[Arunodoy18]

This change addresses a critical performance issue where the Tasks tab in the DAG details view triggers N individual API calls for each task to fetch recent task instances, causing severe performance degradation and timeouts for DAGs with 200+ tasks.

Problem:

• Each TaskCard component independently called the API to fetch its task instances: /api/v2/dags/{dag_id}/dagRuns/~/taskInstances?task_id={task_id}
• For a DAG with 200 tasks, this resulted in 200+ sequential API calls
• Backend experienced SQLAlchemy timeouts due to excessive query load
• UI became unresponsive and unusable for large DAGs

Solution:

• Modified Tasks.tsx to batch-fetch all task instances for all tasks in a single API call using the existing batch endpoint: POST /api/v2/dags//dagRuns//taskInstances/list
• Task instances are grouped by task_id and passed as props to TaskCard
• Eliminated N+1 query pattern, reducing 200+ calls to just 1 call
• Maintained existing functionality including auto-refresh for pending tasks

Changes:

• Tasks.tsx: Added batch query using TaskInstanceService.getTaskInstancesBatch() with grouping logic to distribute instances to cards
• TaskCard.tsx: Modified to accept taskInstances as prop instead of fetching independently

Performance Impact:

• Reduces API calls from O(N) to O(1) where N is number of tasks
• For 200 tasks: 200 calls 1 call (99.5% reduction)
• Eliminates backend timeout issues
• Significantly improves UI responsiveness for large DAGs

Fixes: #59598

[Shally-Katariya]

I went through the changes in Tasks.tsx and TaskCard.tsx.

Moving task instance fetching to the parent component and passing grouped data to TaskCard makes the data flow much cleaner and clearly avoids the N+1 API calls.

I'm continuing to read through the changes to understand edge cases for large DAGs. Happy to help with testing or follow-ups if needed.

[Shally-Katariya]

I tested this locally using Breeze on the Tasks tab for example_branch_labels.

On the Tasks view, I no longer see per-task taskInstances API calls.
Instead, task data is loaded without N+1 requests, and task cards render correctly.

The refactor where Tasks.tsx batch-fetches task instances and passes them down to TaskCard works as expected.
This looks like a solid performance improvement 👍

[tirkarthi]

run_after is not a valid sorting field on TaskInstance. On loading the tasks tab in dag details I can see below error.

400 Bad Request

Ordering with 'run_after' is disallowed or the attribute does not exist on the model

[Shally-Katariya]

Thanks for catching this .

You’re right — run_after is not a valid ordering field for TaskInstance, and using it results in a 400 error on the Tasks tab.

I verified this locally as well. We should switch to a supported ordering field (or remove explicit ordering if not required).

[kaxil]

Please test your changes before creating PRs. If you're using AI tools to help with development (which is fine!), you must review and test the generated code thoroughly. The volume of untested AI-generated PRs creates significant review burden for maintainers.

To test this properly:

1. Run the UI locally, check the contributing guide on how if unsure!
2. Navigate to a DAG with 200+ tasks
3. Open the Tasks tab and verify it loads without errors
4. Check the browser console and network tab for API calls

Would you like to revise this PR with a working implementation?

[potiuk]

Please test your changes before creating PRs. If you're using AI tools to help with development (which is fine!), you must review and test the generated code thoroughly. The volume of untested AI-generated PRs creates significant review burden for maintainers.

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