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Summary

Implements a comprehensive action trail system that provides unified tracking of all corpus action executions (fieldset, analyzer, agent). Like GitHub Actions workflow runs, this system records every execution, its status, timing, and the objects it created or modified.

  • New Model: CorpusActionExecution with status lifecycle tracking (QUEUED → RUNNING → COMPLETED/FAILED/SKIPPED)
  • Optimized Queries: 6 database indexes for fast corpus/document/status queries
  • GraphQL API: Query executions and get aggregated statistics
  • Export Support: Optional action trail inclusion in V2 corpus exports
  • Comprehensive Tests: 39 unit tests covering all functionality

Implementation Details

Model & Database

  • CorpusActionExecution model with Status and ActionType enums
  • Lifecycle methods: mark_started(), mark_completed(), mark_failed(), mark_skipped()
  • bulk_queue() classmethod for efficient batch creation
  • Denormalized corpus_id and action_type fields for query performance
  • JSONField for affected_objects tracking

Managers & QuerySets

  • CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet with chainable methods:
    • for_corpus(), for_document(), by_type()
    • pending(), failed(), recent()
    • with_stats(), summary_by_status(), summary_by_action()
  • CorpusActionExecutionManager extending BaseVisibilityManager

Task Integration

  • Modified process_corpus_action to create execution records for all action types
  • Updated run_agent_corpus_action to accept execution_id and update status
  • Tracks affected objects (extracts, datacells, analyses)

GraphQL API

  • CorpusActionExecutionType with computed fields (duration_seconds, wait_time_seconds)
  • CorpusActionTrailStatsType for aggregated statistics
  • Queries: corpus_action_executions, corpus_action_trail_stats

Export Support

  • ActionTrailExport, CorpusActionExport, CorpusActionExecutionExport TypedDicts
  • package_action_trail() function in export_v2.py
  • include_action_trail and action_trail_limit parameters in V2 export task

Test plan

  • All 39 new unit tests pass (test_corpus_action_execution.py)
  • All 39 corpus action tests pass (test_corpus_action_model.py, test_corpus_action_graphql.py, test_agent_corpus_action_task.py)
  • All 32 V2 export tests pass (test_corpus_export_import_v2.py)
  • Pre-commit hooks pass (black, isort, flake8)
  • Manual testing of GraphQL queries
  • Verify migration applies cleanly in staging

Related

Based on design document: docs/plans/corpus_action_trail_design.md

Implement a comprehensive action trail system that tracks all corpus action
executions (fieldset, analyzer, agent) with timing, status, and affected objects.

Model & Database:
- Add CorpusActionExecution model with Status/ActionType enums
- Add lifecycle methods: mark_started, mark_completed, mark_failed, mark_skipped
- Add bulk_queue classmethod for efficient batch creation
- Add 6 optimized database indexes for common query patterns
- Create migration 0031_corpus_action_execution

Managers & QuerySets:
- Create CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet with for_corpus, for_document, by_type,
  pending, failed, recent, with_stats, summary_by_status methods
- Create CorpusActionExecutionManager extending BaseVisibilityManager

Task Integration:
- Modify process_corpus_action to create execution records for all action types
- Update run_agent_corpus_action to accept execution_id and update status
- Track affected objects (extracts, datacells, analyses)

GraphQL API:
- Add CorpusActionExecutionType with computed fields (duration, wait_time)
- Add CorpusActionTrailStatsType for aggregated statistics
- Add queries: corpus_action_executions, corpus_action_trail_stats

Export Support:
- Add ActionTrailExport types to types/dicts.py
- Create package_action_trail function in export_v2.py
- Update export_tasks_v2 to support include_action_trail flag

Tests:
- Add 39 comprehensive unit tests covering model lifecycle, bulk operations,
  QuerySet methods, computed properties, and permissions
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Code Review: CorpusActionExecution Model

Great work on this comprehensive action trail tracking system! Well-structured implementation that follows project patterns.

✅ Strengths

Architecture & Design

  • Excellent denormalization strategy (corpus_id, action_type) avoids N+1 queries
  • Well-indexed with 6 carefully chosen indexes
  • Clean lifecycle methods (mark_started, mark_completed, mark_failed, mark_skipped)
  • Efficient bulk_queue() using bulk_create
  • Chainable QuerySet methods

Permission System

  • Proper .visible_to_user() filtering follows CLAUDE.md guidance
  • Inherits from BaseVisibilityManager
  • Guardian integration

Test Coverage

  • 39 comprehensive unit tests
  • Covers edge cases and all functionality

⚠️ Critical Issues

1. IDOR Vulnerability in GraphQL Resolvers

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2250-2264

GraphQL resolvers filter by corpus_id/document_id without verifying user has access to those resources. Attacker could enumerate IDs and query execution trails for unauthorized corpuses.

Impact: Medium - Information disclosure
Fix: Add Corpus.objects.visible_to_user(user).filter(pk=corpus_pk).exists() check before filtering

2. Missing Transaction Atomicity

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:190-196

Execution records created outside transaction block. Failure after creating executions but before extracts leaves orphaned QUEUED records.

Fix: Wrap entire action processing in transaction.atomic()

3. bulk_update Missing modified Field

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:227-230

bulk_update doesn't include modified timestamp.

Fix: Add modified to field list and set it manually

Priority Fixes Before Merge

  1. ✅ Fix IDOR vulnerability in GraphQL resolvers
  2. ✅ Add transaction wrapper in process_corpus_action
  3. ✅ Add modified field to bulk_update() call

Additional Recommendations

  • Optimize visible_to_user() to avoid subquery (use _chain instead of pk__in)
  • Add validation to add_affected_object() method
  • Add select_related for common queries
  • Add GraphQL tests for permission boundaries

Overall Assessment

Well-designed feature with excellent test coverage and solid architecture. Fix the 3 critical issues (especially IDOR security issue) and this is ready to merge!

Great work! 🚀

- Add modified field to bulk_update() call (auto_now fields not auto-updated)
- Wrap execution record creation in transaction.atomic() for atomicity
- Add defense-in-depth corpus/document access checks in GraphQL resolvers
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Code Review - PR #710: CorpusActionExecution Model

This is an excellent implementation of a comprehensive action trail tracking system. The code is well-architected, thoroughly tested, and follows Django best practices. Here's my detailed review:


✅ Strengths

1. Excellent Model Design

  • Denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) for query performance - smart optimization
  • Lifecycle methods (mark_started, mark_completed, mark_failed, mark_skipped) provide clean state transitions
  • JSONField for affected_objects instead of GenericForeignKey is the right choice for performance
  • Comprehensive indexes (6 covering common query patterns) - well-documented with use cases
  • Composite dedup index (corpus_action + document + status) prevents duplicate executions

2. Robust QuerySet/Manager Pattern

  • Clean separation: CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet for chainable filters, CorpusActionExecutionManager for top-level access
  • Chainable methods (.for_corpus().pending().recent()) enable flexible queries
  • visible_to_user() integration ensures permission-aware queries throughout
  • Aggregation methods (summary_by_status, summary_by_action) provide useful analytics

3. Excellent Test Coverage

  • 39 comprehensive tests covering:
    • Model lifecycle methods
    • Bulk operations
    • QuerySet chaining
    • Computed properties
    • Permission filtering
  • Tests use clear naming and helper methods
  • Edge cases covered (truncation, None handling, save=False)

4. GraphQL Integration

  • Defense-in-depth permission checks in resolvers (corpus_tasks.py:2254-2262)
  • Clean type definitions with computed fields
  • Aggregated stats endpoint for dashboards

5. Task Integration

  • Atomic transaction wrapping for execution record creation (corpus_tasks.py:191-197)
  • Proper error handling and status tracking in agent tasks (agent_tasks.py:440-486)
  • bulk_update includes modified field (corpus_tasks.py:228) - excellent catch from code review feedback

🔍 Code Quality Observations

Positive Patterns

  1. Explicit queued_at timestamp instead of relying on auto_now_add enables accurate bulk_create timing
  2. Error truncation (5KB message, 10KB traceback) prevents database bloat
  3. save=False parameter in lifecycle methods enables flexible batch updates
  4. Metadata merging in mark_completed preserves existing metadata
  5. Action type detection uses is not None instead of truthiness (corpus/models.py:1601) - handles edge cases correctly

Minor Observations (Not Blockers)

1. Transaction Scope in Fieldset Processing

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:207-234

The execution records are created in a transaction (line 191), then updated in a separate transaction (line 207). This creates a small window where executions could be QUEUED while processing has started.

Current:

with transaction.atomic():  # Line 191
    executions = CorpusActionExecution.bulk_queue(...)
execution_map = {ex.document_id: ex for ex in executions}

with transaction.atomic():  # Line 207
    extract, created = Extract.objects.get_or_create(...)
    # ... 20 lines later ...
    CorpusActionExecution.objects.bulk_update(...)  # Line 231

Consideration: Could wrap both operations in a single transaction for stronger atomicity guarantees. However, current approach is acceptable if transaction size is a concern.

2. GraphQL Resolver Filter Logic

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2254-2262

The defense-in-depth checks return .none() if the user lacks access:

if not Corpus.objects.visible_to_user(user).filter(pk=corpus_pk).exists():
    return queryset.none()
queryset = queryset.for_corpus(corpus_pk)

Consideration: Since queryset already starts with .visible_to_user(user), the defense-in-depth check prevents an edge case where a user might see executions for a corpus they can't access. This is good security practice, though theoretically the visible_to_user filtering should handle this.

Recommendation: This is fine as-is (defense in depth is good), but could add a comment explaining the rationale.

3. Execution Completion Timing

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:294-299

For fieldset actions, executions are marked COMPLETED when the chord starts, not when it finishes:

def on_commit_callback():
    chord(group(*tasks))(mark_extract_complete.si(extract_id))
    CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(...).update(
        status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.COMPLETED,
        completed_at=timezone.now(),
    )

Consideration: If the chord fails, the execution records will still show COMPLETED. The comment acknowledges this ("Final completion status handled by mark_extract_complete"), but it's worth verifying that mark_extract_complete actually updates execution records on failure.

Question: Does mark_extract_complete update execution records? If not, failed extracts might show as COMPLETED in the trail.

4. Manager visible_to_user Implementation

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:128-139

The visible_to_user override filters by primary key after calling parent:

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    return self.get_queryset().filter(pk__in=base_qs.values("pk"))

Performance Note: This creates a subquery (WHERE pk IN (SELECT pk FROM ...)). For large result sets, this could be less efficient than directly applying the filters. However, it's necessary to preserve the custom QuerySet type for chaining.

Alternative (if performance becomes an issue):

# Could directly apply BaseVisibilityManager's filter logic to custom QuerySet
# But this would duplicate logic and break DRY

Current approach prioritizes maintainability over micro-optimization, which is the right trade-off.


🛡️ Security Review

✅ Security Strengths

  1. Permission filtering via BaseVisibilityManager integration
  2. Defense-in-depth checks in GraphQL resolvers
  3. No IDOR vulnerabilities - all queries filtered by user permissions
  4. Safe JSON handling - uses JSONField default factories (list, dict)

No Security Concerns Identified


🚀 Performance Considerations

Optimizations Implemented

  1. 6 composite indexes for common query patterns
  2. Denormalized corpus_id avoids joins for corpus-level queries
  3. Denormalized action_type enables filtering without joins
  4. bulk_create for efficient batch insertion
  5. bulk_update for batch status updates

Potential Future Optimizations

  1. Add pagination to GraphQL queries (currently missing first/last limits)
  2. Consider partitioning if execution records grow to millions (by date or corpus)
  3. Archive old executions to separate table after N days

📝 Documentation & Conventions

✅ Well-Documented

  • Comprehensive docstrings on all methods
  • Inline comments explaining design decisions
  • Index usage documented in migration
  • README.md-style help text in model fields

Follows OpenContracts Patterns

  • Uses BaseOCModel for consistency
  • Guardian permissions integration
  • GraphQL AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin
  • Proper signal handler structure

🧪 Testing Recommendations

Current Coverage: Excellent (39 tests)

The test suite covers all critical paths. Consider adding:

  1. Integration test for full lifecycle:
def test_corpus_action_full_lifecycle():
    # Trigger action -> verify QUEUED
    # Process action -> verify RUNNING
    # Complete action -> verify COMPLETED with affected_objects
  1. Concurrent execution test:
def test_bulk_queue_prevents_duplicates():
    # Call bulk_queue twice with same params
    # Verify dedup index prevents duplicate executions
  1. GraphQL integration test:
def test_corpus_action_executions_query_permissions():
    # Verify filtering by corpus/document respects permissions

📋 Checklist Review

Per the PR description, all items are complete except manual testing:

  • 39 unit tests pass
  • Corpus action tests pass
  • V2 export tests pass
  • Pre-commit hooks pass
  • Manual GraphQL query testing (recommended)
  • Migration in staging (pre-deployment)

🎯 Final Recommendation

APPROVE with minor suggestions

This is production-ready code. The minor observations above are edge cases and optimization opportunities, not blockers. The implementation is:

  • Well-architected
  • Thoroughly tested
  • Follows best practices
  • Properly integrated with existing systems

Before Merge

  1. ✅ Verify mark_extract_complete handles execution record updates on failure
  2. ✅ Run manual GraphQL query tests against test environment
  3. ✅ Test migration on staging database
  4. ✅ Update CHANGELOG.md with this feature (per CLAUDE.md guidelines)

Post-Merge Monitoring

  • Monitor execution record table growth rate
  • Watch for slow queries on execution filtering
  • Consider adding Prometheus metrics for execution status counts

💡 Future Enhancements (Out of Scope)

These are ideas for future PRs, not blockers:

  1. Add retry mechanism for failed executions
  2. Execution record archival/cleanup task
  3. Frontend UI for action trail visualization
  4. WebSocket real-time updates for execution status
  5. Execution priority/scheduling system

Excellent work! This provides exactly the visibility GitHub Actions-style workflow tracking that the system needed. The code quality is high and the design is sound.

Questions/Concerns: None blocking. The implementation is ready for merge after the recommended verification steps.

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Add tests for export_v2.py package_action_trail function to improve
codecov coverage:

- Test fieldset/analyzer/agent action type exports
- Test execution record exports with timestamps
- Test since datetime filtering
- Test execution_limit parameter
- Test stats calculation
- Test manager recent() method delegation
- Fix flake8 warnings for unused variables

Coverage improvements target the 22 uncovered lines in export_v2.py
that were identified by codecov.
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PR Review: CorpusActionExecution Model for Action Trail Tracking

Overview

This PR implements a comprehensive action trail system similar to GitHub Actions workflow runs. The implementation is well-architected, thoroughly tested, and follows Django best practices. The code quality is excellent with 39 comprehensive unit tests and proper integration with existing systems.


✅ Strengths

1. Excellent Model Design

  • Denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) optimize query performance without excessive joins
  • 6 strategically placed indexes cover all major query patterns (corpus+time, action+time, document+time, status+time, type+time, deduplication)
  • Lifecycle methods (mark_started, mark_completed, mark_failed, mark_skipped) provide clean state transitions
  • JSONField usage for affected_objects and execution_metadata provides flexibility without sacrificing performance
  • Truncation logic in mark_failed (5KB error message, 10KB traceback) prevents database bloat

2. Robust Manager & QuerySet Architecture

  • Custom CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet with chainable methods (for_corpus, pending, failed, recent)
  • Manager extends BaseVisibilityManager for permission filtering - follows OpenContracts patterns
  • Clever visible_to_user override preserves custom QuerySet type while maintaining permission logic (lines 129-139)
  • Aggregation methods (summary_by_status, summary_by_action) use efficient database-level computation

3. Comprehensive Test Coverage (39 tests)

  • Lifecycle methods: mark_started, mark_completed (with/without metadata), mark_failed (with truncation), mark_skipped
  • Bulk operations: bulk_queue with correct action type detection
  • QuerySet filtering: all filter methods, chaining, aggregations
  • Permissions: superuser, owner, public/private visibility, anonymous users
  • Export integration: packaging, filtering, stats, limits
  • Manager delegation: ensures all QuerySet methods accessible via manager

4. GraphQL API Design

  • CorpusActionExecutionType with computed fields (duration_seconds, wait_time_seconds)
  • CorpusActionTrailStatsType for aggregated statistics
  • Defense-in-depth permission checks in resolvers (lines 2253-2268 in queries.py)
  • Efficient query construction with select_related to prevent N+1 queries

5. Export System Integration

  • Proper TypedDict definitions for type safety
  • Optional inclusion with include_action_trail parameter
  • Support for time-based filtering (since) and limits (action_trail_limit)
  • Statistics included even when executions are excluded

⚠️ Issues & Recommendations

CRITICAL: Potential Data Integrity Issue in corpus_tasks.py

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:286-294

def on_commit_callback():
    chord(group(*tasks))(mark_extract_complete.si(extract_id_for_closure))
    # Mark executions as completed when extract processing starts
    # Note: Final completion status handled by mark_extract_complete
    CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(

Problem: The callback appears incomplete - the filter(...) call doesn't have an action (update/delete). This will cause a runtime error.

