mozilla-services / mozilla-services/updatebot

Build failures cause unscheduled tasks which cause no results to ever be written to bugs

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Description

See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2052735 for an example.

A build failure in https://treeherder.mozilla.org/jobs?repo=try&resultStatus=unscheduled%2Csuperseded%2Ctestfailed%2Cbusted%2Cexception%2Csuccess%2Cretry%2Cusercancel%2Crunning%2Cpending%2Crunnable&revision=c08e22c0574f left many jobs in an unscheduled state (e.g. test-macosx1470-64/opt-gtest-1proc). Eventually they expired, but that takes 28 days.

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Research direction

Start with the Bugzilla example and the linked Treeherder revision to trace how build failures and unscheduled jobs are handled. Identify the updatebot entry point responsible for recording results in bugs; done means expired or unscheduled jobs no longer leave the affected bugs without results.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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