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perf(server): running or editing one scheduled task over MCP no longer loads every task - #28766
To run one scheduled task, run_scheduled_task_now first loaded and decoded every scheduled task to check that the id exists. schedule_task updates and delete_scheduled_task did the same before their mode checks. The cost grows with the number of tasks. Worse, one row that fails to decode breaks these tools for every other task, even though the targeted task is fine.
Change
ScheduledTaskService already had a private one-row lookup by primary key (findTask, used by runNow, setEnabled and the others). It is now exposed as find. The two MCP call sites use it in place of list() plus a scan:
run_scheduled_task_now in mcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.ts
loadScheduledTask in OrchestratorMcpService.ts, which backs schedule_task updates and delete_scheduled_task
These are unchanged: the missing-task invalid_request, the webhook refusal text from #25647, the access and mode checks, and the hiding of storage errors. list and the Settings list are untouched.
runNow still reads the target during validation and again before dispatch. Including the MCP precheck, a successful run now makes three one-row reads instead of a full scan plus two one-row reads. Folding the not-found case into runNow would remove the extra read, but it means a new error in the ScheduledTaskError RPC contract that web and mobile share. That is not worth about 0.02 ms.
Scope and approval
This qualifies as a small, focused fix for an obvious defect, without a prior issue. It preserves task semantics, access checks and wire contracts while avoiding unrelated-row decode failures. The one visible text change: when storage fails during an update or delete, the error detail now reads "Could not load scheduled task: Could not load schedule task." instead of "...: Could not list schedule tasks." No UI changes, because no screen calls these MCP tools or shows their results.
Verification
Real path on Linux, same steps on main e63d80a065, this head e177135699, and this head merged locally with that main (not pushed). Each revision ran its own server (bin.ts serve, isolated home, "Test machine"), holding 1,000 synthetic tasks that the server's own schedule_task tool created. A real Codex agent (gpt-6-luna) called run_scheduled_task_now, then a schedule_task title update, on the oldest task. Times come from the server's trace spans, one call each.
Lookup before the call's work
main
head
head + main
run_scheduled_task_now
all 1,000 rows, 37.1 ms
1 row, 1.6 ms
1 row, 1.2 ms
schedule_task update
all 1,000 rows, 48.9 ms
1 row, 1.4 ms
1 row, 0.7 ms
Both, another task's schedule_json undecodable
both fail
both succeed
both succeed
The undecodable row has an unknown schedule type, written into the test database copy. With it, main's agent got "The operation could not be completed." and "Could not load scheduled task: Could not list schedule tasks."
Agent calls and server spans (six runs), tests, synthetic cover
main e63d80a065, 1,000 valid tasks
scheduled_tasks rows on disk: 1000, undecodable schedule_json: 0
target: scheduled-task:82702c79-9660-4138-a85a-5983ba0e64a6 (oldest row, last in list order)
Agent (Codex gpt-6-luna, full-access thread) -> server /mcp:
run_scheduled_task_now {}
-> ok {"lastRunStatus": "succeeded", "runCount": 1}
schedule_task {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)"}
-> ok {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)", "lastRunStatus": "succeeded"}
Server spans per call (server.trace.ndjson, durations in ms):
run_scheduled_task_now: tools/call span 119.8
listRows 37.1 Success 1000 rows read in call
findTask 1.9 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.loadTask
findTask 0.9 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.runTask
schedule_task: tools/call span 93.1
listRows 48.9 Success 1000 rows read in OrchestratorMcpService.loadScheduledTask
findTask 1.3 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
findTask 2.0 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
head e177135699, 1,000 valid tasks
scheduled_tasks rows on disk: 1000, undecodable schedule_json: 0
target: scheduled-task:82702c79-9660-4138-a85a-5983ba0e64a6 (oldest row, last in list order)
Agent (Codex gpt-6-luna, full-access thread) -> server /mcp:
run_scheduled_task_now {}
-> ok {"lastRunStatus": "succeeded", "runCount": 1}
schedule_task {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)"}
-> ok {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)", "lastRunStatus": "succeeded"}
Server spans per call (server.trace.ndjson, durations in ms):
run_scheduled_task_now: tools/call span 38.5
findTask 1.6 Success 1 row read in call
findTask 0.5 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.loadTask