Expected Fix: Likely should mark executions as completed:

CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(
    id__in=execution_ids_for_closure
).update(status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.COMPLETED, completed_at=timezone.now())

Impact: Without this fix, execution records for fieldset actions will remain in RUNNING status indefinitely, breaking the action trail display.


HIGH: Missing Error Handling in Task Integration

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:185-294

Issue: If a task fails during execution, the CorpusActionExecution record won't be marked as FAILED. The current implementation only handles success paths.

Recommendation: Add exception handling around task processing:

try:
    # ... task processing ...
    execution.mark_completed(affected_objects=[...])
except Exception as e:
    execution.mark_failed(
        error_message=str(e),
        error_traceback=traceback.format_exc()
    )
    raise  # Re-raise to maintain existing error behavior

Current Test Gap: Tests verify lifecycle methods work, but don't test integration with actual task failures.


MEDIUM: Agent Task Integration Incomplete

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/agent_tasks.py

Observation: The diff shows 44 additions but only imports were added. The actual run_agent_corpus_action modifications to accept execution_id aren't visible in the PR diff.

Verification Needed:

  1. Confirm run_agent_corpus_action properly marks execution as started/completed/failed
  2. Ensure agent_result FK is populated when agent completes
  3. Verify affected_objects includes all created annotations/analyses

MEDIUM: Missing Migration Safety Checks

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/migrations/0031_corpus_action_execution.py

Concerns:

  1. No data migration: If there are existing documents in corpuses with actions, should historical executions be created for audit purposes?
  2. Index creation timing: On large databases, creating 6 indexes simultaneously could cause downtime. Consider using CONCURRENTLY option or staggering index creation.

Recommendation:

  • Add migration note in CHANGELOG.md about index creation time on large deployments
  • Consider if historical execution records should be backfilled

LOW: Permission Model Clarity

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1626-1639

Question: The model has guardian permission tables (CorpusActionExecutionUserObjectPermission, CorpusActionExecutionGroupObjectPermission) and uses AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin in GraphQL type.

Clarification Needed:

  • Should execution records inherit permissions from their parent corpus? (Similar to how annotations inherit from documents)
  • Current implementation allows independent permissions - is this intentional?

From CLAUDE.md: "Annotations & Relationships: NO individual permissions - inherited from document + corpus"

Recommendation: Consider if executions should follow the same inheritance model as annotations, since they're tightly coupled to corpus actions.


LOW: Code Style & Documentation

  1. models.py:1599-1606 - Comment about checking is not None is excellent, but could be extracted to a helper method to reduce cognitive load in bulk_queue

  2. managers.py:129-139 - The visible_to_user override with pk__in subquery could have performance implications on large datasets. Consider annotating performance characteristics.

  3. GraphQL resolvers - Could benefit from @dataloader for batch loading execution statistics across multiple corpuses


🔍 Security Review

✅ IDOR Prevention

  • GraphQL resolvers properly check Corpus.objects.visible_to_user(user) before filtering executions (queries.py:2234)
  • Defense-in-depth checks for documents (queries.py:2244-2248)
  • Same error message whether object doesn't exist or user lacks permissions ✅

✅ Permission Checks

  • All queries use .visible_to_user(user) pattern
  • No raw SQL or unsafe queryset construction
  • Proper use of guardian permission model

⚠️ Potential Information Disclosure

Location: GraphQL error messages could leak existence of corpus/document IDs

Current Code (queries.py:2234-2236):

if not Corpus.objects.visible_to_user(user).filter(pk=corpus_pk).exists():
    return queryset.none()

Good: Returns empty queryset (not an error), preventing enumeration ✅


🚀 Performance Considerations

✅ Optimizations

  1. Bulk operations: bulk_queue and bulk_update minimize database round-trips
  2. Index coverage: All major query patterns have supporting indexes
  3. Denormalization: corpus_id and action_type prevent expensive joins
  4. select_related: GraphQL resolver uses select_related to prevent N+1 queries

⚠️ Potential Bottlenecks

  1. Large execution lists: No pagination enforced - a corpus with 100k executions could overwhelm the GraphQL query. Consider enforcing first/last limits.

  2. Stats aggregation: resolve_corpus_action_trail_stats could be expensive on large datasets. Consider caching or materialized views for frequently-accessed corpuses.

  3. Export performance: package_action_trail loads all executions into memory. For corpuses with massive action trails, consider streaming/pagination.


📝 Testing Recommendations

Missing Test Cases

  1. Concurrent execution handling:

    def test_concurrent_executions_same_action_document(self):
        """Multiple workers processing same action shouldn't create duplicates."""
        # Test deduplication index (corpusactionexec_dedup)
  2. Task failure integration:

    def test_execution_marked_failed_when_task_raises(self):
        """Execution record updated to FAILED when task throws exception."""
  3. GraphQL pagination:

    def test_corpus_action_executions_respects_pagination(self):
        """Query with first/last params returns correct subset."""
  4. Migration rollback:

    def test_migration_0031_reversible(self):
        """Migration can be safely rolled back."""

📋 Pre-Merge Checklist

  • FIX CRITICAL: Complete the on_commit_callback in corpus_tasks.py (line 290)
  • VERIFY: Agent task integration properly updates execution records
  • CONSIDER: Add exception handling for task failures
  • DOCUMENT: Add migration notes to CHANGELOG.md about index creation time
  • TEST: Run full test suite with pytest -n auto (parallel mode)
  • PERFORMANCE: Test GraphQL queries with large corpus (10k+ executions)
  • REVIEW: Confirm permission inheritance model aligns with system design

🎯 Verdict

Overall Assessment: Strong approval with critical fix required ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

This is excellent engineering work - clean architecture, comprehensive tests, and thoughtful design. The denormalization strategy and index design show deep understanding of query patterns. The bulk_queue classmethod and lifecycle methods provide a clean, intuitive API.

Before merging: The incomplete on_commit_callback in corpus_tasks.py must be fixed. This is a critical bug that will break fieldset action tracking.

After merge: Consider adding monitoring/alerting for execution records stuck in RUNNING status, and implement the error handling recommendations for production resilience.

Great work! This sets a strong foundation for action observability across the platform. 🚀


Reviewed by: Claude Code
Model: Sonnet 4.5
Date: 2025-12-20

Add tests for execution tracking in run_agent_corpus_action task to
improve codecov coverage:

- Test execution marked as started when execution_id provided
- Test execution marked as completed on successful agent run
- Test execution marked as failed on agent exception
- Test missing execution_id logs warning but continues
- Test backward compatibility (works without execution_id)
- Test conversation_id included in affected_objects

Coverage improvements target the 13 uncovered lines in agent_tasks.py
that were identified by codecov.
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Code Review for PR #710: Corpus Action Trail System

I've completed a comprehensive review of this PR. Overall, this is an excellent implementation with strong architectural design, comprehensive testing, and solid security practices. The code quality is high and aligns well with the project's conventions.


✅ Strengths

1. Architecture & Design

  • Well-designed model: The CorpusActionExecution model follows GitHub Actions workflow pattern effectively
  • Denormalization: Smart use of denormalized corpus_id and action_type fields for query performance
  • JSON flexibility: Using JSONField for affected_objects and execution_metadata provides excellent flexibility without complex GenericForeignKey overhead
  • Lifecycle methods: Clean state transition methods (mark_started, mark_completed, mark_failed, mark_skipped) with proper timestamp tracking

2. Performance Optimizations

  • 6 strategic database indexes targeting specific query patterns (see opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1448-1484)
  • Bulk operations: bulk_queue() classmethod efficiently creates execution records
  • Custom QuerySet: Chainable methods (for_corpus, pending, failed, recent) enable efficient filtering
  • Proper select_related: GraphQL resolver uses select_related('corpus_action', 'document', 'corpus') to prevent N+1 queries (config/graphql/queries.py:2292)

3. Security & Permissions

  • Defense-in-depth: GraphQL resolvers verify corpus/document access before querying executions (config/graphql/queries.py:2254-2256, 2263-2268)
  • Permission integration: Uses BaseVisibilityManager and inherits AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin
  • IDOR prevention: Returns queryset.none() on unauthorized access without revealing whether objects exist
  • Proper inheritance: Extends BaseOCModel to get standard permission fields

4. Test Coverage

  • 39 comprehensive tests in test_corpus_action_execution.py covering:
    • Model lifecycle methods
    • Bulk operations
    • QuerySet methods
    • Computed properties
    • Permission filtering
  • Integration tests: Tests for agent task tracking and export functionality
  • Edge cases: Tests for None handling, save=False parameter, empty lists

5. Code Quality

  • Excellent documentation: Clear docstrings with examples and type hints
  • Atomic transactions: Uses transaction.atomic() appropriately (opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:191-197)
  • Error handling: Proper exception handling with logging in agent tasks
  • Backward compatibility: execution_id parameter is optional in run_agent_corpus_action

🔍 Minor Issues & Suggestions

1. Manager visible_to_user Performance (opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:129-139)

Issue: The current implementation does a subquery filtering:

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    return self.get_queryset().filter(pk__in=base_qs.values('pk'))

Concern: This creates a subquery that could be inefficient for large datasets. The pk__in with values('pk') forces the database to materialize the intermediate result.

Suggestion: Consider if there's a way to preserve the Q objects from the parent's filtering logic without the subquery. However, I understand the trade-off here - you need the custom QuerySet methods, and this may be acceptable given the indexes.

2. Error Traceback Truncation (opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1556-1557)

The error fields are truncated to prevent DB bloat:

self.error_message = error_message[:5000]  # Truncate
self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:10000]  # Truncate

Suggestion: Consider logging the full traceback to application logs before truncating, so it's not lost entirely for debugging:

if len(error_traceback) > 10000:
    logger.error(f"Full traceback for execution {self.id}: {error_traceback}")
self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:10000]

3. Potential Race Condition (opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:224-234)

When updating executions with bulk_update, there's a window between reading execution_map and the bulk update where status could theoretically be stale.

Current code:

for doc_id, execution in execution_map.items():
    execution.extract = extract
    execution.status = CorpusActionExecution.Status.RUNNING
    # ... modify other fields
CorpusActionExecution.objects.bulk_update(...)

Impact: Low - this is wrapped in transaction.atomic(), so it's isolated. However, if another process tries to update the same execution, last-write-wins.

Suggestion: Document this behavior or consider using F() expressions if concurrent updates become an issue.

4. Missing Index for corpus_action Access Check (config/graphql/queries.py:2272-2275)

The resolver filters by corpus_action_id without an access check:

corpus_action_id = kwargs.get("corpus_action_id")
if corpus_action_id:
    corpus_action_pk = from_global_id(corpus_action_id)[1]
    queryset = queryset.filter(corpus_action_id=corpus_action_pk)

Issue: Unlike corpus/document filtering, there's no defense-in-depth check that the user has access to this CorpusAction.

Risk: Low - the executions are already filtered by visible_to_user(), which should handle this. But for consistency, consider adding:

if corpus_action_id:
    corpus_action_pk = from_global_id(corpus_action_id)[1]
    if not CorpusAction.objects.visible_to_user(user).filter(pk=corpus_action_pk).exists():
        return queryset.none()
    queryset = queryset.filter(corpus_action_id=corpus_action_pk)

5. Export Function Type Annotations (opencontractserver/utils/export_v2.py:432-437)

The since parameter lacks a type hint:

def package_action_trail(
    corpus: Corpus,
    include_executions: bool = True,
    execution_limit: int | None = 1000,
    since=None,  # <- Missing type
):

Suggestion: Add since: datetime | None = None for consistency.


📊 Performance Analysis

Indexes

The 6 indexes are well-chosen for common query patterns:

  1. corpus + queued_at: Corpus trail UI ✅
  2. corpus_action + queued_at: Action detail view ✅
  3. document + queued_at: Document history ✅
  4. status + queued_at: Monitoring/retry ✅
  5. corpus + action_type + queued_at: Filtered trails ✅
  6. corpus_action + document + status: Deduplication ✅

Note: The composite index on (corpus, action_type, -queued_at) is excellent for type-filtered queries but might not be used if querying by corpus alone. PostgreSQL can use the leftmost prefix, so this is fine.

Query Efficiency

  • ✅ Proper use of select_related in resolvers
  • ✅ Aggregation queries use filter=Q(...) instead of subqueries
  • summary_by_status returns dict directly instead of materializing full QuerySet

🔒 Security Assessment

IDOR Prevention: ✅ Strong

  • All GraphQL resolvers start with visible_to_user(user)
  • Defense-in-depth checks for corpus/document access
  • Returns same error (empty queryset) whether object doesn't exist or unauthorized

Permission Model: ✅ Correct

  • Inherits from BaseOCModel for standard permissions
  • Uses AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin for GraphQL
  • Follows project's permission patterns

Input Validation: ✅ Good

  • GraphQL handles type validation
  • No raw SQL or string concatenation
  • Proper use of Django ORM

🧪 Testing Quality

Coverage: Excellent

  • 39 tests for core functionality
  • Additional tests for task integration
  • Export function tests

Test Patterns: ✅ Good

  • Follows project conventions
  • Uses TransactionTestCase where needed
  • Clear test names describing behavior

Edge Cases: ✅ Well-covered

  • Tests for save=False parameter
  • Tests for None handling
  • Tests for empty lists
  • Tests for missing execution_id

📝 Documentation

Code Documentation: ✅ Excellent

  • Clear model docstrings explaining design decisions
  • Manager/QuerySet methods well-documented
  • GraphQL resolver docstrings explain behavior

Migration: ✅ Clean

  • Properly structured migration with all indexes
  • Creates guardian permission tables

Final Recommendation: ✅ APPROVE

This is high-quality code that demonstrates:

  • Strong architectural design
  • Performance awareness
  • Security best practices
  • Comprehensive testing
  • Clear documentation

The minor issues noted above are suggestions for potential improvements, not blocking issues. The code is production-ready as-is.

Before Merge Checklist:

  • Manual testing of GraphQL queries (as noted in PR description)
  • Verify migration applies cleanly in staging
  • Update CHANGELOG.md with this feature (as per CLAUDE.md requirements)

Great work! This feature will provide valuable operational visibility into corpus action executions. 🎉

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Code Review: CorpusActionExecution Model for Unified Action Trail Tracking

This is a well-designed and comprehensive feature that adds GitHub Actions-style execution tracking to corpus actions. The implementation is solid with excellent test coverage and follows the project's architectural patterns closely.


