fix(agenda): settle Job.run() when the initial save fails

[rajanpanth]

Job.run() builds its result with an async promise executor, and the pre-run bookkeeping sat outside the try:

return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
  this.attrs.lastRunAt = new Date();
  this.computeNextRunAt();
  await this.save();        // outside any handler

  let finished = false;
  const jobCallback = ...;
  try { ... } catch (error) { await jobCallback(error); }
});

A promise executor ignores the async function's own promise, so if that first save() rejects (database hiccup at exactly the wrong moment), nothing catches it: the async executor's rejection becomes a process-level unhandledRejection, and the promise run() returned never settles. The worker awaiting job.run() is stranded permanently, with the job still locked (lockedAt set), so the job neither fails nor retries until lock expiry, and the worker slot is gone.

Minimal semantics demo of the two shapes:

before-shape run(): PENDING   + unhandledRejection observed
after-shape  run(): settled

The fix moves lastRunAt/computeNextRunAt/the initial save() inside the existing try, so a failure there flows through jobCallback(error) exactly like a failure in the job function: the job is marked failed, fail/complete are emitted, and run() settles.

No behavior change on the happy path: the same statements run in the same order before the start events. tsc on the package is clean and the edit is a pure move plus one comment. Changeset included (patch, @rocket.chat/agenda).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved job execution reliability when the initial save fails.
  • Failed jobs are now marked accordingly, and pending operations settle with an error instead of remaining unresolved.
  • Scheduling and save errors are handled consistently during job execution.

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Walkthrough

Job.run() now handles initial bookkeeping and save failures through jobCallback(error), so the returned promise settles instead of remaining pending.

Changes

Agenda initial save handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Guard initial run state and persistence packages/agenda/src/Job.ts, .changeset/agenda-run-initial-save.md	Job.run() performs the initial lastRunAt update, next-run calculation, and save inside the existing try/catch flow. Failures pass to jobCallback(error). The changeset records the patch release.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8ea41

The change makes jobs settle and follow normal failure cleanup when the initial save fails. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond routine review and test follow-up.

Suggested labels: type: bug

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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)

packages/agenda/src/Job.ts (2)

237-239: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Move the rationale out of implementation code.

Lines 237-239 add a block comment in Job.ts. Keep this explanation in the changeset or test description instead.

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In `@packages/agenda/src/Job.ts` around lines 237 - 239, Remove the explanatory
block comment near the promise executor in Job.ts, leaving the surrounding
implementation unchanged; retain the behavior fix and document its rationale
only in the changeset or test description.

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234-241: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a regression test for an initial save() rejection.

Make the first save() reject and the cleanup save succeed. Assert that run() settles, fail and complete are emitted, lockedAt is cleared, and no unhandledRejection occurs. This verifies the PR objective.

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In `@packages/agenda/src/Job.ts` around lines 234 - 241, Add a regression test for
Job.run around the initial save in the shown execution path: make the first save
reject and the cleanup save succeed, then assert run() settles, fail and
complete are emitted, lockedAt is cleared, and no unhandledRejection is
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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/agenda/src/Job.ts`:
- Around line 237-239: Remove the explanatory block comment near the promise
executor in Job.ts, leaving the surrounding implementation unchanged; retain the
behavior fix and document its rationale only in the changeset or test
description.
- Around line 234-241: Add a regression test for Job.run around the initial save
in the shown execution path: make the first save reject and the cleanup save
succeed, then assert run() settles, fail and complete are emitted, lockedAt is
cleared, and no unhandledRejection is observed.

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1-5: LGTM!