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Thursday, 27 November 2025
Teori är en sak; produktionskod är en annan. I del 1 täckte vi abstraktionerna – låt oss nu se hur de tillämpas i en riktig kodbas. Denna artikel går igenom faktiska bakgrundstjänster från denna bloggplattform: filväktare med Polly retry policys, kanalbaserade e-post köer med brytare, semantiska sökindex med hash-baserad förändring upptäckt, med mera.
Till Häfte 1, Vi utforskade de grundläggande strategierna för att genomföra bakgrundstjänster i ASP.NET Core. Vi behandlade IHostedService, BackgroundService, livscykelhantering, och vanliga fallgropar runt avstängning hantering.
Nu är det dags att se dessa mönster i handling. I den här artikeln ska vi undersöka verkliga bakgrundstjänster från en produktionsblogg plattform, visar:
Varje exempel illustrerar praktiska lösningar på vanliga problem som du stöter på när du bygger produktionsbakgrundstjänster.
Den första tjänsten vi kommer att undersöka klockor en katalog av markdown blogginlägg och automatiskt behandlar dem när de ändras. Detta är ett perfekt exempel på händelsedriven bakgrundsbehandling.
När en markeringsfil skapas eller ändras:
Utmaningen: FileSystemWatcher händelser kan skjuta medan filen fortfarande skrivs, orsakar IOException När du försöker läsa den.
public class MarkdownDirectoryWatcherService(
MarkdownConfig markdownConfig,
IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory,
IStartupCoordinator startupCoordinator,
ILogger<MarkdownDirectoryWatcherService> logger)
: IHostedService
{
private FileSystemWatcher _fileSystemWatcher;
private Task _awaitChangeTask = Task.CompletedTask;
public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_fileSystemWatcher = new FileSystemWatcher
{
Path = markdownConfig.MarkdownPath,
NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.FileName | NotifyFilters.LastWrite |
NotifyFilters.CreationTime | NotifyFilters.Size,
Filter = "*.md",
IncludeSubdirectories = true
};
_fileSystemWatcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
// Start background processing in a separate task
_awaitChangeTask = Task.Run(() => AwaitChanges(cancellationToken), cancellationToken);
logger.LogInformation("Started watching directory {Directory}", markdownConfig.MarkdownPath);
// Signal ready - watcher is set up and listening
startupCoordinator.SignalReady(StartupServiceNames.MarkdownDirectoryWatcher);
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
// Proper cleanup
_fileSystemWatcher.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
_fileSystemWatcher.Dispose();
logger.LogInformation("Stopped watching directory");
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
private async Task AwaitChanges(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
{
var fileEvent = _fileSystemWatcher.WaitForChanged(WatcherChangeTypes.All);
if (fileEvent.ChangeType == WatcherChangeTypes.Changed ||
fileEvent.ChangeType == WatcherChangeTypes.Created)
{
await OnChangedAsync(fileEvent);
}
else if (fileEvent.ChangeType == WatcherChangeTypes.Deleted)
{
await OnDeletedAsync(fileEvent);
}
else if (fileEvent.ChangeType == WatcherChangeTypes.Renamed)
{
await OnRenamedAsync(fileEvent);
}
}
}
}
Lägg märke till några viktiga mönster:
StartAsync återvänder omedelbart, bearbetning sker i AwaitChangesStopAsyncDet mest intressanta är hur vi hanterar filer som fortfarande skrivs. Polly Ordförande är ett .NET-resistansbibliotek som tillhandahåller regresspolicyer, brytare med mera:
private async Task OnChangedAsync(WaitForChangedResult e)
{
if (e.Name == null) return;
// Serilog activity for distributed tracing
using var activity = Log.Logger.StartActivity("Markdown File Changed {Name}", e.Name);
// Define a retry policy for file access issues
var retryPolicy = Policy
.Handle<IOException>() // Only handle IO exceptions (like file in use)
.WaitAndRetryAsync(5, retryAttempt => TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500 * retryAttempt),
