fix(run-engine): retry non-zero exit code errors

internal-packages/database/prisma/migrations/20250902112516_add_locked_retry_config_to_task_run/migration.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "public"."TaskRun" ADD COLUMN     "lockedRetryConfig" JSONB;

internal-packages/database/prisma/migrations/migration_lock.toml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Please do not edit this file manually
 # It should be added in your version-control system (i.e. Git)
-provider = "postgresql"
+provider = "postgresql"

internal-packages/database/prisma/schema.prisma

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ model OrganizationAccessToken {
   /// This is used to find the token in the database
   hashedToken String @unique
 
-  organization   Organization   @relation(fields: [organizationId], references: [id])
+  organization   Organization @relation(fields: [organizationId], references: [id])
   organizationId String
 
   /// Optional expiration date for the token
@@ -648,11 +648,12 @@ model TaskRun {
 
   concurrencyKey String?
 
-  delayUntil  DateTime?
-  queuedAt    DateTime?
-  ttl         String?
-  expiredAt   DateTime?
-  maxAttempts Int?
+  delayUntil        DateTime?
+  queuedAt          DateTime?
+  ttl               String?
+  expiredAt         DateTime?
+  maxAttempts       Int?
+  lockedRetryConfig Json?
 
   /// optional token that can be used to authenticate the task run
   oneTimeUseToken String?

internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/retrying.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   isOOMRunError,
   RetryOptions,
   sanitizeError,
+  shouldLookupRetrySettings,
   shouldRetryError,
   TaskRunError,
   taskRunErrorEnhancer,
@@ -72,13 +73,11 @@ export async function retryOutcomeFromCompletion(
     };
   }
 
-  // No retry settings
-  if (!retrySettings) {
-    return { outcome: "fail_run", sanitizedError };
-  }
+  const enhancedError = taskRunErrorEnhancer(error);
 
   // Not a retriable error: fail
-  const retriableError = shouldRetryError(taskRunErrorEnhancer(error));
+  const retriableError = shouldRetryError(enhancedError);
+
   if (!retriableError) {
     return { outcome: "fail_run", sanitizedError };
   }
@@ -95,6 +94,7 @@ export async function retryOutcomeFromCompletion(
     },
     select: {
       maxAttempts: true,
+      lockedRetryConfig: true,
     },
   });
 
@@ -112,6 +112,48 @@ export async function retryOutcomeFromCompletion(
     return { outcome: "fail_run", sanitizedError };
   }
 
+  // No retry settings
+  if (!retrySettings) {
+    const shouldLookup = shouldLookupRetrySettings(enhancedError);
+
+    if (!shouldLookup) {
+      return { outcome: "fail_run", sanitizedError };
+    }
+
+    const retryConfig = run.lockedRetryConfig;
+
+    if (!retryConfig) {
+      return { outcome: "fail_run", sanitizedError };
+    }
+
+    const parsedRetryConfig = RetryOptions.nullish().safeParse(retryConfig);
+
+    if (!parsedRetryConfig.success) {
+      return { outcome: "fail_run", sanitizedError };
+    }
+
+    if (!parsedRetryConfig.data) {
+      return { outcome: "fail_run", sanitizedError };
+    }
+
+    const nextDelay = calculateNextRetryDelay(parsedRetryConfig.data, attemptNumber ?? 1);
+
+    if (!nextDelay) {
+      return { outcome: "fail_run", sanitizedError };
+    }
+
+    const retrySettings = {
+      timestamp: Date.now() + nextDelay,
+      delay: nextDelay,
+    };
+
+    return {
+      outcome: "retry",
+      method: "queue", // we'll always retry on the queue because usually having no settings means something bad happened
+      settings: retrySettings,
+    };
+  }
+
   return {
     outcome: "retry",
     method: retryUsingQueue ? "queue" : "immediate",
@@ -130,19 +172,15 @@ async function retryOOMOnMachine(
       },
       select: {
         machinePreset: true,
-        lockedBy: {
-          select: {
-            retryConfig: true,
-          },
-        },
+        lockedRetryConfig: true,
       },
     });
 
-    if (!run || !run.lockedBy || !run.machinePreset) {
+    if (!run || !run.lockedRetryConfig || !run.machinePreset) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const retryConfig = run.lockedBy?.retryConfig;
+    const retryConfig = run.lockedRetryConfig;
     const parsedRetryConfig = RetryOptions.nullish().safeParse(retryConfig);
 
     if (!parsedRetryConfig.success) {

internal-packages/run-engine/src/engine/systems/dequeueSystem.ts

@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ export class DequeueSystem {
                 result.run.maxDurationInSeconds,
                 result.task.maxDurationInSeconds
               );
+              const lockedRetryConfig = result.run.lockedRetryConfig
+                ? undefined
+                : result.task.retryConfig;
 
               const lockedTaskRun = await prisma.taskRun.update({
                 where: {
@@ -413,6 +416,7 @@ export class DequeueSystem {
                   lockedById: result.task.id,
                   lockedToVersionId: result.worker.id,
                   lockedQueueId: result.queue.id,
+                  lockedRetryConfig: lockedRetryConfig ?? undefined,
                   status: "DEQUEUED",
                   startedAt,
                   baseCostInCents: this.options.machines.baseCostInCents,

packages/core/src/v3/errors.ts

@@ -346,6 +346,32 @@ export function shouldRetryError(error: TaskRunError): boolean {
   }
 }
 
+export function shouldLookupRetrySettings(error: TaskRunError): boolean {
+  switch (error.type) {
+    case "INTERNAL_ERROR": {
+      switch (error.code) {
+        case "TASK_PROCESS_EXITED_WITH_NON_ZERO_CODE":
+          return true;
+
+        default:
+          return false;
+      }
+    }
+    case "STRING_ERROR": {
+      return false;
+    }
+    case "BUILT_IN_ERROR": {
+      return false;
+    }
+    case "CUSTOM_ERROR": {
+      return false;
+    }
+    default: {
+      assertExhaustive(error);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export function correctErrorStackTrace(
   stackTrace: string,
   projectDir?: string,