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Record monotonic clocks around transmit, runner start, first event, and wrapup so operators can split mesh, image pull, and playbook time without a schema change.

SUMMARY

AAPRFE-3143. Operators cannot tell whether a slow job is Receptor mesh, EE image pull, or playbook time. UnifiedJob.elapsed is a single wall-clock number, so those stages are mixed together.

This records monotonic clocks around Receptor transmit, ansible-runner start, first event, and wrapup, then emits them on the existing job_lifecycle logger as state execution_timing. No new DB column or API field.

Design:

  • Reuse log_lifecycle with optional extra fields (timing, work_type) instead of a new table or JSON on the job.
  • Use time.monotonic() so NTP/clock skew does not distort deltas.
  • Keep event-path cost to a few attribute writes; duration math runs once in AWXReceptorJob after the processor finishes.
  • Missing clocks become null so canceled/error jobs still log a partial record.
  • examples/execution_timing.patch is the production-only subset (no tests) for control-plane TASK nodes.

New job_lifecycle states: receptor_transmit_start, receptor_transmit_end, runner_starting, execution_timing.

Duration fields on execution_timing:

  • receptor_transmit_s — pack + send private_data_dir (transmit_starttransmit_end)
  • runner_setup_s — mesh + worker unpack + runner prep (transmit_end → runner starting)
  • ee_start_s — podman/k8s start, including image pull (starting → first event)
  • playbook_s — ansible-playbook (first event → wrapup/stats)
  • result_stream_s — result stream / processor (wrapup → processor_end)
ISSUE TYPE
  • New or Enhanced Feature
COMPONENT NAME
  • Other
STEPS TO REPRODUCE AND EXTRA INFO

Launch a Job Template (or ad hoc command) that runs on Receptor (work_type=ansible-runner or local). After the job finishes, grep control-plane TASK logs:

grep execution_timing /var/log/tower/job_lifecycle.log

containerized:

podman logs automation-controller-task | grep execution_timing

Expected extra lifecycle states: receptor_transmit_start, receptor_transmit_end, runner_starting, then execution_timing with the duration object.

Unit coverage:

  • awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_unified_job_unit.py — extra fields on log_lifecycle
  • awx/main/tests/unit/tasks/test_runner_callback.py — first/wrapup clocks skip keepalive
  • awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_receptor.pycompute_execution_timing deltas and missing clocks
2026-09-04 17:01:09,938 INFO [-] awx.analytics.job_lifecycle job-57 execution timing {"timing": {"work_type": "ansible-runner", "receptor_transmit_s": 8.347, "runner_setup_s": 2.265, "ee_start_s": 2.252, "playbook_s": 2.003, "result_stream_s": 1.037}, "type": "job", "task_id": 57, "state": "execution_timing", "work_unit_id": "100782182uTcwrz2", "task_name": "Rbertol - repro - always pp"} 2026-09-04 17:01:09,940 INFO [-] awx.main.tasks.receptor job 57 (running) execution timing: {'work_type': 'ansible-runner', 'receptor_transmit_s': 8.347, 'runner_setup_s': 2.265, 'ee_start_s': 2.252, 'playbook_s': 2.003, 'result_stream_s': 1.037}

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added execution timing details to job lifecycle records and application logs.
    • Job execution now tracks key phases, including runner startup, environment startup, playbook execution, result streaming, and processing.
    • Lifecycle entries can include additional contextual information alongside standard job details.

Record monotonic clocks around transmit, runner start, first event, and wrapup so operators can split mesh, image pull, and playbook time without a schema change.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds monotonic timing marks to runner callbacks and Receptor jobs. It computes execution durations and emits them through lifecycle logs. Tests cover lifecycle fields, callback timestamps, timing calculations, and missing clock values.

Changes

Execution timing instrumentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Lifecycle logging and callback clocks
awx/main/models/unified_jobs.py, awx/main/tasks/callback.py, awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_unified_job_unit.py, awx/main/tests/unit/tasks/test_runner_callback.py, examples/execution_timing.patch
UnifiedJob.log_lifecycle accepts extra fields. RunnerCallback records runner start, first event, and wrapup timestamps.
Execution timing calculation
awx/main/tasks/receptor.py, awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_receptor.py, examples/execution_timing.patch
compute_execution_timing calculates rounded duration fields and returns None for missing timestamp pairs.
Receptor timing integration
awx/main/tasks/receptor.py, examples/execution_timing.patch
AWXReceptorJob records transmission and processing marks, combines them with callback timestamps, and logs execution timing data.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 12e17

EOF timing can include Redis latency or be omitted after a dispatch failure. The localized ordering fix should be made, but job execution remains unaffected.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RunnerCallback
  participant AWXReceptorJob
  participant UnifiedJob
  RunnerCallback->>RunnerCallback: Record runner and event timestamps
  AWXReceptorJob->>AWXReceptorJob: Record Receptor and processing marks
  AWXReceptorJob->>AWXReceptorJob: Compute execution timing
  AWXReceptorJob->>UnifiedJob: Log execution_timing lifecycle data
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In `@awx/main/tasks/callback.py`:
- Line 257: Set wrapup_event_at before dispatching the EOF event in
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wrapup events. Ensure the timestamp is recorded even when Redis rpush raises, so
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event_data.setdefault(self.event_data_key, self.instance.id)
self.dispatcher.dispatch(event_data)
if self.wrapup_event_type == 'EOF':
self.wrapup_event_at = time.monotonic()

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Record the EOF timestamp before dispatch.

When wrapup_event_type == 'EOF', CallbackQueueDispatcher.dispatch performs a synchronous Redis rpush before finished_callback sets wrapup_event_at. Redis latency can shift the timing boundary used for playbook_s and result_stream_s. If rpush raises, wrapup_event_at remains unset and those timing values are omitted. Set the timestamp before dispatch, as event_handler does for other wrapup events.

Suggested adjustment
-        self.dispatcher.dispatch(event_data)
         if self.wrapup_event_type == 'EOF':
             self.wrapup_event_at = time.monotonic()
             self.wrapup_event_dispatched = True
+        self.dispatcher.dispatch(event_data)
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In `@awx/main/tasks/callback.py` at line 257, Set wrapup_event_at before
dispatching the EOF event in CallbackQueueDispatcher, matching the ordering used
by event_handler for other wrapup events. Ensure the timestamp is recorded even
when Redis rpush raises, so playbook_s and result_stream_s retain their timing
boundary.

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