fix: guard terminationStatus against a never-launched process - #390
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`Process.isRunning` is false for both a reaped process and one whose
`run()` threw, so the PTY EOF branch could call `terminationStatus` on a
child that never spawned and raise `NSInvalidArgumentException` ("task
not launched") — an uncaught ObjC exception Swift cannot catch.
Track the launch with a `didLaunch` flag and disarm the armed master-fd
read handler on a failed launch so the EOF branch never asks a
never-spawned child for its exit code.
Fixes caezium#374.
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In `@macos/Sources/MoInteractive.swift`:
- Around line 185-192: Update the launch lifecycle around launch() and the
process-output/exit callbacks to bind each callback to the process generation
that created it. Invalidate the previous generation before replacing proc,
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callbacks whose captured identity no longer matches the current process before
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launch() replaced `proc` and reset the exactly-once exit flag while the previous child's callbacks were still live, so a late callback spoke for the new child. Rescan hits this every time: it's only reachable from the chooser, where `mo` is still sitting at the selection screen, so terminate() SIGTERMs a running child and its terminationHandler lands after the relaunch. The reducer reads an exit-before-any-list as "nothing to remove", so the fresh scan collapsed straight to .done carrying the dead child's SIGTERM status. The same window let a queued readabilityHandler block feed the old child's bytes into the new session's parser. Give each launch a Generation holding its own id, Process and didLaunch flag. The callbacks capture that instead of reading shared state, and both delivery paths drop anything whose id is no longer current — compared on main, where launch() does the swap, so the check can't race it. terminate() deliberately does not retire a generation: a terminate with no relaunch behind it still owes the host its child's exit. Also tightens the ordering the caezium#374 guard rests on. didLaunch is now set before the slave fd closes, since that close is what lets the master see EOF — a child that exits instantly could otherwise reach the EOF branch while its launch still looked unlaunched, and its exit would go unreported. The failed -launch path disarms the read handler before closing the slave for the mirror reason.
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Pushed a fix for CodeRabbit's generation finding onto this branch — hope that's alright, it was adjacent enough to the crash guard that splitting it into a second PR would have meant a conflicting rebase for you. The finding is real, and reachable on the main Rescan path rather than as a rare race: Rescan is only available from the chooser, where Each launch now carries its own Two notes on your
The terminationHandler captures the bare id rather than the Tests are red-before/green-after — reverting the source with the tests in place fails with "Fulfilled inverted expectation: no exit is reported for the new child". Full suite locally: 1228 tests, 0 failures. |
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In `@macos/Sources/MoInteractive.swift`:
- Around line 249-254: In launch(), defer assigning the new Generation to
current and resetting reportedExit until after openpty and try proc.run() both
succeed. Keep launchCount and process setup unchanged, and ensure failed
launches leave the previously installed generation intact so reportExitOnce can
still match and report it.
- Around line 342-348: Update the documentation for terminate() to state that it
disables the readability handler without clearing master. In launch(), disable
the existing master readability handler before replacing a live master,
preserving the current generation and child-exit behavior.
In `@macos/Tests/MoInteractiveHostTests.swift`:
- Around line 100-109: Update the relaunch test around pty.launch so the second
/bin/cat launch propagates failures instead of suppressing them, and explicitly
verify that the newly launched child is alive before waiting on the inverted
stale expectation. Preserve the existing generation-filtering assertions and
mirror the first-half liveness check.
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Thanks @caezium — reviewed, and this all looks right to me. Really appreciate you taking the CodeRabbit finding to its conclusion instead of leaving it as a merge-blocker, and the The two regression tests pin both halves of the guarantee (old exit dropped on rescan, new exit still delivered), and CI is green. No objection to this superseding my simpler guard — happy to keep it all on this branch. Thanks again for the thorough review and fix. |
`current = gen` ran before openpty and before run(), so a launch that threw left a never-started generation installed as the live one. It then outranked the child that was still out there — terminate()'s SIGTERM exit no longer matched `current`, so it was dropped and the host waited on a report that could never arrive. Move the install (and the exactly-once reset) after run() succeeds. Deferring is safe because launch() runs on main and every callback compares ids on main, so the assignment always lands before any comparison.
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Took CodeRabbit's follow-up too — installing The user-visible consequence is masked (the caller sets Added |
launch() replaced `master` without disarming the handle it was replacing. The dispatch source behind an armed readabilityHandler keeps its FileHandle alive, so that fd never closed. Nothing hits it today — every caller terminates first — but the leak shouldn't depend on callers remembering to. Also corrects the `send` doc, which credited `terminate()` with clearing `master`. It never has: it disarms the read handler and leaves the handle in place. What actually swaps `master` out from under an in-flight write is a relaunch, or a failed launch dropping it. Hardens the rescan regression test while here. It asserted only the ABSENCE of an exit, which a second child that never started would satisfy just as well, so it now proves the new child is live before reading anything into that silence — and lets a failed launch throw instead of swallowing it with `try?`.
