fix: use default retry settings when no catchError handlers are defined

Author: ericallam

apps/webapp/app/runEngine/services/triggerTask.server.ts

@@ -282,6 +282,12 @@ export class RunEngineTriggerTaskService extends WithRunEngine {
                         runtimeEnvironmentId: environment.id,
                         version: body.options?.lockToVersion,
                       },
+                      select: {
+                        id: true,
+                        version: true,
+                        sdkVersion: true,
+                        cliVersion: true,
+                      },
                     })
                   : undefined;
 

packages/core/src/v3/workers/taskExecutor.ts

@@ -1027,6 +1027,14 @@ export class TaskExecutor {
       }
     }
 
+    const defaultRetryResult =
+      typeof defaultDelay === "undefined"
+        ? { status: "noop" as const }
+        : {
+            status: "retry" as const,
+            retry: { timestamp: Date.now() + defaultDelay, delay: defaultDelay },
+          };
+
     // Check if retries are enabled in dev environment
     if (
       execution.environment.type === "DEVELOPMENT" &&
@@ -1040,7 +1048,7 @@ export class TaskExecutor {
     const globalCatchErrorHooks = lifecycleHooks.getGlobalCatchErrorHooks();
 
     if (globalCatchErrorHooks.length === 0 && !taskCatchErrorHook) {
-      return { status: "noop" };
+      return defaultRetryResult;
     }
 
     return this._tracer.startActiveSpan(
@@ -1085,12 +1093,7 @@ export class TaskExecutor {
         }
 
         // If no hooks handled the error, use default retry behavior
-        return typeof defaultDelay === "undefined"
-          ? { status: "noop" as const }
-          : {
-              status: "retry" as const,
-              retry: { timestamp: Date.now() + defaultDelay, delay: defaultDelay },
-            };
+        return defaultRetryResult;
       },
       {
         attributes: {

packages/core/test/taskExecutor.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { ConsoleInterceptor } from "../src/v3/consoleInterceptor.js";
 import {
+  RetryOptions,
   RunFnParams,
   ServerBackgroundWorker,
   TaskMetadataWithFunctions,
@@ -784,6 +785,48 @@ describe("TaskExecutor", () => {
     expect((result as any).result.retry.delay).toBeLessThan(30100);
   });
 
+  test("should use the default retry settings if no catch error hook is provided", async () => {
+    const expectedError = new Error("Task failed intentionally");
+
+    const task = {
+      id: "test-task",
+      fns: {
+        run: async (payload: any, params: RunFnParams<any>) => {
+          throw expectedError;
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    const result = await executeTask(task, { test: "data" }, undefined, {
+      maxAttempts: 3,
+      minTimeoutInMs: 1000,
+      maxTimeoutInMs: 5000,
+      factor: 2,
+    });
+
+    // Verify the final result contains the specific retry timing
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      result: {
+        ok: false,
+        id: "test-run-id",
+        error: {
+          type: "BUILT_IN_ERROR",
+          message: "Task failed intentionally",
+          name: "Error",
+          stackTrace: expect.any(String),
+        },
+        retry: {
+          timestamp: expect.any(Number),
+          delay: expect.any(Number),
+        },
+        skippedRetrying: false,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect((result as any).result.retry.delay).toBeGreaterThan(1000);
+    expect((result as any).result.retry.delay).toBeLessThan(3000);
+  });
+
   test("should execute middleware hooks in correct order around other hooks", async () => {
     const executionOrder: string[] = [];
 
@@ -1623,7 +1666,12 @@ describe("TaskExecutor", () => {
   });
 });
 
-function executeTask(task: TaskMetadataWithFunctions, payload: any, signal?: AbortSignal) {
+function executeTask(
+  task: TaskMetadataWithFunctions,
+  payload: any,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+  retrySettings?: RetryOptions
+) {
   const tracingSDK = new TracingSDK({
     url: "http://localhost:4318",
   });
@@ -1643,7 +1691,7 @@ function executeTask(task: TaskMetadataWithFunctions, payload: any, signal?: Abo
     consoleInterceptor,
     retries: {
       enabledInDev: false,
-      default: {
+      default: retrySettings ?? {
         maxAttempts: 1,
       },
     },

references/hello-world/src/trigger/retry.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { logger, task } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";
+
+type RetryPayload = {
+  failCount: number;
+};
+
+export const retryTask = task({
+  id: "retry-task",
+  // Configure 5 retries with exponential backoff
+  retry: {
+    maxAttempts: 5,
+    factor: 1.8,
+    minTimeoutInMs: 20,
+    maxTimeoutInMs: 100,
+    randomize: false,
+  },
+  run: async (payload: RetryPayload, { ctx }) => {
+    const currentAttempt = ctx.attempt.number;
+    logger.info("Running retry task", {
+      currentAttempt,
+      desiredFailCount: payload.failCount,
+    });
+
+    // If we haven't reached the desired number of failures yet, throw an error
+    if (currentAttempt <= payload.failCount) {
+      const error = new Error(`Intentionally failing attempt ${currentAttempt}`);
+      logger.warn("Task failing", { error, currentAttempt });
+      throw error;
+    }
+
+    // If we've made it past the desired fail count, return success
+    logger.info("Task succeeded", { currentAttempt });
+    return {
+      attemptsTaken: currentAttempt,
+    };
+  },
+});