Release History

v0.0.18 (2022-10-31)

Fixed

  • Improved manager and worker stability in case of malfunctioning plans (plans that block Run Engine event loop).

Added

  • New timeout parameter for ZMQCommSendThreads.send_message(), ZMQCommSendAsync.send_message() and zmq_single_request() functions. The timeout overrides the default timeout timeout_recv set during instantiation of the respective classes for the particular request.

  • Support for managing parameters to RE Manager using configuration YML files.

  • New CLI parameter --config and environment variable QSERVER_CONFIG for passing the path to config file to RE Manager.

v0.0.17 (2022-10-02)

Changed

  • Now requires bluesky>=1.7.0.

  • Default user group name is changed from admin to primary. Users of applications that rely on default user group name should change the group name in user_group_permissions.yaml file.

Removed

  • Removed built-in protocol support, now relies on bluesky.protocols.

v0.0.16 (2022-07-30)

Added

  • New parameter update_lists added to script_upload API. The parameter accepts boolean value (True by default) and allows to disable update of lists of existing and allowed plans and devices after execution of the script. The parameter allows to improve efficiency of execution of scripts that do not add or modify plans and devices in RE worker namespace. Update of the lists may be disabled from CLI as qserver script upload <path-to-file> keep-lists.

  • New lock, unlock and lock_info API. The API are accessible from CLI using qserver lock and qserver unlock commands.

  • qserver-clear-lock CLI tool for unlocking RE Manager if the lock key is lost and the emergency lock key is not set or unknown.

Fixed

  • Support for happi v1.14.0.

Changed

  • Foreground tasks (started using script_upload and function_execute API) are now executed in the main thread of RE Worker.

v0.0.15 (2022-06-24)

Added

  • Plan results (in plan history) now include error message (msg key), which contains error message or full traceback in case of failing plan.

  • Support for environment_destroy API in creating_environment RE Manager state. Now the requests to destroy environment are accepted when status["worker_environment_exists"] is True or status["manager_state"] == "creating_environment".

  • API functions generate_zmq_keys, generate_zmq_public_key, validate_zmq_key can now be imported directly from bluesky_queueserver

  • Patching of IPython-style startup scripts: __file__ variable now returns the path to the original unpatched script.

Fixed

  • Capturing console output with updating progress bars (Python 3.8, 3.9).

  • A bug in the code for management of exceptions that occur during preparation of plans for execution.

  • A bug that prevented single character device/plan names to be properly handled by the code that converts device/plan names to the respective objects.

Changed

  • The plan exit_status (in plan history) now takes values completed, failed, stopped, aborted, halted, unknown.

  • The stopped plans (re_stop API) are considered successful and no longer pushed back in the queue. The stopped plans are inserted in the back of the queue in LOOP mode.

  • Standard names for parameters for CLI tools: --zmq-control-addr is used to pass address of RE Manager control socket and --zmq-info-addr is used to pass the address of RE Manager information socket (currently used for publishing console output). Old parameter names are deprecated, but still supported.

  • Standard names for environment variables: QSERVER_ZMQ_CONTROL_ADDRESS_FOR_SERVER, QSERVER_ZMQ_CONTROL_ADDRESS, QSERVER_ZMQ_INFO_ADDRESS_FOR_SERVER, QSERVER_ZMQ_INFO_ADDRESS are used to pass control and information socket address to the server (start-re-manager) and clients (qserver, qserver-console-monitor). An address passed as a parameter overrides the address passed as environment variable. Old environment variable names are deprecated, but still supported.

  • Changed name of the environment variable used to pass the private encryption key to start-re-manager to QSERVER_ZMQ_PRIVATE_KEY_FOR_SERVER. (QSERVER_ZMQ_PRIVATE_KEY is still supported, but deprecated.) Public key is still passed to qserver using QSERVER_ZMQ_PUBLIC_KEY.

  • The components of Area Detectors are no longer included in the list of available devices.

  • Improved handling of IPython-style startup scripts.

  • Minor change in representation of plan execution results in items of the plan history. If plan execution fails, the msg parameter contains a brief message that identify the error (may not be helpful) and traceback parameter contains full traceback. The parameters are empty strings in case the plan succeeds.

  • Similar change to representation of task execution results returned by task_result API. Now return_value is None in case the task fails and msg and traceback contain brief error message and traceback of the raised exception.

