3 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
5 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
6 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
12 - Disable publication on GitHub packages registry on release until authentication issue is fixed.
13 - Rename `listTaskFunctions()` to `listTaskFunctionNames()` in pool and worker API.
17 - Add `addTaskFunction()`, `removeTaskFunction()`, `setDefaultTaskFunction()` methods to pool API.
21 - Add `startWorkers` to pool options to whether start the minimum number of workers at pool creation or not.
22 - Add `taskStealing` and `tasksStealingOnPressure` to tasks queue options to whether enable task stealing or not and whether enable tasks stealing on back pressure or not.
23 - Continuous internal benchmarking: https://poolifier.github.io/benchmark-results/dev/bench.
25 ## [2.6.44] - 2023-09-08
29 - Use a dedicated PAT to publish on GitHub packages registry.
33 - Publish on GitHub packages registry on release.
37 - Switch from rome to biome: [PR #1128](https://github.com/poolifier/poolifier/pull/1128).
39 ## [2.6.43] - 2023-09-08
43 - Publish on GitHub packages registry on release.
47 - Switch from rome to biome: [PR #1128](https://github.com/poolifier/poolifier/pull/1128).
49 ## [2.6.42] - 2023-09-06
53 - Optimize hot code paths implementation: avoid unnecessary branching, add and use optimized helpers (min, max), use reduce() array helper, ...
55 ## [2.6.41] - 2023-09-03
59 - Optimize worker choice strategies implementation.
61 ## [2.6.40] - 2023-09-01
65 - Do not pre-choose in WRR worker choice strategy to avoid bias.
66 - Avoid array out of bound in worker choice strategies after worker node removal.
68 ## [2.6.39] - 2023-08-30
72 - Fix race condition in worker choice strategies at worker node info querying while not yet initialized.
74 ## [2.6.38] - 2023-08-30
78 - Bundle typescript types declaration into one file.
82 - Improve interleaved weighted round robin worker choice strategy implementation.
84 ## [2.6.37] - 2023-08-28
88 - Ensure unused worker usage statistics are deleted at runtime.
92 - Rename worker choice strategy options `choiceRetries` to `retries`.
93 - Avoid unnecessary branching in worker choice strategies.
95 ## [2.6.36] - 2023-08-27
99 - Fix pool `execute()` arguments check.
103 - Make continuous tasks stealing algorithm less aggressive.
104 - Fine tune tasks stealing algorithm under back pressure.
106 ## [2.6.35] - 2023-08-25
110 - Don't account worker usage statistics for tasks that have failed.
111 - Fix pool information runtime and wait time median computation.
115 - Update simple moving average implementation to use a circular buffer.
116 - Update simple moving median implementation to use a circular buffer.
117 - Account for stolen tasks in worker usage statistics and pool information.
121 - Continuous tasks stealing algorithm.
123 ## [2.6.34] - 2023-08-24
127 - Avoid cascading tasks stealing under back pressure.
131 - Add fastpath to queued tasks rescheduling.
133 ## [2.6.33] - 2023-08-24
137 - Fix queued tasks rescheduling.
141 - Rename tasks queue options `queueMaxSize` to `size`.
145 - Task stealing scheduling algorithm if tasks queueing is enabled.
147 ## [2.6.32] - 2023-08-23
151 - Ensure no task can be executed when the pool is destroyed.
155 - Add `queueMaxSize` option to tasks queue options.
156 - Add O(1) deque implementation implemented with doubly linked list and use it for tasks queueing.
157 - Add tasks stealing algorithm when a worker node queue is back pressured if tasks queueing is enabled.
159 ## [2.6.31] - 2023-08-20
163 - Fix worker choice strategy retries mechanism in some edge cases.
167 - Make orthogonal worker choice strategies tasks distribution and created dynamic worker usage.
168 - Remove the experimental status of the `LEAST_ELU` worker choice strategy.
170 ## [2.6.30] - 2023-08-19
174 - Ensure pool event `backPressure` is emitted.
175 - Ensure pool event `full` is emitted only once.
176 - Ensure worker node cannot be instantiated without proper arguments.
178 ## [2.6.29] - 2023-08-18
182 - Fix race condition between ready and task functions worker message handling at startup.
183 - Fix duplicate task function worker usage statistics computation per task function.
184 - Update task function worker usage statistics if and only if there's at least two different task functions.
185 - Fix race condition at task function worker usage executing task computation leading to negative value.
