feat: automatically remove queued messages with stale locks

app/lib/worker/process.rb

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ class Process
       ProcessMessageRetentionScheduledTask,
       PruneSuppressionListsScheduledTask,
       PruneWebhookRequestsScheduledTask,
-      SendNotificationsScheduledTask
+      SendNotificationsScheduledTask,
+      TidyQueuedMessagesTask
     ].freeze
 
     # @param [Integer] thread_count The number of worker threads to run in this process

app/models/queued_message.rb

@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ class QueuedMessage < ApplicationRecord
 
   belongs_to :server
   belongs_to :ip_address, optional: true
-  belongs_to :user, optional: true
 
   before_create :allocate_ip_address
 
   scope :ready_with_delayed_retry, -> { where("retry_after IS NULL OR retry_after < ?", 30.seconds.ago) }
+  scope :with_stale_lock, -> { where("locked_at IS NOT NULL AND locked_at < ?", Postal::Config.postal.queued_message_lock_stale_days.days.ago) }
 
   def retry_now
-    update(retry_after: nil)
+    update!(retry_after: nil)
   end
 
   def send_bounce
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ def send_bounce
   end
 
   def allocate_ip_address
-    return unless Postal.ip_pools? && message && pool = server.ip_pool_for_message(message)
+    return unless Postal.ip_pools? && pool = server.ip_pool_for_message(message)
 
     self.ip_address = pool.ip_addresses.select_by_priority
+  rescue Postal::MessageDB::Message::NotFound
+    nil
   end
 
   def batchable_messages(limit = 10)

app/scheduled_tasks/tidy_queued_messages_task.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class TidyQueuedMessagesTask < ApplicationScheduledTask
+
+  def call
+    QueuedMessage.with_stale_lock.in_batches do |messages|
+      messages.each do |message|
+        logger.info "removing queued message #{message.id} (locked at #{message.locked_at} by #{message.locked_by})"
+        message.destroy
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.next_run_after
+    quarter_to_each_hour
+  end
+
+end

doc/config/environment-variables.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ This document contains all the environment variables which are available for thi
 | `POSTAL_SIGNING_KEY_PATH` | String | Path to the private key used for signing | $config-file-root/signing.key |
 | `POSTAL_SMTP_RELAYS` | Array of strings | An array of SMTP relays in the format of smtp://host:port | [] |
 | `POSTAL_TRUSTED_PROXIES` | Array of strings | An array of IP addresses to trust for proxying requests to Postal (in addition to localhost addresses) | [] |
+| `POSTAL_QUEUED_MESSAGE_LOCK_STALE_DAYS` | Integer | The number of days after which to consider a lock as stale. Messages with stale locks will be removed and not retried. | 1 |
 | `WEB_SERVER_DEFAULT_PORT` | Integer | The default port the web server should listen on unless overriden by the PORT environment variable | 5000 |
 | `WEB_SERVER_DEFAULT_BIND_ADDRESS` | String | The default bind address the web server should listen on unless overriden by the BIND_ADDRESS environment variable | 127.0.0.1 |
 | `WEB_SERVER_MAX_THREADS` | Integer | The maximum number of threads which can be used by the web server | 5 |

doc/config/yaml.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ postal:
   smtp_relays: []
   # An array of IP addresses to trust for proxying requests to Postal (in addition to localhost addresses)
   trusted_proxies: []
+  # The number of days after which to consider a lock as stale. Messages with stale locks will be removed and not retried.
+  queued_message_lock_stale_days: 1
 
 web_server:
   # The default port the web server should listen on unless overriden by the PORT environment variable

lib/postal/config_schema.rb

@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ module Postal
         description "An array of IP addresses to trust for proxying requests to Postal (in addition to localhost addresses)"
         transform { |ip| IPAddr.new(ip) }
       end
+
+      integer :queued_message_lock_stale_days do
+        description "The number of days after which to consider a lock as stale. Messages with stale locks will be removed and not retried."
+        default 1
+      end
     end
 
