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2 of 5. Stacked on #496. The diff shown here is against #496's branch.

A pipeline can live in a file instead of in code: a notebook marked isPipeline: true whose notebook-function blocks each name a module notebook, its inputs, and the values it publishes. The encoding is the one deepnote.com already stores for module imports, extended with four typed keys, so the same file can later be executed natively by the product against the same planner.

notebooks:
  - id: sales-pipeline
    name: Sales pipeline
    isPipeline: true
    blocks:
      - id: analyze-europe
        type: notebook-function
        metadata:
          function_notebook_id: nb-regional
          function_notebook_inputs:
            region: { custom_value: Europe }
          function_notebook_export_mappings:
            result: { enabled: true, variable_name: europe }

      - id: recover
        type: notebook-function
        metadata:
          function_notebook_id: nb-regional
          function_notebook_for_each: belowThreshold
          function_notebook_for_each_as: region
          function_notebook_inputs:
            region: { variable_name: region }
          function_notebook_export_mappings:
            result: { enabled: true, variable_name: recovered }

      - id: aggregate
        type: notebook-function
        metadata:
          function_notebook_id: nb-aggregate
          function_notebook_run_if: europe.qualityScore >= 0.95 || recovered != null
          function_notebook_inputs:
            europe_json: { variable_name: recovered, fallback: { variable_name: europe } }

Dependencies come from variable flow

An input with variable_name references a value another step exports through function_notebook_export_mappings. That is the dependency edge; nothing is declared twice, and independent steps are independent by construction. Identifiers in run_if, the for_each source, and every fallback alternative are edges too.

The primitives

Key Meaning
function_notebook_run_if Gate a step on earlier results. Evaluated per element on a fan-out.
function_notebook_for_each / _as One concurrent run per element of an exported array. Capped at 50.
fallback on an input First alternative with a value, so a skipped producer does not cascade a skip.
function_notebook_allow_failure Return a failed step result instead of failing the pipeline.

A step whose inputs never arrived is skipped, including a for_each whose source was skipped. A failed step without allow_failure fails the pipeline; unrelated steps in flight finish. The rejection carries the engine's partial run plus the runner's variables, skipped and failed so far, so a caller can render what finished.

Interpreted, not executed

The parent is read as a manifest. Deepnote's block engine runs blocks strictly in order, so executing the parent would serialize the fan-out into one run with one status. planPipeline(file) returns the graph without running anything. Plan-time errors cover everything checkable without running: missing or duplicate isPipeline, unknown references, duplicate exports, a step naming no notebook, for_each_as without for_each or shadowing an export, malformed conditions, cycles.

Deliberately not JavaScript

A pipeline definition is data. The condition language has no eval, no calls, no assignment, own-property lookups only. europe.__proto__ evaluates to false and fetch("x") fails at plan time. One rule for every comparison operator: numeric when both operands are numbers or numeric strings, strict otherwise, because the runs API delivers inputs as strings.

Conformance fixtures

test-fixtures/pipeline-conformance/ holds .deepnote files with expected plans (linear, condition-only-dependency, fan-out-and-gate) and one with expected execution results (skip-and-fallback). These are the language-neutral spec a native implementation must match.

