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# Multi-Worker Quick Reference
## TL;DR
**Problem**: Using 4 workers causes duplicate emails and race conditions.
**Solution**: File-based locking ensures only ONE worker runs schedulers.
## Commands
```bash
# Development (1 worker - auto primary)
uvicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app --reload
# Production (4 workers - one becomes primary)
uvicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app --workers 4 --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
# Test worker coordination
uv run python test_worker_coordination.py
# Run all tests
uv run pytest tests/ -v
```
## Check Which Worker is Primary
Look for startup logs:
```
[INFO] Worker startup: pid=1001, primary=True ← PRIMARY
[INFO] Worker startup: pid=1002, primary=False ← SECONDARY
[INFO] Worker startup: pid=1003, primary=False ← SECONDARY
[INFO] Worker startup: pid=1004, primary=False ← SECONDARY
[INFO] Daily report scheduler started ← Only on PRIMARY
```
## Lock File
**Location**: `/tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock`
**Check lock status**:
```bash
# See which PID holds the lock
cat /tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock
# Output: 1001
# Verify process is running
ps aux | grep 1001
```
**Clean stale lock** (if needed):
```bash
rm /tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock
# Then restart application
```
## What Runs Where
| Service | Primary Worker | Secondary Workers |
|---------|---------------|-------------------|
| HTTP requests | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Email scheduler | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Error alerts | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes (all workers can send) |
| DB migrations | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Customer hashing | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
## Troubleshooting
### All workers think they're primary
**Cause**: Lock file not accessible
**Fix**: Check permissions on `/tmp/` or change lock location
### No worker becomes primary
**Cause**: Stale lock file
**Fix**: `rm /tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock` and restart
### Still getting duplicate emails
**Check**: Are you seeing duplicate **scheduled reports** or **error alerts**?
- Scheduled reports should only come from primary ✓
- Error alerts can come from any worker (by design) ✓
## Code Example
```python
from alpine_bits_python.worker_coordination import is_primary_worker
async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
# Acquire lock - only one worker succeeds
is_primary, worker_lock = is_primary_worker()
if is_primary:
# Start singleton services
scheduler.start()
# All workers handle requests
yield
# Release lock on shutdown
if worker_lock:
worker_lock.release()
```
## Documentation
- **Full guide**: `docs/MULTI_WORKER_DEPLOYMENT.md`
- **Solution summary**: `SOLUTION_SUMMARY.md`
- **Implementation**: `src/alpine_bits_python/worker_coordination.py`
- **Test script**: `test_worker_coordination.py`

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# Multi-Worker Deployment Solution Summary
## Problem
When running FastAPI with `uvicorn --workers 4`, the `lifespan` function executes in **all 4 worker processes**, causing:
- ❌ **Duplicate email notifications** (4x emails sent)
- ❌ **Multiple schedulers** running simultaneously
- ❌ **Race conditions** in database operations
## Root Cause
Your original implementation tried to detect the primary worker using:
```python
multiprocessing.current_process().name == "MainProcess"
```
**This doesn't work** because with `uvicorn --workers N`, each worker is a separate process with its own name, and none are reliably named "MainProcess".
