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Last of six. Every definition carries a handler now, so the transitional scaffolding comes out.

Net 196 lines deleted.

What's gone

  • the typeof definition.run === "function" branch in GetTaskDefinitionUseCase
  • TaskDefinitionNotRunnableError, which only existed to catch a definition supplying neither shape mid-migration
  • Partial<ITaskHandler> and the optional run, so the contract is finally what it was always meant to be:
export interface ITaskDefinition<I, O> extends ITaskMetadata {
    handler: Constructor<ITaskHandler<I, O>>;
}

Hooks on handlers only

This is the decision that drove the rest, and it was yours: a hook needs dependencies, and dependencies on a definition are exactly what makes looking one up by id expensive. Leaving hooks available on definitions keeps the door open to reintroducing the thing this whole series removed.

So toRunnable takes hooks from the handler, the chaining goes, and with it the Logger that only existed to guard the chained call.

SelfCleaningTaskDecorator splits

Its databaseLogs override is metadata and stays a TaskDefinition decorator. The cleanup hooks become SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator, registered against TaskHandler:

private async cleanUpIfAsked(params: HookParams, event: ISelfCleanupEvent) {
    const events = normalizeSelfCleanup(params.definition.selfCleanup);
    if (!events.has(event)) {
        return;
    }
    await this.cleanupTaskSubtree.execute(params.task.id);
}

It reads selfCleanup from params.definition per call rather than capturing it at construction, so one instance serves whichever handler is resolved. That's only possible because of the definition-in-params work in #5699, and it's why the question I raised back in #5684 no longer needed either of the answers I proposed there.

RunnableTaskDecorator shrinks to its actual job

It loses all its run and hook forwarding. What remains is three defaults and the camelCase id check, which is what it was always for. Its unused getTask() goes too.

The proof that matters

The eleven selfCleanup integration tests pass with cleanup living in a TaskHandler decorator. That's end-to-end confirmation that a decorator registered against TaskHandler is applied by resolveImplementation, which until now I'd only verified with a standalone probe.

Also

crud.tasks.ts's validation params took Pick<TaskDefinition.Interface, "createInputValidation">. That member lives on the handler now, so it takes Pick<TaskDefinition.Runnable, ...>, which is what getDefinition returns anyway.

The two remaining legacy-shape test files are migrated: taskTenant.test.ts, deliberately held back as the last compat coverage, and taskDefinitionInParams.test.ts from #5699.

ITaskDefinitionInfo stays an alias of ITaskMetadata. It's the name the three param types use and it shipped, so renaming buys nothing.

Verification

  • 95 background-tasks tests, 201 api-core, 139 webhooks, 85 api-aco, plus fm-s3, search-index-tasks and bulk-actions
  • all 15 task-related packages build
  • adio, oxlint, oxfmt --check clean
  • grep for NotRunnable, Partial<ITaskHandler> and typeof definition.run returns nothing

The series

PR scope
#5684 mechanism
#5692 background-tasks
#5709 CMS cluster
#5710 files and ACO
#5711 ai-powerups, remote-components, webhooks
this remove the compat path

Finding a task by id used to build all 24 definitions and everything they inject. It now builds 24 dependency-free metadata objects and exactly one handler.

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  • New Features

    • Task definitions now use dedicated handlers for execution and lifecycle events.
    • Task handlers are created only when the corresponding task is requested.
    • Automatic cleanup can run after successful, failed, or aborted tasks.
    • Task definitions receive defaults for privacy, iteration limits, and cleanup-related logging.
  • Breaking Changes

    • Inline task execution methods and legacy non-runnable definitions are no longer supported.
    • Task IDs must use camelCase formatting.

…nto handlers

Last of six. Every definition carries a handler now, so the compat path and the
scaffolding around it come out.

Deleted:

  - the `typeof definition.run === "function"` branch in GetTaskDefinitionUseCase
  - TaskDefinitionNotRunnableError, which only existed to catch a definition
    supplying neither shape mid-migration
  - `Partial<ITaskHandler>` and the optional `run` on ITaskDefinition, which is
    now `ITaskMetadata & { handler }` with handler required

Hooks live on handlers only, which is the decision that drove the rest. A hook
needs dependencies, and dependencies on a definition are exactly what makes
looking one up by id expensive. `toRunnable` takes hooks from the handler and
the chaining goes with them, along with the Logger the chaining guard needed.

SelfCleaningTaskDecorator splits to follow. Its databaseLogs override is
metadata and stays a TaskDefinition decorator; the cleanup hooks become
SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator, registered against TaskHandler and reading
selfCleanup from `params.definition` rather than capturing it at construction.
One instance therefore serves whichever handler is resolved, which is what the
definition-in-params work (#5699) made possible.

RunnableTaskDecorator loses all of its run and hook forwarding. What is left is
three defaults and the camelCase check, which was always its actual job. Its
unused getTask() goes too.

The eleven selfCleanup integration tests passing is the end-to-end proof that a
decorator registered against TaskHandler is applied by resolveImplementation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Changes

Task definitions now require handler constructors. A new runnable-definition use case resolves handlers lazily. Metadata defaults and self-cleanup moved to separate decorators. Runner, CRUD, feature wiring, and tests now use handler-based execution.

