Fix mini scheduler expansion of mapped task

We have a case where the mini scheduler tries to expand a mapped task even when the downstream tasks are not yet done.

The mini scheduler extracts a partial subset of a dag and in the process, some upstream tasks are dropped.
If the task happens to be a mapped task, the expansion will fail since it needs the upstream output to make the expansion. When the expansion fails, the task is marked as `upstream_failed`. This leads to other downstream tasks being marked as upstream failed.

The solution was to ignore this error and not mark the mapped task as upstream_failed when the expansion fails and the dag is a partial subset

airflow/jobs/local_task_job.py

@@ -18,25 +18,20 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import signal
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import psutil
-from sqlalchemy.exc import OperationalError
 
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.jobs.base_job import BaseJob
 from airflow.listeners.events import register_task_instance_state_events
 from airflow.listeners.listener import get_listener_manager
-from airflow.models.dagrun import DagRun
 from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance
-from airflow.sentry import Sentry
 from airflow.stats import Stats
 from airflow.task.task_runner import get_task_runner
 from airflow.utils import timezone
 from airflow.utils.net import get_hostname
 from airflow.utils.session import provide_session
-from airflow.utils.sqlalchemy import with_row_locks
 from airflow.utils.state import State
 
 
@@ -165,7 +160,7 @@ def handle_task_exit(self, return_code: int) -> None:
 
         if not self.task_instance.test_mode:
             if conf.getboolean('scheduler', 'schedule_after_task_execution', fallback=True):
-                self._run_mini_scheduler_on_child_tasks()
+                self.task_instance.schedule_downstream_tasks()
 
     def on_kill(self):
         self.task_runner.terminate()
@@ -230,58 +225,6 @@ def heartbeat_callback(self, session=None):
                 self.terminating = True
             self._state_change_checks += 1
 
-    @provide_session
-    @Sentry.enrich_errors
-    def _run_mini_scheduler_on_child_tasks(self, session=None) -> None:
-        try:
-            # Re-select the row with a lock
-            dag_run = with_row_locks(
-                session.query(DagRun).filter_by(
-                    dag_id=self.dag_id,
-                    run_id=self.task_instance.run_id,
-                ),
-                session=session,
-            ).one()
-
-            task = self.task_instance.task
-            if TYPE_CHECKING:
-                assert task.dag
-
-            # Get a partial DAG with just the specific tasks we want to examine.
-            # In order for dep checks to work correctly, we include ourself (so
-            # TriggerRuleDep can check the state of the task we just executed).
-            partial_dag = task.dag.partial_subset(
-                task.downstream_task_ids,
-                include_downstream=True,
-                include_upstream=False,
-                include_direct_upstream=True,
-            )
-
-            dag_run.dag = partial_dag
-            info = dag_run.task_instance_scheduling_decisions(session)
-
-            skippable_task_ids = {
-                task_id for task_id in partial_dag.task_ids if task_id not in task.downstream_task_ids
-            }
-
-            schedulable_tis = [ti for ti in info.schedulable_tis if ti.task_id not in skippable_task_ids]
-            for schedulable_ti in schedulable_tis:
-                if not hasattr(schedulable_ti, "task"):
-                    schedulable_ti.task = task.dag.get_task(schedulable_ti.task_id)
-
-            num = dag_run.schedule_tis(schedulable_tis)
-            self.log.info("%d downstream tasks scheduled from follow-on schedule check", num)
-
-            session.commit()
-        except OperationalError as e:
-            # Any kind of DB error here is _non fatal_ as this block is just an optimisation.
-            self.log.info(
-                "Skipping mini scheduling run due to exception: %s",
-                e.statement,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            session.rollback()
-
     @staticmethod
     def _enable_task_listeners():
         """

airflow/models/mappedoperator.py

@@ -620,13 +620,19 @@ def expand_mapped_task(self, run_id: str, *, session: Session) -> tuple[Sequence
         try:
             total_length = self._get_specified_expand_input().get_total_map_length(run_id, session=session)
         except NotFullyPopulated as e:
-            self.log.info(
-                "Cannot expand %r for run %s; missing upstream values: %s",
-                self,
-                run_id,
-                sorted(e.missing),
-            )
-            total_length = None
+            if self.dag and self.dag.partial:
+                # partial dags comes from the mini scheduler. It's
+                # likely that the upstream tasks are not yet done,
+                # so we ignore this exception.
+                total_length = None
+            else:
+                self.log.error(
+                    "Cannot expand %r for run %s; missing upstream values: %s",
+                    self,
+                    run_id,
+                    sorted(e.missing),
+                )
+                total_length = None
 
         state: TaskInstanceState | None = None
         unmapped_ti: TaskInstance | None = (
@@ -647,10 +653,15 @@ def expand_mapped_task(self, run_id: str, *, session: Session) -> tuple[Sequence
             # The unmapped task instance still exists and is unfinished, i.e. we
             # haven't tried to run it before.
             if total_length is None:
-                # If the map length cannot be calculated (due to unavailable
-                # upstream sources), fail the unmapped task.
-                unmapped_ti.state = TaskInstanceState.UPSTREAM_FAILED
-                indexes_to_map: Iterable[int] = ()
+                if self.dag and self.dag.partial:
+                    # If the DAG is partial, it's likely that the upstream tasks
+                    # are not done yet, so we do nothing
+                    indexes_to_map: Iterable[int] = ()
+                else:
+                    # If the map length cannot be calculated (due to unavailable
+                    # upstream sources), fail the unmapped task.
+                    unmapped_ti.state = TaskInstanceState.UPSTREAM_FAILED
+                    indexes_to_map = ()
             elif total_length < 1:
                 # If the upstream maps this to a zero-length value, simply mark
                 # the unmapped task instance as SKIPPED (if needed).

