Operator-flagged 2026-05-28: import_media_file on target 1645019 hit
SoftTimeLimitExceeded at exactly 5.0 min. Their diagnosis was correct —
the timeout covered the WHOLE archive, not per object. Importer._import_archive
(importer.py:409) runs the full per-member pipeline (sha256 + pHash +
dedup query + copy + provenance) for EVERY media member inline, all
under import_media_file's single 300s soft limit. A single media file
is sub-second; a multi-hundred-member archive blows the budget. They
shared one task name and one timeout.
**Split archive into its own task**
- New `import_archive_file` task: same body as import_media_file
(dispatch is by file-kind inside Importer.import_one) but
soft=30min / hard=35min. Shared `_run_import_task` helper holds the
flip-to-processing + resilience-contract wrapper; both tasks call it.
- New `enqueue_import(task_id, task_type)` router — single source of
truth for media-vs-archive dispatch. Used by all three enqueue sites:
scan_directory, /api/import/retry-failed, recover_interrupted_tasks.
- scan_directory now sets ImportTask.task_type = "archive" when
is_archive(entry) (the model field already existed, anticipating
this; scan was hardcoding "media").
- import_archive_file routes to the existing 'import' queue via the
task_routes `import_file.*` wildcard — no worker config change.
**Archive-aware recovery sweeps**
Both sweeps would otherwise preempt a legitimately-running archive:
- recover_interrupted_tasks (ImportTask 'processing' sweep): now
task-type-aware. Media stays at STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES (5); archives
get ARCHIVE_STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES (40 = 5-min buffer past the
35-min hard limit). Single UPDATE with an OR predicate over the two
(task_type, cutoff) pairs; requeue routes via enqueue_import.
- recover_stalled_task_runs (TaskRun 'running' sweep): now supports
per-task-name overrides (TASK_STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES) layered above
the per-queue overrides added for ml. import_archive_file gets 40 min
while the 'import' queue stays at the 5-min default for single-file
imports. Precedence: task_name → queue → default, each pass excluding
rows claimed by a higher-precedence pass so every row is touched once.
**Tests**
- test_import_archive_file_registered
- test_recover_stalled_task_runs_archive_task_uses_longer_threshold —
pins that a 10-min archive task-run survives, a 50-min one is flagged,
and a same-queue 10-min media import is flagged at the default.
- _make_task_run gains queue= + task_name= params.
After deploy: archive imports get a 30-min budget and aren't preempted
by either sweep; single-file imports keep their tight 5-min detection.
scan_directory walks ImportSettings.import_scan_path, creates an
ImportBatch, enumerates supported files into ImportTasks, and enqueues
import_media_file per task. import_media_file moves the task through
its state machine (pending → queued → processing → complete/skipped/failed),
updates ImportBatch counters atomically (UPDATE ... SET col = col + 1),
enqueues a thumbnail task on success, and marks the batch complete when
the last task drains.
generate_thumbnail runs on its own queue (thumbnail) so big imports
don't starve thumbnail throughput; failure here is logged and does not
fail the import.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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