svilen

svilen

Author of Concurrent Data Processing in Elixir

There’s something really strange going on here, and I’m sure someone will be able to point out a silly mistake somewhere in the code.

I’m using GenStage’s ConsumerSupervisor to subscribe to a Producer:

defmodule UserConsumerSupervisor do
  use ConsumerSupervisor

  @opts [
    strategy: :one_for_one,
    max_restarts: 2,
    subscribe_to: [{Producer, max_demand: 3}]
  ]

  def start_link(_) do
    ConsumerSupervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, :ok)
  end

  def init(:ok) do
    children = [
      %{
        id: UserConsumer,
        start: {UserConsumer, :start_link, []},
        restart: :transient
      }
    ]

    ConsumerSupervisor.init(children, @opts)
  end
end

As specified in the @opts, I’d like the supervisor to restart a consumer only twice, if the consumer fails for whatever reason. The consumer itself is quite simple:

defmodule UserConsumer do

  def start_link(user) do
    Task.start_link(fn ->
      :timer.sleep(3000)
      if user == 3, do: raise "Ooops, error!"
    end)
  end
end

Despite the max_restarts option, when the consumer errors, the consumer process keeps getting restarted forever…

How is this possible? Am I misreading the configurations somehow :thinking:

Link to docs: ConsumerSupervisor — gen_stage v1.3.2

Showing Posts 1 to 3

jola

jola

From your link

:max_restarts - the maximum amount of restarts allowed in a time frame. Defaults to 3 times.

note ā€œtime frameā€. Right after that one comes

:max_seconds - the time frame in which :max_restarts applies in seconds. Defaults to 5 seconds.

So the supervisor will restart the children up to 2 times (your setting) per 5 seconds. You have a 3 second wait in your start link, so the child will only fail every 3 seconds, and can’t fail twice in 5 seconds. So it will restart forever.

benwilson512

benwilson512

Author of Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe

max_restarts is per unit time, as specified by :max_seconds. The default of :max_seconds is 5 seconds, and since you sleep for 3 seconds, you won’t exceed 2 restarts in 5 seconds.

svilen

svilen OP

Author of Concurrent Data Processing in Elixir

Ahhh yes of course, thank you all!

— All posts loaded —

Where Next? Top

Trending in Questions Top

RSP87
I’m working on a project that simulates the bumbl example in the programming phoenix book. It acts almost like an email client. We have a...
New
nseaSeb
Hello, I know there is an approach for handling lists that allows for optimized traversal, but I can’t recall the specific method (somet...
New
RemyXRenard
I’m seeing that a list inside a Kino.DataTable will be interpreted as a charlist, even if the Kino.configure() is set to charlists: :as_l...
New
velrest
So my question is quite simple and i have found no conclusive answer on forum, google or AI. Should we use :erlang.float for Integer to ...
New
brecabral
Documentation While reading the Scoped Routes section, I noticed that the documentation currently refers to a problem without explainin...
New
samoloth
Hi, I’ve just set up an application with ash_authentication. There is only magic link strategy for now, so there is no confirmation add o...
New
FlyingNoodle
If a change or preparation module uses Ash.Changeset.get_argument/2 or Ash.Query.get_argument/2 (or any of the other get_argument functio...
New

Other Trending Topics Top

mudasobwa
I am happy to introduce the very α version of the new programming language compiled to BEAM. Welcome Cure. It has literally three kille...
New
marciok
Hi there! We created Gust: A task orchestrator inspired by Airflow. For those who have never heard about Aiflow, it’s a Python-based wor...
New
jimsynz
Beam Bots (or just BB for short) is a framework for building fault-tolerant robotics applications in Elixir using familiar OTP patterns. ...
New
Dmk
Xamal is a deployment tool for Elixir apps that deploys native releases to bare metal servers over SSH. It’s a port of GitHub - basecamp/...
New
netoum
Corex is an accessible, unstyled UI component library for Phoenix that integrates Zag.js state machines using Vanilla JavaScript and Live...
New
webofbits
With AI doing more of the implementation work, I’ve been wondering how much coding I should deliberately keep doing myself. My main conc...
#ai
New

We're in Beta

About us Mission Statement

Options

Thread Display Mode




Thread Preview

Skip Thread Previews