Changes since the previous revision

  • Docs and a test for allow_failure on a timed-out run. The engine fix on feat(pipelines): compose Deepnote notebook runs into pipelines #496 makes function_notebook_allow_failure cover a throwing executor, so a fan-out with one hung element now collects from the rest and continues; a test here proves it against the file runner (two-element list published, the step in failed, the downstream step reached, step_failed carrying the synthesized timeout result). blocks-pipeline.md and the README say allow_failure covers every way a step can fail, that the result's status and error say which, and that a timed-out run may still be executing in Deepnote with its runId on the result. No engine change on this branch.
  • Unreadable exports are failed steps. exportsFrom threw a plain Error from inside publish when a step's output held no JSON object or lacked an exported key, and allow_failure did not cover it because publish only checked result.success. With allow_failure the step is now listed in failed, publishes nothing and emits nothing new (a fan-out collects only its readable elements); without it the pipeline fails with a PipelineStepError naming the step.
  • The file runner's state rides on the error. runPipelineFile and runPipelineFileWithExecutor attach variables, skipped and failed alongside the engine's partial (new exported PipelineFileError type). A terminal allow_failure step therefore lets the run resolve with every other variable present.
  • Documented input constraint. The runs API rejects arrays for text inputs, so a variable holding a fan-out's collected list can only feed an input-select block with deepnote_allow_multiple_values: true. Stated in blocks-pipeline.md with an example; no engine change.
  • Docs now say exports are read from the JSON object that ends the last block's output, with anything printed on earlier lines ignored, and spell out the failure semantics above in the README and blocks-pipeline.md.
  • Rebuilt onto the new feat(pipelines): compose Deepnote notebook runs into pipelines #496 tip as one squashed commit plus the two commits above.

Open items

  • Module-target validation is not possible yet: getNotebook in @deepnote/cloud does not expose an isModule flag. Worth adding to the v2 notebook response.
  • A variable referenced only in run_if whose producer was skipped reads as absent rather than skipping the step, so recovered == null works as a gate. Confirm this is the semantics the product wants.
  • toRunInputs still rejects object inputs, so structured values flow between steps as JSON strings.

Testing

Planner, scheduler, condition language, schema round-trip, and conformance fixtures, including a peak-concurrency assertion that sequential execution could not pass. Full suite (3218), typecheck, biome, prettier, cspell green.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for defining, planning, and running pipelines directly from .deepnote files.
    • Added conditional execution, dependency-based scheduling, fallback inputs, failure tolerance, and dynamic fan-out.
    • Added configurable concurrency controls for pipeline steps.
    • Added typed notebook-function inputs, exports, pipeline metadata, and public planning and execution APIs.
    • Added support for partial results, skipped steps, and failed-step reporting.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance and examples for file-based pipelines, conditions, fan-out, dependencies, and execution behavior.

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This change adds typed .deepnote pipeline manifests with notebook-function inputs, exports, fallbacks, conditions, fan-out, and failure handling. It adds condition parsing, dependency planning, concurrent execution, and public file-based pipeline runners. It also adds conformance fixtures, unit tests, documentation, and a sales pipeline example.

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This PR adds file-defined pipeline planning and execution with fan-out, conditions, fallback, and partial-failure handling. Unresolved issues can reject valid pipeline definitions, silently produce empty plans, stall execution, or terminate the hosting process during concurrent failures, so the change is not ready to merge until the runtime and planner correctness issues are addressed.

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packages/local-runner/src/orchestration-plan.test.ts (1)

5-18: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add cases for the plan-time validations this PR introduces.

step() cannot set run_if, for_each, or for_each_as, so no test reaches lines 131-141 of orchestration-plan.ts. Uncovered behavior: a malformed run_if fails at plan time, a condition contributes dependencies, for_each contributes dependencies, the loop variable is not a dependency, and for_each_as without for_each is rejected. The options.notebook selector and the multiple-notebook error are also untested.

🧪 Proposed fixture change
 function step(id: string, notebookId: string | null, extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
   return {
     blockGroup: `g-${id}`,
     id,
     sortingKey: extra.sortingKey as string,
     type: 'notebook-function' as const,
     metadata: {
       function_notebook_id: notebookId,
       function_notebook_inputs: extra.inputs ?? {},
       function_notebook_export_mappings: extra.exports ?? {},
       name: extra.name,
+      run_if: extra.runIf,
+      for_each: extra.forEach,
+      for_each_as: extra.forEachAs,
     },
   }
 }

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In `@packages/local-runner/src/orchestration-plan.test.ts` around lines 5 - 18,
Extend the orchestration-plan test fixtures around the step() helper to accept
run_if, for_each, for_each_as, and options.notebook metadata, then add cases
covering malformed run_if rejection, dependency extraction from conditions and
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packages/local-runner/src/orchestrate-plan.test.ts (1)

64-82: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Reuse jsonSnapshot.

