fix(core): Start insights collection timer for webhook instances (#15964)

packages/cli/src/modules/insights/__tests__/insights.module.test.ts

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import type { Logger } from '@n8n/backend-common';
-import { InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core';
-
-import { mockInstance, mockLogger } from '@test/mocking';
-
-import { InsightsModule } from '../insights.module';
-import { InsightsService } from '../insights.service';
-
-describe('InsightsModule', () => {
-	let logger: Logger;
-	let insightsService: InsightsService;
-	let instanceSettings: InstanceSettings;
-
-	beforeEach(() => {
-		logger = mockLogger();
-		insightsService = mockInstance(InsightsService);
-	});
-
-	describe('backgroundProcess', () => {
-		it('should start background process if instance is main and leader', () => {
-			instanceSettings = mockInstance(InstanceSettings, { instanceType: 'main', isLeader: true });
-			const insightsModule = new InsightsModule(logger, insightsService, instanceSettings);
-			insightsModule.initialize();
-			expect(insightsService.startTimers).toHaveBeenCalled();
-		});
-
-		it('should not start background process if instance is main but not leader', () => {
-			instanceSettings = mockInstance(InstanceSettings, { instanceType: 'main', isLeader: false });
-			const insightsModule = new InsightsModule(logger, insightsService, instanceSettings);
-			insightsModule.initialize();
-			expect(insightsService.startTimers).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-		});
-	});
-});

packages/cli/src/modules/insights/__tests__/insights.service.test.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import type { WorkflowEntity } from '@n8n/db';
 import type { IWorkflowDb } from '@n8n/db';
 import type { WorkflowExecuteAfterContext } from '@n8n/decorators';
 import { Container } from '@n8n/di';
+import type { MockProxy } from 'jest-mock-extended';
 import { mock } from 'jest-mock-extended';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
+import type { InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import type { IRun } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { mockLogger } from '@test/mocking';
@@ -47,6 +49,84 @@ afterAll(async () => {
 	await testDb.terminate();
 });
 
+describe('startTimers', () => {
+	let insightsService: InsightsService;
+	let compactionService: InsightsCompactionService;
+	let collectionService: InsightsCollectionService;
+	let pruningService: InsightsPruningService;
+	let instanceSettings: MockProxy<InstanceSettings>;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		compactionService = mock<InsightsCompactionService>();
+		collectionService = mock<InsightsCollectionService>();
+		pruningService = mock<InsightsPruningService>();
+		instanceSettings = mock<InstanceSettings>({
+			instanceType: 'main',
+		});
+		insightsService = new InsightsService(
+			mock<InsightsByPeriodRepository>(),
+			compactionService,
+			collectionService,
+			pruningService,
+			mock<LicenseState>(),
+			instanceSettings,
+			mockLogger(),
+		);
+
+		jest.clearAllMocks();
+	});
+
+	const setupMocks = (
+		instanceType: string,
+		isLeader: boolean = false,
+		isPruningEnabled: boolean = false,
+	) => {
+		(instanceSettings as any).instanceType = instanceType;
+		Object.defineProperty(instanceSettings, 'isLeader', {
+			get: jest.fn(() => isLeader),
+		});
+		Object.defineProperty(pruningService, 'isPruningEnabled', {
+			get: jest.fn(() => isPruningEnabled),
+		});
+	};
+
+	test('starts flushing timer for main instance', () => {
+		setupMocks('main', false, false);
+		insightsService.startTimers();
+
+		expect(collectionService.startFlushingTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(compactionService.startCompactionTimer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(pruningService.startPruningTimer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	test('starts compaction and flushing timers for main leader instances', () => {
+		setupMocks('main', true, false);
+		insightsService.startTimers();
+
+		expect(collectionService.startFlushingTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(compactionService.startCompactionTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(pruningService.startPruningTimer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	test('starts compaction, flushing and pruning timers for main leader instance with pruning enabled', () => {
+		setupMocks('main', true, true);
+		insightsService.startTimers();
+
+		expect(collectionService.startFlushingTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(compactionService.startCompactionTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(pruningService.startPruningTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	test('starts only collection flushing timer for webhook instance', () => {
+		setupMocks('webhook', false, false);
+		insightsService.startTimers();
+
+		expect(collectionService.startFlushingTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(compactionService.startCompactionTimer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(pruningService.startPruningTimer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+});
+
 describe('getInsightsSummary', () => {
 	let insightsService: InsightsService;
 	beforeAll(async () => {
@@ -512,6 +592,7 @@ describe('getAvailableDateRanges', () => {
 			mock<InsightsCollectionService>(),
 			mock<InsightsPruningService>(),
 			licenseMock,
+			mock<InstanceSettings>(),
 			mockLogger(),
 		);
 	});
@@ -614,6 +695,7 @@ describe('getMaxAgeInDaysAndGranularity', () => {
 			mock<InsightsCollectionService>(),
 			mock<InsightsPruningService>(),
 			licenseMock,
+			mock<InstanceSettings>(),
 			mockLogger(),
 		);
 	});
@@ -702,6 +784,7 @@ describe('shutdown', () => {
 			mockCollectionService,
 			mockPruningService,
 			mock<LicenseState>(),
+			mock<InstanceSettings>(),
 			mockLogger(),
 		);
 	});
@@ -717,74 +800,6 @@ describe('shutdown', () => {
 	});
 });
 