## Solution Implemented
### File-Based Worker Locking
We implemented a **file-based locking mechanism** that ensures only ONE worker runs singleton services:
```python
# worker_coordination.py
class WorkerLock:
"""Uses fcntl.flock() to coordinate workers across processes"""
def acquire(self) -> bool:
"""Try to acquire exclusive lock - only one process succeeds"""
fcntl.flock(self.lock_fd.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
```
### Updated Lifespan Function
```python
async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
# File-based lock ensures only one worker is primary
is_primary, worker_lock = is_primary_worker()
if is_primary:
# ✓ Start email scheduler (ONCE)
# ✓ Run database migrations (ONCE)
# ✓ Start background tasks (ONCE)
else:
# Skip singleton services
pass
# All workers handle HTTP requests normally
yield
# Release lock on shutdown
if worker_lock:
worker_lock.release()
```
## How It Works
```
uvicorn --workers 4
│
├─ Worker 0 → tries lock → ✓ SUCCESS → PRIMARY (runs schedulers)
├─ Worker 1 → tries lock → ✗ BUSY → SECONDARY (handles requests)
├─ Worker 2 → tries lock → ✗ BUSY → SECONDARY (handles requests)
└─ Worker 3 → tries lock → ✗ BUSY → SECONDARY (handles requests)
```
## Verification
### Test Results
```bash
$ uv run python test_worker_coordination.py
Worker 0 (PID 30773): ✓ I am PRIMARY
Worker 1 (PID 30774): ✗ I am SECONDARY
Worker 2 (PID 30775): ✗ I am SECONDARY
Worker 3 (PID 30776): ✗ I am SECONDARY
✓ Test complete: Only ONE worker should have been PRIMARY
```
### All Tests Pass
```bash
$ uv run pytest tests/ -v
======================= 120 passed, 23 warnings in 1.96s =======================
```
## Files Modified
1. **`worker_coordination.py`** (NEW)
- `WorkerLock` class with `fcntl` file locking
- `is_primary_worker()` function for easy integration
2. **`api.py`** (MODIFIED)
- Import `is_primary_worker` from worker_coordination
- Replace manual worker detection with file-based locking
- Use `is_primary` flag to conditionally start schedulers
- Release lock on shutdown
## Advantages of This Solution
✅ **No external dependencies** - uses standard library `fcntl`
✅ **Automatic failover** - if primary crashes, lock is auto-released
✅ **Works with any ASGI server** - uvicorn, gunicorn, hypercorn
✅ **Simple and reliable** - battle-tested Unix file locking
✅ **No race conditions** - atomic lock acquisition
✅ **Production-ready** - handles edge cases gracefully
## Usage
### Development (Single Worker)
```bash
uvicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app --reload
# Single worker becomes primary automatically
```
### Production (Multiple Workers)
```bash
uvicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app --workers 4
# Worker that starts first becomes primary
# Others become secondary workers
```
### Check Logs
```
[INFO] Worker startup: process=SpawnProcess-1, pid=1001, primary=True
[INFO] Worker startup: process=SpawnProcess-2, pid=1002, primary=False
[INFO] Worker startup: process=SpawnProcess-3, pid=1003, primary=False
[INFO] Worker startup: process=SpawnProcess-4, pid=1004, primary=False
[INFO] Daily report scheduler started # ← Only on primary!
```
## What This Fixes
| Issue | Before | After |
|-------|--------|-------|
| **Email notifications** | Sent 4x (one per worker) | Sent 1x (only primary) |
| **Daily report scheduler** | 4 schedulers running | 1 scheduler running |
| **Customer hashing** | Race condition across workers | Only primary hashes |
| **Startup logs** | Confusing worker detection | Clear primary/secondary status |
## Alternative Approaches Considered
### ❌ Environment Variables
```bash
ALPINEBITS_PRIMARY_WORKER=true uvicorn app:app
```
**Problem**: Manual configuration, no automatic failover
### ❌ Process Name Detection
```python
multiprocessing.current_process().name == "MainProcess"
```
**Problem**: Unreliable with uvicorn's worker processes
### ✅ Redis-Based Locking
```python
redis.lock.Lock(redis_client, "primary_worker")
```
**When to use**: Multi-container deployments (Docker Swarm, Kubernetes)
## Recommendations
### For Single-Host Deployments (Your Case)
✅ Use the file-based locking solution (implemented)
### For Multi-Container Deployments
Consider Redis-based locks if deploying across multiple containers/hosts:
```python
# In worker_coordination.py, add Redis option
def is_primary_worker(use_redis=False):
if use_redis:
return redis_based_lock()
else:
return file_based_lock() # Current implementation
```
## Conclusion
Your FastAPI application now correctly handles multiple workers:
- ✅ Only **one worker** runs singleton services (schedulers, migrations)
- ✅ All **workers** handle HTTP requests concurrently
- ✅ No **duplicate email notifications**
- ✅ No **race conditions** in database operations
- ✅ **Automatic failover** if primary worker crashes
**Result**: You get the performance benefits of multiple workers WITHOUT the duplicate notification problem! 🎉

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# Multi-Worker Deployment Guide
## Problem Statement
When running FastAPI with multiple workers (e.g., `uvicorn app:app --workers 4`), the `lifespan` function runs in **every worker process**. This causes singleton services to run multiple times:
- ❌ **Email schedulers** send duplicate notifications (4x emails if 4 workers)
- ❌ **Background tasks** run redundantly across all workers
- ❌ **Database migrations/hashing** may cause race conditions
## Solution: File-Based Worker Coordination
We use **file-based locking** to ensure only ONE worker runs singleton services. This approach:
- ✅ Works across different process managers (uvicorn, gunicorn, systemd)
- ✅ No external dependencies (Redis, databases)
- ✅ Automatic failover (if primary worker crashes, another can acquire lock)
- ✅ Simple and reliable
## Implementation
### 1. Worker Coordination Module
The `worker_coordination.py` module provides:
```python
from alpine_bits_python.worker_coordination import is_primary_worker
# In your lifespan function
is_primary, worker_lock = is_primary_worker()
if is_primary:
