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hermes-agent 5bca5db900 fix(webui): crash visibility — faulthandler + thread excepthook + exit audit (#4633)
server.py exited SILENTLY after 9-16h: no traceback, no shutdown-audit line,
no core dump — the log just stopped mid-request. It runs a ThreadingHTTPServer
with daemon_threads=True, so an unhandled exception in a request/SSE/long-poll
handler thread could terminate work with nothing recorded, and faulthandler was
not enabled so a native crash left nothing at all. The WebUI also configures no
logging handlers, so INFO/ERROR records are dropped by logging's lastResort
filter (WARNING+ only) — meaning even the existing shutdown audit never reached
the log.

Add api/crash_visibility.py (stdlib-only, hooks never raise) and wire
install_crash_visibility() into server.main() before any heavy startup:
  * faulthandler.enable(all_threads=True) — native crash dumps a C-level
    traceback; SIGUSR1 registered for on-demand hang diagnosis.
  * threading.excepthook — logs uncaught daemon/handler-thread exceptions
    (thread name, ident, traceback) instead of losing them silently.
  * sys.excepthook — logs uncaught main-thread exceptions (KeyboardInterrupt
    preserved).
  * atexit exit-audit breadcrumb — a clean/unwound exit is recorded; its
    absence narrows a silent death to an un-unwound kill (OOM/SIGKILL/abort).

All diagnostics are written directly to the fault stream (stderr, which the
bootstrap redirects into the WebUI log) AND mirrored through logging, so the
line is guaranteed to land regardless of logging config.

No request-handling behavior change, no new deps. Paired memory root-cause: #4765.

