fix(webapp): stop locked-version triggers failing on stale replica reads

A locked-version trigger such as triggerAndWait resolved the task's
metadata from the read replica and, on a miss, threw a non-retryable
"task not found on locked version" even though the task was registered.
A read replica can return an empty result for a row that already exists
on the primary, so this surfaced as intermittent, self-recovering
trigger failures.

The locked worker is already resolved on the primary in the same
request, so the resolver now re-checks the primary when the replica
returns no row, and only reports the task missing when the primary
genuinely lacks it. This runs on the cache-miss path only and leaves
the hot path unchanged.

Author: ericallam

.server-changes/locked-version-trigger-stale-replica.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+area: webapp
+type: fix
+---
+
+Fix locked-version triggers such as triggerAndWait occasionally failing with "task not found on locked version" for a task that is actually registered, by confirming against the primary database when the read replica returns no row.

apps/webapp/app/runEngine/concerns/queues.server.ts

@@ -268,14 +268,27 @@ export class DefaultQueueManager implements QueueManager {
     const cached = await this.taskMetaCache.getByWorker(workerId, slug);
     if (cached) return cached;
 
-    const row = await this.replicaPrisma.backgroundWorkerTask.findFirst({
-      where: { workerId, runtimeEnvironmentId: environmentId, slug },
-      select: {
-        ttl: true,
-        triggerSource: true,
-        queue: { select: { id: true, name: true } },
-      },
-    });
+    // Cache miss. Read the row from the replica first; if the replica comes
+    // back empty, re-check the writer before concluding the task is missing.
+    // The locked worker itself was just resolved on the writer (see
+    // triggerTask.server.ts), so a replica that returns no row here is stale,
+    // not authoritative. Trusting a stale-replica negative throws a
+    // non-retryable "not found on locked version" for a task that is in fact
+    // registered. The writer read only runs on this rare miss-then-empty path,
+    // never on the hot path.
+    let row = await this.findLockedTaskRow(this.replicaPrisma, workerId, environmentId, slug);
+
+    if (!row && this.replicaPrisma !== this.prisma) {
+      row = await this.findLockedTaskRow(this.prisma, workerId, environmentId, slug);
+
+      if (row) {
+        logger.warn("Locked task metadata missing on replica but found on writer", {
+          workerId,
+          environmentId,
+          slug,
+        });
+      }
+    }
 
     if (!row) return null;
 
@@ -294,6 +307,22 @@ export class DefaultQueueManager implements QueueManager {
     return entry;
   }
 
+  private findLockedTaskRow(
+    client: PrismaClientOrTransaction,
+    workerId: string,
+    environmentId: string,
+    slug: string
+  ) {
+    return client.backgroundWorkerTask.findFirst({
+      where: { workerId, runtimeEnvironmentId: environmentId, slug },
+      select: {
+        ttl: true,
+        triggerSource: true,
+        queue: { select: { id: true, name: true } },
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Resolve task metadata for a non-locked trigger. Reads from the
    * `task-meta:env:{envId}` Redis hash; falls back to

apps/webapp/test/engine/triggerTask.test.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ import { TaskRun } from "@trigger.dev/database";
 import { Redis } from "ioredis";
 import { IdempotencyKeyConcern } from "~/runEngine/concerns/idempotencyKeys.server";
 import { DefaultQueueManager } from "~/runEngine/concerns/queues.server";
-import { RedisTaskMetadataCache } from "~/services/taskMetadataCache.server";
+import {
+  NoopTaskMetadataCache,
+  RedisTaskMetadataCache,
+} from "~/services/taskMetadataCache.server";
 import {
   EntitlementValidationParams,
   MaxAttemptsValidationParams,
@@ -949,6 +952,129 @@ describe("RunEngineTriggerTaskService", () => {
     }
   );
 
