Add boot-race conc-anal, widen `xfail` to `n_dups=8`
New `ai/conc-anal/spawn_time_boot_death_dup_name_issue.md` documenting the spawn-time rc=2 race under rapid same-name spawning against a forkserver + registrar — the `wait_for_peer_or_proc_death` helper now surfaces the death instead of parking forever on the handshake wait. Also, - extract inline `xfail` into module-level `_DOGGY_BOOT_RACE_XFAIL` marker. - apply it to `n_dups=8` too (previously bare) bc larger N widens the race window enough to fire occasionally. - link to tracking issue #456. (this patch was generated in some part by [`claude-code`][claude-code-gh]) [claude-code-gh]: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-codesubint_forkserver_backend
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# Spawn-time boot-death (`rc=2`) under rapid same-name spawn against a registrar
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## Symptom
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Spawning N (≥4) sub-actors with the **same name** in tight
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succession against a daemon registrar surfaces as
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`ActorFailure: Sub-actor (...) died during boot (rc=2)
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before completing parent-handshake`.
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```
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tests/discovery/test_multi_program.py
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::test_dup_name_cancel_cascade_escalates_to_hard_kill[n_dups=4]
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```
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```
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tractor._exceptions.ActorFailure:
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Sub-actor ('doggy', '<uuid>') died during boot (rc=2)
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before completing parent-handshake.
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proc: <_ForkedProc pid=<n> returncode=None>
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```
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The `proc` repr shows `returncode=None` because the repr is
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captured before `proc.wait()` returns; the actual
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`os.WEXITSTATUS == 2` is reported via `result['died']` in the
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race-helper.
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## When it surfaces
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- N=2 (`n_dups=2`): **always passes**.
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- N=4 (`n_dups=4`): **consistent fail** under both `tpt-proto=tcp`
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and `tpt-proto=uds`, MTF backend.
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- N=8 (`n_dups=8`): **passes** (counter-intuitive — see "racing
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windows").
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- Non-MTF backends: not yet exercised systematically.
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## What previously masked it
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Pre the spawn-time `wait_for_peer_or_proc_death` race-helper
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(in `tractor.spawn._spawn`), the parent's `start_actor` flow
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ended with a bare:
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```python
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event, chan = await ipc_server.wait_for_peer(uid)
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```
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That awaits an unsignalled `trio.Event` on `_peer_connected[uid]`.
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If the sub-actor process **dies during boot** (before its
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runtime executes the parent-callback handshake that sets the
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event), the wait parks forever. The dead proc becomes a zombie
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because no one ever calls `proc.wait()` to reap it.
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In test contexts the failure presented as a hang or a much
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later `trio.TooSlowError` from an outer `fail_after`. In
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production it'd present as a parent that never makes progress
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past `start_actor`. The death itself was silently masked.
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## What surfaces it now
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`tractor.spawn._spawn.wait_for_peer_or_proc_death` (used by
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`_main_thread_forkserver_proc`) races the handshake-wait
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against `proc.wait()`. The race-helper raises `ActorFailure`
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on death-first instead of parking, exposing the rc=2.
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## Hypothesis: registrar-side same-name contention
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The test spawns N actors with name `doggy` sequentially:
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```python
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for i in range(n_dups):
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p: Portal = await an.start_actor('doggy')
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portals.append(p)
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```
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Each spawned doggy:
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1. Forks via the forkserver.
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2. Boots its runtime in `_actor_child_main`.
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3. Connects back to the parent for handshake.
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4. Connects to the daemon registrar to call `register_actor`.
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5. Enters its RPC msg-loop.
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Step (4) is where the same-name contention lives. The
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registrar's `register_actor` (in
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`tractor.discovery._registry`) accepts duplicate names
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(stores `(name, uuid) -> addr`), but its internal bookkeeping
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may have a non-trivial check (e.g. `wait_for_actor` resolution,
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`_addrs2aids` map updates) that errors out under specific
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ordering between the existing entry and the incoming one.
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`rc=2 == os.WEXITSTATUS == 2` corresponds to `sys.exit(2)`
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in the doggy process — typically reached via an unhandled
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exception that's translated to exit code 2 by Python's top-
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level (e.g. `argparse` errors use 2; `SystemExit(2)` etc.).
