app/controllers/tables_arrangements_controller.rb

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ class TablesArrangementsController < ApplicationController
     render json: TablesArrangement
       .order(valid: :desc)
       .order(discomfort: :asc)
-      .select(:id, :name, :discomfort)
-      .select("digest = '#{current_digest}'::uuid as valid")
+      .select(:id, :name, :discomfort, :status, :progress)
+      .select("digest = '#{current_digest}'::uuid OR discomfort IS NULL as valid")
       .limit(20)
-      .as_json(only: %i[id name discomfort valid])
+      .as_json(only: %i[id name discomfort valid status progress])
   end
 
   def show
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ class TablesArrangementsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def create
-    TableSimulatorJob.perform_later(current_tenant.id)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
+      tables_arrangement = TablesArrangement.create!(status: :not_started)
+      TableSimulatorJob.perform_later(current_tenant.id, tables_arrangement.id)
+    end
 
     render json: {}, status: :created
   end

app/jobs/table_simulator_job.rb

@@ -8,16 +8,35 @@ class TableSimulatorJob < ApplicationJob
   MIN_PER_TABLE = 8
   MAX_PER_TABLE = 10
 
-  def perform(wedding_id)
+  def perform(wedding_id, tables_arrangement_id)
+    Rails.logger.info "Starting table simulation #{tables_arrangement_id} for wedding #{wedding_id}"
     ActsAsTenant.with_tenant(Wedding.find(wedding_id)) do
       engine = VNS::Engine.new
 
       engine.add_optimization(Tables::Swap)
       engine.add_optimization(Tables::Shift)
 
-      initial_solution = Tables::Distribution.new(min_per_table: MIN_PER_TABLE, max_per_table: MAX_PER_TABLE)
+      tables_arrangement = TablesArrangement.find(tables_arrangement_id)
+
+      initial_solution = Tables::Distribution.new(
+        min_per_table: MIN_PER_TABLE,
+        max_per_table: MAX_PER_TABLE,
+        tables_arrangement_id:
+      )
+
       initial_solution.random_distribution(Guest.potential.shuffle)
 
+      initial_solution.save!
+
+      engine.notify_progress do |current_progress|
+        tables_arrangement.update_columns(status: :in_progress, progress: current_progress)
+      end
+
+      engine.on_better_solution do |better_solution|
+        better_solution.save!
+        tables_arrangement.update_columns(discomfort: better_solution.discomfort) # TODO: remove?
+      end
+
       engine.initial_solution = initial_solution
 
       engine.target_function(&:discomfort)
@@ -25,6 +44,8 @@ class TableSimulatorJob < ApplicationJob
       best_solution = engine.run
 
       best_solution.save!
+
+      tables_arrangement.update_columns(status: :completed)
     end
   end
 end

app/models/seat.rb

@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
 class Seat < ApplicationRecord
   acts_as_tenant :wedding
   belongs_to :guest
-  belongs_to :table_arrangement
+  belongs_to :tables_arrangement
 end

app/models/tables_arrangement.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #  digest     :uuid             not null
 #  discomfort :integer
 #  name       :string           not null
+#  progress   :float            default(0.0), not null
+#  status     :string           default("complete"), not null
 #  created_at :datetime         not null
 #  updated_at :datetime         not null
 #  wedding_id :uuid             not null

app/services/tables/distribution.rb

@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ module Tables
       end
     end
 
-    attr_accessor :tables, :min_per_table, :max_per_table, :hierarchy
+    attr_accessor :tables, :min_per_table, :max_per_table, :hierarchy, :tables_arrangement_id
 
-    def initialize(min_per_table:, max_per_table:, hierarchy: AffinityGroupsHierarchy.new)
+    def initialize(min_per_table:, max_per_table:, tables_arrangement_id:, hierarchy: AffinityGroupsHierarchy.new)
       @min_per_table = min_per_table
       @max_per_table = max_per_table
       @hierarchy = hierarchy
       @tables = []
+      @tables_arrangement_id = tables_arrangement_id
     end
 
     def random_distribution(people, random: Random.new)
@@ -42,15 +43,23 @@ module Tables
     end
 
     def deep_dup
-      self.class.new(min_per_table: @min_per_table, max_per_table: @max_per_table,
-                     hierarchy: @hierarchy).tap do |new_distribution|
+      self.class.new(
+        min_per_table: @min_per_table,
+        max_per_table: @max_per_table,
+        hierarchy: @hierarchy,
+        tables_arrangement_id: @tables_arrangement_id
+      ).tap do |new_distribution|
         new_distribution.tables = @tables.map(&:dup)
       end
     end
 
     def save!
       ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
-        arrangement = TablesArrangement.create!
+        arrangement = TablesArrangement.find(tables_arrangement_id)
+
+        self.tables_arrangement_id = arrangement.id
+
+        arrangement.seats.delete_all
 
         records_to_store = []
 

app/services/vns/engine.rb

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 module VNS
   class Engine
     PERTURBATION_SIZES = [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3].freeze
+    ITERATIONS = 50
     class << self
       def sequence(elements)
         elements = elements.to_a
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ module VNS
       @perturbations << klass
     end
 