     group :web_server do

spec/factories/ip_pool_factory.rb

@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@
   factory :ip_pool do
     name { "Default Pool" }
     default { true }
+
+    trait :with_ip_address do
+      after(:create) do |ip_pool|
+        ip_pool.ip_addresses << create(:ip_address, ip_pool: ip_pool)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end

spec/models/queued_message_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe QueuedMessage do
+  subject(:queued_message) { build(:queued_message) }
+
+  describe "relationships" do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:server) }
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:ip_address).optional }
+  end
+
+  describe ".ready_with_delayed_retry" do
+    it "returns messages where retry after is null" do
+      message = create(:queued_message, retry_after: nil)
+      expect(described_class.ready_with_delayed_retry).to eq [message]
+    end
+
+    it "returns messages where retry after is less than 30 seconds from now" do
+      Timecop.freeze do
+        message1 = create(:queued_message, retry_after: 45.seconds.ago)
+        message2 = create(:queued_message, retry_after: 5.minutes.ago)
+        create(:queued_message, retry_after: Time.now)
+        create(:queued_message, retry_after: 1.minute.from_now)
+        expect(described_class.ready_with_delayed_retry).to eq [message1, message2]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".with_stale_lock" do
+    it "returns messages where lock time is less than the configured number of stale days" do
+      allow(Postal::Config.postal).to receive(:queued_message_lock_stale_days).and_return(2)
+      message1 = create(:queued_message, locked_at: 3.days.ago, locked_by: "test")
+      message2 = create(:queued_message, locked_at: 2.days.ago, locked_by: "test")
+      create(:queued_message, locked_at: 1.days.ago, locked_by: "test")
+      create(:queued_message)
+      expect(described_class.with_stale_lock).to eq [message1, message2]
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#retry_now" do
+    it "removes the retry time" do
+      message = create(:queued_message, retry_after: 2.minutes.from_now)
+      expect { message.retry_now }.to change { message.reload.retry_after }.from(kind_of(Time)).to(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "raises an error if invalid" do
+      message = create(:queued_message, retry_after: 2.minutes.from_now)
+      message.update_columns(server_id: nil) # unlikely to actually happen
+      expect { message.retry_now }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#send_bounce" do
+    let(:server) { create(:server) }
+    let(:message) { MessageFactory.incoming(server) }
+
+    subject(:queued_message) { create(:queued_message, message: message) }
+
+    context "when the message is eligiable for bounces" do
+      it "queues a bounce message for sending" do
+        expect(BounceMessage).to receive(:new).with(server, kind_of(Postal::MessageDB::Message)).and_wrap_original do |original, *args|
+          bounce = original.call(*args)
+          expect(bounce).to receive(:queue)
+          bounce
+        end
+        queued_message.send_bounce
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the message is not eligible for bounces" do
+      it "returns nil" do
+        message.update(bounce: true)
+        expect(queued_message.send_bounce).to be nil
+      end
+
+      it "does not queue a bounce message for sending" do
+        message.update(bounce: true)
+        expect(BounceMessage).not_to receive(:new)
+        queued_message.send_bounce
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#allocate_ip_address" do
+    subject(:queued_message) { create(:queued_message) }
+
+    context "when ip pools is disabled" do
+      it "returns nil" do
+        expect(queued_message.allocate_ip_address).to be nil
+      end
+
+      it "does not allocate an IP address" do
+        expect { queued_message.allocate_ip_address }.not_to change(queued_message, :ip_address)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when IP pools is enabled" do
+      before do
+        allow(Postal::Config.postal).to receive(:use_ip_pools?).and_return(true)
+      end
+
+      context "when there is no backend message" do
+        it "returns nil" do
+          expect(queued_message.allocate_ip_address).to be nil
+        end
+
+        it "does not allocate an IP address" do
+          expect { queued_message.allocate_ip_address }.not_to change(queued_message, :ip_address)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when no IP pool can be determined for the message" do
