perf(sqldb): compress offloaded node status. Fixes #13290 - #16733
perf(sqldb): compress offloaded node status. Fixes #13290#16733HsiuChuanHsu wants to merge 3 commits into
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argoproj#13290 Co-authored-by: 刘达 <liuda1@kingsoft.com> Signed-off-by: HsiuChuanHsu <hchsu2106@gmail.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds compressed node-status storage for SQL-offloaded workflows. It adds database migrations, updates repository writes and reads, adds MySQL and PostgreSQL integration tests, and documents migration and controller compatibility requirements. ChangesCompressed node-status storage
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR changes offloaded-node storage to compressed payloads while preserving legacy reads. Merge readiness is currently moderate because the size-regression test may not detect a return to raw storage, and the new database-container tests can run during the default test suite; these should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging. Possibly related PRs
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In `@docs/offloading-large-workflows.md`:
- Line 5: Reformat the paragraph describing Argo workflow storage so each
sentence is on its own Markdown line, preserving the wording and paragraph
content.
In `@persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo_mysql_test.go`:
- Around line 112-116: Increase the round-trip test’s generated node payload
from 13*mb to above the 16 MiB packet limit, such as 17*mb, so raw JSON writes
would fail while compressed writes remain valid; update the associated test
description to reflect the new size.
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| Argo stores workflows as Kubernetes resources (i.e. within EtcD). This creates a limit to their size as resources must be under 1MB. Each resource includes the status of each node, which is stored in the `/status/nodes` field for the resource. This can be over 1MB. If this happens, we try and compress the node status and store it in `/status/compressedNodes`. If the status is still too large, we then try and store it in an SQL database. | ||
| Argo stores workflows as Kubernetes resources (i.e. within EtcD). This creates a limit to their size as resources must be under 1MB. Each resource includes the status of each node, which is stored in the `/status/nodes` field for the resource. This can be over 1MB. If this happens, we try and compress the node status and store it in `/status/compressedNodes`. If the status is still too large, we then try and store it in an SQL database. The offloaded node status is itself stored compressed, which reduces the volume written to the database on every update of a large workflow. |
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Split this paragraph into one sentence per line.
Line 5 contains multiple sentences on one Markdown line. Split each sentence onto its own line.
As per coding guidelines: docs/**/*.md: One sentence per line of markdown.
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In `@docs/offloading-large-workflows.md` at line 5, Reformat the paragraph
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preserving the wording and paragraph content.
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Use a raw payload larger than the packet limit.
makeNodes(t, 13*mb) produces raw JSON below the configured 16 MiB max_allowed_packet limit. A regression that writes the raw nodes payload can still succeed, so this test does not verify the stated packet-limit regression.
Generate more than 16 MiB of raw JSON, for example 17*mb, and update the related test text.
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In `@persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo_mysql_test.go` around lines 112 - 116,
Increase the round-trip test’s generated node payload from 13*mb to above the 16
MiB packet limit, such as 17*mb, so raw JSON writes would fail while compressed
writes remain valid; update the associated test description to reflect the new
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I have a lot of problems with this PR. Do you have any proof that this is a good tradeoff?
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The backfill in the offload migration runs once. During a rolling upgrade an older replica can insert a row after it has run, leaving compressednodes NULL rather than the empty string, and scanning NULL into a string fails, so Get and List could not read that row back. Make the column sql.NullString and treat NULL the same as empty, which is the legacy shape whose payload lives in nodes. Cover both shapes on MySQL and Postgres: the drivers scan NULL through different code, so one engine is not evidence for the other. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: HsiuChuanHsu <hchsu2106@gmail.com>
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Thanks for the review and all three are fair. I measured the first one and added coverage for the second; more on below. 1. CPUCompression on this path is not new. Before argo-workflows/workflow/packer/packer.go Lines 74 to 99 in de874c1 That depends on one setting. With argo-workflows/workflow/hydrator/hydrator.go Lines 96 to 130 in de874c1
The read path is where I expected the real cost, so I measured it. I stored the same nodes twice in one MySQL 8.4 container, once uncompressed and once through
Compressed reads are faster at every size. The decompression costs less than the bytes it saves. This ran over loopback, where sending bytes is almost free, so a real network link should help compression more. Two things I also wanted to mention.
I am happy to make Ref: Benchmark code offload_bench_test.go.txt |
2. PostgresThanks for catching this. I added 3. UIThanks for raising this, but I could not find any query that reads from this blob. Did you mean the archive table? All The archive table is also not affected. The UI does not read the database directly. It always gets hydrated workflow objects. The workflow list page does not read the offload table unless the request includes The details page does one |
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persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo.go (1)
55-61: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueMake the legacy check match the documented contract.
