feat(webapp): mollifier API GET read-fallback — synthetic primitives + route wiring

.server-changes/mollifier-reads.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+area: webapp
+type: feature
+---
+
+Mollifier API read-fallback: serve buffered runs from synthetic run/trace/span data on the retrieve, trace, spans, and attempts endpoints.

apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/ApiRetrieveRunPresenter.server.ts

@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ import {
   logger,
 } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3";
 import { parsePacketAsJson } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/utils/ioSerialization";
+import { BatchId } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/isomorphic";
 import { getUserProvidedIdempotencyKey } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/serverOnly";
 import { Prisma, TaskRunAttemptStatus, TaskRunStatus } from "@trigger.dev/database";
 import assertNever from "assert-never";
 import { API_VERSIONS, CURRENT_API_VERSION, RunStatusUnspecifiedApiVersion } from "~/api/versions";
 import { $replica, prisma } from "~/db.server";
 import { AuthenticatedEnvironment } from "~/services/apiAuth.server";
+import {
+  findRunByIdWithMollifierFallback,
+  type SyntheticRun,
+} from "~/v3/mollifier/readFallback.server";
 import { generatePresignedUrl } from "~/v3/objectStore.server";
 import { tracer } from "~/v3/tracer.server";
 import { startSpanWithEnv } from "~/v3/tracing.server";
@@ -64,13 +69,37 @@ type CommonRelatedRun = Prisma.Result<
   "findFirstOrThrow"
 >;
 
-type FoundRun = NonNullable<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof ApiRetrieveRunPresenter.findRun>>>;
+// Full shape returned by findRun() — the commonRunSelect fields plus the
+// extras the route handler reads. Declared explicitly (not inferred via
+// ReturnType<typeof findRun>) so findRun can return a synthesised buffered
+// run without the type becoming self-referential.
+// Exported so the buffer-synthesis helper below can be unit-tested
+// against a stable shape without re-deriving it (FoundRun's exact field
+// list is what the buffered run must match for `call()` not to surprise).
+export type FoundRun = CommonRelatedRun & {
+  traceId: string;
+  payload: string;
+  payloadType: string;
+  output: string | null;
+  outputType: string;
+  error: Prisma.JsonValue;
+  attempts: { id: string }[];
+  attemptNumber: number | null;
+  engine: "V1" | "V2";
+  taskEventStore: string;
+  parentTaskRun: CommonRelatedRun | null;
+  rootTaskRun: CommonRelatedRun | null;
+  childRuns: CommonRelatedRun[];
+};
 
 export class ApiRetrieveRunPresenter {
   constructor(private readonly apiVersion: API_VERSIONS) {}
 
-  public static async findRun(friendlyId: string, env: AuthenticatedEnvironment) {
-    return $replica.taskRun.findFirst({
+  public static async findRun(
+    friendlyId: string,
+    env: AuthenticatedEnvironment,
+  ): Promise<FoundRun | null> {
+    const pgRow = await $replica.taskRun.findFirst({
       where: {
         friendlyId,
         runtimeEnvironmentId: env.id,
@@ -102,6 +131,23 @@ export class ApiRetrieveRunPresenter {
         },
       },
     });
+
+    if (pgRow) return pgRow;
+
+    // Postgres miss → fall back to the mollifier buffer. When the gate
+    // diverted a trigger, the run lives in Redis until the drainer replays
+    // it through engine.trigger. Synthesise the FoundRun shape so call()
+    // returns a `QUEUED` (or `FAILED`) response with empty output, no
+    // attempts, no relations.
+    const buffered = await findRunByIdWithMollifierFallback({
+      runId: friendlyId,
+      environmentId: env.id,
+      organizationId: env.organizationId,
+    });
+
+    if (!buffered) return null;
+
+    return synthesiseFoundRunFromBuffer(buffered);
   }
 
