then green on the implementation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…olution
The package's dts build runs under moduleResolution nodenext — relative
imports of run-with-policy must carry the .js extension.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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