The snapshot literal appears three times. Lines 64-82 and 164-188 can call the helper defined at lines 30-50.

♻️ Proposed change
-      snapshot: {
-        notebooks: [
-          {
-            id: 'n1',
-            name: 'n',
-            blocks: [
-              {
-                id: 'b1',
-                type: 'code',
-                content: '',
-                executionCount: 1,
-                outputs: [{ output_type: 'execute_result', data: { 'application/json': value }, metadata: {} }],
-              },
-            ],
-          },
-        ],
-        inputs: [],
-        // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: minimal snapshot view for the helper
-      } as any,
+      snapshot: jsonSnapshot(value),

Also applies to: 164-188

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In `@packages/local-runner/src/orchestrate-plan.test.ts` around lines 64 - 82,
Replace the duplicated snapshot literals in the affected test cases with calls
to the existing jsonSnapshot helper defined near the top of the file, passing
the appropriate value while preserving each test’s behavior.
packages/local-runner/src/orchestrate-plan.ts (2)

142-158: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Drop the as string cast.

Bind the condition to a local const after the guard. TypeScript then narrows it, and the cast disappears.

♻️ Proposed change
-      if (!step.condition) {
+      const condition = step.condition
+      if (!condition) {
         return true
       }
@@
-            label: step.condition,
+            label: condition,
             dependsOn,
-            metadata: { condition: step.condition },
+            metadata: { condition },
           },
-          () => evaluateCondition(step.condition as string, instance.scope)
+          () => evaluateCondition(condition, instance.scope)

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In `@packages/local-runner/src/orchestrate-plan.ts` around lines 142 - 158, In the
condition evaluation block, bind step.condition to a local const after the
!step.condition guard so TypeScript narrows it to a string, then use that
variable for the gate label, metadata, and evaluateCondition call instead of
casting with as string.

Source: Coding guidelines


76-86: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Move the misplaced doc block.

Lines 76-82 repeat the planWorkflow doc at lines 96-102, but they sit on PlanWorkflowResult. API docs would show the wrong text for that interface.

♻️ Proposed cleanup
-/**
- * Execute a plan, running every step whose dependencies are met at the same time.
- *
- * This is an ordinary workflow callback, so it reuses the engine's graph, events, and output
- * helpers rather than reimplementing them — the declarative front end and the imperative one
- * produce identical results.
- */
+/** The variables a plan published, and the steps that never ran. */
 export interface PlanWorkflowResult {
   variables: Record<string, unknown>
   skipped: string[]
 }
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planWorkflow declaration it documents, leaving PlanWorkflowResult without the
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/local-runner/src/condition-expression.ts`:
- Around line 173-182: Update the COMPARISONS handlers so == treats null and
undefined as equal, while != treats them as unequal only when one is nullish and
the other is not; preserve strict identity behavior for all other values and
operators. Update the affected assertion in condition-expression.test.ts to
reflect the new nullish comparison behavior.

In `@packages/local-runner/src/orchestrate-plan.ts`:
- Around line 202-218: Update the for_each orchestration in the admitted-element
handling so a step whose every element is rejected by admit/run_if publishes
empty exports and is marked settled, matching the existing instances.length ===
0 behavior instead of calling skip. Add coverage for a for_each with all
elements gated off and update the affected sales-pipeline expression to use the
documented null fallback only if still required by the resulting behavior.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/local-runner/src/orchestrate-plan.test.ts`:
- Around line 64-82: Replace the duplicated snapshot literals in the affected
test cases with calls to the existing jsonSnapshot helper defined near the top
of the file, passing the appropriate value while preserving each test’s
behavior.

In `@packages/local-runner/src/orchestrate-plan.ts`:
- Around line 142-158: In the condition evaluation block, bind step.condition to
a local const after the !step.condition guard so TypeScript narrows it to a
string, then use that variable for the gate label, metadata, and
evaluateCondition call instead of casting with as string.
- Around line 76-86: Move the workflow-execution doc block from immediately
above PlanWorkflowResult to the planWorkflow declaration it documents, leaving
PlanWorkflowResult without the unrelated description and preserving the existing
interface documentation if present.