   public async call(taskRun: FoundRun, env: AuthenticatedEnvironment) {
@@ -475,3 +521,152 @@ function resolveTriggerFunction(run: CommonRelatedRun): TriggerFunction {
     return run.resumeParentOnCompletion ? "triggerAndWait" : "trigger";
   }
 }
+
+// Build a FoundRun-shaped object from a buffered (mollified) run. The run
+// is in the Redis buffer; engine.trigger hasn't created the Postgres row
+// yet, so every field that comes from execution state (output, attempts,
+// completedAt, cost, relations) takes a default. The presenter's call()
+// handles QUEUED-state runs without surprise.
+function bufferedStatusToTaskRunStatus(status: SyntheticRun["status"]): TaskRunStatus {
+  switch (status) {
+    case "FAILED":
+      return "SYSTEM_FAILURE";
+    case "CANCELED":
+      return "CANCELED";
+    default:
+      return "PENDING";
+  }
+}
+
+// The PG path stores `TaskRun.payload` as `String?`, so in production
+// the buffered snapshot's `payload` is always a string. We defensively
+// coerce other types instead of silently dropping them: an object gets
+// JSON-stringified (matches how the trigger path would serialise it),
+// anything truly unrenderable falls back to an empty string. The log
+// line surfaces format drift to ops without crashing the read path.
+function synthesisePayload(buffered: SyntheticRun): string {
+  const payload = buffered.payload;
+  if (typeof payload === "string") return payload;
+  if (payload === undefined || payload === null) return "";
+  try {
+    const serialised = JSON.stringify(payload);
+    logger.warn("ApiRetrieveRunPresenter: buffered snapshot.payload non-string coerced", {
+      runFriendlyId: buffered.friendlyId,
+      payloadType: typeof payload,
+    });
+    return typeof serialised === "string" ? serialised : "";
+  } catch {
+    logger.error("ApiRetrieveRunPresenter: buffered snapshot.payload unserialisable", {
+      runFriendlyId: buffered.friendlyId,
+      payloadType: typeof payload,
+    });
+    return "";
+  }
+}
+
+// Mirror synthesisePayload for metadata. The PG path stores
+// `TaskRun.metadata` as `String?`, and the snapshot writes it from
+// `metadataPacket.data` (also a string), so in production it is always a
+// string or absent. We coerce defensively — an object gets JSON-stringified
+// (matching how the trigger path serialises it) rather than silently
+// dropped to null, and the log line surfaces format drift to ops.
+function synthesiseMetadata(buffered: SyntheticRun): string | null {
+  const metadata = buffered.metadata;
+  if (typeof metadata === "string") return metadata;
+  if (metadata === undefined || metadata === null) return null;
+  try {
+    const serialised = JSON.stringify(metadata);
+    logger.warn("ApiRetrieveRunPresenter: buffered snapshot.metadata non-string coerced", {
+      runFriendlyId: buffered.friendlyId,
+      metadataType: typeof metadata,
+    });
+    return typeof serialised === "string" ? serialised : null;
+  } catch {
+    logger.error("ApiRetrieveRunPresenter: buffered snapshot.metadata unserialisable", {
+      runFriendlyId: buffered.friendlyId,
+      metadataType: typeof metadata,
+    });
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+// Exported for unit testing. Used by `findRun()` above when the
+// Postgres lookup misses and the buffer carries the run — keep the shape
+// in lockstep with `FoundRun`'s field list so `call()` treats a synthesised
+// buffered run identically to a freshly-triggered PG row.
+export function synthesiseFoundRunFromBuffer(buffered: SyntheticRun): FoundRun {
+  const status: TaskRunStatus = bufferedStatusToTaskRunStatus(buffered.status);
+
+  const errorJson: Prisma.JsonValue = buffered.error
+    ? {
+        type: "STRING_ERROR",
+        raw: `${buffered.error.code}: ${buffered.error.message}`,
+      }
+    : null;
+
+  const metadata: string | null = synthesiseMetadata(buffered);
+
+  return {
+    // `id` is the internal cuid (Prisma TaskRun.id column), `friendlyId`
+    // is the user-facing `run_xxx` token. Downstream logging keyed off
+    // `taskRun.id` correlates with other systems via the cuid — using
+    // the friendlyId here breaks log correlation. `SyntheticRun` carries
+    // the cuid alongside the friendlyId for exactly this reason
+    // (RunId.fromFriendlyId in readFallback.server.ts).
+    id: buffered.id,
+    friendlyId: buffered.friendlyId,
+    status,
+    taskIdentifier: buffered.taskIdentifier ?? "",
+    createdAt: buffered.createdAt,
+    startedAt: null,
+    updatedAt: buffered.cancelledAt ?? buffered.createdAt,
+    completedAt: buffered.cancelledAt ?? null,
+    expiredAt: null,
+    delayUntil: buffered.delayUntil ?? null,
+    metadata,
+    metadataType: buffered.metadataType ?? "application/json",
+    ttl: buffered.ttl ?? null,
+    costInCents: 0,
+    baseCostInCents: 0,
+    usageDurationMs: 0,
+    idempotencyKey: buffered.idempotencyKey ?? null,
+    idempotencyKeyOptions: buffered.idempotencyKeyOptions ?? null,
+    isTest: buffered.isTest,
+    depth: buffered.depth,
+    // Scheduled triggers go through the same TriggerTaskService path as
+    // API triggers and aren't bypassed by the mollifier gate, so a
+    // scheduled run can land in the buffer with its scheduleId set on the
+    // snapshot. Forward it so resolveSchedule() can hydrate the `schedule`
+    // field in the API response instead of silently dropping it until the
+    // drainer materialises.
+    scheduleId: buffered.scheduleId ?? null,
+    lockedToVersion: buffered.lockedToVersion ? { version: buffered.lockedToVersion } : null,
+    resumeParentOnCompletion: buffered.resumeParentOnCompletion,
+    // Reconstruct the batch from the snapshot's internal id so a buffered
+    // run reports the same `batchId` / triggerFunction as it will once
+    // materialised, and so batch-scoped JWTs authorise against it (the
+    // route authorization callbacks read `run.batch?.friendlyId`).
+    batch: buffered.batchId
+      ? { id: buffered.batchId, friendlyId: BatchId.toFriendlyId(buffered.batchId) }
+      : null,
+    runTags: buffered.tags,
+    traceId: buffered.traceId ?? "",
+    payload: synthesisePayload(buffered),
+    payloadType: buffered.payloadType ?? "application/json",
+    output: null,
+    outputType: "application/json",
+    error: errorJson,
+    attempts: [],
+    attemptNumber: null,
+    engine: "V2",
+    taskEventStore: "taskEvent",
+    // Empty string when absent (matches syntheticSpanRun.server.ts and lets
+    // `createCommonRunStructure`'s `run.workerQueue || undefined` coerce the
+    // API response's `region` to undefined instead of advertising a
+    // misleading "main" region for a not-yet-assigned buffered run).
+    workerQueue: buffered.workerQueue ?? "",
+    parentTaskRun: null,
+    rootTaskRun: null,
+    childRuns: [],
+  };
+}

