feat: fix infinite scheduling loop when job gets scheduled after dead…

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backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go

@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ var (
 	shutdownJobID                    = "-1" // job ID announced when triggering a shutdown
 	shutdownAnnouncementAllowance    = 100  // ms
 	ErrCnxString                     = errors.New("invalid connecton string: see documentation for valid connection strings")
+	ErrConnectionStringEmpty         = errors.New("connection string cannot be empty")
 	ErrDuplicateJob                  = errors.New("duplicate job")
 	ErrNoTransactionInContext        = errors.New("context does not have a Tx set")
 	ErrExceededConnectionPoolTimeout = errors.New("exceeded timeout acquiring a connection from the pool")
+	ErrUnsupportedURIScheme          = errors.New("only postgres:// and postgresql:// scheme URIs are supported, invalid connection string")
 )
 
 // PgBackend is a Postgres-based Neoq backend
@@ -855,6 +857,17 @@ func (p *PgBackend) handleJob(ctx context.Context, jobID string) (err error) {
 		err = jobs.ErrJobExceededDeadline
 		p.logger.Debug("job deadline is in the past, skipping", slog.String("queue", job.Queue), slog.Int64("job_id", job.ID))
 		err = p.updateJob(ctx, err)
+		if err != nil {
+			p.logger.Error("unable to update job status", "error", err, "job_id", job.ID)
+			return
+		}
+
+		err = tx.Commit(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			p.logger.Error("unable to update job status", "error", err, "job_id", job.ID)
+			return
+		}
+
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -1027,7 +1040,7 @@ func GetPQConnectionString(connectionString string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if dbURI.String() == "" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("connection string cannot be empty")
+		return "", ErrConnectionStringEmpty
 	}
 
 	scheme := dbURI.Scheme
@@ -1038,7 +1051,7 @@ func GetPQConnectionString(connectionString string) (string, error) {
 
 	if scheme != "postgres" && scheme != "postgresql" {
 		// This isn't a postgresql URI-style string (postgres://hostname/db)
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("only postgres and postgresql scheme URIs are supported, invalid connection string: %s", connectionString)
+		return "", ErrUnsupportedURIScheme
 	}
 
 	sslMode := "verify-ca"

backends/postgres/postgres_backend_test.go

@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ func TestGetPQConnectionString(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:    "multiple hostnames",
 			input:   "postgres://username:password@hostname1,hostname2,hostname3:5432/database",
-			want:    "postgres://username:password@hostname1,hostname2,hostname3:5432/database?sslmode=require&x-migrations-table=neoq_schema_migrations",
+			want:    "postgres://username:password@hostname1,hostname2,hostname3:5432/database?sslmode=require&x-migrations-table=neoq_schema_migrations", // nolint: lll
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 
@@ -1004,8 +1004,9 @@ func TestGetPQConnectionString(t *testing.T) {
 // with an error indicating that its deadline was not met
 // https://github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/issues/123
 func TestJobWithPastDeadline(t *testing.T) {
-	connString, _ := prepareAndCleanupDB(t)
+	connString, conn := prepareAndCleanupDB(t)
 	const queue = "testing"
+	timeoutTimer := time.After(5 * time.Second)
 	maxRetries := 5
 	done := make(chan bool)
 	defer close(done)
@@ -1018,7 +1019,6 @@ func TestJobWithPastDeadline(t *testing.T) {
 	defer nq.Shutdown(ctx)
 
 	h := handler.New(queue, func(_ context.Context) (err error) {
-		done <- true
 		return
 	})
 
@@ -1038,10 +1038,39 @@ func TestJobWithPastDeadline(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxRetries: &maxRetries,
 	})
 	if e != nil || jid == jobs.DuplicateJobID {
-		t.Error(e)
+		t.Error(e) // nolint: goerr113
 	}
 
 	if e != nil && !errors.Is(e, jobs.ErrJobExceededDeadline) {
-		t.Error(err)
+		t.Error(err) // nolint: goerr113
+	}
+
+	var status string
+	go func() {
+		// ensure job has failed/has the correct status
+		for {
+			err = conn.
+				QueryRow(context.Background(), "SELECT status FROM neoq_jobs WHERE id = $1", jid).
+				Scan(&status)
+			if err != nil {
+				break
+			}
+
+			if status == internal.JobStatusFailed {
+				done <- true
+				break
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-timeoutTimer:
+		err = jobs.ErrJobTimeout
+	case <-done:
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("job should have resulted in a status of 'failed', but its status is %s", status)
 	}
 }