More formal `TransportClosed` reporting/raising

Since it was all ad-hoc defined inside
`._ipc.MsgpackTCPStream._iter_pkts()` more or less, this starts
formalizing a way for particular transport backends to indicate whether
a disconnect condition should be re-raised in the RPC msg loop and if
not what log level to report it at (if any).

Based on our lone transport currently we try to suppress any logging
noise from ephemeral connections expected during normal actor
interaction and discovery subsys ops:
- any short lived discovery related TCP connects are only logged as
  `.transport()` level.
- both `.error()` and raise on any underlying `trio.ClosedResource`
  cause since that normally means some task touched transport layer
  internals that it shouldn't have.
- do a `.warning()` on anything else unexpected.

Impl deats:
- extend the `._exceptions.TransportClosed` to accept an input log
  level, raise-on-report toggle and custom reporting & raising via a new
  `.report_n_maybe_raise()` method.
- construct the TCs with inputs per case in (the newly named) `._iter_pkts().
- call ^ this method from the `TransportClosed` handler block inside the
  RPC msg loop thus delegating reporting levels and/or raising to the
  backend's per-case TC instantiating.

Related `._ipc` changes:
- mask out all the `MsgpackTCPStream._codec` debug helper stuff and drop
  any lingering cruft from the initial proto-ing of msg-codecs.
- rename some attrs/methods:
  |_`MsgpackTCPStream._iter_packets()` -> `._iter_pkts()` and
    `._agen` -> `_aiter_pkts`.
  |_`Channel._aiter_recv()` -> `._aiter_msgs()` and
    `._agen` -> `_aiter_msgs`.
- add `hide_tb: bool` support to `Channel.send()` and only show the
  frame on non-MTEs.

tests/test_caps_based_msging.py

@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ from typing import (
     Type,
     Union,
 )
-from contextvars import (
-    Context,
-)
 
 from msgspec import (
     structs,
@@ -27,6 +24,7 @@ import tractor
 from tractor import (
     _state,
     MsgTypeError,
+    Context,
 )
 from tractor.msg import (
     _codec,
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ from tractor.msg import (
 from tractor.msg.types import (
     _payload_msgs,
     log,
-    Msg,
+    PayloadMsg,
     Started,
     mk_msg_spec,
 )
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ def mk_custom_codec(
     uid: tuple[str, str] = tractor.current_actor().uid
 
     # XXX NOTE XXX: despite defining `NamespacePath` as a type
-    # field on our `Msg.pld`, we still need a enc/dec_hook() pair
+    # field on our `PayloadMsg.pld`, we still need a enc/dec_hook() pair
     # to cast to/from that type on the wire. See the docs:
     # https://jcristharif.com/msgspec/extending.html#mapping-to-from-native-types
 
@@ -321,12 +319,12 @@ def dec_type_union(
     import importlib
     types: list[Type] = []
     for type_name in type_names:
-        for ns in [
+        for mod in [
             typing,
             importlib.import_module(__name__),
         ]:
             if type_ref := getattr(
-                ns,
+                mod,
                 type_name,
                 False,
             ):
@@ -744,7 +742,7 @@ def chk_pld_type(
     # 'Error',  .pld: ErrorData
 
     codec: MsgCodec = mk_codec(
-        # NOTE: this ONLY accepts `Msg.pld` fields of a specified
+        # NOTE: this ONLY accepts `PayloadMsg.pld` fields of a specified
         # type union.
         ipc_pld_spec=payload_spec,
     )
@@ -752,7 +750,7 @@ def chk_pld_type(
     # make a one-off dec to compare with our `MsgCodec` instance
     # which does the below `mk_msg_spec()` call internally
     ipc_msg_spec: Union[Type[Struct]]
-    msg_types: list[Msg[payload_spec]]
+    msg_types: list[PayloadMsg[payload_spec]]
     (
         ipc_msg_spec,
         msg_types,
@@ -761,7 +759,7 @@ def chk_pld_type(
     )
     _enc = msgpack.Encoder()
     _dec = msgpack.Decoder(
-        type=ipc_msg_spec or Any,  # like `Msg[Any]`
+        type=ipc_msg_spec or Any,  # like `PayloadMsg[Any]`
     )
 
     assert (
@@ -806,7 +804,7 @@ def chk_pld_type(
             'cid': '666',
             'pld': pld,
         }
-        enc_msg: Msg = typedef(**kwargs)
+        enc_msg: PayloadMsg = typedef(**kwargs)
 
         _wire_bytes: bytes = _enc.encode(enc_msg)
         wire_bytes: bytes = codec.enc.encode(enc_msg)
@@ -883,25 +881,16 @@ def test_limit_msgspec():
             debug_mode=True
         ):
 
-            # ensure we can round-trip a boxing `Msg`
+            # ensure we can round-trip a boxing `PayloadMsg`
             assert chk_pld_type(
-                # Msg,
+                payload_spec=Any,
-                Any,
+                pld=None,
-                None,
                 expect_roundtrip=True,
             )
 
