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Change Description

Removes the /timing and /job_graph APIs which were fine but still needed a join with the main job list to be useful. We might as well push everything into the same API and do it properly upfront.

Therefore, this introduces a job listing API to support timing, job group, and dag charts with a single customizable, scalable API call. Also rolls in a number of improvements relative to our v1 and v2 jobs APIs.

• Filters: constructed with AND and OR combinations of filters against various job attributes
• Return values: which fields to join in can be chosen upfront
  • Will make querying faster if only a handful of fields are needed
  • Or allows us to combine timing, parents, job groups, etc in the same response to avoid having to manually join data sets later
• Well defined pagination objects in responses. No more having to construct new page limits based on job IDs in response sets.
• Proper reverse pagination (vs v2/jobs API). We can scan backwards properly for a good "previous page" experience.
• Bounded response times. As well as a page size, we specify a scan range. So a very sparse filter in a very large batch might get a result like "only 3 jobs matching this filter in the 50,000 jobs scanned. But here's the next pagination token to scan the next range" instead of spinning indefinitely in the DB/service/UI while we wait for a full page to arrive. This will allow job table UIs to remain responsive while showing updates and partial results like "Scanning with this filter. Searched up through job ID 160,000. Found these 5 results so far. Continuing to scan....."
  • Note: as well as improved responsiveness to the user, this also helps protect the DB against enormous long running queries. Each request is explicitly limited with a scan size of 50,000 and time limit of 10s.
• Every query provably only scans its own batch.
  • In v2, some queries (like JobInstanceQuery, JobQuotedExactMatchQuery, JobKeywordQuery) use IN (SELECT ...) across all batches before filtering again)
• Minor: Proper "duration" response (vs the v1/v2 APIs). We can show both full job timing AND most recent attempt timing, depending on which fields the user requests.

Reversability

Fully reversable.

• This is a read only API that can just be "not used". It's also trivial to remove it with a rollback or a revert PR.
• We do remove two currently unused APIs in this PR, which could be brought back by re-writing them in front_end.py

Example usage

Selecting fields to return

Unless specified with include, fields which aren't trivially available are left as null in the response.

    GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8501/job-list?scan_start_job_id=7&limit=1
        &include=start_time,end_time,latest_attempt_duration,exit_code,cost

    {"jobs": [
       {"job_id": 7, "job_group_id": 1, "name": "align-chr1-0007", "state": "Success",
        "start_time": 1792100000000, "end_time": 1792100900000, "latest_attempt_duration": 600000,
        "exit_code": 0, "cost": 0.0050, "attempts": null, "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null}
     ],
     "include": ["start_time", "end_time", "latest_attempt_duration", "exit_code", "cost"],
     "pagination": {"first_job_id": 7, "last_job_id": 7,
       "next_page": {"scan_start_job_id": 8, "scan_direction": "forward"},
       "previous_page": {"scan_start_job_id": 6, "scan_direction": "backward"},
       "page_end_reason": "limit",
       "scan_range": {"min": 1, "max": 2000, "stable_below_job_id": 2001}, "total_jobs": null}}

AND and OR filter, full pagination because small enough batch

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8501/job-list?recursive=true&limit=50
      &include=exit_code,end_time,total_jobs
      &filter={"and":[{"field":"state","op":"in","value":["Failed","Error"]},
                      {"or":[{"field":"name","op":"contains","value":"chr4"},
                             {"field":"attribute","key":"shard","op":"=","value":"3"}]}]}

  {
    "jobs": [
      {"job_id": 412,  "job_group_id": 1, "name": "align-chr4-0012", "state": "Failed",
       "start_time": null, "end_time": 1792104211000, "latest_attempt_duration": null,
       "exit_code": 1, "cost": null, "attempts": null, "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null},
      {"job_id": 903,  "job_group_id": 1, "name": "align-chr9-0003", "state": "Failed",
       "start_time": null, "end_time": 1792104388000, "latest_attempt_duration": null,
       "exit_code": 137, "cost": null, "attempts": null, "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null},
      {"job_id": 1460, "job_group_id": 1, "name": "align-chr4-0060", "state": "Error",
       "start_time": null, "end_time": 1792104502000, "latest_attempt_duration": null,
       "exit_code": null, "cost": null, "attempts": null, "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null}
    ],
    "include": ["end_time", "exit_code", "total_jobs"],
    "pagination": {
      "first_job_id": 412,
      "last_job_id": 1460,
      "next_page": null,
      "previous_page": null,
      "page_end_reason": "boundary",
      "scan_range": {"min": 1, "max": 2000, "stable_below_job_id": 2001},
      "total_jobs": 3
    }
  }

"Show me what failed" in a big batch: sparse pages

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8412/job-list?recursive=true&limit=50
      &include=exit_code,end_time,cost
      &filter={"field":"state","op":"in","value":["Failed","Error"]}