-describe('timers', () => {
-	let insightsService: InsightsService;
-
-	const mockCollectionService = mock<InsightsCollectionService>({
-		startFlushingTimer: jest.fn(),
-		stopFlushingTimer: jest.fn(),
-	});
-
-	const mockCompactionService = mock<InsightsCompactionService>({
-		startCompactionTimer: jest.fn(),
-		stopCompactionTimer: jest.fn(),
-	});
-
-	const mockPruningService = mock<InsightsPruningService>({
-		startPruningTimer: jest.fn(),
-		stopPruningTimer: jest.fn(),
-		isPruningEnabled: false,
-	});
-
-	const mockedLogger = mockLogger();
-	const mockedConfig = mock<InsightsConfig>({
-		maxAgeDays: -1,
-	});
-
-	beforeAll(() => {
-		insightsService = new InsightsService(
-			mock<InsightsByPeriodRepository>(),
-			mockCompactionService,
-			mockCollectionService,
-			mockPruningService,
-			mock<LicenseState>(),
-			mockedLogger,
-		);
-	});
-
-	test('startTimers starts timers except pruning', () => {
-		// ACT
-		insightsService.startTimers();
-
-		// ASSERT
-		expect(mockCompactionService.startCompactionTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
-		expect(mockCollectionService.startFlushingTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
-		expect(mockPruningService.startPruningTimer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-	});
-
-	test('startTimers starts pruning timer', () => {
-		// ARRANGE
-		mockedConfig.maxAgeDays = 30;
-		Object.defineProperty(mockPruningService, 'isPruningEnabled', { value: true });
-
-		// ACT
-		insightsService.startTimers();
-
-		// ASSERT
-		expect(mockPruningService.startPruningTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
-	});
-
-	test('stopTimers stops timers', () => {
-		// ACT
-		insightsService.stopTimers();
-
-		// ASSERT
-		expect(mockCompactionService.stopCompactionTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
-		expect(mockCollectionService.stopFlushingTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
-		expect(mockPruningService.stopPruningTimer).toHaveBeenCalled();
-	});
-});
-
 describe('legacy sqlite (without pooling) handles concurrent insights db process without throwing', () => {
 	let initialFlushBatchSize: number;
 	let insightsConfig: InsightsConfig;

packages/cli/src/modules/insights/insights-collection.service.ts

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ export class InsightsCollectionService {
 	startFlushingTimer() {
 		this.isAsynchronouslySavingInsights = true;
 		this.scheduleFlushing();
-		this.logger.debug('Started flushing timer');
 	}
 
 	scheduleFlushing() {

packages/cli/src/modules/insights/insights.module.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import { Logger } from '@n8n/backend-common';
 import type { BaseN8nModule } from '@n8n/decorators';
-import { N8nModule, OnLeaderStepdown, OnLeaderTakeover } from '@n8n/decorators';
+import { N8nModule } from '@n8n/decorators';
-import { InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 
 import { InsightsService } from './insights.service';
 