+  containerTest(
+    "should fall back to the writer when a stale replica returns no row for a locked task",
+    async ({ prisma, redisOptions }) => {
+      const engine = new RunEngine({
+        prisma,
+        worker: {
+          redis: redisOptions,
+          workers: 1,
+          tasksPerWorker: 10,
+          pollIntervalMs: 100,
+        },
+        queue: {
+          redis: redisOptions,
+        },
+        runLock: {
+          redis: redisOptions,
+        },
+        machines: {
+          defaultMachine: "small-1x",
+          machines: {
+            "small-1x": {
+              name: "small-1x" as const,
+              cpu: 0.5,
+              memory: 0.5,
+              centsPerMs: 0.0001,
+            },
+          },
+          baseCostInCents: 0.0005,
+        },
+        tracer: trace.getTracer("test", "0.0.0"),
+      });
+
+      const authenticatedEnvironment = await setupAuthenticatedEnvironment(prisma, "PRODUCTION");
+      const taskIdentifier = "test-task";
+
+      const worker = await setupBackgroundWorker(engine, authenticatedEnvironment, taskIdentifier);
+
+      // A read replica that has not yet caught up to the BackgroundWorkerTask
+      // row: it is the real database for every query except the locked-task
+      // lookup, which comes back empty (the TRI-10868 false-negative window).
+      const staleReplica = new Proxy(prisma, {
+        get(target, prop, receiver) {
+          if (prop === "backgroundWorkerTask") {
+            const delegate = Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver);
+            return new Proxy(delegate, {
+              get(taskTarget, taskProp, taskReceiver) {
+                if (taskProp === "findFirst") {
+                  return async () => null;
+                }
+                const value = Reflect.get(taskTarget, taskProp, taskReceiver);
+                return typeof value === "function" ? value.bind(taskTarget) : value;
+              },
+            });
+          }
+          const value = Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver);
+          return typeof value === "function" ? value.bind(target) : value;
+        },
+      }) as typeof prisma;
+
+      // Noop cache so every resolve misses the cache and exercises the
+      // replica -> writer fallback. The writer is the real `prisma`.
+      const queuesManager = new DefaultQueueManager(
+        prisma,
+        engine,
+        staleReplica,
+        new NoopTaskMetadataCache()
+      );
+
+      const triggerTaskService = new RunEngineTriggerTaskService({
+        engine,
+        prisma,
+        payloadProcessor: new MockPayloadProcessor(),
+        queueConcern: queuesManager,
+        idempotencyKeyConcern: new IdempotencyKeyConcern(
+          prisma,
+          engine,
+          new MockTraceEventConcern()
+        ),
+        validator: new MockTriggerTaskValidator(),
+        traceEventConcern: new MockTraceEventConcern(),
+        tracer: trace.getTracer("test", "0.0.0"),
+        metadataMaximumSize: 1024 * 1024 * 1,
+      });
+
+      // The task IS registered on the locked worker, but the replica returns
+      // nothing. Before the fix this threw "not found on locked version"; now
+      // the writer fallback resolves the registered row.
+      const result = await triggerTaskService.call({
+        taskId: taskIdentifier,
+        environment: authenticatedEnvironment,
+        body: {
+          payload: { test: "test" },
+          options: {
+            lockToVersion: worker.worker.version,
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(result).toBeDefined();
+      expect(result?.run.status).toBe("PENDING");
+      expect(result?.run.queue).toBe(`task/${taskIdentifier}`);
+
+      // A genuinely unregistered task must still throw, even with the writer
+      // fallback — the writer has no row either, so the 422 is correct.
+      await expect(
+        triggerTaskService.call({
+          taskId: "not-a-registered-task",
+          environment: authenticatedEnvironment,
+          body: {
+            payload: { test: "test" },
+            options: {
+              lockToVersion: worker.worker.version,
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      ).rejects.toThrow(
+        `Task 'not-a-registered-task' not found on locked version '${worker.worker.version}'`
+      );
+
+      await engine.quit();
+    }
+  );
+
   containerTest(
     "should preserve runFriendlyId across retries when RunDuplicateIdempotencyKeyError is thrown",
     async ({ prisma, redisOptions }) => {