-            # TODO: don't need this any more right since
-            # `msgspec>=0.15` has the nice generics stuff yah??
-            #
-            # manually override the type annot of the payload
-            # field and ensure it propagates to all msg-subtypes.
-            # Msg.__annotations__['pld'] = Any
-
             # verify that a mis-typed payload value won't decode
             assert not chk_pld_type(
-                # Msg,
+                payload_spec=int,
-                int,
                 pld='doggy',
             )
 
@@ -913,18 +902,16 @@ def test_limit_msgspec():
                 value: Any
 
             assert not chk_pld_type(
-                # Msg,
+                payload_spec=CustomPayload,
-                CustomPayload,
                 pld='doggy',
             )
 
             assert chk_pld_type(
-                # Msg,
+                payload_spec=CustomPayload,
-                CustomPayload,
                 pld=CustomPayload(name='doggy', value='urmom')
             )
 
-            # uhh bc we can `.pause_from_sync()` now! :surfer:
+            # yah, we can `.pause_from_sync()` now!
             # breakpoint()
 
     trio.run(main)

tests/test_debugger.py

@@ -1336,6 +1336,23 @@ def test_shield_pause(
     child.expect(pexpect.EOF)
 
 
+# TODO: better error for "non-ideal" usage from the root actor.
+# -[ ] if called from an async scope emit a message that suggests
+#    using `await tractor.pause()` instead since it's less overhead
+#    (in terms of `greenback` and/or extra threads) and if it's from
+#    a sync scope suggest that usage must first call
+#    `ensure_portal()` in the (eventual parent) async calling scope?
+def test_sync_pause_from_bg_task_in_root_actor_():
+    '''
+    When used from the root actor, normally we can only implicitly
+    support `.pause_from_sync()` from the main-parent-task (that
+    opens the runtime via `open_root_actor()`) since `greenback`
+    requires a `.ensure_portal()` call per `trio.Task` where it is
+    used.
+
+    '''
+    ...
+
 # TODO: needs ANSI code stripping tho, see `assert_before()` # above!
 def test_correct_frames_below_hidden():
     '''

tests/test_docs_examples.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from tractor._testing import (
 @pytest.fixture
 def run_example_in_subproc(
     loglevel: str,
-    testdir,
+    testdir: pytest.Testdir,
     reg_addr: tuple[str, int],
 ):
 

tractor/__init__.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from ._exceptions import (
     ModuleNotExposed as ModuleNotExposed,
     MsgTypeError as MsgTypeError,
     RemoteActorError as RemoteActorError,
+    TransportClosed as TransportClosed,
 )
 from .devx import (
     breakpoint as breakpoint,

tractor/_exceptions.py

@@ -906,8 +906,59 @@ class StreamOverrun(
     '''
 
 
-class TransportClosed(trio.ClosedResourceError):
+class TransportClosed(trio.BrokenResourceError):
-    "Underlying channel transport was closed prior to use"
+    '''
+    IPC transport (protocol) connection was closed or broke and
+    indicates that the wrapping communication `Channel` can no longer
+    be used to send/receive msgs from the remote peer.
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        loglevel: str = 'transport',
+        cause: BaseException|None = None,
+        raise_on_report: bool = False,
+
+    ) -> None:
+        self.message: str = message
+        self._loglevel = loglevel
+        super().__init__(message)
+
+        if cause is not None:
+            self.__cause__ = cause
+
+        # flag to toggle whether the msg loop should raise
+        # the exc in its `TransportClosed` handler block.
+        self._raise_on_report = raise_on_report
+
+    def report_n_maybe_raise(
+        self,
+        message: str|None = None,
+
+    ) -> None:
+        '''
+        Using the init-specified log level emit a logging report
+        for this error.
+
+        '''
+        message: str = message or self.message
+        # when a cause is set, slap it onto the log emission.
+        if cause := self.__cause__:
+            cause_tb_str: str = ''.join(
+                traceback.format_tb(cause.__traceback__)
+            )
+            message += (
+                f'{cause_tb_str}\n'  # tb
+                f'    {cause}\n'  # exc repr
+            )
+
+        getattr(log, self._loglevel)(message)
+
+        # some errors we want to blow up from
+        # inside the RPC msg loop
+        if self._raise_on_report:
+            raise self from cause
 
 
 class NoResult(RuntimeError):

tractor/_ipc.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ from tractor._exceptions import (
 )
 from tractor.msg import (
     _ctxvar_MsgCodec,
-    _codec,
+    # _codec,  XXX see `self._codec` sanity/debug checks
     MsgCodec,
     types as msgtypes,
     pretty_struct,
@@ -65,8 +65,18 @@ log = get_logger(__name__)
 _is_windows = platform.system() == 'Windows'
 
