Start kernel when opening notebook tab (#168)

* Add Auto-start kernel epic

* Replace deprecated rxjs empty() with EMPTY constant

* Fix format

src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/NotebookComponentBootstrapper.tsx

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class NotebookComponentBootstrapper {
       actions.fetchContentFulfilled({
         filepath: undefined,
         model: NotebookComponentBootstrapper.wrapModelIntoContent(name, undefined, content),
-        kernelRef: createKernelRef(),
+        kernelRef: undefined, // must be undefined or it will be auto-started by the epic
         contentRef: this.contentRef
       })
     );

src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/epics.test.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import * as Immutable from "immutable";
 import { ActionsObservable, StateObservable } from "redux-observable";
-import { Subject } from "rxjs";
+import { Subject, empty } from "rxjs";
 import { toArray } from "rxjs/operators";
 import { makeNotebookRecord } from "@nteract/commutable";
 import { actions, state } from "@nteract/core";
 import * as sinon from "sinon";
 
 import { CdbAppState, makeCdbRecord } from "./types";
-import { launchWebSocketKernelEpic } from "./epics";
+import { launchWebSocketKernelEpic, autoStartKernelEpic } from "./epics";
 import { NotebookUtil } from "../NotebookUtil";
 
 import { sessions } from "rx-jupyter";
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ describe("Extract kernel from notebook", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("launchWebSocketKernelEpic", () => {
-  const createSpy = sinon.spy(sessions, "create");
-
-  const contentRef = "fakeContentRef";
-  const kernelRef = "fake";
 const initialState = {
   app: state.makeAppRecord({
     host: state.makeJupyterHostRecord({
@@ -115,6 +110,12 @@ describe("launchWebSocketKernelEpic", () => {
   })
 };
 
+describe("launchWebSocketKernelEpic", () => {
+  const createSpy = sinon.spy(sessions, "create");
+
+  const contentRef = "fakeContentRef";
+  const kernelRef = "fake";
+
   it("launches remote kernels", async () => {
     const state$ = new StateObservable(new Subject<CdbAppState>(), initialState);
 
@@ -490,3 +491,55 @@ describe("launchWebSocketKernelEpic", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("autoStartKernelEpic", () => {
+  const contentRef = "fakeContentRef";
+  const kernelRef = "fake";
+
+  it("automatically starts kernel when content fetch is successful if kernelRef is defined", async () => {
+    const state$ = new StateObservable(new Subject<CdbAppState>(), initialState);
+
+    const action$ = ActionsObservable.of(
+      actions.fetchContentFulfilled({
+        contentRef,
+        kernelRef,
+        filepath: "filepath",
+        model: {}
+      })
+    );
+
+    const responseActions = await autoStartKernelEpic(action$, state$)
+      .pipe(toArray())
+      .toPromise();
+
+    expect(responseActions).toMatchObject([
+      {
+        type: actions.RESTART_KERNEL,
+        payload: {
+          contentRef,
+          kernelRef,
+          outputHandling: "None"
+        }
+      }
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("Don't start kernel when content fetch is successful if kernelRef is not defined", async () => {
+    const state$ = new StateObservable(new Subject<CdbAppState>(), initialState);
+
+    const action$ = ActionsObservable.of(
+      actions.fetchContentFulfilled({
+        contentRef,
+        kernelRef: undefined,
+        filepath: "filepath",
+        model: {}
+      })
+    );
+
+    const responseActions = await autoStartKernelEpic(action$, state$)
+      .pipe(toArray())
+      .toPromise();
+
+    expect(responseActions).toMatchObject([]);
+  });
+});

src/Explorer/Notebook/NotebookComponent/epics.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { empty, merge, of, timer, concat, Subject, Subscriber, Observable, Observer } from "rxjs";
+import { EMPTY, merge, of, timer, concat, Subject, Subscriber, Observable, Observer } from "rxjs";
 import { webSocket } from "rxjs/webSocket";
 import { ActionsObservable, StateObservable } from "redux-observable";
 import { ofType } from "redux-observable";
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const addInitialCodeCellEpic = (
 
