Ah ok thanks for that. Do you mean use_deprecated_reads is broken specifically in 2.29.0 (regression) or broken in all versions up to and including 2.29.0 (ie never worked)?
Thanks, Evan On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 17:12 Steve Niemitz <sniem...@apache.org> wrote: > Yeah, sorry my email was confusing. use_deprecated_reads is broken on the > DirectRunner in 2.29. > > The behavior you describe is exactly the behavior I ran into as well when > reading from pubsub with the new read method. I believe that soon the > default is being reverted back to the old read method, not using SDFs, > which will fix your performance issue. > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 4:40 PM Boyuan Zhang <boyu...@google.com> wrote: > >> Hi Evan, >> >> It seems like the slow step is not the read that use_deprecated_read >> targets for. Would you like to share your pipeline code if possible? >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 1:35 PM Evan Galpin <evan.gal...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I just tried with v2.29.0 and use_deprecated_read but unfortunately I >>> observed slow behavior again. Is it possible that use_deprecated_read is >>> broken in 2.29.0 as well? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Evan >>> >>> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 3:21 PM Steve Niemitz <sniem...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> oops sorry I was off by 10...I meant 2.29 not 2.19. >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 2:55 PM Evan Galpin <evan.gal...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for the link/info. v2.19.0 and v2.21.0 did exhibit the "faster" >>>>> behavior, as did v2.23.0. But that "fast" behavior stopped at v2.25.0 (for >>>>> my use case at least) regardless of use_deprecated_read setting. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Evan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 2:47 PM Steve Niemitz <sniem...@apache.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> use_deprecated_read was broken in 2.19 on the direct runner and >>>>>> didn't do anything. [1] I don't think the fix is in 2.20 either, but >>>>>> will >>>>>> be in 2.21. >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/14469 >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 1:41 PM Evan Galpin <evan.gal...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I forgot to also mention that in all tests I was setting >>>>>>> --experiments=use_deprecated_read >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Evan >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 1:39 PM Evan Galpin <evan.gal...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hmm, I think I spoke too soon. I'm still seeing an issue of overall >>>>>>>> DirectRunner slowness, not just pubsub. I have a pipeline like so: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Read pubsub | extract GCS glob patterns | FileIO.matchAll() | >>>>>>>> FileIO.readMatches() | Read file contents | etc >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have temporarily set up a transform between each step to log >>>>>>>> what's going on and illustrate timing issues. I ran a series of tests >>>>>>>> changing only the SDK version each time since I hadn't noticed this >>>>>>>> performance issue with 2.19.0 (effectively git-bisect). Before each >>>>>>>> test, I >>>>>>>> seeded the pubsub subscription with the exact same contents. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> SDK version 2.25.0 (I had a build issue with 2.24.0 that I couldn't >>>>>>>> seem to resolve) and onward show a significant slowdown. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here is a snippet of logging from v2.25.0: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *May 12, 2021 11:11:52 A.M.* com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$1 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got file pattern: gs://my-bucket/my-dir/5004728247517184/** >>>>>>>> May 12, 2021 11:16:59 A.M. >>>>>>>> org.apache.beam.sdk.io.FileIO$MatchAll$MatchFn process >>>>>>>> INFO: Matched 2 files for pattern >>>>>>>> gs://my-bucket/my-dir/5004728247517184/** >>>>>>>> May 12, 2021 11:23:32 A.M. com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$3 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got ReadableFile: my-file1.json >>>>>>>> May 12, 2021 11:23:32 A.M. com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$3 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got ReadableFile: my-file2.json >>>>>>>> May 12, 2021 11:24:35 A.M. com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$4 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got file contents for document_id my-file1.json >>>>>>>> *May 12, 2021 11:24:35 A.M*. com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$4 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got file contents for document_id my-file2.json >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Note that end-to-end, these steps took about *13 minutes*. With >>>>>>>> SDK 2.23.0 and identical user code, the same section of the pipeline >>>>>>>> took *2 >>>>>>>> seconds*: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *May 12, 2021 11:03:39 A.M.* com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$1 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got file pattern: gs://my-bucket/my-dir/5004728247517184/** >>>>>>>> May 12, 2021 11:03:40 A.M. >>>>>>>> org.apache.beam.sdk.io.FileIO$MatchAll$MatchFn process >>>>>>>> INFO: Matched 2 files for pattern >>>>>>>> gs://my-bucket/my-dir/5004728247517184/** >>>>>>>> May 12, 2021 11:03:40 A.M. com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$3 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got ReadableFile: my-file1.json >>>>>>>> May 12, 2021 11:03:40 A.M. com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$3 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got ReadableFile: my-file2.json >>>>>>>> May 12, 2021 11:03:41 A.M. com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$4 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got file contents for document_id my-file1.json >>>>>>>> *May 12, 2021 11:03:41 A.M.* com.myOrg.myPipeline.PipelineLeg$4 >>>>>>>> processElement >>>>>>>> INFO: Got file contents for document_id my-file2.json >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any thoughts on what could be causing this? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Evan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 9:53 AM Evan Galpin <evan.gal...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 2:09 PM Boyuan Zhang <boyu...@google.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Evan, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> What do you mean startup delay? Is it the time that from you >>>>>>>>>> start the pipeline to the time that you notice the first output >>>>>>>>>> record from >>>>>>>>>> PubSub? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yes that's what I meant, the seemingly idle system waiting for >>>>>>>>> pubsub output despite data being in the subscription at pipeline start >>>>>>>>> time. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 12:50 AM Ismaël Mejía <ieme...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Can you try running direct runner with the option >>>>>>>>>>> `--experiments=use_deprecated_read` >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This seems to work for me, thanks for this! 👍 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Seems like an instance of >>>>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-10670?focusedCommentId=17316858&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-17316858 >>>>>>>>>>> also reported in >>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re6b0941a8b4951293a0327ce9b25e607cafd6e45b69783f65290edee%40%3Cdev.beam.apache.org%3E >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> We should rollback using the SDF wrapper by default because of >>>>>>>>>>> the usability and performance issues reported. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 12:57 AM Evan Galpin < >>>>>>>>>>> evan.gal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I’m experiencing very slow performance and startup delay when >>>>>>>>>>>> testing a pipeline locally. I’m reading data from a Google PubSub >>>>>>>>>>>> subscription as the data source, and before each pipeline >>>>>>>>>>>> execution I >>>>>>>>>>>> ensure that data is present in the subscription (readable from GCP >>>>>>>>>>>> console). >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I’m seeing startup delay on the order of minutes with >>>>>>>>>>>> DirectRunner (5-10 min). Is that expected? I did find a Jira >>>>>>>>>>>> ticket[1] that >>>>>>>>>>>> at first seemed related, but I think it has more to do with BQ than >>>>>>>>>>>> DirectRunner. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I’ve run the pipeline with a debugger connected and confirmed >>>>>>>>>>>> that it’s minutes before the first DoFn in my pipeline receives >>>>>>>>>>>> any data. >>>>>>>>>>>> Is there a way I can profile the direct runner to see what it’s >>>>>>>>>>>> churning >>>>>>>>>>>> on? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>>> Evan >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> [1] >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/plugins/servlet/mobile#issue/BEAM-4548 >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>