 
-def get_stream_addrs(stream: trio.SocketStream) -> tuple:
+def get_stream_addrs(
-    # should both be IP sockets
+    stream: trio.SocketStream
+) -> tuple[
+    tuple[str, int],  # local
+    tuple[str, int],  # remote
+]:
+    '''
+    Return the `trio` streaming transport prot's socket-addrs for
+    both the local and remote sides as a pair.
+
+    '''
+    # rn, should both be IP sockets
     lsockname = stream.socket.getsockname()
     rsockname = stream.socket.getpeername()
     return (
@@ -75,17 +85,22 @@ def get_stream_addrs(stream: trio.SocketStream) -> tuple:
     )
 
 
-# TODO: this should be our `Union[*msgtypes.__spec__]` now right?
+# from tractor.msg.types import MsgType
-MsgType = TypeVar("MsgType")
+# ?TODO? this should be our `Union[*msgtypes.__spec__]` alias now right..?
-
+# => BLEH, except can't bc prots must inherit typevar or param-spec
-# TODO: consider using a generic def and indexing with our eventual
+#   vars..
-# msg definition/types?
+MsgType = TypeVar('MsgType')
-# - https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Protocol
-# - https://jcristharif.com/msgspec/usage.html#structs
 
 
+# TODO: break up this mod into a subpkg so we can start adding new
+# backends and move this type stuff into a dedicated file.. Bo
+#
 @runtime_checkable
 class MsgTransport(Protocol[MsgType]):
+#
+# ^-TODO-^ consider using a generic def and indexing with our
+# eventual msg definition/types?
+# - https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Protocol
 
     stream: trio.SocketStream
     drained: list[MsgType]
@@ -120,9 +135,9 @@ class MsgTransport(Protocol[MsgType]):
         ...
 
 
-# TODO: not sure why we have to inherit here, but it seems to be an
+# TODO: typing oddity.. not sure why we have to inherit here, but it
-# issue with ``get_msg_transport()`` returning a ``Type[Protocol]``;
+# seems to be an issue with `get_msg_transport()` returning
-# probably should make a `mypy` issue?
+# a `Type[Protocol]`; probably should make a `mypy` issue?
 class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
     '''
     A ``trio.SocketStream`` delivering ``msgpack`` formatted data
@@ -145,7 +160,7 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         # https://jcristharif.com/msgspec/extending.html#mapping-to-from-native-types
         #
         # TODO: define this as a `Codec` struct which can be
-        # overriden dynamically by the application/runtime.
+        # overriden dynamically by the application/runtime?
         codec: tuple[
             Callable[[Any], Any]|None,  # coder
             Callable[[type, Any], Any]|None,  # decoder
@@ -160,7 +175,7 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         self._laddr, self._raddr = get_stream_addrs(stream)
 
         # create read loop instance
-        self._agen = self._iter_packets()
+        self._aiter_pkts = self._iter_packets()
         self._send_lock = trio.StrictFIFOLock()
 
         # public i guess?
@@ -174,15 +189,12 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         # allow for custom IPC msg interchange format
         # dynamic override Bo
         self._task = trio.lowlevel.current_task()
-        self._codec: MsgCodec = (
+
-            codec
+        # XXX for ctxvar debug only!
-            or
+        # self._codec: MsgCodec = (
-            _codec._ctxvar_MsgCodec.get()
+        #     codec
-        )
+        #     or
-        # TODO: mask out before release?
+        #     _codec._ctxvar_MsgCodec.get()
-        # log.runtime(
-        #     f'New {self} created with codec\n'
-        #     f'codec: {self._codec}\n'
         # )
 
     async def _iter_packets(self) -> AsyncGenerator[dict, None]:
@@ -190,6 +202,11 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         Yield `bytes`-blob decoded packets from the underlying TCP
         stream using the current task's `MsgCodec`.
 
+        This is a streaming routine implemented as an async generator
+        func (which was the original design, but could be changed?)
+        and is allocated by a `.__call__()` inside `.__init__()` where
+        it is assigned to the `._aiter_pkts` attr.
+
         '''
         decodes_failed: int = 0
 
@@ -204,16 +221,82 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
                 # seem to be getting racy failures here on
                 # arbiter/registry name subs..
                 trio.BrokenResourceError,
-            ):
-                raise TransportClosed(
-                    f'transport {self} was already closed prior ro read'
-                )
 
