feat(coderd): activity bump for full TTL instead of 1h (#5732)

coderd/activitybump.go

@@ -43,13 +43,29 @@ func activityBumpWorkspace(log slog.Logger, db database.Store, workspaceID uuid.
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		// We sent bumpThreshold slightly under bumpAmount to minimize DB writes.
+		workspace, err := s.GetWorkspaceByID(ctx, workspaceID)
-		const (
+		if err != nil {
-			bumpAmount    = time.Hour
+			return xerrors.Errorf("get workspace: %w", err)
-			bumpThreshold = time.Hour - (time.Minute * 10)
+		}
+
+		var (
+			// We bump by the original TTL to prevent counter-intuitive behavior
+			// as the TTL wraps. For example, if I set the TTL to 12 hours, sign off
+			// work at midnight, come back at 10am, I would want another full day
+			// of uptime. In the prior implementation, the workspace would enter
+			// a state of always expiring 1 hour in the future
+			bumpAmount = time.Duration(workspace.Ttl.Int64)
+			// DB writes are expensive so we only bump when 5% of the deadline
+			// has elapsed.
+			bumpEvery         = bumpAmount / 20
+			timeSinceLastBump = bumpAmount - time.Until(build.Deadline)
 		)
 
-		if !build.Deadline.Before(time.Now().Add(bumpThreshold)) {
+		if timeSinceLastBump < bumpEvery {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if bumpAmount == 0 {
 			return nil
 		}
 

coderd/activitybump_test.go

@@ -19,14 +19,17 @@ func TestWorkspaceActivityBump(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
+	const ttl = time.Minute
+
 	setupActivityTest := func(t *testing.T) (client *codersdk.Client, workspace codersdk.Workspace, assertBumped func(want bool)) {
-		var ttlMillis int64 = 60 * 1000
+		ttlMillis := int64(ttl / time.Millisecond)
 
 		client = coderdtest.New(t, &coderdtest.Options{
 			AppHostname:              proxyTestSubdomainRaw,
 			IncludeProvisionerDaemon: true,
+			// Agent stats trigger the activity bump, so we want to report
+			// very frequently in tests.
 			AgentStatsRefreshInterval: time.Millisecond * 100,
-			MetricsCacheRefreshInterval: time.Millisecond * 100,
 		})
 		user := coderdtest.CreateFirstUser(t, client)
 
@@ -67,11 +70,11 @@ func TestWorkspaceActivityBump(t *testing.T) {
 					require.NoError(t, err)
 					return workspace.LatestBuild.Deadline.Time != firstDeadline
 				},
-				testutil.WaitShort, testutil.IntervalFast,
+				testutil.WaitLong, testutil.IntervalFast,
 				"deadline %v never updated", firstDeadline,
 			)
 
-			require.WithinDuration(t, database.Now().Add(time.Hour), workspace.LatestBuild.Deadline.Time, 3*time.Second)
+			require.WithinDuration(t, database.Now().Add(ttl), workspace.LatestBuild.Deadline.Time, 3*time.Second)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ func TestWorkspaceActivityBump(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		defer conn.Close()
 
+		// Must send network traffic after a few seconds to surpass bump threshold.
+		time.Sleep(time.Second * 3)
 		sshConn, err := conn.SSHClient(ctx)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		_ = sshConn.Close()

site/src/components/WorkspaceScheduleForm/WorkspaceScheduleForm.tsx

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const Language = {
   ttlLabel: "Time until shutdown (hours)",
   ttlCausesShutdownHelperText: "Your workspace will shut down",
   ttlCausesShutdownAfterStart:
-    "after its next start. We delay shutdown by an hour whenever we detect activity",
+    "after its next start. We delay shutdown by this time whenever we detect activity",
   ttlCausesNoShutdownHelperText:
     "Your workspace will not automatically shut down.",
   formTitle: "Workspace schedule",