fix(): workflows concurrency (#13645)

packages/core/orchestration/src/__tests__/transaction/transaction-orchestrator.ts

@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ describe("Transaction Orchestrator", () => {
         },
         {
           action: "three",
-          async: true,
           maxRetries: 0,
           next: {
             action: "five",
@@ -228,24 +227,14 @@ describe("Transaction Orchestrator", () => {
 
     await strategy.resume(transaction)
 
-    expect(transaction.getErrors()).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(transaction.getErrors()).toHaveLength(1)
     expect(transaction.getErrors()).toEqual([
       {
         action: "three",
-        error: {
+        error: expect.objectContaining({
           message: "Step 3 failed",
           name: "Error",
           stack: expect.any(String),
-        },
-        handlerType: "invoke",
-      },
-      {
-        action: "three",
-        error: expect.objectContaining({
-          message: expect.stringContaining(
-            "Converting circular structure to JSON"
-          ),
-          stack: expect.any(String),
         }),
         handlerType: "invoke",
       },
@@ -1052,6 +1041,8 @@ describe("Transaction Orchestrator", () => {
 
     await strategy.resume(transaction)
 
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
+
     expect(mocks.one).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(mocks.two).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
     expect(transaction.getState()).toBe(TransactionState.INVOKING)
@@ -1148,6 +1139,8 @@ describe("Transaction Orchestrator", () => {
 
     await strategy.resume(transaction)
 
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
+
     expect(mocks.one).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(mocks.compensateOne).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
     expect(mocks.two).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
@@ -1171,6 +1164,8 @@ describe("Transaction Orchestrator", () => {
       transaction,
     })
 
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
+
     expect(resumedTransaction.getState()).toBe(TransactionState.COMPENSATING)
     expect(mocks.compensateOne).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
 
@@ -1263,6 +1258,7 @@ describe("Transaction Orchestrator", () => {
     })
 
     await strategy.resume(transaction)
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
 
     expect(mocks.one).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(mocks.compensateOne).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
@@ -1335,6 +1331,7 @@ describe("Transaction Orchestrator", () => {
     })
 
     await strategy.resume(transaction)
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
 
     expect(transaction.getState()).toBe(TransactionState.DONE)
     expect(mocks.one).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)

packages/core/orchestration/src/__tests__/workflow/global-workflow.ts

@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ describe("WorkflowManager", () => {
   it("should continue an asyncronous transaction after reporting a successful step", async () => {
     const transaction = await flow.run("deliver-product", "t-id")
 
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
+
     expect(handlers.get("foo").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(handlers.get("callExternal").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(handlers.get("bar").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
@@ -135,6 +137,8 @@ describe("WorkflowManager", () => {
   it("should revert an asyncronous transaction after reporting a failure step", async () => {
     const transaction = await flow.run("deliver-product", "t-id")
 
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
+
     expect(handlers.get("foo").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(handlers.get("callExternal").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(handlers.get("bar").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)

packages/core/orchestration/src/__tests__/workflow/local-workflow.ts

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ describe("WorkflowManager", () => {
     const flow = new LocalWorkflow("deliver-product", container)
     const transaction = await flow.run("t-id")
 
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
+
     expect(handlers.get("foo").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(handlers.get("callExternal").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(handlers.get("bar").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ describe("WorkflowManager", () => {
     const flow = new LocalWorkflow("deliver-product", container)
     const transaction = await flow.run("t-id")
 
+    await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve))
+
     expect(handlers.get("foo").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(handlers.get("callExternal").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(handlers.get("bar").invoke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)

packages/core/orchestration/src/transaction/transaction-orchestrator.ts

@@ -951,8 +951,10 @@ export class TransactionOrchestrator extends EventEmitter {
             this.executeSyncStep(promise, transaction, step, nextSteps)
           )
         } else {
-          // Execute async step in background and continue the execution of the transaction
-          this.executeAsyncStep(promise, transaction, step, nextSteps)
+          // Execute async step in background as part of the next event loop cycle and continue the execution of the transaction
+          process.nextTick(() =>
+            this.executeAsyncStep(promise, transaction, step, nextSteps)
+          )
           hasAsyncSteps = true
         }
       }