+            ) as trans_err:
+
+                loglevel = 'transport'
+                match trans_err:
+                    # case (
+                    #     ConnectionResetError()
+                    # ):
+                    #     loglevel = 'transport'
+
+                    # peer actor (graceful??) TCP EOF but `tricycle`
+                    # seems to raise a 0-bytes-read?
+                    case ValueError() if (
+                        'unclean EOF' in trans_err.args[0]
+                    ):
+                        pass
+
+                    # peer actor (task) prolly shutdown quickly due
+                    # to cancellation
+                    case trio.BrokenResourceError() if (
+                        'Connection reset by peer' in trans_err.args[0]
+                    ):
+                        pass
+
+                    # unless the disconnect condition falls under "a
+                    # normal operation breakage" we usualy console warn
+                    # about it.
+                    case _:
+                        loglevel: str = 'warning'
+
+
+                raise TransportClosed(
+                    message=(
+                        f'IPC transport already closed by peer\n'
+                        f'x)> {type(trans_err)}\n'
+                        f' |_{self}\n'
+                    ),
+                    loglevel=loglevel,
+                ) from trans_err
+
+            # XXX definitely can happen if transport is closed
+            # manually by another `trio.lowlevel.Task` in the
+            # same actor; we use this in some simulated fault
+            # testing for ex, but generally should never happen
+            # under normal operation!
+            #
+            # NOTE: as such we always re-raise this error from the
+            #       RPC msg loop!
+            except trio.ClosedResourceError as closure_err:
+                raise TransportClosed(
+                    message=(
+                        f'IPC transport already manually closed locally?\n'
+                        f'x)> {type(closure_err)} \n'
+                        f' |_{self}\n'
+                    ),
+                    loglevel='error',
+                    raise_on_report=(
+                        closure_err.args[0] == 'another task closed this fd'
+                        or
+                        closure_err.args[0] in ['another task closed this fd']
+                    ),
+                ) from closure_err
+
+            # graceful TCP EOF disconnect
             if header == b'':
                 raise TransportClosed(
-                    f'transport {self} was already closed prior ro read'
+                    message=(
+                        f'IPC transport already gracefully closed\n'
+                        f')>\n'
+                        f'|_{self}\n'
+                    ),
+                    loglevel='transport',
+                    # cause=???  # handy or no?
                 )
 
+            size: int
             size, = struct.unpack("<I", header)
 
             log.transport(f'received header {size}')  # type: ignore
@@ -225,33 +308,20 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
                 # the current `MsgCodec`.
                 codec: MsgCodec = _ctxvar_MsgCodec.get()
 
-                # TODO: mask out before release?
+                # XXX for ctxvar debug only!
-                if self._codec.pld_spec != codec.pld_spec:
+                # if self._codec.pld_spec != codec.pld_spec:
                 #     assert (
                 #         task := trio.lowlevel.current_task()
                 #     ) is not self._task
                 #     self._task = task
-                    self._codec = codec
+                #     self._codec = codec
-                    log.runtime(
+                #     log.runtime(
-                        f'Using new codec in {self}.recv()\n'
+                #         f'Using new codec in {self}.recv()\n'
-                        f'codec: {self._codec}\n\n'
+                #         f'codec: {self._codec}\n\n'
-                        f'msg_bytes: {msg_bytes}\n'
+                #         f'msg_bytes: {msg_bytes}\n'
-                    )
+                #     )
                 yield codec.decode(msg_bytes)
 
-                # TODO: remove, was only for orig draft impl
-                # testing.
-                #
-                # curr_codec: MsgCodec = _ctxvar_MsgCodec.get()
-                # obj = curr_codec.decode(msg_bytes)
-                # if (
-                #     curr_codec is not
-                #     _codec._def_msgspec_codec
-                # ):
-                #     print(f'OBJ: {obj}\n')
-                #
-                # yield obj
-
             # XXX NOTE: since the below error derives from
             # `DecodeError` we need to catch is specially
             # and always raise such that spec violations
@@ -295,7 +365,8 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         msg: msgtypes.MsgType,
 
         strict_types: bool = True,
-        # hide_tb: bool = False,
+        hide_tb: bool = False,
+
     ) -> None:
         '''
         Send a msgpack encoded py-object-blob-as-msg over TCP.
@@ -304,21 +375,24 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         invalid msg type
 
         '''
-        # __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
+        __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
+
+        # XXX see `trio._sync.AsyncContextManagerMixin` for details
+        # on the `.acquire()`/`.release()` sequencing..
         async with self._send_lock:
 
             # NOTE: lookup the `trio.Task.context`'s var for
             # the current `MsgCodec`.
             codec: MsgCodec = _ctxvar_MsgCodec.get()
 
-            # TODO: mask out before release?
+            # XXX for ctxvar debug only!
-            if self._codec.pld_spec != codec.pld_spec:
+            # if self._codec.pld_spec != codec.pld_spec:
-                self._codec = codec
+            #     self._codec = codec
-                log.runtime(
+            #     log.runtime(
-                    f'Using new codec in {self}.send()\n'
+            #         f'Using new codec in {self}.send()\n'
-                    f'codec: {self._codec}\n\n'
+            #         f'codec: {self._codec}\n\n'
-                    f'msg: {msg}\n'
+            #         f'msg: {msg}\n'
-                )
+            #     )
 
             if type(msg) not in msgtypes.__msg_types__:
                 if strict_types:
@@ -352,6 +426,16 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
             size: bytes = struct.pack("<I", len(bytes_data))
             return await self.stream.send_all(size + bytes_data)
 
