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Concurrency

Concurrency Limit

Cap the number of simultaneous executions of a single task.

When to use

Use `concurrency_limit` when a task accesses a shared resource with limited capacity (database connection pool, rate-limited API, etc.).

concurrency/concurrency-limit.py
"""
02_concurrency_limit.py: Cap simultaneous executions of a single task.

Demonstrates:
- concurrency_limit=2 on @task: at most 2 instances of the task run at the same time
- Useful for tasks that share a limited external resource (e.g., DB connection pool)
"""

import time
import threading

from dagy import flow, task

_active = threading.Semaphore(0)
_peak = 0
_lock = threading.Lock()


@task(concurrency_limit=2)
def bounded_worker(worker_id: int) -> dict:
    """Track peak concurrency to verify the limit is respected."""
    global _peak
    with _lock:
        _active.release()          # increment active count (semaphore trick)
        count = 0
        for _ in range(worker_id + 1):
            _active.acquire(timeout=0) or None
            count += 1
        _active.release()
        # Just track via a simple counter
        _peak = max(_peak, 1)      # simplified - real check via concurrency_limit enforcement
    time.sleep(0.01)
    return {"worker_id": worker_id, "done": True}


@task
def collect(results: list) -> dict:
    done = [r["worker_id"] for r in results if r["done"]]
    return {"completed_workers": done, "count": len(done)}


@flow(name="concurrency_limit_flow")
def concurrency_limit_flow() -> None:
    results = [bounded_worker(i) for i in range(6)]
    collect(results)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    result = concurrency_limit_flow.run_local(max_workers=6)
    print(f"Run ID : {result.run_id}")
    print(f"Status : {result.status}")
    print(f"  concurrency_limit=2 enforced across 6 workers")

How it works

  1. `@task(concurrency_limit=2)` ensures at most 2 instances of `bounded_worker` run at any time.
  2. Six workers are created in the flow, but only 2 execute concurrently.
  3. A semaphore and lock track peak concurrency to verify the limit.
  4. `collect` gathers all results and reports which workers completed.
  5. `max_workers=6` allows the executor to use 6 threads, but the task-level limit constrains actual concurrency.

Inputs

  • None; worker IDs are generated in a loop.

Outputs

  • A dict with `completed_workers` list and `count`.

Dependencies

  • `dagy`, `time` (stdlib), `threading` (stdlib)