feat(core): add spinners when graph compute takes long time

packages/nx/src/daemon/client/client.ts

@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ import {
   FLUSH_SYNC_GENERATOR_CHANGES_TO_DISK,
   type HandleFlushSyncGeneratorChangesToDiskMessage,
 } from '../message-types/flush-sync-generator-changes-to-disk';
+import {
+  DelayedSpinner,
+  SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS,
+} from '../../utils/delayed-spinner';
 
 const DAEMON_ENV_SETTINGS = {
   NX_PROJECT_GLOB_CACHE: 'false',
@@ -194,6 +198,17 @@ export class DaemonClient {
     projectGraph: ProjectGraph;
     sourceMaps: ConfigurationSourceMaps;
   }> {
+    let spinner: DelayedSpinner;
+    if (SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS) {
+      // If the graph takes a while to load, we want to show a spinner.
+      spinner = new DelayedSpinner(
+        'Calculating the project graph on the Nx Daemon',
+        500
+      ).scheduleMessageUpdate(
+        'Calculating the project graph on the Nx Daemon is taking longer than expected. Re-run with NX_DAEMON=false to see more details.',
+        30_000
+      );
+    }
     try {
       const response = await this.sendToDaemonViaQueue({
         type: 'REQUEST_PROJECT_GRAPH',
@@ -208,6 +223,8 @@ export class DaemonClient {
       } else {
         throw e;
       }
+    } finally {
+      spinner?.cleanup();
     }
   }
 

packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import {
   ConfigurationSourceMaps,
   mergeMetadata,
 } from './utils/project-configuration-utils';
+import { DelayedSpinner, SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS } from '../utils/delayed-spinner';
 
 let storedFileMap: FileMap | null = null;
 let storedAllWorkspaceFiles: FileData[] | null = null;
@@ -313,14 +314,47 @@ async function updateProjectGraphWithPlugins(
     (plugin) => plugin.createDependencies
   );
   performance.mark('createDependencies:start');
+
+  let spinner: DelayedSpinner;
+  const inProgressPlugins = new Set<string>();
+
+  function updateSpinner() {
+    if (!spinner) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (inProgressPlugins.size === 1) {
+      return `Creating project graph dependencies with ${
+        inProgressPlugins.keys()[0]
+      }`;
+    } else if (process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true') {
+      return [
+        `Creating project graph dependencies with ${inProgressPlugins.size} plugins`,
+        ...Array.from(inProgressPlugins).map((p) => `  - ${p}`),
+      ].join('\n');
+    } else {
+      return `Creating project graph dependencies with ${inProgressPlugins.size} plugins`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS) {
+    spinner = new DelayedSpinner(
+      `Creating project graph dependencies with ${plugins.length} plugins`
+    );
+  }
+
   await Promise.all(
     createDependencyPlugins.map(async (plugin) => {
       performance.mark(`${plugin.name}:createDependencies - start`);
-
+      inProgressPlugins.add(plugin.name);
       try {
-        const dependencies = await plugin.createDependencies({
-          ...context,
-        });
+        const dependencies = await plugin
+          .createDependencies({
+            ...context,
+          })
+          .finally(() => {
+            inProgressPlugins.delete(plugin.name);
+            updateSpinner();
+          });
 
         for (const dep of dependencies) {
           builder.addDependency(
@@ -352,6 +386,7 @@ async function updateProjectGraphWithPlugins(
     `createDependencies:start`,
     `createDependencies:end`
   );
+  spinner?.cleanup();
 
   const graphWithDeps = builder.getUpdatedProjectGraph();
 
@@ -396,15 +431,43 @@ export async function applyProjectMetadata(
   const errors: CreateMetadataError[] = [];
 
   performance.mark('createMetadata:start');
+  let spinner: DelayedSpinner;
+  const inProgressPlugins = new Set<string>();
+
+  function updateSpinner() {
+    if (!spinner) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (inProgressPlugins.size === 1) {
+      return `Creating project metadata with ${inProgressPlugins.keys()[0]}`;
+    } else if (process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true') {
+      return [
+        `Creating project metadata with ${inProgressPlugins.size} plugins`,
+        ...Array.from(inProgressPlugins).map((p) => `  - ${p}`),
+      ].join('\n');
+    } else {
+      return `Creating project metadata with ${inProgressPlugins.size} plugins`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS) {
+    spinner = new DelayedSpinner(
+      `Creating project metadata with ${plugins.length} plugins`
+    );
+  }
+
   const promises = plugins.map(async (plugin) => {
     if (plugin.createMetadata) {
       performance.mark(`${plugin.name}:createMetadata - start`);
+      inProgressPlugins.add(plugin.name);
       try {
         const metadata = await plugin.createMetadata(graph, context);
         results.push({ metadata, pluginName: plugin.name });
       } catch (e) {
         errors.push(new CreateMetadataError(e, plugin.name));
       } finally {
+        inProgressPlugins.delete(plugin.name);
+        updateSpinner();
         performance.mark(`${plugin.name}:createMetadata - end`);
         performance.measure(
           `${plugin.name}:createMetadata`,
@@ -417,6 +480,8 @@ export async function applyProjectMetadata(
 
   await Promise.all(promises);
 
+  spinner?.cleanup();
+
   for (const { metadata: projectsMetadata, pluginName } of results) {
     for (const project in projectsMetadata) {
       const projectConfiguration: ProjectConfiguration =

packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/internal-api.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   CreateNodesContextV2,
   CreateNodesResult,
   NxPluginV2,
+  ProjectsMetadata,
 } from './public-api';
 import { ProjectGraph } from '../../config/project-graph';
 import { loadNxPluginInIsolation } from './isolation';
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   isAggregateCreateNodesError,
 } from '../error-types';
 import { IS_WASM } from '../../native';
+import { RawProjectGraphDependency } from '../project-graph-builder';
 
 export class LoadedNxPlugin {
   readonly name: string;
@@ -41,11 +43,11 @@ export class LoadedNxPlugin {
   ];
   readonly createDependencies?: (
     context: CreateDependenciesContext
-  ) => ReturnType<CreateDependencies>;
+  ) => Promise<RawProjectGraphDependency[]>;
   readonly createMetadata?: (
     graph: ProjectGraph,
     context: CreateMetadataContext
-  ) => ReturnType<CreateMetadata>;
+  ) => Promise<ProjectsMetadata>;
 
   readonly options?: unknown;
   readonly include?: string[];
@@ -110,12 +112,12 @@ export class LoadedNxPlugin {
     }
 
     if (plugin.createDependencies) {
-      this.createDependencies = (context) =>
+      this.createDependencies = async (context) =>
         plugin.createDependencies(this.options, context);
     }
 
     if (plugin.createMetadata) {
-      this.createMetadata = (graph, context) =>
+      this.createMetadata = async (graph, context) =>
         plugin.createMetadata(graph, this.options, context);
     }
   }

packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/isolation/messaging.ts

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export interface PluginCreateDependenciesResult {
   type: 'createDependenciesResult';
   payload:
     | {
-        dependencies: ReturnType<LoadedNxPlugin['createDependencies']>;
+        dependencies: Awaited<ReturnType<LoadedNxPlugin['createDependencies']>>;
         success: true;
         tx: string;
       }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export interface PluginCreateMetadataResult {
   type: 'createMetadataResult';
   payload:
     | {
-        metadata: ReturnType<LoadedNxPlugin['createMetadata']>;
+        metadata: Awaited<ReturnType<LoadedNxPlugin['createMetadata']>>;
         success: true;
         tx: string;
       }

packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { workspaceRoot } from '../../utils/workspace-root';
 import { minimatch } from 'minimatch';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
+
 import { LoadedNxPlugin } from '../plugins/internal-api';
 import {
   MergeNodesError,
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ import {
 } from '../error-types';
 import { CreateNodesResult } from '../plugins/public-api';
 import { isGlobPattern } from '../../utils/globs';
+import { isOnDaemon } from '../../daemon/is-on-daemon';
+import {
+  DelayedSpinner,
+  SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS,
+} from '../../utils/delayed-spinner';
 
 export type SourceInformation = [file: string | null, plugin: string];
 export type ConfigurationSourceMaps = Record<
@@ -324,6 +330,32 @@ export async function createProjectConfigurations(
 ): Promise<ConfigurationResult> {
   performance.mark('build-project-configs:start');
 
