Use start_after for Harness template startup ordering - #52
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe harness container now uses ChangesHarness startup ordering
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The compose startup configuration uses an unsupported ordering field, which can prevent the harness and console services from starting in the required order. Merge should wait until the documented startup-order configuration is restored. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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In `@iii/harness/worker-compose.yaml`:
- Around line 139-140: In the harness service configuration, replace the
unsupported start_after field with depends_on and remove the console dependency,
preserving the documented harness-before-console startup order.
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🔎 Supported by static analysis
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
# Confirm the start_after direction in the compose schema or implementation.
rg -n -C 8 '\bstart_after\b' .
# Inspect all harness/console ordering declarations.
rg -n -C 12 '^\s{2}(harness|console):|^\s+start_after:|^\s+- (harness|console)$' .Repository: iii-hq/templates
Length of output: 4243
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- candidate files ---'
git ls-files | rg '(^|/)(README|.*compose.*|.*schema.*|.*config.*|.*manifest.*|package\.json|.*\.ya?ml)$' | head -200
printf '%s\n' '--- exact start_after references ---'
rg -n -C 12 --hidden --glob '!*.lock' --glob '!node_modules/**' --glob '!dist/**' \
'start_after|start after|startup order|startup dependency|depends_on' .
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant compose section ---'
cat -n iii/harness/worker-compose.yaml | sed -n '120,175p'
printf '%s\n' '--- documented tier order ---'
cat -n iii/harness/README.md | sed -n '65,100p'Repository: iii-hq/templates
Length of output: 13899
🌐 Web query:
"start_after" "worker-compose.yaml" iii
💡 Result:
There is no standard Docker Compose configuration parameter named start_after [1-10]. Docker Compose uses the depends_on field to manage service startup dependencies, often combined with condition: service_started or condition: service_healthy [1][2]. The term start_after appears in other technical contexts, but not as a native Docker Compose YAML directive: 1. ZenML Pipelines: In ZenML, start_after is a parameter used in dynamic pipelines to control step execution order [2]. It allows a step to begin as soon as an upstream step has launched (rather than waiting for it to finish) [2]. 2. Custom Scripts: The term may appear in user-created shell scripts or environment variables used to automate or wrap Docker Compose commands (e.g., as a variable named START_AFTER used to conditionally trigger a docker compose up command) [3][4][5]. 3. Data Configuration: In some database change stream or job queue configurations (like MongoDB connectors or the pg-boss library), start_after is a valid configuration field used to specify a starting point or time for processing jobs [6][7][1]. If you encountered start_after in a worker-compose.yaml file, it is likely a custom variable used by a wrapper script, a third-party application configuration, or a misunderstanding of standard Docker Compose syntax [3][4][2].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/timgit/pg-boss/blob/89e082a3/test/testHelper.ts
- 2: https://docs.zenml.io/concepts/steps_and_pipelines/dynamic_pipelines
- 3: https://medium.com/@bo.niehaus/telegram-real-time-keyword-alerts-from-my-newspaper-subscriptions-54d48c78e483
- 4: https://forum.gitlab.com/t/migrate-local-installation-to-docker/133833
- 5: https://forum.gitlab.com/t/migrate-local-installation-to-docker/133833/11
- 6: https://context7.com/binary-touch/meilibridge/llms.txt
- 7: timgit/pg-boss@465f174
🌐 Web query:
"start_after" compose worker package://harness console
💡 Result:
Based on your query, there appears to be a conflation of different technologies. The term "Harness" refers to the Harness software delivery platform [1], which provides a console for viewing pipeline execution logs and searching them [2], but it does not use a "start_after" parameter within a "compose worker" context as a native configuration pattern for its pipelines [2][3]. The specific syntax start_after is commonly used in various workflow orchestration and automation frameworks to manage step or job dependencies [4][5][6]: 1. ZenML: Supports start_after=... as a parameter when calling steps in dynamic pipelines to control execution ordering (e.g., waiting for an upstream step to launch) [4][7]. 2. Dagster: Often uses dependency patterns or orchestrator configurations to chain operations [6][8]. 3. Concourse: Uses start_after in its time-resource to specify the earliest datetime for version creation [5]. 4. Agent Framework (Microsoft): Includes sample console projects (e.g., HarnessConsole) that allow running agents, where package:// style references or similar module imports might appear in specific language-specific implementations (e.g., Python or.NET) [9]. If you are trying to implement a specific workflow, please clarify whether you are using ZenML [4][7], Dagster [6], or the Microsoft Agent Framework [9], as these systems possess distinct configuration methods and are not part of the Harness CI/CD platform [2][1].
