[Task Manager] Batches the update operations in Task Manager (elastic…

…#71470)

This PR attempts to batch update tasks in Task Manager in order to avoid overloading the Elasticsearch queue.
This is the 1st PR addressing elastic#65551

Under the hood we now use a Reactive buffer accumulates all calls to the `update` api in the TaskStore and flushes after 50ms or when as many operations as there are workers have been buffered (whichever comes first).

x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/buffered_task_store.test.ts

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import uuid from 'uuid';
+import { taskStoreMock } from './task_store.mock';
+import { BufferedTaskStore } from './buffered_task_store';
+import { asErr, asOk } from './lib/result_type';
+import { TaskStatus } from './task';
+
+describe('Buffered Task Store', () => {
+  test('proxies the TaskStore for `maxAttempts` and `remove`', async () => {
+    const taskStore = taskStoreMock.create({ maxAttempts: 10 });
+    taskStore.bulkUpdate.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    const bufferedStore = new BufferedTaskStore(taskStore, {});
+
+    expect(bufferedStore.maxAttempts).toEqual(10);
+
+    bufferedStore.remove('1');
+    expect(taskStore.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith('1');
+  });
+
+  describe('update', () => {
+    test("proxies the TaskStore's `bulkUpdate`", async () => {
+      const taskStore = taskStoreMock.create({ maxAttempts: 10 });
+      const bufferedStore = new BufferedTaskStore(taskStore, {});
+
+      const task = mockTask();
+
+      taskStore.bulkUpdate.mockResolvedValue([asOk(task)]);
+
+      expect(await bufferedStore.update(task)).toMatchObject(task);
+      expect(taskStore.bulkUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([task]);
+    });
+
+    test('handles partially successfull bulkUpdates resolving each call appropriately', async () => {
+      const taskStore = taskStoreMock.create({ maxAttempts: 10 });
+      const bufferedStore = new BufferedTaskStore(taskStore, {});
+
+      const tasks = [mockTask(), mockTask(), mockTask()];
+
+      taskStore.bulkUpdate.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+        asOk(tasks[0]),
+        asErr({ entity: tasks[1], error: new Error('Oh no, something went terribly wrong') }),
+        asOk(tasks[2]),
+      ]);
+
+      const results = [
+        bufferedStore.update(tasks[0]),
+        bufferedStore.update(tasks[1]),
+        bufferedStore.update(tasks[2]),
+      ];
+      expect(await results[0]).toMatchObject(tasks[0]);
+      expect(results[1]).rejects.toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+        `[Error: Oh no, something went terribly wrong]`
+      );
+      expect(await results[2]).toMatchObject(tasks[2]);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+function mockTask() {
+  return {
+    id: `task_${uuid.v4()}`,
+    attempts: 0,
+    schedule: undefined,
+    params: { hello: 'world' },
+    retryAt: null,
+    runAt: new Date(),
+    scheduledAt: new Date(),
+    scope: undefined,
+    startedAt: null,
+    state: { foo: 'bar' },
+    status: TaskStatus.Idle,
+    taskType: 'report',
+    user: undefined,
+    version: '123',
+    ownerId: '123',
+  };
+}

x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/buffered_task_store.ts

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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { TaskStore } from './task_store';
+import { ConcreteTaskInstance } from './task';
+import { Updatable } from './task_runner';
+import { createBuffer, Operation, BufferOptions } from './lib/bulk_operation_buffer';
+import { unwrapPromise } from './lib/result_type';
+
+// by default allow updates to be buffered for up to 50ms
+const DEFAULT_BUFFER_MAX_DURATION = 50;
+
+export class BufferedTaskStore implements Updatable {
+  private bufferedUpdate: Operation<ConcreteTaskInstance, Error>;
+  constructor(private readonly taskStore: TaskStore, options: BufferOptions) {
+    this.bufferedUpdate = createBuffer<ConcreteTaskInstance, Error>(
+      (docs) => taskStore.bulkUpdate(docs),
+      {
+        bufferMaxDuration: DEFAULT_BUFFER_MAX_DURATION,
+        ...options,
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  public get maxAttempts(): number {
+    return this.taskStore.maxAttempts;
+  }
+
+  public async update(doc: ConcreteTaskInstance): Promise<ConcreteTaskInstance> {
+    return unwrapPromise(this.bufferedUpdate(doc));
+  }
+
+  public async remove(id: string): Promise<void> {
+    return this.taskStore.remove(id);
+  }
+}