fix(notification-outbox): per-attempt timestamps, Pending/Retrying split claim + sweep budget, SMTP MaxConcurrentConnections clamp (review 2026-10-21 06/COR-1, 06/PERF-5, 06/IMPL-2)

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Joseph Doherty
2026-10-22 09:22:10 -04:00
parent ebf4b96789
commit 811a561885
10 changed files with 547 additions and 37 deletions
@@ -567,6 +567,71 @@ public class NotificationOutboxRepositoryTests : IDisposable
Assert.Equal(retryingDue.NotificationId, capped[1].NotificationId);
}
/// <summary>
/// Verifies that a retrying backlog older than every fresh Pending row cannot monopolise
/// the claim: the batch is split between the two statuses, each oldest-first
/// (review 2026-10-21 06/PERF-5).
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
public async Task GetDueAsync_RetryingBacklog_SharesBatchWithPending()
{
var now = new DateTimeOffset(2026, 5, 19, 12, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
var retrying = Enumerable.Range(0, 4)
.Select(i => MakeNotification(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), NotificationStatus.Retrying,
createdAt: now.AddHours(-10).AddMinutes(i), nextAttemptAt: now.AddMinutes(-1)))
.ToList();
var pending = Enumerable.Range(0, 4)
.Select(i => MakeNotification(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), NotificationStatus.Pending,
createdAt: now.AddMinutes(-10 + i)))
.ToList();
_context.Notifications.AddRange(retrying);
_context.Notifications.AddRange(pending);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
_context.ChangeTracker.Clear();
var due = await _repository.GetDueAsync(now, batchSize: 4);
Assert.Equal(
new[]
{
retrying[0].NotificationId, retrying[1].NotificationId,
pending[0].NotificationId, pending[1].NotificationId,
},
due.Select(n => n.NotificationId).ToArray());
}
/// <summary>
/// Verifies that an unused share of the batch is back-filled from the other status, so a
/// sweep with a short Retrying (or Pending) set still claims a full batch.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
public async Task GetDueAsync_ShortRetryingSet_BackfillsFromPending()
{
var now = new DateTimeOffset(2026, 5, 19, 12, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
var retrying = MakeNotification(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), NotificationStatus.Retrying,
createdAt: now.AddHours(-10), nextAttemptAt: now.AddMinutes(-1));
var pending = Enumerable.Range(0, 5)
.Select(i => MakeNotification(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), NotificationStatus.Pending,
createdAt: now.AddMinutes(-10 + i)))
.ToList();
_context.Notifications.Add(retrying);
_context.Notifications.AddRange(pending);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
_context.ChangeTracker.Clear();
var due = await _repository.GetDueAsync(now, batchSize: 4);
Assert.Equal(
new[]
{
retrying.NotificationId,
pending[0].NotificationId, pending[1].NotificationId, pending[2].NotificationId,
},
due.Select(n => n.NotificationId).ToArray());
}
/// <summary>Verifies that get by id returns the row when present and null otherwise.</summary>
/// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
using Akka.Actor;
using Akka.TestKit.Xunit2;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using NSubstitute;
using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.Notifications;
using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Interfaces.Repositories;
using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types.Enums;
using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationOutbox.Delivery;
using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationOutbox.Messages;
using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationOutbox.Tests.TestSupport;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationOutbox.Tests;
/// <summary>
/// Regression tests for the dispatch sweep's pacing (review 2026-10-21): per-attempt
/// timestamps (06/COR-1), the per-sweep wall-clock budget (06/PERF-5), and the Email
/// concurrency clamp to the SMTP row's <c>MaxConcurrentConnections</c> (06/IMPL-2).
