Disable tb colors in `._testing.mk_cmd()`

Unset the appropriate cpython osenv var such that our `pexpect` script
runs in the test suite can maintain original matching logic.

tractor/_context.py

@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ class Context:
             # f'Context.cancel() => {self.chan.uid}\n'
             f'c)=> {self.chan.uid}\n'
             # f'{self.chan.uid}\n'
-            f' |_ @{self.dst_maddr}\n'
+            f'  |_ @{self.dst_maddr}\n'
             f'    >> {self.repr_rpc}\n'
             # f'    >> {self._nsf}() -> {codec}[dict]:\n\n'
             # TODO: pull msg-type from spec re #320
@@ -1006,7 +1006,8 @@ class Context:
                     )
                 else:
                     log.cancel(
-                        'Timed out on cancel request of remote task?\n'
+                        f'Timed out on cancel request of remote task?\n'
+                        f'\n'
                         f'{reminfo}'
                     )
 

tractor/_entry.py

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def _trio_main(
             nest_from_op(
                 input_op='>(',  # see syntax ideas above
                 tree_str=actor_info,
-                back_from_op=1,
+                back_from_op=2,  # since "complete"
             )
         )
     logmeth = log.info

tractor/_root.py

@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ async def open_root_actor(
     Runtime init entry point for ``tractor``.
 
     '''
-    __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
     _debug.hide_runtime_frames()
+    __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
 
     # TODO: stick this in a `@cm` defined in `devx._debug`?
     #
@@ -390,6 +390,12 @@ async def open_root_actor(
                 BaseExceptionGroup,
             ) as err:
 
+                # TODO, in beginning to handle the subsubactor with
+                # crashed grandparent cases..
+                #
+                # was_locked: bool = await _debug.maybe_wait_for_debugger(
+                #     child_in_debug=True,
+                # )
                 # XXX NOTE XXX see equiv note inside
                 # `._runtime.Actor._stream_handler()` where in the
                 # non-root or root-that-opened-this-mahually case we

tractor/_rpc.py

@@ -852,8 +852,8 @@ async def try_ship_error_to_remote(
             log.critical(
                 'IPC transport failure -> '
                 f'failed to ship error to {remote_descr}!\n\n'
-                f'X=> {channel.uid}\n\n'
+                f'{type(msg)!r}[{msg.boxed_type}] X=> {channel.uid}\n'
-
+                f'\n'
                 # TODO: use `.msg.preetty_struct` for this!
                 f'{msg}\n'
             )

tractor/_runtime.py

@@ -1287,7 +1287,8 @@ class Actor:
         msg: str = (
             f'Actor-runtime cancel request from {requester_type}\n\n'
             f'<=c) {requesting_uid}\n'
-            f' |_{self}\n'
+            f'  |_{self}\n'
+            f'\n'
         )
 
         # TODO: what happens here when we self-cancel tho?
@@ -1307,13 +1308,15 @@ class Actor:
                 lock_req_ctx.has_outcome
             ):
                 msg += (
-                    '-> Cancelling active debugger request..\n'
+                    f'\n'
+                    f'-> Cancelling active debugger request..\n'
                     f'|_{_debug.Lock.repr()}\n\n'
                     f'|_{lock_req_ctx}\n\n'
                 )
                 # lock_req_ctx._scope.cancel()
                 # TODO: wrap this in a method-API..
                 debug_req.req_cs.cancel()
+                # if lock_req_ctx:
 
             # self-cancel **all** ongoing RPC tasks
             await self.cancel_rpc_tasks(

tractor/_spawn.py

@@ -323,9 +323,10 @@ async def soft_kill(
     uid: tuple[str, str] = portal.channel.uid
     try:
         log.cancel(
-            'Soft killing sub-actor via portal request\n'
+            f'Soft killing sub-actor via portal request\n'
-            f'c)> {portal.chan.uid}\n'
+            f'\n'
-            f' |_{proc}\n'
+            f'(c=> {portal.chan.uid}\n'
+            f'  |_{proc}\n'
         )
         # wait on sub-proc to signal termination
         await wait_func(proc)

tractor/_supervise.py

@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ async def _open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery(
         try:
             # This is the inner level "run in actor" nursery. It is
             # awaited first since actors spawned in this way (using
-            # ``ActorNusery.run_in_actor()``) are expected to only
+            # `ActorNusery.run_in_actor()`) are expected to only
             # return a single result and then complete (i.e. be canclled
             # gracefully). Errors collected from these actors are
             # immediately raised for handling by a supervisor strategy.
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ async def _open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery(
                             ContextCancelled,
                         }:
                             log.cancel(
-                                'Actor-nursery caught remote cancellation\n\n'
+                                'Actor-nursery caught remote cancellation\n'
-
+                                '\n'
                                 f'{inner_err.tb_str}'
                             )
                         else:
@@ -571,7 +571,9 @@ async def _open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery(
 @acm
 # @api_frame
 async def open_nursery(
+    hide_tb: bool = False,
     **kwargs,
+    # ^TODO, paramspec for `open_root_actor()`
 
 ) -> typing.AsyncGenerator[ActorNursery, None]:
     '''
@@ -589,7 +591,7 @@ async def open_nursery(
     which cancellation scopes correspond to each spawned subactor set.
 
     '''
-    __tracebackhide__: bool = True
+    __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
     implicit_runtime: bool = False
     actor: Actor = current_actor(err_on_no_runtime=False)
     an: ActorNursery|None = None
@@ -605,7 +607,10 @@ async def open_nursery(
             # mark us for teardown on exit
             implicit_runtime: bool = True
 
-            async with open_root_actor(**kwargs) as actor:
+            async with open_root_actor(
+                hide_tb=hide_tb,
+                **kwargs,
+            ) as actor:
                 assert actor is current_actor()
 
                 try:
@@ -643,8 +648,10 @@ async def open_nursery(
         # show frame on any internal runtime-scope error
         if (
             an
-            and not an.cancelled
+            and
-            and an._scope_error
+            not an.cancelled
+            and
+            an._scope_error
         ):
             __tracebackhide__: bool = False
 

tractor/_testing/__init__.py

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ Various helpers/utils for auditing your `tractor` app and/or the
 core runtime.
 
 '''
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager as acm
+from contextlib import (
+    asynccontextmanager as acm,
+)
+import os
 import pathlib
 
 import tractor
@@ -59,7 +62,12 @@ def mk_cmd(
     exs_subpath: str = 'debugging',
 ) -> str:
     '''
-    Generate a shell command suitable to pass to ``pexpect.spawn()``.
+    Generate a shell command suitable to pass to `pexpect.spawn()`
+    which runs the script as a python program's entrypoint.
+
+    In particular ensure we disable the new tb coloring via unsetting
+    `$PYTHON_COLORS` so that `pexpect` can pattern match without
+    color-escape-codes.
 
     '''
     script_path: pathlib.Path = (
@@ -67,10 +75,15 @@ def mk_cmd(
         / exs_subpath
         / f'{ex_name}.py'
     )
-    return ' '.join([
+    py_cmd: str = ' '.join([
         'python',
         str(script_path)
     ])
+    # XXX, required for py 3.13+
+    # https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#using-on-controlling-color
+    # https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHON_COLORS
+    os.environ['PYTHON_COLORS'] = '0'
+    return py_cmd
 
 
 @acm