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fix(desktop): a stuck quit no longer leaves the app unkillable#23873

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Problem

After the "This T3 home is unavailable" dialog, clicking OK starts a quit that waits for desktop shutdown. If that shutdown never finishes, the app stays running with no window, and every later Quit and SIGTERM is swallowed: before-quit is cancelled again and the signal handler returns early because quitting is already set. Only SIGKILL ends it (#23843).

Change

DesktopLifecycle now records, on the monotonic clock, when a quit started waiting on shutdown. A Quit or SIGTERM that arrives after shutdown has been pending for 10 seconds logs desktop shutdown stalled; exiting without it and calls app.exit(0).

A repeat inside those 10 seconds is ignored, as before. That window is longer than the backend's own stop budget (SIGTERM, 5 s grace, SIGKILL, 1 s wait), so an impatient double Cmd-Q at the start of a normal quit can't cut the backend stop short and orphan it, which would bring back #22983's "T3 home is unavailable" on the next launch. The 10 s count starts when the quit starts, not when the backend stop starts. So a quit that is slow before it gets to the backend could still be forced out after 10 s, but only if the user asks again. Normal quits are unchanged.

I didn't add a blanket shutdown timeout because #22996 deliberately keeps quit waiting until the backend exits. This change only kicks in when the user asks to quit again.

Scope and approval

Refs #23843. Not Closes: I could not reproduce the reporter's stall itself. Without a forced hang, the app quits right after OK when the home is held by another server. What the reporter's evidence pins down is that their stall left the lifecycle's Quit and SIGTERM listeners installed. That means startup never reached the shutdown wait, or a teardown step registered after those listeners hung. Which step hangs is still unknown. This PR makes that state escapable; it doesn't remove the stall.

Verification

  • DesktopLifecycle.test.ts: new test for a quit whose shutdown never completes. An immediate second Quit doesn't exit, and a Quit after 10 s (TestClock) exits with code 0. It fails on main (expected [] to deeply equal [ 0 ]) and passes here. A repeat at 9.999 s is still ignored. vp run check:changed passed locally; CI's required checks are green.
  • Unsigned packaged builds of main (2c8bdf6177, this PR's base) and of this PR: an AppImage on Linux (Xvfb) and an arm64 .app on macOS 27. In every run a test server already holds a throwaway T3 home, which brings up the dialog. To get the reporter's stall on demand, every build had the same local line (not in this PR): one teardown step that never finishes when T3CODE_DEBUG_STALL_SHUTDOWN=1.
12 s after clicking OKmainthis PR
macOS, App > Quitignored (so was a Quit at 3 s)exits
macOS, killignoredexits, status 0
Linux, killignoredexits, status 0

The dialog, from the macOS build:

macOS dialog

Linux, main: after OK the app keeps running with no window, and kill at 12 s is ignored:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/41f41368-f782-4b7c-8cd2-e79d7238e6e7

Linux, this PR: same stall; kill at 12 s exits the app:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1ed6761d-a88a-41e7-8b53-b2695d254099

macOS, main: Quit is sent with NSRunningApplication.terminate, the same quit event as Dock > Quit and Cmd-Q:

113:56:20 Launched the packaged build; "This T3 home is unavailable" dialog is up
213:56:29 Clicked OK
313:56:32 +3s Quit: ignored, as intended
413:56:45 +12s still running, no window. Quit
513:56:49 ignored Quit. SIGTERM
613:56:53 ignored SIGTERM (cleaned up with kill -9)
7 log: [13:56:28.767] INFO before-quit received
8 log: [13:56:32.308] INFO before-quit received
9 log: [13:56:45.620] INFO before-quit received
10 log: [13:56:49.643] INFO before-quit received

macOS, this PR:

113:56:53 Launched the packaged build; "This T3 home is unavailable" dialog is up
213:57:01 Clicked OK
313:57:04 +3s Quit: ignored, as intended
413:57:17 +12s still running, no window. Quit
513:57:21 exited
6 log: [13:57:01.098] INFO before-quit received
7 log: [13:57:04.619] INFO quit already in progress
8 log: [13:57:17.949] ERROR desktop shutdown stalled; exiting without it

A separate macOS run with only kill at 12 s: main ignored it; this PR exited with status 0 after logging the same desktop shutdown stalled line.

Without the forced stall, this PR's packaged builds exit right after OK: about 1 s on Linux, at once on macOS.

One limit I hit on Linux: Electron turns only the first signal into a quit. If the first signal lands inside the 10 s (I tried SIGINT at 3 s), a SIGTERM at 12 s never reaches the app, on main or here. Sending the same signal a second time kills the process by signal (status 143) on both builds. So on Linux a repeated kill already ends a stuck app on main; this PR makes the first kill after 10 s work, and makes Quit work on macOS, where every Quit goes through before-quit.

Not checked: a signed macOS build with the updater turned on, and the reporter's launchd service setup.

