Wait. That field does have an index and it looks like Dan added it 8 months ago. https://github.com/apache/incubator-airflow/blame/master/airflow/models.py#L744
Here's the related DB migration script: https://github.com/apache/incubator-airflow/blob/master/airflow/migrations/versions/211e584da130_add_ti_state_index.py Maybe it didn't make the previous release, it should be there in 1.8.0 if it wasn't in the release you are runing. You can go ahead and create the index manually as well, though that may break the migration script as you upgrade if you do. Max On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Dan Davydov <dan.davy...@airbnb.com.invalid> wrote: > We will need to come up with a plan soon (better DB indexes and/or the > ability to rotate out old task instances according to some policy). Nothing > concrete as of yet though. > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:18 PM, Jason Chen <chingchien.c...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Dan, > > > > Thanks so much. This is exactly what I am looking for. > > > > Is there a plan on the future airflow road map to clean this up from > > Airflow system level? Say, in airflow.cfg, a setting to clean up data > older > > than specified time. > > > > Your solution is to run an airflow job to clean up the data. That's > great. > > In a short term for us, I will be just running the SQL command directly > > from MySQL CLI and then setup an airflow job to do that periodically. > > > > Thanks. > > -Jason > > > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Dan Davydov <dan.davy...@airbnb.com. > > invalid> > > wrote: > > > > > FWIW we use the following DAG at Airbnb to reap the task instances > table > > > (this is a stopgap): > > > > > > # DAG to delete old TIs so that UI operations on the webserver are > fast. > > > This DAG is a > > > # stopgap, ideally we would make the UI not query all task instances > and > > > add indexes to > > > # the task_instance table where appropriate to speed up the remaining > > > webserver table > > > # queries. > > > # Note that there is a slight risk that some of these deleted task > > > instances may break > > > # the depends_on_past dependency for the following tasks but this > should > > > rarely happy > > > # and is easy to diagnose and fix. > > > > > > from datetime import datetime > > > > > > from airflow import DAG > > > from airflow.operators import MySqlOperator > > > > > > args = { > > > 'owner': 'xxx', > > > 'email': ['xxx'], > > > 'start_date': datetime(2017, 1, 30), > > > 'mysql_conn_id': 'airflow_db', > > > } > > > > > > dag = DAG( > > > 'airflow_old_task_instance_pruning', > > > default_args=args, > > > ) > > > > > > # TODO: TIs that have are successful without a start date will never be > > > # reaped because they have been mark-success'd in the UI. One fix for > > this > > > would be to > > > # make airflow set start_date when mark-success-ing. > > > sql = """\ > > > DELETE ti FROM task_instance ti > > > LEFT OUTER JOIN dag_run dr > > > ON ti.execution_date = dr.execution_date AND > > > ti.dag_id = dr.dag_id > > > WHERE ((ti.start_date <= DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 30 DAY) AND > > > ti.state != "running") OR > > > (ISNULL(ti.start_date) AND > > > ti.state = "failed")) AND > > > (ISNULL(dr.id) OR dr.state != "running") > > > """ > > > MySqlOperator( > > > task_id='delete_old_tis', > > > sql=sql, > > > dag=dag, > > > ) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Jason Chen <chingchien.c...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Bolke, > > > > > > > > Thanks, but it looks you are actually talking about Harish's use > case. > > > > > > > > My use case is about 50 Dags (each one with about 2-3 tasks). I feel > > our > > > > run interval setting for the dags are too low (~15 mins). It may > result > > > in > > > > high CPU of MySQL. > > > > > > > > Meanwhile, I dig to MySQL and I noticed a frequently running SQL > > > statement > > > > as below. It's without proper index on column task_instance.state. > > > > > > > > Shouldn't it index "state", given that there could be million of rows > > in > > > > task_instance? > > > > > > > > SQL Statement: > > > > "SELECT task_instance.task_id AS task_instance_task_id, > > > > task_instance.dag_id AS task_instance_dag_id,.... FROM task_instance > > > WHERE > > > > task_instance.state = 'queued'" > > > > > > > > Also, is there a possibility to clean some "unneeded" entries in the > > > tables > > > > (say, task_instance) ? I mean, for example, removing task states > older > > > > than 6 months? > > > > > > > > Feedback are welcome. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Bolke de Bruin <bdbr...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Jason > > > > > > > > > > I think you need to back it up with more numbers. You assume that a > > > load > > > > > of 100% is bad and also that 16GB of mem is a lot. > > > > > > > > > > 30x25 = 750 tasks per hour = 12,5 tasks per minute. For every task > we > > > > > launch a couple of processes (at least 2) that do not share memory, > > > this > > > > is > > > > > to ensure tasks cannot hurt each other. Curl tasks are probably > > > launched > > > > by > > > > > using a BashOperator, which means another process. Curl is itself > > > another > > > > > process. So 4 processes per task, that cannot share memory. Curl > can > > > > cache > > > > > memory itself as well. You probably have peak times and longer > > running > > > > > tasks so it is not evenly spread, then it starts adding up quickly? > > > > > > > > > > Bolke. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7 Mar 2017, at 19:41, Jason Chen <chingchien.c...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Harish, > > > > > > Thanks for the fast response and feedback. > > > > > > Yeah, I want to see the fix or more discussion ! > > > > > > > > > > > > BTW, I assume that, given your 30 dags, airflow runs fine after > > your > > > > > > increase of heartbeat ? > > > > > > The default is 5 secs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:24 AM, harish singh < > > > > harish.sing...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> I had seen a similar behavior, a year ago, when we were are < 5 > > > Dags. > > > > > Even > > > > > >> then the cpu utilization was reaching 100%. > > > > > >> One way to deal with this is - You could play with "heatbeat" > > > numbers > > > > > (i.e > > > > > >> increase heartbeat). > > > > > >> But then you are introducing more delay to start jobs that are > > ready > > > > to > > > > > run > > > > > >> (ready to be queued -> queued -> run) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Right now, we have more than 30 dags (each with ~ 20-25 tasks) > > that > > > > runs > > > > > >> every hour. > > > > > >> We are giving airflow about 5-6 cores (which still seems less > for > > > > > airflow). > > > > > >> Also, for so many tasks every hour, our mem consumption is over > > > 16G. > > > > > >> All our tasks are basically doing "curl". So 16G seems too high. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Having said that, I remember reading somewhere that there was a > > fix > > > > > coming > > > > > >> for this. > > > > > >> If not, I would definitely want to see more discussion on this. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Thanks for opening this. I would love to hear on how people are > > > > working > > > > > >> around this. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Jason Chen < > > > chingchien.c...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> Hi team, > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> We are using airflow v1.7.1.3 and schedule about 50 dags (each > > dags > > > > is > > > > > >>> about 10 to one hour intervals). It's with LocalExecutor. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Recently, we noticed the RDS (MySQL 5.6.x with AWS) runs with > > ~100% > > > > > CPU. > > > > > >>> I am wondering if airflow scheduler and webserver can cause > high > > > CPU > > > > > load > > > > > >>> of MySQL, given ~50 dags? > > > > > >>> I feel MySQL should be light load.. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Thanks. > > > > > >>> -Jason > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >