Bound cancelled remote-task startup

Cancellation after `Start` publication but before `StartAck` can
strand the caller context and leave its remote task running.

Make one shielded, bounded task-cancel request before dropping
local startup state. Keep the private `cancel_on_startup` policy
outside public target kwargs and disable it for the `_cancel_task`
RPC itself so cleanup can not recursively cancel its own startup.

Release each private helper context on exit and prove the
caller-owned actor remains reusable after controlled startup
cancellation.

Caught-during: review remediation
Found-via: `/run-tests` test_cancel_during_context_startup

Review: PR #481 (opencode)
https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/pull/481#pullrequestreview-4956692120

Prompt-IO: ai/prompt-io/opencode/20260818T193003Z_bf06b4f8_prompt_io.md

(this patch was generated in some part by `opencode` using `gpt-5.6-sol` (`openai`))
wkt/to_actor_subpkg
Gud Boi 2026-08-18 20:24:56 -04:00
parent 17d7341334
commit c294a812c3
6 changed files with 250 additions and 19 deletions

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---
model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
service: opencode
session: ses_3e4c90d3eafeqHEtRYSIHgHhpA
timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:03Z
git_ref: bf06b4f8
scope: code
substantive: true
raw_file: 20260818T193003Z_bf06b4f8_prompt_io.raw.md
---
## Prompt
Cancel a remote task when its caller is cancelled after `Start`
publication but before startup acknowledgement. Keep cancellation
bounded, prevent its private `_cancel_task` RPC from recursively
cancelling itself and preserve public target kwargs unchanged.
## Response summary
Add private portal startup policy, use it for non-recursive context
cancellation and clean caller-side startup state under a shield.
## Files changed
- `tractor/runtime/_portal.py` - separate private startup policy.
- `tractor/_context.py` - disable recursion for cancellation RPCs.
- `tractor/runtime/_runtime.py` - clean cancelled task startup.
- `tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py` - control cancellation
between `Start` publication and acknowledgement.
## Human edits
The human required this cancellation behavior to remain a distinct
commit from general startup failures and from the public `to_actor`
API. The human also requested that its runtime comment describe the
actual length-prefixed transport guarantee and concrete `_cancel_task`
operation rather than referring to an unnamed wrapper.

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---
model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
service: opencode
timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:03Z
git_ref: bf06b4f8
diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
---
Cancellation while `Actor.start_remote_task()` waits for `StartAck`
can strand its caller-side context and leave the remote task running.
Make one bounded cleanup request, remove local startup state and close
its receive channel.
> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_runtime.py tractor/runtime/_portal.py tractor/_context.py tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py`
Separate private startup-cancellation policy from public target kwargs
using `Portal._run_from_ns()`. Have `Context.cancel()` disable recursive
startup cancellation for its own `_cancel_task` RPC. Exercise
cancellation after `Start` publication and prove the caller-owned actor
remains reusable without leaked contexts.

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@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ sync-opening a ``tractor.Context`` beforehand.
'''
from itertools import count
import math
from pathlib import Path
import platform
from pprint import pformat
import sys
@ -75,6 +76,37 @@ from tractor._testing import (
_state: bool = False
def _non_registration_contexts(
actor: Actor,
) -> dict[tuple, str]:
return {
key: str(ctx._nsf)
for key, ctx in actor._contexts.items()
if str(ctx._nsf) != (
'tractor.discovery._registry:'
'Registrar.register_actor'
)
}
@tractor.context
async def startup_cancel_target(
ctx: Context,
started_path: str,
cancelled_path: str,
) -> None:
Path(started_path).touch()
try:
await ctx.started()
await trio.sleep_forever()
finally:
Path(cancelled_path).touch()
async def return_one() -> int:
return 1
@tractor.context
async def too_many_starteds(
ctx: Context,
@ -168,6 +200,92 @@ async def assert_state(value: bool):
assert _state == value
@tractor_test
async def test_cancel_during_context_startup(
monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
tmp_path: Path,
start_method: str,
debug_mode: bool,
):
'''
Cancel a context after sending `Start` but before its ack.
`Portal.open_context()` allocates its caller-side `Context` while
entering the async context manager. Cancellation used to strand
that local context and leave the remote target running. The patched
`Channel.send()` publishes `Start`, then blocks before
`Actor.start_remote_task()` can await `StartAck`. Cancelling the
caller proves cleanup issues one bounded, non-recursive cancel RPC,
stops the target and removes both helper contexts. A subsequent
RPC proves the caller-owned actor remains usable.
'''
started_path = tmp_path / 'startup_started'
cancelled_path = tmp_path / 'startup_cancelled'
start_sent = trio.Event()
original_send = tractor.Channel.send
async def delay_after_start(
chan: tractor.Channel,
payload: object,
hide_tb: bool = False,
) -> None:
await original_send(
chan,
payload,
hide_tb=hide_tb,
)
if isinstance(payload, tractor.msg.Start):
if payload.func == 'startup_cancel_target':
start_sent.set()
await trio.sleep_forever()
async def open_target(
portal: tractor.Portal,
) -> None:
async with portal.open_context(
startup_cancel_target,
started_path=str(started_path),
cancelled_path=str(cancelled_path),
):
raise AssertionError('context startup should be cancelled')
async with tractor.open_nursery() as an:
actor = tractor.current_actor()
portal: tractor.Portal = await an.start_actor(
'startup_cancel_worker',
enable_modules=[__name__],
)
contexts_before = _non_registration_contexts(actor)
monkeypatch.setattr(
tractor.Channel,
'send',
delay_after_start,
)
async with trio.open_nursery() as tn:
tn.start_soon(open_target, portal)
with trio.fail_after(5):
await start_sent.wait()
while not started_path.exists():
await trio.sleep(0.01)
tn.cancel_scope.cancel()
monkeypatch.setattr(
tractor.Channel,
'send',
original_send,
)
assert cancelled_path.exists()
assert _non_registration_contexts(actor) == contexts_before
assert await portal.run_from_ns(
__name__,
'return_one',
) == 1
assert _non_registration_contexts(actor) == contexts_before
await portal.cancel_actor()
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
'error_parent',
[False, ValueError, KeyboardInterrupt],

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@ -1108,10 +1108,11 @@ class Context:
# NOTE: we're telling the far end actor to cancel a task
# corresponding to *this actor*. The far end local channel
# instance is passed to `Actor._cancel_task()` implicitly.
await self._portal.run_from_ns(
await self._portal._run_from_ns(
'self',
'_cancel_task',
cid=cid,
kwargs={'cid': cid},
cancel_on_startup=False,
)
if cs.cancelled_caught:

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@ -379,6 +379,38 @@ class Portal:
return False
async def _run_from_ns(
self,
namespace_path: str,
function_name: str,
kwargs: dict[str, Any],
cancel_on_startup: bool = True,
) -> Any:
'''
Run a namespace target with local startup policy controls.
'''
nsf = NamespacePath(
f'{namespace_path}:{function_name}'
)
ctx: Context = await self.actor.start_remote_task(
chan=self.channel,
nsf=nsf,
kwargs=kwargs,
portal=self,
cancel_on_startup=cancel_on_startup,
)
try:
return await ctx._pld_rx.recv_pld(
ipc=ctx,
expect_msg=Return,
)
finally:
self.actor._drop_context(ctx)
if not ctx._rx_chan._closed:
with trio.CancelScope(shield=True):
await ctx._rx_chan.aclose()
# TODO: do we still need this for low level `Actor`-runtime
# method calls or can we also remove it?
async def run_from_ns(
@ -404,18 +436,10 @@ class Portal:
'''
__runtimeframe__: int = 1 # noqa
nsf = NamespacePath(
f'{namespace_path}:{function_name}'
)
ctx: Context = await self.actor.start_remote_task(
chan=self.channel,
nsf=nsf,
return await self._run_from_ns(
namespace_path,
function_name,
kwargs=kwargs,
portal=self,
)
return await ctx._pld_rx.recv_pld(
ipc=ctx,
expect_msg=Return,
)
# TODO: factor this out into a `.highlevel` API-wrapper that uses

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@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ class Actor:
allow_overruns: bool = False,
load_nsf: bool = False,
ack_timeout: float = float('inf'),
cancel_on_startup: bool = True,
) -> Context:
'''
@ -835,6 +836,7 @@ class Actor:
f'{pretty_struct.pformat(msg)}'
)
try:
await chan.send(msg)
# NOTE wait on first `StartAck` response msg and validate;
@ -842,6 +844,34 @@ class Actor:
# remote child task to sync via `Context.started()`.
with trio.fail_after(ack_timeout):
first_msg: msgtypes.StartAck = await ctx._rx_chan.receive()
except trio.Cancelled:
with trio.CancelScope(shield=True):
# `MsgpackTransport.send()` closes its stream when
# cancellation interrupts the length-prefixed write
# because an unknown prefix may already be sent. A
# connected channel means cancellation happened before
# that write or after it completed, so `_cancel_task`
# is protocol-safe (and a no-op if `Start` was unsent).
if (
cancel_on_startup
and
chan.connected()
):
try:
await ctx.cancel()
except BaseException as cancel_err:
log.warning(
'Failed to cancel RPC task during '
'startup?\n'
f'{cancel_err!r}\n'
)
self._drop_context(ctx)
if not ctx._rx_chan._closed:
await ctx._rx_chan.aclose()
raise
try:
functype: str = first_msg.functype
except AttributeError: