---
path: /studio/aja/job-lifecycle
surface: studio
domain: aja
auth: signed-in + studio entitlement
source: apps/oshun/web/src/app/studio/aja/job-lifecycle/page.tsx
status: walked + e2e-covered
last_walked:
  '2026-07-02 job-queue lane addendum — Playwright real-dev-infra coverage now
  proves signed-in render, route-map contract, quick-action href order, ready
  recovery form, 44 px submit target, retry-count client guard with no POST,
  real retry/backoff and permanent-fail results, fail-closed loading/
  unauthorized/catalog-error states, mobile no-overflow, and direct BFF
  401/403/400/200 gates for catalog and evaluate. Spec:
  apps/oshun/web/e2e/studio-aja-job-queue-lane-consoles.spec.ts.'
  '2026-05-29 automated runtime walk (Playwright headless) — render, /v1 data
  (2xx), console/page-errors, expected content, screenshot verified; live
  screen-reader, touch, offline, and telemetry-delivery checks pending a manual
  AT pass. Evidence: WALKTHROUGH/results/runtime-sweep-2026-05-29.md; body
  re-derived 2026-06-03 from current source (lane-console architecture)'
---

# Studio Aja · Job Lifecycle

## Purpose

Admin lane console for the real `@aja/distributed-workers` fault-tolerance
helpers. The operator picks a failed task's status and supplies its retry count
and retry budget; the lane decides recovery (retry vs. permanently fail) against
the budget and computes the exponential-backoff delay before the next attempt
(flagging when the delay is capped).

## Entry points

- **Direct URL / bookmark** — `/studio/aja/job-lifecycle`; metadata canonical to
  this path
- **Studio nav** — Domain-bridge studios section of `/studio`
- **Sibling quick-actions on this page**: Configuration Formats, Back to Studio
  (no breadcrumb panel on this route)
- **Operator surfacing** — see
  [`../../studio-overview.md`](../../studio-overview.md)

## Layout regions

`page.tsx` renders inside `<ShellLayout active="studio">`:

- **Workspace** (`<StudioAjaJobLifecycleWorkspace />`, archetype: LEAF):
  - `<h1>` (`WorkspaceHeading`) "Aja Job Lifecycle Workspace"
  - Summary `<p data-aja-job-lifecycle-summary>` — operations lane decides task
    recovery and computes the retry backoff on the real fault-tolerance engine
  - **Task Recovery Operations Lane** (`<h2 data-aja-jl-lane-heading>` "Task
    Recovery Operations Lane") — the live evaluate form
- **Route Map panel** (`data-aja-job-lifecycle-route-map`): `<h2>Route Map</h2>`
  listing 5 entries from `STUDIO_AJA_JOB_LIFECYCLE_ROUTE_MAP` (primary, scenes,
  exports, revisions, governance)
- **Quick-action panel**: two `Link.quickAction` anchors — Configuration
  Formats, Back to Studio workspace index

## States

- [x] **Loading** — GETs the engine catalog on mount; renders
      `<p data-aja-jl-loading>` "Loading fault-tolerance engine…"
- [x] **Unauthorized** — 401/403 renders `data-aja-jl-unauthorized` ("Access
      restricted." + admin-scope message, default "Aja workspace scope required
      to evaluate job lifecycle.")
- [x] **Error** — non-OK / malformed / unreachable renders `data-aja-jl-error`
      ("Could not load the fault-tolerance engine." + reason)
- [x] **Ready (form)** — success renders `data-aja-jl-engine-summary` and the
      `data-aja-jl-form`
- [x] **Result** — a successful POST renders `data-aja-jl-result` with
      `data-aja-jl-headline` (permanently fail / retry in N ms (capped) / no
      recovery needed · retry count/max)
- [x] **Validation / evaluate error** — client guards (retry count and max
      retries non-negative integers) and POST failures render
      `data-aja-jl-evaluate-error`
- [x] **Empty / Standalone PWA / offline** — N/A beyond the above; shell SSR,
      lane is a client fetch on mount

## Interactions

### Operations lane (`data-aja-jl-form`)

- [x] **Task status** (`data-aja-jl-status`, select, label "Task status") —
      options from the catalog's `taskStatuses`
- [x] **Retry count** (`data-aja-jl-retry`, number input, aria-label "retry
      count")
- [x] **Max retries** (`data-aja-jl-max`, number input, aria-label "max
      retries")
- [x] **"Evaluate recovery"** (`data-aja-jl-submit`, submit) — posts task
      status, retry count, and max retries to
      `/v1/admin/aja/job-lifecycle/evaluate`

### Route Map panel

- [x] **Route entries** (5 × `<article>`) — non-interactive path+purpose

### Quick-action panel

- [x] **"Open Aja Configuration Formats workspace"** →
      `/studio/aja/configuration-formats`
- [x] **"Back to Studio workspace index"** → `/studio`

## E2E coverage

- [`apps/oshun/web/e2e/studio-aja-job-queue-lane-consoles.spec.ts`](../../../../apps/oshun/web/e2e/studio-aja-job-queue-lane-consoles.spec.ts)
  covers signed-in shell render, ready recovery form, negative retry-count
  client guard with no `POST`, real BFF retry/backoff output
  (`retry in 2000ms · retry 1/3`), exhausted-budget permanent-fail output,
  route-map count, exact quick-action hrefs, 44 px submit target, loading /
  unauthorized / malformed-catalog fail-closed states, mobile no-overflow, and
  direct BFF auth/schema/happy-path gates.

## Data & contracts

- **Reads**: `GET /v1/admin/aja/job-lifecycle` on mount — catalog
  `{ summary, taskStatuses: string[], retryBackoff: { baseDelayMs, maxDelayMs } }`
- **Writes**: `POST /v1/admin/aja/job-lifecycle/evaluate` —
  `{ status, retryCount, maxRetries }` → `{ result }` (status, retryCount,
  maxRetries, needsRecovery, shouldFail, nextRetryDelayMs, retryDelayCapped)
- **Realtime**: none
- **Caching**: client `fetch` on mount with `cache: 'no-store'` and
  `buildBffAuthHeaders()`; SSR shell only
- **Auth/role check**: BFF endpoints admin-scoped + fail-closed (401/403 →
  unauthorized render); route behind the signed-in + studio proxy gate

## Cross-references

- Parent: [`../../studio-overview.md`](../../studio-overview.md)
- Shell:
  [`../../../shell/04-auth-session.md`](../../../shell/04-auth-session.md)
- Sibling routes:
  [`./studio-aja-configuration-formats.md`](./studio-aja-configuration-formats.md)
- Component sources:
  - `apps/oshun/web/src/components/studio/StudioAjaJobLifecycleWorkspace.tsx`
  - `apps/oshun/web/src/components/studio/StudioAjaJobLifecycleRouteMap.ts`

## Known downstream boundaries

- Route-map sub-routes are descriptive contracts; implementation status of those
  child pages is tracked separately from this leaf console.