findTask 0.4 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.runTask
schedule_task: tools/call span 85.4
findTask 1.4 Success 1 row read in OrchestratorMcpService.loadScheduledTask
findTask 9.2 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
findTask 18.5 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
head merged with main (f689321622, local), 1,000 valid tasks
scheduled_tasks rows on disk: 1000, undecodable schedule_json: 0
target: scheduled-task:82702c79-9660-4138-a85a-5983ba0e64a6 (oldest row, last in list order)
Agent (Codex gpt-6-luna, full-access thread) -> server /mcp:
run_scheduled_task_now {}
-> ok {"lastRunStatus": "succeeded", "runCount": 1}
schedule_task {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)"}
-> ok {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)", "lastRunStatus": "succeeded"}
Server spans per call (server.trace.ndjson, durations in ms):
run_scheduled_task_now: tools/call span 45.5
findTask 1.2 Success 1 row read in call
findTask 0.4 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.loadTask
findTask 0.4 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.runTask
schedule_task: tools/call span 14.1
findTask 0.7 Success 1 row read in OrchestratorMcpService.loadScheduledTask
findTask 0.5 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
findTask 0.7 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
main e63d80a065, 1,000 tasks, one with an undecodable schedule
scheduled_tasks rows on disk: 1000, undecodable schedule_json: 1
target: scheduled-task:82702c79-9660-4138-a85a-5983ba0e64a6 (oldest row, last in list order)
Agent (Codex gpt-6-luna, full-access thread) -> server /mcp:
run_scheduled_task_now {}
-> error orchestration_error: The operation could not be completed.
schedule_task {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)"}
-> error orchestration_error: Could not load scheduled task: Could not list schedule tasks.
Server spans per call (server.trace.ndjson, durations in ms):
run_scheduled_task_now: tools/call span 33.5
listRows 23.1 Failure 1000 rows selected, decode failed in call
cause: ScheduledTaskError: Could not decode schedule task row.
schedule_task: tools/call span 30.3
listRows 16.6 Failure 1000 rows selected, decode failed in OrchestratorMcpService.loadScheduledTask
cause: ScheduledTaskError: Could not decode schedule task row.
head e177135699, 1,000 tasks, one with an undecodable schedule
scheduled_tasks rows on disk: 1000, undecodable schedule_json: 1
target: scheduled-task:82702c79-9660-4138-a85a-5983ba0e64a6 (oldest row, last in list order)
Agent (Codex gpt-6-luna, full-access thread) -> server /mcp:
run_scheduled_task_now {}
-> ok {"lastRunStatus": "succeeded", "runCount": 1}
schedule_task {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)"}
-> ok {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)", "lastRunStatus": "succeeded"}
Server spans per call (server.trace.ndjson, durations in ms):
run_scheduled_task_now: tools/call span 52.1
findTask 2.0 Success 1 row read in call
findTask 0.8 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.loadTask
findTask 0.8 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.runTask
schedule_task: tools/call span 13.7
findTask 0.7 Success 1 row read in OrchestratorMcpService.loadScheduledTask
findTask 0.4 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
findTask 0.5 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
head merged with main (f689321622, local), 1,000 tasks, one with an undecodable schedule
scheduled_tasks rows on disk: 1000, undecodable schedule_json: 1
target: scheduled-task:82702c79-9660-4138-a85a-5983ba0e64a6 (oldest row, last in list order)
Agent (Codex gpt-6-luna, full-access thread) -> server /mcp:
run_scheduled_task_now {}
-> ok {"lastRunStatus": "succeeded", "runCount": 1}
schedule_task {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)"}
-> ok {"title": "Weekly report 0001 (renamed)", "lastRunStatus": "succeeded"}
Server spans per call (server.trace.ndjson, durations in ms):
run_scheduled_task_now: tools/call span 41.5
findTask 1.3 Success 1 row read in call
findTask 0.6 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.loadTask
findTask 0.4 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.runTask
schedule_task: tools/call span 51.1
findTask 2.5 Success 1 row read in OrchestratorMcpService.loadScheduledTask
findTask 13.8 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
findTask 2.6 Success 1 row read in ScheduledTaskService.upsert
Tests: the core.test.ts table for run_scheduled_task_now mocks list to fail the test if called. It covers an existing id, a missing id, the webhook refusal and a hidden storage failure. All four rows failed on main and passed on the first head d1e19662ba. Two OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts update cases mock only find. CI is green on e177135699.
