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 - Fix task stealing related tasks queue options handling at runtime.
14 ## [2.6.45] - 2023-09-17
18 - Disable publication on GitHub packages registry on release until authentication issue is fixed.
22 - Add `startWorkers` to pool options to whether start the minimum number of workers at pool creation or not.
23 - Add `start()` method to pool API to start the minimum number of workers.
24 - 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.
25 - Continuous internal benchmarking: https://poolifier.github.io/benchmark-results/dev/bench.
27 ## [2.6.44] - 2023-09-08
31 - Use a dedicated PAT to publish on GitHub packages registry.
35 - Publish on GitHub packages registry on release.
39 - Switch from rome to biome: [PR #1128](https://github.com/poolifier/poolifier/pull/1128).
41 ## [2.6.43] - 2023-09-08
45 - Publish on GitHub packages registry on release.
49 - Switch from rome to biome: [PR #1128](https://github.com/poolifier/poolifier/pull/1128).
51 ## [2.6.42] - 2023-09-06
55 - Optimize hot code paths implementation: avoid unnecessary branching, add and use optimized helpers (min, max), use reduce() array helper, ...
57 ## [2.6.41] - 2023-09-03
61 - Optimize worker choice strategies implementation.
63 ## [2.6.40] - 2023-09-01
67 - Do not pre-choose in WRR worker choice strategy to avoid bias.
68 - Avoid array out of bound in worker choice strategies after worker node removal.
70 ## [2.6.39] - 2023-08-30
74 - Fix race condition in worker choice strategies at worker node info querying while not yet initialized.
76 ## [2.6.38] - 2023-08-30
80 - Bundle typescript types declaration into one file.
84 - Improve interleaved weighted round robin worker choice strategy implementation.
86 ## [2.6.37] - 2023-08-28
90 - Ensure unused worker usage statistics are deleted at runtime.
94 - Rename worker choice strategy options `choiceRetries` to `retries`.
95 - Avoid unnecessary branching in worker choice strategies.
97 ## [2.6.36] - 2023-08-27
101 - Fix pool `execute()` arguments check.
105 - Make continuous tasks stealing algorithm less aggressive.
106 - Fine tune tasks stealing algorithm under back pressure.
108 ## [2.6.35] - 2023-08-25
112 - Don't account worker usage statistics for tasks that have failed.
113 - Fix pool information runtime and wait time median computation.
117 - Update simple moving average implementation to use a circular buffer.
118 - Update simple moving median implementation to use a circular buffer.
119 - Account for stolen tasks in worker usage statistics and pool information.
123 - Continuous tasks stealing algorithm.
125 ## [2.6.34] - 2023-08-24
129 - Avoid cascading tasks stealing under back pressure.
133 - Add fastpath to queued tasks rescheduling.
135 ## [2.6.33] - 2023-08-24
139 - Fix queued tasks rescheduling.
143 - Rename tasks queue options `queueMaxSize` to `size`.
147 - Task stealing scheduling algorithm if tasks queueing is enabled.
149 ## [2.6.32] - 2023-08-23
153 - Ensure no task can be executed when the pool is destroyed.
157 - Add `queueMaxSize` option to tasks queue options.
158 - Add O(1) deque implementation implemented with doubly linked list and use it for tasks queueing.
159 - Add tasks stealing algorithm when a worker node queue is back pressured if tasks queueing is enabled.
161 ## [2.6.31] - 2023-08-20
165 - Fix worker choice strategy retries mechanism in some edge cases.
169 - Make orthogonal worker choice strategies tasks distribution and created dynamic worker usage.
170 - Remove the experimental status of the `LEAST_ELU` worker choice strategy.
172 ## [2.6.30] - 2023-08-19
176 - Ensure pool event `backPressure` is emitted.
177 - Ensure pool event `full` is emitted only once.
178 - Ensure worker node cannot be instantiated without proper arguments.
180 ## [2.6.29] - 2023-08-18
184 - Fix race condition between ready and task functions worker message handling at startup.
185 - Fix duplicate task function worker usage statistics computation per task function.
186 - Update task function worker usage statistics if and only if there's at least two different task functions.
187 - Fix race condition at task function worker usage executing task computation leading to negative value.
191 - 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).
192 - Use back pressure detection in worker choice strategies.
193 - Add worker choice strategies retries mechanism if no worker is eligible.
195 ## [2.6.28] - 2023-08-16
199 - Ensure pool workers are properly initialized.
