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diff --git a/issues/run-correlations-in-external-process.gmi b/issues/run-correlations-in-external-process.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac05a13 --- /dev/null +++ b/issues/run-correlations-in-external-process.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# Run Correlations in External Process + +## Tags + +* assigned: +* type: feature +* priority: high +* keywords: correlations, asynchronous jobs, external process +* status: pending + +## Description + +Currently on GeneNetwork2, we run the computations in an external process, but the application keeps the request alive until the entire computation is complete, and the results parsed. + +For a lot of the computations, this is not a problem, but there are cases where the computation and data processing takes a huge amount of time, leading to timeouts either on the back-end, or on the browser end. This is a +* bug + +I (fredm) propose to implement a "Request Architecture" that works as follows: + +* STEP 01: User requests a correlation computation +* STEP 02: The application triggers an asynchronous external job and responds to the user with the job identifier +* STEP 03: After a short delay, nhe user's browser uses the identifier to query the job status +* STEP 04: If the job is not completed, go to "STEP 03" above, otherwise go to "STEP 05" below +* STEP 05: If the job completed with no error, go to "STEP 06" below, otherwise jump to "STEP 07" below +* STEP 06: Process the results and produce the HTML page to display to the user. Jump to "STEP 08" +* STEP 07: Process the error and display the errors page. Jump to "STEP 08" +* STEP 08: Correlations computation process is complete |