fix: use keyset pagination for archived workflow listing with label filters - #16825
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…ilters Replace OFFSET-based pagination with keyset/cursor-based pagination for archived workflow listing. The cursor encodes (startedat, uid) and is passed as a base64-encoded continue token with 'c:' prefix. This eliminates the O(N) performance degradation that occurs with OFFSET on deep pages when label filters are present, since the label EXISTS subquery is evaluated for every skipped row. The change is backward-compatible: integer continue tokens are still supported for non-archived workflow listing. Fixes argoproj#16815
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughArchived workflow pagination now supports timestamp-and-UID cursors. Request parsing decodes cursor tokens, SQL selectors apply keyset filtering, and list responses encode the last workflow as the next cursor. Tests cover encoding, parsing, filtering, and namespace scenarios. ChangesArchived workflow pagination
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Archived workflow pagination can return inaccurate remaining-count metadata and may skip or repeat workflows when items share the same start time. Merge should wait until pagination ordering and count behavior are corrected. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant ListArchivedWorkflows
participant BuildListOptions
participant BuildArchivedWorkflowSelector
participant SQLDatabase
Client->>ListArchivedWorkflows: Send continue token
ListArchivedWorkflows->>BuildListOptions: Decode cursor
BuildListOptions-->>ListArchivedWorkflows: Return timestamp and UID
ListArchivedWorkflows->>BuildArchivedWorkflowSelector: Build keyset selector
BuildArchivedWorkflowSelector->>SQLDatabase: Query rows after cursor
SQLDatabase-->>ListArchivedWorkflows: Return workflow page
ListArchivedWorkflows-->>Client: Return page and next cursor
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In `@persist/sqldb/selector.go`:
- Around line 53-60: Update BuildArchivedWorkflowSelector in
persist/sqldb/selector.go (lines 53-60) to apply the cursor predicate before the
count-query return, while restricting ordering and limit to list queries; update
server/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go (lines 82-94) only as needed
to retain its existing RemainingItemCount arithmetic after the count selector is
cursor-scoped.
- Around line 53-60: The non-cursor selector path must use the same
deterministic ordering as the cursor path. Update the ordering in the selector
construction to sort by startedat descending and uid descending, and add a
pagination test covering multiple workflows with identical StartedAt values
where the page boundary splits the tied records.
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| // Use keyset pagination when a cursor is provided. This replaces | ||
| // OFFSET with a WHERE clause on (startedat, uid), providing | ||
| // constant-time pagination regardless of page depth. | ||
| if !options.CursorStartedAt.IsZero() && options.CursorUID != "" { | ||
| return selector. | ||
| And(db.Raw("(startedat, uid) < (?, ?)", options.CursorStartedAt, options.CursorUID)). | ||
| OrderBy(db.Raw("startedat desc, uid desc")). | ||
| Limit(options.Limit), nil |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Apply the cursor predicate to count queries.
BuildArchivedWorkflowSelector returns at Lines 49-50 before it applies the cursor predicate. On a cursor request, CountWorkflows therefore counts every matching workflow, while options.Offset is zero. RemainingItemCount overstates the remaining results by records from earlier pages.
persist/sqldb/selector.go#L53-L60: apply(startedat, uid) < (?, ?)before thecountreturn; only apply ordering and limit for list queries.server/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go#L82-L94: retain the existing arithmetic after the count selector is scoped to the cursor result set.
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persist/sqldb/selector.go#L53-L60(this comment)server/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go#L82-L94
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In `@persist/sqldb/selector.go` around lines 53 - 60, Update
BuildArchivedWorkflowSelector in persist/sqldb/selector.go (lines 53-60) to
apply the cursor predicate before the count-query return, while restricting
ordering and limit to list queries; update
server/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go (lines 82-94) only as needed
to retain its existing RemainingItemCount arithmetic after the count selector is
cursor-scoped.
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Use the same complete order for the first page.
The cursor path orders by startedat DESC, uid DESC, but the non-cursor path at Lines 69-71 orders only by startedat. If workflows share startedat, the first page has no stable UID order. The cursor can then exclude an unseen workflow or repeat one on the next page.
Order the non-cursor path by startedat DESC, uid DESC too. Add a pagination test where multiple workflows have the same StartedAt and the page boundary splits them.
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In `@persist/sqldb/selector.go` around lines 53 - 60, The non-cursor selector path
must use the same deterministic ordering as the cursor path. Update the ordering
in the selector construction to sort by startedat descending and uid descending,
and add a pagination test covering multiple workflows with identical StartedAt
values where the page boundary splits the tied records.
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Summary
Replaces OFFSET-based pagination with keyset/cursor-based pagination for archived workflow listing. This fixes the O(N) performance degradation that occurs when paginating deep pages with label filters.
Motivation
Fixes #16815
When listing archived workflows with label filters, the current OFFSET-based approach becomes O(N) because the label EXISTS subquery is evaluated for every skipped row. On large installations with millions of archived workflows, this means each page takes progressively longer to load.
Solution
Instead of using
OFFSET N, the implementation now uses keyset pagination with a cursor that encodes the(startedat, uid)of the last seen item. The continue token is a base64-encoded JSON object prefixed withc:for forward compatibility.Example cursor token:
c:eyJzdGFydGVkYXQiOiIyMDI0LTAzLTE1VDEyOjMwOjAwWiIsInVpZCI6IjEyMzQ1In0=Decoded:
{"startedat":"2024-03-15T12:30:00Z","uid":"12345"}The query changes from:
to:
Backward Compatibility
c:prefix distinguishes cursor tokens from integer offsetsFiles Changed
server/utils/list_options.go- Added cursor fields toListOptions, encode/decode functions, updatedBuildListOptionsto parse cursor tokensserver/utils/list_options_test.go- Added tests for cursor encode/decode andBuildListOptionswith cursor tokenspersist/sqldb/selector.go- Added keyset filtering inBuildArchivedWorkflowSelectorwhen cursor is presentserver/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go- Generate cursor tokens instead of offset-based continue valuesserver/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server_test.go- Updated tests to use cursor tokensTesting
All existing tests pass with the updated mock data and assertions. New unit tests added for cursor encode/decode and
BuildListOptionswith cursor tokens.go test ./server/utils/... ./server/workflowarchive/... ok github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/server/utils ok github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4/server/workflowarchiveSummary by CodeRabbit
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