feat(uptime): Add ability to use queues to manage parallelism

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Replicated from ai-code-review-evaluation/sentry-greptile#9

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PR Review Complete

I've reviewed this PR which adds a new "thread-queue-parallel" processing mode for managing parallelism in the uptime results consumer. Here's my comprehensive feedback:

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Architecture & Design ✅

Strengths:

• Well-designed queue-based parallelism: The FixedQueuePool approach using consistent hashing ensures messages for the same subscription are processed in order while allowing concurrent processing across different subscriptions
• Clean separation of concerns: OffsetTracker, FixedQueuePool, and SimpleQueueProcessingStrategy are well-encapsulated with clear responsibilities
• Proper offset management: The offset tracking ensures Kafka commits only happen when all prior offsets are processed, preventing data loss

Observations:

• This adds a 4th parallelism mode to the existing 3 (serial, parallel, batched-parallel), increasing complexity
• The pattern follows Arroyo's stream processing architecture correctly

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Implementation Review

1. OffsetTracker (src/sentry/remote_subscriptions/consumers/queue_consumer.py:34-106)

Good:

• Thread-safe per-partition locking ✅
• Contiguous offset tracking prevents committing past gaps ✅
• Cleanup of processed offsets in mark_committed() ✅

Issues:

• Lock creation pattern (line 49-54): Uses setdefault() after checking get(), but this isn't atomic. Multiple threads could create different locks for the same partition.

  # Current code
  lock = self.partition_locks.get(partition)
  if lock:
      return lock
  return self.partition_locks.setdefault(partition, threading.Lock())

  Recommendation: Use a single global lock for partition lock creation, or ensure atomic creation:

  def _get_partition_lock(self, partition: Partition) -> threading.Lock:
      if partition not in self.partition_locks:
          with self._creation_lock:  # Add class-level lock
              if partition not in self.partition_locks:
                  self.partition_locks[partition] = threading.Lock()
      return self.partition_locks[partition]

2. OrderedQueueWorker (lines 108-157)

Issues:

• Line 132: queue.ShutDown exception handling: This is not a standard Python exception. The code catches it but queue.Queue in stdlib doesn't raise ShutDown. This appears to be custom but isn't defined anywhere visible.

  • If using Python 3.13's queue.ShutDown, ensure minimum version compatibility
  • Consider handling queue.Empty with timeout for graceful shutdown

• Line 125: self.shutdown flag: The shutdown mechanism relies on a boolean flag, but the queue operations are blocking. When shutdown=True, the worker may still be blocked on queue.get() indefinitely.
  Recommendation: Use queue.get(timeout=1.0) and check shutdown flag in the loop:

  while not self.shutdown:
      try:
          work_item = self.work_queue.get(timeout=1.0)
      except queue.Empty:
          continue
      except queue.ShutDown:
          break

3. FixedQueuePool (lines 159-244)

Good:

• Consistent hashing for queue assignment ✅
• Fixed pool size prevents dynamic reassignment ✅
• Metrics tracking via get_stats() ✅

Issues:

• Line 238: queue.shutdown(immediate=False): Again references a shutdown method that doesn't exist in stdlib queue.Queue. If this is Python 3.13+, add version check or documentation.

• Resource cleanup: If shutdown() is called while items are still in queues, those items won't be processed. Consider waiting for empty queues first or documenting this behavior.

4. SimpleQueueProcessingStrategy (lines 246-346)

Issues:

• Line 276: Commit loop timing: Uses self.shutdown_event.wait(1.0) which commits every 1 second. This is reasonable but not configurable.

• Error handling (lines 317-325): When decoder or grouping fails, the offset is immediately marked as complete. This could hide persistent decoding issues. Consider adding metrics/logging for these failures.

• Line 297: Type assertion: assert isinstance(message.value, BrokerValue) - Assertions can be disabled with -O flag. Use proper error handling:

  if not isinstance(message.value, BrokerValue):
      logger.error("Expected BrokerValue, got %s", type(message.value))
      return

5. result_consumer.py Changes

Issues:

• Line 22-24: The import is fine, but adds coupling between remote_subscriptions and its consumers module. This is acceptable given the design.

• Lines 96-99: The thread_queue_parallel boolean flag alongside batched_parallel and parallel is getting messy. Consider using an enum:

  class ProcessingMode(Enum):
      SERIAL = "serial"
      PARALLEL = "parallel"
      BATCHED_PARALLEL = "batched-parallel"
      THREAD_QUEUE_PARALLEL = "thread-queue-parallel"

• Line 136: Default num_queues=20 - This magic number should be documented. Why 20? Is it configurable?

• Line 184: Shutdown of queue_pool only in specific condition. Ensure this doesn't leak resources in other modes.