Synthetic regression cover, not the real path. A throwaway test (not committed) ran against the real ScheduledTaskService on in-memory SQLite, median of 30 calls, on the first head:
Tasks
Before: list() + scan
After: find
100
2.58 ms
0.033 ms
1,000
20.2 ms
0.025 ms
10,000
200.1 ms
0.024 ms
Not checked:
delete_scheduled_task in a real run. It uses the same lookup as the update.
…sting all
run_scheduled_task_now, and schedule_task updates and deletes, loaded and
decoded every scheduled task to find one id. Expose the service's existing
single-row lookup as `find` and use it, so these calls no longer scale with
the task count or fail when an unrelated row cannot be decoded.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — MCP task operations now load only the requested scheduled task rather than decoding the entire list. Existing access checks and execution behavior remain unchanged, keeping the performance improvement narrowly scoped.
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The scheduled-task service adds direct lookup by ID. MCP orchestration and run-now paths use that lookup instead of listing tasks to find a match. Tests cover the updated call sites and lookup outcomes.
Changes: Scheduled-task lookup
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Summary
Add scheduled-task lookup API apps/server/src/scheduledTasks/ScheduledTaskService.ts
ScheduledTaskService adds find(id), which returns a task or null. Its implementation uses the existing findTask helper.
Use lookup in MCP orchestration apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.activity.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpToolkit.integration.test.ts
loadScheduledTask retrieves tasks by ID and preserves its error mapping. Related test mocks and stubs implement find.
Use lookup in scheduled-task run flow apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts
The run-now handler checks for a task with find. Tests cover successful runs, webhook-task rejection, missing tasks, and lookup failures.
Direct lookup preserves the existing task checks. No current merge-blocking issue was established.
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The title states the main change: running or editing one scheduled task over MCP now looks up that task directly instead of loading every task. The changeset matches this: run_scheduled_task_now and loadScheduledTask (used by schedule_task updates and delete_scheduled_task) now call the new ScheduledTaskService.find instead of list() plus a scan. The title uses the conventional commit form and is specific enough for a teammate scanning history.
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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section explains the list-and-scan cost and the decode-failure impact. The Change section names the exposed find method and the two MCP call sites. The Scope section argues that the change is a small, focused fix for an obvious defect, without a prior issue. The Verification section gives real-path traces on three revisions, the undecodable-row comparison, test results, and a synthetic benchmark. It also lists what was not checked. The template's opening comment asks for a conventional commit title, but the PR title is not part of the provided description, so that cannot be verified here. The description is detailed and mostly complete.
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Add a real-storage test for the public find operation.
findTask already uses an ID-filtered query, but the head exposes it as ScheduledTaskService.find and the service tests do not call that operation. The MCP tests mock find; they cover caller wiring, but not the real service behavior.
Add a case with one valid row and one unrelated malformed row. Assert that find(validId) returns the valid task and find(missingId) returns null. This protects the storage lookup contract, although the helper behavior itself predates this PR.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/scheduledTasks/ScheduledTaskService.ts at
line 2339:
Add a real-storage service test for the public ScheduledTaskService.find
operation, using one valid row and one unrelated malformed row. Assert that
find(validId) returns the valid task and find(missingId) returns null; do not
rely on the MCP tests that mock find.
The run_scheduled_task_now cases mock find as () => find, so the mock ignores the requested ID. The handler calls scheduler.find(input.taskId). A regression that passes a different ID would still return the same fixed result, and no case would fail. Make the mock depend on the ID so the test detects a wrong lookup:
Suggested fix
- find: () => find,+ find: (id) => (id === "task-a" ? find : Effect.die("find must receive the requested task id")),
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts around lines 821 -
823:
Update the `find` mock in the `run_scheduled_task_now` test cases to depend on
the supplied task ID: return the existing result only for the requested ID and
fail the test for any other ID, so an incorrect lookup is detected.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts:
- Around line 821-823: Update the `find` mock in the `run_scheduled_task_now`
test cases to depend on the supplied task ID: return the existing result only
for the requested ID and fail the test for any other ID, so an incorrect lookup
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Neither CodeRabbit nitpick is a defect, so I am leaving the tests as they are.