The doc comment states that NULL or empty
compressednodesmeans a legacy row. The condition tests onlyString. This works becausesql.NullString.Stringis the zero value whenValidis false, but the code does not state that dependency. An explicitValidtest documents the NULL case at the point of use.♻️ Proposed refactor
func (r nodesRecord) nodesJSON(ctx context.Context) (string, error) { - if r.CompressedNodes.String == "" { + if !r.CompressedNodes.Valid || r.CompressedNodes.String == "" { return r.Nodes, nil } return file.DecodeDecompressString(ctx, r.CompressedNodes.String) }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo_postgres_test.go`:
- Around line 1-3: Add the integration build tag to both database test files,
including offload_node_status_repo_postgres_test.go, so their container-backed
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In `@persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo.go`:
- Around line 55-61: Update nodesRecord.nodesJSON to explicitly treat both
invalid (NULL) and empty CompressedNodes values as legacy rows by checking
CompressedNodes.Valid alongside its String value before returning Nodes; keep
decompression for valid, non-empty values.
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Gate the database container tests behind an integration build tag. make test runs gotest ./..., and these tests start MySQL and PostgreSQL without a skip. Add the same tag to both database test files and run them in a dedicated integration target.
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In `@persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo_postgres_test.go` around lines 1 - 3,
Add the integration build tag to both database test files, including
offload_node_status_repo_postgres_test.go, so their container-backed tests are
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make pre-commit -Bmake feature-new)Fixes #13290
Motivation
At scale,
argo_workflows.nodesstores the offloaded node status as uncompressed JSON, and the controller writes a new row on every reconcile where nodes change. #13290 reports the result:insert into argo_workflowsdominating the slow query log, and the daily archive cleanup taking a long time.Modifications
sequenceDiagram autonumber participant C as workflow-controller participant H as hydrator participant R as offloadNodeStatusRepo participant DB as argo_workflows C->>H: Dehydrate(wf) Note over H: compressed into the CRD if it fits, and never reaches the DB H->>R: Save(uid, namespace, nodes) Note over R: json.Marshal(nodes), version = fnv32(marshalled) alt before R->>DB: INSERT nodes = uncompressed JSON (MBs) Note over R,DB: a new row every time nodes change else after this PR Note over R: file.CompressEncodeString R->>DB: INSERT nodes = "null", compressednodes = payload end DB-->>R: version R-->>C: wf.Status.OffloadNodeStatusVersion Note over C,DB: a later reconcile reads it back C->>H: Hydrate(wf) H->>R: Get(uid, version) R->>DB: SELECT WHERE (clustername, uid, version) DB-->>R: row alt compressednodes is empty Note over R,DB: the row was written before this PR Note over R: json.Unmarshal(nodes), nothing migrated else compressednodes is set Note over R,DB: the row was written after this PR Note over R: DecodeDecompressString, then json.Unmarshal end R-->>C: wf.Status.Nodes restoredThe second
altexplains the backward compatibility design. Thecompressednodescolumn also works as a marker to show which format a row uses. This means the table can safely contain both old and new rows without a data migration.compressednodescolumn toargo_workflows(longtextfor MySQL andtextfor PostgreSQL).Savecompresses the marshalled nodes intocompressednodesand writesnulltonodes, which isjson not null.GetandListdecompresscompressednodeswhen it is not empty. Otherwise, they readnodesas before. This keeps existing rows working without migration.file.CompressEncodeStringandDecodeDecompressString, so offloaded node status uses the sameWORKFLOW_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHMVerification
New integration tests in
persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo_mysql_test.go, on a MySQL 8.4 testcontainer:Getreturns the original nodes,compressednodesholds the payload, andnodesis thenullplaceholder;nodes, emptycompressednodes) read back correctly through bothGetandList.max_allowed_packetto 16MB, which makes the size reduction observable: ~13MB of raw nodes only fits once compressed.go build ./persist/...,go vet ./persist/sqldb/, andmarkdownlinton the changed docs pass.docs/database-migrations.mdregenerated viago run ./hack/docs/migrations.Documentation
docs/offloading-large-workflows.md— Adds a new Offloaded Node Status section that explains the storage format and the upgrade requirements.docs/upgrading.md— Adds a section covering the same topic. A controller running an older version will read the new row's null placeholder as an empty node status. Therefore, all controllers sharing the same database must be upgraded together.Rolling back to a version before this change while offloaded workflows are still active can cause their node status to be lost.
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