Task History
The Spice runtime stores information about completed tasks in the spice.runtime.task_history table. A task is a single unit of execution within the runtime, such as a SQL query or an AI chat completion (see Task Types below). Tasks can be nested, and the runtime will record the parent-child relationship between tasks.
Each task executed has a row in this table, and by default the data is retained for 8 hours. Use a SELECT query to return information about each task as shown in this example:
SELECT
*
FROM
spice.runtime.task_history
LIMIT
100;
Output:
+----------------------------------+------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| trace_id | span_id | parent_span_id | task | input | captured_output | start_time | end_time | execution_duration_ms | error_message | labels |
+----------------------------------+------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| f94dba6b89de98c6e54b074f2353a897 | 4eb243d9b5347762 | | accelerated_refresh | runtime.metrics | | 2024-09-23T23:17:39.907789 | 2024-09-23T23:17:39.917777 | 9.988 | | {sql: SELECT * FROM runtime.metrics} |
| 1f1f8305520e15ea7ad9b0a43e5d2c7e | 6aadf7c91caea3c4 | | accelerated_refresh | runtime.task_history | | 2024-09-23T23:17:39.907873 | 2024-09-23T23:17:39.917797 | 9.924000000000001 | | {sql: SELECT * FROM runtime.task_history} |
| 1432e30c5ed7764f4ef35f6508dfd56c | fbb31c60d41d8232 | | accelerated_refresh | logs_file | | 2024-09-23T23:17:40.143699 | 2024-09-23T23:17:40.271678 | 127.97900000000001 | | {sql: SELECT * FROM logs_file} |
| fd0b909b789938384d99f0e4e6f4b68b | 624ea4751bb6727a | | accelerated_refresh | logs | | 2024-09-23T23:17:40.676838 | 2024-09-23T23:17:42.345932 | 1669.0939999999998 | | {sql: SELECT * FROM "logs"} |
| 3db5488039408825ac0829a3feb49b05 | e3e5ac928b497eef | | accelerated_refresh | decimal | | 2024-09-23T23:17:41.592359 | 2024-09-23T23:17:43.781699 | 2189.34 | | {sql: SELECT * FROM "decimal"} |
| 5c5ddd481d1e19df823da74fe33f261f | 6afcfd1e65385a16 | | sql_query | select * from runtime.task_history limit 100 | | 2024-09-23T23:17:48.305649 | 2024-09-23T23:17:48.307369 | 1.72 | | {runtime_query: true, query_execution_duration_ms: 1.429375, protocol: FlightSQL, datasets: runtime.task_history, rows_produced: 5} |
| 4c3dd314b874aa63fcd15023e67fc645 | cab3cdc2d31c1b6a | | sql_query | select block_number from logs_file limit 5 | | 2024-09-23T23:18:00.267218 | 2024-09-23T23:18:00.269278 | 2.06 | | {datasets: logs_file, rows_produced: 5, query_execution_duration_ms: 1.940291, accelerated: true, protocol: FlightSQL} |
| f135c00df3aecd68dfa4d2360eff78f5 | db3474855449715c | | sql_query | select * from foobar | | 2024-09-23T23:18:12.865122 | 2024-09-23T23:18:12.865196 | 0.074 | Error during planning: table 'spice.public.foobar' not found | {protocol: FlightSQL, error_code: QueryPlanningError, rows_produced: 0, query_execution_duration_ms: 0.126959, datasets: } |
+----------------------------------+------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
More example queries can be found in the Task History SQL Reference.
Task Types​
The following top-level task types are currently recorded:
| Task Type | Description | CLI Command |
|---|---|---|
sql_query | SQL Query | spice sql |
nsql_query | Natural Language to SQL Query | |
ai_chat | AI Chat Completion | spice chat |
vector_search | Vector Search | spice search |
accelerated_refresh | Accelerated Table Refresh | |
text_embed | Text Embedding |
Configuration​
Set the following parameters in the runtime.task_history section of the spicepod.yaml file to configure task history:
enabled: Enable or disable task history. Default:true.retention_period: The duration for which task history data is retained. Default:8h.retention_check_interval: The interval at which the task history retention is checked. Default:1m.captured_output: The level of output captured for tasks.noneortruncated. Default:none.truncatedcaptures the first 3 rows of the result set forsql_queryandnsql_querytask types. Other task types currently capture the entire output even in truncated mode.
Examples​
Adjust the retention period for task history:
runtime:
task_history:
retention_period: 1h # Keep tasks for 1 hour
retention_check_interval: 1m # Check for expired tasks every minute
Disable task history:
runtime:
task_history:
enabled: false
Disable capturing output from tasks:
runtime:
task_history:
captured_output: none # none or truncated
Table Schema​
| Column Name | Data Type | Is Nullable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| trace_id | Utf8 | NO | Unique identifier for the entire trace this task happened in |
| span_id | Utf8 | NO | Unique identifier for this specific task within the trace |
| parent_span_id | Utf8 | YES | Identifier of the parent task, if any |
| task | Utf8 | NO | Name or description of the task being performed (e.g. sql_query) |
| input | Utf8 | NO | Input data or parameters for the task |
| captured_output | Utf8 | YES | Output or result of the task, if available |
| start_time | Timestamp(Nanosecond, None) | NO | Time when the task started |
| end_time | Timestamp(Nanosecond, None) | NO | Time when the task ended |
| execution_duration_ms | Float64 | NO | Duration of the task execution in milliseconds |
| error_message | Utf8 | YES | Error message if the task failed, otherwise null |
| labels | Map(Utf8, Utf8) | NO | Key-value pairs for additional metadata or attributes associated with the task |
