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Found while chasing a review comment on core PR #495, which flagged unsynchronised cross-thread reads in my own code. The same question asked of the plugins turned up a real one here.

The race

on_config_change does not run on the render thread. The core calls it from ConfigService-Watcher:

ConfigService._notify_subscribers -> callback(...) -> plugin.on_config_change(new_config)

and the display path iterates the very dict it rebuilds:

_display_scroll_mode -> _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode
    -> for league_id, league_data in self._league_registry.items()

The rebuild was self._league_registry.clear() followed by refilling it key by key. So saving soccer config while a soccer frame is rendering can give you either:

  • a frame rendered against an empty or half-populated registry — no leagues enabled, so the screen has nothing on it, or
  • RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration inside display()

Neither is loud. The first looks like "the scoreboard blanked for a second when I hit save."

Worth noting the core already treats this thread as hazardous — DisplayController's own config callback deliberately does nothing but set a flag, with a comment saying loading/unloading must happen on the render thread "so it can't race with rendering". Plugins get handed the same thread with none of that protection.

The fix

_initialize_league_registry builds into a local and publishes it with one attribute rebind, which is atomic. A reader gets either the whole old registry or the whole new one. The .clear() in on_config_change is dropped — clearing is precisely what made the gap observable.

No lock, deliberately. Rebinding is already atomic, and a lock here would sit on the display path where every frame pays for it. The build-then-swap gets the same guarantee for free.

I checked the rest of the repo rather than fixing only what I tripped over

Five plugins clear a dict inside on_config_change:

plugin cleared iterated elsewhere?
afl-scoreboard _active_update_threads, _scroll_active, _scroll_prepared no
countdown cached_images no
masters-tournament _last_hole_advance, _last_page_advance no
nrl-scoreboard _active_update_threads, _scroll_active, _scroll_prepared no
soccer-scoreboard _league_registry, … yes

Soccer is the only one whose cleared dict is iterated. The others are keyed-lookup caches, where a concurrent clear costs at most a cache miss — not worth churning five plugins for.

Verification

  • 15 existing soccer tests pass.
  • New test_league_registry_atomic_swap.py pins the mechanism: rebind rather than in-place mutation, the previously-published dict left intact, no self._league_registry[...] writes, no .clear() in on_config_change. It fails 4/7 against the pre-fix manager, so it isn't a test that would pass either way.
  • Not verified on hardware — both rigs have been unreachable all session.

Also realigns version with versions[0], which had drifted (2.12.6 vs 2.12.2 — one of the eight I flagged on #314). The intermediate entries stay missing; they aren't mine to invent.

plugins.json is deliberately not included, since update-registry.yml regenerates it on merge and carrying it conflicts with the other open PRs.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved soccer scoreboard configuration reloads to prevent incomplete league lists or display errors during updates.
    • League data now remains consistent while scores are being displayed.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for reliable league-registry updates.
  • Chores

    • Updated the soccer scoreboard plugin to version 2.12.7.

on_config_change runs on the core's ConfigService-Watcher thread, not the
render thread. It cleared self._league_registry and refilled it key by key
while the display path iterates that same dict:

  _display_scroll_mode -> _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode
      -> for league_id, league_data in self._league_registry.items()

So saving soccer config while a soccer frame was rendering could produce a
frame with no leagues enabled, or raise "dictionary changed size during
iteration" inside display().

_initialize_league_registry now builds into a local and publishes it with a
single attribute rebind, which is atomic: a reader gets either the whole old
registry or the whole new one. The .clear() in on_config_change is dropped,
since clearing is exactly what made the gap visible.

No lock needed and none added -- rebinding is already atomic, and a lock here
would sit on the display path.

Checked the rest of the repo for the same shape rather than fixing only the
case I tripped over. Five plugins clear a dict inside on_config_change
(afl-scoreboard, countdown, masters-tournament, nrl-scoreboard,
soccer-scoreboard); soccer is the only one whose cleared dict is iterated
elsewhere. The others are keyed-lookup caches, where a concurrent clear costs
at most a cache miss.

Also realigns version with versions[0], which had drifted (2.12.6 vs 2.12.2).
The intermediate entries are still missing; they are not mine to invent.

Tests: 15 existing pass; new test_league_registry_atomic_swap.py pins the
mechanism (rebind not in-place, previously-published dict left intact, no
self._league_registry[...] writes, no clear in on_config_change) and fails
4/7 against the pre-fix manager.

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The soccer scoreboard now rebuilds the league registry in a local dictionary and atomically publishes it. Configuration reloads preserve the current registry until replacement. A regression test and manifest release entry document the change.

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Atomic registry construction and publication
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League entries are built in a local dictionary. Custom leagues use that dictionary. The completed registry replaces _league_registry in one assignment. Configuration reloads no longer clear the active registry.
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In `@plugins/soccer-scoreboard/manager.py`:
- Around line 881-882: Update _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode() in
plugins/soccer-scoreboard/manager.py at lines 881-882 to capture
_league_registry once and use that snapshot for iteration, sorting, and logging
throughout the selection. Add a deterministic replacement-during-selection test
in plugins/soccer-scoreboard/test_league_registry_atomic_swap.py at lines 82-104
verifying no KeyError occurs.

In `@plugins/soccer-scoreboard/test_league_registry_atomic_swap.py`:
- Around line 82-104: The registry tests only verify snapshot identity; add a
deterministic regression case that captures an old registry, replaces it with
one lacking a custom league ID, then invokes _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode()
using the old snapshot’s enabled entries and confirms it does not raise
KeyError. Keep the scenario focused on cross-snapshot sorting and preserve
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Comment on lines +881 to +882
# Publish the finished registry in one atomic rebind (see docstring).
self._league_registry = registry

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep one registry snapshot through each selection. Rebinding preserves the old dictionary, but _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode() later reads the registry again during sorting and logging. A replacement custom-league configuration can then make an old league ID absent from the new registry.

  • plugins/soccer-scoreboard/manager.py#L881-L882: capture _league_registry once in _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode() and use that snapshot for iteration, sorting, and logging.
  • plugins/soccer-scoreboard/test_league_registry_atomic_swap.py#L82-L104: add a deterministic case that replaces a custom league during selection and verifies that no KeyError occurs.
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  • plugins/soccer-scoreboard/manager.py#L881-L882 (this comment)
  • plugins/soccer-scoreboard/test_league_registry_atomic_swap.py#L82-L104
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In `@plugins/soccer-scoreboard/manager.py` around lines 881 - 882, Update
_get_enabled_leagues_for_mode() in plugins/soccer-scoreboard/manager.py at lines
881-882 to capture _league_registry once and use that snapshot for iteration,
sorting, and logging throughout the selection. Add a deterministic
replacement-during-selection test in
plugins/soccer-scoreboard/test_league_registry_atomic_swap.py at lines 82-104
verifying no KeyError occurs.

Comment on lines +82 to +104
# The old dict must survive the rebuild intact: a display thread that grabbed a
# reference before the swap keeps iterating a complete registry.
snapshot = plugin._league_registry
before_len = len(snapshot)
plugin._initialize_league_registry()

check("rebuild rebinds rather than mutating in place",
plugin._league_registry is not snapshot)
check("the previously-published dict is left intact",
len(snapshot) == before_len)
check("new registry is complete", len(plugin._league_registry) == before_len)

# Guard the mechanism itself, so a later refactor can't quietly reintroduce
# in-place mutation of the published dict.
src = inspect.getsource(SoccerScoreboardPlugin._initialize_league_registry)
check("no in-place writes to the published registry",
"self._league_registry[" not in src)
check("publishes with a single rebind",
src.count("self._league_registry = registry") == 1)

occ_src = inspect.getsource(SoccerScoreboardPlugin.on_config_change)
check("on_config_change no longer clears the live registry",
"self._league_registry.clear()" not in occ_src)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise the cross-snapshot sort path.

The test verifies dictionary identity only. It does not test a reader that iterates an old registry and then sorts after a replacement registry removes a custom league ID. Add a deterministic regression case for that sequence and assert that _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode() does not raise KeyError.

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In `@plugins/soccer-scoreboard/test_league_registry_atomic_swap.py` around lines
82 - 104, The registry tests only verify snapshot identity; add a deterministic
regression case that captures an old registry, replaces it with one lacking a
custom league ID, then invokes _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode() using the old
snapshot’s enabled entries and confirms it does not raise KeyError. Keep the
scenario focused on cross-snapshot sorting and preserve existing registry
assertions.

Addresses the review finding. The atomic rebind stopped a reader seeing a
half-built registry, but it left a second window open: readers that consult
self._league_registry more than once can bind a different registry on each
read.

_get_enabled_leagues_for_mode iterates the registry, then reads it again in
the sort key and once more in the debug line. A config save landing between
the iteration and the sort publishes a replacement, and a custom league
collected from the old registry need not exist in the new one -- so
registry[lid] in the sort key raises KeyError, on the render thread.

_get_league_manager_for_mode has the same shape: `if league_id not in
self._league_registry` followed by self._league_registry[league_id]. A rebind
between the two turns the membership test into a lie.

Both now take one snapshot and use it throughout, so a whole selection is
consistent with a single registry. _get_rankings_cache and
_get_available_modes already read once and are unaffected.

_initialize_league_registry's own logging now uses the local it just
published rather than re-reading the attribute.

Tests: two new cases. One replaces the registry from inside .items(), exactly
when the selection is iterating, and asserts no KeyError and that the result
reflects the registry the selection started from; it reproduces the KeyError
when the sort key is reverted to re-reading the attribute. The other covers
the manager lookup's test-then-index. 16 soccer tests pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Both fixed — and the first one is a real bug that my own fix left behind, so thanks for pushing past the obvious win.

The multi-read window. The atomic rebind stopped a reader seeing a half-built registry, but _get_enabled_leagues_for_mode consults self._league_registry three times: the iteration, the sort key, and the debug line. A config save landing between the iteration and the sort publishes a replacement, and a custom league collected from the old registry needn't exist in the new one — so registry[lid] in the sort key raises KeyError on the render thread. The rebind made torn iteration impossible and left this one standing.

I checked the other readers rather than fixing only the one you flagged:

reader shape affected
_get_enabled_leagues_for_mode iterate → sort → log yes
_get_league_manager_for_mode not in[...] yes — a rebind between makes the membership test a lie
_get_rankings_cache single .values() no
_get_available_modes single .items() no

Both affected readers now take one snapshot and use it throughout, so a whole selection is consistent with a single registry. I also made _initialize_league_registry's logging use the local it just published rather than re-reading the attribute.

The test. Added the deterministic case you asked for. Rather than mocking a thread, it swaps the registry from inside .items() — so the replacement lands at exactly the moment the selection is iterating, which is the sequence that matters:

class _SwapOnIterate(dict):
    def items(self):
        swapped._league_registry = {...}   # replacement drops "cus.1"
        return original_items()

It asserts no KeyError, and that the result still reflects the registry the selection started from. Reverting just the sort key to re-read the attribute makes it fail with the real KeyError, so it pins the fix rather than describing it. A second case covers the manager lookup's test-then-index.

16 soccer tests pass. Folded into the same unreleased 2.12.7 rather than bumping again, with the changelog note extended to cover it.

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