(exception, timeSpan, retryCount, context) =>
{
activity?.Activity?.SetTag("Retry Attempt", retryCount);
logger.LogWarning(
"File is in use, retrying attempt {RetryCount} after {TimeSpan}",
retryCount, timeSpan);
});
try
{
var fileName = e.Name;
var isTranslated = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(e.Name).Contains(".");
var language = MarkdownBaseService.EnglishLanguage;
var directory = markdownConfig.MarkdownPath;
if (isTranslated)
{
language = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(e.Name).Split('.').Last();
fileName = Path.GetFileName(fileName);
directory = markdownConfig.MarkdownTranslatedPath;
}
var filePath = Path.Combine(directory, fileName);
using var scope = serviceScopeFactory.CreateScope();
var blogService = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<IBlogService>();
// Use the Polly retry policy
await retryPolicy.ExecuteAsync(async () =>
{
// Read the file - might throw IOException if locked
var markdown = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(filePath);
var slug = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName);
if (isTranslated)
{
slug = slug.Split('.').First();
}
// Save to database
var savedModel = await blogService.SavePost(slug, language, markdown);
activity?.Activity?.SetTag("Page Processed", savedModel.Slug);
// Index in semantic search (only for main directory files)
if (!e.Name.Contains(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar))
{
await IndexPostForSemanticSearchAsync(scope, savedModel, language);
}
// Trigger translation for English posts
if (language == MarkdownBaseService.EnglishLanguage &&
!string.IsNullOrEmpty(savedModel.Markdown))
{
var translateService = scope.ServiceProvider
.GetRequiredService<IBackgroundTranslateService>();
await translateService.TranslateForAllLanguages(
new PageTranslationModel
{
OriginalFileName = filePath,
OriginalMarkdown = savedModel.Markdown,
Persist = true
});
}
});
activity?.Complete();
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
activity?.Complete(LogEventLevel.Error, exception);
}
}
Viktiga mönster här:
Retry policy hanterar det vanliga fallet där en textredigerare fortfarande skriver filen när ändringen händelsen brinner.
graph TD
A[File Modified] --> B[FileSystemWatcher Event]
B --> C{File Locked?}
C -->|Yes| D[Wait 500ms * Attempt]
D --> E{Retry < 5?}
E -->|Yes| C
E -->|No| F[Log Error]
C -->|No| G[Read File]
G --> H[Parse Markdown]
H --> I[Save to Database]
I --> J{Main Directory?}
J -->|Yes| K[Index for Search]
J -->|No| L{English?}
K --> L
L -->|Yes| M[Trigger Translation]
L -->|No| N[Complete]
M --> N
style A stroke:#059669,stroke-width:3px,color:#10b981
style I stroke:#2563eb,stroke-width:3px,color:#3b82f6
style K stroke:#7c3aed,stroke-width:3px,color:#8b5cf6
style M stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:3px,color:#f59e0b
Registrera det i Program.cs (Alla värdtjänster följer detta mönster):
builder.Services.AddHostedService<MarkdownDirectoryWatcherService>();
Se det fullständiga genomförandet på Mostlylucid/Blog/WatcherService/MarkdownDirectoryWatcherService.cs.
Skicka e-post är ett klassiskt användningsfall för bakgrundstjänster. Du vill inte blockera en HTTP-förfrågan medan du förhandlar SMTP, så du köar e-postmeddelandet och skickar det i bakgrunden.
När en användare skickar in en kommentar eller ett kontaktformulär:
Denna tjänst använder en Channel<T> För kön och Polly för motståndskraft:
public class EmailSenderHostedService : IEmailSenderHostedService
{
private readonly Channel<BaseEmailModel> _mailMessages =
Channel.CreateUnbounded<BaseEmailModel>();
private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource = new();
private Task _sendTask = Task.CompletedTask;
private readonly IEmailService _emailService;
private readonly ILogger<EmailSenderHostedService> _logger;
private readonly IAsyncPolicy _policyWrap;
public EmailSenderHostedService(
IEmailService emailService,
ILogger<EmailSenderHostedService> logger)
{
_emailService = emailService;