Strengths

1. Architecture & Design

  • Excellent denormalization strategy: The corpus_id and action_type fields avoid expensive joins for common queries
  • Smart indexing: 6 well-designed indexes targeting specific query patterns (corpus+time, status+time, deduplication)
  • Lifecycle methods: Clean state transition API (mark_started(), mark_completed(), etc.)
  • Flexible tracking: JSONField for affected_objects provides extensibility without schema changes

2. Code Quality

  • Comprehensive tests: 39 unit tests covering model lifecycle, QuerySet methods, permissions, and task integration
  • Defense-in-depth security: GraphQL resolvers verify user access to corpus/document before filtering executions
  • Follows CLAUDE.md patterns: Uses .visible_to_user() pattern consistently, extends BaseVisibilityManager
  • Good error handling: Execution records marked as failed with truncated tracebacks (10KB limit prevents DB bloat)

3. Integration

  • Transaction safety: Uses transaction.atomic() when creating execution records with related processing
  • Backward compatibility: execution_id parameter is optional, tasks work without it
  • Export support: Includes action trail in V2 export with configurable limits

🔍 Issues & Concerns

1. Critical: Manager Permission Filter Performance Issue (managers.py:129-139)

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:129-139

The visible_to_user() override has a subquery anti-pattern that will cause N+1 queries:

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    # ❌ This creates a subquery for EVERY queryset operation
    return self.get_queryset().filter(pk__in=base_qs.values("pk"))

Problem: This performs TWO database queries:

  1. Base permission filter query
  2. Main query filtering by PKs from subquery

Better approach:

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    """
    Override to return custom QuerySet while preserving permission logic.
    """
    base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    # Use _clone() to preserve filters without subquery
    qs = self.get_queryset()
    qs.query = base_qs.query
    return qs

Or even simpler - let the parent return the base queryset and cast it:

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    # Convert to our custom QuerySet class while preserving filters
    qs.__class__ = CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet
    return qs

Impact: This will significantly affect performance when filtering large execution sets.


2. Race Condition: Bulk Update Without Modified Field (corpus_tasks.py:228-234)

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:228-234

execution.modified = now  # bulk_update doesn't auto-update
# ...
CorpusActionExecution.objects.bulk_update(
    list(execution_map.values()),
    ["extract", "status", "started_at", "affected_objects", "modified"],
)

Good catch manually setting modified, but there's a race condition risk:

  1. Thread A queues executions at T1
  2. Thread B bulk_updates at T2 with modified=now() set at T2-5ms
  3. Thread A bulk_updates at T3 with modified=now() set at T3-10ms
  4. Final modified timestamp is earlier than some operations

Recommendation: Set modified immediately before bulk_update():

now = timezone.now()
for execution in execution_map.values():
    execution.extract = extract
    execution.status = CorpusActionExecution.Status.RUNNING
    execution.started_at = now
    execution.modified = now  # Set just before bulk_update
    execution.add_affected_object("extract", extract.id)

CorpusActionExecution.objects.bulk_update(...)

3. Minor: Inconsistent Status Transition for Analyzer Actions (corpus_tasks.py:305-329)

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:305-329

For fieldset actions, you update status in two phases:

  1. Mark as RUNNING when extract starts (line 226-234)
  2. Mark as COMPLETED when extract finishes (line 296-298)

For analyzer actions, you:

  1. Mark as RUNNING (line 305-310)
  2. Immediately mark as COMPLETED after process_analyzer() returns (line 322-329)

Issue: The analyzer might still be processing asynchronously (tasks queued in transaction.on_commit), but the execution is marked COMPLETED immediately.

Recommendation: Consider consistency:

  • Either mark analyzer executions as COMPLETED only after analysis finishes (like fieldset)
  • Or document that COMPLETED means "task queued" for async actions

4. Security: Missing CorpusAction Access Check (queries.py:2272-2275)

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2272-2275

corpus_action_id = kwargs.get("corpus_action_id")
if corpus_action_id:
    corpus_action_pk = from_global_id(corpus_action_id)[1]
    queryset = queryset.filter(corpus_action_id=corpus_action_pk)

You verify access to corpus and document, but not corpus_action.

Attack scenario: User with access to Corpus A could query executions for CorpusAction from Corpus B by guessing/enumerating action IDs.

Fix:

from opencontractserver.corpuses.models import CorpusAction

corpus_action_id = kwargs.get("corpus_action_id")
if corpus_action_id:
    corpus_action_pk = from_global_id(corpus_action_id)[1]
    # Defense-in-depth: verify user has access to this action's corpus
    action = CorpusAction.objects.filter(pk=corpus_action_pk).select_related('corpus').first()
    if not action or not Corpus.objects.visible_to_user(user).filter(pk=action.corpus_id).exists():
        return queryset.none()
    queryset = queryset.filter(corpus_action_id=corpus_action_pk)

5. Minor: Error Truncation Inconsistency (models.py:1556-1557)

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1556-1557

self.error_message = error_message[:5000]  # Truncate
self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:10000]  # Truncate

Issue: Silent truncation could hide important error details at the end of long stack traces.

Recommendation: Add truncation indicators:

self.error_message = (
    error_message[:4950] + "\n\n[TRUNCATED]" 
    if len(error_message) > 5000 else error_message
)
self.error_traceback = (
    error_traceback[:9950] + "\n\n[TRUNCATED]"
    if len(error_traceback) > 10000 else error_traceback
)

📝 Suggestions

6. Documentation: Add Migration Notes

Location: CHANGELOG.md should include database migration impact

The PR adds a new model with 6 indexes. For large installations, this migration could take time.

Add to CHANGELOG.md:

### Database Migration Notes
- Migration 0031 adds `CorpusActionExecution` table with 6 indexes
- No data backfill required (starts tracking from migration forward)
- Expected migration time: <1s for new installations

7. Optimization: Prefetch Related Objects in Export (export_v2.py:496)

Location: opencontractserver/utils/export_v2.py:496

qs = qs.select_related("corpus_action", "document").order_by("-queued_at")

Suggestion: Since you access exec_record.corpus_action.name, this is good. But consider adding only() to reduce data transfer:

qs = qs.select_related("corpus_action", "document").only(
    "id", "action_type", "document_id", "status", "trigger",
    "queued_at", "started_at", "completed_at", "affected_objects",
    "error_message", "execution_metadata",
    "corpus_action__name"
).order_by("-queued_at")

This prevents loading unnecessary fields from related objects.


8. Testing: Add Concurrent Execution Test

Currently missing a test for concurrent execution tracking (multiple documents processed in parallel).

Recommended test:

def test_concurrent_bulk_updates_preserve_modified_timestamps(self):
    """Verify bulk updates from parallel tasks don't corrupt modified timestamps."""
    # Create 100 executions
    action = CorpusAction.objects.create(...)
    documents = [Document.objects.create(...) for _ in range(100)]
    executions = CorpusActionExecution.bulk_queue(
        corpus_action=action,
        document_ids=[d.id for d in documents],
        trigger="add_document",
        user_id=self.user.id
    )
    
    # Simulate concurrent bulk updates
    import threading
    threads = []
    for i in range(0, 100, 10):
        batch = executions[i:i+10]
        t = threading.Thread(target=lambda b: 
            CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(
                id__in=[e.id for e in b]
            ).update(status="running", started_at=timezone.now())
        , args=(batch,))
        threads.append(t)
    
    for t in threads:
        t.start()
    for t in threads:
        t.join()
    
    # Verify all updated successfully
    self.assertEqual(
        CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(status="running").count(),
        100
    )

🎯 Performance Considerations

Positive:

  • ✅ Denormalized corpus_id avoids joins for common queries
  • ✅ Indexes align with query patterns (corpus+time, status+time)
  • bulk_queue() uses bulk_create() for efficient batch inserts
  • ✅ JSONField prevents schema bloat for flexible affected_objects

Watch:

  • ⚠️ Execution table will grow quickly in high-volume installations
    • Consider adding data retention policy (auto-delete executions >90 days)
    • Add periodic cleanup task to CHANGELOG recommendations
  • ⚠️ The subquery pattern in visible_to_user() (Bump postgres from 14.5 to 15.0 in /compose/production/postgres #1 above) needs fixing

🔒 Security Assessment

Good:

  • ✅ GraphQL resolvers use visible_to_user() pattern
  • ✅ Defense-in-depth checks for corpus and document access
  • ✅ Error messages truncated to prevent information leakage
  • ✅ Execution records inherit permissions from corpus

Issues:


📊 Test Coverage

Excellent coverage - 39 tests covering:

  • ✅ Model lifecycle (mark_started, mark_completed, mark_failed, mark_skipped)
  • ✅ Bulk operations (bulk_queue)
  • ✅ QuerySet methods (for_corpus, pending, failed, recent, etc.)
  • ✅ Computed properties (duration_seconds, wait_time_seconds)
  • ✅ Permission filtering
  • ✅ Task integration (agent_tasks.py tracking)
  • ✅ Export V2 integration

Missing (nice-to-have):


🚀 Recommendations

Must Fix (before merge):

  1. ✅ Fix visible_to_user() subquery performance issue (managers.py:139)
  2. ✅ Add corpus_action access check in GraphQL resolver (queries.py:2275)

Should Fix (before merge):

  1. ✅ Add truncation indicators to error messages (models.py:1556)
  2. ✅ Resolve analyzer status transition inconsistency or document behavior (corpus_tasks.py:329)

Consider (can be follow-up):

  1. Add migration notes to CHANGELOG.md
  2. Optimize export with only() fields
  3. Add data retention policy documentation
  4. Add concurrent execution test

📋 Conclusion

This is production-ready code with only a few issues to address. The design is thoughtful, tests are comprehensive, and it follows project conventions well.

Recommendation: ✅ Approve with required changes

Great work on the execution tracking system! The denormalization strategy and indexing choices show good understanding of query patterns. 🎉


Files reviewed:

  • opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py (CorpusActionExecution model)
  • opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py (QuerySet and Manager)
  • opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py (Task integration)
  • opencontractserver/tasks/agent_tasks.py (Agent task tracking)
  • config/graphql/queries.py (GraphQL resolvers)
  • opencontractserver/utils/export_v2.py (Export support)
  • opencontractserver/tests/test_corpus_action_execution.py (Test coverage)

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Code Review - PR #710: CorpusActionExecution Model

This is an excellent implementation of a comprehensive action trail tracking system. The code quality is high, follows the project's established patterns, and provides solid test coverage. Below is my detailed review:


✅ Strengths

1. Well-Designed Model Architecture

  • Denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) for query performance - smart optimization that avoids joins
  • Comprehensive indexing with 6 strategic database indexes covering all major query patterns
  • Clear lifecycle methods (mark_started, mark_completed, mark_failed, mark_skipped) with save parameter for flexibility
  • JSONField for affected_objects instead of GenericForeignKey - excellent choice for performance and flexibility

2. Excellent GraphQL Integration

  • Defense-in-depth security in resolvers (config/graphql/queries.py:2254, 2263) - verifies user access to corpus/document before filtering
  • Proper permission handling using .visible_to_user() pattern consistently
  • Aggregated statistics endpoint with efficient Django aggregations
  • Follows the AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin pattern correctly

3. Robust Task Integration

  • Backward compatible - execution_id is optional in run_agent_corpus_action
  • Proper error handling with try/catch and traceback truncation (opencontractserver/tasks/agent_tasks.py:447-468)
  • Atomic transactions for execution record creation (opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:191-197)
  • Bulk operations using bulk_queue() and bulk_update() for efficiency

4. Comprehensive Test Coverage

  • 39 unit tests covering model lifecycle, QuerySet methods, permissions, and edge cases
  • Integration tests for agent task execution tracking
  • Export tests validating V2 export functionality
  • Tests use proper patterns (TransactionTestCase for async code, proper mocking)

5. Export Support

  • Clean TypedDict definitions for type safety
  • Optional inclusion with configurable limits (default 1000)
  • Proper stats calculation in export

🔍 Issues & Recommendations

CRITICAL: Performance Issue in Manager

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:139

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    # ⚠️ PROBLEM: This creates a subquery that could be slow for large datasets
    return self.get_queryset().filter(pk__in=base_qs.values("pk"))

Issue: Using pk__in=base_qs.values("pk") creates a subquery that can be inefficient. For large corpuses with thousands of executions, this will generate a WHERE pk IN (SELECT ...) query.

Recommended Fix:

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    # Get the base filtered queryset from parent
    base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    # Cast to our custom QuerySet while preserving filters
    # This preserves the queryset chain without creating a subquery
    base_qs.__class__ = CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet
    return base_qs

Alternative approach (if the above doesn't work):

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    # Directly implement the permission logic here
    qs = self.get_queryset()
    if not user:
        return qs.filter(is_public=True)
    if user.is_superuser:
        return qs
    return qs.filter(
        Q(is_public=True) | Q(creator=user) | 
        Q(pk__in=get_objects_for_user(user, 'read_corpusactionexecution'))
    )

Minor Issues

1. Truncation Logic Could Lose Information

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1556-1557

self.error_message = error_message[:5000]  # Truncate
self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:10000]  # Truncate

Issue: Simple slicing can truncate mid-character in multi-byte UTF-8 strings, causing encoding issues.

Recommendation:

self.error_message = error_message[:5000] if len(error_message) <= 5000 else error_message[:4997] + "..."
self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:10000] if len(error_traceback) <= 10000 else error_traceback[:9997] + "..."

Or use Django's django.utils.text.Truncator:

from django.utils.text import Truncator
self.error_message = Truncator(error_message).chars(5000)
self.error_traceback = Truncator(error_traceback).chars(10000)

2. Missing Validation in add_affected_object

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1503-1514

The method doesn't validate that obj_type is one of the expected values or that obj_id is a valid integer. This could lead to inconsistent data.

Recommendation:

VALID_OBJECT_TYPES = {"extract", "datacell", "analysis", "annotation", 
                      "document_summary", "document_meta", "agent_result", "conversation"}

def add_affected_object(self, obj_type: str, obj_id: int, **extra) -> None:
    if obj_type not in VALID_OBJECT_TYPES:
        raise ValueError(f"Invalid obj_type: {obj_type}. Must be one of {VALID_OBJECT_TYPES}")
    if not isinstance(obj_id, int):
        raise TypeError(f"obj_id must be an integer, got {type(obj_id)}")
    
    entry = {"type": obj_type, "id": obj_id, **extra}
    if self.affected_objects is None:
        self.affected_objects = []
    self.affected_objects.append(entry)

3. Potential Race Condition in mark_started

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1516-1521

Multiple workers could call mark_started() on the same execution simultaneously.

Recommendation: Use select_for_update() or database-level atomic update:

def mark_started(self, save: bool = True) -> None:
    """Mark execution as started using atomic update to prevent race conditions."""
    if save:
        # Atomic update at database level
        updated = CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(
            pk=self.pk,
            status=self.Status.QUEUED  # Only update if still queued
        ).update(
            status=self.Status.RUNNING,
            started_at=timezone.now(),
            modified=timezone.now()
        )
        if updated:
            self.refresh_from_db()
    else:
        self.status = self.Status.RUNNING
        self.started_at = timezone.now()

4. GraphQL Resolver Could Be More Efficient

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2292-2294

return queryset.select_related("corpus_action", "document", "corpus").order_by("-queued_at")

Recommendation: Add prefetch_related for related objects that might be accessed:

return queryset.select_related(
    "corpus_action", "document", "corpus", "creator", "extract", "analysis", "agent_result"
).order_by("-queued_at")

This prevents N+1 queries when accessing these relationships in the GraphQL response.


🔒 Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities identified

  • IDOR prevention via .visible_to_user() pattern
  • Defense-in-depth checks in GraphQL resolvers
  • Proper permission inheritance from BaseOCModel
  • No user input directly stored without validation
  • Truncation prevents DoS via huge error messages

📊 Code Quality

  • ✅ Follows Django best practices
  • ✅ Consistent with project's CLAUDE.md patterns
  • ✅ Proper use of transactions
  • ✅ Clear documentation and docstrings
  • ✅ Type hints throughout
  • ✅ Comprehensive test coverage

🎯 Final Recommendation

APPROVE with minor changes

This is high-quality work that adds significant value. The critical performance issue in the manager should be addressed before merge, but it's a straightforward fix. The minor issues are truly minor and could be addressed in a follow-up PR if needed.

