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  2. MDL-59594

Allow graceful fast exit of cron.php / adhoc_task.php via SIGTERM or SIGINT

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    • MOODLE_34_STABLE, MOODLE_39_STABLE
    • MOODLE_39_STABLE
    • MDL-59594-SIGINT
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      1) Install this plugin just to make testing easier:

      https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_testtasks

      git clone https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_testtasks.git admin/tool/testtasks
      

       

      2) Queue up 5 ad hoc tasks that each take 5 seconds to run:

      php admin/tool/testtasks/cli/queue_adhoc_tasks.php -n=5 -d=5

       

      3) Run the standalone ad hoc task processor:

      php admin/tool/task/cli/adhoc_task.php --execute
      

       

      4) Watch it for a little while, then press Control C, instead of immediately exiting it should gracefully finish what it was doing, and then exit instead of picking up it's next task:

      == Exiting gracefully, please wait ... ==
      

       

      5) Repeat the above, but press Control C twice, the second time it will do a hard exit.

      == Exiting right NOW == 
      

       

      6)  Rinse and repeat with admin/cli/cron.php but you need to carefully kill it during both the scheduled tasks and the ad hoc tasks.

       7) The tests above capture SIGINT, for completeness also re-test but instead of killing via Ctrl+C, open another terminal and kill is using:

      kill [pid]

      This should also result in the 'Exiting gracefully' message.

       

       

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      1) Install this plugin just to make testing easier: https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_testtasks git clone https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_testtasks.git admin/tool/testtasks   2) Queue up 5 ad hoc tasks that each take 5 seconds to run: php admin/tool/testtasks/cli/queue_adhoc_tasks.php -n= 5 -d= 5   3) Run the standalone ad hoc task processor: php admin/tool/task/cli/adhoc_task.php --execute   4) Watch it for a little while, then press Control C, instead of immediately exiting it should gracefully finish what it was doing, and then exit instead of picking up it's next task: == Exiting gracefully, please wait ... ==   5) Repeat the above, but press Control C twice, the second time it will do a hard exit. == Exiting right NOW ==    6)  Rinse and repeat with admin/cli/cron.php but you need to carefully kill it during both the scheduled tasks and the ad hoc tasks.  7) The tests above capture SIGINT, for completeness also re-test but instead of killing via Ctrl+C, open another terminal and kill is using: kill [pid] This should also result in the 'Exiting gracefully' message.    

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      Allow a cron to shutdown cleanly by handling SIGTERM / SIGNIT and waiting for the current task to finish and then exit.

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              brendanheywood Brendan Heywood
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              David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo, David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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                15/Jun/20

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