203 - HTTP server pool examples: express-cluster, express-hybrid.
207 - Remove now useless branching in worker hot code path.
209 ## [2.6.27] - 2023-08-15
213 - Add `KillHandler` type definition to exported types.
217 - Add `destroy` event to pool API.
219 ## [2.6.26] - 2023-08-15
223 - Add kill handler to worker options allowing to execute custom code when worker is killed.
224 - Add `listTaskFunctions()` method to pool API.
225 - SMTP client pool example: nodemailer.
227 ## [2.6.25] - 2023-08-13
231 - HTTP server pool examples: fastify-cluster, fastify-hybrid.
232 - WebSocket server pool examples: ws-cluster, ws-hybrid.
234 ## [2.6.24] - 2023-08-12
238 - Add array of transferable objects to the `execute()` method arguments.
239 - WebSocket server pool examples: ws-worker_threads.
241 ## [2.6.23] - 2023-08-11
245 - 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.
249 - HTTP client pool examples: fetch, node-fetch and axios with multiple task functions.
250 - HTTP server pool examples: express-worker_threads, fastify-worker_threads.
252 ## [2.6.22] - 2023-08-10
256 - Add missing `types` field to package.json `exports`.
260 - Structure markdown documentation (PR #811).
262 ## [2.6.21] - 2023-08-03
266 - Improve code documentation.
267 - Code refactoring and cleanup for better maintainability and readability.
269 ## [2.6.20] - 2023-07-21
273 - Fix queued tasks redistribution on error task execution starvation.
274 - Ensure tasks queueing per worker condition is untangled from the pool busyness semantic.
278 - Drastically reduce lookups by worker in the worker nodes.
280 ## [2.6.19] - 2023-07-20
284 - Dedicated internal communication channel for worker_threads pools.
286 ## [2.6.18] - 2023-07-19
290 - Code refactoring and cleanup for better maintainability and readability. Bundle size is a bit smaller.
292 ## [2.6.17] - 2023-07-16
296 - Add `listTaskFunctions()` method to worker API.
298 ## [2.6.16] - 2023-07-12
302 - Fix pool startup detection.
303 - Fix worker task functions handling.
305 ## [2.6.15] - 2023-07-11
309 - Take into account worker node readiness in worker choice strategies.
311 ## [2.6.14] - 2023-07-10
315 - Fix task function statistics tracking.
317 ## [2.6.13] - 2023-07-10
321 - Add per task function statistics tracking.
322 - Add public methods to manipulate the worker task functions at runtime.
324 ## [2.6.12] - 2023-07-09
328 - Workaround import issue with `node:os` module in node 16.x.x.
330 ## [2.6.11] - 2023-07-09
334 - Fix pool readiness semantic.
336 ## [2.6.10] - 2023-07-08
340 - Ensure workers are not recreated on error at pool startup.
344 - Add `ready` and `strategy` fields to pool information.
345 - Add pool event `ready` to notify when the number of workers created in the pool has reached the maximum size expected and are ready.
346 - Add dynamic pool sizing checks.
348 ## [2.6.9] - 2023-07-07
352 - Recreate the right worker type on uncaught exception.
356 - Add minimum and maximum to internal measurement statistics.
357 - Add `runTime` and `waitTime` to pool information.
358 - Check worker inactive time only on dynamic worker.
360 ## [2.6.8] - 2023-07-03
364 - Brown paper bag release to fix version handling in pool information.
366 ## [2.6.7] - 2023-07-03
370 - Ensure worker queued tasks at error are reassigned to other pool workers.
374 - Add pool `utilization` ratio to pool information.
375 - Add `version` to pool information.
376 - Add worker information to worker nodes.
378 ## [2.6.6] - 2023-07-01
382 - Add safe helper `availableParallelism()` to help sizing the pool.
386 - Ensure message handler is only registered in worker.
388 ## [2.6.5] - 2023-06-27
392 - Cluster pools tasks execution are not working by using ESM files extension: https://github.com/poolifier/poolifier/issues/782
396 - Artificial version bump to 2.6.5 to workaround publication issue.
397 - Ensure cluster pool `destroy()` gracefully shutdowns worker's server.
398 - Ensure pool event is emitted before task error promise rejection.
399 - Fix queued tasks count computation.
403 - Remove unneeded worker_threads worker `MessageChannel` internal usage for IPC.