_logger = logger;
// Retry policy: 3 attempts with exponential backoff
var retryPolicy = Policy
.Handle<SmtpException>()
.WaitAndRetryAsync(3,
attempt => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2 * attempt),
(exception, timeSpan, retryCount, context) =>
{
logger.LogWarning(exception,
"Retry {RetryCount} for sending email failed", retryCount);
});
// Circuit breaker: open after 5 failures, stay open for 1 minute
var circuitBreakerPolicy = Policy
.Handle<SmtpException>()
.CircuitBreakerAsync(
5,
TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1),
onBreak: (exception, timespan) =>
{
logger.LogError(
"Circuit broken due to too many failures. Breaking for {BreakDuration}",
timespan);
},
onReset: () =>
{
logger.LogInformation("Circuit reset. Resuming email delivery.");
},
onHalfOpen: () =>
{
logger.LogInformation("Circuit in half-open state. Testing connection...");
});
// Combine retry and circuit breaker
_policyWrap = Policy.WrapAsync(retryPolicy, circuitBreakerPolicy);
}
public async Task SendEmailAsync(BaseEmailModel message)
{
await _mailMessages.Writer.WriteAsync(message);
}
public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_logger.LogInformation("Starting background e-mail delivery");
_sendTask = DeliverAsync(_cancellationTokenSource.Token);
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
public async Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_logger.LogInformation("Stopping background e-mail delivery");
// Proper shutdown sequence
await _cancellationTokenSource.CancelAsync();
_mailMessages.Writer.Complete(); // Critical: complete the channel
// Wait for the background task to finish
await Task.WhenAny(_sendTask, Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite, cancellationToken));
}
private async Task DeliverAsync(CancellationToken token)
{
_logger.LogInformation("E-mail background delivery started");
try
{
// Process items as they arrive
while (await _mailMessages.Reader.WaitToReadAsync(token))
{
BaseEmailModel? message = null;
try
{
message = await _mailMessages.Reader.ReadAsync(token);
// Execute with retry policy and circuit breaker
await _policyWrap.ExecuteAsync(async () =>
{
switch (message)
{
case ContactEmailModel contactEmailModel:
await _emailService.SendContactEmail(contactEmailModel);
break;
case CommentEmailModel commentEmailModel:
await _emailService.SendCommentEmail(commentEmailModel);
break;
case ConfirmEmailModel confirmEmailModel:
await _emailService.SendConfirmationEmail(confirmEmailModel);
break;
}
});
_logger.LogInformation("Email from {SenderEmail} sent", message.SenderEmail);
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
break; // Shutdown requested
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
_logger.LogError(exc,
"Couldn't send an e-mail from {SenderEmail}",
message?.SenderEmail);
}
}
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
_logger.LogWarning("E-mail background delivery canceled");
}
_logger.LogInformation("E-mail background delivery stopped");
}
public void Dispose()
{
_cancellationTokenSource.Dispose();
}
}
Nyckelmönster visade:
graph TD
A[Queue Email] --> B[Write to Channel]
B --> C[Background Task Reads]
C --> D{Send Email}
D -->|Success| E[Log Success]
D -->|SmtpException| F{Retry Count < 3?}
F -->|Yes| G[Wait 2s * Attempt]
G --> D
F -->|No| H{Circuit Breaker}
H -->|< 5 Failures| I[Log Failure]
H -->|5+ Failures| J[Open Circuit]
J --> K[Wait 1 Minute]
K --> L[Half-Open: Test]
L -->|Success| M[Close Circuit]
L -->|Failure| J
E --> N[Continue]
I --> N
style A stroke:#059669,stroke-width:3px,color:#10b981
style D stroke:#2563eb,stroke-width:3px,color:#3b82f6
style J stroke:#dc2626,stroke-width:3px,color:#ef4444
style M stroke:#059669,stroke-width:3px,color:#10b981
Detta visar ett mönster av produktionskvalitet:
Denna tjänst köar analys händelser och skickar dem till en Umami Ordförande analytics server. Det liknar e-post tjänsten men enklare – ingen försök politik behövs, bara eld och glömma.