In `@packages/local-runner/src/orchestration-plan.test.ts`:
- Around line 5-18: Extend the orchestration-plan test fixtures around the
step() helper to accept run_if, for_each, for_each_as, and options.notebook
metadata, then add cases covering malformed run_if rejection, dependency
extraction from conditions and for_each while excluding the loop variable,
rejection of for_each_as without for_each, notebook selection, and the
multiple-notebook error.
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packages/local-runner/src/condition-expression.test.ts (1)

40-49: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add assertions for === and !==.

The source change applies the nullish rule to all four equality operators, but this regression test checks only == and !=. Add assertions for both strict operators.

Suggested assertions
     expect(evaluateCondition('europe.region != null', vars)).toBe(true)
+    expect(evaluateCondition('missing.thing === null', vars)).toBe(true)
+    expect(evaluateCondition('missing.thing !== null', vars)).toBe(false)

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In `@packages/local-runner/src/condition-expression.test.ts` around lines 40 - 49,
Add assertions in the “lets a gate ask whether an upstream step published a
value” test for both === and !==, covering missing, null, and present values
consistently with the existing == and != expectations.

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In `@packages/local-runner/README.md`:
- Around line 321-323: Update the comparison explanation near upstream.value so
it accurately states that absent values normalize to null and == and === have
identical semantics; remove the claim that strict equality would make the
inequality check always false, while preserving the guidance that upstream.value
!= null tests whether a value is present.

In `@packages/local-runner/src/orchestrate-plan.ts`:
- Around line 228-239: Preserve unresolved-input skips in the fan-out handling
around admit(), distinguishing them from elements excluded by run_if. Publish an
empty array only for an empty list or elements rejected by run_if; skip the
fan-out when required references cannot resolve, including references in
for_each sources and fan-out inputs, while retaining existing downstream
propagation behavior. Add coverage for skipped dependencies in both scenarios.

---

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In `@packages/local-runner/src/condition-expression.test.ts`:
- Around line 40-49: Add assertions in the “lets a gate ask whether an upstream
step published a value” test for both === and !==, covering missing, null, and
present values consistently with the existing == and != expectations.
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`==` and `===` are the same comparison and both treat an absent value as `null`, so a gate can ask
whether an earlier step published anything (`upstream.value != null`). Strict equality would make
that always false, and the Python interpreter has no `undefined` to distinguish anyway.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the strict-comparison explanation.

upstream.value != null is an inequality check. A strict comparison would not make this check “always false”; defined values still compare as present. State only that this expression language normalizes absent values to null and gives == and === identical semantics.

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In `@packages/local-runner/README.md` around lines 321 - 323, Update the
comparison explanation near upstream.value so it accurately states that absent
values normalize to null and == and === have identical semantics; remove the
claim that strict equality would make the inequality check always false, while
preserving the guidance that upstream.value != null tests whether a value is
present.

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packages/pipelines/src/run-pipeline-file.ts (1)

66-66: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Require an own output property.

in accepts inherited properties. If a manifest maps "toString" as an export, an empty JSON object passes this check and publishes Object.prototype.toString instead of raising the missing-export error.

Use an own-property check. Add a regression test for an absent "toString" export.

Proposed fix
-    if (!(exportName in record)) {
+    if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(record, exportName)) {
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In `@packages/pipelines/src/run-pipeline-file.ts` at line 66, Update the export
validation around the record lookup to require an own property rather than
accepting inherited properties, while preserving the existing missing-export
error behavior. Add a regression test covering an empty manifest or record with
an absent “toString” export.
packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.ts (2)

77-82: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject an explicitly selected notebook with no pipeline steps.

options.notebook bypasses the withSteps validation. A typo that selects a child notebook returns an empty plan, and the runner reports a successful no-op. Validate that named contains at least one notebook-function block before returning it.

