Enhancement: Add feature to manually retry failed task

flower/api/tasks.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 from ..utils import tasks
 from ..utils.broker import Broker
+from ..utils.tasks import parse_args, parse_kwargs, make_json_serializable
 from . import BaseApiHandler
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -636,3 +637,50 @@ def get(self, taskid):
             response['worker'] = task.worker.hostname
 
         self.write(response)
+
+class TaskReapply(BaseTaskHandler):
+    @web.authenticated
+    async def post(self, taskid):
+        """
+        Get task info and reapply the task with the same arguments.
+
+        :param taskid: ID of the task to reapply.
+        """
+        # Get original task info
+        task = tasks.get_task_by_id(self.application.events, taskid)
+        if not task:
+            raise HTTPError(404, f"Unknown task '{taskid}'")
+
+        # Get task name
+        taskname = task.name
+        if not taskname:
+            raise HTTPError(400, "Cannot reapply task with no name")
+
+        try:
+            # Get the task object from registered tasks
+            task_obj = self.capp.tasks[taskname]
+        except KeyError as exc:
+            raise HTTPError(404, f"Unknown task '{taskname}'") from exc
+
+        # Parse args and kwargs from the original task
+        try:
+            args = parse_args(task.args)
+            kwargs = parse_kwargs(task.kwargs)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.error("Error parsing task arguments: %s", exc)
+            raise HTTPError(400, f"Invalid task arguments: {str(exc)}") from exc
+
+        # Apply the task with original arguments
+        try:
+            # Ensure args and kwargs are JSON serializable
+            args = make_json_serializable(args)
+            kwargs = make_json_serializable(kwargs)
+
+            result = task_obj.apply_async(args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
+            response = {'task-id': result.task_id}
+            if self.backend_configured(result):
+                response.update(state=result.state)
+            self.write(response)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.error("Error reapplying task with args=%s, kwargs=%s: %s", args, kwargs, str(exc))
+            raise HTTPError(500, f"Error reapplying task: {str(exc)}") from exc

flower/static/js/flower.js

@@ -690,4 +690,37 @@ var flower = (function () {
 
     });
 
+    $('#task-retry').click(function () {
+        const $button = $(this);
+        const $spinner = $button.find('.spinner-border');
+        const taskId = $('#taskid').text();
+
+        if (!taskId) {
+            show_alert('Task ID is missing. Cannot proceed.', 'danger');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Show loading state
+        $button.prop('disabled', true);
+        $spinner.removeClass('d-none');
+
+        // Reapply the task using the reapply endpoint
+        $.ajax({
+            type: 'POST',
+            url: url_prefix() + '/api/task/reapply/' + taskId,
+            success: function (response) {
+                show_alert(`Task ${taskId} has been retried (new task ID: ${response['task-id']})`, 'success');
+                // Optionally reload the page after success
+                setTimeout(() => location.reload(), 1500);
+            },
+            error: function (response) {
+                show_alert(response.responseText || 'Failed to retry task', 'danger');
+                // Reset button state on error
+                $button.prop('disabled', false);
+                $spinner.addClass('d-none');
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+
 }(jQuery));

flower/templates/task.html

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ <h2>{{ getattr(task, 'name', None) }}
                 <button class="btn btn-danger float-end" id="task-terminate">Terminate</button>
             {% elif task.state == "RECEIVED" or task.state == "RETRY" %}
                 <button class="btn btn-danger float-end" id="task-revoke">Revoke</button>
+                {% elif task.state == "FAILURE" %}
+                <button class="btn btn-warning float-end" id="task-retry" data-bs-toggle="button">
+                    <span class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm d-none" role="status" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+                    Retry
+                </button>
             {% end %}
           </h2>
         </div>
@@ -89,4 +94,4 @@ <h2>{{ getattr(task, 'name', None) }}
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
-{% end %}
+{% end %}

flower/utils/tasks.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import datetime
 import time
+import json
+import ast
 
 from .search import parse_search_terms, satisfies_search_terms
 
@@ -68,3 +70,53 @@ def get_task_by_id(events, task_id):
 
 def as_dict(task):
     return task.as_dict()
+
+def parse_args(args):
+    """
+    Parse and process the `args` of the task.
+    """
+    if not args:
+        return []
+    try:
+        # Attempt to parse JSON
+        parsed_args = json.loads(args)
+        if isinstance(parsed_args, str) and parsed_args.startswith('(') and parsed_args.endswith(')'):
+            return ast.literal_eval(parsed_args)  # Handle stringified tuples safely
+        return parsed_args
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, SyntaxError):
+        # Fallback for stringified tuples or ellipsis
+        if args == '...':
+            return [...]
+        if args.startswith('(') and args.endswith(')'):
+            return ast.literal_eval(args)
+        return [args]
+
+def parse_kwargs(kwargs):
+    """
+    Parse and process the `kwargs` of the task.
+    """
+    if not kwargs:
+        return {}
+    try:
+        # Attempt to parse JSON
+        return json.loads(kwargs)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        try:
+            # Fallback for stringified dictionaries
+            if kwargs.startswith('{') and kwargs.endswith('}'):
+                return ast.literal_eval(kwargs)
+        except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
+            return {}
+    return {}
+
+def make_json_serializable(obj):
+    """
+    Recursively replace non-serializable types with JSON-serializable alternatives.
+    """
+    if isinstance(obj, list):
+        return [make_json_serializable(item) for item in obj]
+    elif isinstance(obj, dict):
+        return {key: make_json_serializable(value) for key, value in obj.items()}
+    elif obj is Ellipsis:
+        return None  # Replace `...` with `null`
+    return obj  # Return the object if it's already serializable