Fix nbextensions loader timeout on large notebooks

ChangeLog.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Starting with v1.31.6, this file will contain a record of major features and upd
 ## Upcoming
 - Added support for Python 3.10 ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/476))
 - Deprecated Python 3.7 support ([PR #1](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/453)) ([PR #2](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/473))
+- Patched nbextensions loader timeouts for large notebooks ([PR #1](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/455))
 - Fixed Dockerfile builds breaking with AL2023 ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/466))
 - Fixed `--store-to` option for several magics ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/463))
 - Fixed broken documentation links in Neptune ML notebooks ([PR #1](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/467)) ([PR #2](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/468))
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ Starting with v1.31.6, this file will contain a record of major features and upd
 - Added `--profile-misc-args` option to `%%gremlin` ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/443))
 - Added error messaging for incompatible host-specific `%%graph_notebok_config` parameters ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/456))
 - Ensure default assignments for all Gremlin nodes when using grouping ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/448))
+- Fixed nbextensions loader timeout on large notebooks ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/455))
 
 ## Release 3.7.1 (January 25, 2023)
 - Added ECR auto-publish workflow ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/405))

src/graph_notebook/start_notebook.py

@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 
 HOME_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~")
 NBCONFIG_DIR_TREE = HOME_PATH + '/.jupyter/nbconfig'
-CFG_FILE_NAME = 'notebook.json'
-NOTEBOOK_CFG_PATH = NBCONFIG_DIR_TREE + '/' + CFG_FILE_NAME
+NOTEBOOK_CFG_PATH = NBCONFIG_DIR_TREE + '/notebook.json'
+
+CUSTOM_DIR_TREE = HOME_PATH + '/.jupyter/custom'
+NOTEBOOK_CUSTOMJS_PATH = CUSTOM_DIR_TREE + '/custom.js'
 
 
 def patch_cm_cypher_config():
@@ -33,13 +35,38 @@ def patch_cm_cypher_config():
         json.dump(notebook_cfg, file, indent=2)
 
 
+def patch_customjs():
+    # Increases time allotted to load nbextensions on large notebooks. Limit is set to 60s and can be increased further.
+    # Reference: https://github.com/ipython-contrib/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/blob/master/docs/source/troubleshooting.md#extensions-not-loading-for-large-notebooks
+    limit = "60"
+    increase_requirejs_timeout_prefix = "window.requirejs.config({waitSeconds:"
+    increase_requirejs_timeout_suffix = "});"
+    requirejs_timeout_full = increase_requirejs_timeout_prefix + limit + increase_requirejs_timeout_suffix
+
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(CUSTOM_DIR_TREE, exist_ok=True)
+        with open(NOTEBOOK_CUSTOMJS_PATH, 'r') as file:
+            customjs_content = file.read()
+    except (json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, FileNotFoundError) as e:
+        customjs_content = ""
+
+    if increase_requirejs_timeout_prefix not in customjs_content:
+        if customjs_content:
+            customjs_content += "\n"
+        customjs_content += requirejs_timeout_full
+        with open(NOTEBOOK_CUSTOMJS_PATH, 'w') as file:
+            file.write(customjs_content)
+        print(f"Modified nbextensions loader timeout limit to {limit} seconds")
+
+
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('--notebooks-dir', default='', type=str, help='The directory to start Jupyter from.')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     patch_cm_cypher_config()
+    patch_customjs()
 
     kernel_manager_option = "--NotebookApp.kernel_manager_class=notebook.services.kernels.kernelmanager.AsyncMappingKernelManager"
     notebooks_dir = '~/notebook/destination/dir' if args.notebooks_dir == '' else args.notebooks_dir