public class UmamiBackgroundSender(
IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory,
ILogger<UmamiBackgroundSender> logger) : IHostedService
{
private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource = new();
private readonly Channel<SendBackgroundPayload> _channel =
Channel.CreateUnbounded<SendBackgroundPayload>();
private Task _sendTask = Task.CompletedTask;
public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_sendTask = SendRequest(_cancellationTokenSource.Token);
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
public async Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
logger.LogInformation("UmamiBackgroundSender is stopping.");
// Standard shutdown pattern
await _cancellationTokenSource.CancelAsync();
_channel.Writer.Complete();
try
{
await Task.WhenAny(_sendTask, Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite, cancellationToken));
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
logger.LogWarning("StopAsync operation was canceled.");
}
}
public async Task TrackPageView(string url, string title, UmamiPayload? payload = null)
{
await using var scope = scopeFactory.CreateAsyncScope();
var payloadService = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<PayloadService>();
var sendPayload = payloadService.PopulateFromPayload(payload, null);
sendPayload.Url = url;
sendPayload.Title = title;
await _channel.Writer.WriteAsync(new SendBackgroundPayload("event", sendPayload));
logger.LogInformation("Umami pageview event queued");
}
private async Task SendRequest(CancellationToken token)
{
logger.LogInformation("Umami background delivery started");
// Double while loop: outer waits for items, inner drains all available
while (await _channel.Reader.WaitToReadAsync(token))
{
while (_channel.Reader.TryRead(out var payload))
{
try
{
using var scope = scopeFactory.CreateScope();
var client = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<UmamiClient>();
await client.Send(payload.Payload, type: payload.EventType);
logger.LogInformation("Umami background event sent: {EventType}",
payload.EventType);
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
logger.LogWarning("Umami background delivery canceled.");
return;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
logger.LogError(ex, "Error sending Umami background event.");
}
}
}
}
private record SendBackgroundPayload(string EventType, UmamiPayload Payload);
}
Viktiga skillnader från e-posttjänsten:
Detta visar att inte alla bakgrundstjänster behöver komplex felhantering. För icke-kritisk telemetri kan enkel loggning vara tillräckligt.
Låt oss nu titta på tjänster som utför periodiskt arbete snarare än att behandla köer. BrokenLinkCheckerBackgroundService kontrollerar blogginlägg länkar regelbundet och hämtar archive.org webbadresser för trasiga.
public class BrokenLinkCheckerBackgroundService : BackgroundService
{
private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
private readonly ILogger<BrokenLinkCheckerBackgroundService> _logger;
private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
private readonly TimeSpan _checkInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(1);
private const int BatchSize = 20;
public BrokenLinkCheckerBackgroundService(
IServiceProvider serviceProvider,
ILogger<BrokenLinkCheckerBackgroundService> logger,
IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory)
{
_serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
_logger = logger;
_httpClient = httpClientFactory.CreateClient("BrokenLinkChecker");
_httpClient.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
}
protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
{
_logger.LogInformation("Broken Link Checker Background Service started");
// Initial delay to let the application fully start
await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5), stoppingToken);
while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
{
try
{
await CheckLinksAsync(stoppingToken);
await FetchArchiveUrlsAsync(stoppingToken);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogError(ex, "Error in Broken Link Checker Background Service");
}
_logger.LogInformation("Broken Link Checker sleeping for {Interval}", _checkInterval);
await Task.Delay(_checkInterval, stoppingToken);
}
_logger.LogInformation("Broken Link Checker Background Service stopped");
}
private async Task CheckLinksAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_logger.LogInformation("Starting link validity check");
using var scope = _serviceProvider.CreateScope();
var brokenLinkService = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<IBrokenLinkService>();
var linksToCheck = await brokenLinkService.GetLinksToCheckAsync(BatchSize, cancellationToken);
_logger.LogInformation("Found {Count} links to check", linksToCheck.Count);
foreach (var link in linksToCheck)
{
if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested) break;
try
{
var (statusCode, isBroken, error) = await CheckUrlAsync(link.OriginalUrl, cancellationToken);
await brokenLinkService.UpdateLinkStatusAsync(
link.Id, statusCode, isBroken, error, cancellationToken);
if (isBroken)
{
_logger.LogWarning("Link is broken: {Url} (Status: {StatusCode})",
link.OriginalUrl, statusCode);
}
// Be respectful to servers
await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), cancellationToken);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogError(ex, "Error checking link: {Url}", link.OriginalUrl);
await brokenLinkService.UpdateLinkStatusAsync(
link.Id, 0, true, ex.Message, cancellationToken);
}
}
}
private async Task<(int statusCode, bool isBroken, string? error)> CheckUrlAsync(
string url,
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
try
{
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Head, url);
request.Headers.UserAgent.ParseAdd(
"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MostlylucidBot/1.0; +https://www.mostlylucid.net)");
using var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(
request,
HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead,
cancellationToken);
var statusCode = (int)response.StatusCode;
var isBroken = response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound ||
response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Gone ||
statusCode >= 500;
return (statusCode, isBroken, null);
}
catch (HttpRequestException ex)
{
return (0, true, ex.Message);
}
catch (TaskCanceledException ex) when (ex.InnerException is TimeoutException)
{
return (0, true, "Request timed out");
}
}
}
Mönster visade:
Den semantiska sökindexeraren är mer sofistikerad – den indexerar bara inlägg som faktiskt har förändrats. Detta sparar dyra inbäddade API-samtal.
