Store current time when TaskResult started

django_celery_results/admin.py

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class TaskResultAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
                     'status', 'worker')
     list_filter = ('status', 'date_done', 'periodic_task_name', 'task_name',
                    'worker')
-    readonly_fields = ('date_created', 'date_done', 'result', 'meta')
+    readonly_fields = ('date_created', 'date_started', 'date_done',
+                       'result', 'meta')
     search_fields = ('task_name', 'task_id', 'status', 'task_args',
                      'task_kwargs')
     fieldsets = (
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ class TaskResultAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             'fields': (
                 'result',
                 'date_created',
+                'date_started',
                 'date_done',
                 'traceback',
                 'meta',

django_celery_results/backends/database.py

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import binascii
 import json
 
-from celery import maybe_signature
+from celery import maybe_signature, states
 from celery.backends.base import BaseDictBackend, get_current_task
 from celery.exceptions import ChordError
 from celery.result import GroupResult, allow_join_result, result_from_tuple
 from celery.utils.log import get_logger
 from celery.utils.serialization import b64decode, b64encode
 from django.db import connection, router, transaction
+from django.db.models.functions import Now
 from django.db.utils import InterfaceError
 from kombu.exceptions import DecodeError
 
@@ -144,6 +145,9 @@ def _store_result(
             self._get_extended_properties(request, traceback)
         )
 
+        if status == states.STARTED:
+            task_props['date_started'] = Now()
+
         self.TaskModel._default_manager.store_result(**task_props)
         return result
 

django_celery_results/managers.py

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def store_result(self, content_type, content_encoding,
                      traceback=None, meta=None,
                      periodic_task_name=None,
                      task_name=None, task_args=None, task_kwargs=None,
-                     worker=None, using=None):
+                     worker=None, using=None, **kwargs):
         """Store the result and status of a task.
 
         Arguments:
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ def store_result(self, content_type, content_encoding,
             'task_kwargs': task_kwargs,
             'worker': worker
         }
+        if 'date_started' in kwargs:
+            fields['date_started'] = kwargs['date_started']
+
         obj, created = self.using(using).get_or_create(task_id=task_id,
                                                        defaults=fields)
         if not created:

django_celery_results/migrations/0012_taskresult_date_started.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.13 on 2024-06-02 07:56
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('django_celery_results', '0011_taskresult_periodic_task_name'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='taskresult',
+            name='date_started',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(
+                default=None,
+                help_text='Datetime field when the task was started in UTC',
+                null=True,
+                verbose_name='Started DateTime',
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

django_celery_results/models.py

@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ class TaskResult(models.Model):
         auto_now_add=True,
         verbose_name=_('Created DateTime'),
         help_text=_('Datetime field when the task result was created in UTC'))
+    date_started = models.DateTimeField(
+        null=True, default=None,
+        verbose_name=_('Started DateTime'),
+        help_text=_('Datetime field when the task was started in UTC'))
     date_done = models.DateTimeField(
         auto_now=True,
         verbose_name=_('Completed DateTime'),

docs/getting_started.rst

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ To use :pypi:`django-celery-results` with your project you need to follow these
 
         CELERY_RESULT_EXTENDED = True
 
-    If you want to track the execution duration of your tasks (by comparing `date_created` and `date_done` in TaskResult), enable the :setting:`track_started` setting.
-    
+    If you want to track the execution duration of your tasks (by comparing `date_started` and `date_done` in TaskResult), enable the :setting:`track_started` setting.
+
     .. code-block:: python
 
         CELERY_TASK_TRACK_STARTED = True

t/unit/backends/test_database.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 import json
 import pickle
 import re
@@ -549,6 +550,39 @@ def test_backend__task_result_meta_injection(self):
         tr = TaskResult.objects.get(task_id=tid2)
         assert json.loads(tr.meta) == {'key': 'value', 'children': []}
 
+    def test_backend__task_result_date(self):
+        tid2 = uuid()
+
+        self.b.store_result(tid2, None, states.PENDING)
+
+        tr = TaskResult.objects.get(task_id=tid2)
+        assert tr.status == states.PENDING
+        assert isinstance(tr.date_created, datetime.datetime)
+        assert tr.date_started is None
+        assert isinstance(tr.date_done, datetime.datetime)
+
+        date_created = tr.date_created
+        date_done = tr.date_done
+
+        self.b.mark_as_started(tid2)
+
+        tr = TaskResult.objects.get(task_id=tid2)
+        assert tr.status == states.STARTED
+        assert date_created == tr.date_created
+        assert isinstance(tr.date_started, datetime.datetime)
+        assert tr.date_done > date_done
+
+        date_started = tr.date_started
+        date_done = tr.date_done
+
+        self.b.mark_as_done(tid2, 42)
+
+        tr = TaskResult.objects.get(task_id=tid2)
+        assert tr.status == states.SUCCESS
+        assert tr.date_created == date_created
+        assert tr.date_started == date_started
+        assert tr.date_done > date_done
+
     def xxx_backend(self):
         tid = uuid()