Add new parameter to get_progress

Setting only_last24h to True allows now to query only for requests that have been active during the last 24h.  This avoids most of the time the nasty gateway time-out when the stager is busy with too many internal retries.

stager_access.py

@@ -157,16 +157,20 @@ def reschedule(stageid):
     except xmlrpclib.Error as e:
         raise Exception(remove_credentials_from_exception(e))
 
-def get_progress(status=None, exclude=False):
-    """ Get a detailed list of all running requests and their current progress.
+def get_progress(status=None, exclude=False, only_last24h=False):
+    """ Get a detailed list of all requests and their current progress.
         As a normal user, this only returns your own requests.
         :param status: If set to a valid status then only requests with that
         status are returned.
         :param exclude: If set to True then the requests with status 'status' are
         excluded.
+        :param only_last24h: When True only requests that have been active in the last 24h get returned.  This can avoid the nasty time-outs that occasionally happen when the stager is stuck with too many retried requests.
     """
     try:
-        all_requests = proxy.LtaStager.getprogress()
+        if only_last24h is False:
+            all_requests = proxy.LtaStager.getprogress()
+        else:
+            all_requests = proxy.LtaStager.getprogress(True, 0)
     except xmlrpclib.Error as e:
         raise Exception(remove_credentials_from_exception(e))
     if status is not None and isinstance(status, string_types):