fix(durable-learning): retire library-local schedulers once their handles die - #498
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…dles die `ensure_local_extraction` registered every RequestContext strongly and never removed a scheduler, so each `Reflexio(...)` built against a new `storage_base_dir` leaked a polling thread for the process lifetime. Eight constructions produced eight live `reflexio-durable-learning-scheduler` threads, and each orphan kept calling `list_extraction_orgs()` on storage nobody held any more. Hold contexts in a WeakValueDictionary and retire a directory's scheduler once no context for it is reachable. A live `Reflexio` handle is the only honest signal that a library-local scheduler is still needed; reference counting would say the same thing but needs an explicit close() the public API does not have, and callers that forgot it would leak exactly as before. Retirement runs on the caller's thread inside `ensure_local_extraction` rather than from inside a tick, because stop() joins the scheduler thread and a thread cannot join itself. `adopt_server_scheduler` is unchanged: the server still takes over discovery and stops the library-local schedulers outside the lock. The noisy discovery-failure log is untouched — a live handle whose storage fails still logs every tick. Only the polling of dead handles stops.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughLocal durable-learning scheduler tracking now uses per-directory weak sets. Discovery and cleanup operate on live contexts in the target directory. Lifecycle tests cover scheduler retention, retirement, thread bounds, and independent shared-directory contexts. ChangesLocal scheduler lifecycle
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In `@reflexio/server/services/durable_learning/local.py`:
- Around line 28-30: Update _contexts to track every live RequestContext
independently rather than replacing contexts that share the same (org_id,
storage_base_dir) key, using identity-based weak tracking or a per-key WeakSet.
Adjust registration, lookup, and cleanup—including _take_orphan_schedulers—so
collecting one context never removes or stops another still-live Reflexio
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Addressed in Two handles on the same org and directory are distinct Fixed with per-directory The regression test is mutation-proven: putting the keyed registry back makes Worth noting where the collision was hiding: One thing I am not claiming. The targeted tests pass — 53, covering |
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In `@tests/server/services/durable_learning/test_scheduler.py`:
- Line 105: Update the test teardown to remove only the context keyed by
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| # `_contexts` is a WeakSet of live contexts, not a dict keyed by | ||
| # (org, dir) -- two handles here share that key, which is exactly | ||
| # why the key was removed. Clear it; this is teardown. | ||
| local._contexts.clear() |
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Restrict teardown to the directory under test.
local._contexts is shared by all library-local schedulers in one pytest worker. clear() removes contexts for every directory, so it can make another live scheduler undiscoverable. Pytest-xdist isolates workers, but it does not reset this registry between tests. Use local._contexts.pop(str(tmp_path), None) to preserve other schedulers without changing scheduler shutdown behavior.
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In `@tests/server/services/durable_learning/test_scheduler.py` at line 105, Update
the test teardown to remove only the context keyed by str(tmp_path) via
local._contexts.pop(..., None), replacing the global local._contexts.clear()
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Correcting my previous comment: I have reverted the fix I claimed to have made. The branch is back at The finding is realThat part stands, and I verified it rather than assuming: Two handles on the same org and directory are distinct My fix regressed, badly, and I do not understand whyPer-directory All 13 full-suite failures were 180-second pytest timeouts — publishes hanging, not assertions failing. I instrumented both shapes and could not explain it. Both report What I am not doingShipping it. A change I can measure as broken but cannot explain is not a fix, and "it passes the tests I wrote" was exactly the trap here — the 53 targeted tests were green while the e2e path was hanging. I also want to correct something I said in between: I attributed the first regression signal to host load. That was wrong. The host was thrashing (load average 36, 569 MB swap free) and two runs were genuinely contaminated, but the A/B above was taken at matched load and the gap is real. I should have run the A/B before reaching for an explanation. Where this leaves the PR
That is narrower than the leak it replaces, but it is a real edge and I would rather have it recorded in the open than papered over with a change I cannot stand behind. Happy to take a follow-up at it with a proper reproduction of the e2e interaction first, rather than another design swap. |
Review finding, root-caused rather than guessed at after two failed attempts.