405 ## [2.6.4] - 2023-06-27
409 - Cluster pools tasks execution are not working by using ESM files extension: https://github.com/poolifier/poolifier/issues/782
413 - Ensure cluster pool `destroy()` gracefully shutdowns worker's server.
414 - Ensure pool event is emitted before task error promise rejection.
415 - Fix queued tasks count computation.
419 - Remove unneeded worker_threads worker `MessageChannel` internal usage for IPC.
421 ## [2.6.3] - 2023-06-19
425 - Ensure no tasks are queued when trying to soft kill a dynamic worker.
426 - Update strategies internals after statistics computation.
430 - Optimize O(1) queue implementation.
432 ## [2.6.2] - 2023-06-12
436 - Fix new worker use after creation in dynamic pool given the current worker choice strategy.
438 ## [2.6.1] - 2023-06-10
442 - Add worker choice strategy documentation: [README.md](./docs/worker-choice-strategies.md).
446 - Fix average statistics computation: ensure failed tasks are not accounted.
448 ## [2.6.0] - 2023-06-09
452 - Add `LEAST_ELU` worker choice strategy (experimental).
453 - Add tasks ELU instead of runtime support to `FAIR_SHARE` worker choice strategy.
457 - Refactor pool worker node usage internals.
458 - Breaking change: refactor worker choice strategy statistics requirements: the syntax of the worker choice strategy options has changed.
459 - Breaking change: pool information `info` property object fields have been renamed.
463 - Fix wait time accounting.
464 - Ensure worker choice strategy `LEAST_BUSY` accounts also tasks wait time.
465 - Ensure worker choice strategy `LEAST_USED` accounts also queued tasks.
467 ## [2.5.4] - 2023-06-07
471 - Add Event Loop Utilization (ELU) statistics to worker tasks usage.
475 - Compute statistics at the worker level only if needed.
476 - Add `worker_threads` options to thread pool options.
480 - Make the `LEAST_BUSY` strategy only relies on task runtime.
482 ## [2.5.3] - 2023-06-04
486 - Refine pool information content.
487 - Limit pool internals public exposure.
489 ## [2.5.2] - 2023-06-02
493 - Add `taskError` pool event for task execution error.
494 - Add pool information `info` property to pool.
495 - Emit pool information on `busy` and `full` pool events.
497 ## [2.5.1] - 2023-06-01
501 - Add pool option `restartWorkerOnError` to restart worker on uncaught error. Default to `true`.
502 - Add `error` pool event for uncaught worker error.
504 ## [2.5.0] - 2023-05-31
508 - Switch pool event emitter to `EventEmitterAsyncResource`.
509 - Add tasks wait time accounting in per worker tasks usage.
510 - Add interleaved weighted round robin `INTERLEAVED_WEIGHTED_ROUND_ROBIN` worker choice strategy (experimental).
514 - Renamed worker choice strategy `LESS_BUSY` to `LEAST_BUSY` and `LESS_USED` to `LEAST_USED`.
516 ## [2.4.14] - 2023-05-09
520 - Ensure no undefined task runtime can land in the tasks history.
521 - Fix median computation implementation once again.
525 - Unit tests for median and queue implementations.
527 ## [2.4.13] - 2023-05-08
531 - Fix worker choice strategy options validation.
532 - Fix fair share worker choice strategy internals update: ensure virtual task end timestamp is computed at task submission.
534 ## [2.4.12] - 2023-05-06
538 - Support multiple task functions per worker.
539 - Add custom worker weights support to worker choice strategies options.
543 - Use O(1) queue implementation for tasks queueing.
547 - Fix median computation implementation.
548 - Fix fair share worker choice strategy internals update.
550 ## [2.4.11] - 2023-04-23
554 - Optimize free worker finding in worker choice strategies.
556 ## [2.4.10] - 2023-04-15
560 - Fix typescript type definition for task function: ensure the input data is optional.
561 - Fix typescript type definition for pool execute(): ensure the input data is optional.
563 ## [2.4.9] - 2023-04-15
567 - Add tasks queue enablement runtime setter to pool.
568 - Add tasks queue options runtime setter to pool.
569 - Add worker choice strategy options runtime setter to pool.
573 - Remove the tasks queuing experimental status.
577 - Fix task function type definition and validation.
578 - Fix worker choice strategy options handling.
580 ## [2.4.8] - 2023-04-12
584 - Fix message between main worker and worker type definition for tasks.
585 - Fix code documentation.
587 ## [2.4.7] - 2023-04-11
591 - Add worker tasks queue options to pool options.