189 - Add back pressure detection on the worker node queue. Event `backPressure` is emitted when all worker node queues are full (worker node queue size >= poolMaxSize^2).
190 - Use back pressure detection in worker choice strategies.
191 - Add worker choice strategies retries mechanism if no worker is eligible.
193 ## [2.6.28] - 2023-08-16
197 - Ensure pool workers are properly initialized.
201 - HTTP server pool examples: express-cluster, express-hybrid.
205 - Remove now useless branching in worker hot code path.
207 ## [2.6.27] - 2023-08-15
211 - Add `KillHandler` type definition to exported types.
215 - Add `destroy` event to pool API.
217 ## [2.6.26] - 2023-08-15
221 - Add kill handler to worker options allowing to execute custom code when worker is killed.
222 - Add `listTaskFunctions()` method to pool API.
223 - SMTP client pool example: nodemailer.
225 ## [2.6.25] - 2023-08-13
229 - HTTP server pool examples: fastify-cluster, fastify-hybrid.
230 - WebSocket server pool examples: ws-cluster, ws-hybrid.
232 ## [2.6.24] - 2023-08-12
236 - Add array of transferable objects to the `execute()` method arguments.
237 - WebSocket server pool examples: ws-worker_threads.
239 ## [2.6.23] - 2023-08-11
243 - Fix pool busyness semantic when tasks queueing is enabled: the pool is busy when the number of executing tasks on each worker has reached the maximum tasks concurrency per worker.
247 - HTTP client pool examples: fetch, node-fetch and axios with multiple task functions.
248 - HTTP server pool examples: express-worker_threads, fastify-worker_threads.
250 ## [2.6.22] - 2023-08-10
254 - Add missing `types` field to package.json `exports`.
258 - Structure markdown documentation (PR #811).
260 ## [2.6.21] - 2023-08-03
264 - Improve code documentation.
265 - Code refactoring and cleanup for better maintainability and readability.
267 ## [2.6.20] - 2023-07-21
271 - Fix queued tasks redistribution on error task execution starvation.
272 - Ensure tasks queueing per worker condition is untangled from the pool busyness semantic.
276 - Drastically reduce lookups by worker in the worker nodes.
278 ## [2.6.19] - 2023-07-20
282 - Dedicated internal communication channel for worker_threads pools.
284 ## [2.6.18] - 2023-07-19
288 - Code refactoring and cleanup for better maintainability and readability. Bundle size is a bit smaller.
290 ## [2.6.17] - 2023-07-16
294 - Add `listTaskFunctions()` method to worker API.
296 ## [2.6.16] - 2023-07-12
300 - Fix pool startup detection.
301 - Fix worker task functions handling.
303 ## [2.6.15] - 2023-07-11
307 - Take into account worker node readiness in worker choice strategies.
309 ## [2.6.14] - 2023-07-10
313 - Fix task function statistics tracking.
315 ## [2.6.13] - 2023-07-10
319 - Add per task function statistics tracking.
320 - Add public methods to manipulate the worker task functions at runtime.
322 ## [2.6.12] - 2023-07-09
326 - Workaround import issue with `node:os` module in node 16.x.x.
328 ## [2.6.11] - 2023-07-09
332 - Fix pool readiness semantic.
334 ## [2.6.10] - 2023-07-08
338 - Ensure workers are not recreated on error at pool startup.
342 - Add `ready` and `strategy` fields to pool information.
343 - Add pool event `ready` to notify when the number of workers created in the pool has reached the maximum size expected and are ready.
344 - Add dynamic pool sizing checks.
346 ## [2.6.9] - 2023-07-07
350 - Recreate the right worker type on uncaught exception.
354 - Add minimum and maximum to internal measurement statistics.
355 - Add `runTime` and `waitTime` to pool information.
356 - Check worker inactive time only on dynamic worker.
358 ## [2.6.8] - 2023-07-03
362 - Brown paper bag release to fix version handling in pool information.
364 ## [2.6.7] - 2023-07-03
368 - Ensure worker queued tasks at error are reassigned to other pool workers.
372 - Add pool `utilization` ratio to pool information.
373 - Add `version` to pool information.
374 - Add worker information to worker nodes.
376 ## [2.6.6] - 2023-07-01
380 - Add safe helper `availableParallelism()` to help sizing the pool.
384 - Ensure message handler is only registered in worker.
386 ## [2.6.5] - 2023-06-27
390 - Cluster pools tasks execution are not working by using ESM files extension: https://github.com/poolifier/poolifier/issues/782
394 - Artificial version bump to 2.6.5 to workaround publication issue.