# Start schedulers, background tasks, etc.
start_email_scheduler()
else:
# This is a secondary worker - skip singleton services
pass
```
### 2. How It Works
```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ uvicorn --workers 4 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
├─── Worker 0 (PID 1001) ─┐
├─── Worker 1 (PID 1002) ─┤
├─── Worker 2 (PID 1003) ─┤ All try to acquire
└─── Worker 3 (PID 1004) ─┘ /tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock
│
▼
Worker 0: ✓ Lock acquired → PRIMARY
Worker 1: ✗ Lock busy → SECONDARY
Worker 2: ✗ Lock busy → SECONDARY
Worker 3: ✗ Lock busy → SECONDARY
```
### 3. Lifespan Function
```python
async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
# Determine primary worker using file lock
is_primary, worker_lock = is_primary_worker()
_LOGGER.info("Worker startup: pid=%d, primary=%s", os.getpid(), is_primary)
# All workers: shared setup
config = load_config()
engine = create_async_engine(DATABASE_URL)
# Only primary worker: singleton services
if is_primary:
# Start email scheduler
email_handler, report_scheduler = setup_logging(
config, email_service, loop, enable_scheduler=True
)
report_scheduler.start()
# Run database migrations/hashing
await hash_existing_customers()
else:
# Secondary workers: skip schedulers
email_handler, report_scheduler = setup_logging(
config, email_service, loop, enable_scheduler=False
)
yield
# Cleanup
if report_scheduler:
report_scheduler.stop()
# Release lock
if worker_lock:
worker_lock.release()
```
## Deployment Scenarios
### Development (Single Worker)
```bash
# No special configuration needed
uvicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app --reload
```
Result: Single worker becomes primary automatically.
### Production (Multiple Workers)
```bash
# 4 workers for handling concurrent requests
uvicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app --workers 4 --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
```
Result:
- Worker 0 becomes PRIMARY → runs schedulers
- Workers 1-3 are SECONDARY → handle requests only
### With Gunicorn
```bash
gunicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app \
--workers 4 \
--worker-class uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker \
--bind 0.0.0.0:8000
```
Result: Same as uvicorn - one primary, rest secondary.
### Docker Compose
```yaml
services:
api:
image: alpinebits-api
command: uvicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app --workers 4 --host 0.0.0.0
volumes:
- /tmp:/tmp # Important: Share lock file location
```
**Important**: When using multiple containers, ensure they share the same lock file location or use Redis-based coordination instead.
## Monitoring & Debugging
### Check Which Worker is Primary
Look for log messages at startup:
```
Worker startup: pid=1001, primary=True
Worker startup: pid=1002, primary=False
Worker startup: pid=1003, primary=False
Worker startup: pid=1004, primary=False
```
### Check Lock File
```bash
# See which PID holds the lock
cat /tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock
# Output: 1001
# Verify process is running
ps aux | grep 1001
```
### Testing Worker Coordination
Run the test script:
```bash
uv run python test_worker_coordination.py
```
Expected output:
```
Worker 0 (PID 30773): ✓ I am PRIMARY
Worker 1 (PID 30774): ✗ I am SECONDARY
Worker 2 (PID 30775): ✗ I am SECONDARY
Worker 3 (PID 30776): ✗ I am SECONDARY
```
## Failover Behavior
### Primary Worker Crashes
1. Primary worker holds lock
2. Primary worker crashes/exits → lock is automatically released by OS
3. Existing secondary workers remain secondary (they already failed to acquire lock)
4. **Next restart**: First worker to start becomes new primary
### Graceful Restart
1. Send SIGTERM to workers
2. Primary worker releases lock in shutdown
3. New workers start, one becomes primary
## Lock File Location
Default: `/tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock`
### Change Lock Location
```python
from alpine_bits_python.worker_coordination import WorkerLock
# Custom location
lock = WorkerLock("/var/run/alpinebits/primary.lock")
is_primary = lock.acquire()
```
**Production recommendation**: Use `/var/run/` or `/run/` for lock files (automatically cleaned on reboot).
## Common Issues
### Issue: All workers think they're primary
**Cause**: Lock file path not accessible or workers running in separate containers.
**Solution**:
- Check file permissions on lock directory
- For containers: Use shared volume or Redis-based coordination
### Issue: No worker becomes primary
**Cause**: Lock file from previous run still exists.
**Solution**:
```bash
# Clean up stale lock file
rm /tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock
# Restart application
```
### Issue: Duplicate emails still being sent
**Cause**: Email handler running on all workers (not just schedulers).
**Solution**: Email **alert handler** runs on all workers (to catch errors from any worker). Email **scheduler** only runs on primary. This is correct behavior - alerts come from any worker, scheduled reports only from primary.