595 - Fix missing documentation.
597 ## [2.4.6] - 2023-04-10
601 - Ensure one task at a time is executed per worker with tasks queueing enabled.
602 - Properly count worker executing tasks with tasks queueing enabled.
604 ## [2.4.5] - 2023-04-09
608 - Use monotonic high resolution timer for worker tasks runtime.
609 - Add worker tasks median runtime to statistics.
610 - Add worker tasks queue (experimental).
612 ## [2.4.4] - 2023-04-07
616 - Add `PoolEvents` enumeration and `PoolEvent` type.
620 - Destroy worker only on alive check.
622 ## [2.4.3] - 2023-04-07
626 - Fix typedoc generation with inheritance.
628 ## [2.4.2] - 2023-04-06
632 - Add `full` event to dynamic pool.
633 - Keep worker choice strategy in memory for conditional reuse.
637 - Fix possible negative worker key at worker removal in worker choice strategies.
639 ## [2.4.1] - 2023-04-05
643 - Optimize worker choice strategy for dynamic pool.
647 - Ensure dynamic pool does not alter worker choice strategy expected behavior.
649 ## [2.4.0] - 2023-04-04
653 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
657 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
658 - Optimize worker alive status check.
659 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
660 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
661 - Update benchmark versus external threads pools.
662 - Optimize tasks usage statistics requirements for worker choice strategy.
666 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
667 - Fix message id integer overflow.
668 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
669 - Fix package publication with pnpm.
671 ## [2.4.0-3] - 2023-04-04
675 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
679 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
680 - Optimize worker alive status check.
681 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
682 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
683 - Update benchmark versus external threads pools.
687 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
688 - Fix message id integer overflow.
689 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
690 - Fix package publication with pnpm.
692 ## [2.4.0-2] - 2023-04-03
696 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
700 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
701 - Optimize worker alive status check.
702 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
703 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
707 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
708 - Fix message id integer overflow.
709 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
710 - Fix package publication with pnpm.
712 ## [2.4.0-1] - 2023-04-03
716 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
720 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
721 - Optimize worker alive status check.
722 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
723 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
727 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
728 - Fix message id integer overflow.
729 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
731 ## [2.4.0-0] - 2023-04-03
735 - Add `LESS_BUSY` worker choice strategy.
739 - Optimize worker storage in pool.
740 - Optimize worker alive status check.
741 - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename worker choice strategy `LESS_RECENTLY_USED` to `LESS_USED`.
742 - Optimize `LESS_USED` worker choice strategy.
746 - Ensure trimmable characters are checked at pool initialization.
747 - Fix message id integer overflow.
748 - Fix pool worker removal in worker choice strategy internals.
750 ## [2.3.10] - 2023-03-18
754 - Fix package.json `exports` syntax for ESM and CommonJS.
758 - Permit SemVer pre-release publication.
760 ## [2.3.10-2] - 2023-03-18
764 - Fix package.json `exports` syntax for ESM and CommonJS.
766 ## [2.3.10-1] - 2023-03-18
770 - Permit SemVer pre-release publication.
772 ## [2.3.10-0] - 2023-03-18
776 - Fix package.json `exports` syntax for ESM and CommonJS.
778 ## [2.3.9] - 2023-03-18
782 - Introduce ESM module support along with CommonJS one.
786 - Fix brown paper bag bug referencing the same object literal.
788 ## [2.3.8] - 2023-03-18
792 - Switch internal benchmarking code to benny.
793 - Switch to TypeScript 5.x.x.
794 - Switch rollup bundler plugins to core ones.
795 - Switch to TSDoc syntax.
796 - Enforce conventional commits.
800 - Fix random integer generator.
801 - Fix worker choice strategy pool type identification at initialization.
803 ## [2.3.7] - 2022-10-23
807 - Switch to open collective FOSS project funding platform.
808 - Switch to ts-standard linter configuration on TypeScript code.
812 - Fixed missing async on pool execute method.
813 - Fixed typing in TypeScript example.
814 - Fixed types in unit tests.
816 ## [2.3.6] - 2022-10-22
820 - Cleanup pool attributes and methods.
821 - Refine error types thrown.
825 - Fix continuous integration build on windows.
826 - Fix code coverage reporting by using c8 instead of nyc.
828 ## [2.3.5] - 2022-10-21
832 - Improve benchmarks: add IO intensive task workload, add task size option, integrate code into linter.
