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Changing `ActionView._deque.maxlen` in subclasses

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I tried to lower the length of the ActionView _deque but could not find a way that would not result in a bug

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to have a method to specify the ActionView queue length, ideally at the subclass definition level.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I tried:

  1. Changing the class attribute
class MyAction(ActionView):
    args = {
        "averages": fields.Integer(
            missing=20,
            example=20,
            description="Number of images to average over",
        )
    }
    # Marshal the response as a string representation of the array
    schema = fields.String()
    _deque = Deque(maxlen=10)
    ...

I believe this is rendered useless by the __init_subclass__ method.

  1. Overwritting the _deque at init:
class MyAction(ActionView):
    args = {
        "averages": fields.Integer(
            missing=20,
            example=20,
            description="Number of images to average over",
        )
    }
    # Marshal the response as a string representation of the array
    schema = fields.String()
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self._deque = Deque(maxlen=10)
    ...

This solution is causing the request to hang.

I also tried subclassing __init_subclass__ (?) but to no avail.

Thanks again for your work, sorry for the spam today :)

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Research direction

Start by reading the ActionView implementation, especially init_subclass and the _deque initialization path. Reproduce the subclass examples from the issue and inspect how request handling uses the queue. Done should provide a supported subclass-level queue length without hanging requests, with tests covering the configured maximum.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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