+        # ?TODO? does it help ever to dynamically show this
+        # frame?
+        # try:
+        #     <the-above_code>
+        # except BaseException as _err:
+        #     err = _err
+        #     if not isinstance(err, MsgTypeError):
+        #         __tracebackhide__: bool = False
+        #     raise
+
     @property
     def laddr(self) -> tuple[str, int]:
         return self._laddr
@@ -361,7 +445,7 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         return self._raddr
 
     async def recv(self) -> Any:
-        return await self._agen.asend(None)
+        return await self._aiter_pkts.asend(None)
 
     async def drain(self) -> AsyncIterator[dict]:
         '''
@@ -378,7 +462,7 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
                 yield msg
 
     def __aiter__(self):
-        return self._agen
+        return self._aiter_pkts
 
     def connected(self) -> bool:
         return self.stream.socket.fileno() != -1
@@ -433,7 +517,7 @@ class Channel:
         # set after handshake - always uid of far end
         self.uid: tuple[str, str]|None = None
 
-        self._agen = self._aiter_recv()
+        self._aiter_msgs = self._iter_msgs()
         self._exc: Exception|None = None  # set if far end actor errors
         self._closed: bool = False
 
@@ -497,8 +581,6 @@ class Channel:
         )
         return self._transport
 
-    # TODO: something simliar at the IPC-`Context`
-    # level so as to support 
     @cm
     def apply_codec(
         self,
@@ -517,6 +599,7 @@ class Channel:
         finally:
             self._transport.codec = orig
 
+    # TODO: do a .src/.dst: str for maddrs?
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         if not self._transport:
             return '<Channel with inactive transport?>'
@@ -560,27 +643,43 @@ class Channel:
         )
         return transport
 
+    # TODO: something like,
+    # `pdbp.hideframe_on(errors=[MsgTypeError])`
+    # instead of the `try/except` hack we have rn..
+    # seems like a pretty useful thing to have in general
+    # along with being able to filter certain stack frame(s / sets)
+    # possibly based on the current log-level?
     async def send(
         self,
         payload: Any,
 
-        # hide_tb: bool = False,
+        hide_tb: bool = False,
 
     ) -> None:
         '''
         Send a coded msg-blob over the transport.
 
         '''
-        # __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
+        __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
+        try:
             log.transport(
                 '=> send IPC msg:\n\n'
                 f'{pformat(payload)}\n'
-        )  # type: ignore
+            )
-        assert self._transport
+            # assert self._transport  # but why typing?
             await self._transport.send(
                 payload,
-            # hide_tb=hide_tb,
+                hide_tb=hide_tb,
             )
+        except BaseException as _err:
+            err = _err  # bind for introspection
+            if not isinstance(_err, MsgTypeError):
+                # assert err
+                __tracebackhide__: bool = False
+            else:
+                assert err.cid
+
+            raise
 
     async def recv(self) -> Any:
         assert self._transport
@@ -617,8 +716,11 @@ class Channel:
         await self.aclose(*args)
 
     def __aiter__(self):
-        return self._agen
+        return self._aiter_msgs
 
+    # ?TODO? run any reconnection sequence?
+    # -[ ] prolly should be impl-ed as deco-API?
+    #
     # async def _reconnect(self) -> None:
     #     """Handle connection failures by polling until a reconnect can be
     #     established.
@@ -636,7 +738,6 @@ class Channel:
     #             else:
     #                 log.transport("Stream connection re-established!")
 
-    #                 # TODO: run any reconnection sequence
     #                 # on_recon = self._recon_seq
     #                 # if on_recon:
     #                 #     await on_recon(self)
@@ -650,11 +751,17 @@ class Channel:
     #                     " for re-establishment")
     #             await trio.sleep(1)
 
-    async def _aiter_recv(
+    async def _iter_msgs(
         self
     ) -> AsyncGenerator[Any, None]:
         '''
-        Async iterate items from underlying stream.
+        Yield `MsgType` IPC msgs decoded and deliverd from
+        an underlying `MsgTransport` protocol.
+
+        This is a streaming routine alo implemented as an async-gen
+        func (same a `MsgTransport._iter_pkts()`) gets allocated by
+        a `.__call__()` inside `.__init__()` where it is assigned to
+        the `._aiter_msgs` attr.
 