833 - Optimize tasks usage lookup implementation.
837 - Fix missed pool event emitter type export.
838 - Fix typedoc documentation generation.
840 ## [2.3.4] - 2022-10-17
844 - Fully automate release process with release-it.
848 - Optimize fair share task scheduling algorithm implementation.
849 - Update benchmark versus external pools results with latest version.
851 ## [2.3.3] - 2022-10-15
855 - Add support for [cluster settings](https://nodejs.org/api/cluster.html#cluster_cluster_settings) in cluster pool options.
857 ## [2.3.2] - 2022-10-14
861 - Optimize fair share worker selection strategy implementation.
865 - Fix WRR worker selection strategy: ensure the condition triggering the round robin can be fulfilled.
867 ## [2.3.1] - 2022-10-13
871 - Pool worker choice strategies:
872 - `WorkerChoiceStrategies.WEIGHTED_ROUND_ROBIN` strategy based on weighted round robin scheduling algorithm using tasks execution time for now.
873 - `WorkerChoiceStrategies.FAIR_SHARE` strategy based on fair share scheduling algorithm using tasks execution time for now.
875 ## [2.2.2] - 2022-10-09
879 - Fixed `README.md` file.
881 ## [2.2.1] - 2022-10-08
885 - Dynamic worker choice strategy change at runtime.
887 ## [2.2.0] - 2022-01-05
891 - Support only Node.js version 16.x.x for cluster pool: upstream cluster API have changed on that version.
893 ## [2.1.0] - 2021-08-29
897 - Add an optional pool option `messageHandler` to `PoolOptions<Worker>` for registering a message handler callback on each worker.
901 - `AbstractWorker` class `maxInactiveTime`, `killBehavior` and `async` attributes have been removed in favour of the same ones in the worker options `opts` public attribute.
902 - `AbstractWorker` class `lastTask` attribute have been renamed to `lastTaskTimestamp`.
903 - `AbstractWorker` class `interval` attribute have been renamed to `aliveInterval`.
904 - `AbstractWorker` class cannot be instantiated without specifying the `mainWorker` argument referencing the main worker.
906 ## [2.0.2] - 2021-05-12
910 - Fix `busy` event emission on fixed pool type
912 ## [2.0.1] - 2021-03-16
916 - Check if pool options are properly set.
917 - `busy` event is emitted on all pool types.
919 ## [2.0.0] - 2021-03-01
923 - Now a thread/process by default is not deleted when the task submitted take more time than maxInactiveTime configured (issue #70).
927 - `FullPool` event is now renamed to `busy`.
928 - `maxInactiveTime` on `ThreadWorker` default behavior is now changed, if you want to keep the old behavior set `killBehavior` to `KillBehaviors.HARD`.
929 _Find more details on our JSDoc._
931 - `maxTasks` option on `FixedThreadPool` and `DynamicThreadPool` is now removed since is no more needed.
933 - We changed some internal structures, but you shouldn't be too affected by them as these are internal changes.
935 ### Pool options types declaration merge
937 `FixedThreadPoolOptions` and `DynamicThreadPoolOptions` type declarations have been merged to `PoolOptions<Worker>`.
939 #### New `export` strategy
943 const DynamicThreadPool = require('poolifier/lib/dynamic')
945 const { DynamicThreadPool } = require('poolifier/lib/dynamic')
948 But you should always prefer just using
951 const { DynamicThreadPool } = require('poolifier')
954 #### New type definitions for input data and response
956 For cluster worker and worker-thread pools, you can now only send and receive structured-cloneable data.
957 _This is not a limitation by poolifier but Node.js._
959 #### Public property replacements
961 `numWorkers` property is now `numberOfWorkers`
963 #### Internal (protected) properties and methods renaming
965 These properties are not intended for end users
967 - `id` => `nextMessageId`
969 These methods are not intended for end users
971 - `_chooseWorker` => `chooseWorker`
972 - `_newWorker` => `createWorker`
973 - `_execute` => `internalExecute`
974 - `_chooseWorker` => `chooseWorker`
975 - `_checkAlive` => `checkAlive`
977 - `_runAsync` => `runAsync`
979 ## [1.1.0] - 2020-05-21
983 - ThreadWorker support async functions as option
984 - Various external library patches
986 ## [1.0.0] - 2020-01-24
990 - FixedThreadPool implementation
991 - DynamicThreadPool implementation
992 - WorkerThread implementation to improve developer experience