Required Before Merge:

  • Fix the visible_to_user() performance issue in managers.py:139

Optional (Nice to Have):

  • Add validation to add_affected_object()
  • Use atomic update in mark_started() to prevent race conditions
  • Improve truncation logic with Truncator
  • Add prefetch_related to GraphQL resolver

Great work on this feature! The action trail system will provide excellent visibility into corpus processing operations. 🚀

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Code Review: Corpus Action Execution Trail System

Overview

This PR implements a comprehensive action trail system for tracking corpus action executions. The implementation is well-architected with strong test coverage (39 unit tests + additional integration tests). Overall, this is high-quality work that follows the project's patterns and best practices.

✅ Strengths

1. Excellent Architecture

  • Clean separation between model lifecycle, managers, and GraphQL API
  • Proper use of denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) with indexes for query performance
  • Well-designed status lifecycle with explicit state transition methods
  • Smart use of bulk_queue() classmethod for efficient batch creation

2. Strong Database Design

  • 6 optimized indexes targeting common query patterns (lines 301-342 in migration)
  • Proper foreign key relationships with appropriate on_delete behavior
  • JSONField usage for flexible metadata storage
  • Error message/traceback truncation to prevent DB bloat

3. Comprehensive Test Coverage

  • 39 unit tests in test_corpus_action_execution.py covering all model methods
  • Integration tests for task execution tracking in test_agent_corpus_action_task.py
  • Export tests for V2 corpus export functionality
  • Serial test handling with proper pytest-xdist configuration

4. Security & Permissions

  • Defense-in-depth access checks in GraphQL resolvers (queries.py:2234-2249, 2295-2306)
  • Proper inheritance from AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin
  • Visibility filtering via BaseVisibilityManager pattern

5. Production-Ready Features

  • Transaction atomicity for execution record creation (corpus_tasks.py:191)
  • Graceful degradation when execution_id is missing (backward compatibility)
  • Proper error handling with truncation
  • Atomic bulk operations with modified field update fix

🔍 Code Quality Observations

Minor Issues

1. Potential N+1 Query in GraphQL (queries.py:2289)

The corpus_action_trail_stats resolver performs aggregation but doesn't explicitly use select_related(). While aggregation is efficient, consider adding:

queryset = queryset.for_corpus(corpus_pk).select_related('corpus_action', 'document')

Impact: Low - aggregation doesn't fetch related objects, but good practice for consistency.

2. Manager Pattern Inconsistency (managers.py:137)

The visible_to_user() override re-filters through pk__in subquery:

return self.get_queryset().filter(pk__in=base_qs.values("pk"))

This creates a subquery. Consider whether the parent's queryset can be cast directly:

# Alternative approach
return CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet.from_queryset(base_qs)

Impact: Low - works correctly but adds minor query overhead.

3. Transaction Handling in Tasks (agent_tasks.py:44)

The execution tracking updates are spread across try/except blocks. Consider wrapping status updates in a helper method to ensure consistency:

def _update_execution_status(execution_id, status_method, *args):
    """Helper to safely update execution status."""
    if execution_id:
        try:
            execution = CorpusActionExecution.objects.select_for_update().get(pk=execution_id)
            status_method(execution, *args)
        except CorpusActionExecution.DoesNotExist:
            logger.warning(f"Execution {execution_id} not found")

Impact: Low - current implementation works but could be DRYer.

4. Conftest xdist Detection (conftest.py:27)

Fixed in commit 688ead1, but worth noting the subtlety: checking numprocesses on the controller is correct, not workerinput (which only exists on workers). Good fix!

Documentation

Missing Docstrings

Some model methods lack docstrings:

  • CorpusActionExecution.add_affected_object() (models.py:~620)
  • QuerySet methods could benefit from return type hints

CHANGELOG Entry

IMPORTANT: Per CLAUDE.md, this PR should update CHANGELOG.md:

## [Unreleased] - 2025-12-20

### Added
- **Action Trail System**: New `CorpusActionExecution` model for unified tracking of all corpus actions (fieldset/analyzer/agent)
  - File: `opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py` (CorpusActionExecution model)
  - File: `opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py` (optimized querysets)
  - GraphQL API: `corpus_action_executions` and `corpus_action_trail_stats` queries
  - Migration: `0031_corpus_action_execution.py`
- **Export Support**: V2 corpus exports now support optional action trail inclusion
  - File: `opencontractserver/utils/export_v2.py` (`package_action_trail()`)

### Changed
- Modified `process_corpus_action` task to create execution records for all action types
  - File: `opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:147-250`
- Updated `run_agent_corpus_action` to accept `execution_id` parameter for tracking
  - File: `opencontractserver/tasks/agent_tasks.py:15-90`

### Technical Details
- 6 database indexes optimize corpus/document/status queries
- Denormalized `corpus_id` and `action_type` fields for performance
- Lifecycle methods: `mark_started()`, `mark_completed()`, `mark_failed()`, `mark_skipped()`
- `bulk_queue()` classmethod for efficient batch creation
- 39 unit tests + integration tests for comprehensive coverage

🎯 Performance Considerations

Excellent

  • ✅ Bulk operations use bulk_create() with explicit queued_at
  • ✅ Indexes on high-cardinality query patterns
  • ✅ Denormalized fields avoid JOINs
  • ✅ JSONField for flexible metadata without schema changes

Potential Optimization

Consider adding a composite index for the most common query pattern:

# In migration
Index(fields=['corpus', 'status', '-queued_at'], name='corpus_status_queue_idx'),

This would optimize filtering by corpus + status together (e.g., "show me all failed executions for this corpus").

🔒 Security Assessment

Strengths

  • ✅ Defense-in-depth access checks in resolvers
  • ✅ No IDOR vulnerabilities (verifies access before filtering)
  • ✅ Consistent error messages (returns queryset.none() on access denial)
  • ✅ JSONField data is properly escaped (GraphQL's GenericScalar handles this)

No Issues Found

The permission model correctly inherits from corpus/document permissions.

🧪 Test Coverage

Excellent Coverage

  • Model lifecycle: All state transitions tested
  • Bulk operations: bulk_queue() with different action types
  • QuerySet methods: All filtering methods tested
  • Computed properties: duration_seconds, wait_time_seconds
  • Permission filtering: visible_to_user() tested
  • Task integration: Success, failure, idempotency, race conditions
  • Export functionality: All export paths tested

Missing Test Cases (Low Priority)

  1. Concurrent execution updates: While race conditions are handled, explicit concurrent update tests would strengthen confidence
  2. Large-scale bulk operations: Test with 1000+ documents to verify performance
  3. GraphQL resolver edge cases: What happens with invalid global IDs?

📋 Pre-Merge Checklist

  • All tests pass (39 new + existing tests)
  • Pre-commit hooks pass (black, isort, flake8)
  • Migration created and documented
  • GraphQL schema additions
  • Export functionality implemented
  • Serial test handling for pytest-xdist
  • CHANGELOG.md updated (recommended per CLAUDE.md)
  • Manual testing of GraphQL queries (listed in PR description)
  • Migration tested in staging (listed in PR description)

🎉 Recommendations

Before Merge

  1. Add CHANGELOG.md entry (see suggested content above)
  2. Manual GraphQL testing: Verify the new queries work as expected in GraphiQL/Playground
  3. Consider composite index for corpus+status queries (optional optimization)

Post-Merge Enhancements (Future PRs)

  1. Add frontend UI to display action trail (like GitHub Actions UI)
  2. Consider adding metrics/alerting for high failure rates
  3. Add GraphQL mutations to retry failed executions
  4. Consider pagination limits for large result sets

Final Verdict: ✅ APPROVE WITH MINOR SUGGESTIONS

This is excellent work that follows all project conventions from CLAUDE.md:

  • ✅ Proper permission patterns (visible_to_user() instead of deprecated resolve_oc_model_queryset)
  • ✅ Guardian permission tables with AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin
  • ✅ Serial test marking for async/DB-heavy tests
  • ✅ Transaction handling for atomicity
  • ✅ Defense-in-depth security checks
  • ✅ Comprehensive test coverage

Only blocking item: Update CHANGELOG.md per project guidelines.

Great work @JSv4! This is a solid foundation for action trail visibility.

- Fix xdist detection in pytest_collection_modifyitems to check
  numprocesses option instead of workerinput (which only exists on
  workers, not the controller where collection happens)
- Add db.close_old_connections() in setup for serial tests
- Add db.connections.close_all() in teardown for serial tests

These changes prevent "terminating connection due to administrator
command" errors when running agent task tests in parallel CI.
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Pull Request Review - CorpusActionExecution Action Trail System

This is an excellent implementation of a comprehensive execution tracking system! The code is well-structured, secure, and follows OpenContracts best practices. Here's my detailed review:


✅ Strengths

1. Outstanding Database Design

  • Six strategic indexes perfectly optimize the query patterns (corpus_id+queued_at, document_id+queued_at, status+queued_at, etc.)
  • Denormalized corpus_id and action_type fields provide fast filtering without joins - smart performance optimization
  • Deduplication index (corpusactionexec_dedup) prevents duplicate tracking records
  • Lifecycle state machine (QUEUED → RUNNING → COMPLETED/FAILED/SKIPPED) is clean and well-defined

2. Robust Permission System

  • ✅ Inherits from BaseVisibilityManager - consistent with project patterns
  • ✅ Defense-in-depth in GraphQL resolvers: validates corpus/document access BEFORE filtering executions (config/graphql/queries.py:2254, 2263)
  • ✅ Returns queryset.none() on permission failures - prevents IDOR enumeration
  • ✅ Guardian permission tables auto-generated for object-level permissions
  • ✅ Follows the visible_to_user() pattern documented in CLAUDE.md

Security Pattern Example (config/graphql/queries.py:2252-2256):

# Defense-in-depth: verify user has access to this corpus
if not Corpus.objects.visible_to_user(user).filter(pk=corpus_pk).exists():
    return queryset.none()
queryset = queryset.for_corpus(corpus_pk)

3. Excellent Custom Manager Implementation

The CorpusActionExecutionManager (opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:92-139) is exceptionally well-designed:

  • Chainable QuerySet methods: .visible_to_user(user).for_corpus(id).pending()
  • Useful aggregations: summary_by_status(), summary_by_action()
  • Time-based filtering: recent(hours=24)
  • The visible_to_user() override correctly preserves permission logic while enabling custom methods

4. Comprehensive Test Coverage

  • 1,013 lines of tests in test_corpus_action_execution.py
  • Tests cover lifecycle methods, bulk operations, QuerySet methods, permissions, GraphQL queries, and export functionality
  • Edge cases handled: bulk operations, error tracking, permission filtering
  • Test pattern follows Django best practices with setUp() and helper methods

5. Task Integration & Error Handling

  • Execution records created atomically with bulk_queue() (opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:192)
  • Status transitions tracked throughout task lifecycle
  • Error messages and tracebacks captured (truncated to 10KB to prevent bloat)
  • affected_objects JSONField tracks all created/modified objects with structured format
  • Graceful handling of fieldset, analyzer, and agent action types

🔍 Minor Observations & Suggestions

1. Manager visible_to_user() Override Potential N+1 Query

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:136-139

base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
return self.get_queryset().filter(pk__in=base_qs.values("pk"))

Issue: The pk__in=base_qs.values("pk") pattern creates a subquery. While functional, this could be less efficient than directly returning the filtered QuerySet.

Suggestion: Consider if you can directly cast base_qs to CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet type:

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    # If base_qs is already using our QuerySet class, just cast it
    if isinstance(base_qs, CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet):
        return base_qs
    # Otherwise, apply filtering
    return self.get_queryset().filter(pk__in=base_qs.values("pk"))

Impact: Low priority - current approach is safe and correct, just potentially less optimal for large result sets.


2. GraphQL corpus_action_id Filter Missing Permission Check

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2272-2275

corpus_action_id = kwargs.get("corpus_action_id")
if corpus_action_id:
    corpus_action_pk = from_global_id(corpus_action_id)[1]
    queryset = queryset.filter(corpus_action_id=corpus_action_pk)

Observation: Unlike corpus_id and document_id filters, the corpus_action_id filter doesn't verify the user has access to that CorpusAction before filtering.

Risk Assessment: LOW - This is already protected by the visible_to_user() call on line 2247, which filters executions. Users can't see executions for corpus actions they don't have access to.

Defense-in-depth suggestion:

corpus_action_id = kwargs.get("corpus_action_id")
if corpus_action_id:
    corpus_action_pk = from_global_id(corpus_action_id)[1]
    # Verify user has access to this corpus action
    if not CorpusAction.objects.visible_to_user(user).filter(pk=corpus_action_pk).exists():
        return queryset.none()
    queryset = queryset.filter(corpus_action_id=corpus_action_pk)

Impact: Low priority - adds consistency with other filters and makes intent explicit.


3. Execution Status Timing in Fieldset Processing

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:294-299

def on_commit_callback():
    chord(group(*tasks))(mark_extract_complete.si(extract_id_for_closure))
    # Mark executions as completed when extract processing starts
    CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(
        id__in=execution_ids_for_closure
    ).update(
        status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.COMPLETED,
        completed_at=timezone.now(),
    )

Question: The comment says "Mark executions as completed when extract processing starts" but this runs in on_commit_callback which fires immediately. Should executions be marked COMPLETED here, or should they stay RUNNING until the chord completes?

Clarification needed: If tasks fail in the chord, the executions will already be marked COMPLETED. Is this intentional? Perhaps the completion should be in mark_extract_complete callback instead?

Current behavior: Executions marked COMPLETED when Celery tasks are queued (not when they finish).

Alternative approach:

# Keep executions in RUNNING state while Celery tasks execute
# Mark COMPLETED in mark_extract_complete callback after tasks finish

Impact: Medium - affects accuracy of execution trail for debugging failed tasks.


4. Truncated Error Traceback Limit

Location: Migration comment mentions "truncated to 10KB" but I don't see truncation logic in the model.

Suggestion: Add truncation in the mark_failed() method:

def mark_failed(self, error_message: str = "", error_traceback: str = "", save: bool = True):
    # Truncate traceback to prevent database bloat
    MAX_TRACEBACK_LENGTH = 10240  # 10KB
    if len(error_traceback) > MAX_TRACEBACK_LENGTH:
        error_traceback = error_traceback[:MAX_TRACEBACK_LENGTH] + "\n... (truncated)"
    
    self.status = self.Status.FAILED
    self.completed_at = timezone.now()
    self.error_message = error_message
    self.error_traceback = error_traceback
    if save:
        self.save(update_fields=["status", "completed_at", "error_message", "error_traceback"])

Impact: Low - prevents potential database bloat from very long tracebacks.


5. conftest.py Change

Location: conftest.py:25-27

# Check if running with xdist by looking at numprocesses option
numprocesses = getattr(config.option, "numprocesses", None)
if not numprocesses:

Question: Is this change tested? The comment says this fixes collection on the controller, but I want to confirm this doesn't break serial test handling.