apps/webapp/app/routes/api.v1.runs.$runId.spans.$spanId.ts

@@ -9,33 +9,69 @@ import {
 } from "~/services/routeBuilders/apiBuilder.server";
 import { getEventRepositoryForStore } from "~/v3/eventRepository/index.server";
 import { getTaskEventStoreTableForRun } from "~/v3/taskEventStore.server";
+import { findRunByIdWithMollifierFallback } from "~/v3/mollifier/readFallback.server";
+import { buildSyntheticSpanDetailBody } from "~/v3/mollifier/syntheticApiResponses.server";
 
 const ParamsSchema = z.object({
   runId: z.string(),
   spanId: z.string(),
 });
 
+// Resolve the run from either Postgres or the mollifier buffer.
+// Buffered runs only have one valid spanId (the queued span recorded at
+// gate time and reused as the run's root spanId when the drainer
+// materialises). Any other spanId returns a deterministic 404; the queued
+// span returns a minimal synthesised shape so the customer's SDK sees the
+// same 200 contract they'd get for a freshly-triggered run.
+type ResolvedRun =
+  | { source: "pg"; run: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof findPgRun>> & {} }
+  | { source: "buffer"; run: NonNullable<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof findRunByIdWithMollifierFallback>>> };
+
+async function findPgRun(runId: string, environmentId: string) {
+  return $replica.taskRun.findFirst({
+    where: { friendlyId: runId, runtimeEnvironmentId: environmentId },
+  });
+}
+
 export const loader = createLoaderApiRoute(
   {
     params: ParamsSchema,
     allowJWT: true,
     corsStrategy: "all",
-    findResource: (params, auth) => {
-      return $replica.taskRun.findFirst({
-        where: {
-          friendlyId: params.runId,
-          runtimeEnvironmentId: auth.environment.id,
-        },
+    findResource: async (params, auth): Promise<ResolvedRun | null> => {
+      const pgRun = await findPgRun(params.runId, auth.environment.id);
+      if (pgRun) return { source: "pg", run: pgRun };
+
+      const buffered = await findRunByIdWithMollifierFallback({
+        runId: params.runId,
+        environmentId: auth.environment.id,
+        organizationId: auth.environment.organizationId,
       });
+      if (buffered) return { source: "buffer", run: buffered };
+
+      return null;
     },
     shouldRetryNotFound: true,
     authorization: {
       action: "read",
-      resource: (run) => {
+      resource: (resolved) => {
+        if (resolved.source === "pg") {
+          const run = resolved.run;
+          const resources = [
+            { type: "runs", id: run.friendlyId },
+            { type: "tasks", id: run.taskIdentifier },
+            ...run.runTags.map((tag) => ({ type: "tags", id: tag })),
+          ];
+          if (run.batchId) {
+            resources.push({ type: "batch", id: BatchId.toFriendlyId(run.batchId) });
+          }
+          return anyResource(resources);
+        }
+        const run = resolved.run;
         const resources = [
           { type: "runs", id: run.friendlyId },
-          { type: "tasks", id: run.taskIdentifier },
-          ...run.runTags.map((tag) => ({ type: "tags", id: tag })),
+          ...(run.taskIdentifier ? [{ type: "tasks", id: run.taskIdentifier }] : []),
+          ...run.tags.map((tag) => ({ type: "tags", id: tag })),
         ];
         if (run.batchId) {
           resources.push({ type: "batch", id: BatchId.toFriendlyId(run.batchId) });
@@ -44,7 +80,20 @@ export const loader = createLoaderApiRoute(
       },
     },
   },
-  async ({ params, resource: run, authentication }) => {
+  async ({ params, resource: resolved, authentication }) => {
+    if (resolved.source === "buffer") {
+      // Buffered runs have exactly one valid spanId — the queued span the
+      // mollifier gate recorded at trigger time, which becomes the run's
+      // root spanId once the drainer materialises. Any other spanId is a
+      // deterministic 404. The matching spanId returns a minimal shape
+      // representing "span exists, no execution data yet."
+      if (resolved.run.spanId !== params.spanId) {
+        return json({ error: "Span not found" }, { status: 404 });
+      }
+      return json(buildSyntheticSpanDetailBody(resolved.run), { status: 200 });
+    }
+
+    const run = resolved.run;
     const eventRepository = await getEventRepositoryForStore(
       run.taskEventStore,
       authentication.environment.organization.id