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.ts` around lines 77 - 82, Update the
options.notebook branch in the pipeline plan selection flow to reject named
notebooks that contain no notebook-function block, rather than returning an
empty plan. After resolving named in notebooks, validate it has at least one
pipeline step using the same withSteps criterion used elsewhere, and preserve
the existing successful return for notebooks with steps.

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Use a prototype-free producer index.

When an export uses constructor or toString, producedBy[entry.variable_name] reads an inherited property. The plan can report a false duplicate or store an inherited value as a dependency ID. Use Object.create(null) or Map, and add a prototype-named export test.

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.ts` at line 111, Update the producedBy
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Object.create(null) or Map, so names like constructor and toString are handled
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packages/pipelines/src/pipeline.test.ts (1)

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Avoid any in the malformed-step test.

The cast bypasses strict TypeScript checking. Pass notebookId: '' instead. The executor treats this falsy value as a missing notebook ID, so the test keeps the same runtime coverage without any.

As per coding guidelines, **/*.{ts,tsx} files must use strict TypeScript type checking and avoid any in favor of proper type definitions.

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-      runPipeline(async ({ run }) => run({ id: 'a' } as any), { token: TOKEN })
+      runPipeline(async ({ run }) => run({ id: 'a', notebookId: '' }), { token: TOKEN })
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In `@packages/pipelines/src/reference-expression.ts`:
- Line 55: Update the alternatives parsing in the reference-expression parser to
split on ?? only when outside quoted literals, tracking the active quote
delimiter while scanning inner. Preserve ?? sequences inside quoted strings as
part of the same alternative, and add a regression test for an expression such
as message ?? "needs ?? review".

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.ts`:
- Around line 77-82: Update the options.notebook branch in the pipeline plan
selection flow to reject named notebooks that contain no notebook-function
block, rather than returning an empty plan. After resolving named in notebooks,
validate it has at least one pipeline step using the same withSteps criterion
used elsewhere, and preserve the existing successful return for notebooks with
steps.
- Line 111: Update the producedBy index in the pipeline plan to use a
prototype-free structure, such as Object.create(null) or Map, so names like
constructor and toString are handled as ordinary export keys without inherited
values; add coverage for prototype-named exports.

In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline.test.ts`:
- Line 157: Update the malformed-step test’s runPipeline invocation to replace
the any cast with a typed step object containing notebookId: ''. Preserve the
existing runtime coverage for a missing notebook ID without weakening strict
TypeScript checking.

In `@packages/pipelines/src/run-pipeline-file.ts`:
- Line 66: Update the export validation around the record lookup to require an
own property rather than accepting inherited properties, while preserving the
existing missing-export error behavior. Add a regression test covering an empty
manifest or record with an absent “toString” export.
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export function parseGroup(inner: string): ReferenceGroup {
return {
raw: `{{${inner}}}`,
alternatives: inner.split('??').map(parseAlternative),

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Split ?? only outside quoted literals.

inner.split('??') also splits quoted literal content. For example, {{message ?? "needs ?? review"}} fails before parseAlternative can parse the string. Scan alternatives while tracking the quote delimiter, then add this regression case.

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/reference-expression.ts` at line 55, Update the
alternatives parsing in the reference-expression parser to split on ?? only when
outside quoted literals, tracking the active quote delimiter while scanning
inner. Preserve ?? sequences inside quoted strings as part of the same
alternative, and add a regression test for an expression such as message ??
"needs ?? review".

@jamesbhobbs jamesbhobbs changed the title feat(local-runner): define pipelines in a .deepnote file feat(pipelines): define a pipeline in a .deepnote file Aug 31, 2026
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Moved out of @deepnote/local-runner into a new @deepnote/pipelines

The engine imports no node:* by design, so a pipeline can run in a browser tab. That made a local, Python-backed runner the wrong home for it. Done now, while the API is unpublished, rather than as a deprecation shim later.