airflow/models/taskinstance.py

@@ -2459,6 +2459,65 @@ def ti_selector_condition(cls, vals: Collection[str | tuple[str, int]]) -> Colum
             return filters[0]
         return or_(*filters)
 
+    @Sentry.enrich_errors
+    @provide_session
+    def schedule_downstream_tasks(self, session=None):
+        """
+        The mini-scheduler for scheduling downstream tasks of this task instance
+        :meta: private
+        """
+        from sqlalchemy.exc import OperationalError
+
+        from airflow.models import DagRun
+
+        try:
+            # Re-select the row with a lock
+            dag_run = with_row_locks(
+                session.query(DagRun).filter_by(
+                    dag_id=self.dag_id,
+                    run_id=self.run_id,
+                ),
+                session=session,
+            ).one()
+
+            task = self.task
+            if TYPE_CHECKING:
+                assert task.dag
+
+            # Get a partial DAG with just the specific tasks we want to examine.
+            # In order for dep checks to work correctly, we include ourself (so
+            # TriggerRuleDep can check the state of the task we just executed).
+            partial_dag = task.dag.partial_subset(
+                task.downstream_task_ids,
+                include_downstream=True,
+                include_upstream=False,
+                include_direct_upstream=True,
+            )
+
+            dag_run.dag = partial_dag
+            info = dag_run.task_instance_scheduling_decisions(session)
+
+            skippable_task_ids = {
+                task_id for task_id in partial_dag.task_ids if task_id not in task.downstream_task_ids
+            }
+
+            schedulable_tis = [ti for ti in info.schedulable_tis if ti.task_id not in skippable_task_ids]
+            for schedulable_ti in schedulable_tis:
+                if not hasattr(schedulable_ti, "task"):
+                    schedulable_ti.task = task.dag.get_task(schedulable_ti.task_id)
+
+            num = dag_run.schedule_tis(schedulable_tis)
+            self.log.info("%d downstream tasks scheduled from follow-on schedule check", num)
+
+        except OperationalError as e:
+            # Any kind of DB error here is _non fatal_ as this block is just an optimisation.
+            self.log.info(
+                "Skipping mini scheduling run due to exception: %s",
+                e.statement,
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+            session.rollback()
+
 
 # State of the task instance.
 # Stores string version of the task state.

tests/jobs/test_local_task_job.py

@@ -739,7 +739,6 @@ def test_mini_scheduler_works_with_wait_for_upstream(self, caplog, get_test_dag)
         ti2_l.refresh_from_db()
         assert ti2_k.state == State.SUCCESS
         assert ti2_l.state == State.NONE
-        assert "0 downstream tasks scheduled from follow-on schedule" in caplog.text
 
         failed_deps = list(ti2_l.get_failed_dep_statuses())
         assert len(failed_deps) == 1

tests/models/test_taskinstance.py

@@ -3613,3 +3613,86 @@ def get_extra_env():
 
     echo_task = dag.get_task("echo")
     assert "get_extra_env" in echo_task.upstream_task_ids
+
+
+def test_mapped_task_does_not_error_in_mini_scheduler_if_upstreams_are_not_done(dag_maker, caplog, session):
+    """
+    This tests that when scheduling child tasks of a task and there's a mapped downstream task,
+    if the mapped downstream task has upstreams that are not yet done, the mapped downstream task is
+    not marked as `upstream_failed'
+    """
+    with dag_maker() as dag:
+
+        @dag.task
+        def second_task():
+            return [0, 1, 2]
+
+        @dag.task
+        def first_task():
+            print(2)
+
+        @dag.task
+        def middle_task(id):
+            return id
+
+        middle = middle_task.expand(id=second_task())
+
+        @dag.task
+        def last_task():
+            print(3)
+
+        [first_task(), middle] >> last_task()
+
+    dag_run = dag_maker.create_dagrun()
+    first_ti = dag_run.get_task_instance(task_id="first_task")
+    second_ti = dag_run.get_task_instance(task_id="second_task")
+    first_ti.state = State.SUCCESS
+    second_ti.state = State.RUNNING
+    session.merge(first_ti)
+    session.merge(second_ti)
+    session.commit()
+    first_ti.schedule_downstream_tasks(session=session)
+    middle_ti = dag_run.get_task_instance(task_id="middle_task")
+    assert middle_ti.state != State.UPSTREAM_FAILED
+    assert "0 downstream tasks scheduled from follow-on schedule" in caplog.text
+
+
+def test_mapped_task_expands_in_mini_scheduler_if_upstreams_are_done(dag_maker, caplog, session):
+    """Test that mini scheduler expands mapped task"""
+    with dag_maker() as dag:
+
+        @dag.task
+        def second_task():
+            return [0, 1, 2]
+
+        @dag.task
+        def first_task():
+            print(2)
+
+        @dag.task
+        def middle_task(id):
+            return id
+
+        middle = middle_task.expand(id=second_task())
+
+        @dag.task
+        def last_task():
+            print(3)
+
+        [first_task(), middle] >> last_task()
+
+    dr = dag_maker.create_dagrun()
+
+    first_ti = dr.get_task_instance(task_id="first_task")
+    first_ti.state = State.SUCCESS
+    session.merge(first_ti)
+    session.commit()
+    second_task = dag.get_task("second_task")
+    second_ti = dr.get_task_instance(task_id="second_task")
+    second_ti.refresh_from_task(second_task)
+    second_ti.run()
+    second_ti.schedule_downstream_tasks(session=session)
+    for i in range(3):
+        middle_ti = dr.get_task_instance(task_id="middle_task", map_index=i)
+        assert middle_ti.state == State.SCHEDULED
+    assert "3 downstream tasks scheduled from follow-on schedule" in caplog.text