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Background jobs, long-running processes, and task management

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Processes - Complete API Reference

Spawn and manage background processes, long-running jobs, and scheduled tasks.


Chat Commands

Spawn Jobs

/job spawn "npm run backtest"               Start background job
/job spawn "python train.py" --name ml      Named job
/job spawn "node bot.js" --restart          Auto-restart on exit

Manage Jobs

/jobs                                       List all jobs
/job status <id>                            Check job status
/job output <id>                            View job output
/job output <id> --follow                   Stream output
/job stop <id>                              Stop job
/job restart <id>                           Restart job

Logs

/job logs <id>                              View logs
/job logs <id> --tail 100                   Last 100 lines
/job logs <id> --since 1h                   Last hour

TypeScript API Reference

Create Process Manager

import { createProcessManager } from 'clodds/processes';

const processes = createProcessManager({
  // Working directory
  cwd: process.cwd(),

  // Environment
  env: process.env,

  // Limits
  maxProcesses: 10,
  maxMemoryMB: 1024,

  // Logging
  logDir: './logs/jobs',
  maxLogSizeMB: 100,

  // Storage
  storage: 'sqlite',
  dbPath: './jobs.db',
});

Spawn Process

// Simple spawn
const job = await processes.spawn({
  command: 'npm',
  args: ['run', 'backtest'],
  name: 'backtest-btc',
});

console.log(`Job ID: ${job.id}`);
console.log(`PID: ${job.pid}`);

// With options
const job = await processes.spawn({
  command: 'python',
  args: ['train.py', '--epochs', '100'],
  name: 'ml-training',

  // Environment
  env: {
    ...process.env,
    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: '0',
  },

  // Working directory
  cwd: '/path/to/ml-project',

  // Auto-restart
  restart: true,
  maxRestarts: 3,
  restartDelayMs: 5000,

  // Resource limits
  maxMemoryMB: 4096,
  timeoutMs: 3600000,  // 1 hour
});

List Jobs

const jobs = await processes.list();

for (const job of jobs) {
  console.log(`${job.id}: ${job.name}`);
  console.log(`  Status: ${job.status}`);  // 'running' | 'stopped' | 'failed' | 'completed'
  console.log(`  PID: ${job.pid}`);
  console.log(`  Started: ${job.startedAt}`);
  console.log(`  Memory: ${job.memoryMB}MB`);
  console.log(`  CPU: ${job.cpuPercent}%`);
}

Get Status

const status = await processes.getStatus(jobId);

console.log(`Status: ${status.status}`);
console.log(`Exit code: ${status.exitCode}`);
console.log(`Runtime: ${status.runtimeMs}ms`);
console.log(`Restarts: ${status.restarts}`);
console.log(`Memory: ${status.memoryMB}MB`);
console.log(`CPU: ${status.cpuPercent}%`);

Get Output

// Get all output
const output = await processes.getOutput(jobId);
console.log(output.stdout);
console.log(output.stderr);

// Get last N lines
const output = await processes.getOutput(jobId, { tail: 100 });

// Stream output
const stream = processes.streamOutput(jobId);
stream.on('stdout', (data) => console.log(data));
stream.on('stderr', (data) => console.error(data));
stream.on('exit', (code) => console.log(`Exit: ${code}`));

Stop Job

// Graceful stop (SIGTERM)
await processes.stop(jobId);

// Force kill (SIGKILL)
await processes.stop(jobId, { force: true });

// Stop all
await processes.stopAll();

Restart Job

await processes.restart(jobId);

Event Handlers

processes.on('started', (job) => {
  console.log(`Job started: ${job.name}`);
});

processes.on('stopped', (job) => {
  console.log(`Job stopped: ${job.name} (code: ${job.exitCode})`);
});

processes.on('failed', (job, error) => {
  console.error(`Job failed: ${job.name}`, error);
});

processes.on('output', (job, type, data) => {
  console.log(`[${job.name}] ${type}: ${data}`);
});

Job Status

StatusDescription
runningCurrently executing
stoppedStopped by user
completedFinished successfully
failedExited with error
restartingAuto-restarting

Use Cases

Run Backtest

const job = await processes.spawn({
  command: 'npm',
  args: ['run', 'backtest', '--', '--strategy', 'momentum'],
  name: 'backtest-momentum',
});

// Wait for completion
const result = await processes.wait(job.id);
console.log(`Backtest complete: ${result.exitCode === 0 ? 'success' : 'failed'}`);

Train ML Model

const job = await processes.spawn({
  command: 'python',
  args: ['train.py'],
  name: 'ml-training',
  cwd: './ml',
  maxMemoryMB: 8192,
  timeoutMs: 86400000,  // 24 hours
});

// Monitor progress
processes.streamOutput(job.id).on('stdout', (line) => {
  if (line.includes('Epoch')) {
    console.log(line);
  }
});

Best Practices

  1. Name your jobs — Easier to identify
  2. Set timeouts — Prevent runaway processes
  3. Monitor memory — Prevent OOM kills
  4. Use restart sparingly — Debug failures first
  5. Check logs — Always review output
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