csharp
public class SemanticIndexingBackgroundService : BackgroundService
{
private readonly ILogger
protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
{
if (!_semanticSearchConfig.Enabled)
{
_logger.LogInformation("Semantic search is disabled, indexing service will not run");
return;
}
_logger.LogInformation("Semantic indexing background service starting...");
// Wait for other services to initialise
await Task.Delay(_startupDelay, stoppingToken);
// Initialise the semantic search service
try
{
await _semanticSearchService.InitializeAsync(stoppingToken);
_logger.LogInformation("Semantic search initialized successfully");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogError(ex, "Failed to initialize semantic search service");
return;
}
// Initial indexing
await IndexAllMarkdownFilesAsync(stoppingToken);
// Periodic re-indexing to catch any changes
while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
{
try
{
await Task.Delay(_indexInterval, stoppingToken);
await IndexAllMarkdownFilesAsync(stoppingToken);
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
break;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogError(ex, "Error during periodic indexing");
}
}
_logger.LogInformation("Semantic indexing background service stopped");
}
private async Task IndexAllMarkdownFilesAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
{
var markdownPath = _markdownConfig.MarkdownPath;
if (!Directory.Exists(markdownPath))
{
_logger.LogWarning("Markdown directory does not exist: {Path}", markdownPath);
return;
}
// Get ONLY files in the main directory, NOT subdirectories
var markdownFiles = Directory.GetFiles(markdownPath, "*.md", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
_logger.LogInformation("Found {Count} markdown files to index in {Path}",
markdownFiles.Length, markdownPath);
var indexedCount = 0;
var skippedCount = 0;
var errorCount = 0;
using var scope = _serviceProvider.CreateScope();
var markdownRenderingService = scope.ServiceProvider
.GetRequiredService<MarkdownRenderingService>();
foreach (var filePath in markdownFiles)
{
if (stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
break;
try
{
var result = await IndexMarkdownFileAsync(
filePath,
markdownRenderingService,
stoppingToken);
if (result == IndexResult.Indexed)
indexedCount++;
else if (result == IndexResult.Skipped)
skippedCount++;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errorCount++;
_logger.LogError(ex, "Error indexing file: {FilePath}", filePath);
}
// Delay to avoid overwhelming the embedding service
await Task.Delay(100, stoppingToken);
}
_logger.LogInformation(
"Indexing complete: {Indexed} indexed, {Skipped} skipped (unchanged), {Errors} errors",
indexedCount, skippedCount, errorCount);
}
private async Task<IndexResult> IndexMarkdownFileAsync(
string filePath,
MarkdownRenderingService markdownRenderingService,
CancellationToken stoppingToken)
{
var fileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
// Skip translated files (they have language suffix like .es.md, .fr.md)
if (fileName.Contains('.'))
{
var parts = fileName.Split('.');
if (parts.Length >= 2 && parts[^1].Length == 2)
{
return IndexResult.Skipped;
}
}
var markdown = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(filePath, stoppingToken);
var fileInfo = new FileInfo(filePath);
var blogPost = markdownRenderingService.GetPageFromMarkdown(
markdown,
fileInfo.LastWriteTimeUtc,
filePath);
if (blogPost.IsHidden)
{
_logger.LogDebug("Skipping hidden post: {Slug}", blogPost.Slug);
return IndexResult.Skipped;
}
// Compute content hash
var contentHash = ComputeContentHash(blogPost.PlainTextContent);
// Check if reindexing is needed
var needsReindex = await _semanticSearchService.NeedsReindexingAsync(
blogPost.Slug,
MarkdownBaseService.EnglishLanguage,
contentHash,
stoppingToken);
if (!needsReindex)
{
_logger.LogDebug("Skipping unchanged post: {Slug}", blogPost.Slug);
return IndexResult.Skipped;
}
// Create document for indexing
var document = new BlogPostDocument
{
Id = $"{blogPost.Slug}_{MarkdownBaseService.EnglishLanguage}",
Slug = blogPost.Slug,
Title = blogPost.Title,
Content = blogPost.Plain
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