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Summary

Two optional config fields that turn the run-timeout reply from a hardcoded dead end into something configurable:

  • timeout_reply — replaces the default timeout reply text wholesale.
  • timeout_hook — shell command run on run timeout; its stdout becomes the reply. Receives env vars PUSH_THREAD, PUSH_ROW_ID, PUSH_BACKEND, PUSH_WORK_DIR. 5s budget; any failure (non-zero exit, empty stdout, spawn error, overrun) logs a warning and falls back to timeout_reply/default, so the message is never lost because of a hook problem.

Both default to None; existing configs behave identically.

Also makes FakeRunner enforce the caller's run timeout like the real runners do, which is what makes gateway-level timeout tests possible (previously a never-released fake run hung forever instead of surfacing RunError::Timeout).

Why

The timeout reply is hardcoded with no context about what was happening and no deployment-specific way to improve it. A hook lets deployments fold in their own progress tracking or runbook (e.g. tail a progress file the assistant maintains) and customize the resume experience, without Push knowing anything about it.

Test plan

  • cargo fmt --all --check
  • cargo clippy --locked --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • cargo build --locked
  • cargo test --locked — 486 passing, including six new gateway tests that run real /bin/sh hook scripts through the actual worker path:
    • timeout_uses_custom_reply
    • timeout_hook_stdout_wins (hook overrides both default and timeout_reply)
    • timeout_hook_failure_falls_back (both fallback tiers)
    • timeout_hook_receives_env_vars
    • timeout_hook_overrun_falls_back (5s budget)
  • Exercised on a live deployment (Telegram channel): timeout fired, hook received the env vars, hook stdout became the delivered reply.

Risks

  • Hook success adds up to 5s before the timeout reply is delivered; failures fall back immediately.
  • FakeRunner now applies the passed timeout; existing tests using wait_for_release were verified unaffected (full suite passes).

Related issue

None

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable replies for runs that exceed their time limit.
    • Added optional timeout hooks that generate custom responses using runtime context.
    • Timeout hooks support shell syntax, receive execution context, and run for up to five seconds.
    • Hook output is limited to 64 KiB; failures, empty output, read errors, or overruns use the configured fallback reply or default message.
  • Documentation

    • Updated the configuration reference to document timeout settings and /bin/sh -c hook execution.

Add two optional config fields: timeout_reply overrides the hardcoded
timeout message, timeout_hook runs a shell command on run timeout whose
stdout becomes the reply (env: PUSH_THREAD, PUSH_ROW_ID, PUSH_BACKEND,
PUSH_WORK_DIR; 5s budget; warn and fall back on any hook failure).

FakeRunner now enforces the caller's run timeout like the real runners,
enabling gateway-level timeout tests.
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Walkthrough

The gateway supports configurable timeout replies and optional shell hooks. Hooks receive runtime context, have bounded execution and output, and fall back to configured or default text when they fail or produce no output.

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Timeout reply handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Timeout configuration contract
src/config.rs, src/test_support.rs, src/gateway/tests.rs
Config supports optional timeout_reply and timeout_hook fields. Test fixtures initialize both fields as unset.
Timeout resolution and hook execution
src/gateway/worker.rs, src/agent.rs
Timeout handling resolves configured text or hook output. Hook execution uses /bin/sh -c, receives runtime environment variables, limits stdout to 64 KiB, enforces its timeout, and preserves fallback replies on failure. FakeRunner now enforces the supplied timeout.
Timeout behavior validation and reference
src/gateway/tests.rs, docs/configuration.md
Tests cover custom replies, hook precedence, failures, blank output, output limits, shell syntax, environment variables, read errors, and timeout delivery. Documentation describes shell execution.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to d8dbc

The new timeout hook can consume unbounded output and leave background processes running after timeout or failure, risking memory exhaustion and degraded gateway availability. Merge should be blocked until output is bounded and process-group cleanup is implemented and tested.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FakeRunner
  participant GatewayWorker
  participant timeout_hook
  FakeRunner->>GatewayWorker: return RunError::Timeout
  GatewayWorker->>timeout_hook: execute through /bin/sh -c
  timeout_hook-->>GatewayWorker: return bounded stdout or execution failure
  GatewayWorker-->>FakeRunner: deliver resolved timeout reply
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Greptile Summary

The PR adds configurable timeout replies and shell hooks, with bounded output, fallback behavior, and process-group cleanup.

  • Adds timeout_reply and timeout_hook configuration fields and documentation.
  • Runs timeout hooks through /bin/sh -c with contextual environment variables.
  • Limits hook execution to five seconds and captured output to 64 KiB.
  • Falls back to a non-empty configured or default timeout reply on hook failure.
  • Updates FakeRunner to enforce run timeouts and adds gateway-level coverage.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge.

No blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
src/gateway/worker.rs Implements timeout-hook execution, bounded stdout capture, process-group termination, and reliable fallback replies; the previously reported hook issues are addressed.
src/gateway/tests.rs Adds end-to-end timeout tests covering shell syntax, fallback selection, environment variables, output limits, read errors, and descendant cleanup.
src/config.rs Adds optional timeout reply and hook configuration fields while preserving existing defaults.
src/agent.rs Makes the test runner enforce caller-provided timeouts consistently with production runners.
docs/configuration.md Documents timeout reply and hook settings, execution semantics, environment variables, budget, and fallback behavior.

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In `@src/gateway/worker.rs`:
- Around line 715-720: Update the process creation around Command::new in the
timeout_hook execution path to run the configured hook as a shell command via
/bin/sh -c on supported Unix targets, while preserving the existing environment
variables and fallback behavior. Add a regression test covering a hook
containing command arguments, such as printf, and ensure the documented
shell-command contract remains supported.
- Around line 721-738: Update the timeout hook process setup around the spawned
command and tokio::time::timeout handling so expiration terminates and reaps the
child instead of merely dropping its future. Enable kill-on-drop for the child,
and ensure the hook’s process group is also terminated when descendants may be
created, while preserving the existing fallback reply and warning behavior.
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In `@src/gateway/tests.rs`:
- Around line 4198-4204: Update the timeout assertion in the run_to_timeout test
for “timeout-hook-slow” to validate the configured five-second timeout budget
directly, using a small measured CI margin rather than the current
fifteen-second threshold; alternatively, pass the expected timeout budget into
run_to_timeout and assert against it.
- Around line 4197-4202: Update the timeout-hook execution path used by
run_to_timeout to spawn the child explicitly and, on timeout, terminate it and
await its exit before returning. Ensure descendant processes are also terminated
when hooks create them, using process-group termination where supported. Extend
the timeout overrun test around FakeCli::new and run_to_timeout to verify both
the hook and any descendants have exited.
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- Run timeout_hook through /bin/sh -c so documented shell syntax
  (arguments, pipes, expansion) works, not just bare paths
- kill_on_drop + dedicated process group so an over-budget hook is
  stopped when the 5s future is dropped
- Treat a blank timeout_reply as unset instead of delivering an empty
  message
- Pin the overrun test to the 5s budget (4.5-8s window)

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733-739: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Limit captured hook output.

Command::output() captures complete stdout and stderr in memory. A hook such as yes can exhaust gateway memory during the five-second timeout. Read both streams with a byte limit. If the limit is exceeded, terminate the child and its process group, use the fallback reply, and log a warning.

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In `@src/gateway/worker.rs` around lines 733 - 739, Update the timeout-hook
execution around tokio::time::timeout and Command::output so stdout and stderr
are read with bounded byte limits instead of capturing unbounded output; when
either limit is exceeded, terminate the child and its process group, use the
fallback reply, and emit a warning.
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In `@src/gateway/worker.rs`:
- Around line 733-739: Update the timeout-hook execution around
tokio::time::timeout and Command::output so stdout and stderr are read with
bounded byte limits instead of capturing unbounded output; when either limit is
exceeded, terminate the child and its process group, use the fallback reply, and
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Route hook stdout through head -c 65536 with pipefail so a runaway
hook SIGPIPEs instead of exhausting gateway memory; overflow lands in
the existing warn-and-fallback path. Hook stderr is discarded.
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Bernardo Kuri and others added 2 commits August 20, 2026 14:16
set -o pipefail is not POSIX and dash < 0.5.11 (Ubuntu 20.04, older
Debian) rejects it, silently disabling every hook on those systems.
Read hook stdout with a 64KiB byte cap instead: exceeding the cap
kills the hook and uses the fallback reply. Same memory bound, works
on any POSIX sh.
Removed redundant comments about hook execution and memory management.

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- Around line 754-755: Update the stdout collection logic around
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configured fallback reply instead of delivering partial output as success, while
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@bkuri bkuri changed the title feat: configurable timeout reply and timeout hook feat (gateway): configurable timeout reply and timeout hook Aug 21, 2026
@bkuri bkuri changed the title feat (gateway): configurable timeout reply and timeout hook feat(gateway): configurable timeout reply and timeout hook Aug 21, 2026
A read error on the hook's stdout pipe was swallowed as EOF, so a hook
that wrote partial output before the pipe broke could deliver those
partial bytes as a successful reply. read_hook_stdout now returns the
first read error; the worker logs it and uses the fallback reply.

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- Around line 780-786: Update the hook timeout and output-cap cleanup in the
process-collection flow around process_group and the
timeout(Duration::from_secs(5)) call to signal the assigned process group via
its negative PGID before awaiting child.wait(), rather than relying only on
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timeout tests that starts a background descendant and verifies it exits after
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Comment thread src/gateway/worker.rs
kill_on_drop and child.kill() only signal the direct child, so a hook
that backgrounded work (e.g. 'sleep 60 &') leaked descendants past the
5s budget. The hook already runs in its own process group
(process_group(0), pgid == leader pid); every failure path now sends
SIGKILL to -pgid: the output-cap branch and the 5s-timeout expiry
(where kill_on_drop reaped the leader but not the group).

Regression test starts a background descendant and asserts it dies.
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