[COUCHDB-1089] Let anonymous users access _active_tasks for view generation estimates

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: HTTP Interface, JavaScript View Server
• Labels: http view
• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: max ogden
• Created: 10/Mar/11 22:45
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:31
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:31

Description

Currently you have to be a database administrator to access _active_tasks. For UX purposes I would like to allow anyone to see view generation statuses, preferably on a per database level. This solves the problem of the first user to generate a view that then receives no time estimate as to when their process will be completed. I can't think of an application use case for making replication data public.

I spoke with Volker Mische about the implementation details on this issue and he asserted after a code dive that it appears achievable, though the innards of the view status code were not familiar to him.