Add experimental_waitUntil API for long-running tasks - #296
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Introduces an internal keep-alive WebSocket endpoint and the experimental_waitUntil method to allow Durable Objects to remain alive while executing long-running async functions. This mechanism uses a self-connecting WebSocket with periodic pings and requires the 'enable_ctx_exports' compatibility flag. Additional handling is added to ignore keep-alive sockets in WebSocket event methods. Based on @eastlondoner's https://github.com/eastlondoner/better-wait-until
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| const exports = ( | ||
| this.ctx as DurableObjectState & { exports?: Record<string, unknown> } | ||
| ).exports; | ||
| if (!exports) { | ||
| throw new Error( | ||
| "waitUntil requires the 'enable_ctx_exports' compatibility flag. " + | ||
| 'Add it to your wrangler.jsonc: { "compatibility_flags": ["enable_ctx_exports"] }' | ||
| ); | ||
| } | ||
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| const namespace = exports[this.#ParentClass.name] as | ||
| | DurableObjectNamespace | ||
| | undefined; | ||
| if (!namespace) { | ||
| throw new Error( | ||
| `Could not find namespace for ${this.#ParentClass.name} in ctx.exports. ` + | ||
| "Make sure the class name matches your Durable Object binding." | ||
| ); | ||
| } |
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the flag is actually on by default now too
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Introduces an internal keep-alive WebSocket endpoint and the experimental_waitUntil method to allow Durable Objects to remain alive while executing long-running async functions. This mechanism uses a self-connecting WebSocket with periodic pings and requires the 'enable_ctx_exports' compatibility flag. Additional handling is added to ignore keep-alive sockets in WebSocket event methods.
Based on @eastlondoner's https://github.com/eastlondoner/better-wait-until