Task definition contract and metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
Handler-only contract and metadata decorators
packages/api-core/..., packages/background-tasks/src/api/decorators/..., packages/background-tasks/__tests__/decorators/...
Definitions require handlers. Metadata decorators provide defaults, validate IDs, and no longer expose execution or lifecycle methods.
Runnable task resolution
packages/background-tasks/src/api/features/..., packages/background-tasks/src/api/domain/errors.ts, packages/background-tasks/__tests__/features/...
The runnable use case resolves the selected handler, binds its behavior, returns not-found errors, and removes non-runnable handling.
Handler lifecycle cleanup
packages/background-tasks/src/api/decorators/SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator.ts, packages/background-tasks/src/api/BackgroundTasksFeature.ts, packages/background-tasks/__tests__/decorators/SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator.test.ts
Handler hooks perform configured subtree cleanup. Hook failures are logged, and cleanup continues.
Runnable use case integration
packages/background-tasks/src/api/features/..., packages/background-tasks/src/api/crud/..., packages/background-tasks/src/api/runner/...
Feature registration, CRUD access, validation, and task execution now depend on GetRunnableTaskDefinitionUseCase.
Handler-based runner tests
packages/background-tasks/__tests__/runner/...
Runner tests replace inline task-definition execution with registered task handlers.

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Change: Refactor

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sequenceDiagram
  participant TaskRunner
  participant GetRunnableTaskDefinitionUseCase
  participant TaskHandlerResolver
  participant SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator
  participant CleanupTaskSubtreeUseCase
  TaskRunner->>GetRunnableTaskDefinitionUseCase: request task by ID
  GetRunnableTaskDefinitionUseCase->>TaskHandlerResolver: resolve selected handler
  TaskHandlerResolver-->>GetRunnableTaskDefinitionUseCase: return handler
  GetRunnableTaskDefinitionUseCase-->>TaskRunner: return runnable task
  TaskRunner->>SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator: invoke lifecycle hook
  SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator->>CleanupTaskSubtreeUseCase: clean configured task subtree
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adrians5j and others added 3 commits September 15, 2026 21:51
…corates, inline toRunnable

Two review comments.

There are two self-cleaning decorators now, so SelfCleaningTaskDecorator beside
SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator said nothing about which half it wraps. Renamed
to SelfCleaningTaskDefinitionDecorator, so the pair reads as the pair it is.

toRunnable earned its own function when it had to chain hooks from both halves.
Without that it is fifteen lines of property copying with one caller, and the
generic parameters existed only to thread types through the indirection. Inlined.

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… does

It stopped making anything runnable when hooks moved onto handlers. What is left
is three defaults and a camelCase id check, so it is TaskDefinitionDefaultsDecorator.

That also lines the two definition decorators up by what they decorate:
TaskDefinitionDefaultsDecorator and SelfCleaningTaskDefinitionDecorator, beside
SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator on the other half.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…the defaults decorator

SelfCleaningTaskDefinitionDecorator existed for one line: force databaseLogs off
when a task cleans itself up. The other fifty were pass-through getters, and both
decorators computed databaseLogs, which is the actual smell.

TaskDefinitionDefaultsDecorator already owns that property, so the rule moves
there and the decorator goes. Behaviour is identical: the chained getters
resolved to 'if cleaning up, false; otherwise the task's value or false', which
is now what the single getter says.

Two decorators left, one per half: TaskDefinitionDefaultsDecorator on the
metadata, SelfCleaningTaskHandlerDecorator on the behaviour.

Tests split to match, and the defaults decorator gains the coverage it never had
(the three defaults, and the camelCase id check).

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Preserve an explicit zero maxIterations value. TaskDefinition permits maxIterations: number, and TaskManager uses it as the iteration limit. The || 50 expression changes 0 to 50. The runner still executes the initial pending invocation, but it then permits up to 50 iterations instead of stopping on the next invocation when the limit is 0. Use nullish defaulting, such as this.decoratee.maxIterations ?? DEFAULT_MAX_ITERATIONS.

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GetTaskDefinitionUseCase returns TaskDefinition.Runnable, not a definition.

That was loosely true before the split, when a definition WAS the runnable: one
object with metadata and run() on it. It is precisely wrong now that they are
different types, and this PR is what made them different.

Renamed to GetRunnableTaskDefinitionUseCase, matching IRunnableTaskDefinition,
which is the type it hands back. Folder, file, abstraction, DI token and feature
name follow.

The UseCaseImpl suffix stays: it is what all eight sibling use cases in this
package use.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
CI caught what my sweep missed. Every pass I ran globbed packages/*, and these
two live in extensions/:

  TS2420: Class 'SelfCleaningTaskImpl' incorrectly implements ITaskDefinition
  TS2322: typeof SelfCleaningTaskImpl is not assignable to Constructor<ITaskDefinition>
  TS2322: Abstraction<IListModelsUseCase> is not assignable to [Abstraction, MultipleTrue & OptionalTrue]
  TS2322: Abstraction<IListLatestEntriesUseCase> is not assignable to ...

The last two are the definitions still declaring dependencies their constructors
no longer take.

These matter more than their size suggests: they are the examples a project
copies, so they teach whichever shape they use.

Also renames SendEmailTask's class, which was a copy-pasted SelfCleaningTaskImpl,
and updates ai-context/core-features-reference.md, which still described a task
as one class with run() on it.

Verified by reproducing the CI job locally: with these files stashed, all four
errors come back; with them, none do.

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Missed when GetTaskDefinitionUseCase became GetRunnableTaskDefinitionUseCase:
ITaskControlDependencies still called the field getTaskDefinition, so the
declared dependency read as one thing and resolved another.

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