[dashboard] proactively reconnect grpc streams

Author: akosyakov

components/dashboard/src/service/public-api.ts

@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ export function stream<Response>(
             try {
                 for await (const response of factory({
                     signal: abort.signal,
+                    // GCP timeout is 10 minutes, we timeout 3 mins earlier
+                    // to avoid unknown network errors and reconnect gracefully
+                    timeoutMs: 7 * 60 * 1000,
                 })) {
                     backoff = BASE_BACKOFF;
                     cb(response);
@@ -285,8 +288,13 @@ export function stream<Response>(
                 if (ApplicationError.hasErrorCode(e) && e.code === ErrorCodes.CANCELLED) {
                     return;
                 }
-                backoff = Math.min(2 * backoff, MAX_BACKOFF);
-                console.error("failed to watch prebuild:", e);
+                if (ApplicationError.hasErrorCode(e) && e.code === ErrorCodes.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED) {
+                    // timeout is expected, reconnect with base backoff
+                    backoff = BASE_BACKOFF;
+                } else {
+                    backoff = Math.min(2 * backoff, MAX_BACKOFF);
+                    console.error(e);
+                }
             }
             const jitter = Math.random() * 0.3 * backoff;
             const delay = backoff + jitter;

components/dashboard/src/service/service.tsx

@@ -13,16 +13,17 @@ import {
     GitpodServiceImpl,
     User,
     WorkspaceInfo,
+    Disposable,
 } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol";
 import { WebSocketConnectionProvider } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/messaging/browser/connection";
 import { GitpodHostUrl } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/gitpod-host-url";
 import { log } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/logging";
 import { IDEFrontendDashboardService } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/frontend-dashboard-service";
 import { RemoteTrackMessage } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/analytics";
-import { helloService, workspaceClient } from "./public-api";
+import { helloService, stream, workspaceClient } from "./public-api";
 import { getExperimentsClient } from "../experiments/client";
-import { ConnectError, Code } from "@connectrpc/connect";
 import { instrumentWebSocket } from "./metrics";
+import { LotsOfRepliesResponse } from "@gitpod/public-api/lib/gitpod/experimental/v1/dummy_pb";
 
 export const gitpodHostUrl = new GitpodHostUrl(window.location.toString());
 
@@ -122,11 +123,19 @@ function testPublicAPI(service: any): void {
         },
     });
     (async () => {
-        const MAX_BACKOFF = 60000;
-        const BASE_BACKOFF = 3000;
-        let backoff = BASE_BACKOFF;
+        let previousCount = 0;
+        const watchLotsOfReplies = () =>
+            stream<LotsOfRepliesResponse>(
+                (options) => {
+                    return helloService.lotsOfReplies({ previousCount }, options);
+                },
+                (response) => {
+                    previousCount = response.count;
+                },
+            );
 
         // emulates server side streaming with public API
+        let watching: Disposable | undefined;
         while (true) {
             const isTest =
                 !!user &&
@@ -135,34 +144,14 @@ function testPublicAPI(service: any): void {
                     gitpodHost: window.location.host,
                 }));
             if (isTest) {
-                try {
-                    let previousCount = 0;
-                    for await (const reply of helloService.lotsOfReplies(
-                        { previousCount },
-                        {
-                            // GCP timeout is 10 minutes, we timeout 3 mins earlier
-                            // to avoid unknown network errors
-                            timeoutMs: 7 * 60 * 1000,
-                        },
-                    )) {
-                        previousCount = reply.count;
-                        backoff = BASE_BACKOFF;
-                    }
-                } catch (e) {
-                    if (e instanceof ConnectError && e.code === Code.DeadlineExceeded) {
-                        // timeout is expected, continue as usual
-                        backoff = BASE_BACKOFF;
-                    } else {
-                        backoff = Math.min(2 * backoff, MAX_BACKOFF);
-                        console.error(e);
-                    }
+                if (!watching) {
+                    watching = watchLotsOfReplies();
                 }
-            } else {
-                backoff = BASE_BACKOFF;
+            } else if (watching) {
+                watching.dispose();
+                watching = undefined;
             }
-            const jitter = Math.random() * 0.3 * backoff;
-            const delay = backoff + jitter;
-            await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+            await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 3000));
         }
     })();
 }

components/gitpod-protocol/src/messaging/error.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ export const ErrorCodes = {
     // 498 The operation was cancelled, typically by the caller.
     CANCELLED: 498 as const,
 
+    // 4981 The deadline expired before the operation could complete.
+    DEADLINE_EXCEEDED: 4981 as const,
+
     // 500 Internal Server Error
     INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR: 500 as const,
 

components/public-api/typescript-common/src/public-api-converter.spec.ts

@@ -455,6 +455,18 @@ describe("PublicAPIConverter", () => {
             expect(appError.message).to.equal("cancelled");
         });
 
+        it("DEADLINE_EXCEEDED", () => {
+            const connectError = converter.toError(
+                new ApplicationError(ErrorCodes.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED, "deadline exceeded"),
+            );
+            expect(connectError.code).to.equal(Code.DeadlineExceeded);
+            expect(connectError.rawMessage).to.equal("deadline exceeded");
+
+            const appError = converter.fromError(connectError);
+            expect(appError.code).to.equal(ErrorCodes.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED);
+            expect(appError.message).to.equal("deadline exceeded");
+        });
+
         it("INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR", () => {
             const connectError = converter.toError(
                 new ApplicationError(ErrorCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, "internal server error"),

components/public-api/typescript-common/src/public-api-converter.ts

@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ export class PublicAPIConverter {
             if (reason.code === ErrorCodes.CANCELLED) {
                 return new ConnectError(reason.message, Code.Canceled, undefined, undefined, reason);
             }
+            if (reason.code === ErrorCodes.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED) {
+                return new ConnectError(reason.message, Code.DeadlineExceeded, undefined, undefined, reason);
+            }
             if (reason.code === ErrorCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR) {
                 return new ConnectError(reason.message, Code.Internal, undefined, undefined, reason);
             }
@@ -450,6 +453,9 @@ export class PublicAPIConverter {
         if (reason.code === Code.Canceled) {
             return new ApplicationError(ErrorCodes.CANCELLED, reason.rawMessage);
         }
+        if (reason.code === Code.DeadlineExceeded) {
+            return new ApplicationError(ErrorCodes.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED, reason.rawMessage);
+        }
         if (reason.code === Code.Internal) {
             return new ApplicationError(ErrorCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, reason.rawMessage);
         }