## Alternative Approaches
### Redis-Based Coordination
For multi-container deployments, consider Redis-based locks:
```python
import redis
from redis.lock import Lock
redis_client = redis.Redis(host='redis', port=6379)
lock = Lock(redis_client, "alpinebits_primary_worker", timeout=60)
if lock.acquire(blocking=False):
# This is the primary worker
start_schedulers()
```
**Pros**: Works across containers
**Cons**: Requires Redis dependency
### Environment Variable (Not Recommended)
```bash
# Manually set primary worker
ALPINEBITS_PRIMARY_WORKER=true uvicorn app:app
```
**Pros**: Simple
**Cons**: Manual configuration, no automatic failover
## Best Practices
1. ✅ **Use file locks for single-host deployments** (our implementation)
2. ✅ **Use Redis locks for multi-container deployments**
3. ✅ **Log primary/secondary status at startup**
4. ✅ **Always release locks on shutdown**
5. ✅ **Keep lock files in `/var/run/` or `/tmp/`**
6. ❌ **Don't rely on process names** (unreliable with uvicorn)
7. ❌ **Don't use environment variables** (no automatic failover)
8. ❌ **Don't skip coordination** (will cause duplicate notifications)
## Summary
With file-based worker coordination:
- ✅ Only ONE worker runs singleton services (schedulers, migrations)
- ✅ All workers handle HTTP requests normally
- ✅ Automatic failover if primary worker crashes
- ✅ No external dependencies needed
- ✅ Works with uvicorn, gunicorn, and other ASGI servers
This ensures you get the benefits of multiple workers (concurrency) without duplicate email notifications or race conditions.

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╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ MULTI-WORKER FASTAPI ARCHITECTURE ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Command: uvicorn alpine_bits_python.api:app --workers 4 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
┃ Master Process (uvicorn supervisor) ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
│ │ │ │
┌───────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼───────────┐
│ │ │ │ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐
│Worker 0│ │Worker 1│ │Worker 2│ │Worker 3│ │Lock File │
│PID:1001│ │PID:1002│ │PID:1003│ │PID:1004│ │/tmp/alpinebits │
└────┬───┘ └───┬────┘ └───┬────┘ └───┬────┘ │_primary_worker │
│ │ │ │ │.lock │
│ │ │ │ └──────────────────┘
│ │ │ │ ▲
│ │ │ │ │
└─────────┴──────────┴──────────┴─────────────┤
All try to acquire lock │
│ │
▼ │
┌───────────────────────┐ │
│ fcntl.flock(LOCK_EX) │────────────┘
│ Non-blocking attempt │
└───────────────────────┘
│
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
▼ ▼
┌─────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│SUCCESS │ │ WOULD BLOCK │
│(First) │ │(Others) │
└────┬────┘ └──────┬───────┘
│ │
▼ ▼
╔════════════════════════════════╗ ╔══════════════════════════════╗
║ PRIMARY WORKER ║ ║ SECONDARY WORKERS ║
║ (Worker 0, PID 1001) ║ ║ (Workers 1-3) ║
╠════════════════════════════════╣ ╠══════════════════════════════╣
║ ║ ║ ║
║ ✓ Handle HTTP requests ║ ║ ✓ Handle HTTP requests ║
║ ✓ Start email scheduler ║ ║ ✗ Skip email scheduler ║
║ ✓ Send daily reports ║ ║ ✗ Skip daily reports ║
║ ✓ Run DB migrations ║ ║ ✗ Skip DB migrations ║
║ ✓ Hash customers (startup) ║ ║ ✗ Skip customer hashing ║
║ ✓ Send error alerts ║ ║ ✓ Send error alerts ║
║ ✓ Process webhooks ║ ║ ✓ Process webhooks ║
║ ✓ AlpineBits endpoints ║ ║ ✓ AlpineBits endpoints ║
║ ║ ║ ║
║ Holds: worker_lock ║ ║ worker_lock = None ║
║ ║ ║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════╝ ╚══════════════════════════════╝
│ │
│ │
└──────────┬───────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ Incoming HTTP Request │
└───────────────────────────┘
│
(Load balanced by OS)
│
┌───────────┴──────────────┐
│ │
▼ ▼
Any worker can handle Round-robin distribution
the request normally across all 4 workers
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ SINGLETON SERVICES ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Only run on PRIMARY worker:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Email Scheduler │
│ ├─ Daily Report: 8:00 AM │
│ └─ Stats Collection: Per-hotel reservation counts │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Startup Tasks (One-time) │
│ ├─ Database table creation │
│ ├─ Customer data hashing/backfill │
│ └─ Configuration validation │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ SHARED SERVICES ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Run on ALL workers (primary + secondary):