+    def notify_progress(&block)
+      @progress_notifier = block
+    end
+
+    def on_better_solution(&block)
+      @better_solution_notifier = block
+    end
+
     attr_writer :initial_solution
 
     def run
@@ -40,18 +49,24 @@ module VNS
 
       run_all_optimizations
 
+      @progress_notifier&.call(Rational(1, ITERATIONS + 1))
+
       best_solution = @current_solution
 
-      50.times do
+      (1..ITERATIONS).each do |iteration|
         @current_solution = Tables::WheelSwap.new(best_solution).call(PERTURBATION_SIZES.sample)
         @best_score = @target_function.call(@current_solution)
         Rails.logger.debug { "After perturbation: #{@best_score}" }
 
         run_all_optimizations
 
+        @progress_notifier&.call(Rational(iteration + 1, ITERATIONS + 1))
+
         next unless best_solution.discomfort > @current_solution.discomfort
 
         best_solution = @current_solution
+        @better_solution_notifier&.call(best_solution)
+
         Rails.logger.debug do
           "Found better solution after perturbation optimization: #{@current_solution.discomfort}"
         end

bin/jobs

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 require_relative "../config/environment"
 require "solid_queue/cli"
 
+SolidQueue.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new($stdout)
 SolidQueue::Cli.start(ARGV)

db/migrate/20250801102437_add_status_column_to_tables_arrangements.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddStatusColumnToTablesArrangements < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :tables_arrangements, :status, :string, default: :complete, null: false
+  end
+end

db/migrate/20250908145119_add_progress_to_tables_arrangements.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddProgressToTablesArrangements < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :tables_arrangements, :progress, :float, default: 0, null: false
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_08_181054) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_09_08_145119) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_catalog.plpgsql"
 
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_08_181054) do
     t.string "name", null: false
     t.uuid "wedding_id", null: false
     t.uuid "digest", default: -> { "gen_random_uuid()" }, null: false
+    t.string "status", default: "complete", null: false
+    t.float "progress", default: 0.0, null: false
     t.index ["wedding_id"], name: "index_tables_arrangements_on_wedding_id"
   end
 

db/seeds.rb

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ ActsAsTenant.with_tenant(wedding) do
 
   # TODO: Clean up invitations with no guests
 
-  ActiveJob.perform_all_later(3.times.map { TableSimulatorJob.new(wedding.id) })
+  3.times { TablesArrangement.create! }
+    .map { |arrangement| TableSimulatorJob.new(wedding.id, arrangement.id) }
+    .then { |jobs| ActiveJob.perform_all_later }
 
   "red".dup.paint.palette.triad(as: :hex).zip(Group.roots).each { |(color, group)| group.update!(color: color.paint.desaturate(40)) }
 

lib/tasks/vns.rake

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ namespace :vns do
 
       engine.target_function(&:discomfort)
 
+      engine.notify_progress do |current_progress|
+        Rails.logger.info "Progress: #{(current_progress * 100.0).round(2)}%"
+      end
+
+      engine.on_better_solution do |better_solution|
+        Rails.logger.info "New best solution found with discomfort: #{better_solution.discomfort}"
+      end
+
       solution = Rails.benchmark('VNS Benchmarking') { engine.run }
 
       Rails.logger.info "Best solution found with discomfort: #{solution.discomfort}"

nginx.conf

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ server {
         proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
     }
 
+    location /jobs/ {
+        proxy_pass http://backend:3000/jobs/;
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+    }
+
     location /captcha/v2/media/ {
         proxy_pass http://libre-captcha:8888/v2/media/;
         proxy_set_header Host $http_host;

spec/requests/tables_arrangements_spec.rb

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ RSpec.describe 'tables_arrangements' do
                    id: { type: :string, format: :uuid },
                    name: { type: :string },
                    discomfort: { type: :integer },
-                   valid: { type: :boolean }
+                   valid: { type: :boolean },
+                   status: { type: :string, enum: %w[complete in_progress] }
                  }
                }
         xit

spec/services/tables/distribution_spec.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,39 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 module Tables
   RSpec.describe Distribution do
+    describe '#save!' do
+      
+      around do |example|
+        ActsAsTenant.with_tenant(create(:wedding)) do
+          example.run
+        end
+      end
+
+      let(:people) { create_list(:guest, 2, status: :invited) }
+      let(:distribution) do
+        described_class.new(min_per_table: 5, max_per_table: 10).tap{|d| d.random_distribution(people)}
+      end
+
+      context 'when tables_arrangement_id is nil' do
+
+
+        it { expect { distribution.save! }.to change { TablesArrangement.count }.by(1) }
+        it { expect { distribution.save! }.to change { Seat.count }.by(2) }
+      end
+
+      context 'when tables_arrangement_id is set' do
+        before do
+          existing_arrangement = TablesArrangement.create!
+
+          existing_arrangement.seats.create!(guest: people.first, table_number: 1)
+          distribution.tables_arrangement_id = existing_arrangement.id
+        end
+
+        it { expect { distribution.save! }.not_to change { TablesArrangement.count } }
+        it { expect { distribution.save! }.to change { Seat.count }.by(1) }
+      end
+    end
+
     describe '#random_distribution' do
       subject(:distribution) { described_class.new(min_per_table: 5, max_per_table: 10) }