Let channels' send method wait and retry if channel layer is full. Fixed #2353.

CHANGELOG

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Other:
 - Fixed bug, that the last change of a config value was not send via autoupdate.
 - Added support for big assemblies with lots of users.
 - Used Django Channels instead of Tornado. Refactoring of the autoupdate
-  process.
+  process. Added retry with timeout in case of ChannelFull exception.
 - Added new caching system with support for Redis.
 - Support https as websocket protocol (wss).
 - Added migration path from 2.0.

openslides/utils/autoupdate.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import json
+import time
+import warnings
 from collections import Iterable
 
-from asgiref.inmemory import ChannelLayer
 from channels import Channel, Group
+from channels.asgi import get_channel_layer
 from channels.auth import channel_session_user, channel_session_user_from_http
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.db import transaction
@@ -14,6 +16,31 @@ from .cache import websocket_user_cache
 from .collection import Collection, CollectionElement, CollectionElementList
 
 
+def send_or_wait(send_func, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Wrapper for channels' send() method.
+
+    If the method send() raises ChannelFull exception the worker waits for 20
+    milliseconds and tries again. After 5 secondes it gives up, drops the
+    channel message and writes a warning to stderr.
+
+    Django channels' consumer atomicity feature is disabled.
+    """
+    kwargs['immediately'] = True
+    for i in range(250):
+        try:
+            send_func(*args, **kwargs)
+        except get_channel_layer().ChannelFull:
+            time.sleep(0.02)
+        else:
+            break
+    else:
+        warnings.warn(
+            'Channel layer is full. Channel message dropped.',
+            RuntimeWarning
+        )
+
+
 @channel_session_user_from_http
 def ws_add_site(message):
     """
@@ -44,9 +71,9 @@ def ws_add_site(message):
 
     # Send all data. If there is no data, then only accept the connection
     if output:
-        message.reply_channel.send({'text': json.dumps(output)})
+        send_or_wait(message.reply_channel.send, {'text': json.dumps(output)})
     else:
-        message.reply_channel.send({'accept': True})
+        send_or_wait(message.reply_channel.send, {'accept': True})
 
 
 @channel_session_user
@@ -70,12 +97,12 @@ def ws_add_projector(message, projector_id):
         user = AnonymousUser()
 
     if not user.has_perm('core.can_see_projector'):
-        message.reply_channel.send({'text': 'No permissions to see this projector.'})
+        send_or_wait(message.reply_channel.send, {'text': 'No permissions to see this projector.'})
     else:
         try:
             projector = Projector.objects.get(pk=projector_id)
         except Projector.DoesNotExist:
-            message.reply_channel.send({'text': 'The projector {} does not exist.'.format(projector_id)})
+            send_or_wait(message.reply_channel.send, {'text': 'The projector {} does not exist.'.format(projector_id)})
         else:
             # At first, the client is added to the projector group, so it is
             # informed if the data change.
@@ -105,7 +132,7 @@ def ws_add_projector(message, projector_id):
             output.append(collection_element.as_autoupdate_for_projector())
 
             # Send all the data that were only collected before.
-            message.reply_channel.send({'text': json.dumps(output)})
+            send_or_wait(message.reply_channel.send, {'text': json.dumps(output)})
 
 
 def ws_disconnect_projector(message, projector_id):
@@ -128,7 +155,7 @@ def send_data(message):
             user = CollectionElement.from_values('users/user', user_id)
         output = collection_elements.as_autoupdate_for_user(user)
         for channel_name in channel_names:
-            Channel(channel_name).send({'text': json.dumps(output)})
+            send_or_wait(Channel(channel_name).send, {'text': json.dumps(output)})
 
     # Check whether broadcast is active at the moment and set the local
     # projector queryset.
@@ -148,10 +175,12 @@ def send_data(message):
                     output.append(element.as_autoupdate_for_projector())
         if output:
             if config['projector_broadcast'] > 0:
-                Group('projector-all').send(
+                send_or_wait(
+                    Group('projector-all').send,
                     {'text': json.dumps(output)})
             else:
-                Group('projector-{}'.format(projector.pk)).send(
+                send_or_wait(
+                    Group('projector-{}'.format(projector.pk)).send,
                     {'text': json.dumps(output)})
 
 
@@ -229,7 +258,6 @@ def send_autoupdate(collection_elements):
     Does nothing if collection_elements is empty.
     """
     if collection_elements:
-        try:
-            Channel('autoupdate.send_data').send(collection_elements.as_channels_message())
-        except ChannelLayer.ChannelFull:
-            pass
+        send_or_wait(
+            Channel('autoupdate.send_data').send,
+            collection_elements.as_channels_message())