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Motivation

• APPS-2947 Run Live Preview backend functions from the parent page: a framed app sends each backend function call to its parent page and waits for the reply.
• The frame gave up after 2 minutes, but the server lets one run go for up to 5 minutes, so a long call failed in the frame while the run was still in flight.
• The frame now waits 30s past the server's 5-minute ceiling, which covers forwarding the call and its response, so the server is always the binding limit.

Architecture

sequenceDiagram
    participant F as Framed app (postMessageTransport)
    participant P as Parent page
    participant S as Backend function run
    F->>P: app-builder:run-query
    Note over F: waits up to POSTMESSAGE_TIMEOUT_MS (now 5 min)
    P->>S: run the function
    Note over S: server stops any run after 5 min
    S-->>P: result or error
    P-->>F: app-builder:run-query:response

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• The dev client hook's give-up backstop shares POSTMESSAGE_TIMEOUT_MS and rises with it; the hook's own ping (2s) and bundle-fetch (60s) timers still bound it.

Changes

2 changes across post-message-transport.ts, post-message-transport.test.ts

What changed	File
Raise POSTMESSAGE_TIMEOUT_MS from 120_000 to 330_000.	post-message-transport.ts
Add a test that a run ending at the server limit, with 10s of forwarding and response delay, resolves the call.	post-message-transport.test.ts

QA Instructions

• All 3 checks pass at dec69b75782e83e7fdae62bddf3e2bc02f042400.

Check	Result	Evidence
Real Chromium, cross-origin frame, parent replies after 150s, master source	Rejects with "timed out waiting for response" at 120,004 ms	Harness output below
Same, this branch's source	Resolves "late-ok" at 150,011 ms	Harness output below
New unit test against master's 120s value	Fails with the timeout error	Local run before the constant change

# From the repo root.
yarn workspace @dd/tests test:unit packages/plugins/apps/src/backend/client/transports/post-message-transport
# Expected: 27 passed
node late-reply.mjs "$(pwd)" 150000
# Expected: master rejects at ~120000 ms; branch resolves "late-ok" at ~150000 ms

late-reply.mjs: frames the bundled transport in headless Chromium and answers late

// Usage: node late-reply.mjs <build-plugins checkout> [replyDelayMs]
// Frames a child page (127.0.0.1) in a parent page (localhost) in headless Chromium. The child calls
// postMessageTransport from the bundled source; the parent answers after replyDelayMs. Runs the
// origin/master source and the checkout's source side by side.
import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
import fs from 'node:fs';
import http from 'node:http';
import { createRequire } from 'node:module';

const checkout = process.argv[2];
const replyDelayMs = Number(process.argv[3] ?? 150_000);
const require = createRequire(`${checkout}/package.json`);
const esbuild = require('esbuild');
const { chromium } = require('playwright');

const relPath =
    'packages/plugins/apps/src/backend/client/transports/post-message-transport/post-message-transport.ts';
const sourceDir = `${checkout}/${relPath.replace(/\/[^/]+$/, '')}`;

async function bundle(contents) {
    const result = await esbuild.build({
        stdin: { contents, resolveDir: sourceDir, sourcefile: 'post-message-transport.ts', loader: 'ts' },
        bundle: true,
        format: 'iife',
        globalName: 'Transport',
        platform: 'browser',
        write: false,
    });
    return result.outputFiles[0].text;
}

const sources = {
    master: execFileSync('git', ['-C', checkout, 'show', `origin/master:${relPath}`]).toString(),
    branch: fs.readFileSync(`${checkout}/${relPath}`, 'utf8'),
};
const bundles = {};
for (const [name, source] of Object.entries(sources)) {
    bundles[name] = await bundle(source);
    const timeout = source.match(/POSTMESSAGE_TIMEOUT_MS = ([\d_]+)/)[1];
    console.log(`${name}: POSTMESSAGE_TIMEOUT_MS = ${timeout}`);
}

