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fix(server): reap stalled checkpoint subprocesses#21832

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Stack: this is the process-cleanup layer; #21833 adds persisted recovery and Stop.

A checkpoint Git child that ignores SIGTERM can keep timeout or interruption cleanup waiting. Pass Effect's owned-child force-kill grace through the process runner and select one second only for checkpoint capture operations. Existing operation deadlines, retries and ordinary VCS work keep their current behavior.

Before: native SIGTERM-resistant children needed the independent six-second test watchdog. After: timeout reaps the child in about three seconds (two-second operation timeout plus escalation), and interruption in about one second. Both terminate before the watchdog; tests also prove that the requested 30-second operation deadline remains unchanged. Three regressions were added to the existing VcsProcess suite, increasing it from 37 to 40 cases. The two process suites pass 55 tests.

Maintainer gate: confirm the one-second escalation policy; native cleanup was exercised only on Linux.

Verification on Linux x86_64 / Node 24.21.0: the complete stack passed 257 tests across nine focused suites, server typecheck, scoped formatting and lint (three pre-existing warnings). The final integrated primary pass passed 144 tests across VcsProcess, processRunner, CheckpointCaptureService, FoundationPersistence and ThreadStop. No browser or live provider was used. macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Electron desktop remain unverified.

Based on @jackroberts236's #18280. The original identified both owned-process cleanup and checkpoint recovery; this replacement follows the current service and outbox paths. No dependency patch or aggregate capture timeout.

Implemented through T3 Code with Codex GPT-6.1-Sol; regression tests by Codex GPT-6-Astra. Independent full-stack reviews by Claude Opus 5.5 and Codex GPT-6-Sol.

Review round 1: Claude Opus 5.5 and Codex GPT-6-Sol reviewed both whole layers and the combined diff at the published heads; neither found a code blocker. Opus independently passed 129/129 changed-suite tests.

Policy input: force-killing Git during a slow ref fsync can leave its ref lock and degrade later baseline/diff availability. Escalation covers the capture operation; separate read-only Git helpers and kernel-uninterruptible I/O are outside this guarantee. macOS/iCloud and Windows process-tree behavior need native confirmation.

Follow-up verification: fixed native PID framing by waiting for a complete newline and accepting one positive safe integer before cleanup. Final source passed 231/231 tests across eight focused suites, independently repeated by Opus; Sol passed the four changed suites (129/129), and the primary repeated native/process tests (55/55). Both reviewers made a second clean whole-stack pass. Production code is unchanged from the previously typechecked implementation; final scoped lint/format passed. Updated-head CI passed.

Macroscope previously required human approval for the test-only globalTimersInEffect suppression: its independent watchdog must remain able to kill only the captured child PID even when an Effect finalizer is blocked. The watchdog is intentional and reviewed.

Final head 0250a46: latest CI passed, including build/typecheck, lint, eight server shards and aggregate Check. CodeRabbit succeeded with no further findings; no unresolved threads. Older cancelled runs (and the upper layer's superseded failed aggregate) are not treated as successful; the later run is the final evidence. Human approval remains pending.

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  • fix(server): escalate owned checkpoint subprocess terminationa6ef283
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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This production change gives every checkpoint capture a one-second SIGKILL escalation after timeout or interruption, altering process-group cleanup behavior and its platform-specific side effects. The accompanying live tests also add a line-level static-analysis suppression, so the cleanup policy and diagnostic exception need explicit validation.

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CodexTotal thread wire5.0 KiB4.9 KiB−23 B (−0.5%)6.8 KiB✅
CodexThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB−23 B (−1.9%)2.0 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket decoded20.9 KiB20.8 KiB−41 B (−0.2%)29.3 KiB✅
CodexLive turn messages21−1 (−50.0%)8✅
ClaudeTotal thread wire5.0 KiB5.0 KiB+7 B (+0.1%)6.8 KiB✅
ClaudeThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB+7 B (+0.6%)2.0 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket decoded21.2 KiB21.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)29.3 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn messages220 (0.0%)8✅

Baseline: 10f7db7 · PR result: 0250a46 · Source CI: success

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10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

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JJulius Marminge25d ago

The single diagnostic suppression is in the native regression test only: its independent watchdog must survive a blocked Effect finalizer, kill only the captured child PID, and fail the cleanup assertion if it fires. Using the same Effect scheduler/finalizer path would hide the original hang. Both independent reviewers inspected it and real Linux timeout/interruption tests passed. Retaining the justified suppression; human approval and escalation-policy confirmation remain pending.