  {
    "jobs": [
      {"job_id": 1207,  "job_group_id": 3, "name": "vep-chr1-shard-0207",  "state": "Failed",
       "start_time": null, "end_time": 1792061845123, "latest_attempt_duration": null,
       "exit_code": 137, "cost": 0.0412, "attempts": null, "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null},
      {"job_id": 18044, "job_group_id": 3, "name": "vep-chr4-shard-1044",  "state": "Error",
       "start_time": null, "end_time": 1792063310456, "latest_attempt_duration": null,
       "exit_code": null, "cost": 0.0031, "attempts": null, "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null}
    ],
    "include": ["end_time", "exit_code", "cost"],
    "pagination": {
      "first_job_id": 1207,
      "last_job_id": 18044,
      "next_page": {"scan_start_job_id": 50001, "scan_direction": "forward"},
      "previous_page": null,
      "page_end_reason": "scan_size",
      "scan_range": {"min": 1, "max": 120000, "stable_below_job_id": 120001},
      "total_jobs": null
    }
  }

Two matches out of the first 50,000 ids, then the scan window ran out. The page is short but has a next_page link, so the client keeps following it. However rare the filter, no single request scans more than 50,000 ids.

Expanding one job group (just its own jobs, not subgroups)

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8412/job-list?job_group_ids=3&recursive=false&limit=2&include=start_time,end_time

  {
    "jobs": [
      {"job_id": 1001, "job_group_id": 3, "name": "vep-chr1-shard-0001", "state": "Success",
       "start_time": 1792060012000, "end_time": 1792060431000, "latest_attempt_duration": null,
       "exit_code": null, "cost": null, "attempts": null, "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null},
      {"job_id": 1002, "job_group_id": 3, "name": "vep-chr1-shard-0002", "state": "Running",
       "start_time": 1792060015000, "end_time": null, "latest_attempt_duration": null,
       "exit_code": null, "cost": null, "attempts": null, "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null}
    ],
    "include": ["start_time", "end_time"],
    "pagination": {
      "first_job_id": 1001, "last_job_id": 1002,
      "next_page": {"scan_start_job_id": 1003, "scan_direction": "forward"},
      "previous_page": null,
      "page_end_reason": "limit",
      "scan_range": {"min": 1001, "max": 25000, "stable_below_job_id": 120001},
      "total_jobs": null
    }
  }

scan_range is narrowed to the group's own id range, so the scan doesn't touch the other ~95k jobs. Every key is present even when it wasn't requested, which means one response type covers every request.

Timing / Gantt view: fetch everything in fixed blocks

Step 1 finds the extent of the batch without scanning any jobs:

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8412/job-list?recursive=true&limit=0

  {"jobs": [], "include": [],
   "pagination": {"first_job_id": null, "last_job_id": null, "next_page": null, "previous_page": null,
     "page_end_reason": null,
     "scan_range": {"min": 1, "max": 120000, "stable_below_job_id": 120001}, "total_jobs": null}}

Step 2 fetches 1,000-id blocks across that range (these can run in parallel), here with per-attempt timing and cost rate:

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8412/job-list?recursive=true&scan_start_job_id=1&max_scan_size=1000&limit=1000
      &include=attempts.cost_per_hour

  {
    "jobs": [
      {"job_id": 1, "job_group_id": 1, "name": "split-intervals", "state": "Success",
       "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "latest_attempt_duration": null, "exit_code": null, "cost": null,
       "attempts": [
         {"attempt_id": "Xk2pQa", "instance_name": "batch-worker-default-standard-q7d2m",
          "start_time": 1792059601000, "end_time": 1792059844000, "reason": "preempted", "cost_per_hour": 0.0213},
         {"attempt_id": "R9mzT1", "instance_name": "batch-worker-default-standard-h4c8w",
          "start_time": 1792059902000, "end_time": 1792060190000, "reason": "completed", "cost_per_hour": 0.0213}
       ],
       "parent_ids": null, "parent_ids_truncated": null}
    ],
    "include": ["attempts", "attempts.cost_per_hour"],
    "pagination": {"first_job_id": 1, "last_job_id": 1000,
      "next_page": {"scan_start_job_id": 1001, "scan_direction": "forward"}, "previous_page": null,
      "page_end_reason": "scan_size",
      "scan_range": {"min": 1, "max": 120000, "stable_below_job_id": 120001}, "total_jobs": null}
  }

(Only one of the 1,000 jobs is shown.) Asking for attempts.cost_per_hour brings in attempts too. The preempted first attempt and its retry both appear, each on its own instance.