@@ -9,29 +7,9 @@ import './insights.controller';
 
 @N8nModule()
 export class InsightsModule implements BaseN8nModule {
-	constructor(
+	constructor(private readonly insightsService: InsightsService) {}
-		private readonly logger: Logger,
-		private readonly insightsService: InsightsService,
-		private readonly instanceSettings: InstanceSettings,
-	) {
-		this.logger = this.logger.scoped('insights');
-	}
 
 	initialize() {
-		// We want to initialize the insights background process (schedulers) for the main leader instance
-		// to have only one main instance saving the insights data
-		if (this.instanceSettings.isLeader) {
 		this.insightsService.startTimers();
 	}
-	}
-
-	@OnLeaderTakeover()
-	startBackgroundProcess() {
-		this.insightsService.startTimers();
-	}
-
-	@OnLeaderStepdown()
-	stopBackgroundProcess() {
-		this.insightsService.stopTimers();
-	}
 }

packages/cli/src/modules/insights/insights.service.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import {
 	INSIGHTS_DATE_RANGE_KEYS,
 } from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { LicenseState, Logger } from '@n8n/backend-common';
-import { OnShutdown } from '@n8n/decorators';
+import { OnLeaderStepdown, OnLeaderTakeover, OnShutdown } from '@n8n/decorators';
 import { Service } from '@n8n/di';
+import { InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import { UserError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import type { PeriodUnit, TypeUnit } from './database/entities/insights-shared';
@@ -33,31 +34,44 @@ export class InsightsService {
 		private readonly collectionService: InsightsCollectionService,
 		private readonly pruningService: InsightsPruningService,
 		private readonly licenseState: LicenseState,
+		private readonly instanceSettings: InstanceSettings,
 		private readonly logger: Logger,
 	) {
 		this.logger = this.logger.scoped('insights');
 	}
 
 	startTimers() {
-		this.compactionService.startCompactionTimer();
 		this.collectionService.startFlushingTimer();
-		if (this.pruningService.isPruningEnabled) {
+		this.logger.debug('Started flushing timer');
-			this.pruningService.startPruningTimer();
+
+		// Start compaction and pruning timers for main leader instance only
+		if (this.instanceSettings.isLeader) {
+			this.startCompactionAndPruningTimers();
 		}
-		this.logger.debug('Started compaction, flushing and pruning schedulers');
 	}
 
-	stopTimers() {
+	@OnLeaderTakeover()
+	startCompactionAndPruningTimers() {
+		this.compactionService.startCompactionTimer();
+		this.logger.debug('Started compaction timer');
+		if (this.pruningService.isPruningEnabled) {
+			this.pruningService.startPruningTimer();
+			this.logger.debug('Started pruning timer');
+		}
+	}
+
+	@OnLeaderStepdown()
+	stopCompactionAndPruningTimers() {
 		this.compactionService.stopCompactionTimer();
-		this.collectionService.stopFlushingTimer();
+		this.logger.debug('Stopped compaction timer');
 		this.pruningService.stopPruningTimer();
-		this.logger.debug('Stopped compaction, flushing and pruning schedulers');
+		this.logger.debug('Stopped pruning timer');
 	}
 
 	@OnShutdown()
 	async shutdown() {
 		await this.collectionService.shutdown();
-		this.stopTimers();
+		this.stopCompactionAndPruningTimers();
 	}
 
 	async getInsightsSummary({