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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions docs/database-migrations.md
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Expand Up @@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ drop index argo_archived_workflows_i1 on argo_archived_workflows;
-- Step 68
create index argo_archived_workflows_i1 on argo_archived_workflows (clustername, instanceid, namespace, startedat DESC);

-- Step 69
alter table argo_workflows add column compressednodes longtext;

-- Step 70
update argo_workflows set compressednodes = '' where compressednodes is null;

```

### PostgreSQL
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -493,6 +499,12 @@ drop index argo_archived_workflows_i1;
-- Step 68
create index argo_archived_workflows_i1 on argo_archived_workflows (clustername, instanceid, namespace, startedat DESC);

-- Step 69
alter table argo_workflows add column compressednodes text;

-- Step 70
update argo_workflows set compressednodes = '' where compressednodes is null;

```

## Sync Database
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion docs/offloading-large-workflows.md
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Expand Up @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

> v2.4 and after

Argo stores workflows as Kubernetes resources (i.e. within EtcD). This creates a limit to their size as resources must be under 1MB. Each resource includes the status of each node, which is stored in the `/status/nodes` field for the resource. This can be over 1MB. If this happens, we try and compress the node status and store it in `/status/compressedNodes`. If the status is still too large, we then try and store it in an SQL database.
Argo stores workflows as Kubernetes resources (i.e. within EtcD). This creates a limit to their size as resources must be under 1MB. Each resource includes the status of each node, which is stored in the `/status/nodes` field for the resource. This can be over 1MB. If this happens, we try and compress the node status and store it in `/status/compressedNodes`. If the status is still too large, we then try and store it in an SQL database. The offloaded node status is itself stored compressed, which reduces the volume written to the database on every update of a large workflow.

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Split this paragraph into one sentence per line.

Line 5 contains multiple sentences on one Markdown line. Split each sentence onto its own line.

As per coding guidelines: docs/**/*.md: One sentence per line of markdown.

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To enable this feature, configure a Postgres, MySQL, or MariaDB database under `persistence` in [your configuration](workflow-controller-configmap.yaml) and set `nodeStatusOffLoad: true`.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ Decompression speed is roughly equal for all three algorithms (about 9 milliseco

These numbers are from synthetic data; real workflows may compress differently.

### Offloaded Node Status

> v4.2 and after

Node status offloaded to the database is stored compressed in the `compressednodes` column of the `argo_workflows` table, using the algorithm selected above. Rows written before this version keep their uncompressed JSON in the `nodes` column and are read back unchanged, so no data migration is needed.

!!! Warning
A row written by a controller with this support stores the placeholder `null` in the `nodes` column. A controller without it reads that row as an empty node status. Upgrade every controller sharing a database together, and do not roll back past this version while offloaded workflows are still live. See [Upgrading](upgrading.md#offloaded-node-status-is-stored-compressed).

## FAQ

### Why aren't my workflows appearing in the database?
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions docs/upgrading.md
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Expand Up @@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ For the upgrading guide to a specific version of workflows change the documentat
Breaking changes typically (sometimes we don't realise they are breaking) have "!" in the commit message, as per
the [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/#summary).

## Upgrading to v4.2

### Offloaded node status is stored compressed

When node status offloading is enabled, the controller now compresses the node status before writing it to the database, storing it in a new `compressednodes` column on the `argo_workflows` table ([#13290](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/issues/13290)).
This reduces the volume written on every update of a large workflow, which is the dominant cost at scale.
The migration adds the column; no existing data is rewritten.

Rows written before the upgrade keep their uncompressed JSON in the `nodes` column and are read back unchanged, so a mixed table is fine and there is nothing to migrate.

A row written *after* the upgrade stores the placeholder `null` in `nodes`, with the real payload in `compressednodes`.
A controller that predates this change reads such a row as an empty node status.
Upgrade every controller sharing a database at the same time, and do not roll back past this version while offloaded workflows are still live.