Citations:
- 1: https://www.harness.io/
- 2: https://developer.harness.io/docs/platform/pipelines/executions-and-logs/searching-the-console-view
- 3: https://github.com/harness/harness-cli
- 4: https://docs.zenml.io/concepts/steps_and_pipelines/dynamic_pipelines
- 5: https://github.com/concourse/time-resource
- 6: https://www.rudderstack.com/docs/data-pipelines/orchestration/dagster/
- 7: https://releasebot.io/updates/zenml
- 8: Running graph ops sequentially without affecting downstream dagster-io/dagster#24784
- 9: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/concepts/harness
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- repository remotes ---'
git remote -v || true
printf '%s\n' '--- compose file header and service schema context ---'
cat -n iii/harness/worker-compose.yaml | sed -n '1,45p'
printf '%s\n' '--- harness template and config metadata ---'
cat -n iii/harness/template.yaml
cat -n iii/harness/config.yamlRepository: iii-hq/templates
Length of output: 3077
🌐 Web query:
site:iii.dev/docs/next/using-iii/compose "start_after"
💡 Result:
No start_after entry appears in the current compose.mdx documentation. The supported startup-order field is depends_on, which starts listed containers first; readiness is controlled by startup_timeout. [1] (raw.githubusercontent.com)
Citations:
🌐 Web query:
site:github.com/iii-hq "start_after"
💡 Result:
In technical computing and API design, start_after is a common parameter used to implement cursor-based pagination [1][2]. It allows a caller to request a set of results that begin immediately following a specific record or item, effectively creating a stateless way to traverse large datasets without the performance pitfalls of traditional offset-based pagination [1][3]. While the term start_after is widely understood in database and API contexts (such as Google Cloud Firestore), in the specific iii-hq/workers codebase examined, pagination is handled using an opaque cursor parameter [1][3][2]. Key characteristics of this pattern include: 1. Deterministic Traversal: By providing a cursor, the API identifies the last item of the previous page to ensure the next page begins precisely at the correct point [3][2]. 2. Performance and Consistency: This method avoids performance degradation as the dataset grows and prevents potential issues like skipping or repeating items if data is modified during traversal [3][2]. 3. Implementation: In systems using this approach, the API response typically includes a list of items and a next_cursor value [4][5][2]. Clients pass this cursor back into subsequent requests to retrieve the next chunk of data [4][5]. If you are encountering start_after in other systems (such as Firestore), it functions as a query modifier that tells the database to return documents that come after a specified document in the result set. This is often used in conjunction with order_by to maintain a consistent sequence across pages.
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/iii-hq/workers/blob/main/session-manager/architecture/integration.md
- 2: https://github.com/iii-hq/workers/blob/main/session-manager/src/service.rs
- 3: https://github.com/iii-hq/workers/blob/main/session-manager/tests/features/list.feature
- 4: https://github.com/iii-hq/workers/blob/main/console/web/src/lib/sessions/api.ts
- 5: https://github.com/iii-hq/workers/blob/main/console/web/src/lib/export-session-full.ts
Use the supported startup-order field.
The iii compose contract defines depends_on for startup ordering and does not define start_after. Replace start_after with depends_on, and omit console to preserve the documented Tier 4 harness before Tier 5 console order.
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In `@iii/harness/worker-compose.yaml` around lines 139 - 140, In the harness
service configuration, replace the unsupported start_after field with depends_on
and remove the console dependency, preserving the documented
harness-before-console startup order.
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