Real-storage find with one malformed row: I ran this on a real server with 1,000 tasks on disk, one of them with an undecodable schedule_json. On e177135699, run_scheduled_task_now and a schedule_task update on another task both succeeded, and each lookup read one row. On main both calls failed on the bad row. The transcript is in the description's Verification section. findTask predates this PR, which only exposes it as find.
The find mock ignoring the id: in the same run the handler found the requested task among 1,000 and returned that task's taskId. Checking the id in the mock would add test coverage; it does not change behavior.
Closing this: it is not a bug fix, and this repository now takes only bug fixes from outside contributors. The branch stays on my fork if it is useful.
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Problem
To run one scheduled task,
run_scheduled_task_nowfirst loaded and decoded every scheduled task to check that the id exists.schedule_taskupdates anddelete_scheduled_taskdid the same before their mode checks. The cost grows with the number of tasks. Worse, one row that fails to decode breaks these tools for every other task, even though the targeted task is fine.Change
ScheduledTaskServicealready had a private one-row lookup by primary key (findTask, used byrunNow,setEnabledand the others). It is now exposed asfind. The two MCP call sites use it in place oflist()plus a scan:run_scheduled_task_nowinmcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.tsloadScheduledTaskinOrchestratorMcpService.ts, which backsschedule_taskupdates anddelete_scheduled_taskThese are unchanged: the missing-task
invalid_request, the webhook refusal text from #25647, the access and mode checks, and the hiding of storage errors.listand the Settings list are untouched.runNowstill reads the target during validation and again before dispatch. Including the MCP precheck, a successful run now makes three one-row reads instead of a full scan plus two one-row reads. Folding the not-found case intorunNowwould remove the extra read, but it means a new error in theScheduledTaskErrorRPC contract that web and mobile share. That is not worth about 0.02 ms.Scope and approval
This qualifies as a small, focused fix for an obvious defect, without a prior issue. It preserves task semantics, access checks and wire contracts while avoiding unrelated-row decode failures. The one visible text change: when storage fails during an update or delete, the error detail now reads "Could not load scheduled task: Could not load schedule task." instead of "...: Could not list schedule tasks." No UI changes, because no screen calls these MCP tools or shows their results.
Verification
Real path on Linux, same steps on main
e63d80a065, this heade177135699, and this head merged locally with that main (not pushed). Each revision ran its own server (bin.ts serve, isolated home, "Test machine"), holding 1,000 synthetic tasks that the server's ownschedule_tasktool created. A real Codex agent (gpt-6-luna) calledrun_scheduled_task_now, then aschedule_tasktitle update, on the oldest task. Times come from the server's trace spans, one call each.run_scheduled_task_nowschedule_taskupdateschedule_jsonundecodableThe undecodable row has an unknown schedule type, written into the test database copy. With it, main's agent got "The operation could not be completed." and "Could not load scheduled task: Could not list schedule tasks."
Agent calls and server spans (six runs), tests, synthetic cover
Tests: the
core.test.tstable forrun_scheduled_task_nowmockslistto fail the test if called. It covers an existing id, a missing id, the webhook refusal and a hidden storage failure. All four rows failed onmainand passed on the first headd1e19662ba. TwoOrchestratorMcpService.test.tsupdate cases mock onlyfind. CI is green one177135699.Synthetic regression cover, not the real path. A throwaway test (not committed) ran against the real
ScheduledTaskServiceon in-memory SQLite, median of 30 calls, on the first head:list()+ scanfindNot checked:
delete_scheduled_taskin a real run. It uses the same lookup as the update.Prior PRs
run_scheduled_task_nowexplain why a run was refused. This keeps those messages as they are.schedule_taskcreate-replay path. The two merge cleanly, and that lookup could usefindonce both land.Generated with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol in T3 Code Nightly