## Upgrading to v4.1

### Controller caches no longer store `managedFields`
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions persist/sqldb/migrate.go
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Expand Up @@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ func MigrateChanges(clusterName, tableName string, dbType sqldb.DBType) []sqldb.
sqldb.Postgres: sqldb.AnsiSQLChange(`drop index argo_archived_workflows_i1`),
}),
sqldb.AnsiSQLChange(`create index argo_archived_workflows_i1 on argo_archived_workflows (clustername, instanceid, namespace, startedat DESC)`),
// store compressed node status to cut the volume written on offload.
sqldb.ByType(dbType, sqldb.TypedChanges{
sqldb.MySQL: sqldb.AnsiSQLChange(`alter table ` + tableName + ` add column compressednodes longtext`),
sqldb.Postgres: sqldb.AnsiSQLChange(`alter table ` + tableName + ` add column compressednodes text`),
}),
sqldb.AnsiSQLChange(`update ` + tableName + ` set compressednodes = '' where compressednodes is null`),
}
}

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32 changes: 28 additions & 4 deletions persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo.go
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Expand Up @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sqldb

import (
"context"
"database/sql"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"hash/fnv"
Expand All @@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (

wfv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/pkg/apis/workflow/v1alpha1"
"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/util/env"
"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/util/file"
"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/util/logging"
"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/util/sqldb"
)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -45,6 +47,18 @@ type nodesRecord struct {
UUIDVersion
Namespace string `db:"namespace"`
Nodes string `db:"nodes"`
// Base64-encoded compressed node status. Nullable: an old replica can insert after
// the one-shot backfill (migrate.go:236-239), landing NULL rather than ''.
CompressedNodes sql.NullString `db:"compressednodes"`
}

// nodesJSON returns the node status as JSON. A NULL or empty compressednodes means a
// legacy row written before compression, whose payload is in nodes.
func (r nodesRecord) nodesJSON(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
if r.CompressedNodes.String == "" {
return r.Nodes, nil
}
return file.DecodeDecompressString(ctx, r.CompressedNodes.String)
}

type nodeOffloadRepo struct {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -84,7 +98,9 @@ func (wdc *nodeOffloadRepo) Save(ctx context.Context, uid, namespace string, nod
Version: version,
},
Namespace: namespace,
Nodes: marshalled,
// nodes is json not null; payload actually lives in CompressedNodes.
Nodes: "null",
CompressedNodes: sql.NullString{String: file.CompressEncodeString(ctx, marshalled), Valid: true},
}

logCtx := wdc.log.WithFields(logging.Fields{"uid": uid, "version": version})
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if err != nil {
return err
}
nodesJSON, err := r.nodesJSON(ctx)
if err != nil {
return err
}
n := &wfv1.Nodes{}
err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(r.Nodes), n)
err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(nodesJSON), n)
if err != nil {
return err
}
Expand All @@ -155,7 +175,7 @@ func (wdc *nodeOffloadRepo) List(ctx context.Context, namespace string) (map[UUI
err := wdc.sessionProxy.With(ctx, func(s db.Session) error {
var records []nodesRecord
err := s.SQL().
Select("uid", "version", "nodes").
Select("uid", "version", "nodes", "compressednodes").
From(wdc.tableName).
Where(db.Cond{"clustername": wdc.clusterName}).
And(namespaceEqual(namespace)).
Expand All @@ -166,8 +186,12 @@ func (wdc *nodeOffloadRepo) List(ctx context.Context, namespace string) (map[UUI

res = make(map[UUIDVersion]wfv1.Nodes)
for _, r := range records {
nodesJSON, err := r.nodesJSON(ctx)
if err != nil {
return err
}
nodes := &wfv1.Nodes{}
err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(r.Nodes), nodes)
err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(nodesJSON), nodes)
if err != nil {
return err
}
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201 changes: 201 additions & 0 deletions persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo_mysql_test.go
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@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
//go:build !windows

package sqldb

// Integration tests for #13290: offload now stores node status COMPRESSED in the
// compressednodes column, cutting the volume written on every update of a large
// workflow. The MySQL 8.4 container pins max_allowed_packet to 16MB, which also makes
// the size reduction observable: a Save of ~13MB of raw nodes only fits once compressed.

