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A thread Python starts, such as the asyncio workers the data path hands
every pipe open, write and close to, reached the engine without a thread
context. The engine made one named "External", and the first call back
into Python (setupDebug) copied that over the thread's Python name, so
the profiler listed every such thread as "External" and engine logs
could not be matched to Python ones.
syncThreadName() now settles one name per thread on both sides: a
thread Python started keeps its name and the engine takes it; a thread
Python knows only as a _DummyThread takes the engine's name, as before.
It runs where Python enters the engine (UnlockPython, which now holds
gil_scoped_release as a member initialized after the name sync, so the
GIL is still held) and where the engine enters Python (setupDebug). The
placeholder becomes ThreadApi::ExternalName.
New engtest cases cover a Python-started thread, the same with a context
made before UnlockPython, an engine thread and a foreign thread; the
first two failed before this change ("External" == "rr-py-thread").
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Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to When these tests detect a deadlock, they can themselves hang or trigger undefined behavior instead of failing cleanly. Fix the timeout cleanup before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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- Line 140: Update the deadlock probe around enter_engine and thread.join so it
runs in a child process, with the parent enforcing the timeout and terminating
the child when it does not exit; ensure no Python thread remains alive when the
test proceeds to engine::deinit().
- Around line 215-236: Update the thread-related tests around
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| target=lambda: seen.append(_rr_thread_names.enter_engine(engine_first))) | ||
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Do not leave the timed-out Python thread running.
thread.join(60) returns while the standard threading.Thread remains alive. The test executable later calls engine::deinit(), which calls Py_FinalizeEx(). Python shutdown waits for this non-daemon thread. If enter_engine blocks, the test process can remain stuck indefinitely after reporting the failure.
Run this deadlock probe in a child process. Apply the timeout and termination from the parent process.
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In `@packages/server/engine-lib/test/python/thread_names.cpp` at line 140, Update
the deadlock probe around enter_engine and thread.join so it runs in a child
process, with the parent enforcing the timeout and terminating the child when it
does not exit; ensure no Python thread remains alive when the test proceeds to
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| thread_names::Names names; | ||
| thread_names::Done done; | ||
| std::thread thread([&] { | ||
| names = thread_names::bothNames(); | ||
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Keep timeout state alive while abandoned workers can still run.
Both lambdas capture stack-owned names and done by reference. After a timeout, thread.release() or thread.detach() allows the worker to continue while Catch2 unwinds the failed test and destroys those objects. A later names = ... or done.signal() then accesses destroyed objects, causing use-after-scope undefined behavior.
Store Names and Done in one std::shared_ptr state object. Capture that object by value in both workers, and access its members through the shared pointer.
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In `@packages/server/engine-lib/test/python/thread_names.cpp` around lines 215 -
236, Update the thread-related tests around thread_names::Names and
thread_names::Done to store both objects in a single shared state object,
capture that shared pointer by value in every worker lambda, and access Names
and Done through it. Ensure timeout paths that release or detach workers keep
the state alive until the workers finish.
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Externalin Python on its first call back from the engine, and wasExternalin the engine as well. So the profiler listed the threads that did the work as identicalExternalrows.syncThreadName()settles one name per thread on both sides. A thread Python started keeps its name and the engine takes it. A thread Python knows only as a_DummyThreadtakes the engine's name, as before, so engine threads, the main thread (Main) and foreign native threads are unchanged. It runs where Python enters the engine (UnlockPython) and where the engine enters Python (setupDebug).UnlockPythonnow holdsgil_scoped_releaseas a member initialized after the name sync: a base class would release the GIL before anyUnlockPythoncode runs. The placeholder name becomesThreadApi::ExternalName.Type
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"External" == "rr-py-thread"); the last two passed and guard current behavior. After it, run through builder (server:run-engtest,server:run-aptest) on Windows: engtest "All tests passed (524 assertions in 32 test cases)", aptest "All tests passed (40742748 assertions in 101 test cases)".Manual check on the rebuilt engine: a webhook → parse → preprocessor_langchain pipeline profiled over six documents lists its threads as
GlobalEventLoopandasyncio_0…asyncio_4instead ofExternal. The names are the same in a second session, where the threads existed before it started../builder testwas not run locally.Checklist
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