Renames: orchestrate → runPipeline, runOrchestration → runPipelineWithExecutor, Orchestration* → Pipeline*, orchestrationOutputs → pipelineOutputs, planOrchestration → planPipeline, orchestrateFile → runPipelineFile, planWorkflow → pipelineForPlan.

Two consequences worth knowing:

  • Snapshot reading moved too. snapshot-view.ts and input-info.ts are the browser-safe half of local-runner and the pipeline needs them; leaving them behind would have made the two packages depend on each other. @deepnote/local-runner re-exports them and still ships local-runner/snapshot-reader, so nothing already published changes shape.
  • ExecutionSummary and AgentStreamEvent are restated, not imported. Depending on @deepnote/runtime-core for two type aliases would pull a Python execution engine into a browser bundle. packages/local-runner/src/pipeline-types.test.ts fails to compile if the shapes drift.

Also in the stack: the browser bundle is now @deepnote/pipelines/browser (global DeepnotePipelines), the durable step is @deepnote/pipelines/workflows, the Python interpreter is packages/pipelines/python/deepnote_pipeline.py, and the examples live under examples/pipelines/.

Built on top, as separate PRs: #504 (an ergonomic TS client — awaitable runs, notebook handles, named outputs) and #505 (the Python SDK).

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245-249: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add tests for the concurrency cap.

createSemaphore is hand-rolled concurrency logic on a new public option. Two behaviors deserve coverage: the peak in-flight count never exceeds concurrency, and a non-integer or 0 value throws the validation error at Line 247. The default of 10 is below MAX_FOR_EACH_WIDTH of 50, so a wide fan-out now queues; a test pins that behavior.

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline.ts` around lines 245 - 249, Add tests
covering the concurrency option in the pipeline execution flow around
createSemaphore: verify peak in-flight work never exceeds the configured
concurrency, invalid non-integer and zero values throw the validation error, and
the default concurrency of 10 queues a fan-out wider than MAX_FOR_EACH_WIDTH.
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In `@packages/blocks/src/deepnote-file/serialize-deepnote-file.test.ts`:
- Around line 219-221: Update the deserializeDeepnoteFile test to remove only
the enabled field while keeping the YAML structurally valid, preferably by
mutating the parsed representation before serialization; alternatively, assert
the thrown error text specifically identifies the missing required enabled flag.
Preserve the test’s validation of the enabled requirement.

In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.test.ts`:
- Around line 4-8: Type the step and file fixture builders and their options
using the corresponding NotebookFunctionBlock and DeepnoteFile contracts (or
compatible derived option types), removing the sortingKey as string and other
any casts. Ensure their returned objects satisfy the types expected by
planPipeline so malformed test fixtures fail at compile time.

In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.ts`:
- Line 140: Update the producedBy handling in the pipeline plan construction to
use Map<string, string> for duplicate-export tracking, avoiding inherited-key
collisions such as toString, constructor, and __proto__. Convert the map with
Object.fromEntries() when assigning the PipelinePlan.producedBy result, and add
coverage for inherited-key variable names.
- Line 141: Update pipelineForPlan() to validate that block-derived step ids are
unique before building drafts, rejecting duplicate ids with a plan-time error
instead of allowing Map entries to overwrite each other. Add a test covering
duplicate notebook-function block ids and asserting the planning error.

In `@packages/pipelines/src/run-pipeline-file.ts`:
- Around line 305-307: Update the running-step promise handling in
pipelineForPlan so every concurrently executing step rejection is observed,
preventing later failures from becoming unhandled rejections. Attach settlement
tracking when populating running via running.set, make the Promise.race path
record rather than immediately lose the first error, and ensure the loop removes
or drains settled entries before re-raising the recorded executor error.
Preserve allowFailure behavior for failed results.

---

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline.ts`:
- Around line 245-249: Add tests covering the concurrency option in the pipeline
execution flow around createSemaphore: verify peak in-flight work never exceeds
the configured concurrency, invalid non-integer and zero values throw the
validation error, and the default concurrency of 10 queues a fan-out wider than
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Comment on lines +219 to +221
const yaml = serializeDeepnoteFile(file).replace('enabled: true\n', '')
expect(yaml).not.toBe(serializeDeepnoteFile(file))
expect(() => deserializeDeepnoteFile(yaml)).toThrow()

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

This test may pass for the wrong reason.

