Task Queue Compaction Route

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Feature name	How to enable	Description	Missing for stabilization	Expected stabilization date/version
task queue compaction route	curl \ -X PATCH 'http://localhost:7700/experimental-features/' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-binary '{ "taskQueueCompactionRoute": true }'	Enables POST /tasks/compact endpoint	-	N/A

The feature helps in situation where you see this error:

Meilisearch cannot receive write operations because the limit of the task database has been reached. Please delete tasks to continue performing write operations.

This error happens when the task queue database has grown too close to its configured size limit, usually because too many tasks have accumulated, so Meilisearch temporarily rejects new write operations.

That experimental feature:

• Adds a new endpoint to perform a task queue compaction.
• Helps users recover when Meilisearch stops accepting write operations because the task database has reached its limit.
• Compacts the task queue to reclaim space so writes can resume after a complete restart.

How to use the feature?

TBA

What is an experimental feature

By enabling this feature via the /experimental-features route, you opt into the following:

• The API and the behavior of the way task queue compaction are declared and work can break between two minor versions of Meilisearch.
• The feature could be removed altogether in a future minor version of Meilisearch

You can use this feature in production, but be prepared to update your code from one version to the next.

Why is this feature not stable yet?

• We are refining the API and making sure it's not too complex or too simple
• We are testing the performance and other runtime behaviors in a variety of real-life scenarios

🗣️ You are welcome to give feedback about the score details or ask any question on its usage; we are eager to collect feedback on the feature