  • Improved default handling of strings in the parameter processing code. Now any string (any combination of characters) can be passed with a parameter, which does not have type annotation. The strings that match one of the allowed device or plan names are going to be converted to the respective objects.

v0.0.14 (2022-04-08)

Fixed

  • Capturing console output with updating progress bars (Python 3.8, 3.9).

v0.0.13 (2022-04-05)

Added

  • Implementation of subscribe() and unsubscribe() methods in ReceiveConsoleOutput and ReceiveConsoleOutputAsync classes

  • ReceiveConsoleOutputAsync.stop() method now accepts an optional unsubscribe parameter that controls if 0MQ socket is unsubscribed when the acquisition is stopped. Default is True.

  • Timestamps time_start and time_stop are now added to result dictionary of each item in plan history.

Fixed

  • Implemented proper handling of non-JSON or invalid JSON requests.

v0.0.12 (2022-03-08)

Fixed

  • Bug in handling of negative indices by queue_item_move and API.

  • proper update of plan_queue_uid by queue_item_execute API.

Changed

  • Renamed parameters of permissions_reload API: reload_permissions is renamed to restore_permissions, reload_plans_devices is renamed to restore_plans_devices.

  • Default BEC: no longer plot with best effort callback (improves performance).

v0.0.11 (2022-02-27)

Fixed

  • Fixed handling of negative item indices by queue_item_add API (pos=-1 now adds an item to the back of the queue).

Added

  • New task_status API. The API may be called for a single task from CLI as qserver task status <task-uid>.

Changed

  • status API is now returning Queue Server version number as part of msg, e.g. "RE Manager v0.0.11".

  • Extended re_pause API. Now the option parameter is optional. The default value is "option": "deferred".

v0.0.10 (2022-02-08)

Fixed

  • A bug that allowed classes defined in the global scope of the startup script and recognized as bluesky.protocols.Movable, Readable or Flyable (e.g. ophyd.Device) to be included in the list of existing devices. Only instantiated class objects are currently included in the list.

  • A deficiency in the code that loads Python scripts (not startup scripts from the folder as in IPython profile_collection) into the environment that failed to load scripts containing definitions of devices with components.

Added

  • Support for passing subdevice names as values of plan parameters.

  • Support for regular expressions in the lists of names defined in plans and devices sections of parameter_annotation_decorator. Keywords __MOTOR__, __DETECTOR__, __READABLE__ or __FLYABLE__ can be used in conjunction with regular expression to select device of the respective types.

  • New boolean parameters of the plan parameter annotation (convert_plan_names and convert_device_names) for explicitly enabling/disabling conversion of names of plans and/or devices passed as parameter values. Setting those parameters overrides the default behavior and should be used with caution.

  • Support for subdevice names in ‘user_group_permissions.yaml’.

Changed

  • The algorithm for processing of user group permissions has changed. The old ‘user_group_permissions.yaml’ may no longer work as expected. If the stock ‘user_group_permissions.yaml’ is used for the project, replace it with the updated file from the repository. Otherwise update the existing file using following guidelines:

    • If the project uses custom ‘user_group_permissions.yaml’, then insert : before each regular expression in the lists (e.g. change "^count" to ":^count", "^det" to ":^det" etc.).

    • In previous versions, only the lists with regular expressions were supported. Now the lists may include explicitly listed plan, device or subdevice names, such as "count", "det1", "det1.val" (there is no need to use regular expressions such as ":^count$" to allow the plan count).

    • The supported patterns allow to control which subdevices are included. For example, the pattern :^det includes all devices with names starting with det, but no subdevices. The pattern ":^det:?.*" selects all subdevices with unlimited depth. Patterns may include the parameter depth that limits maximum depth for subdevices, for example ":^det:?.*:depth=2" adds subdevices and subdevices of subdevices. See Configuring User Group Permissions for more detailed instructions.

Removed

  • Built-in types AllDetectors, AllMotors, AllFlyers and AllPlans can no longer be used in parameter annotations of defined in parameter_annotation_decorator. Use regular expressions in conjunction with keywords __MOTOR__, __DETECTOR__, __READABLE__ or __FLYABLE__ to create lists of devices of respective types. Use built-in types __PLAN__, __DEVICE__, __PLAN_OR_DEVICE__ in parameter annotations to selectively enable conversion of names for all plans and/or devices without creating lists of names. Alternatively, use convert_plan_names or convert_device_names parameters of the annotation in order to explicitly enable/disable conversion of all plan/device names.

v0.0.9 (2022-01-04)

Fixed

  • Numerous fixes related to reliability of Queue Server operation.