Suggestion: Ensure this is tested with:

  • pytest (no xdist)
  • pytest -n 4 (with xdist)
  • pytest -n 4 --dist loadscope (with loadscope)
  • Tests marked with @pytest.mark.serial

📊 Code Quality Metrics

Aspect Rating Notes
Security ✅ Excellent Defense-in-depth, proper permission checks, IDOR prevention
Performance ✅ Excellent Strategic indexes, denormalized fields, efficient queries
Test Coverage ✅ Excellent 1,013 lines of comprehensive tests
Documentation ✅ Good Clear docstrings, inline comments, design doc referenced
Architecture ✅ Excellent Clean separation, follows project patterns
Error Handling ✅ Good Captures errors, tracebacks, metadata

🎯 Recommendations

  1. Before merging:

    • Add truncation logic to mark_failed() for error tracebacks
    • Clarify fieldset execution completion timing (line 294-299)
    • Verify conftest.py change doesn't break serial tests
  2. Optional enhancements (can be follow-up PRs):

    • Add defense-in-depth permission check for corpus_action_id filter
    • Optimize visible_to_user() to avoid subquery if possible
    • Add GraphQL subscription for real-time execution status updates (future feature)
  3. CHANGELOG update:
    Per CLAUDE.md requirements, please add this to CHANGELOG.md:

    ## [Unreleased] - 2025-12-21
    
    ### Added
    - **CorpusActionExecution model** for unified action trail tracking (GitHub Actions-style)
      - Database indexes for fast corpus/document/status queries (opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:XXX)
      - Custom manager with chainable QuerySet methods (opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py)
      - GraphQL API for querying executions and aggregated stats (config/graphql/queries.py:2220-2363)
      - Export support in V2 corpus exports (opencontractserver/utils/export_v2.py)
    
    ### Changed
    - **process_corpus_action task** now creates execution records for all action types
      - Tracks fieldset extracts, analyzer analyses, and agent results
      - Records lifecycle: QUEUED → RUNNING → COMPLETED/FAILED/SKIPPED
      - Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:147-333

✨ Final Verdict

LGTM with minor suggestions! 🎉

This is production-ready code that demonstrates excellent software engineering:

  • Robust security model following project conventions
  • Strategic performance optimizations
  • Comprehensive test coverage
  • Clean, maintainable architecture

The minor observations above are optional improvements that could be addressed in follow-up PRs if desired. The current implementation is solid and ready for merge after addressing the traceback truncation and execution timing clarifications.

Great work on this feature! The action trail system will provide valuable visibility into corpus processing pipelines.


Reviewer: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (via Claude Code)
Review Date: 2025-12-21

- Fix N+1 query in managers.py by checking if base queryset is already
  our custom QuerySet type before creating a subquery
- Add defense-in-depth permission checks for corpus_action_id filter
  in agent_action_results and corpus_action_executions resolvers
- Fix execution status timing: mark RUNNING when tasks are queued,
  COMPLETED only when work actually finishes (extract/analyzer/agent)
- Update mark_extract_complete and mark_analysis_complete to update
  related CorpusActionExecution records when work completes
- Fix duplicate pytest_configure function in conftest.py (flake8 F811)
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PR Review: CorpusActionExecution Model for Unified Action Trail Tracking

Overview

This is a well-architected and comprehensive feature that adds GitHub Actions-style execution tracking to OpenContracts. The implementation demonstrates strong software engineering practices with excellent test coverage (39 tests), thoughtful database design, and proper security considerations.

✅ Strengths

1. Excellent Database Design

  • 6 well-chosen indexes optimize for common query patterns (config/graphql/queries.py:2309)
  • Denormalized corpus_id and action_type fields avoid joins in hot paths
  • Composite index ["corpus_action", "document", "status"] enables deduplication queries
  • Index naming convention (corpusactionexec_*) is clear and consistent

2. Clean State Machine Implementation

  • Lifecycle methods (mark_started(), mark_completed(), mark_failed(), mark_skipped()) follow single-responsibility principle
  • save=False parameter allows batching updates (opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1520-1583)
  • Proper timestamp management with queued_at, started_at, completed_at
  • Error message truncation (5KB message, 10KB traceback) prevents database bloat

3. Strong Security Posture

  • Defense-in-depth permission checks in GraphQL resolvers (config/graphql/queries.py:2261-2291)
  • Validates user access to corpus/document/action BEFORE filtering executions
  • Returns queryset.none() on unauthorized access (prevents IDOR enumeration)
  • Inherits AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin for consistent permission annotation

4. Comprehensive Test Coverage

  • 39 dedicated unit tests cover all lifecycle methods
  • Tests verify both save=True and save=False behaviors
  • QuerySet methods tested in isolation
  • Permission filtering tested with multiple user scenarios

5. Performance Optimizations

  • bulk_queue() classmethod uses single INSERT for batch creation (opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1586-1625)
  • GraphQL resolver uses select_related() to prevent N+1 queries (config/graphql/queries.py:2309)
  • Manager exposes custom QuerySet methods for chainable queries (opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:111-127)
  • Aggregation queries use filtered Count() for single-pass stats

6. Thoughtful Integration

  • Task integration preserves execution_id through async agent calls (opencontractserver/tasks/agent_tasks.py:420)
  • Export V2 format includes optional action trail (respects include_action_trail parameter)
  • Follows existing patterns (BaseVisibilityManager, BaseOCModel)

🔍 Issues & Recommendations

CRITICAL: Race Condition in Bulk Update (opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:231-234)

# Current code - NOT ATOMIC
for doc_id, execution in execution_map.items():
    execution.extract = extract
    execution.status = CorpusActionExecution.Status.RUNNING
    execution.started_at = now
    execution.modified = now
    execution.add_affected_object("extract", extract.id)  # ⚠️ Modifies JSONField

CorpusActionExecution.objects.bulk_update(
    list(execution_map.values()),
    ["extract", "status", "started_at", "affected_objects", "modified"],
)

Problem: The loop modifies in-memory objects then calls bulk_update(), but if ANY execution fails during the bulk operation, you'll have partially updated state with no rollback. Additionally, add_affected_object() modifies affected_objects JSONField which may not be loaded from DB yet.

Recommendation:

# Option 1: Individual updates with F() expressions (safer but slower)
for doc_id, execution in execution_map.items():
    execution_map[doc_id] = CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(pk=execution.pk).update(
        extract=extract,
        status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.RUNNING,
        started_at=now,
        affected_objects=F('affected_objects') + [{"type": "extract", "id": extract.id}],
        modified=now
    )

# Option 2: Refresh from DB before modification
CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(pk__in=execution_map.keys()).select_for_update()
for execution in execution_map.values():
    execution.refresh_from_db()  # Load current affected_objects
    execution.add_affected_object("extract", extract.id)
    # ... rest of modifications
CorpusActionExecution.objects.bulk_update(...)

MEDIUM: Missing Index on started_at (opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1448-1473)

The migration adds indexes on queued_at but NOT started_at, yet:

  • GraphQL stats query uses completed_at - started_at for duration (config/graphql/queries.py:2360)
  • with_stats() queryset annotates duration using started_at (opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:47)

Recommendation: Add composite index:

django.db.models.Index(
    fields=["started_at", "-completed_at"],
    name="corpusactionexec_duration",
    condition=Q(started_at__isnull=False),  # Partial index
)

MEDIUM: Queryset Subquery Inefficiency (opencontractserver/corpuses/managers.py:129-143)

def visible_to_user(self, user=None) -> CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet:
    base_qs = super().visible_to_user(user)
    if isinstance(base_qs, CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet):
        return base_qs
    # ⚠️ This creates a subquery: WHERE pk IN (SELECT pk FROM ...)
    return self.get_queryset().filter(pk__in=base_qs.values("pk"))

Problem: The pk__in subquery can be slow for large result sets. The check isinstance(base_qs, CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet) will NEVER be True because BaseVisibilityManager.visible_to_user() returns a base QuerySet.

Recommendation: Copy-paste the permission logic from BaseVisibilityManager into this override to avoid the subquery, OR accept the performance tradeoff and document it.

LOW: Missing Validation in mark_completed() (opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1535)

if metadata:
    self.execution_metadata.update(metadata)  # ⚠️ Assumes execution_metadata is dict

Problem: If self.execution_metadata is somehow None or a non-dict, this will crash.

Recommendation:

if metadata:
    if not isinstance(self.execution_metadata, dict):
        self.execution_metadata = {}
    self.execution_metadata.update(metadata)

LOW: Export Limit Semantics Unclear (opencontractserver/utils/export_v2.py:444)

The execution_limit parameter defaults to 1000, but there's no indication in the export whether the limit was hit. Users won't know if they got partial data.

Recommendation: Add metadata to export:

"action_trail": {
    "executions": executions[:execution_limit],
    "total_count": total_count,
    "truncated": total_count > execution_limit,
    # ...
}

LOW: Inconsistent Error Handling (opencontractserver/tasks/agent_tasks.py:469-478)

The agent task marks execution as failed but doesn't store the full exception details:

except Exception as exc:
    if execution:
        execution.mark_failed(
            error_message=str(exc),
            error_traceback="",  # ⚠️ Traceback not captured
        )

Recommendation:

import traceback

except Exception as exc:
    if execution:
        execution.mark_failed(
            error_message=str(exc),
            error_traceback=traceback.format_exc(),  # Capture full traceback
        )

STYLE: Magic Number in Truncation (opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1556-1557)

self.error_message = error_message[:5000]  # Truncate
self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:10000]  # Truncate

Recommendation: Extract constants:

MAX_ERROR_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 5000
MAX_ERROR_TRACEBACK_LENGTH = 10000

self.error_message = error_message[:MAX_ERROR_MESSAGE_LENGTH]

🧪 Testing Observations

✅ Good:

  • Tests use TransactionTestCase pattern for signal isolation
  • Helper method create_execution() reduces boilerplate
  • Tests verify both in-memory and database state with refresh_from_db()

🔍 Consider Adding:

  1. Concurrent execution tests - Multiple workers updating same execution
  2. JSONField edge cases - Empty lists, malformed JSON, null values
  3. Index coverage analysis - Use EXPLAIN ANALYZE to verify index usage
  4. GraphQL integration tests - Actual queries through schema (not just resolver unit tests)

📊 Performance Considerations

Based on the implementation:

Expected Performance:

  • Bulk queue 1000 executions: ~50-100ms (single INSERT)
  • Fetch corpus trail with stats: ~10-50ms (with indexes)
  • Update execution status: ~5ms (indexed UPDATE)

Scalability Limits:

  • At 100K executions/corpus, the GraphQL stats query may slow down (aggregation without partitioning)
  • Consider adding WHERE queued_at > NOW() - INTERVAL '30 days' default filter in resolver

🔒 Security Review

✅ PASS - No security vulnerabilities identified:

  • IDOR prevention via defense-in-depth checks
  • Input sanitization via truncation
  • No SQL injection risks (parameterized queries only)
  • Permission inheritance correctly implemented

📝 Documentation & Code Quality

Excellent:

  • Comprehensive docstrings on all public methods
  • Type hints throughout (Python 3.10+ union syntax)
  • Clear comments explaining business logic
  • Migration is reversible and well-structured

Minor: Consider adding a comment in the migration explaining why 6 indexes are needed (helps future developers understand the query patterns).

🎯 Overall Assessment

Grade: A- (Excellent with minor issues)

This PR is ready to merge after addressing the CRITICAL race condition in corpus_tasks.py:231-234. The other issues are optimization opportunities that can be addressed in follow-up PRs.

Pre-Merge Checklist:

  • Fix race condition in fieldset execution bulk update
  • Capture traceback in agent task error handling
  • Add test for concurrent execution updates
  • Document export truncation behavior

Nice-to-Have (Follow-up PRs):

  • Add started_at index for duration queries
  • Optimize visible_to_user() to avoid subquery
  • Add partial index on pending executions
  • GraphQL integration tests

🚀 Recommendation

APPROVE with changes requested - Fix the race condition, then merge. This is high-quality work that significantly improves the platform's observability.

Great job on the comprehensive tests and thoughtful database design! 👏

The pytest_xdist_setup hook does not exist in pytest-xdist. When workers
import conftest.py, pluggy validates all pytest_* functions as potential
hooks and fails with PluginValidationError for unknown hooks.

Valid xdist hooks are: pytest_xdist_setupnodes, pytest_xdist_make_scheduler,
pytest_configure_node, etc. - but not pytest_xdist_setup.

The function body was just `pass` anyway, so removing it has no functional
impact on the serial test grouping (which is handled by xdist_group marker).
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Code Review: CorpusActionExecution Action Trail System

This is a well-designed and thoroughly implemented feature that adds comprehensive execution tracking for all corpus actions. The implementation follows GitHub Actions-style workflow tracking and integrates cleanly with the existing architecture.


✅ Strengths

1. Excellent Architecture & Design

  • Denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) avoid joins in hot paths - smart performance optimization
  • 6 strategic indexes cover all major query patterns (corpus trail, document history, status monitoring, deduplication)
  • Lifecycle methods (mark_started, mark_completed, mark_failed, mark_skipped) provide clean state transitions
  • Append-mostly pattern minimizes contention - executions are created once and updated sequentially
  • JSONField for affected_objects avoids GenericForeignKey complexity while maintaining flexibility

2. Security - Defense in Depth

The GraphQL resolvers (config/graphql/queries.py) implement exemplary IDOR prevention:

  • Line 2209: Checks CorpusAction.objects.visible_to_user(user).filter(pk=corpus_action_pk).exists() before filtering
  • Line 2261: Verifies corpus access before returning results
  • Line 2273: Validates document access
  • Line 2292: Checks corpus_action access

This follows the project's security patterns perfectly - always verify access to referenced objects even when filtering the queryset.

3. Query Optimization

  • CorpusActionExecutionQuerySet provides chainable methods (for_corpus, pending, recent, etc.)
  • summary_by_action() and summary_by_status() aggregate stats efficiently
  • visible_to_user() override in manager preserves custom QuerySet type for method chaining
  • Proper select_related() usage in resolvers (line 2307 in queries.py)

4. Task Integration

The integration with existing tasks is clean and non-invasive:

  • corpus_tasks.py:230-234: Bulk updates execution status for fieldset actions
  • agent_tasks.py:440-444: Marks execution as started with proper error handling
  • agent_tasks.py:462-473: Tracks affected objects and links to AgentActionResult
  • Proper use of transaction.on_commit() to avoid premature task queueing

5. Comprehensive Testing

39 tests in test_corpus_action_execution.py cover:

  • All lifecycle methods with save=False parameter
  • Bulk operations
  • QuerySet filtering methods
  • Aggregation functions
  • Permission filtering
  • Edge cases (truncation, metadata merging)

🔧 Issues & Recommendations

1. CRITICAL: Race Condition in Fieldset Processing

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:294-299

def on_commit_callback():
    chord(group(*tasks))(mark_extract_complete.si(extract_id_for_closure))
    # Mark executions as running - they will be marked completed
    # by mark_extract_complete when all tasks finish
    CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(
        id__in=execution_ids_for_closure
    ).update(
        status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.RUNNING,
        started_at=timezone.now(),
    )

Problem: Lines 223-234 already set status to RUNNING via bulk_update. Lines 294-299 then update again AFTER queuing tasks, potentially overwriting status if tasks complete quickly.

Fix: Remove the redundant update on lines 294-299, or only set started_at if not already set.

2. Incomplete Execution Completion for Fieldset/Analyzer

Locations:

  • corpus_tasks.py:291: Fieldset actions queue mark_extract_complete
  • corpus_tasks.py:316-323: Analyzer actions set status to RUNNING

Problem: The code comments say executions will be marked COMPLETED by mark_extract_complete / mark_analysis_complete, but I don't see updates to those completion handlers.

Verification Needed:

  • Does mark_extract_complete update CorpusActionExecution status to COMPLETED?
  • Does mark_analysis_complete update CorpusActionExecution status to COMPLETED?

If not, executions will remain in RUNNING state forever.

3. Error Handling: Fieldset Task Failures

Location: corpus_tasks.py:272-277

task_func = get_task_by_name(column.task_name)
if task_func is None:
    logger.error(
        f"Task {column.task_name} not found for column {column.id}"
    )
    continue

Problem: If a task is not found, the loop continues without marking the execution as FAILED. The execution will remain RUNNING indefinitely.

Fix: Track whether ANY tasks succeeded, and mark execution as FAILED if all tasks failed or if critical tasks are missing.

4. Minor: Duplicate Status Update in Analyzer

Location: corpus_tasks.py:316-323

The code uses .update() on queryset to set status=RUNNING for analyzer actions, but this bypasses the mark_started() method's timestamp and consistency guarantees.

Recommendation: Use bulk_update with instances to maintain consistency:

now = timezone.now()
for execution in executions:
    execution.status = CorpusActionExecution.Status.RUNNING
    execution.started_at = now
    execution.analysis = analysis
    execution.add_affected_object("analysis", analysis.id)
CorpusActionExecution.objects.bulk_update(
    executions, ["status", "started_at", "analysis", "affected_objects"]
)

5. Migration: Index Naming

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/migrations/0031_corpus_action_execution.py:246-314

The migration creates indexes via Meta.indexes in the model, which is correct. However, the index names are truncated to 63 characters by PostgreSQL. Consider shortening them proactively:

  • corpusactionexec_corpus_queuecae_corpus_queue
  • corpusactionexec_action_queuecae_action_queue
    etc.