THE BUG. `ReflexioBase` builds a distinct `RequestContext` per handle, so two
handles on the same org AND directory are distinct objects that collide on an
(org_id, storage_base_dir) key. The second registration evicts the first;
collecting the second empties the key while the FIRST is still alive, and the
sweep retires a scheduler that handle still depends on. Measured: with both
handles alive the map held only the second.
WHY ONE STRUCTURE CANNOT FIX IT. Replacing the map with a set -- flat or
per-directory -- fixes liveness and destroys identity. Every e2e test shares
one org and one directory, so the set accumulates and `factory()` hands the
worker an arbitrary, usually STALE context pointing at a previous test's
storage. Work never completes and publishes time out. Measured on the same
file, back to back at matched load:
identity map (before) 8 passed 14.86s
per-directory sets 2 failed, 6 passed 275.76s
That was found by instrumenting `ensure_local_extraction`, which showed
contexts accumulating under a single key:
[ENSURE] dir=None org=e2e_test_org_master ctxs=4 started_new=False
[ENSURE] dir=None org=e2e_test_org_master ctxs=5 started_new=False
THE FIX. Two registries, one question each. `_contexts` stays the identity map
-- the CURRENT context per (org, directory), where overwriting is the point.
`_live` is a per-directory WeakSet of EVERY live context, and only the sweep
reads it. `factory` and `discover` are untouched, so nothing about extraction
behaviour moves.
Mutation-proven: pointing the sweep back at the identity map makes
`test_two_handles_on_one_key_both_keep_the_scheduler_alive` fail on
`_schedulers.get(dir) is None` -- the scheduler retired under a live handle.
Restored from a byte snapshot verified with sha256.
Full OSS suite: 6223 passed, 0 failed, 3m30s. The e2e file that regressed:
8 passed in 14.60s, matching the 14.86s baseline. 'Durable extraction
discovery failed' occurrences: 0.
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Fixed properly in Why a set could never workThe finding is real, and I confirmed it. But replacing the identity map with a set — flat or per-directory — fixes liveness and destroys identity. I found it by instrumenting Every e2e test shares one org and one directory, so a set accumulates contexts. A/B on the same file, back to back at matched load: The fix: two registries, one question each
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Mutation-proven: pointing the sweep back at the identity map makes On the path hereThree attempts, and only the third was based on evidence. The first two were design swaps; I also wrongly blamed host load for a regression that was real, and my 53 targeted tests were green the whole time the e2e path was hanging. The instrumentation that actually solved it took two minutes and should have been step one. The earlier comment on this PR describing a documented limitation is now obsolete — the limitation is fixed, not documented. |
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In `@reflexio/server/services/durable_learning/local.py`:
- Line 132: Update the context tracking and lookup logic around _live,
discover(), and the factory so each (org_id, directory) retains an ordered weak
fallback and restores the newest remaining context when the current context is
collected. Ensure discovery and factory lookup can select that fallback so
_run_once() starts workers for pending durable work, and add a regression test
covering processing after the newer context is collected.
In `@tests/server/services/durable_learning/test_scheduler.py`:
- Around line 102-106: Update the teardown around local._contexts.clear() to
remove only the str(tmp_path) entry from local._live using a non-raising pop,
rather than clearing the entire _live mapping. Preserve cleanup of the targeted
temporary-path state while keeping unrelated live schedulers available for later
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| _schedulers[directory] = scheduler | ||
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Retain a live fallback context for each (org_id, directory).
When the newer context is collected, _contexts loses the key, while _live keeps the older context and the scheduler running. discover() then reads no organizations, so _run_once() does not start workers for pending durable work. The factory also cannot select the older context. Keep an ordered weak fallback per key, or restore the newest remaining context before both discovery and factory lookup. Add a regression test that processes pending work after the newer context is collected.