         '''
         assert self._transport
@@ -680,15 +787,6 @@ class Channel:
                         case _:
                             yield msg
 
-                    # TODO: if we were gonna do this it should be
-                    # done up at the `MsgStream` layer!
-                    #
-                    # sent = yield item
-                    # if sent is not None:
-                    #     # optimization, passing None through all the
-                    #     # time is pointless
-                    #     await self._transport.send(sent)
-
             except trio.BrokenResourceError:
 
                 # if not self._autorecon:

tractor/_rpc.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ from .msg import (
     MsgCodec,
     PayloadT,
     NamespacePath,
-    pretty_struct,
+    # pretty_struct,
     _ops as msgops,
 )
 from tractor.msg.types import (
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 log = get_logger('tractor')
 
 
+# ?TODO? move to a `tractor.lowlevel._rpc` with the below
+# func-type-cases implemented "on top of" `@context` defs:
+# -[ ] std async func helper decorated with `@rpc_func`?
+# -[ ] `Portal.open_stream_from()` with async-gens?
+#  |_ possibly a duplex form of this with a
+#    `sent_from_peer = yield send_to_peer` form, which would require
+#    syncing the send/recv side with possibly `.receive_nowait()`
+#    on each `yield`?
+# -[ ] some kinda `@rpc_acm` maybe that does a fixture style with
+#     user only defining a single-`yield` generator-func?
 async def _invoke_non_context(
     actor: Actor,
     cancel_scope: CancelScope,
@@ -108,8 +118,9 @@ async def _invoke_non_context(
     ] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
 ):
     __tracebackhide__: bool = True
+    cs: CancelScope|None = None  # ref when activated
 
-    # TODO: can we unify this with the `context=True` impl below?
+    # ?TODO? can we unify this with the `context=True` impl below?
     if inspect.isasyncgen(coro):
         await chan.send(
             StartAck(
@@ -160,10 +171,6 @@ async def _invoke_non_context(
                 functype='asyncgen',
             )
         )
-        # XXX: the async-func may spawn further tasks which push
-        # back values like an async-generator would but must
-        # manualy construct the response dict-packet-responses as
-        # above
         with cancel_scope as cs:
             ctx._scope = cs
             task_status.started(ctx)
@@ -175,15 +182,13 @@ async def _invoke_non_context(
             await chan.send(
                 Stop(cid=cid)
             )
-    else:
+
-        # regular async function/method
+    # simplest function/method request-response pattern
-        # XXX: possibly just a scheduled `Actor._cancel_task()`
+    # XXX: in the most minimally used case, just a scheduled internal runtime
-        # from a remote request to cancel some `Context`.
+    # call to `Actor._cancel_task()` from the ctx-peer task since we
+    # don't (yet) have a dedicated IPC msg.
     # ------ - ------
-        # TODO: ideally we unify this with the above `context=True`
+    else:
-        # block such that for any remote invocation ftype, we
-        # always invoke the far end RPC task scheduling the same
-        # way: using the linked IPC context machinery.
         failed_resp: bool = False
         try:
             ack = StartAck(
@@ -354,8 +359,15 @@ async def _errors_relayed_via_ipc(
             # channel.
             task_status.started(err)
 
-        # always reraise KBIs so they propagate at the sys-process level.
+        # always propagate KBIs at the sys-process level.
-        if isinstance(err, KeyboardInterrupt):
+        if (
+            isinstance(err, KeyboardInterrupt)
+
+            # ?TODO? except when running in asyncio mode?
+            # |_ wut if you want to open a `@context` FROM an
+            # infected_aio task?
+            # and not actor.is_infected_aio()
+        ):
             raise
 
     # RPC task bookeeping.
@@ -458,7 +470,6 @@ async def _invoke(
     # tb: TracebackType = None
 
     cancel_scope = CancelScope()
-    cs: CancelScope|None = None  # ref when activated
     ctx = actor.get_context(
         chan=chan,
         cid=cid,
@@ -607,6 +618,8 @@ async def _invoke(
         #     `@context` marked RPC function.
         # - `._portal` is never set.
         try:
+            tn: trio.Nursery
+            rpc_ctx_cs: CancelScope
             async with (
                 trio.open_nursery() as tn,
                 msgops.maybe_limit_plds(
@@ -616,7 +629,7 @@ async def _invoke(
                 ),
             ):
                 ctx._scope_nursery = tn
-                ctx._scope = tn.cancel_scope
+                rpc_ctx_cs = ctx._scope = tn.cancel_scope
                 task_status.started(ctx)
 
                 # TODO: better `trionics` tooling:
@@ -642,7 +655,7 @@ async def _invoke(
             #   itself calls `ctx._maybe_cancel_and_set_remote_error()`
             #   which cancels the scope presuming the input error
             #   is not a `.cancel_acked` pleaser.
-            if ctx._scope.cancelled_caught:
+            if rpc_ctx_cs.cancelled_caught:
                 our_uid: tuple = actor.uid
 
                 # first check for and raise any remote error
@@ -652,9 +665,7 @@ async def _invoke(
                 if re := ctx._remote_error:
                     ctx._maybe_raise_remote_err(re)
 
