fix(docker): retain container-teardown threads across registry detachment (#86317) - #86344
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…ment (NousResearch#86317) The idle reaper (_cleanup_inactive_envs) pops an environment from _active_environments *before* calling cleanup(), which runs docker stop + docker rm -f on a daemon thread. Once detached, the atexit drain that iterates the active registry can no longer wait on that thread, so the interpreter can exit after docker stop but before docker rm — leaving a stopped, labeled container even though cleanup logged success. This is the narrower race that remained after NousResearch#20561 / NousResearch#33645. Track every teardown worker in a module-level set that is independent of the active-environment registry, and drain it from a docker.py atexit hook so docker rm actually completes before daemon threads are torn down. Container lifecycle semantics are unchanged (persist mode stays a no-op; opt-out mode still stops+removes).
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughDocker cleanup workers are now tracked and drained during interpreter shutdown. Cleanup workers unregister after completion. Tests cover detached non-persistent cleanup and persistent cleanup without Docker commands. ChangesDocker cleanup lifecycle
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A teardown worker can be registered after shutdown begins and escape the final drain, allowing stopped containers to remain behind when the process exits; merge should wait for the shutdown coordination fix and regression coverage. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CleanupWorker
participant Docker
participant Drain
participant Atexit
CleanupWorker->>Docker: Stop container
CleanupWorker->>Docker: Remove container
CleanupWorker->>CleanupWorker: Deregister after completion
Atexit->>Drain: Drain outstanding cleanups
Drain->>CleanupWorker: Join active worker
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In `@tools/environments/docker.py`:
- Around line 75-85: Update the cleanup drain and _register_cleanup_thread
coordination so shutdown prevents unobserved late registrations and continues
draining until no tracked workers remain. Ensure cleanup() joins workers
registered after the initial snapshot, including the idle-reaper race, and add a
regression test that registers a worker after the first drain snapshot.
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| with _OUTSTANDING_CLEANUP_LOCK: | ||
| threads = list(_OUTSTANDING_CLEANUP_THREADS) | ||
| all_done = True | ||
| for t in threads: | ||
| if not t.is_alive(): | ||
| continue | ||
| remaining = deadline - time.monotonic() | ||
| if remaining > 0: | ||
| t.join(timeout=remaining) | ||
| all_done = all_done and not t.is_alive() | ||
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Coordinate registration with the shutdown drain.
Line 76 snapshots the set only once. If the idle reaper calls cleanup() after this snapshot, _register_cleanup_thread() adds a new daemon worker that this drain never joins. The atexit hook can then return while that worker is between docker stop and docker rm -f.
Keep draining until no tracked workers remain under a shutdown-state protocol that prevents an unobserved late registration. Add a regression test that registers a worker after the first drain snapshot.
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In `@tools/environments/docker.py` around lines 75 - 85, Update the cleanup drain
and _register_cleanup_thread coordination so shutdown prevents unobserved late
registrations and continues draining until no tracked workers remain. Ensure
cleanup() joins workers registered after the initial snapshot, including the
idle-reaper race, and add a regression test that registers a worker after the
first drain snapshot.
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Acknowledged — this is already addressed by the second commit in this PR, 24e60b67 ("fix(docker): re-scan outstanding cleanups so mid-drain teardowns are joined"). No further change is needed.
_drain_outstanding_cleanups (tools/environments/docker.py, lines ~66–92) now re-snapshots the outstanding set on every iteration of a while True loop instead of joining a single snapshot. The loop continues until the set is empty or the deadline elapses, so a cleanup() call from the idle reaper while the atexit drain is running registers a fresh worker that the next pass observes and joins — the mid-drain late-registration case called out here. The module docstring states this verbatim (lines ~74–80):
"The outstanding set is re-snapshotted every pass rather than joined once: the idle reaper can detach an env and call
cleanup()while this drain is already running (e.g. its timer fires during interpreter shutdown), registering a fresh teardown worker after an initial snapshot was taken. A single-snapshot drain would return without joining that late worker, leavingdocker rmto be killed at exit — the exact #86317 gap. Looping until the set is empty (or the deadline passes) closes that window."
Coverage for this exact scenario is in tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py:
test_drain_rescans_for_workers_registered_mid_drain— registers a worker from inside ajoin()(i.e. after the drain's initial snapshot) and asserts it is still joined to completion.test_drain_returns_false_when_worker_outlasts_deadline— the timeout/false-exit path.
Verified at PR head 24e60b671e15c2198902615cb1485c2272f95ba7. Closing this thread.
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…joined The atexit drain snapshotted the outstanding-teardown set once. The idle reaper can detach an env and call cleanup() *while* the drain is already running (its timer fires during interpreter shutdown), registering a fresh worker after that snapshot — which the drain then returned without joining, leaving docker rm to be killed at exit (the exact NousResearch#86317 gap this PR closes, just a narrower window). Loop until the set is empty or the deadline passes so late registrations are joined too. Adds a deterministic re-scan regression (a fake worker whose join() registers a second worker mid-drain) and a deadline-exceeded case.
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Good catch on the single-snapshot drain — implemented in
Fix re-snapshots each pass and loops until the set is empty (workers deregister themselves via the while True:
with _OUTSTANDING_CLEANUP_LOCK:
pending = [t for t in _OUTSTANDING_CLEANUP_THREADS if t.is_alive()]
if not pending:
return True
for t in pending:
remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
if remaining <= 0:
return False
t.join(timeout=remaining)Added two deterministic regressions (no real races): |
fix(docker): retain container-teardown threads across registry detachment (#86317) Well-targeted fix for the #86317 gap, with genuinely deterministic tests. A few observations:
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Summary
Fixes #86317 — the narrower container-teardown race that remained after #20561 / #33645.
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terminal.docker_persist_across_processes: false,DockerEnvironment.cleanup()runsdocker stopthendocker rm -fon a daemon thread and records the handle on the env (self._cleanup_thread). But the idle reaper (_cleanup_inactive_envsintools/terminal_tool.py) pops the env out of_active_environmentsbefore callingcleanup(). The atexit drain (_atexit_cleanup) only iterates the active registry, so once an env is detached its teardown thread is unreachable — if the interpreter exits afterdocker stopbut beforedocker rm, the daemon thread is killed mid-teardown and a stopped, labeled container is left behind even though the logs said "Cleaned 1 environments".Fix
Track every teardown worker in a module-level set (
_OUTSTANDING_CLEANUP_THREADS) that is independent of the active-environment registry, and drain it from adocker.py-ownedatexithook (_drain_outstanding_cleanups). atexit handlers run before daemon threads are torn down, sodocker rmnow completes even for an env the reaper already detached.tools/environments/docker.py— no change toterminal_tool.py's hook, no change to container lifecycle semantics.stop+rm.start()and deregisters in afinally, so the set never leaks live entries.Tests
tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py:test_detached_cleanup_thread_is_tracked_and_drained— drives a real cleanup thread held mid-stopvia an Event, asserts it is registered in the outstanding set (never having been in any active registry), that the handle is detached (_container_id is None), and that_drain_outstanding_cleanupsjoins it sodocker rmruns before exit, then deregisters.test_persist_mode_cleanup_registers_no_teardown_thread— persist mode registers nothing and issues nostop/rm.Full
tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py(53) green; ruff + windows-footgun gates green.Relationship to #20565
#20565 targets the earlier #20561 with a synchronous cleanup redesign (predating the current daemon-thread implementation) and does not apply to this detach-at-reaper race in the current code. This change is orthogonal and minimal; maintainers may of course prefer to reconcile the two — their call.
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