395 - Ensure cluster pool `destroy()` gracefully shutdowns worker's server.
396 - Ensure pool event is emitted before task error promise rejection.
397 - Fix queued tasks count computation.
401 - Remove unneeded worker_threads worker `MessageChannel` internal usage for IPC.
403 ## [2.6.4] - 2023-06-27
407 - Cluster pools tasks execution are not working by using ESM files extension: https://github.com/poolifier/poolifier/issues/782
411 - Ensure cluster pool `destroy()` gracefully shutdowns worker's server.
412 - Ensure pool event is emitted before task error promise rejection.
413 - Fix queued tasks count computation.
417 - Remove unneeded worker_threads worker `MessageChannel` internal usage for IPC.
419 ## [2.6.3] - 2023-06-19
423 - Ensure no tasks are queued when trying to soft kill a dynamic worker.
424 - Update strategies internals after statistics computation.
428 - Optimize O(1) queue implementation.
430 ## [2.6.2] - 2023-06-12
434 - Fix new worker use after creation in dynamic pool given the current worker choice strategy.
436 ## [2.6.1] - 2023-06-10
440 - Add worker choice strategy documentation: [README.md](./docs/worker-choice-strategies.md).
444 - Fix average statistics computation: ensure failed tasks are not accounted.
446 ## [2.6.0] - 2023-06-09
450 - Add `LEAST_ELU` worker choice strategy (experimental).
451 - Add tasks ELU instead of runtime support to `FAIR_SHARE` worker choice strategy.
455 - Refactor pool worker node usage internals.
456 - Breaking change: refactor worker choice strategy statistics requirements: the syntax of the worker choice strategy options has changed.
457 - Breaking change: pool information `info` property object fields have been renamed.
461 - Fix wait time accounting.
462 - Ensure worker choice strategy `LEAST_BUSY` accounts also tasks wait time.
463 - Ensure worker choice strategy `LEAST_USED` accounts also queued tasks.
465 ## [2.5.4] - 2023-06-07
469 - Add Event Loop Utilization (ELU) statistics to worker tasks usage.
473 - Compute statistics at the worker level only if needed.
474 - Add `worker_threads` options to thread pool options.
478 - Make the `LEAST_BUSY` strategy only relies on task runtime.
480 ## [2.5.3] - 2023-06-04
484 - Refine pool information content.
485 - Limit pool internals public exposure.
487 ## [2.5.2] - 2023-06-02
491 - Add `taskError` pool event for task execution error.
492 - Add pool information `info` property to pool.
493 - Emit pool information on `busy` and `full` pool events.
495 ## [2.5.1] - 2023-06-01
499 - Add pool option `restartWorkerOnError` to restart worker on uncaught error. Default to `true`.
500 - Add `error` pool event for uncaught worker error.
502 ## [2.5.0] - 2023-05-31
506 - Switch pool event emitter to `EventEmitterAsyncResource`.
507 - Add tasks wait time accounting in per worker tasks usage.
508 - Add interleaved weighted round robin `INTERLEAVED_WEIGHTED_ROUND_ROBIN` worker choice strategy (experimental).
512 - Renamed worker choice strategy `LESS_BUSY` to `LEAST_BUSY` and `LESS_USED` to `LEAST_USED`.
514 ## [2.4.14] - 2023-05-09
518 - Ensure no undefined task runtime can land in the tasks history.
519 - Fix median computation implementation once again.
523 - Unit tests for median and queue implementations.
525 ## [2.4.13] - 2023-05-08
529 - Fix worker choice strategy options validation.
530 - Fix fair share worker choice strategy internals update: ensure virtual task end timestamp is computed at task submission.
532 ## [2.4.12] - 2023-05-06
536 - Support multiple task functions per worker.
537 - Add custom worker weights support to worker choice strategies options.
541 - Use O(1) queue implementation for tasks queueing.
545 - Fix median computation implementation.
546 - Fix fair share worker choice strategy internals update.
548 ## [2.4.11] - 2023-04-23
552 - Optimize free worker finding in worker choice strategies.
554 ## [2.4.10] - 2023-04-15
558 - Fix typescript type definition for task function: ensure the input data is optional.
559 - Fix typescript type definition for pool execute(): ensure the input data is optional.
561 ## [2.4.9] - 2023-04-15
565 - Add tasks queue enablement runtime setter to pool.
566 - Add tasks queue options runtime setter to pool.