       // If it's not a notebook, we shouldn't be here
       if (!model || model.type !== "notebook") {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
 
       const cellOrder = selectors.notebook.cellOrder(model);
@@ -90,7 +90,40 @@ const addInitialCodeCellEpic = (
         );
       }
 
-      return empty();
+      return EMPTY;
+    })
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Automatically start kernel if kernelRef is present.
+ * The kernel is normally lazy-started when a cell is being executed, but a running kernel is
+ * required for code completion to work.
+ * For notebook viewer, there is no kernel
+ * @param action$
+ * @param state$
+ */
+export const autoStartKernelEpic = (
+  action$: ActionsObservable<actions.FetchContentFulfilled>,
+  state$: StateObservable<AppState>
+): Observable<{} | actions.CreateCellBelow> => {
+  return action$.pipe(
+    ofType(actions.FETCH_CONTENT_FULFILLED),
+    mergeMap(action => {
+      const state = state$.value;
+      const { contentRef, kernelRef } = action.payload;
+
+      if (!kernelRef) {
+        return EMPTY;
+      }
+
+      return of(
+        actions.restartKernel({
+          contentRef,
+          kernelRef,
+          outputHandling: "None"
+        })
+      );
     })
   );
 };
@@ -288,7 +321,7 @@ export const launchWebSocketKernelEpic = (
       const state = state$.value;
       const host = selectors.currentHost(state);
       if (host.type !== "jupyter") {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
       const serverConfig: NotebookServiceConfig = selectors.serverConfig(host);
       serverConfig.userPuid = getUserPuid();
@@ -299,7 +332,7 @@ export const launchWebSocketKernelEpic = (
 
       const content = selectors.content(state, { contentRef });
       if (!content || content.type !== "notebook") {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
 
       let kernelSpecToLaunch = kernelSpecName;
@@ -513,26 +546,26 @@ const changeWebSocketKernelEpic = (
       const state = state$.value;
       const host = selectors.currentHost(state);
       if (host.type !== "jupyter") {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
 
       const serverConfig: NotebookServiceConfig = selectors.serverConfig(host);
       if (!oldKernelRef) {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
 
       const oldKernel = selectors.kernel(state, { kernelRef: oldKernelRef });
       if (!oldKernel || oldKernel.type !== "websocket") {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
       const { sessionId } = oldKernel;
       if (!sessionId) {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
 
       const content = selectors.content(state, { contentRef });
       if (!content || content.type !== "notebook") {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
       const {
         filepath,
@@ -593,7 +626,7 @@ const focusInitialCodeCellEpic = (
 
       // If it's not a notebook, we shouldn't be here
       if (!model || model.type !== "notebook") {
-        return empty();
+        return EMPTY;
       }
 
       const cellOrder = selectors.notebook.cellOrder(model);
@@ -608,7 +641,7 @@ const focusInitialCodeCellEpic = (
         );
       }
 
-      return empty();
+      return EMPTY;
     })
   );
 };
@@ -661,7 +694,7 @@ const notificationsToUserEpic = (
           break;
         }
       }
-      return empty();
+      return EMPTY;
     })
   );
 };
@@ -701,7 +734,7 @@ const handleKernelConnectionLostEpic = (
         if (explorer) {
           explorer.showOkModalDialog("kernel restarts", msg);
         }
-        return of(empty());
+        return of(EMPTY);
       }
 
       return concat(
@@ -814,7 +847,7 @@ const closeUnsupportedMimetypesEpic = (
         explorer.showOkModalDialog("File cannot be rendered", msg);
         NotificationConsoleUtils.logConsoleMessage(ConsoleDataType.Error, msg);
       }
-      return empty();
+      return EMPTY;
     })
   );
 };
@@ -842,13 +875,14 @@ const closeContentFailedToFetchEpic = (
         explorer.showOkModalDialog("Failure to load", msg);
         NotificationConsoleUtils.logConsoleMessage(ConsoleDataType.Error, msg);
       }
-      return empty();
+      return EMPTY;
     })
   );
 };
 
 export const allEpics = [
   addInitialCodeCellEpic,
+  autoStartKernelEpic,
   focusInitialCodeCellEpic,
   notificationsToUserEpic,
   launchWebSocketKernelEpic,