LAION-AI / LAION-AI/Open-Assistant

Potential Bottleneck: Looks like no tasks were found

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Description

I'm facing from time to time the problem, that when I'm using "I'm feeling lucky" option, that after completing my task I get the following screen:

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This screen often disappears after 1-2s, and it looks like it has to pull a task, but this task wasn't ready then.

Today (2023-02-07) I'm facing this situation much more than in the past days. It goes so far that sometimes even this message appears directly after clicking on "I'm feeling lucky". I never faced this case before today.

It is a bit of an annoying problem, but I can live with it if it for the moment helps the team. However, I feel that the higher load probably brings a bottleneck to light, which only becomes particularly noticeable when it does. So, I recommend the team to analyze/monitor when and how often this occurs. Otherwise, it could most likely lead to unpleasant situations when the load is even higher.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reproducing the “I'm feeling lucky” flow and tracing when the “no tasks were found” screen appears; then inspect task retrieval timing and load behavior. Done should include identifying the bottleneck and adding monitoring or a verified fix for the intermittent empty-task result.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, observability, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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