rename environment variable to something sensible.

bin/boot_server_in_docker

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if [[ "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_RUN_DATA_SETUP:-}" != "false" ]]; then
 fi
 
 export IS_GUNICORN="true"
-export PROCESS_WAITING_MESSAGES="true"
+export RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER="true"
 
 # THIS MUST BE THE LAST COMMAND!
-exec poetry run gunicorn ${additional_args} --bind "0.0.0.0:$port" --workers="$workers" --limit-request-line 8192 --timeout 90 --capture-output --access-logfile '-' --log-level debug wsgi:app
+exec poetry run gunicorn ${additional_args} --bind "0.0.0.0:$port" --preload --workers="$workers" --limit-request-line 8192 --timeout 90 --capture-output --access-logfile '-' --log-level debug wsgi:app

bin/run_server_locally

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export APPLICATION_ROOT="/"
 if [[ -n "${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOAD_FIXTURE_DATA:-}" ]]; then
   ./bin/boot_server_in_docker
 else
-  if [[ -z "${PROCESS_WAITING_MESSAGES:-}" ]]; then
-    export PROCESS_WAITING_MESSAGES="true"
+  if [[ -z "${RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER:-}" ]]; then
+    export RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER="true"
   fi
   export FLASK_DEBUG=1
 

docker-compose.yml

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ services:
       - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_DATABASE_URI=mysql+mysqlconnector://root:${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_MYSQL_ROOT_DATABASE:-my-secret-pw}@localhost:7003/${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_DATABASE_NAME:-spiffworkflow_backend_development}
       - BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR=/app/process_models
       - SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOAD_FIXTURE_DATA=${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOAD_FIXTURE_DATA:-false}
-      - PROCESS_WAITING_MESSAGES=true
+      - RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER=true
     ports:
       - "7000:7000"
     network_mode: host

src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def create_app() -> flask.app.Flask:
 
     app.json = MyJSONEncoder(app)
 
-    if app.config["PROCESS_WAITING_MESSAGES"]:
+    if app.config["RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER"]:
         start_scheduler(app)
 
     configure_sentry(app)

src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py

@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ def process_instance_run(
         processor.save()
         ProcessInstanceService.update_task_assignments(processor)
 
-        if not current_app.config["PROCESS_WAITING_MESSAGES"]:
+        if not current_app.config["RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER"]:
             MessageService.process_message_instances()
 
     process_instance_api = ProcessInstanceService.processor_to_process_instance_api(