This prevents PostgreSQL from auto-truncating with hash suffixes.

6. Export: Document ID Reference Validity

Location: opencontractserver/utils/export_v2.py:507

When exporting executions, document_id is serialized as a string. During import, this reference might not be valid if documents are remapped. Consider adding documentation about how document IDs should be handled during import.


🧪 Testing Observations

Excellent Coverage:

  • Lifecycle methods tested with both save=True and save=False
  • Error message/traceback truncation verified
  • QuerySet chaining tested
  • Permission filtering validated

Potential Gap:

  • No integration tests verifying that mark_extract_complete or mark_analysis_complete actually update execution status
  • No tests for the race condition scenario (task completing before on_commit callback)

📊 Performance Considerations

Indexes Look Good ✅

The 6 indexes cover:

  1. Corpus trail UI: (corpus, -queued_at)
  2. Action monitoring: (corpus_action, -queued_at)
  3. Document history: (document, -queued_at)
  4. Status queries: (status, -queued_at)
  5. Type filtering: (corpus, action_type, -queued_at)
  6. Deduplication: (corpus_action, document, status)

Bulk Operations ✅

  • bulk_queue() creates multiple records in one INSERT
  • bulk_update() used for status transitions
  • Proper use of select_related() in GraphQL resolvers

Potential Concern:

  • Large corpuses (10K+ documents) with frequent actions could generate millions of execution records
  • Consider adding data retention policies or archiving old executions
  • The 1000-execution default limit in exports is reasonable

🎯 Recommendations Summary

Must Fix Before Merge:

  1. Verify completion handlers: Ensure mark_extract_complete and mark_analysis_complete update execution status
  2. Fix race condition: Remove duplicate status update in corpus_tasks.py:294-299
  3. Handle missing tasks: Mark executions as FAILED when required tasks are not found

Should Fix:

  1. Use bulk_update for analyzer status updates instead of queryset.update()
  2. Add integration tests for completion handlers

Nice to Have:

  1. Shorten index names to avoid PostgreSQL truncation
  2. Document export/import behavior for document_id references
  3. Add data retention documentation/strategy

📝 Code Quality

  • ✅ Follows project conventions (CLAUDE.md)
  • ✅ Proper use of BaseVisibilityManager for permissions
  • ✅ Clean separation of concerns (model, manager, queryset, tasks)
  • ✅ Comprehensive docstrings
  • ✅ Type hints where appropriate
  • ✅ Proper use of transactions and on_commit hooks
  • ✅ Defense-in-depth security checks

Verdict

This is high-quality work with excellent design decisions. The identified issues are fixable and mostly relate to ensuring completion handlers properly update execution status. Once the critical items are addressed, this will be a solid addition to the codebase.

Recommended Actions:

  1. Verify/fix completion handler integration
  2. Remove race condition
  3. Add completion handler integration tests
  4. Merge after fixes

Great work on the comprehensive testing and security-conscious implementation! 🎉

The tests in test_agent_corpus_action_task.py were failing with:
- psycopg2.OperationalError: terminating connection due to administrator command
- django.db.utils.InterfaceError: connection already closed

Root cause: These tests use asyncio.run() which creates a new event loop for
async Django ORM operations. When asyncio.run() finishes, it closes the event
loop but the database connections opened during async execution may be left
in a corrupted/stale state in the connection pool. Subsequent tests then fail
when they try to use these stale connections.

Fix: Add database connection management to the pytest setup/teardown hooks:
- In setup: Call db.close_old_connections() to clear stale connections
- In teardown: Call db.connections.close_all() to fully reset the pool

This ensures each serial test starts with fresh database connections,
preventing connection pool corruption from async code.
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Pull Request Review: CorpusActionExecution Model

Summary

This PR implements a comprehensive action trail system for tracking corpus action executions. The implementation is well-architected, thoroughly tested, and follows Django best practices. The code quality is high with excellent documentation and strong security considerations.

✅ Strengths

1. Excellent Architecture & Design

  • Denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) for query performance - smart optimization
  • 6 strategic database indexes with clear usage documentation (lines 1448-1472 in models.py)
  • JSONField for affected_objects instead of GenericForeignKey - excellent performance choice
  • Lifecycle methods (mark_started(), mark_completed(), mark_failed(), mark_skipped()) provide clean API
  • Custom QuerySet with chainable methods (for_corpus(), pending(), failed(), etc.) - very developer-friendly

2. Strong Security Implementation

  • Defense-in-depth permission checks in GraphQL resolvers (queries.py:2197-2381)
    • Verifies user access to corpus/document/action BEFORE filtering
    • Returns empty queryset on unauthorized access
    • Prevents IDOR attacks via enumeration
  • Inherits from BaseVisibilityManager - consistent with project patterns
  • Uses AnnotatePermissionsForReadMixin - follows established permission model

3. Comprehensive Testing

  • 39 unit tests covering all functionality
  • Tests lifecycle methods, bulk operations, querysets, permissions
  • Good edge case coverage (e.g., mark_started(save=False))
  • Integration with existing test infrastructure (pytest-xdist support)

4. Well-Integrated with Existing Systems

  • Automatic execution tracking in process_corpus_action() task (corpus_tasks.py:147-295)
  • Export support via V2 export system with optional action trail inclusion
  • GraphQL API with queries and aggregated statistics
  • Maintains backward compatibility - non-breaking addition

5. Excellent Documentation

  • Clear docstrings on all classes and methods
  • Index usage documented in Meta class
  • JSONField formats explained with examples
  • Design notes explain architectural decisions

🔍 Minor Concerns & Suggestions

1. Potential N+1 Query in GraphQL (Low Priority)

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2280

return queryset.select_related("corpus_action", "document", "corpus").order_by("-queued_at")

Issue: Missing prefetch_related for related objects that might be accessed in GraphQL type resolvers.

Recommendation: Consider adding:

.select_related("corpus_action", "document", "corpus", "extract", "analysis", "agent_result")

Impact: Minor - would only affect performance when querying many executions with different action types.


2. Error Traceback Truncation Not Implemented (Medium Priority)

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1414-1417

The model field says "truncated to 10KB" but I don't see truncation logic in the mark_failed() method or anywhere else.

Recommendation: Add truncation in lifecycle methods to prevent database bloat:

def mark_failed(self, error_message="", error_traceback="", save=True):
    # ... existing code ...
    self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:10240]  # 10KB limit

Impact: Low - unbounded tracebacks could consume excessive database space over time.


3. Bulk Update Missing timestamp (Low Priority)

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:228

execution.modified = now  # bulk_update doesn't auto-update

Issue: Good that you're manually setting modified, but the comment suggests this is a known limitation.

Recommendation: This is handled correctly. Just ensure any future bulk updates also set modified manually.

Impact: None - handled properly.


4. Migration Dependency Chain (Informational)

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/migrations/0031_corpus_action_execution.py

The migration depends on:

  • documents.0027
  • extracts.0026
  • analyzer.0018
  • agents.0007

Recommendation: Ensure these migrations exist in target deployment environments before deploying. Document in CHANGELOG.md if this requires coordinated deployment.

Impact: None if migrations are applied in order (which Django handles).


5. Conftest Changes (Low Priority)

Location: conftest.py:9-24

The changes to prevent duplicate marker registration and add database connection cleanup are good, but:

Concern: The db.connections.close_all() for serial tests (line 120) is aggressive. This could mask connection issues.

Recommendation: Monitor for any test flakiness related to database connections. Consider adding a comment explaining WHY this is needed (asyncio.run() leaving connections in bad state).

Impact: Low - appears to be a fix for real issue with async tests.


6. GraphQL Stats Query Security (Low Priority)

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2283-2380

Issue: Stats query returns empty stats object rather than error for unauthorized access:

return CorpusActionTrailStatsType(
    total_executions=0,
    completed=0,
    ...
)

Recommendation: This is actually GOOD from a security perspective (no enumeration), but consider whether returning None or raising an error would be more consistent with other GraphQL queries.

Impact: None - current approach is secure.


🎯 Best Practices Observed

  1. Atomic transactions - Proper use of with transaction.atomic() in task integration
  2. Denormalization with justification - Performance-critical fields duplicated with clear documentation
  3. Bulk operations - bulk_queue() classmethod for efficient batch creation
  4. Computed properties - duration_seconds and wait_time_seconds as @Property methods
  5. Enum choices - Using TextChoices for status and action type (Django 3.0+)
  6. Index documentation - Each index has a comment explaining its use case

🔒 Security Review

  • ✅ All GraphQL resolvers check visible_to_user()
  • ✅ Defense-in-depth checks prevent IDOR
  • ✅ Consistent error responses (no enumeration leaks)
  • ✅ Inherits permission system from BaseOCModel
  • ✅ No XSS risks (JSONField handled by GraphQL scalar)
  • ✅ No SQL injection (using ORM exclusively)

📊 Test Coverage Assessment

Based on test_corpus_action_execution.py:

  • ✅ Model lifecycle methods
  • ✅ Bulk operations
  • ✅ QuerySet filtering
  • ✅ Permission checks
  • ✅ Computed properties
  • ✅ Edge cases

Recommendation: Consider adding integration tests for:

  1. GraphQL query execution (not just model tests)
  2. Export functionality with action trail included
  3. Concurrent execution updates (race conditions)

🚀 Recommendations

High Priority

None - code is production-ready

Medium Priority

  1. Implement error_traceback truncation (10KB limit as documented)

Low Priority

  1. Add prefetch_related to GraphQL query for better performance
  2. Add integration tests for GraphQL API
  3. Document migration dependencies in CHANGELOG.md

📝 Changelog Review

CRITICAL: The PR description mentions a design document at docs/plans/corpus_action_trail_design.md, but I don't see CHANGELOG.md updates in the file list.

Recommendation: Update CHANGELOG.md following the repository's conventions:

## [Unreleased] - 2025-XX-XX

### Added
- CorpusActionExecution model for unified action trail tracking across fieldset, analyzer, and agent actions
  - Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1273-1550
  - GraphQL API: config/graphql/queries.py:2230-2381
  - 6 optimized database indexes for performance
  - Export support in V2 corpus export format
  - 39 comprehensive unit tests

### Technical Details
- Uses denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) for query optimization
- Custom manager (CorpusActionExecutionManager) with chainable QuerySet methods
- Integrates with existing task system (process_corpus_action)
- Migration: opencontractserver/corpuses/migrations/0031_corpus_action_execution.py

✅ Final Verdict

LGTM with minor suggestions

This is high-quality, production-ready code. The architecture is sound, security is strong, and testing is comprehensive. The minor issues identified are non-blocking and can be addressed in follow-up PRs if needed.

Approval Status:APPROVED

Confidence Level: High - this code follows Django best practices, integrates well with the existing codebase, and demonstrates thorough understanding of the project's architecture.


Great work! This feature will provide valuable visibility into corpus action executions. The design is extensible and the implementation is solid.

Django's async ORM runs in a different thread context, and database
transactions are thread-bound. When asyncio.run() closes its event loop,
connections are left in a corrupted state causing "connection already closed"
and "terminating connection due to administrator command" errors.

Solution: Mock _run_agent_corpus_action_async entirely instead of just mocking
the agents module. This prevents asyncio.run() from being called with real
async Django ORM operations.

Changes:
- Replace TransactionTestCase with TestCase (faster, no async issues)
- Mock ASYNC_FUNC_PATH instead of AGENTS_MODULE_PATH
- Remove @pytest.mark.serial (no longer needed)
- Remove @pytest.mark.django_db (not needed for TestCase)
- Update tests to verify task wrapper behavior via mock side_effects

Reference: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/32409
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Code Review: CorpusActionExecution Model for Unified Action Trail Tracking

Excellent implementation of a comprehensive action trail system! This is a well-architected feature with strong attention to performance, security, and testing.


🎯 Overall Assessment: LGTM with Minor Recommendations

This PR demonstrates excellent software engineering practices:

  • ✅ Comprehensive test coverage (1013 lines, 39+ tests)
  • ✅ Performance-optimized database design with strategic indexes
  • ✅ Proper security controls using visible_to_user() pattern
  • ✅ Clean separation of concerns (model → manager → GraphQL)
  • ✅ Excellent documentation in design doc and code comments

🔒 Security Review: STRONG

✅ Strengths

  1. Defense-in-depth permission checks in GraphQL resolvers (config/graphql/queries.py:2260-2289)

    • Verifies user access to corpus/document/action BEFORE filtering
    • Returns empty queryset on permission denial (prevents enumeration)
  2. Consistent use of visible_to_user() pattern - Follows established permissioning architecture

  3. IDOR prevention - All resolvers verify object ownership before returning data

📋 Minor Security Recommendations

  1. Rate limiting: Consider adding @graphql_ratelimit_dynamic decorators to corpus_action_executions and corpus_action_trail_stats queries (lines 2242, 2307)

  2. Error traceback sanitization: error_traceback field may expose internal paths/config - consider stripping sensitive data before storage


⚡ Performance Review: EXCELLENT

✅ Strengths

  1. Strategic database indexes - 6 composite indexes covering all major query patterns
  2. Bulk operations - bulk_queue() and bulk_update() for efficiency
  3. Denormalized fields - corpus_id and action_type avoid joins on hot queries
  4. Prefetch related - .select_related() prevents N+1 queries

📋 Performance Recommendations

  1. Missing index on trigger field - Users may filter by trigger, recommend adding index in follow-up migration

🐛 Code Quality & Best Practices

✅ Strengths

  1. Lifecycle methods with save parameter - Allows batch updates without individual saves
  2. Computed properties - duration_seconds and wait_time_seconds properly calculated
  3. Comprehensive test coverage - 39+ tests covering all functionality
  4. Error truncation - Prevents database bloat from verbose stack traces

📋 Code Quality Recommendations

  1. add_affected_object method - Called in corpus_tasks.py:229 but not visible in diff. Is this defined elsewhere or missing?

  2. JSON field validation - Consider adding validator for affected_objects to ensure format consistency


🧪 Test Coverage: EXCELLENT

Comprehensive testing of:

  • Model lifecycle methods
  • QuerySet methods
  • Bulk operations
  • Permission filtering
  • Integration with tasks

📋 Testing Recommendations

  1. Verify export integration tests cover action trail inclusion
  2. Consider concurrent execution tests with pytest.mark.serial

📊 Database Migration Review

✅ Migration Quality

  • Proper dependencies declared
  • 6 strategic indexes with correct naming
  • Appropriate on_delete behavior for all FKs

📋 Migration Recommendations

Production deployment: Schedule during low-traffic window (will lock corpuses_corpusaction, documents_document, corpuses_corpus tables)


📝 Documentation Review

✅ Excellent Documentation

  • 2621-line design document with clear rationale
  • Well-commented code following Google style

📋 Documentation Recommendations

  1. CHANGELOG.md update - Per CLAUDE.md, this major feature should be documented
  2. PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md - Appears unrelated to this PR, recommend removing

🚨 Important Notes

Questions for Author

  1. add_affected_object method - Is this defined in the full model code (not visible in truncated diff)?

  2. PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md - Is this intentionally included or an oversight?


✅ Final Recommendations

High Priority

  1. ✅ Verify add_affected_object() method exists in model
  2. ✅ Remove or explain PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md inclusion
  3. 🔄 Update CHANGELOG.md with feature details

Medium Priority

  1. 🔄 Add rate limiting decorators to new GraphQL queries
  2. 🔄 Consider sanitizing error_traceback before storage
  3. 🔄 Add index on trigger field in follow-up migration

Low Priority

  1. 💡 Add GraphQL field descriptions for better API docs
  2. 💡 Consider adding mutation support for retry/cancel

🎉 Conclusion

This is a high-quality implementation with excellent attention to:

  • ✅ Performance optimization (indexes, bulk operations, denormalization)
  • ✅ Security (defense-in-depth permission checks, IDOR prevention)
  • ✅ Test coverage (39+ unit tests, integration tests)
  • ✅ Documentation (comprehensive design doc, code comments)

Recommendation: Approve after addressing 2 questions (add_affected_object method, PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md).

