Add asynchronous data block processing #1491
Open
Conversation
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
First attempt export as ELN
Use APScheduler Use APScheduler Use APScheduler Use APScheduler Use APScheduler Use APScheduler
Co-authored-by: Matthew Evans <git@ml-evs.science>
Co-authored-by: Matthew Evans <git@ml-evs.science> Co-authored-by: Diana Aliabieva <dianaaliabieva@Dianas-MacBook-Pro.local>
First attempt to sample ELN export button
Add itemGraph in ExportModal and depth control for related items Add itemGraph in ExportModal and depth control for related items Use slider to control itemGraph depth Add cypress component tests Add cypress component tests Add cypress component tests Add cypress component tests Add cypress component tests Add cypress component tests
Add asynchronous data block processing with APScheduler Add asynchronous data block processing with APScheduler
Codecov Report❌ Patch coverage is Additional details and impacted files@@ Coverage Diff @@
## main #1491 +/- ##
==========================================
- Coverage 79.13% 77.77% -1.36%
==========================================
Files 70 74 +4
Lines 5219 5567 +348
==========================================
+ Hits 4130 4330 +200
- Misses 1089 1237 +148
🚀 New features to boost your workflow:
|
datalab
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Project |
datalab
|
| Branch Review |
bc/async-block
|
| Run status |
|
| Run duration | 08m 48s |
| Commit |
|
| Committer | Ben Charmes |
| View all properties for this run ↗︎ | |
| Test results | |
|---|---|
Failures
|
0
|
Flaky
|
0
|
Pending
|
0
|
Skipped
|
0
|
Passing
|
458
|
| View all changes introduced in this branch ↗︎ | |
ml-evs
reviewed
Dec 12, 2025
ml-evs
reviewed
Dec 12, 2025
Member
ml-evs
left a comment
ml-evs
left a comment
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Excited to try this @BenjaminCharmes! Let me know when you think its ready to play around with! I would suggest also extending the CanaryBlock to make an async version we can use in testing.
BenjaminCharmes
force-pushed
the
bc/async-block
branch
from
c58fcc8 to
0944578
Compare
ml-evs
reviewed
Dec 16, 2025
| @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ | |||
| from datetime import datetime, timezone | |||
Member
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Could we combine the block tasks and export task models and MongoDB collection?
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Closes #1469
Linked to Add prefers_async flag to insitu blocks #76
Summary
Implements asynchronous data block processing using APScheduler for computationally intensive blocks, with a unified task management system for all async operations.
Changes
Backend
Task Management Refactoring:
BlockTaskandExportTaskmodelstasksMongoDB collection withtypefield to distinguish export vs block processing tasksTaskStatusreplacesExportStatusandBlockProcessingStatusAsync Block Processing:
update_block()to support async processing viaprefers_asyncattribute/blocks/<task_id>/statusendpoint for status polling, including stage historyFrontend
pollBlockStatus()to poll task status every 2 secondsupdateBlockFromServer()to handle async responsesImplementation Details
prefers_async = Trueto enable async processingtrigger_async: trueinevent_datawhen ready to processbokeh_plot_datais regenerated on-demand viablock.to_web()in status endpoint