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apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopLifecycle.tslines 108–112Outdated · bbc99dfOpen thread
……@@ -94,15 +96,46 @@ const requestDesktopShutdownAndWait = Effect.fn("desktop.lifecycle.requestShutdo
109+ Effect.map(Clock.currentTimeMillis, (now) => {
110+ quit.phase = "waiting";
111+ quit.waitingSince = now;
112+ });
MmacroscopeappBoton lines 108–11218h ago

Please make this reusable Effect operation a named Effect.fn so it has a tracing boundary, consistent with exitIfShutdownStalled.

suggestion
1const startWaitingForShutdown = Effect.fn("desktop.lifecycle.startWaitingForShutdown")(
2 function* (quit: QuitState) {
3 quit.phase = "waiting";
4 quit.waitingSince = yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis;
5 },
6);

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Sshivam18h ago

Done in 91e08f662c: startWaitingForShutdown is now Effect.fn("desktop.lifecycle.startWaitingForShutdown"). It also reads Clock.monotonicTimeNanos now, so a wall-clock jump can't change the 10 s threshold.

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Verdict: Approved at 91e08f6

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused desktop shutdown bug fix that adds a tested escape path for a quit stuck beyond a conservative 10-second threshold. Normal shutdown and updater flows remain unchanged, with the forced exit limited to an explicit retry after the stall.

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📝 Walkthrough

DesktopLifecycle shares quit state across Electron quit events and process signals. If shutdown remains pending for at least 10 seconds, a repeated quit attempt exits with code 0. A test checks the timeout and event prevention behavior.

Changes: Desktop shutdown handling

Layer / File(s)Summary
Track shutdown and handle repeated quit attempts
apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopLifecycle.ts		DesktopLifecycle records when shutdown begins. Repeated quit events and signals check elapsed time. At 10 seconds or later, the handler exits with code 0.
Wire shared quit state and test timeout behavior
apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopLifecycle.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopLifecycle.test.ts		Quit handlers use shared quit state, including updater-controlled quit. The test verifies that four repeated events are prevented and that exit occurs at the 10-second threshold.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid
1sequenceDiagram
2 participant ElectronApp
3 participant DesktopLifecycle
4 participant Clock
5 ElectronApp->>DesktopLifecycle: before-quit event
6 DesktopLifecycle->>Clock: check elapsed shutdown time
7 alt elapsed time is under 10 seconds
8 DesktopLifecycle-->>ElectronApp: prevent quit
9 else elapsed time is 10 seconds or more
10 DesktopLifecycle->>ElectronApp: exit(0)
11 end

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#23843: The issue describes a stalled shutdown that can ignore a later SIGTERM. This change allows a repeated quit attempt or signal to exit after 10 seconds, but does not remove the underlying stall.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#22983: The issue describes a server left running after Quit. This change adds an exit fallback for a repeated quit attempt, but does not stop a server that remains running.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 91e08

A repeated quit could force the desktop app to exit before backend shutdown has had its intended time to complete. Start the stall timer at the backend shutdown request before merging.

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apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopLifecycle.tslines 121–122Outdated · bbc99dfOpen thread
……@@ -94,15 +96,46 @@ const requestDesktopShutdownAndWait = Effect.fn("desktop.lifecycle.requestShutdo
119+ source: string,
120+) {
121+ const pendingMs = (yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis) - quit.waitingSince;
122+ if (pendingMs < Duration.toMillis(SHUTDOWN_STALL_THRESHOLD)) {
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Use a monotonic clock for the stall threshold.

If the system clock moves backward during a pending shutdown, pendingMs can stay below 10 seconds after 10 seconds have elapsed. Later Quit and SIGTERM attempts then remain ignored until wall-clock time catches up. Clock.currentTimeMillis reads wall-clock time; measure this interval with a monotonic clock instead. (github.com)

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8Update the stall-threshold calculation in the shutdown flow to use a monotonic
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Fixed in 91e08f662c: both readings now use Clock.monotonicTimeNanos.

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🟠 Major · Start the stall timer when backend shutdown is requested. · DesktopLifecycle.ts:162

apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopLifecycle.ts:162 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Start the stall timer when backend shutdown is requested.

startWaitingForShutdown records the timestamp before flushMainWindowBounds and destroyAll run. Bounds persistence awaits filesystem operations, and destroyAll calls window.destroy() for every window. If either operation consumes 10 seconds, a later Quit or SIGTERM can call electronApp.exit(0) before the backend receives its stop request and full stop budget.

Keep the quit phase as waiting during cleanup, but record waitingSinceNanos immediately before shutdown.request. Treat an unset timestamp as cleanup still in progress, so repeated quit events log and return instead of exiting.

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7Update the quit flow around startWaitingForShutdown and shutdown.request so
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9flushMainWindowBounds and destroyAll complete. Keep the quit phase waiting
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