567 - Add worker choice strategy options runtime setter to pool.
571 - Remove the tasks queuing experimental status.
575 - Fix task function type definition and validation.
576 - Fix worker choice strategy options handling.
578 ## [2.4.8] - 2023-04-12
582 - Fix message between main worker and worker type definition for tasks.
583 - Fix code documentation.
585 ## [2.4.7] - 2023-04-11
589 - Add worker tasks queue options to pool options.
593 - Fix missing documentation.
595 ## [2.4.6] - 2023-04-10
599 - Ensure one task at a time is executed per worker with tasks queueing enabled.
600 - Properly count worker executing tasks with tasks queueing enabled.
602 ## [2.4.5] - 2023-04-09
606 - Use monotonic high resolution timer for worker tasks runtime.
607 - Add worker tasks median runtime to statistics.
608 - Add worker tasks queue (experimental).
610 ## [2.4.4] - 2023-04-07
614 - Add `PoolEvents` enumeration and `PoolEvent` type.
618 - Destroy worker only on alive check.
620 ## [2.4.3] - 2023-04-07
624 - Fix typedoc generation with inheritance.
626 ## [2.4.2] - 2023-04-06
630 - Add `full` event to dynamic pool.
631 - Keep worker choice strategy in memory for conditional reuse.
635 - Fix possible negative worker key at worker removal in worker choice strategies.
637 ## [2.4.1] - 2023-04-05
641 - Optimize worker choice strategy for dynamic pool.
645 - Ensure dynamic pool does not alter worker choice strategy expected behavior.
647 ## [2.4.0] - 2023-04-04
651 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
655 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
656 - Optimize worker alive status check.
657 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
658 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
659 - Update benchmark versus external threads pools.
660 - Optimize tasks usage statistics requirements for worker choice strategy.
664 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
665 - Fix message id integer overflow.
666 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
667 - Fix package publication with pnpm.
669 ## [2.4.0-3] - 2023-04-04
673 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
677 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
678 - Optimize worker alive status check.
679 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
680 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
681 - Update benchmark versus external threads pools.
685 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
686 - Fix message id integer overflow.
687 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
688 - Fix package publication with pnpm.
690 ## [2.4.0-2] - 2023-04-03
694 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
698 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
699 - Optimize worker alive status check.
700 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
701 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
705 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
706 - Fix message id integer overflow.
707 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
708 - Fix package publication with pnpm.
710 ## [2.4.0-1] - 2023-04-03
714 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
718 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
719 - Optimize worker alive status check.
720 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
721 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
725 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
726 - Fix message id integer overflow.
727 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
729 ## [2.4.0-0] - 2023-04-03
733 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
737 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
738 - Optimize worker alive status check.
739 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
740 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
744 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
745 - Fix message id integer overflow.
746 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
748 ## [2.3.10] - 2023-03-18
752 - Fix package.json `exports` syntax for ESM and CommonJS.
756 - Permit SemVer pre-release publication.
758 ## [2.3.10-2] - 2023-03-18
762 - Fix package.json `exports` syntax for ESM and CommonJS.
764 ## [2.3.10-1] - 2023-03-18
768 - Permit SemVer pre-release publication.
770 ## [2.3.10-0] - 2023-03-18
774 - Fix package.json `exports` syntax for ESM and CommonJS.
776 ## [2.3.9] - 2023-03-18
780 - Introduce ESM module support along with CommonJS one.
784 - Fix brown paper bag bug referencing the same object literal.
786 ## [2.3.8] - 2023-03-18
790 - Switch internal benchmarking code to benny.
791 - Switch to TypeScript 5.x.x.
792 - Switch rollup bundler plugins to core ones.
793 - Switch to TSDoc syntax.
794 - Enforce conventional commits.
798 - Fix random integer generator.
799 - Fix worker choice strategy pool type identification at initialization.
801 ## [2.3.7] - 2022-10-23
805 - Switch to open collective FOSS project funding platform.
806 - Switch to ts-standard linter configuration on TypeScript code.
810 - Fixed missing async on pool execute method.
811 - Fixed typing in TypeScript example.
812 - Fixed types in unit tests.
814 ## [2.3.6] - 2022-10-22
818 - Cleanup pool attributes and methods.
819 - Refine error types thrown.
823 - Fix continuous integration build on windows.
824 - Fix code coverage reporting by using c8 instead of nyc.
826 ## [2.3.5] - 2022-10-21
830 - Improve benchmarks: add IO intensive task workload, add task size option, integrate code into linter.
