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nicktrn dbf9b4e7e5 fix(core,cli): register tasks loaded via dynamic import during run (#3688)
On a warm worker process, a task whose `task()` definition is loaded via
`await import(...)` from inside another task's `run()` could end up
permanently missing from the catalog: the `task()` call fired with no
`_currentFileContext` set, `registerTaskMetadata` silently returned, and
Node's ESM module cache then blocked the worker's setContext + re-import
recovery from ever firing the call again. Subsequent runs of that task
on the same warm process failed with `COULD_NOT_FIND_EXECUTOR` until the
process hit `maxExecutionsPerProcess` and exited.

All five of these had to coincide on the same worker for the bug to
surface:

1. `processKeepAlive` enabled (so catalog state survives across runs).
2. A `run()` function (or lifecycle hook) does `await import(...)`.
3. The import's transitive static graph reaches a `task()` /
`schemaTask()` call.
4. The task containing the dynamic import is the **first** task to run
on a given warm worker process — so the dropped `task()` calls fire on
this process for the first time, are silently dropped, and Node's module
cache locks the wrong outcome in.
5. A subsequent run for one of the dropped task ids lands on the same
warm worker before it recycles.

The runtime workers now set a sentinel file context (`<no-context>`)
around the `executor.execute(...)` call, so `task()` invocations firing
during a run register normally. The catalog detects the sentinel and
emits a one-time `console.warn` per task id so the pattern stays visible
without spamming. The indexer never sets this context, so deploy-time
behavior is unchanged.

Repro is `references/hello-world/src/trigger/dynamicImportRepro*.ts`.
Verified end-to-end against a deployed image with firestarter
warm-starts on: pre-fix saw `COULD_NOT_FIND_EXECUTOR` on children that
landed on the parent-poisoned worker; post-fix all 23/23 runs succeeded
and the warning surfaces in the parent's run trace.
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Trigger.dev References

Contains code that tests or uses the @trigger.dev/* packages in some way, either by using them to test out a framework adapter, an integration, or parts of the main SDK.

All the dependencies to the @trigger.dev/* packages will be both referenced in the package.json dependencies as workspace:*, as well as using a direct path from the tsconfig.json file like so:

{
  "extends": "@trigger.dev/tsconfig/node18.json",
  "include": ["./src/**/*.ts"],
  "compilerOptions": {
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "lib": ["DOM", "DOM.Iterable"],
    "paths": {
      "@/*": ["./src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/sdk": ["../../packages/trigger-sdk/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/sdk/*": ["../../packages/trigger-sdk/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/express": ["../../packages/express/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/express/*": ["../../packages/express/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/core": ["../../packages/core/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/core/*": ["../../packages/core/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/integration-kit": ["../../packages/integration-kit/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/integration-kit/*": ["../../packages/integration-kit/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/github": ["../../integrations/github/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/github/*": ["../../integrations/github/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/slack": ["../../integrations/slack/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/slack/*": ["../../integrations/slack/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/openai": ["../../integrations/openai/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/openai/*": ["../../integrations/openai/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/resend": ["../../integrations/resend/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/resend/*": ["../../integrations/resend/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/typeform": ["../../integrations/typeform/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/typeform/*": ["../../integrations/typeform/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/plain": ["../../integrations/plain/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/plain/*": ["../../integrations/plain/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/supabase": ["../../integrations/supabase/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/supabase/*": ["../../integrations/supabase/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/stripe": ["../../integrations/stripe/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/stripe/*": ["../../integrations/stripe/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/sendgrid": ["../../integrations/sendgrid/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/sendgrid/*": ["../../integrations/sendgrid/src/*"],
      "@trigger.dev/airtable": ["../../integrations/airtable/src/index"],
      "@trigger.dev/airtable/*": ["../../integrations/airtable/src/*"]
    }
  }
}

Creating a New Reference Project

This guide assumes that you have followed the Contributing.md instructions to set up a local trigger.dev instance. If not, please complete the setup before continuing.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Run an HTTP tunnel: You will need to run an HTTP tunnel to expose your local webapp, it is required for some API calls during building the image to deploy on your local instance. This is optional if you do not plan to test deployment on your local instance.
  • Download the ngrok CLI. This can be done by following the instructions on ngrok's website.
  • Create an account on ngrok to obtain the authtoken and add it to the CLI.
ngrok config add-authtoken <your-auth-token>

Replace the with the token you obtain from ngrok.

  • Run the tunnel.
ngrok http <your-app-port>

Replace the with the webapp port, default is 3030.

  1. Add your tunnel URL to the env: After running the ngrok tunnel, you will see URL in your terminal, it will look something like https://<your-tunnel-address>.ngrok-free.app. Replace the APP_ORIGIN variable with this URL in your .env file in the root of the trigger.dev project.

  2. Run the webapp on localhost:

pnpm run dev --filter webapp --filter coordinator --filter docker-provider
  1. Build the CLI in a new terminal window:
# Build the CLI
pnpm run build --filter trigger.dev

# Make it accessible to `pnpm exec`
pnpm i
  1. Set up a new project in the webapp:
  • Open the webapp running on localhost:3030.
  • Create a new project in the webapp UI.
  • Go to the Project Settings page and copy the project reference id from there.
  1. Copy the hello-world project as a template:
cp -r references/hello-world references/<new-project>

Replace <new-project> with your desired project name.

  1. Update project details:
  • Open <new-project>/package.json and change the name field. (Tip: Use the same name as in the webapp to avoid confusion.)

  • Open <new-project>/trigger.config.ts and update the project field with the project reference you copied from the webapp.

  • Run pnpm i in your <new-project> directory to sync the dependencies.

  1. Authorize the CLI for your project:
pnpm exec trigger login -a http://localhost:3030 --profile local
  1. Run the new project: You can now run your project using the CLI with the following command:
pnpm exec trigger dev --profile local

You can also deploy them against your local instance with the following command:

pnpm exec trigger deploy --self-hosted --load-image --profile local