github-actions[bot]@backstage/backend-tasks
Common distributed task management for Backstage backends.
Usage
Add the library to your backend package:
# From your Backstage root directory
yarn add --cwd packages/backend @backstage/backend-tasks
then make use of its facilities as necessary:
import { TaskScheduler } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
const scheduler = TaskScheduler.fromConfig(rootConfig).forPlugin('my-plugin');
await scheduler.scheduleTask({
id: 'refresh_things',
frequency: { cron: '*/5 * * * *' }, // every 5 minutes, also supports Duration
timeout: { minutes: 15 },
fn: async () => {
await entityProvider.run();
},
});
Local Development
When working with the @backstage/backend-tasks library you may run into your task not running immediately at startup as expected if you are using a persistent database. This is by design - the library respects the previous state and does not run the task sooner than the specified frequency. If you want to get around this, there is a table called backstage_backend_tasks__tasks in the applicable plugin's database which will contain a record with the next run date and time. You can delete this record to get things back to what you expect.