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So the doggy is hitting an explicit exit path during
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`register_actor` or just-after.
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The non-monotonic shape (N=2 OK, N=4 BAD, N=8 OK) suggests a
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specific timing window — likely "the 3rd register-RPC arrives
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while the 1st-or-2nd is in some intermediate state". With
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N=8, the additional procs widen the registration spread
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enough that no two land in the conflicting window.
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## Where to dig next
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- Add per-actor logging in `_actor_child_main` and
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`register_actor` to surface the actual exception that
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triggers the rc=2 exit. Currently the doggy dies before
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the parent ever sees its stderr (forkserver doesn't
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marshal child stdio back).
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- Race-test the registrar's `register_actor` /
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`unregister_actor` / `wait_for_actor` against same-name
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concurrent calls in isolation (no spawn).
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- Consider whether `register_actor` should be idempotent
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under same-name re-register or should explicitly reject
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same-name (and ideally with a clear `RemoteActorError`,
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not `sys.exit(2)`).
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## Test-suite handling
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Currently:
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- `tests/discovery/test_multi_program.py
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::test_dup_name_cancel_cascade_escalates_to_hard_kill[n_dups=4]`
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is `pytest.mark.xfail(strict=False, reason=...)` to keep
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the suite green while this issue is investigated.
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- `n_dups=2` and `n_dups=8` continue to validate the
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cancel-cascade hard-kill escalation.
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Once the underlying race is understood + fixed, drop the
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xfail.
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## Related work
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- The cancel-cascade fix that introduced this regression
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test:
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`tractor/_exceptions.py:ActorTooSlowError`,
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`tractor/runtime/_supervise.py:_try_cancel_then_kill`,
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`tractor/runtime/_portal.py:Portal.cancel_actor(
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raise_on_timeout=...)`.
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- The spawn-time death-detection that exposed this:
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`tractor/spawn/_spawn.py:wait_for_peer_or_proc_death`,
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used by `tractor/spawn/_main_thread_forkserver.py`.
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trio.run(main)
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@pytest.mark.parametrize(
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'n_dups',
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[
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2,
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# `n_dups=4` exposes a SEPARATE pre-existing race: under
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# rapid same-name spawning against a forkserver +
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# registrar, ONE of the spawned doggies (typically the
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# 3rd) `sys.exit(2)`s during boot before completing
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# parent-handshake. Surfaces now (post the spawn-time
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# `wait_for_peer_or_proc_death` fix) as `ActorFailure
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# rc=2`; previously it was silently masked by the
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# handshake-wait parking forever.
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#
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# Tracked separately in,
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# https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/456
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pytest.param(
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4,
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marks=pytest.mark.xfail(
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# `n_dups` in {4, 8} both expose the SAME pre-existing race:
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# under rapid same-name spawning against a forkserver +
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# registrar, ONE of the spawned doggies `sys.exit(2)`s during
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# boot before completing parent-handshake. Surfaces now (post
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# the spawn-time `wait_for_peer_or_proc_death` fix) as
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# `ActorFailure rc=2`; previously it was silently masked by
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# the handshake-wait parking forever.
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#
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# Larger `n_dups` widens the race window so the boot-race
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# fires more often — n_dups=4 hits ~always, n_dups=8 hits
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# occasionally. Both xfail(strict=False) so the cancel-cascade
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# regression-check still passes when the boot-race happens
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# NOT to fire.
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#
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# Tracked separately in,
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# https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/456
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_DOGGY_BOOT_RACE_XFAIL = pytest.mark.xfail(
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strict=False,
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reason=(
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'doggy boot-race rc=2 under rapid same-name '
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'spawn — separate bug from cancel-cascade'
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),
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),
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),
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8,
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)
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@pytest.mark.parametrize(
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'n_dups',
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[
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2,
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pytest.param(4, marks=_DOGGY_BOOT_RACE_XFAIL),
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pytest.param(8, marks=_DOGGY_BOOT_RACE_XFAIL),
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],
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ids=lambda n: f'n_dups={n}',
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)
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