The architecture follows OpenContracts patterns perfectly and will scale well. Great work! 🚀


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@claude root cause analysis of test failure please

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Root Cause Analysis of Test Failure

Todo List:

  • Check CI status to identify failing tests
  • Download and analyze test logs
  • Examine failing test code
  • Identify root cause
  • Provide recommendations

Summary

The test failures are caused by a race condition in the conftest.py pytest hook when running tests marked with @pytest.mark.serial in parallel mode (pytest-xdist). The hook tries to access the database before pytest's database fixtures are set up.

Failing Tests

9 tests failed in the Backend CI run:

  • test_pydantic_ai_agents.py (7 failures)
  • test_agent_corpus_action_task.py (2 failures)

Root Cause

Location: conftest.py:82

@pytest.hookimpl(tryfirst=True)
def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
    """Setup hook that runs before each test."""
    # ...
    
    # For serial tests (which often use async code), close old database connections
    # to prevent stale connection issues from previous tests
    if item.get_closest_marker("serial"):
        db.close_old_connections()  # ❌ PROBLEM: Database access before pytest DB fixtures

The Issue

  1. db.close_old_connections() requires database access to check connection state
  2. Hook runs BEFORE pytest database fixtures (django_db, db, transactional_db)
  3. Pytest blocks database access until proper fixtures are applied
  4. Result: RuntimeError: Database access not allowed, use the "django_db" mark

Error Traceback

conftest.py:82: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py:57: in close_old_connections
    conn.close_if_unusable_or_obsolete()
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/db/backends/base/base.py:609: in close_if_unusable_or_obsolete
    if self.get_autocommit() != self.settings_dict["AUTOCOMMIT"]:
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/db/backends/base/base.py:463: in get_autocommit
    self.ensure_connection()
E   RuntimeError: Database access not allowed, use the "django_db" mark, or the "db" or "transactional_db" fixtures to enable it.

Secondary Issue: Connection Already Closed

After the setup error, subsequent tests fail with:

psycopg2.InterfaceError: connection already closed

This happens because the database connections were partially closed by the failed close_old_connections() call.

Why This Appeared Now

The conftest.py changes in commit 688ead1 added the db.close_old_connections() call to fix serial test issues, but this introduced a new problem:

# Added in recent commit to fix serial test connection issues
if item.get_closest_marker("serial"):
    db.close_old_connections()  # But this requires DB access!

Recommended Fixes

Option 1: Remove the problematic call (Safest)

@pytest.hookimpl(tryfirst=True)
def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
    """Setup hook that runs before each test."""
    worker_id = os.environ.get("PYTEST_XDIST_WORKER", "")
    if worker_id:
        os.environ["TEST_WORKER_ID"] = worker_id

    # REMOVED: db.close_old_connections() - causes DB access before fixtures
    # Serial tests will handle their own connection management

    # Event loop setup (keep this - it doesn't require DB access)
    try:
        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
        if loop.is_closed():
            raise RuntimeError("Event loop is closed")
    except RuntimeError:
        loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
        asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)

Option 2: Wrap in try/except (Less safe)

if item.get_closest_marker("serial"):
    try:
        db.close_old_connections()
    except RuntimeError:
        # DB not yet available - skip connection cleanup
        pass

Option 3: Use pytest fixture for connection cleanup (Most correct)

Create a fixture in conftest.py:

@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def cleanup_serial_test_connections(request):
    """Clean up database connections for serial tests."""
    if request.node.get_closest_marker("serial"):
        # Runs AFTER database fixtures are set up
        yield
        # Cleanup after test
        from django.db import connection
        connection.close()
    else:
        yield

Why Tests Passed Locally

This likely passed in some environments because:

  1. Single-threaded pytest (no -n flag) doesn't trigger the race condition
  2. Different pytest-django versions may handle DB access differently
  3. Local test order may have initialized DB connections before hitting serial tests

Next Steps

Immediate fix: Remove the db.close_old_connections() call from the setup hook (Option 1).

Long-term: If serial tests actually need connection cleanup, implement it via a proper fixture (Option 3) that runs AFTER database access is enabled.


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The pytest_runtest_setup hook runs BEFORE pytest-django's database
fixtures are applied, causing db.close_old_connections() to fail with
"RuntimeError: Database access not allowed".

This was causing 9 test failures in CI:
- test_pydantic_ai_agents.py (7 failures)
- test_agent_corpus_action_task.py (2 failures)

Fix:
- Remove db.close_old_connections() from setup hook (runs too early)
- Keep db.connections.close_all() in teardown (runs after test)
- Add try/except around teardown cleanup for robustness

The teardown hook runs AFTER the test completes, when database access
is still available, so connection cleanup works correctly there.
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Code Review: CorpusActionExecution System

This is an excellent implementation of a comprehensive action trail tracking system. The code quality is high, with thoughtful architecture decisions and extensive test coverage. Below are my findings:


✅ Strengths

1. Outstanding Architecture

  • Denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) for query performance - excellent optimization
  • 6 compound indexes perfectly aligned with query patterns (corpus+time, action+time, doc+time, status+time, type+time, deduplication)
  • Append-mostly pattern minimizes write contention and lock issues
  • Lifecycle methods (mark_started, mark_completed, etc.) provide clean API
  • Bulk operations (bulk_queue) prevent N+1 query issues

2. Security - Well Implemented

  • ✅ Defense-in-depth permission checks in GraphQL resolvers (lines config/graphql/queries.py:2208-2216, 2260-2267, 2278-2286)
  • ✅ Inherits from BaseVisibilityManager for consistent permission filtering
  • ✅ Uses visible_to_user() pattern throughout
  • ✅ Guardian object permissions properly configured

3. Performance Optimizations

  • ✅ Smart visible_to_user() override in manager (managers.py:129-143) avoids creating subquery when not needed
  • ✅ Batch creation with bulk_create() instead of individual saves
  • ✅ Transaction wrapping for atomicity (corpus_tasks.py:191)
  • select_related() in GraphQL resolver to prevent N+1 queries (queries.py:2307-2309)

4. Test Coverage - Exceptional

  • 48 tests in test_corpus_action_execution.py covering:
    • Model lifecycle methods
    • Bulk operations
    • QuerySet chainable methods
    • Computed properties
    • Permission filtering
    • GraphQL queries and stats
    • Export integration
  • 15 tests in test_agent_corpus_action_task.py covering execution tracking
  • Addresses flaky CI issues with thoughtful pytest-xdist handling

🔍 Issues Found

1. ⚠️ CRITICAL: Missing modified field in bulk_update() calls

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/extract_orchestrator_tasks.py:28-30, analyzer_tasks.py:24-26

Issue: When using bulk_update(), Django does NOT automatically update auto_now fields like modified. You must explicitly include them in the fields list.

Current code:

# extract_orchestrator_tasks.py:28-30
updated_count = CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(
    extract_id=extract_id, status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.RUNNING
).update(status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.COMPLETED, completed_at=timezone.now())

Problem: The modified field won't be updated, breaking any logic that relies on tracking when execution records were last modified.

Fix:

from django.utils import timezone

CorpusActionExecution.objects.filter(
    extract_id=extract_id, 
    status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.RUNNING
).update(
    status=CorpusActionExecution.Status.COMPLETED, 
    completed_at=timezone.now(),
    modified=timezone.now()  # ← Add this
)

Files to fix:

  • opencontractserver/tasks/extract_orchestrator_tasks.py:28-30
  • opencontractserver/tasks/analyzer_tasks.py:24-26

2. ⚠️ Minor: Potential N+1 query in export function

Location: opencontractserver/utils/export_v2.py:432+ (package_action_trail function)

Potential issue: If the export function iterates over executions and accesses related fields without select_related()/prefetch_related(), it could cause N+1 queries.

Recommendation: Verify that the queryset in package_action_trail uses:

executions = corpus.action_executions.all().select_related(
    'corpus_action', 'document', 'creator', 'extract', 'analysis', 'agent_result'
)

3. 💡 Suggestion: Add index on completed_at for analytics queries

Reasoning: The corpus_action_trail_stats query filters on completed_at__isnull=False for duration calculations. An index on completed_at would speed up these aggregate queries.

Recommendation:

# In migration
migrations.AddIndex(
    model_name='corpusactionexecution',
    index=models.Index(fields=['corpus', 'completed_at'], name='corpusactionexec_corpus_completed')
),

4. 💡 Documentation: Clarify status transition timing

Location: Model docstring and commit messages

Observation: The commit history shows evolution in when status transitions occur:

  • Initially: RUNNING set when tasks queued
  • Later: RUNNING set when work actually starts (commit be76f5f)

Recommendation: Add clear documentation in the model docstring explaining:

  • QUEUED: Execution record created, tasks may or may not be queued yet
  • RUNNING: Tasks have been dispatched to Celery (set in process_corpus_action)
  • COMPLETED: Work actually finished (set in mark_extract_complete/mark_analysis_complete)

This prevents confusion about the lifecycle.


🎯 Performance Considerations

Excellent Decisions:

  1. Composite indexes cover all common query patterns
  2. Denormalization avoids expensive joins
  3. JSONField for affected_objects instead of GenericForeignKey (much faster)
  4. Batch operations minimize database roundtrips

Future Scaling Considerations:

  • Partition by date: If execution records grow to millions, consider PostgreSQL partitioning on queued_at (monthly/yearly)
  • Archive old records: Add a cleanup task to archive completed executions >90 days old
  • Monitoring: The failed() and pending() querysets are perfect for monitoring dashboards

🧪 Test Coverage Assessment

Overall: Excellent (95%+ estimated coverage)

Covered:

  • ✅ All model lifecycle methods
  • ✅ Bulk operations and edge cases
  • ✅ QuerySet chainable methods
  • ✅ Computed properties (duration, wait_time)
  • ✅ Permission filtering
  • ✅ GraphQL queries and mutations
  • ✅ Export integration
  • ✅ Agent task integration with mocking to avoid async DB issues

Not Covered (Minor gaps):

  • ❓ Error handling when bulk_create() fails (DB constraint violations)
  • ❓ Concurrent execution record creation (race conditions)
  • ❓ Very large batch sizes in bulk_queue() (>1000 docs)

Recommendation: These gaps are acceptable for initial release. Add integration tests as usage patterns emerge.


📋 Code Quality

Excellent Practices:

  • ✅ Clear, descriptive variable names
  • ✅ Comprehensive docstrings
  • ✅ Type hints on function signatures
  • ✅ Consistent error handling
  • ✅ Follows repository conventions (CLAUDE.md)
  • ✅ Pre-commit hooks passing

Commit Hygiene:

  • ✅ Atomic commits with clear messages
  • ✅ Iterative fixes based on CI feedback
  • ✅ Thoughtful resolution of pytest-xdist issues

✅ Final Verdict

APPROVE with minor fixes

This is production-ready code with only one critical issue (missing modified field in bulk updates) that's easy to fix. The architecture is sound, test coverage is excellent, and the implementation follows best practices throughout.

Required Before Merge:

  1. ✅ Fix modified field in bulk_update() calls (2 locations)

Recommended (can be follow-up PRs):

  1. Add select_related() in export function if not present
  2. Add index on (corpus, completed_at) for analytics
  3. Enhance model docstring with status lifecycle clarification

💬 Questions for Author

  1. Have you tested the export functionality with large corpora (>1000 actions)? Any performance observations?
  2. Are there plans for a cleanup/archival task for old execution records?
  3. Should we add Celery task IDs to execution_metadata for debugging failed tasks?

Great work @JSv4! This PR adds significant value to the platform with minimal risk. The thoughtful design and comprehensive testing demonstrate excellent engineering practices. 🚀

Two issues fixed:

1. test_agent_corpus_action_task.py:
   - Mock side_effect functions were sync but called inside asyncio.run()
   - Django raises SynchronousOnlyOperation for sync ORM in async context
   - Fix: Convert side_effect functions to async and use sync_to_async

2. test_pydantic_ai_agents.py:
   - TestCase with async test methods causes connection corruption
   - Django's TestCase transaction isolation doesn't work with async threads
   - Fix: Convert to TransactionTestCase with setUp instead of setUpTestData

These changes ensure proper async/sync boundary handling for Django ORM
operations in tests that use asyncio.run() or async test methods.
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Code Review: CorpusActionExecution Model - I've completed a thorough review. Overall, this is excellent, production-ready work. Rating: 9/10. Key findings: 1) CRITICAL - N+1 query risk in GraphQL resolver (missing FK fields in select_related), 2) MODERATE - Inconsistent documentation between migration and model, 3) MODERATE - Missing composite indexes for common query patterns. Strengths: Outstanding test coverage (39 tests), excellent security practices, proper permission system, strategic performance optimizations. Recommendation: APPROVE with minor fixes (add missing FK fields to select_related and standardize documentation). Full detailed review follows in next comment.

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ISSUE 1 - CRITICAL: N+1 Query Risk - Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2307-2309 - The resolve_corpus_action_executions resolver only includes corpus_action, document, corpus in select_related but CorpusActionExecutionType also exposes agent_result, extract, analysis, and creator FK fields. Recommendation: Add all FK fields to avoid N+1 queries when clients request these fields. Impact: Medium performance issue.

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ISSUE 2 - MODERATE: Inconsistent Documentation - The migration 0031 line 107 shows affected_objects using old/new field names, but the model docstring uses old_value/new_value. Recommend standardizing on old_value/new_value for clarity. Low impact, documentation only.

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ISSUE 3 - MODERATE: Missing Composite Indexes - Common query patterns like show me failed executions for corpus X would benefit from composite indexes. Recommend adding to model Meta: Index(fields=[corpus, status]), Index(fields=[corpus, action_type, -queued_at]), Index(fields=[document, status]). Medium impact on query performance for large datasets.

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STRENGTHS: 1) Exceptional code quality with comprehensive documentation and clean separation of concerns. 2) Outstanding test coverage - 39 comprehensive unit tests all passing. 3) Performance optimizations - 6 strategic indexes, denormalization, bulk operations. 4) Security best practices - defense-in-depth permission checks, IDOR prevention, no data leakage. 5) Excellent database design - clear lifecycle, comprehensive audit trail, proper FK relationships. Follows all CLAUDE.md patterns correctly.

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ADDITIONAL MINOR ISSUES: 4) No safeguard against duplicate QUEUED records during Celery task retries - consider idempotency check in bulk_queue(). 5) Missing state validation in mark_completed() - should verify execution is in RUNNING state before transitioning. Both are low impact, developer error prevention. SUGGESTIONS: Consider adding database-level check constraints, timeout_at field for monitoring stuck executions, and exporting aggregated statistics in V2 exports.

Pattern 2 fixes (test_agent_corpus_action_task.py):
- Remove DB operations from mock side_effects
- Use simple return_value dicts instead of async functions
- Tests now verify task wrapper behavior without touching DB in mocks

Pattern 1 fixes (test_pydantic_ai_agents.py):
- Add db.close_old_connections() in setUp to ensure fresh connections
- Prevents "connection already closed" errors from previous async ops
- Remove unused imports (transaction, TestCase)

Documentation:
- Add comprehensive async testing guide to docs/development/test-suite.md
- Document both patterns with examples and decision tree
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Code Review: CorpusActionExecution Model for Unified Action Trail Tracking

This is a well-architected feature that adds comprehensive execution tracking for corpus actions. The implementation is thorough with excellent test coverage and good adherence to the project's patterns. Below are my findings organized by category.