-                cs: CancelScope = ctx._scope
+                if rpc_ctx_cs.cancel_called:
-
-                if cs.cancel_called:
                     canceller: tuple = ctx.canceller
                     explain: str = f'{ctx.side!r}-side task was cancelled by '
 
@@ -680,9 +691,15 @@ async def _invoke(
                     elif canceller == ctx.chan.uid:
                         explain += f'its {ctx.peer_side!r}-side peer'
 
-                    else:
+                    elif canceller == our_uid:
+                        explain += 'itself'
+
+                    elif canceller:
                         explain += 'a remote peer'
 
+                    else:
+                        explain += 'an unknown cause?'
+
                     explain += (
                         add_div(message=explain)
                         +
@@ -911,7 +928,10 @@ async def process_messages(
                     f'IPC msg from peer\n'
                     f'<= {chan.uid}\n\n'
 
-                    # TODO: avoid fmting depending on loglevel for perf?
+                    # TODO: use of the pprinting of structs is
+                    # FRAGILE and should prolly not be
+                    #
+                    # avoid fmting depending on loglevel for perf?
                     # -[ ] specifically `pretty_struct.pformat()` sub-call..?
                     #   - how to only log-level-aware actually call this?
                     # -[ ] use `.msg.pretty_struct` here now instead!
@@ -1177,7 +1197,7 @@ async def process_messages(
                 parent_chan=chan,
             )
 
-    except TransportClosed:
+    except TransportClosed as tc:
         # channels "breaking" (for TCP streams by EOF or 104
         # connection-reset) is ok since we don't have a teardown
         # handshake for them (yet) and instead we simply bail out of
@@ -1185,12 +1205,20 @@ async def process_messages(
         # up..
         #
         # TODO: maybe add a teardown handshake? and,
-        # -[ ] don't show this msg if it's an ephemeral discovery ep call?
+        # -[x] don't show this msg if it's an ephemeral discovery ep call?
+        #  |_ see the below `.report_n_maybe_raise()` impl as well as
+        #     tc-exc input details in `MsgpackTCPStream._iter_pkts()`
+        #     for different read-failure cases.
         # -[ ] figure out how this will break with other transports?
-        log.runtime(
+        tc.report_n_maybe_raise(
-            f'IPC channel closed abruptly\n'
+            message=(
-            f'<=x peer: {chan.uid}\n'
+                f'peer IPC channel closed abruptly?\n\n'
-            f'   |_{chan.raddr}\n'
+                f'<=x {chan}\n'
+                f'  |_{chan.raddr}\n\n'
+            )
+            +
+            tc.message
+
         )
 
         # transport **WAS** disconnected
@@ -1238,7 +1266,7 @@ async def process_messages(
                 'Exiting IPC msg loop with final msg\n\n'
                 f'<= peer: {chan.uid}\n'
                 f'  |_{chan}\n\n'
-                f'{pretty_struct.pformat(msg)}'
+                # f'{pretty_struct.pformat(msg)}'
             )
 
         log.runtime(message)

tractor/log.py

@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ LOG_FORMAT = (
 DATE_FORMAT = '%b %d %H:%M:%S'
 
 # FYI, ERROR is 40
+# TODO: use a `bidict` to avoid the :155 check?
 CUSTOM_LEVELS: dict[str, int] = {
     'TRANSPORT': 5,
     'RUNTIME': 15,
     'DEVX': 17,
-    'CANCEL': 18,
+    'CANCEL': 22,
     'PDB': 500,
 }
 STD_PALETTE = {
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ class StackLevelAdapter(LoggerAdapter):
         Delegate a log call to the underlying logger, after adding
         contextual information from this adapter instance.
 
+        NOTE: all custom level methods (above) delegate to this!
+
         '''
         if self.isEnabledFor(level):
             stacklevel: int = 3

tractor/msg/pretty_struct.py

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ from pprint import (
     saferepr,
 )
 
+from tractor.log import get_logger
+
+log = get_logger()
 # TODO: auto-gen type sig for input func both for
 # type-msgs and logging of RPC tasks?
 # taken and modified from:
@@ -143,7 +146,13 @@ def pformat(
 
         else:  # the `pprint` recursion-safe format:
             # https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/pprint.html#pprint.saferepr
+            try:
                 val_str: str = saferepr(v)
+            except Exception:
+                log.exception(
+                    'Failed to `saferepr({type(struct)})` !?\n'
+                )
+            return _Struct.__repr__(struct)
 
         # TODO: LOLOL use `textwrap.indent()` instead dawwwwwg!
         obj_str += (field_ws + f'{k}: {typ_name} = {val_str},\n')
@@ -194,12 +203,20 @@ class Struct(
         return sin_props
 
     pformat = pformat
+    # __repr__ = pformat
     # __str__ = __repr__ = pformat
     # TODO: use a pprint.PrettyPrinter instance around ONLY rendering
     # inside a known tty?
     # def __repr__(self) -> str:
     #     ...
-    __repr__ = pformat
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        try:
+            return pformat(self)
+        except Exception:
+            log.exception(
+                f'Failed to `pformat({type(self)})` !?\n'
+            )
+            return _Struct.__repr__(self)
 
     def copy(
         self,

tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py

@@ -156,11 +156,12 @@ class BroadcastState(Struct):
 
 class BroadcastReceiver(ReceiveChannel):
     '''
-    A memory receive channel broadcaster which is non-lossy for the
+    A memory receive channel broadcaster which is non-lossy for
-    fastest consumer.
+    the fastest consumer.
 
