Task scheduler: mark task as active if we are scheduling ASAP (#16165)

changelog.d/16165.misc

+Task scheduler: mark task as active if we are scheduling as soon as possible.

synapse/storage/databases/main/task_scheduler.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class TaskSchedulerWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             if clauses:
                 sql = sql + " WHERE " + " AND ".join(clauses)
 
-            sql = sql + "ORDER BY timestamp"
+            sql = sql + " ORDER BY timestamp"
 
             txn.execute(sql, args)
             return self.db_pool.cursor_to_dict(txn)

synapse/util/task_scheduler.py

@@ -154,13 +154,15 @@ class TaskScheduler:
                 f"No function associated with action {action} of the scheduled task"
             )
 
+        status = TaskStatus.SCHEDULED
         if timestamp is None or timestamp < self._clock.time_msec():
             timestamp = self._clock.time_msec()
+            status = TaskStatus.ACTIVE
 
         task = ScheduledTask(
             random_string(16),
             action,
-            TaskStatus.SCHEDULED,
+            status,
             timestamp,
             resource_id,
             params,