Updating to manage completed events piling up, this will periodically clear out all events - repeats cannot be removed with the removeOnCompleted job option.

packages/server/src/automations/bullboard.js

@@ -9,12 +9,27 @@ const { JobQueues } = require("../constants")
 const { utils } = require("@budibase/auth/redis")
 const { opts, redisProtocolUrl } = utils.getRedisOptions()
 
-const redisConfig = redisProtocolUrl || { redis: opts }
+const CLEANUP_PERIOD_MS = 60 * 1000
-let automationQueue = new Queue(JobQueues.AUTOMATIONS, redisConfig)
+const queueConfig = redisProtocolUrl || { redis: opts }
+let cleanupInternal = null
+
+let automationQueue = new Queue(JobQueues.AUTOMATIONS, queueConfig)
+
+async function cleanup() {
+  await automationQueue.clean(CLEANUP_PERIOD_MS, "completed")
+}
 
 exports.pathPrefix = "/bulladmin"
 
 exports.init = () => {
+  // cleanup the events every 5 minutes
+  if (!cleanupInternal) {
+    cleanupInternal = setInterval(cleanup, CLEANUP_PERIOD_MS)
+    // fire off an initial cleanup
+    cleanup().catch(err => {
+      console.error(`Unable to cleanup automation queue initially - ${err}`)
+    })
+  }
   const expressApp = express()
   // Set up queues for bull board admin
   const queues = [automationQueue]

packages/server/src/automations/triggers.js

@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ async function queueRelevantRowAutomations(event, eventType) {
       automationTrigger.inputs &&
       automationTrigger.inputs.tableId === event.row.tableId
     ) {
-      await queue.add({ automation, event })
+      await queue.add(
+        { automation, event },
+        {
+          removeOnComplete: true,
+          removeOnFail: true,
+        }
+      )
     }
   }
 }

packages/server/src/threads/automation.js

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ const { DocumentTypes, isDevAppID } = require("../db/utils")
 const { doInTenant } = require("@budibase/auth/tenancy")
 const env = require("../environment")
 const usage = require("../utilities/usageQuota")
+const { definitions: triggerDefs } = require("../automations/triggerInfo")
 
 const FILTER_STEP_ID = actions.ACTION_DEFINITIONS.FILTER.stepId
+const CRON_STEP_ID = triggerDefs.CRON.stepId
 const STOPPED_STATUS = { success: false, status: "STOPPED" }
 
 /**
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ class Orchestrator {
     this._chainCount = this._metadata ? this._metadata.automationChainCount : 0
     this._appId = triggerOutput.appId
     this._app = null
+    const triggerStepId = automation.definition.trigger.stepId
+    triggerOutput = this.cleanupTriggerOutputs(triggerStepId, triggerOutput)
     // remove from context
     delete triggerOutput.appId
     delete triggerOutput.metadata
@@ -34,11 +38,17 @@ class Orchestrator {
     this._emitter = new AutomationEmitter(this._chainCount + 1)
     this.executionOutput = { trigger: {}, steps: [] }
     // setup the execution output
-    const triggerStepId = automation.definition.trigger.stepId
     const triggerId = automation.definition.trigger.id
     this.updateExecutionOutput(triggerId, triggerStepId, null, triggerOutput)
   }
 
+  cleanupTriggerOutputs(stepId, triggerOutput) {
+    if (stepId === CRON_STEP_ID) {
+      triggerOutput.timestamp = Date.now()
+    }
+    return triggerOutput
+  }
+
   async getStepFunctionality(stepId) {
     let step = await actions.getAction(stepId)
     if (step == null) {

packages/server/src/utilities/queue/inMemoryQueue.js

@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ class InMemoryQueue {
   getRepeatableJobs() {
     return []
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Implemented for tests
+   */
+  async clean() {
+    return []
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = InMemoryQueue