import (
"context"
"database/sql"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"strconv"
"strings"
"testing"
"time"

"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
testcontainers "github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
testmysql "github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modules/mysql"
"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
"github.com/upper/db/v4"

"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/config"
wfv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/pkg/apis/workflow/v1alpha1"
"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/util/logging"
usqldb "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/util/sqldb"
)

// setupOffloadRepo starts MySQL 8.4 with max_allowed_packet pinned to 16MB, migrates the
// argo_workflows offload table, and returns the offload repo plus the session proxy.
func setupOffloadRepo(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB) (OffloadNodeStatusRepo, *usqldb.SessionProxy) {
t.Helper()

c, err := testmysql.Run(ctx,
"mysql:8.4",
testmysql.WithDatabase("argo"),
testmysql.WithUsername("argo"),
testmysql.WithPassword("argo"),
// Pin the ceiling to 16MB so ~13MB raw nodes would fail pre-fix but pass compressed.
testcontainers.WithCmdArgs("--max-allowed-packet=16777216"),
testcontainers.WithWaitStrategy(
wait.ForAll(
wait.ForLog("port: 3306 MySQL Community Server").WithStartupTimeout(120*time.Second),
wait.ForListeningPort("3306/tcp"),
)),
)
require.NoError(t, err)
t.Cleanup(func() {
if termErr := testcontainers.TerminateContainer(c); termErr != nil {
t.Logf("failed to terminate container: %s", termErr)
}
})

host, err := c.Host(ctx)
require.NoError(t, err)
p, err := c.MappedPort(ctx, "3306/tcp")
require.NoError(t, err)
port, err := strconv.Atoi(p.Port())
require.NoError(t, err)

proxy, err := usqldb.NewSessionProxy(ctx, usqldb.SessionProxyConfig{
DBConfig: config.DBConfig{
MySQL: &config.MySQLConfig{
DatabaseConfig: config.DatabaseConfig{Database: "argo", Host: host, Port: port},
},
},
Username: "argo",
Password: "argo",
})
require.NoError(t, err)
t.Cleanup(func() { proxy.Close() })

require.NoError(t, Migrate(ctx, proxy.Session(), "test", "argo_workflows", proxy.DBType()))

repo, err := NewOffloadNodeStatusRepo(ctx, logging.RequireLoggerFromContext(ctx), proxy, "test", "argo_workflows")
require.NoError(t, err)
return repo, proxy
}

// makeNodes builds a wfv1.Nodes whose marshalled JSON is >= target bytes.
func makeNodes(t *testing.T, target int) wfv1.Nodes {
t.Helper()
nodes := wfv1.Nodes{}
chunk := strings.Repeat("x", 64*1024) // 64KB per node
i := 0
for {
id := fmt.Sprintf("node-%06d", i)
nodes[id] = wfv1.NodeStatus{ID: id, Name: id, Message: chunk}
i++
if i%16 == 0 {
b, err := json.Marshal(nodes)
require.NoError(t, err)
if len(b) >= target {
return nodes
}
}
}
}

const mb = 1 << 20

// TestOffloadCompression_RoundTrip verifies a ~13MB node status (which pre-fix exceeded the
// 16MB packet ceiling once expanded) now saves compressed, round-trips via Get, and is stored
// with the raw nodes column holding only the "null" placeholder.
func TestOffloadCompression_RoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
ctx := logging.TestContext(t.Context())
repo, proxy := setupOffloadRepo(ctx, t)

nodes := makeNodes(t, 13*mb)
uid := "uid-roundtrip"

version, err := repo.Save(ctx, uid, "default", nodes)
require.NoError(t, err, "compressed Save of ~13MB nodes should succeed under 16MB max_allowed_packet")
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Use a raw payload larger than the packet limit.

makeNodes(t, 13*mb) produces raw JSON below the configured 16 MiB max_allowed_packet limit. A regression that writes the raw nodes payload can still succeed, so this test does not verify the stated packet-limit regression.