/// </summary>
public class NotificationOutboxActorSweepPacingTests : TestKit
{
private readonly INotificationOutboxRepository _outboxRepository =
OutboxRepositorySubstitute.Healthy();
private readonly INotificationRepository _notificationRepository =
Substitute.For<INotificationRepository>();
private IActorRef CreateActor(
IEnumerable<INotificationDeliveryAdapter> adapters, NotificationOutboxOptions options)
{
var services = new ServiceCollection();
services.AddScoped(_ => _outboxRepository);
services.AddScoped(_ => _notificationRepository);
foreach (var adapter in adapters)
{
services.AddScoped<INotificationDeliveryAdapter>(_ => adapter);
}
return Sys.ActorOf(Props.Create(() => new NotificationOutboxActor(
services.BuildServiceProvider(),
options,
new NoOpCentralAuditWriter(),
NullLogger<NotificationOutboxActor>.Instance)));
}
private static Notification MakeNotification(NotificationType type = NotificationType.Email) =>
new(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), type, "ops-team", "Subject", "Body", "site-1")
{
CreatedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
};
private void SetupSmtp(int maxConcurrentConnections = 0, string? transport = null)
{
var config = new SmtpConfiguration("smtp.example.com", "Basic", "noreply@example.com")
{
MaxRetries = 5,
RetryDelay = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1),
MaxConcurrentConnections = maxConcurrentConnections,
Transport = transport,
};
_notificationRepository.GetAllSmtpConfigurationsAsync(Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
.Returns(new[] { config });
}
private void SetupDueBatchOnce(params Notification[] batch)
{
var claimed = 0;
_outboxRepository.GetDueAsync(Arg.Any<DateTimeOffset>(), Arg.Any<int>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
.Returns(_ => Interlocked.Increment(ref claimed) == 1
? batch
: Array.Empty<Notification>());
}
/// <summary>
/// Adapter that delays every delivery, records the concurrency high-water mark and the
/// instant each delivery completed.
/// </summary>
private sealed class PacedAdapter(
TimeSpan delay, Func<DeliveryOutcome> outcome, NotificationType type = NotificationType.Email)
: INotificationDeliveryAdapter
{
private int _current;
private int _highWater;
private int _calls;
public NotificationType Type => type;
public int HighWater => Volatile.Read(ref _highWater);
public int Calls => Volatile.Read(ref _calls);
public DateTimeOffset LastCompletedAt;
public async Task<DeliveryOutcome> DeliverAsync(
Notification notification, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
Interlocked.Increment(ref _calls);
var current = Interlocked.Increment(ref _current);
int hw;
while ((hw = Volatile.Read(ref _highWater)) < current
&& Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _highWater, current, hw) != hw)
{
// retry until our peak is recorded
}
await Task.Delay(delay, cancellationToken);
Interlocked.Decrement(ref _current);
LastCompletedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
return outcome();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// 06/COR-1: a delivery that completes well after the sweep began is stamped with the
/// attempt instant, not the sweep-start instant.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public void Success_StampsDeliveredAt_AfterTheAdapterReturns()
{
SetupSmtp();
var notification = MakeNotification();
SetupDueBatchOnce(notification);
var adapter = new PacedAdapter(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(400), () => DeliveryOutcome.Success("ops@x"));
var actor = CreateActor([adapter], new NotificationOutboxOptions { DispatchInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(1) });
var before = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
actor.Tell(InternalMessages.DispatchTick.Instance);
AwaitAssert(() => _outboxRepository.Received(1).UpdateAsync(
Arg.Is<Notification>(n => n.Status == NotificationStatus.Delivered),
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()));
Assert.True(notification.DeliveredAt >= before + TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(350),
$"DeliveredAt {notification.DeliveredAt:O} should be after the 400 ms attempt (sweep began {before:O})");
Assert.Equal(notification.DeliveredAt, notification.LastAttemptAt);
}
/// <summary>
/// 06/COR-1: a transient failure schedules the retry relative to the attempt instant, so a
/// slow attempt cannot collapse the retry delay.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public void TransientFailure_SchedulesNextAttempt_FromTheAttemptInstant()
{
SetupSmtp();
var notification = MakeNotification();
SetupDueBatchOnce(notification);
var adapter = new PacedAdapter(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(400), () => DeliveryOutcome.Transient("timeout"));
var actor = CreateActor([adapter], new NotificationOutboxOptions { DispatchInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(1) });
var before = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
actor.Tell(InternalMessages.DispatchTick.Instance);
AwaitAssert(() => _outboxRepository.Received(1).UpdateAsync(
Arg.Is<Notification>(n => n.Status == NotificationStatus.Retrying),
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()));
Assert.True(notification.LastAttemptAt >= before + TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(350));
Assert.Equal(notification.LastAttemptAt + TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), notification.NextAttemptAt);
}
/// <summary>
/// 06/PERF-5: once the sweep's wall-clock budget is spent, deliveries still waiting for a
/// permit are skipped (left due for the next sweep) instead of extending the sweep.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public void SweepBudget_Exhausted_SkipsDeliveriesThatHaveNotStarted()
{
SetupSmtp();
SetupDueBatchOnce(MakeNotification(), MakeNotification(), MakeNotification());
var adapter = new PacedAdapter(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(600), () => DeliveryOutcome.Success("ops@x"));
var actor = CreateActor([adapter], new NotificationOutboxOptions
{
DispatchInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(1),
MaxParallelDeliveries = 1,
DispatchSweepBudget = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200),
});
actor.Tell(InternalMessages.DispatchTick.Instance);
AwaitAssert(() => _outboxRepository.Received(1).UpdateAsync(
Arg.Any<Notification>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()));
// Give the (skipped) rest of the sweep ample time to have run had it not been skipped.