DAG view: parent edges

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8412/job-list?recursive=true&scan_start_job_id=1001&max_scan_size=1000&limit=1000&include=parent_ids

  {"jobs": [
     {"job_id": 1001, "job_group_id": 3, "name": "vep-chr1-shard-0001", "state": "Success",
      "start_time": null, "end_time": null, "latest_attempt_duration": null, "exit_code": null, "cost": null,
      "attempts": null, "parent_ids": [1], "parent_ids_truncated": false}
   ],
   "include": ["parent_ids"],
   "pagination": {"first_job_id": 1001, "last_job_id": 2000,
     "next_page": {"scan_start_job_id": 2001, "scan_direction": "forward"}, "previous_page": null,
     "page_end_reason": "scan_size",
     "scan_range": {"min": 1, "max": 120000, "stable_below_job_id": 120001}, "total_jobs": null}}

A page also ends early (page_end_reason: "parent_edges") once its jobs have 10,000 parent edges between them, so even a very dense fan-in can't blow up the response.

Just a count

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8412/job-list?recursive=true&limit=0&include=total_jobs
      &filter={"and":[{"field":"state","op":"=","value":"Failed"},{"field":"name","op":"contains","value":"chr4"}]}

  {"jobs": [], "include": ["total_jobs"],
   "pagination": {"first_job_id": null, "last_job_id": null, "next_page": null, "previous_page": null,
     "page_end_reason": null,
     "scan_range": {"min": 1, "max": 120000, "stable_below_job_id": 120001}, "total_jobs": null}}

total_jobs is either exact or null when counting could be too costly (as on this 120k-job batch), and never an estimate. On a small batch or group it comes back as a number.

Clear errors, bounded load

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8412/job-list?include=duration

  → 400  include: unknown value 'duration'; expected any of start_time, end_time, latest_attempt_duration, exit_code, attempts, attempts.cost_per_hour, parent_ids, cost, total_jobs

  GET /api/v2alpha/batches/8412/job-list?filter={"field":"name","op":"contains","value":"x"}   (database busy)

  → 503  Retry-After: 1   The job list query took too long; retry shortly. If it keeps happening, narrow the filter.

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Impact Description

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This change adds a v2alpha batch job-list endpoint with structured filters, directional pagination, optional job fields, and bounded database queries. It removes the v1alpha timing and job-graph endpoints and updates batch-scope validation for index-merge query plans.

Changes: Batch job-list API

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Parse filters and plan pages batch/batch/front_end/query/job_list.py, batch/test/test_job_list_unit.py	The query model validates parameters and filters, narrows job-ID ranges, and plans scan windows, page links, and parent-edge budgets. Unit tests cover accepted inputs, rejection cases, and pagination behavior.
Build bounded SQL and assemble results batch/batch/front_end/query/job_list_sql.py, batch/test/test_job_list_db.py, batch/test/test_job_list_unit.py	SQL statements retrieve filtered job pages and optional related data. Request-wide time limits and bounded range and count lookups are covered by unit and database tests.
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Validate merged index ranges batch/test/db_query_checks.py, batch/test/test_db_framework.py	Batch-scope checks validate index-merge ranges together. Tests verify that merged ranges must refer to one batch ID.

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Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant FrontEnd
  participant job_list_response
  participant get_job_list
  participant Database
  FrontEnd->>job_list_response: Pass database, query parameters, and semaphore
  job_list_response->>get_job_list: Parse request and execute job-list query
  get_job_list->>Database: Run bounded read-only queries
  Database-->>get_job_list: Return job rows and related data
  get_job_list-->>job_list_response: Return jobs and pagination metadata
  job_list_response-->>FrontEnd: Return response or mapped HTTP error

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The new job-list API has bounded query and pagination behavior, and the previously flagged schema-name and transient-error classification concerns are resolved at the current head. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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The replacement preserves batch-access checks and constrains requester-controlled filters before database access. No introduced authorization bypass or SQL-injection path was established. Remaining uncertainty concerns operational timeout coverage and behavior under database contention.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The examined data-access boundary remains the requested batch’s billing-project membership. Database resource pressure can affect the shared front-end pool, while the new admission limit contains job-list handler concurrency locally rather than across the deployment.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Authentication and billing-project membership precede the new handler, as they did for the removed endpoints. Request filters pass field/operator allowlists, type checks, JSON-size and expression-complexity limits before compilation. Attribute keys and filter values become bound arguments rather than SQL identifiers or operators.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Retrieval uses one read-only transaction and a shared statement deadline, avoiding the database convenience methods’ transient-retry wrapper. Transaction cleanup shields rollback or commit and schedules connection return. The deadline begins after transaction initialization and therefore does not bound pool acquisition, transaction start, or cleanup; those waits also existed in the database machinery used by the removed endpoints.

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• proposed — If the intended guarantee is bounded end-to-end request occupancy, define separate bounds for pool acquisition, transaction initialization, and cleanup, preserving cancellation-safe connection return. Otherwise, clarify that the ten-second guarantee applies to retrieval statements rather than the complete database lifecycle.

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