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ HTTP Request Handling │
│ ├─ Webhook endpoints (/api/webhook/*) │
│ ├─ AlpineBits endpoints (/api/alpinebits/*) │
│ └─ Health checks (/api/health) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Error Alert Handler │
│ └─ Any worker can send immediate error alerts │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Event Dispatching │
│ └─ Background tasks triggered by webhooks │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ SHUTDOWN & FAILOVER ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Graceful Shutdown:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 1. SIGTERM received │
│ 2. Stop scheduler (primary only) │
│ 3. Close email handler │
│ 4. Release worker_lock (primary only) │
│ 5. Dispose database engine │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Primary Worker Crash:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 1. Primary worker crashes │
│ 2. OS automatically releases file lock │
│ 3. Secondary workers continue handling requests │
│ 4. On next restart, first worker becomes new primary │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ KEY BENEFITS ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
✓ No duplicate email notifications
✓ No race conditions in database operations
✓ Automatic failover if primary crashes
✓ Load distribution for HTTP requests
✓ No external dependencies (Redis, etc.)
✓ Simple and reliable

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@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from .rate_limit import (
webhook_limiter,
)
from .reservation_service import ReservationService
from .worker_coordination import is_primary_worker
# Configure logging - will be reconfigured during lifespan with actual config
_LOGGER = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -182,24 +183,16 @@ async def push_listener(customer: DBCustomer, reservation: DBReservation, hotel)
async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
# Setup DB
# Determine if this is the primary worker
# Determine if this is the primary worker using file-based locking
# Only primary runs schedulers/background tasks
# In multi-worker setups, only one worker should run singleton services
worker_id = os.environ.get("APP_WORKER_ID", "0")
is_primary_worker = worker_id == "0"
# For uvicorn with --workers, detect if we're the main process
if not is_primary_worker:
# Check if running under uvicorn's supervisor
is_primary_worker = (
multiprocessing.current_process().name == "MainProcess"
)
is_primary, worker_lock = is_primary_worker()
_LOGGER.info(
"Worker startup: process=%s, pid=%d, primary=%s",
multiprocessing.current_process().name,
os.getpid(),
is_primary_worker,
is_primary,
)
try:
@@ -217,9 +210,9 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
# Setup logging from config with email monitoring
# Only primary worker should have the report scheduler running
email_handler, report_scheduler = setup_logging(
config, email_service, loop, enable_scheduler=is_primary_worker
config, email_service, loop, enable_scheduler=is_primary
)
_LOGGER.info("Application startup initiated (primary_worker=%s)", is_primary_worker)
_LOGGER.info("Application startup initiated (primary_worker=%s)", is_primary)
DATABASE_URL = get_database_url(config)
engine = create_async_engine(DATABASE_URL, echo=False)
@@ -260,7 +253,7 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
_LOGGER.info("Database tables checked/created at startup.")
# Hash any existing customers (only in primary worker to avoid race conditions)
if is_primary_worker:
if is_primary:
async with AsyncSessionLocal() as session:
customer_service = CustomerService(session)
hashed_count = await customer_service.hash_existing_customers()
@@ -311,6 +304,10 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
await engine.dispose()
_LOGGER.info("Application shutdown complete")
# Release worker lock if this was the primary worker
if worker_lock:
worker_lock.release()
async def get_async_session(request: Request):
async_sessionmaker = request.app.state.async_sessionmaker

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"""Worker coordination utilities for multi-worker FastAPI deployments.
This module provides utilities to ensure singleton services (schedulers, background tasks)
run on only one worker when using uvicorn --workers N.