831 - Optimize tasks usage lookup implementation.
835 - Fix missed pool event emitter type export.
836 - Fix typedoc documentation generation.
838 ## [2.3.4] - 2022-10-17
842 - Fully automate release process with release-it.
846 - Optimize fair share task scheduling algorithm implementation.
847 - Update benchmark versus external pools results with latest version.
849 ## [2.3.3] - 2022-10-15
853 - Add support for [cluster settings](https://nodejs.org/api/cluster.html#cluster_cluster_settings) in cluster pool options.
855 ## [2.3.2] - 2022-10-14
859 - Optimize fair share worker selection strategy implementation.
863 - Fix WRR worker selection strategy: ensure the condition triggering the round robin can be fulfilled.
865 ## [2.3.1] - 2022-10-13
869 - Pool worker choice strategies:
870 - `WorkerChoiceStrategies.WEIGHTED_ROUND_ROBIN` strategy based on weighted round robin scheduling algorithm using tasks execution time for now.
871 - `WorkerChoiceStrategies.FAIR_SHARE` strategy based on fair share scheduling algorithm using tasks execution time for now.
873 ## [2.2.2] - 2022-10-09
877 - Fixed `README.md` file.
879 ## [2.2.1] - 2022-10-08
883 - Dynamic worker choice strategy change at runtime.
885 ## [2.2.0] - 2022-01-05
889 - Support only Node.js version 16.x.x for cluster pool: upstream cluster API have changed on that version.
891 ## [2.1.0] - 2021-08-29
895 - Add an optional pool option `messageHandler` to `PoolOptions<Worker>` for registering a message handler callback on each worker.
899 - `AbstractWorker` class `maxInactiveTime`, `killBehavior` and `async` attributes have been removed in favour of the same ones in the worker options `opts` public attribute.
900 - `AbstractWorker` class `lastTask` attribute have been renamed to `lastTaskTimestamp`.
901 - `AbstractWorker` class `interval` attribute have been renamed to `aliveInterval`.
902 - `AbstractWorker` class cannot be instantiated without specifying the `mainWorker` argument referencing the main worker.
904 ## [2.0.2] - 2021-05-12
908 - Fix `busy` event emission on fixed pool type
910 ## [2.0.1] - 2021-03-16
914 - Check if pool options are properly set.
915 - `busy` event is emitted on all pool types.
917 ## [2.0.0] - 2021-03-01
921 - Now a thread/process by default is not deleted when the task submitted take more time than maxInactiveTime configured (issue #70).
925 - `FullPool` event is now renamed to `busy`.
926 - `maxInactiveTime` on `ThreadWorker` default behavior is now changed, if you want to keep the old behavior set `killBehavior` to `KillBehaviors.HARD`.
927 _Find more details on our JSDoc._
929 - `maxTasks` option on `FixedThreadPool` and `DynamicThreadPool` is now removed since is no more needed.
931 - We changed some internal structures, but you shouldn't be too affected by them as these are internal changes.
933 ### Pool options types declaration merge
935 `FixedThreadPoolOptions` and `DynamicThreadPoolOptions` type declarations have been merged to `PoolOptions<Worker>`.
937 #### New `export` strategy
941 const DynamicThreadPool = require('poolifier/lib/dynamic')
943 const { DynamicThreadPool } = require('poolifier/lib/dynamic')
946 But you should always prefer just using
949 const { DynamicThreadPool } = require('poolifier')
952 #### New type definitions for input data and response
954 For cluster worker and worker-thread pools, you can now only send and receive structured-cloneable data.
955 _This is not a limitation by poolifier but Node.js._
957 #### Public property replacements
959 `numWorkers` property is now `numberOfWorkers`
961 #### Internal (protected) properties and methods renaming
963 These properties are not intended for end users
965 - `id` => `nextMessageId`
967 These methods are not intended for end users
969 - `_chooseWorker` => `chooseWorker`
970 - `_newWorker` => `createWorker`
971 - `_execute` => `internalExecute`
972 - `_chooseWorker` => `chooseWorker`
973 - `_checkAlive` => `checkAlive`
975 - `_runAsync` => `runAsync`
977 ## [1.1.0] - 2020-05-21
981 - ThreadWorker support async functions as option
982 - Various external library patches
984 ## [1.0.0] - 2020-01-24
988 - FixedThreadPool implementation
989 - DynamicThreadPool implementation
990 - WorkerThread implementation to improve developer experience