Merge pull request #29353 from kurtaking/checkpoint-types

refactor: experimental checkpoint types

plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md

@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@ export type AutocompleteHandler = ({
   }[];
 }>;
 
+// @alpha
+export type CheckpointContext<T extends JsonValue | void = JsonValue> = {
+  key: string;
+  fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
+};
+
+// @alpha
+export type CheckpointState = {
+  [key: string]: CheckpointStateValue;
+};
+
+// @alpha
+export type CheckpointStateValue<T extends JsonValue = JsonValue> =
+  | {
+      status: 'failed';
+      reason: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      status: 'success';
+      value: T;
+    };
+
+// @alpha
+export type CheckpointStatus = 'failed' | 'success';
+
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export type CreatedTemplateFilter<
   TFunctionArgs extends [z.ZodTypeAny, ...z.ZodTypeAny[]],
@@ -187,6 +212,11 @@ export type TemplateGlobalFunctionExample = {
   notes?: string;
 };
 
+// @alpha
+export type UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions = {
+  key: string;
+} & CheckpointStateValue;
+
 // @alpha
 export interface WorkspaceProvider {
   // (undocumented)

plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { CheckpointContext } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import { Expand } from '@backstage/types';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio } from 'child_process';
 import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { TemplateInfo } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
+import { UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import { UrlReaderService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
@@ -30,10 +32,9 @@ export type ActionContext<
   secrets?: TaskSecrets;
   workspacePath: string;
   input: TActionInput;
-  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(opts: {
-    key: string;
-    fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
-  }): Promise<T>;
+  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(
+    opts: CheckpointContext<T>,
+  ): Promise<T>;
   output(
     name: keyof TActionOutput,
     value: TActionOutput[keyof TActionOutput],
@@ -446,19 +447,7 @@ export interface TaskContext {
   // (undocumented)
   taskId?: string;
   // (undocumented)
-  updateCheckpoint?(
-    options:
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'success';
-          value: JsonValue;
-        }
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'failed';
-          reason: string;
-        },
-  ): Promise<void>;
+  updateCheckpoint?(options: UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 // @public

plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import {
   BackstageCredentials,
   LoggerService,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { CheckpointContext } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
+
 /**
  * ActionContext is passed into scaffolder actions.
  * @public
@@ -36,10 +38,9 @@ export type ActionContext<
   secrets?: TaskSecrets;
   workspacePath: string;
   input: TActionInput;
-  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(opts: {
-    key: string;
-    fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
-  }): Promise<T>;
+  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(
+    opts: CheckpointContext<T>,
+  ): Promise<T>;
   output(
     name: keyof TActionOutput,
     value: TActionOutput[keyof TActionOutput],

plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/checkpoints/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+export * from './types';

plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/checkpoints/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
+
+/**
+ * The status of a checkpoint, indicating whether it succeeded or failed.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CheckpointStatus = 'failed' | 'success';
+
+/**
+ * Represents the union of all possible checkpoint state values.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CheckpointStateValue<T extends JsonValue = JsonValue> =
+  | { status: 'failed'; reason: string }
+  | { status: 'success'; value: T };
+
+/**
+ * A map of checkpoint keys to their states.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CheckpointState = {
+  [key: string]: CheckpointStateValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Context for checkpoint function invocation.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CheckpointContext<T extends JsonValue | void = JsonValue> = {
+  /**
+   * Unique key for the checkpoint
+   */
+  key: string;
+  /**
+   * Function to execute for the checkpoint
+   */
+  fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
+};

plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export * from '../tasks/alpha';
 export * from './filters';
 export * from './globals';
 export * from './types';
+export * from './checkpoints';
 
 /**
  * Extension point for managing scaffolder actions.

plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/alpha.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { CheckpointStateValue } from '../alpha';
+
 /*
  * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
  *
@@ -14,3 +16,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 export * from './serializer';
+
+/**
+ * Options for updating a checkpoint in a task.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions = {
+  key: string;
+} & CheckpointStateValue;

plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
-import { JsonObject, JsonValue, Observable } from '@backstage/types';
+import { JsonObject, Observable } from '@backstage/types';
+import { UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 
 /**
  * TaskSecrets
@@ -129,19 +130,7 @@ export interface TaskContext {
     | undefined
   >;
 
-  updateCheckpoint?(
-    options:
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'success';
-          value: JsonValue;
-        }
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'failed';
-          reason: string;
-        },
-  ): Promise<void>;
+  updateCheckpoint?(options: UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions): Promise<void>;
 
   serializeWorkspace?(options: { path: string }): Promise<void>;