Fixes #4633.
2026-07-01 18:01:39 +00:00

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"""Regression coverage for issue #4633: crash visibility hardening.
server.py was exiting SILENTLY after 9-16h — no traceback, no shutdown-audit
line, no core dump; the log just stopped mid-request. It runs a
ThreadingHTTPServer with daemon_threads=True, so an unhandled exception in a
request/SSE handler thread could terminate work with nothing recorded, and
faulthandler was not enabled so a native crash left nothing at all.
These tests assert the diagnostic hardening in api/crash_visibility.py (wired
into server.main()):
* faulthandler is enabled after install (native crash → C-level traceback);
* threading.excepthook is installed and a real daemon-thread exception is
logged (thread name + traceback) instead of vanishing;
* sys.excepthook is installed and logs uncaught main-thread exceptions;
* an atexit exit-audit breadcrumb is registered;
* server.py wires install_crash_visibility() into main().
The paired MEMORY root-cause is fixed separately in #4765; this is purely
crash VISIBILITY.
No live server socket is required — the helpers are exercised directly.
"""
import faulthandler
import logging
import sys
import threading
import pytest
import api.crash_visibility as cv
@pytest.fixture
def fresh_hooks(tmp_path):
"""Reset crash-visibility global state and restore process hooks after.
Installing crash visibility mutates the process-wide threading.excepthook,
sys.excepthook and faulthandler state, so snapshot and restore them to keep
the rest of the suite hermetic.
"""
saved_thread_hook = threading.excepthook
saved_sys_hook = sys.excepthook
saved_installed = cv._INSTALLED
saved_stream = cv._FAULT_STREAM
saved_prev_thread = cv._PREV_THREAD_HOOK
saved_prev_sys = cv._PREV_SYS_HOOK
was_fh_enabled = faulthandler.is_enabled()
saved_atexit_register = cv.atexit.register
# Start from stock hooks so the module records the *stock* hook as "prev"
# and never chains into pytest's own thread-exception collector during the
# test (which would otherwise double-report and can fail the test).
threading.excepthook = threading.__excepthook__
sys.excepthook = sys.__excepthook__
cv._INSTALLED = False
cv._FAULT_STREAM = None
cv._PREV_THREAD_HOOK = None
cv._PREV_SYS_HOOK = None
# Prevent tests from leaking real atexit handlers into the pytest session:
# the fixture resets _INSTALLED each test, so every install() would register
# a fresh (real) _exit_audit that fires at interpreter shutdown. Capture
# them instead. The dedicated exit-audit test re-patches this itself.
cv.atexit.register = lambda fn: fn
stream_path = tmp_path / "faultstream.log"
stream = stream_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8")
try:
yield stream, stream_path
finally:
try:
stream.flush()
except Exception:
pass
# Detach faulthandler from the about-to-close temp file before closing.
try:
faulthandler.disable()
except Exception:
pass
try:
stream.close()
except Exception:
pass
if was_fh_enabled:
try:
faulthandler.enable()
except Exception:
pass
threading.excepthook = saved_thread_hook
sys.excepthook = saved_sys_hook
cv._INSTALLED = saved_installed
cv._FAULT_STREAM = saved_stream
cv._PREV_THREAD_HOOK = saved_prev_thread
cv._PREV_SYS_HOOK = saved_prev_sys
cv.atexit.register = saved_atexit_register
def _read(path):
try:
return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
except Exception:
return ""
# ── 1. faulthandler ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def test_faulthandler_enabled_after_install(fresh_hooks):
stream, _ = fresh_hooks
installed = cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False)
assert installed is True
assert cv.is_installed() is True
# faulthandler must be active so a native segfault/abort dumps a C-level
# traceback of every thread instead of vanishing (the #4633 failure mode).
assert faulthandler.is_enabled() is True
def test_install_is_idempotent(fresh_hooks):
stream, _ = fresh_hooks
assert cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False) is True
# Second call must be a no-op (no stacked hooks / duplicate atexit handlers).
assert cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False) is False
# ── 2. threading.excepthook ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
def test_thread_excepthook_installed(fresh_hooks):
stream, _ = fresh_hooks
cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False)
assert threading.excepthook is cv.thread_excepthook
def test_daemon_thread_exception_is_logged(fresh_hooks, caplog):
stream, stream_path = fresh_hooks
cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False)
def _boom():
raise ValueError("simulated SSE handler crash 4633")
caplog.set_level(logging.ERROR, logger="server")
t = threading.Thread(target=_boom, name="sse-handler-42", daemon=True)
t.start()
t.join(timeout=5)
assert not t.is_alive()
stream.flush()
written = _read(stream_path)
logged = "\n".join(r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records)
# Diagnostic must land in the fault stream (which the bootstrap redirects
# into the WebUI log file) AND be visible via the logging subsystem.
for haystack in (written, logged):
assert "[crash-visibility] uncaught exception in thread" in haystack
assert "sse-handler-42" in haystack
# The stream copy carries the full traceback + the original exception text.
assert "ValueError" in written
assert "simulated SSE handler crash 4633" in written
def test_thread_excepthook_ignores_clean_exit_and_never_raises(fresh_hooks):
stream, stream_path = fresh_hooks
cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False)
# A normal thread teardown passes exc_type=None; must produce nothing and
# must not raise.
Args = type(
"Args",
(),
{"exc_type": None, "exc_value": None, "exc_traceback": None, "thread": None},
)
cv.thread_excepthook(Args())
# Wholly malformed args must also be swallowed without raising.
cv.thread_excepthook(object())
stream.flush()
assert "uncaught exception in thread" not in _read(stream_path)
# ── 3. sys.excepthook ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def test_sys_excepthook_installed(fresh_hooks):
stream, _ = fresh_hooks
cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False)
assert sys.excepthook is cv.main_excepthook
def test_main_thread_exception_is_logged(fresh_hooks, caplog):
stream, stream_path = fresh_hooks
cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False)
caplog.set_level(logging.CRITICAL, logger="server")
try:
raise RuntimeError("simulated main-thread fatal 4633")
except RuntimeError:
cv.main_excepthook(*sys.exc_info())
stream.flush()
written = _read(stream_path)
logged = "\n".join(r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records)
for haystack in (written, logged):
assert "[crash-visibility] uncaught exception on main thread" in haystack
assert "RuntimeError" in written
assert "simulated main-thread fatal 4633" in written
def test_keyboard_interrupt_not_treated_as_crash(fresh_hooks, caplog):
stream, stream_path = fresh_hooks
cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False)
caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG, logger="server")
try:
raise KeyboardInterrupt()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
cv.main_excepthook(*sys.exc_info())
stream.flush()
# Ctrl-C is intentional; it must not be logged as an uncaught crash.
assert "uncaught exception on main thread" not in _read(stream_path)
assert all("crash-visibility" not in r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records)
# ── 4. exit audit ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def test_exit_audit_registered_and_emits(fresh_hooks, monkeypatch, caplog):
stream, stream_path = fresh_hooks
registered = []
monkeypatch.setattr(cv.atexit, "register", lambda fn: registered.append(fn) or fn)
cv.install_crash_visibility(stream=stream, register_sigusr1_dump=False)
assert cv._exit_audit in registered
caplog.set_level(logging.INFO, logger="server")
cv._exit_audit() # simulate interpreter exit unwinding
stream.flush()
written = _read(stream_path)
logged = "\n".join(r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records)
for haystack in (written, logged):
assert "[crash-visibility] process exit" in haystack
# ── 5. server.py wiring ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def test_server_imports_and_calls_install(fresh_hooks):
import server
assert hasattr(server, "install_crash_visibility")
assert server.install_crash_visibility is cv.install_crash_visibility
from tests.conftest import SERVER_SCRIPT
src = SERVER_SCRIPT.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
assert "from api.crash_visibility import install_crash_visibility" in src
assert "install_crash_visibility()" in src