+  let spinner: DelayedSpinner;
+  const inProgressPlugins = new Set<string>();
+
+  function updateSpinner() {
+    if (!spinner) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (inProgressPlugins.size === 1) {
+      return `Creating project graph nodes with ${inProgressPlugins.keys()[0]}`;
+    } else if (process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true') {
+      return [
+        `Creating project graph nodes with ${inProgressPlugins.size} plugins`,
+        ...Array.from(inProgressPlugins).map((p) => `  - ${p}`),
+      ].join('\n');
+    } else {
+      return `Creating project graph nodes with ${inProgressPlugins.size} plugins`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (SHOULD_SHOW_SPINNERS) {
+    spinner = new DelayedSpinner(
+      `Creating project graph nodes with ${plugins.length} plugins`
+    );
+  }
+
   const results: Array<ReturnType<LoadedNxPlugin['createNodes'][1]>> = [];
   const errors: Array<
     | AggregateCreateNodesError
@@ -352,44 +384,55 @@ export async function createProjectConfigurations(
       exclude
     );
 
+    inProgressPlugins.add(pluginName);
     let r = createNodes(matchingConfigFiles, {
       nxJsonConfiguration: nxJson,
       workspaceRoot: root,
-    }).catch((e: Error) => {
-      const errorBodyLines = [
-        `An error occurred while processing files for the ${pluginName} plugin.`,
-      ];
-      const error: AggregateCreateNodesError = isAggregateCreateNodesError(e)
-        ? // This is an expected error if something goes wrong while processing files.
-          e
-        : // This represents a single plugin erroring out with a hard error.
-          new AggregateCreateNodesError([[null, e]], []);
-
-      const innerErrors = error.errors;
-      for (const [file, e] of innerErrors) {
-        if (file) {
-          errorBodyLines.push(`  - ${file}: ${e.message}`);
-        } else {
-          errorBodyLines.push(`  - ${e.message}`);
-        }
-        if (e.stack) {
-          const innerStackTrace = '    ' + e.stack.split('\n')?.join('\n    ');
-          errorBodyLines.push(innerStackTrace);
+    })
+      .catch((e: Error) => {
+        const errorBodyLines = [
+          `An error occurred while processing files for the ${pluginName} plugin.`,
+        ];
+        const error: AggregateCreateNodesError = isAggregateCreateNodesError(e)
+          ? // This is an expected error if something goes wrong while processing files.
+            e
+          : // This represents a single plugin erroring out with a hard error.
+            new AggregateCreateNodesError([[null, e]], []);
+
+        const innerErrors = error.errors;
+        for (const [file, e] of innerErrors) {
+          if (file) {
+            errorBodyLines.push(`  - ${file}: ${e.message}`);
+          } else {
+            errorBodyLines.push(`  - ${e.message}`);
+          }
+          if (e.stack) {
+            const innerStackTrace =
+              '    ' + e.stack.split('\n')?.join('\n    ');
+            errorBodyLines.push(innerStackTrace);
+          }
         }
-      }
 
-      error.stack = errorBodyLines.join('\n');
+        error.stack = errorBodyLines.join('\n');
 
-      // This represents a single plugin erroring out with a hard error.
-      errors.push(error);
-      // The plugin didn't return partial results, so we return an empty array.
-      return error.partialResults.map((r) => [pluginName, r[0], r[1]] as const);
-    });
+        // This represents a single plugin erroring out with a hard error.
+        errors.push(error);
+        // The plugin didn't return partial results, so we return an empty array.
+        return error.partialResults.map(
+          (r) => [pluginName, r[0], r[1]] as const
+        );
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        inProgressPlugins.delete(pluginName);
+        updateSpinner();
+      });
 
     results.push(r);
   }
 
   return Promise.all(results).then((results) => {
+    spinner?.cleanup();
+
     const { projectRootMap, externalNodes, rootMap, configurationSourceMaps } =
       mergeCreateNodesResults(results, nxJson, errors);