-    Additional consumer tasks can receive all produced values by registering
+    Additional consumer tasks can receive all produced values by
-    with ``.subscribe()`` and receiving from the new instance it delivers.
+    registering with ``.subscribe()`` and receiving from the new
+    instance it delivers.
 
     '''
     def __init__(

tractor/trionics/_mngrs.py

@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@
 Async context manager primitives with hard ``trio``-aware semantics
 
 '''
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager as acm
+from __future__ import annotations
+from contextlib import (
+    asynccontextmanager as acm,
+)
 import inspect
+from types import ModuleType
 from typing import (
     Any,
     AsyncContextManager,
@@ -30,13 +34,16 @@ from typing import (
     Optional,
     Sequence,
     TypeVar,
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
 )
 
 import trio
-
 from tractor._state import current_actor
 from tractor.log import get_logger
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tractor import ActorNursery
+
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -46,8 +53,10 @@ T = TypeVar("T")
 
 @acm
 async def maybe_open_nursery(
-    nursery: trio.Nursery | None = None,
+    nursery: trio.Nursery|ActorNursery|None = None,
     shield: bool = False,
+    lib: ModuleType = trio,
+
 ) -> AsyncGenerator[trio.Nursery, Any]:
     '''
     Create a new nursery if None provided.
@@ -58,13 +67,12 @@ async def maybe_open_nursery(
     if nursery is not None:
         yield nursery
     else:
-        async with trio.open_nursery() as nursery:
+        async with lib.open_nursery() as nursery:
             nursery.cancel_scope.shield = shield
             yield nursery
 
 
 async def _enter_and_wait(
-
     mngr: AsyncContextManager[T],
     unwrapped: dict[int, T],
     all_entered: trio.Event,
@@ -91,7 +99,6 @@ async def _enter_and_wait(
 
 @acm
 async def gather_contexts(
-
     mngrs: Sequence[AsyncContextManager[T]],
 
 ) -> AsyncGenerator[
@@ -102,15 +109,17 @@ async def gather_contexts(
     None,
 ]:
     '''
-    Concurrently enter a sequence of async context managers, each in
+    Concurrently enter a sequence of async context managers (acms),
-    a separate ``trio`` task and deliver the unwrapped values in the
+    each from a separate `trio` task and deliver the unwrapped
-    same order once all managers have entered. On exit all contexts are
+    `yield`-ed values in the same order once all managers have entered.
-    subsequently and concurrently exited.
 
-    This function is somewhat similar to common usage of
+    On exit, all acms are subsequently and concurrently exited.
-    ``contextlib.AsyncExitStack.enter_async_context()`` (in a loop) in
+
-    combo with ``asyncio.gather()`` except the managers are concurrently
+    This function is somewhat similar to a batch of non-blocking
-    entered and exited, and cancellation just works.
+    calls to `contextlib.AsyncExitStack.enter_async_context()`
+    (inside a loop) *in combo with* a `asyncio.gather()` to get the
+    `.__aenter__()`-ed values, except the managers are both
+    concurrently entered and exited and *cancellation just works*(R).
 
     '''
     seed: int = id(mngrs)
@@ -210,9 +219,10 @@ async def maybe_open_context(
 
 ) -> AsyncIterator[tuple[bool, T]]:
     '''
-    Maybe open a context manager if there is not already a _Cached
+    Maybe open an async-context-manager (acm) if there is not already
-    version for the provided ``key`` for *this* actor. Return the
+    a `_Cached` version for the provided (input) `key` for *this* actor.
-    _Cached instance on a _Cache hit.
+
+    Return the `_Cached` instance on a _Cache hit.
 
     '''
     fid = id(acm_func)
@@ -273,8 +283,13 @@ async def maybe_open_context(
     else:
         _Cache.users += 1
         log.runtime(
-            f'Reusing resource for `_Cache` user {_Cache.users}\n\n'
+            f'Re-using cached resource for user {_Cache.users}\n\n'
-            f'{ctx_key!r} -> {yielded!r}\n'
+            f'{ctx_key!r} -> {type(yielded)}\n'
+
+            # TODO: make this work with values but without
+            # `msgspec.Struct` causing frickin crashes on field-type
+            # lookups..
+            # f'{ctx_key!r} -> {yielded!r}\n'
         )
         lock.release()
         yield True, yielded