• Lines 249-252: The commit offset adjustment (offset + 1) is correct but deserves a comment explaining Kafka's "next offset to read" semantics.

6. consumers/init.py Changes (lines 121-122)

Good:

• Adds thread-queue-parallel to the uptime options ✅
• Follows existing pattern for mode configuration ✅

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Test Coverage 🎯

Excellent test coverage! The test file adds 421 lines including:

Unit Tests (test_queue_consumer.py)

• ✅ TestOffsetTracker: Comprehensive offset tracking tests
• ✅ TestFixedQueuePool: Queue assignment, ordering, concurrency tests
• ✅ TestSimpleQueueProcessingStrategy: Message processing, commits, error handling
• ✅ Integration test with ResultsStrategyFactory

Integration Tests (test_results_consumer.py)

• ✅ test_thread_queue_parallel: Basic functionality (line 1689)
• ✅ test_thread_queue_parallel_preserves_order: Order guarantees (line 1733)
• ✅ test_thread_queue_parallel_concurrent_subscriptions: Concurrency (line 1780)
• ✅ test_thread_queue_parallel_offset_commit: Offset management (line 1824)
• ✅ test_thread_queue_parallel_error_handling: Error resilience (line 1874)
• ✅ test_thread_queue_parallel_offset_gaps: Gap handling (line 1926)
• ✅ test_thread_queue_parallel_graceful_shutdown: Shutdown behavior (line 1987)
• ✅ ProcessResultThreadQueueParallelKafkaTest: Real Kafka integration test! (line 2012)

Minor issues:

• Line 1717-1724: Uses busy-wait with time.sleep(0.1) - acceptable for tests but consider using proper synchronization primitives
• Line 1922: Comment says "assert len(committed_offsets) == 0 or test_partition not in committed_offsets" but with error handling, we might want to verify the error was actually logged

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Performance & Scalability Considerations

Strengths:

• Fixed pool size prevents thread explosion ✅
• Consistent hashing distributes load evenly ✅
• Per-partition locking minimizes contention ✅

Concerns:

• Memory growth: If processing is slow, queues can fill up. There's no backpressure mechanism or max queue size limit

  • Recommendation: Add max queue size to FixedQueuePool initialization

• Commit frequency: 1-second commit interval may be too frequent under high load or too slow for low latency requirements

  • Recommendation: Make commit interval configurable

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Security & Error Handling

Good:

• Proper exception handling in worker threads ✅
• Sentry SDK transaction tracking for observability ✅
• Metrics for queue depths and processing ✅

Concerns:

• No rate limiting: Malicious or buggy producers could flood queues
• Assertion usage: Line 297 uses assertions which can be disabled
• Exception swallowing: Line 240, 290 - exceptions during shutdown are logged but not propagated

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Code Quality & Best Practices

Positives:

• ✅ Type hints throughout
• ✅ Docstrings on classes
• ✅ Follows Arroyo's processing strategy patterns
• ✅ Comprehensive metrics instrumentation
• ✅ Proper use of generics for reusability

Issues:

• Magic numbers: Line 136 (20 queues), line 243 (5s timeout), line 276 (1s commit)
• Missing docstrings: Many methods lack docstrings (e.g., submit(), poll(), close())
• Inconsistent naming: thread-queue-parallel (kebab-case) vs method names (snake_case) is fine but the mode name is a mouthful

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Recommendations Summary

Critical 🔴

1. Fix lock creation race condition in OffsetTracker._get_partition_lock() (line 49-54)
2. Handle shutdown properly in OrderedQueueWorker.run() - use timeout on queue.get() (line 131)
3. Replace assertions with proper error handling (line 297)

Important 🟡

4. Add max queue size limits to prevent unbounded memory growth
5. Document queue.ShutDown exception - clarify Python version requirements
6. Make commit interval configurable in SimpleQueueProcessingStrategy
7. Add docstrings to public methods

Nice to Have 🟢

8. Use Enum for processing modes instead of multiple boolean flags
9. Add metrics for decoder/grouping failures
10. Document magic number for default queue count (20)

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Verdict

This is a solid implementation that adds valuable functionality for managing parallelism. The core algorithm is sound, test coverage is excellent, and it follows established patterns.

However, there are some thread-safety and resource management issues that should be addressed before merging:

• Lock creation race condition
• Worker shutdown mechanism
• Unbounded queue growth

The changes are well-tested and the new mode fills a legitimate need for parallelism with ordering guarantees. With the critical issues fixed, this would be ready to merge.

Estimated Risk: Medium - The thread-safety issues could cause hard-to-debug problems in production under high concurrency.

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Tasks

• Read and analyze changed files
• Review queue_consumer.py implementation
• Review result_consumer.py changes
• Review test coverage and quality
• Provide comprehensive feedback

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