🎯 Overall Assessment

Strengths:

  • ✅ Well-designed model with proper lifecycle methods and denormalized fields for query performance
  • ✅ Comprehensive test coverage (39 unit tests covering all functionality)
  • ✅ Excellent GraphQL security with defense-in-depth permission checks
  • ✅ Clean integration with existing Celery tasks
  • ✅ Thorough documentation in design doc and inline comments
  • ✅ Proper use of database indexes for common query patterns

Issues Found:

  • 🔴 BLOCKER: Accidental commit of unrelated planning document
  • 🟡 MEDIUM: Potential N+1 query issue in stats resolver
  • 🟡 MEDIUM: Missing test coverage for GraphQL queries/mutations
  • 🟡 MEDIUM: Error message truncation could hide critical debugging info

🔴 Critical Issues (Must Fix Before Merge)

1. Accidental File Commit

File: PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md (new file, 255 lines)

This appears to be an unrelated planning document for a future "Empty Trash" feature. It should not be included in this PR.

Fix:

git rm PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md
git commit -m "Remove accidentally committed planning document"

🟡 Medium Priority Issues

1. N+1 Query Potential in Stats Resolver

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2313-2381

The resolve_corpus_action_trail_stats method uses aggregations that should be efficient, but it's unclear if the queryset has proper select_related/prefetch_related for related objects.

Current code:

queryset = CorpusActionExecution.objects.visible_to_user(user)
queryset = queryset.for_corpus(corpus_pk)
# ... aggregations

Recommendation:
Add explicit optimization before aggregations:

queryset = queryset.select_related('corpus_action', 'document', 'corpus')

2. Error Message Truncation May Hide Critical Info

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1556-1557

self.error_message = error_message[:5000]  # Truncate
self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:10000]  # Truncate

Issue: Truncating errors could lose critical debugging information, especially for long stack traces or detailed error messages.

Recommendation:

  • Log the full error before truncating
  • Add a comment about where to find full logs
  • Consider increasing traceback limit to 20KB (stack traces can be long)
# Log full error before truncating for database storage
logger.error(f"Execution {self.id} failed: {error_message}", exc_info=error_traceback)
self.error_message = error_message[:5000]
self.error_traceback = error_traceback[:20000]  # Increased for stack traces

3. Missing GraphQL Test Coverage

Location: opencontractserver/tests/test_corpus_action_execution.py

The test file covers model methods and querysets thoroughly (39 tests), but there's no testing of the GraphQL API endpoints:

  • corpus_action_executions query
  • corpus_action_trail_stats query

Recommendation:
Add GraphQL tests similar to test_corpus_action_graphql.py:

def test_corpus_action_executions_query_permission_filtering(self):
    """Verify users only see executions for corpora they have access to."""
    # Test with unauthorized user
    # Test with corpus owner
    # Test with shared corpus

4. Potential Race Condition in bulk_queue

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1586-1625

The bulk_queue method doesn't wrap the bulk_create in a transaction, which could lead to partial inserts if there's an error mid-batch.

Recommendation:

@classmethod
@transaction.atomic  # Add decorator
def bulk_queue(
    cls,
    corpus_action: "CorpusAction",
    document_ids: list[int],
    trigger: str,
    user_id: int,
) -> list["CorpusActionExecution"]:

🟢 Minor Issues & Suggestions

1. Inconsistent Error Handling in Agent Task

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/agent_tasks.py:439-444

if execution_id:
    try:
        execution = CorpusActionExecution.objects.get(id=execution_id)
        execution.mark_started()
    except CorpusActionExecution.DoesNotExist:
        logger.warning(f"[AgentCorpusAction] Execution {execution_id} not found")

Issue: The task continues executing even if the execution record is missing, which could lead to orphaned results without tracking.

Recommendation:
Consider whether this should raise an error instead of just logging a warning, or at least skip processing if the execution record is critical.

2. Magic Numbers in Migration

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/migrations/0031_corpus_action_execution.py:106-107

The JSONField help text contains example data structures, which is excellent documentation. However, the inline multi-line strings in migrations are hard to maintain.

Recommendation:
This is actually fine for documentation purposes, but consider adding these same examples to the model docstring for easier access.

3. Index Naming Convention

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1450-1484

The index names follow a consistent pattern (corpusactionexec_*), which is good. However, they're quite long and approaching PostgreSQL's 63-character limit.

Current:

name="corpusactionexec_corpus_queue"  # 30 chars - OK
name="corpusactionexec_status_queue"  # 30 chars - OK

Suggestion: Consider shorter prefix like cae_ for future indexes if more are added.


✅ Excellent Patterns & Practices

1. Security: Defense-in-Depth Permission Checks

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2257-2292

The GraphQL resolvers implement excellent defense-in-depth security:

  1. Start with .visible_to_user(user) on the base queryset
  2. Explicitly check access to related objects (corpus, document, action) before filtering
  3. Return queryset.none() on permission failure (prevents IDOR enumeration)

This matches the project's security patterns perfectly.

2. Performance: Denormalized Fields

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1315-1324

# Denormalized for query performance (avoid joins)
corpus = ForeignKey(...)  # Redundant with corpus_action.corpus
action_type = CharField(...)  # Redundant with corpus_action fields

This is an excellent architectural choice for a high-volume tracking table. The denormalization is well-documented and justified.

3. Clean Lifecycle Methods

The mark_started(), mark_completed(), mark_failed() methods provide a clean API with optional save=False for bulk operations. This is well-designed.

4. Comprehensive Test Fixtures

Location: conftest.py:9-120

The updates to conftest.py properly handle database connection cleanup for async tests with pytest-xdist. This addresses a known Django async limitation.


📊 Test Coverage Analysis

Backend Tests: ✅ Excellent (39 tests)

  • Model lifecycle: ✅ Complete
  • QuerySet methods: ✅ Complete
  • Manager methods: ✅ Complete
  • Bulk operations: ✅ Complete
  • Permission filtering: ✅ Complete

GraphQL Tests: ⚠️ Missing

  • Query resolvers: ❌ Not tested
  • Permission filtering in GraphQL: ❌ Not tested
  • Stats aggregation: ❌ Not tested

Integration Tests: ✅ Good

  • Task integration: ✅ Covered in existing tests
  • Export integration: ✅ Covered in V2 export tests

🔐 Security Review

✅ No security issues found.

The implementation follows the project's security patterns:

  • Proper use of .visible_to_user() for permission filtering
  • Defense-in-depth checks in GraphQL resolvers
  • No IDOR vulnerabilities (returns queryset.none() instead of 404s)
  • Proper permission inheritance through BaseVisibilityManager
  • Guardian permission tables created by migration

📈 Performance Considerations

Database Indexes: ✅ Excellent coverage

  • 6 indexes covering all common query patterns
  • Composite indexes for complex queries
  • Proper use of descending order on timestamp fields

Potential Improvements:

  1. Consider adding db_index=True to trigger field if filtering by trigger becomes common
  2. Monitor bulk_queue performance with large document counts (>1000)
  3. The affected_objects JSONField could become large - consider documenting max expected size

📝 Documentation Quality

✅ Excellent

  • Comprehensive design document (docs/plans/corpus_action_trail_design.md)
  • Clear docstrings on all methods
  • Inline comments explaining design decisions
  • Migration includes helpful field descriptions
  • Test file has clear module docstring

🚀 Migration Safety

Migration: 0031_corpus_action_execution.py

✅ Safe to apply:

  • Creates new model (no data migration needed)
  • All fields have defaults or are nullable
  • Indexes added at creation time
  • No backwards-incompatible changes

Recommendation for production:
Follow the project's deployment pattern:

docker compose -f production.yml --profile migrate up migrate
docker compose -f production.yml up

📋 Changelog Update

✅ Already updated: CHANGELOG.md should be updated per project guidelines, but I don't see it in the diff. Please add:

## [Unreleased] - 2025-12-23

### Added
- CorpusActionExecution model for unified action trail tracking across fieldset, analyzer, and agent actions
  - Lifecycle tracking: QUEUED → RUNNING → COMPLETED/FAILED/SKIPPED
  - 6 database indexes for fast corpus/document/status queries
  - GraphQL API: `corpus_action_executions` query and `corpus_action_trail_stats` aggregations
  - Export support: Optional action trail inclusion in V2 corpus exports
  - Location: `opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1273-1628`

### Technical Details
- Denormalized `corpus_id` and `action_type` fields for query performance
- JSONField for `affected_objects` tracking instead of GenericForeignKey
- Integrated with all corpus action tasks (`process_corpus_action`, `run_agent_corpus_action`, etc.)
- Comprehensive test coverage: 39 unit tests in `test_corpus_action_execution.py`

✅ Pre-Merge Checklist

Before merging, please address:

  • CRITICAL: Remove PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md file
  • Add GraphQL test coverage for queries
  • Add transaction decorator to bulk_queue method
  • Improve error logging before truncation
  • Update CHANGELOG.md
  • Verify all tests pass: docker compose -f test.yml run django pytest -n 4 --dist loadscope

🎉 Summary

This is a high-quality PR with excellent architecture and implementation. The main blocker is the accidentally committed planning document. Once that's removed and the minor issues are addressed, this is ready to merge.

The feature adds significant value by providing unified tracking across all corpus action types, which will enable better monitoring, debugging, and auditability.

Recommendation: Approve with changes requested (remove PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md and address medium priority issues).

Add comprehensive admin interfaces for browsing and debugging corpus
action executions and agent action results:

CorpusActionExecutionAdmin:
- Color-coded status badges (queued/running/completed/failed/skipped)
- Clickable links to documents and corpuses
- Human-readable duration and wait time display
- Date hierarchy by queued_at
- Filtering by status, action type, trigger, date ranges, corpus
- Search by ID, action name, corpus/document title, error messages
- Collapsible fieldsets for results, errors, and metadata
- Formatted JSON display for affected_objects and execution_metadata

AgentActionResultAdmin:
- Color-coded status badges (pending/running/completed/failed)
- Clickable links to corpus actions and documents
- Tools count badge showing number of tools executed
- Human-readable duration display
- Date hierarchy by started_at
- Filtering by status, date ranges, corpus
- Search by ID, action name, corpus/document title, response, errors
- Collapsible fieldsets for tools, errors, and metadata
- Formatted JSON display with truncation for large payloads

Also adds comprehensive test coverage (57 tests) for both admin classes.

Removes obsolete PLAN_EMPTY_TRASH.md file.
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Code Review - PR #710: Corpus Action Trail System

This is an exceptionally well-implemented feature that adds comprehensive action execution tracking to OpenContracts. The implementation demonstrates strong engineering practices with excellent test coverage, performance optimization, and adherence to project patterns.

Summary

This PR implements a unified action trail system similar to GitHub Actions workflow runs, tracking all corpus action executions (fieldset, analyzer, agent) with timing, status, affected objects, and complete audit trails.

Stats:

  • +6,834 additions, -342 deletions
  • 1,664 lines of new tests (39 unit tests for model, 57 for admin)
  • 6 optimized database indexes for query performance
  • Complete GraphQL API with queries and aggregated statistics
  • Export support for V2 corpus exports

Strengths

1. Outstanding Test Coverage

  • 39 comprehensive unit tests covering model lifecycle, bulk operations, QuerySet methods, computed properties, and permissions
  • 57 admin tests for both CorpusActionExecution and AgentActionResult admin interfaces
  • Excellent documentation of async testing patterns in docs/development/test-suite.md
  • Tests for export integration and GraphQL queries

2. Performance Optimization

  • Denormalized fields (corpus_id, action_type) to avoid joins on common queries
  • 6 strategic indexes for common query patterns
  • Bulk operations: bulk_queue() classmethod for efficient batch creation
  • Append-mostly pattern: Minimal updates after creation reduces lock contention

3. Clean Architecture

  • Well-designed model with clear separation of concerns
  • Status lifecycle with enum choices (QUEUED → RUNNING → COMPLETED/FAILED/SKIPPED)
  • JSONField for affected_objects (better query perf than GenericForeignKey)
  • Custom QuerySet with chainable methods following Django patterns
  • Extends BaseVisibilityManager for consistent permission handling
  • Defense-in-depth security: GraphQL resolvers verify corpus/document access before filtering

4. Excellent Documentation

  • 2,621-line design document (docs/plans/corpus_action_trail_design.md)
  • Clear docstrings throughout the codebase
  • Comprehensive help_text on model fields
  • Async testing guide documenting complex Django + asyncio patterns

5. Thoughtful Implementation Details

  • Atomic transaction wrapping for execution record creation
  • Error truncation (5KB for messages, 10KB for tracebacks) prevents DB bloat
  • Backward compatibility: Agent tasks work with or without execution_id
  • Rich admin interface with color-coded status badges, formatted JSON display, clickable links
  • Export integration: Optional action trail inclusion with configurable limits

Potential Issues & Suggestions

1. Minor: Denormalization Consistency

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1599-1625

The bulk_queue() method denormalizes corpus from corpus_action.corpus, but there is no validation that corpus_action.corpus exists. Consider adding a defensive check or document the assumption.

2. Minor: Orphaned Execution Records

Location: opencontractserver/tasks/corpus_tasks.py:176-198

The execution record creation is wrapped in transaction.atomic(), and task dispatch happens on commit (correct pattern). Consider documenting cleanup strategy for orphaned QUEUED records that never transition to RUNNING if tasks fail to dispatch.

3. Performance: N+1 Query Risk

Location: config/graphql/queries.py:2306-2308

The corpus_action_executions resolver uses select_related() which is great, but for large result sets, the affected_objects JSONField will be loaded for every row even if not requested. Consider using defer() for affected_objects, execution_metadata, and error_traceback.

4. Security: Error Message Exposure

Location: opencontractserver/corpuses/models.py:1556-1557

Error messages are truncated but exposed via GraphQL. Ensure these don't contain sensitive information (API keys, internal paths). Consider documenting error message sanitization strategy.

5. Testing: Missing Integration Test

While unit tests are excellent, consider adding an end-to-end integration test that creates a corpus action, adds a document, and verifies execution records are created and transition through statuses correctly.

Security Review

Excellent security practices:

  • Permission inheritance from corpus/document
  • Defense-in-depth access checks in GraphQL resolvers
  • IDOR prevention via visible_to_user() filtering
  • Input sanitization with truncation
  • No raw SQL, all Django ORM
  • No XSS risks: JSON data properly handled

Performance Considerations

  • Well-designed indexes for common query patterns
  • Efficient bulk operations with bulk_create()
  • Strategic denormalization to avoid joins
  • Field-specific updates to minimize write overhead

Future consideration for high-volume deployments:

  • Partitioning by queued_at (monthly/quarterly)
  • Archival strategy for old executions (90+ days)
  • Read replicas for analytics queries

Async Testing Patterns

Solved complex Django + asyncio issues:

  • Proper use of TransactionTestCase for async ORM operations
  • Mocking strategy that avoids asyncio.run() connection corruption
  • Database connection cleanup in pytest hooks
  • Comprehensive documentation in docs/development/test-suite.md

This will be invaluable for future async feature development.

Recommendations for Merge

Must-Have Before Merge:

  1. Complete manual GraphQL query testing
  2. Verify migration applies cleanly in staging

Nice-to-Have (Can be follow-up PRs):

  1. Add integration test for full execution flow
  2. Add defensive null check in bulk_queue()
  3. Consider defer() optimization for GraphQL queries
  4. Document error message sanitization strategy
  5. Plan for execution record archival/cleanup

Future Enhancements:

  1. Admin bulk actions: Retry failed, Cancel queued
  2. Real-time execution monitoring dashboard
  3. Prometheus metrics export for execution stats

Overall Assessment

Rating: 5/5

This is exemplary work that demonstrates:

  • Deep understanding of Django patterns and performance optimization
  • Thorough testing methodology with excellent coverage
  • Clean, maintainable code with comprehensive documentation
  • Proper security practices with defense-in-depth
  • Thoughtful async testing patterns

The implementation is production-ready with only minor suggestions for improvement. The comprehensive test coverage and documentation make this safe to merge after completing the manual testing checklist.

Recommendation: APPROVE (after manual testing checklist completion)

Great work @JSv4! This feature will provide excellent observability for corpus action executions.

@JSv4 JSv4 merged commit 4efc5af into main Dec 23, 2025
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