Thread.Sleep(1500);
Assert.Equal(1, adapter.Calls);
_outboxRepository.Received(1).UpdateAsync(Arg.Any<Notification>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
}
/// <summary>
/// 06/IMPL-2: Email deliveries over the SMTP transport are clamped to the SMTP row's
/// MaxConcurrentConnections even when MaxParallelDeliveries is higher.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public void SmtpTransport_ClampsEmailParallelism_ToMaxConcurrentConnections()
{
SetupSmtp(maxConcurrentConnections: 1);
SetupDueBatchOnce(Enumerable.Range(0, 4).Select(_ => MakeNotification()).ToArray());
var adapter = new PacedAdapter(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(150), () => DeliveryOutcome.Success("ops@x"));
var actor = CreateActor([adapter], new NotificationOutboxOptions
{
DispatchInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(1),
MaxParallelDeliveries = 4,
});
actor.Tell(InternalMessages.DispatchTick.Instance);
AwaitAssert(
() => _outboxRepository.Received(4).UpdateAsync(
Arg.Is<Notification>(n => n.Status == NotificationStatus.Delivered),
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()),
duration: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
Assert.Equal(1, adapter.HighWater);
}
/// <summary>
/// 06/IMPL-2: the EWS transport does not use MaxConcurrentConnections, so its deliveries
/// keep the full MaxParallelDeliveries.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public void EwsTransport_IsNotClampedByMaxConcurrentConnections()
{
SetupSmtp(maxConcurrentConnections: 1, transport: "Ews");
SetupDueBatchOnce(Enumerable.Range(0, 4).Select(_ => MakeNotification()).ToArray());
var adapter = new PacedAdapter(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(400), () => DeliveryOutcome.Success("ops@x"));
var actor = CreateActor([adapter], new NotificationOutboxOptions
{
DispatchInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(1),
MaxParallelDeliveries = 4,
});
actor.Tell(InternalMessages.DispatchTick.Instance);
AwaitAssert(
() => _outboxRepository.Received(4).UpdateAsync(
Arg.Is<Notification>(n => n.Status == NotificationStatus.Delivered),
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()),
duration: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
Assert.True(adapter.HighWater >= 2, $"expected concurrent EWS deliveries, got {adapter.HighWater}");
}
/// <summary>
/// 06/IMPL-2: the SMTP clamp applies to Email only — SMS deliveries in the same sweep keep
/// the full MaxParallelDeliveries.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public void SmtpClamp_DoesNotThrottleSms()
{
SetupSmtp(maxConcurrentConnections: 1);
SetupDueBatchOnce(Enumerable.Range(0, 4).Select(_ => MakeNotification(NotificationType.Sms)).ToArray());
var sms = new PacedAdapter(
TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(400), () => DeliveryOutcome.Success("+1555"), NotificationType.Sms);
var actor = CreateActor([sms], new NotificationOutboxOptions
{
DispatchInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(1),
MaxParallelDeliveries = 4,
});
actor.Tell(InternalMessages.DispatchTick.Instance);
AwaitAssert(
() => _outboxRepository.Received(4).UpdateAsync(
Arg.Is<Notification>(n => n.Status == NotificationStatus.Delivered),
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()),
duration: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
Assert.True(sms.HighWater >= 2, $"expected concurrent SMS deliveries, got {sms.HighWater}");
}
}
@@ -98,4 +98,13 @@ public class NotificationOutboxOptionsValidatorTests
Assert.True(result.Failed);
Assert.Contains("MaxParallelDeliveries", result.FailureMessage);
}
/// <summary>Verifies that a zero dispatch sweep budget is rejected (review 2026-10-21 06/PERF-5).</summary>
[Fact]
public void ZeroDispatchSweepBudget_IsRejected()
{
var result = Validate(new NotificationOutboxOptions { DispatchSweepBudget = TimeSpan.Zero });
Assert.True(result.Failed);
Assert.Contains("DispatchSweepBudget", result.FailureMessage);
}
}