.replace('enabled: true\n', '') deletes the key and its newline, but not the leading indentation of that line. The remaining spaces merge into the next line, so variable_name: regions becomes over-indented. The YAML parser is likely to reject the document before the schema sees it. The test then proves nothing about the required enabled flag.

Assert the error text, or mutate the parsed object instead of the YAML string.

💚 Proposed fix
-      const yaml = serializeDeepnoteFile(file).replace('enabled: true\n', '')
+      const yaml = serializeDeepnoteFile(file).replace(/^(\s*)enabled: true\n/m, '')
       expect(yaml).not.toBe(serializeDeepnoteFile(file))
-      expect(() => deserializeDeepnoteFile(yaml)).toThrow()
+      expect(() => deserializeDeepnoteFile(yaml)).toThrow(/enabled/)
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const yaml = serializeDeepnoteFile(file).replace('enabled: true\n', '')
expect(yaml).not.toBe(serializeDeepnoteFile(file))
expect(() => deserializeDeepnoteFile(yaml)).toThrow()
const yaml = serializeDeepnoteFile(file).replace(/^(\s*)enabled: true\n/m, '')
expect(yaml).not.toBe(serializeDeepnoteFile(file))
expect(() => deserializeDeepnoteFile(yaml)).toThrow(/enabled/)
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In `@packages/blocks/src/deepnote-file/serialize-deepnote-file.test.ts` around
lines 219 - 221, Update the deserializeDeepnoteFile test to remove only the
enabled field while keeping the YAML structurally valid, preferably by mutating
the parsed representation before serialization; alternatively, assert the thrown
error text specifically identifies the missing required enabled flag. Preserve
the test’s validation of the enabled requirement.

Comment on lines +4 to +8
function step(id: string, notebookId: string | null, extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
return {
blockGroup: `g-${id}`,
id,
sortingKey: extra.sortingKey as string,

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Type the pipeline fixture builders.

step and file pass untyped objects to planPipeline, while as string and as any suppress the NotebookFunctionBlock and DeepnoteFile contracts. Type both builders and their options so malformed fixtures fail during type checking.

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.test.ts` around lines 4 - 8, Type the
step and file fixture builders and their options using the corresponding
NotebookFunctionBlock and DeepnoteFile contracts (or compatible derived option
types), removing the sortingKey as string and other any casts. Ensure their
returned objects satisfy the types expected by planPipeline so malformed test
fixtures fail at compile time.

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}

const producedBy: Record<string, string> = {}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use a key-safe producer map.

IDENTIFIER accepts toString, constructor, and __proto__. A normal object inherits these keys. A step that exports toString therefore fails the duplicate-export check even though no step produced it.

Use Map<string, string> internally, then serialize it with Object.fromEntries() for PipelinePlan.producedBy. Add coverage for inherited-key variable names.

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.ts` at line 140, Update the producedBy
handling in the pipeline plan construction to use Map<string, string> for
duplicate-export tracking, avoiding inherited-key collisions such as toString,
constructor, and __proto__. Convert the map with Object.fromEntries() when
assigning the PipelinePlan.producedBy result, and add coverage for inherited-key
variable names.

}

const producedBy: Record<string, string> = {}
const drafts = blocks.map(block => {

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject duplicate step ids during planning.

Two notebook-function blocks can produce two planned steps with the same id. pipelineForPlan() stores pending steps in a Map keyed by this id but waits for plan.steps.length settlements. One step overwrites the other, then execution fails with The pipeline stalled.

Validate unique block ids before building drafts. Add a plan-time error test.

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/pipeline-plan.ts` at line 141, Update
pipelineForPlan() to validate that block-derived step ids are unique before
building drafts, rejecting duplicate ids with a plan-time error instead of
allowing Map entries to overwrite each other. Add a test covering duplicate
notebook-function block ids and asserting the planning error.