const childPage = (variant) => `<!doctype html><script>${bundles[variant]}</script><script>
const start = performance.now();
Transport.postMessageTransport('backend/slow.run', []).then(
    (data) => { window.outcome = { status: 'resolved', data, ms: Math.round(performance.now() - start) }; },
    (error) => { window.outcome = { status: 'rejected', message: error.message, ms: Math.round(performance.now() - start) }; },
);
</script>`;

const parentPage = (variant, childPort) => `<!doctype html><script>
window.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
    if (event.data?.type !== 'app-builder:run-query') return;
    setTimeout(() => event.source.postMessage({
        type: 'app-builder:run-query:response',
        requestId: event.data.requestId,
        success: true,
        result: { data: 'late-ok' },
    }, event.origin), ${replyDelayMs});
});
</script><iframe src="http://127.0.0.1:${childPort}/child?variant=${variant}"></iframe>`;

function serve(handler) {
    return new Promise((resolve) => {
        const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
            const url = new URL(req.url, 'http://x');
            res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
            res.end(handler(url));
        });
        server.listen(0, () => resolve(server));
    });
}

const childServer = await serve((url) => childPage(url.searchParams.get('variant')));
const childPort = childServer.address().port;
const parentServer = await serve((url) => parentPage(url.searchParams.get('variant'), childPort));
const parentPort = parentServer.address().port;

const browser = await chromium.launch();
const runs = Object.keys(bundles).map(async (variant) => {
    const context = await browser.newContext();
    const page = await context.newPage();
    await page.goto(`http://localhost:${parentPort}/parent?variant=${variant}`);
    const frame = page.frames().find((f) => f.url().includes('/child'));
    const handle = await frame.waitForFunction(() => window.outcome, null, {
        timeout: replyDelayMs + 60_000,
        polling: 1_000,
    });
    return [variant, await handle.jsonValue()];
});
for (const [variant, outcome] of await Promise.all(runs)) {
    console.log(`${variant}: parent replies after ${replyDelayMs}ms ->`, JSON.stringify(outcome));
}
await browser.close();
childServer.close();
parentServer.close();

• Output at dec69b75782e83e7fdae62bddf3e2bc02f042400:

master: POSTMESSAGE_TIMEOUT_MS = 120_000
branch: POSTMESSAGE_TIMEOUT_MS = 300_000
master: parent replies after 150000ms -> {"status":"rejected","message":"Backend function \"backend/slow.run\" timed out waiting for response","ms":120004}
branch: parent replies after 150000ms -> {"status":"resolved","data":"late-ok","ms":150011}

Blast Radius

• No feature flag; Low risk: one constant in the framed client.
• A parent page that never answers now leaves a call pending for 5.5 minutes instead of 2 before the app sees the timeout error.

Documentation

• APPS-2947 Run Live Preview backend functions from the parent page
• ADR 2026-10-05 Run Live Preview backend functions from the parent page
• Related: [APPS-2947 Add: return connection IDs from debugBundle and attach the bundle to framed backend calls]([APPS-2947] Add: return connection IDs from debugBundle and attach the bundle to framed backend calls #566), which added the framed transport's bundle path.
• Related: pairs with a pending server-side increase to the backend function script timeout.

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🟡 Changes recommended

Matching the server execution limit leaves no allowance for forwarding and response delays, so valid near-limit runs can still time out prematurely.

1 open issue

• Start frame timeout after posting to allow forwarding overhead · New

What changed in this PR

Extends the framed backend transport’s response wait to five minutes to support longer App Builder Live Preview calls.

Changes:

• Raises the shared timeout from 120,000 to 300,000 ms, also extending the dev-client hook’s fallback deadline.
• Adds a regression test for a response arriving just before five minutes.

File	Description
packages/​plugins/​apps/​src/​backend/​client/​transports/​post-message-transport/​post-message-transport.ts	Increases the timeout and documents its intended relationship to the server limit.
packages/​plugins/​apps/​src/​backend/​client/​transports/​post-message-transport/​post-message-transport.test.ts	Tests successful resolution for a late response.

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