Generate more than 16 MiB of raw JSON, for example 17*mb, and update the related test text.

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-	nodes := makeNodes(t, 13*mb)
+	nodes := makeNodes(t, 17*mb)
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In `@persist/sqldb/offload_node_status_repo_mysql_test.go` around lines 112 - 116,
Increase the round-trip test’s generated node payload from 13*mb to above the 16
MiB packet limit, such as 17*mb, so raw JSON writes would fail while compressed
writes remain valid; update the associated test description to reflect the new
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got, err := repo.Get(ctx, uid, version)
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, nodes, got, "Get must return the original nodes")

// Storage format: compressed payload present, raw nodes column is the placeholder.
r := fetchRow(ctx, t, proxy, uid, version)
assert.NotEmpty(t, r.CompressedNodes.String, "compressednodes should hold the compressed payload")
assert.Equal(t, "null", r.Nodes, "nodes column should be the json null placeholder")
assert.Less(t, len(r.CompressedNodes.String), 13*mb, "stored compressed payload should be far smaller than raw")
}

// TestOffloadCompression_LegacyRows covers both shapes a pre-compression row can have,
// so an upgrade needs no data migration: the empty string the migration backfills, and a
// genuine SQL NULL an old replica writes after that one-shot backfill has already run
// (see the CompressedNodes field comment).
//
// Worth having on both engines rather than trusting one: the column is longtext here and
// text on Postgres, and the two drivers scan NULL through different code.
func TestOffloadCompression_LegacyRows(t *testing.T) {
ctx := logging.TestContext(t.Context())
repo, proxy := setupOffloadRepo(ctx, t)

legacyNodes := wfv1.Nodes{"n1": wfv1.NodeStatus{ID: "n1", Name: "n1", Phase: wfv1.NodeSucceeded}}
raw, err := json.Marshal(legacyNodes)
require.NoError(t, err)

const version = "fnv:legacy"
for _, tc := range []struct {
name, uid string
wantValid bool
insert func(db.Session, string) error
}{
{
name: "backfilled empty string", uid: "uid-legacy", wantValid: true,
insert: func(s db.Session, uid string) error {
_, insErr := s.Collection("argo_workflows").Insert(&nodesRecord{
ClusterName: "test",
UUIDVersion: UUIDVersion{UID: uid, Version: version},
Namespace: "default",
Nodes: string(raw),
CompressedNodes: sql.NullString{String: "", Valid: true},
})
return insErr
},
},
{
// Must be raw SQL: Insert(&nodesRecord{...}) always writes a non-NULL empty
// string, so it cannot reproduce the shape an old replica leaves behind.
name: "genuine SQL NULL", uid: "uid-null", wantValid: false,
insert: func(s db.Session, uid string) error {
_, execErr := s.SQL().Exec(
"insert into argo_workflows (clustername, uid, version, namespace, nodes) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
"test", uid, version, "default", string(raw))
return execErr
},
},
} {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
require.NoError(t, proxy.With(ctx, func(s db.Session) error { return tc.insert(s, tc.uid) }))
require.Equal(t, tc.wantValid, fetchRow(ctx, t, proxy, tc.uid, version).CompressedNodes.Valid,
"row must have the column shape this case claims to test")

got, err := repo.Get(ctx, tc.uid, version)
require.NoError(t, err, "Get must read legacy rows")
assert.Equal(t, legacyNodes, got)

list, err := repo.List(ctx, "default")
require.NoError(t, err, "List must read legacy rows")
assert.Equal(t, legacyNodes, list[UUIDVersion{UID: tc.uid, Version: version}])
})
}
}

func fetchRow(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, proxy *usqldb.SessionProxy, uid, version string) nodesRecord {
t.Helper()
var r nodesRecord
err := proxy.With(ctx, func(s db.Session) error {
return s.SQL().SelectFrom("argo_workflows").
Where(db.Cond{"uid": uid}).And(db.Cond{"version": version}).One(&r)
})
require.NoError(t, err)
return r
}
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