+        let(:server) { create(:server) }
+        let(:message) { MessageFactory.outgoing(server) }
+
+        subject(:queued_message) { create(:queued_message, message: message) }
+
+        it "returns nil" do
+          expect(queued_message.allocate_ip_address).to be nil
+        end
+
+        it "does not allocate an IP address" do
+          expect { queued_message.allocate_ip_address }.not_to change(queued_message, :ip_address)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when an IP pool can be determined for the message" do
+        let(:ip_pool) { create(:ip_pool, :with_ip_address) }
+        let(:server) { create(:server, ip_pool: ip_pool) }
+        let(:message) { MessageFactory.outgoing(server) }
+
+        subject(:queued_message) { create(:queued_message, message: message) }
+
+        it "returns an IP address" do
+          expect(queued_message.allocate_ip_address).to be_a IPAddress
+        end
+
+        it "allocates an IP address to the queued message" do
+          queued_message.update(ip_address: nil)
+          expect { queued_message.allocate_ip_address }.to change(queued_message, :ip_address).from(nil).to(ip_pool.ip_addresses.first)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#batchable_messages" do
+    context "when the message is not locked" do
+      subject(:queued_message) { build(:queued_message) }
+
+      it "raises an error" do
+        expect { queued_message.batchable_messages }.to raise_error(Postal::Error, /must lock current message before locking any friends/i)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the message is locked" do
+      let(:batch_key) { nil }
+      subject(:queued_message) { build(:queued_message, :locked, batch_key: batch_key) }
+
+      context "when there is no batch key on the queued message" do
+        it "returns an empty array" do
+          expect(queued_message.batch_key).to be nil
+          expect(queued_message.batchable_messages).to eq []
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when there is a batch key" do
+        let(:batch_key) { "1234" }
+
+        it "finds and locks messages with the same batch key and IP address up to the limit specified" do
+          other_message1 = create(:queued_message, batch_key: batch_key, ip_address: nil)
+          other_message2 = create(:queued_message, batch_key: batch_key, ip_address: nil)
+          create(:queued_message, batch_key: batch_key, ip_address: nil)
+
+          messages = queued_message.batchable_messages(2)
+          expect(messages).to eq [other_message1, other_message2]
+          expect(messages).to all be_locked
+        end
+
+        it "does not find messages with a different batch key" do
+          create(:queued_message, batch_key: "5678", ip_address: nil)
+          expect(queued_message.batchable_messages).to eq []
+        end
+
+        it "does not find messages that are not queued for sending yet" do
+          create(:queued_message, batch_key: batch_key, ip_address: nil, retry_after: 1.minute.from_now)
+          expect(queued_message.batchable_messages).to eq []
+        end
+
+        it "does not find messages that are for a different IP address" do
+          create(:queued_message, batch_key: batch_key, ip_address: create(:ip_address))
+          expect(queued_message.batchable_messages).to eq []
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/scheduled_tasks/tidy_queued_messages_task_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe TidyQueuedMessagesTask do
+  let(:logger) { TestLogger.new }
+
+  subject(:task) { described_class.new(logger: logger) }
+
+  describe "#call" do
+    it "destroys queued messages with stale locks" do
+      stale_message = create(:queued_message, locked_at: 2.days.ago, locked_by: "test")
+      task.call
+      expect { stale_message.reload }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+      expect(logger).to have_logged(/removing queued message \d+/)
+    end
+
+    it "does not destroy messages which are not logged" do
+      message = create(:queued_message)
+      task.call
+      expect { message.reload }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+
+    it "does not destroy messages which where were locked less then the number of stale days" do
+      message = create(:queued_message, locked_at: 10.minutes.ago, locked_by: "test")
+      task.call
+      expect { message.reload }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+  end
+end