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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-2025 Typelevel
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package cats.effect.std
+
+import cats.effect.kernel._
+import cats.syntax.all._
+
+/**
+ * A `JobManager` allows you to launch `Jobs` in the background using a unique identifier. Then
+ * you can use the identifier to query for the status of the job or cancel it.
+ */
+trait JobManager[F[_], Id, S] {
+
+  /**
+   * Creates and launches the given `Job` in the background. If another Job with the same id was
+   * already running, it will be cancelled before starting this one.
+   *
+   * Note: This waits until the actual job's `run` process has started. In other words, you can
+   * query the `status` of the associated id immediately after.
+   */
+  def startJob(id: Id, job: Resource[F, JobManager.Job[F, S]]): F[Unit]
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the status of the `Job` associated with the given `id`. If `id` doesn't exists or the
+   * `Job` already finished then the returned value will be a `None`.
+   */
+  def getJobStatus(id: Id): F[Option[S]]
+
+  /**
+   * Signals cancellation of the `Job` associated with the given `id`, and waits for its
+   * completion.
+   */
+  def cancelJob(id: Id): F[Unit]
+}
+
+object JobManager {
+
+  /**
+   * Represents a job managed by a `JobManager`.
+   */
+  trait Job[F[_], S] {
+
+    /**
+     * Starts the logic of this `Job`.
+     */
+    def run: F[Unit]
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the status of this `Job`.
+     */
+    def getStatus: F[S]
+  }
+
+  private final case class RunningJob[F[_], S](
+      status: F[S],
+      cancel: F[Unit]
+  )
+
+  def apply[F[_], Id, S](implicit F: Concurrent[F]): Resource[F, JobManager[F, Id, S]] =
+    for {
+      supervisor <- Supervisor[F](await = true)
+      jobsMap <- Resource.eval(MapRef[F, Id, RunningJob[F, S]])
+    } yield new JobManager[F, Id, S] {
+      override def startJob(id: Id, jobR: Resource[F, Job[F, S]]): F[Unit] = {
+        Deferred[F, Unit].flatMap { waitForJobRegistration =>
+          // Running a job has the following steps:
+          // 1. Run the job setup (Resource acquire).
+          // 2. Launch the job in the background.
+          // 3. Register the job in the jobsMap.
+          // 4. In case there was another job already register with the same id, cancel it.
+          // 5. Wait for the job to finish.
+          // 6. Run the job cleanup (Resource release).
+          val runJob = jobR.use { job =>
+            supervisor.supervise(job.run).flatMap { jobFiber =>
+              val registerJob =
+                F.guarantee(
+                  jobsMap(id).getAndSet(
+                    RunningJob(
+                      status = job.getStatus,
+                      cancel = jobFiber.cancel
+                    ).some
+                  ),
+                  fin = waitForJobRegistration.complete(()).void
+                )
+
+              registerJob.flatMap(_.traverse_(_.cancel)) >> jobFiber.join
+            }
+          }
+
+          // Starts the run job process in the background,
+          // but wait until it has been registered in the jobsMap.
+          supervisor.supervise(runJob) >> waitForJobRegistration.get
+        }
+      }
+
+      override def getJobStatus(id: Id): F[Option[S]] =
+        jobsMap(id).get.flatMap(_.traverse(_.status))
+
+      override def cancelJob(id: Id): F[Unit] =
+        jobsMap(id).getAndSet(None).flatMap(_.traverse_(_.cancel))
+    }
+}