hyperhive/hive-jobq
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atlas 0aac20d863 refactor(#2908): resolve a wire id in the graph, not the c0re layer
mara on !2909: "shouldnt node_by_id be part of jobq?" — yes. Resolving a
raw value to a `NodeId` is the exact inverse of `NodeId::get`, which
already lives in hive-jobq, and it is only a search because the graph
owns the counter that makes ids unfabricable. Both halves of that
round-trip belong on the same side of the crate boundary.

Placing it in `QueueInner` also put it in a layer slated for removal, so
the c0re-side helper would have had to move later anyway — and it was
private there, leaving any other caller needing the same resolution to
write the same `nodes().find_map(…)` by hand.

`Graph::resolve_id` replaces it, with a unit test covering the
round-trip and the rejection of a value that was never an id.

While re-reading the diff for that question: the doc comment added in
the previous commit landed *between* `container`'s doc comment and its
signature, silently reattaching "The container node of `dag_id`" to the
new helper and leaving `container` undocumented. Restored.

No behaviour change and no wire change — same search, same call site.
Checked with clippy (`--all-targets -D warnings`), `cargo test -p
hive-jobq -p hive-c0re` (41 + 322 passed) and `nix fmt`.
2026-08-01 15:53:46 +02:00
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src refactor(#2908): resolve a wire id in the graph, not the c0re layer 2026-08-01 15:53:46 +02:00
Cargo.toml build(#2772): declare enumflags2 at the workspace level 2026-07-27 19:06:27 +02:00
README.md docs(#2627): add READMEs for hive-jobq + the socket wire crates 2026-07-23 12:34:22 +02:00

hive-jobq

A persistent job-DAG scheduler, extracted from hive-c0re's in-tree job_queue as a domain-agnostic library. It schedules a single persistent graph of nodes over named resources; it knows nothing about containers, rebuilds, or any hyperhive type — the node payload N and resource name R are both generic, so the caller supplies its own domain.

When to use it

Reach for this crate whenever you need to run a DAG of interdependent work items under bounded, named concurrency — the hive-c0re rebuild/lifecycle queue is the first consumer, but nothing here is specific to it. The caller defines the node kinds, wires deps, and supplies a runner; the scheduler decides what can start.

Model

One persistent graph for the whole system, not a DAG per job. Enqueuing inserts a self-contained sub-DAG and returns the new node ids; the scheduler runs a continuous loop, starting every node whose deps are satisfied:

  • Resource deps are named counting semaphores over a caller-chosen type R — e.g. build-slot (capacity N), agent/<name> (capacity 1), or any unconfigured name (capacity 1, created on use). A node acquires all its resource deps atomically at start (all-or-nothing) — no hold-and-wait, so no deadlock.
  • Node deps wait on another node per DepWhen: AfterOk needs success (a failed dep cancels the dependent), AfterAny only needs terminal.

A node carries two independent axes: its Deps (ordering + resource needs) and its parent (structural grouping). The parent chain, not the node edges, is what the scheduler consults for resource re-entrancy: a resource unit is held for the acquiring node plus its whole parent subtree, and a descendant needing a resource an ancestor already holds re-uses that grant (a re-entrant borrow, one branch at a time) rather than taking a fresh unit.

A NodeId is opaque, stable, and monotonic (safe to persist). The scheduler is single-threaded — it owns the resource table and mutates it directly.

Shape

  • Graph<N, R> — the persistent node store. insert mints ids and validates dep/parent references; set_state is the single state-transition choke point (and where each node's lifecycle timestamps — started_at / finished_at, DateTime<Utc> — are stamped).
  • Node<N, R>{ id, parent, payload, deps, state, started_at, finished_at, error }. All fields public; derives serde for persistence + the wire.
  • Scheduler<N, R> — drives the graph: settle() starts every ready node (acquiring resources atomically), complete(id, outcome) reports a finished node's result and rolls terminality up the parent chain, releasing grants once a subtree is done. Outcome::{Done, Failed(String)} — the failure reason rides Failed onto the node's error.
  • ResourceTable<R> — per-name capacities; unconfigured names default to capacity 1.

See the crate-root and scheduler module //! docs for the full borrow/release model.