Comment on lines +305 to +307
running.set(
step.id,
Promise.all(

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A second concurrent step failure becomes an unhandled rejection.

Line 338 awaits Promise.race(running.values()) only. Each promise stored at line 305 has no other consumer. If two steps run at the same time and both reject, the race propagates the first rejection out of pipelineForPlan. The second promise stays rejected and unobserved. Node then emits unhandledRejection, which terminates the process by default and hides the original error.

Two executor throws in one wave are enough to trigger this. allowFailure does not help, because a throw is not a failed result.

Attach a handler when the promise is stored, and re-raise the recorded error after the race.

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+    const errors: unknown[] = []
     ...
-        running.set(
-          step.id,
-          Promise.all(
+        const work = Promise.all(
           ...
-          })
-        )
+          })
+        work.catch(error => {
+          errors.push(error)
+        })
+        running.set(step.id, work)
       }
 
       if (running.size > 0) {
-        await Promise.race(running.values())
+        await Promise.race([...running.values()].map(p => p.catch(() => undefined)))
+        if (errors.length > 0) {
+          throw errors[0]
+        }
       }

Note that swallowing the race rejection requires the loop to also stop draining running, otherwise a failed step never leaves the map. Track settlement explicitly instead of relying on rejection to exit.

Also applies to: 338-340

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/run-pipeline-file.ts` around lines 305 - 307, Update
the running-step promise handling in pipelineForPlan so every concurrently
executing step rejection is observed, preventing later failures from becoming
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jamesbhobbs added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 2, 2026
Rebuilt onto the current feat/orchestration-engine tip. Squashes the
original commits of PR #497: pipeline metadata typed on notebook-function
blocks, the product's encoding for inputs and exports, run_if / for_each /
allow_failure, the plan and file runner, the conformance fixtures, and the
.deepnote pipeline reference in the skill.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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packages/pipelines/src/run-pipeline-file.ts (1)

351-353: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

A second concurrent rejection stays unobserved.

Each promise stored at line 351 has one consumer: Promise.race at line 385. If two steps reject in the same wave, the race rejects with the first. The second rejection is never handled, so Node emits unhandledRejection.

Attach a catch handler when you store the promise, and re-raise the recorded error after the race settles.

This repeats a previous review comment on the same code.

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In `@packages/pipelines/src/run-pipeline-file.ts` around lines 351 - 353, Update
the promise construction stored in running for each step so every concurrent
rejection is observed by attaching a catch handler that records the error and
rethrows it; after Promise.race settles, re-raise the recorded rejection so the
original failure behavior is preserved while preventing unhandledRejection for
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jamesbhobbs and others added 3 commits September 2, 2026 16:36
Rebuilt onto the current feat/orchestration-engine tip. Squashes the
original commits of PR #497: pipeline metadata typed on notebook-function
blocks, the product's encoding for inputs and exports, run_if / for_each /
allow_failure, the plan and file runner, the conformance fixtures, the
.deepnote pipeline reference in the skill, and the file runner's state on
a failed run.

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Verify the file runner collects from the other elements, lists the step in
failed, and still reaches the downstream step when one run's executor throws
a timeout on a step marked function_notebook_allow_failure.

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State under function_notebook_allow_failure that it covers every way a step
can fail, that the result's status and error say which, and that a timed-out
run may still be executing in Deepnote with its runId on the result.

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190-192: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Keep the documented fan-out limit synchronized with MAX_FOR_EACH_WIDTH. Both documents duplicate the current value (50), which can drift when the constant changes.

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In `@packages/pipelines/README.md` around lines 190 - 192, Update the fan-out
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skills/deepnote/references/blocks-pipeline.md line 78 to stay synchronized with
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In `@packages/pipelines/README.md`:
- Around line 190-192: Update the fan-out limit documentation in
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skills/deepnote/references/blocks-pipeline.md line 78 to stay synchronized with
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