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The process runner accepts and forwards an optional forced-kill duration. Checkpoint-capture operations set the duration to one second. Tests cover option forwarding and child cleanup after timeout or interruption.

Changes: Checkpoint Process Cleanup

Layer / File(s)Summary
Add forced-kill option to process runner
apps/server/src/processRunner.ts		ProcessRunInput adds an optional forceKillAfter duration. The process runner forwards it to child-process creation when defined.
Apply forced kill to checkpoint capture
apps/server/src/vcs/VcsProcess.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/VcsProcess.test.ts		Checkpoint capture sets forceKillAfter to one second. Tests check that status commands do not receive this option and verify timeout and interruption cleanup for a child that ignores SIGTERM.

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2 participant VcsProcess
3 participant ProcessRunner
4 participant ChildProcess
5 VcsProcess->>ProcessRunner: Run checkpoint capture with 1-second forceKillAfter
6 ProcessRunner->>ChildProcess: Create child with process options
7 ProcessRunner->>ChildProcess: Force-kill after the configured duration if needed
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……@@ -702,3 +702,98 @@ describe("VcsProcess.run", () => {
775+ onStdoutChunk: (chunk) => {
776+ childPid = Number(Buffer.from(chunk).toString().trim());
777+ Deferred.doneUnsafe(ready, Effect.void);
778+ },
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Parse the complete PID before enabling watchdog cleanup.

onStdoutChunk receives raw stream chunks, not complete records. If the PID is split across chunks, the callback can resolve ready with a partial numeric PID. If cleanup stalls past the six-second watchdog, the watchdog can send SIGKILL to an unrelated PID.

Buffer stdout through the newline, validate the complete PID, and resolve ready only once.

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1+ let stdoutBuffer = "";
2 const killOwnedChild = () => {
3@@
4 onStdoutChunk: (chunk) => {
5- childPid = Number(Buffer.from(chunk).toString().trim());
6+ stdoutBuffer += Buffer.from(chunk).toString();
7+ const newline = stdoutBuffer.indexOf("\n");
8+ if (childPid !== undefined || newline === -1) return;
9+ const pidText = stdoutBuffer.slice(0, newline).trim();
10+ if (!/^\d+$/.test(pidText)) return;
11+ const pid = Number(pidText);
12+ if (!Number.isSafeInteger(pid) || pid <= 0) return;
13+ childPid = pid;
14 Deferred.doneUnsafe(ready, Effect.void);
15 },
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8Update the stdout handling in the test’s `onStdoutChunk` callback to buffer
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JJulius Marminge25d ago

Fixed in 0250a46: buffer stdout through its newline, validate a positive safe-integer PID, and set/resolve readiness only once. Both native timeout/interruption cases pass before the independent watchdog. Final process suites pass 55/55; both fresh full-stack reviews confirmed the fix.

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JJulius Marminge3d ago

Thanks, Julius, for the checkpoint cleanup work. Main now reaps SIGTERM-resistant checkpoint children after the same one-second grace via e85539ab59, which applies the policy to all process-runner helpers. The native timeout and interruption regressions pass on main. If limiting escalation to checkpoint captures still matters, please open a smaller PR focused on that policy difference.

JJulius Marminge2d ago

Thanks for this. Main already has the change, as of e85539ab59f13bafd156f831d2e6690df67eb677.

Main already provides the same one-second escalation for checkpoint subprocesses through e85539ab. It applies that policy in the shared process runner, so checkpoint timeout and interruption cleanup are covered without adding a checkpoint-specific option.

The persisted recovery and Stop work in the companion layer remains a separate concern. This process-cleanup layer no longer needs to land.

Closing as superseded.