  • Implemented changes to make Queue Server compatible with aioredis v2.

Added

  • The new --update-existing-plans-devices CLI parameter of start-re-manager was added that controls when the file that stores existing plans and devices is updated.

  • A new parameter of permissions_reload 0MQ API: reload_plans_devices (boolean, the default value is False). If set True, the parameter forces RE Manager to load the list of existing plans and devices from the disk file. The API may be called with reload_plans_devices=True using qserver CLI tool as qserver permissions reload lists.

  • A new parameter of permissions_reload 0MQ API: reload_permissions (boolean, the default value is True). If True, permissions are reloaded from the disk file (if allowed), otherwise the currently used permissions are used in computations.

  • Extended the number of states of worker environment. Currently used states include initializing, idle, executing_plan, executing_task, closing, closed.

  • A new status fields (status 0MQ API): worker_environment_state, worker_background_tasks, task_results_uid, plans_existing_uid, devices_existing_uid.

  • Extended the number of sections in specification of user group permissions (e.g. in user_group_permissions.yaml file). The new sections (allowed_functions and forbidden_functions) define conditions for names of functions that are accessible using function_execute API by users from each user groups.

  • New 0MQ API: script_upload, function_execute, task_result, plans_existing, devices_existing. CLI implementation: qserver script upload (script_upload API), qserver function execute (function_execute API), qserver task result (task_result API), qserver existing devices (devices_existing API), qserver existing plans (plans_existing API).

  • A new 0MQ API: permissions_set and permissions_get that allow uploading and downloading user group permissions. CLI support for the new API: qserver permissions set <fln.yaml> and qserver permissions get.

  • A new parameter of start-re-manager CLI tool: --user-group-permissions-reload. The parameter accepts values NEVER, ON_REQUEST and ON_STARTUP.

  • A new section in documentation on management of user group permissions.

Changed

  • Refactoring of the code for management of user group permissions and lists of existing and allowed plans and devices to make it more consistent. The identical lists of user permissions and existing plans and devices are now maintained by worker and manager processes.

  • The lists of existing plans and devices used by RE Manager (both manager and worker processes) is automatically updated each time plans and devices in are changed in RE namespace (currently RE namespace is changed only when a new worker environment is opened).

  • All sections for user group permissions are now optional. The forbidden_plans, forbidden_devices and forbidden_functions sections could be skipped if there are no forbidden items that need to be excluded. Skipping allowed_... section disables all items (plans, devices or functions) for the group, e.g. if allowed_plans is skipped, users from this group will not be able to submit or run any plans. Since rules for the root group are applied to the lists accessible by users from all other groups, skipping allowed_plans for root disables all plans for all other groups.

v0.0.8 (2021-10-15)

Maintenance release.

v0.0.7 (2021-10-06)

Fixed

  • Behavior of re_pause 0MQ API: if re_pause is called past the last checkpoint of the plan, the plan is considered successfully completed and execution of the queue is stopped. The stopped queue can be started again using queue_start API request.

  • JSON schemas and code using validation of JSON schemas was modified for compatibility with jsonschema v4.0.1. Queue server still works with older versions of jsonschema.

Added

  • A new boolean flag (pause_pending) added to dictionary returned by status API. The flag is True when request to pause a plan (re_pause API) was accepted by the Queue Server, but not processed by the Run Engine. The flag is set in case of immediate and deferred pause request. The flag is cleared automatically (set to False) when the request is processed and the plan is paused or the queue is stopped (if deferred pause is requested after the last checkpoint of the plan).

v0.0.6 (2021-09-16)

Added

  • New API: ReceiveConsoleOutputAsync (async version of ReceiveConsoleOutput) for receiving console output from RE Manager in asyncio-based applications (e.g. HTTP Server).

Changed

  • Renamed parameters of start-re-manager: --zmq-publish is renamed to --zmq-publish-console, --zmq-publish-addr is renamed to --zmq-publish-console-addr.

  • Parameters default, min, max and step of parameter_annotation_decorator now must be python expressions of supported types (default) or int or float numbers (min, max and step). In previous versions the parameter values had to be converted to strings in user code.