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In `@reflexio/server/services/durable_learning/local.py` at line 132, Update the
context tracking and lookup logic around _live, discover(), and the factory so
each (org_id, directory) retains an ordered weak fallback and restores the
newest remaining context when the current context is collected. Ensure discovery
and factory lookup can select that fallback so _run_once() starts workers for
pending durable work, and add a regression test covering processing after the
newer context is collected.
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| # `_contexts` is a WeakSet of live contexts, not a dict keyed by | ||
| # (org, dir) -- two handles here share that key, which is exactly | ||
| # why the key was removed. Clear it; this is teardown. | ||
| local._contexts.clear() | ||
| local._live.clear() |
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Scope the _live cleanup to str(tmp_path).
The lifecycle tests keep a context reachable and require its scheduler to remain running. After local._live.clear(), a later ensure_local_extraction() call can make that scheduler appear orphaned to _take_orphan_schedulers(), which removes and stops it. Replace the global clear with local._live.pop(str(tmp_path), None).
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In `@tests/server/services/durable_learning/test_scheduler.py` around lines 102 -
106, Update the teardown around local._contexts.clear() to remove only the
str(tmp_path) entry from local._live using a non-raising pop, rather than
clearing the entire _live mapping. Preserve cleanup of the targeted
temporary-path state while keeping unrelated live schedulers available for later
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The leak
ensure_local_extraction()starts aDurableLearningSchedulerperstorage_base_dirand records it in a module-level dict that nothing ever removes. It is called fromReflexioBase.__init__, so everyReflexio(...)built against a new directory leaks a polling thread for the life of the process, and_contextsgrew unboundedly alongside it.Measured directly — six handles over six directories, each dropped and
gc.collect()ed:The visible symptom was a flood of
Durable extraction discovery failedin test output — orphaned schedulers polling storage nobody holds any more. Across a full-suite run that went from a continuous flood (90+ suppressed per 5-second window) to zero occurrences.The fix
Hold contexts in a
weakref.WeakValueDictionaryand retire a directory's scheduler once no context for it is reachable."A live
Reflexiohandle points at this directory" is the only honest signal that a library-local scheduler is still needed. Reference counting gives the same answer but requires an explicitclose()the public API doesn't have — every caller would have to remember it, and the ones who forgot would leak exactly as before. A weak registry gets that answer for free and can't be forgotten.Retirement runs on the caller's thread, outside
_lock.ThreadedScheduler.stop()joins the scheduler thread, and that thread's owndiscover()callback takes_lock— so stopping under the lock would stall until the join timed out and leave the thread alive anyway.adopt_server_scheduleralready had this shape; the sweep follows it.Consequence, stated plainly: at most one scheduler outlives its handles, until the next
ensure_local_extractioncall. Nothing is lost — durable work is persisted, and a laterReflexioon that directory resumes the backlog through the existing restart-recovery path.adopt_server_scheduleris unchanged, and the server path is unaffected.What was deliberately not done
The
logger.exception("Durable extraction discovery failed")inscheduler.pyis untouched. It was the symptom, not the bug; silencing it would have made the noise go away while hiding real discovery failures. It went quiet on its own once the orphans stopped.Verification
-m "not requires_credentials")Durable extraction discovery failedin that runtests/server/services/durable_learning/tests/server/services/test_durable_window_pipeline.pytests/lib/test_profile_workflows_unit.pyruff check/format --checkpyrightThe before/after thread counts above were produced by reverting
local.pyto its pre-fix content, re-running the same probe, and restoring by checksum (234a6c50…confirmed identical afterwards) — not bygit checkout --, which this project's rules flag as having silently destroyed work before.One honesty note: an earlier attempt to reproduce the log spam by
rmtree-ing the temp directory produced zero failures on the unfixed code, because SQLite keeps working through its open fd on macOS. The probe above reproduces the mechanism — a dropped handle's storage still being polled — rather than that exact trigger. The thread leak itself is reproduced and fixed directly.New test
tests/server/services/durable_learning/test_local_lifecycle.py— two tests, one per half of the invariant: a scheduler survives while a handle is alive, and is retired once none is.Summary by CodeRabbit
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