"""
import fcntl
import os
from pathlib import Path
from typing import ContextManager
from .logging_config import get_logger
_LOGGER = get_logger(__name__)
class WorkerLock:
"""File-based lock to coordinate worker processes.
Only one worker can hold the lock at a time. This ensures singleton
services like schedulers only run on one worker.
"""
def __init__(self, lock_file: str = "/tmp/alpinebits_primary_worker.lock"):
"""Initialize the worker lock.
Args:
lock_file: Path to the lock file
"""
self.lock_file = Path(lock_file)
self.lock_fd = None
self.is_primary = False
def acquire(self) -> bool:
"""Try to acquire the primary worker lock.
Returns:
True if lock was acquired (this is the primary worker)
False if lock is held by another worker
"""
try:
# Create lock file if it doesn't exist
self.lock_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
# Open lock file
self.lock_fd = open(self.lock_file, "w")
# Try to acquire exclusive lock (non-blocking)
fcntl.flock(self.lock_fd.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
# Write PID to lock file for debugging
self.lock_fd.write(f"{os.getpid()}\n")
self.lock_fd.flush()
self.is_primary = True
_LOGGER.info(
"Acquired primary worker lock (pid=%d, lock_file=%s)",
os.getpid(),
self.lock_file,
)
return True
except (IOError, OSError) as e:
# Lock is held by another process
if self.lock_fd:
self.lock_fd.close()
self.lock_fd = None
self.is_primary = False
_LOGGER.info(
"Could not acquire primary worker lock - another worker is primary (pid=%d)",
os.getpid(),
)
return False
def release(self) -> None:
"""Release the primary worker lock."""
if self.lock_fd and self.is_primary:
try:
fcntl.flock(self.lock_fd.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_UN)
self.lock_fd.close()
# Try to remove lock file (best effort)
try:
self.lock_file.unlink()
except Exception:
pass
_LOGGER.info("Released primary worker lock (pid=%d)", os.getpid())
except Exception:
_LOGGER.exception("Error releasing primary worker lock")
finally:
self.lock_fd = None
self.is_primary = False
def __enter__(self) -> "WorkerLock":
"""Context manager entry."""
self.acquire()
return self
def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb) -> None:
"""Context manager exit."""
self.release()
def is_primary_worker() -> tuple[bool, WorkerLock | None]:
"""Determine if this worker should run singleton services.
Uses file-based locking to coordinate between workers.
Returns:
Tuple of (is_primary, lock_object)
- is_primary: True if this is the primary worker
- lock_object: WorkerLock instance (must be kept alive)
"""
lock = WorkerLock()
is_primary = lock.acquire()
return is_primary, lock

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Test script to verify worker coordination with file locking.
This simulates multiple workers trying to acquire the primary worker lock.
"""
import multiprocessing
import time
from pathlib import Path
from src.alpine_bits_python.worker_coordination import WorkerLock
def worker_process(worker_id: int, lock_file: str):
"""Simulate a worker process trying to acquire the lock."""
print(f"Worker {worker_id} (PID {multiprocessing.current_process().pid}): Starting")
lock = WorkerLock(lock_file)
is_primary = lock.acquire()
if is_primary:
print(f"Worker {worker_id} (PID {multiprocessing.current_process().pid}): ✓ I am PRIMARY")
# Simulate running singleton services
time.sleep(3)
print(f"Worker {worker_id} (PID {multiprocessing.current_process().pid}): Releasing lock")
lock.release()
else:
print(f"Worker {worker_id} (PID {multiprocessing.current_process().pid}): ✗ I am SECONDARY")
# Simulate regular worker work
time.sleep(3)
print(f"Worker {worker_id} (PID {multiprocessing.current_process().pid}): Exiting")
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Use a test lock file
lock_file = "/tmp/test_alpinebits_worker.lock"
# Clean up any existing lock file
Path(lock_file).unlink(missing_ok=True)
print("Starting 4 worker processes (simulating uvicorn --workers 4)")
print("=" * 70)
# Start multiple workers
processes = []
for i in range(4):
p = multiprocessing.Process(target=worker_process, args=(i, lock_file))
p.start()
processes.append(p)
# Small delay to make output clearer
time.sleep(0.1)
# Wait for all workers to complete
for p in processes:
p.join()
print("=" * 70)
print("✓ Test complete: Only ONE worker should have been PRIMARY")
# Clean up
Path(lock_file).unlink(missing_ok=True)