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Cleared the other two from that round — I'd missed them on my first read. The test critique was right and it was a flaw in my own test. The inverted expectation asserted only the absence of an exit, which a second child that never started would satisfy just as well, and The On the second half of that comment — Full suite: 1229 tests, 0 failures. |
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300-303: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winMove the EOF state check to the main thread.
gen.didLaunchis written duringlaunch()and read from the readability callback. This is an unsynchronized access to mutable state. An EOF callback can observe stale launch state and skip the fallback exit report.After disabling the handler, dispatch the
didLaunch,isRunning, andterminationStatuschecks to the main queue. Pass only the generation ID and revalidate the current generation there.Proposed fix
h.readabilityHandler = nil - if gen.didLaunch && !gen.child.isRunning { - let code = gen.child.terminationStatus - DispatchQueue.main.async { self.reportExitOnce(code, from: gen.id) } - } + DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in + guard let self, + let current = self.current, + current.id == id, + current.didLaunch, + !current.child.isRunning else { return } + let code = current.child.terminationStatus + self.reportExitOnce(code, from: id) + } return🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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183-185: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winCorrect the callback-capture comment.
The termination handler captures only
idandp. The readability handler capturesgen. Update the comment to describe this distinction and the retain-cycle reason accurately.As per path instructions, comments in
macos/**/*.swiftmust explain WHY, not what; this comment must also match the actual callback ownership.Proposed comment
- /// One launch's private state. Both callbacks close over their own instance, - /// so a handler still armed from an earlier child can never read the CURRENT - /// child's process, launch flag, or exit code. + /// Keep callback state tied to one launch. The readability handler captures + /// this generation; the termination handler captures only its id, so stale + /// callbacks cannot update the current launch without retaining Generation + /// through Process.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@macos/Sources/MoInteractive.swift`:
- Around line 252-257: Update the relaunch flow around openpty(), Process.run(),
and the master FileHandle so the existing master and readabilityHandler remain
intact until the replacement process launches successfully; only then disarm and
replace the previous master. Preserve the previous child and usable PTY state
when either setup or launch fails, and add a regression assertion covering a
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In `@macos/Sources/MoInteractive.swift`:
- Around line 300-303: Update the readability callback so that after disabling
the handler it dispatches only the generation ID to the main queue; perform the
current-generation validation and the gen.didLaunch, gen.child.isRunning, and
gen.child.terminationStatus checks inside that main-thread block before calling
reportExitOnce.
- Around line 183-185: Update the callback-capture comment near the termination
and readability handlers to state that the termination handler captures only id
and p, while the readability handler captures gen, and explain that this
ownership arrangement prevents a retain cycle while preserving each launch’s
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The previous commit disarmed the old master's read handler at the top of launch(), which fixed the stranded fd but broke the case it was meant to be careful about: if openpty() or run() then failed, the child still running was left with a dead read path — and because `master = m` had already released the old handle, its master fd was closed underneath it, which raises SIGHUP on a live child. Build the whole replacement off to the side instead. `previousMaster` stays installed and armed through setup; the swap happens only after run() succeeds, and the failed path just disarms the abandoned handle and lets it fall out of scope. The fd still gets closed on the success path, so the leak stays fixed. testPTYTask_failedRelaunch_leavesThePreviousChildUsable pins it: a relaunch that throws must leave the running child still echoing through its pty.
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Good catch, and it was mine to own — that was a regression I introduced one commit earlier, not a pre-existing wart. Disarming the old master at the top of So the replacement now gets built entirely off to the side. Added the regression assertion you asked for — |
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Summary
Fixes #374 (Sentry BURROW-A5): a fatal
NSInvalidArgumentException(*** -[NSConcreteTask terminationStatus]: task not launched) inPTYTask.launch.Root cause
Process.isRunningisfalsefor both a process that has already exited and a process whoserun()never succeeded (e.g. themobinary is missing or the spawn failed). The EOF branch of the master-fd readability handler used!proc.isRunningto decide whether to readterminationStatus— so whenrun()threw, the still-armed handler would later fire on EOF, seeisRunning == false, and callterminationStatuson a never-launched child. Foundation raises that as an uncaught ObjC exception (not a Swift error you cantry/catch), crashing the app.Fix
didLaunchflag that is set only afterproc.run()succeeds, and require it before readingterminationStatusin the EOF branch.No behavioral change on the success path: the EOF branch still reports the exit itself when the child has already been reaped, and otherwise defers to
terminationHandler.Testing
The pure parsing/planning paths remain covered by
MoInteractiveTests/SelectionSessionTests.PTYTaskis the intentionally impure PTY seam (per the file header), so this change is verified by reasoning plus a standalone repro:run()on a missing binary throwsNSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4withisRunning == false, and readingterminationStatusfrom that never-launched task raises the fatal exception. The exception can't be caught in a unit test, so the guard is the fix rather than a recoverable error path.Summary by CodeRabbit