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overleaf-cep/services/history-v1
a9a9f6ee6b Migrate history-v1 recover_zip scripts from archiver to zip-stream (#32813)
* migrate recover_zip_from_backup from archiver to zip-stream

Replace the `archiver` package with `zip-stream` (the lower-level library
that `archiver` wraps) in the `recover_zip_from_backup.mjs` script and
`backupArchiver.mjs` library. The `archiver` package has known issues with
hanging when creating large zip files and is no longer actively maintained.

Changes:
- Add `zip-stream@^7.0.2` as a direct dependency
- Update `backupArchiver.mjs` to use promisified `ZipStream.entry()`
  instead of `Archiver.append()`
- Rewrite `recover_zip_from_backup.mjs` to use `ZipStream` with
  `stream/promises.pipeline` for cleaner async flow
- Keep `archiver` dependency for `project_archive.js` (separate code path)

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* extract finalize timeout to named constant

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* convert recover_zip.js to zip-stream, remove finalize timeout, add verbose logging

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* add acceptance tests for recover_zip_from_backup in raw and latest modes

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* fix comment formatting in recover_zip_from_backup.mjs

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* restore EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners in recover_zip.js, add acceptance test

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* fix formatting

* refactor: simplify stream handling by using named imports for pipeline

* fix blob hash verification in backup acceptance tests

* fix recover_zip script and tests

* fix: exit with non-zero status on error in recover_zip.js

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* migrate from npm to yarn

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Database migrations

The history service uses knex to manage PostgreSQL migrations.

To create a new migrations, run:

npx knex migrate:make migration_name

To apply migrations, run:

npx knex migrate:latest

For more information, consult the knex migrations guide.

Global blobs

Global blobs are blobs that are shared between projects. The list of global blobs is stored in the projectHistoryGlobalBlobs Mongo collection and is read when the service starts. Changing the list of global blobs needs to be done carefully.

Adding a blob to the global blobs list

If we identify a blob that appears in many projects, we might want to move that blob to the global blobs list.

  1. Add a record for the blob to the projectHistoryGlobalBlobs collection.
  2. Restart the history service.
  3. Delete any corresponding project blobs.

Removing a blob from the global blobs list

Removing a blob from the global blobs list is trickier. As soon as the global blob is made unavailable, every project that needs the blob will have to get its own copy. To avoid disruptions, follow these steps:

  1. In the projectHistoryGlobalBlobs collection, set the demoted property to false on the global blob to remove. This will make the history system write new instances of this blob to project blobs, but still read from the global blob.

  2. Restart the history service.

  3. Copy the blob to all projects that need it.

  4. Remove the blob from the projectHistoryGlobalBlobs collection.

  5. Restart the history service.