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aiturk-hermes-ide/tests/tools/test_mcp_stdio_fastfail_reconnect.py

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"""Regression tests for dead stdio subprocess recovery (#95626 salvage).
The #81995 fast-fail gate detects a dead stdio subprocess but the transport
failure never cleared ``server.session``, so the transport-down reconnect path
(which only fires when the session is gone/not-ready) never ran. The call
failed fast — correctly — but nothing asked the server task to respawn the
subprocess (#95626 added the reconnect signal).
Signalling alone still lost the call: a gateway restart kills every MCP stdio
child, and the first call from a surviving agent session (or a cron run
spanning the restart) failed in 0.00s while the subprocess was respawned
seconds later. Both fast-fail sites now respawn AND retry once:
- pre-call gate (children already dead when the call arrives);
- mid-call watcher race (children die while the RPC is in flight).
Both must recover transparently, and both must stop after ONE retry so a
server that keeps dying parks via run()'s rapid-drop budget instead of
hot-cycling respawns forever. The error text must never claim a timeout —
that wording is what misdirected the original investigation.
"""
import asyncio
import json
import threading
from unittest.mock import MagicMock
import pytest
pytest.importorskip("mcp")
def _success_result():
result = MagicMock()
result.is_error = False
block = MagicMock()
block.text = "ok"
result.content = [block]
result.structured_content = None
result.meta = None
return result
def _install_stub_server(mcp_tool_module, name: str, call_tool_impl,
*, children_dead, on_reconnect=None):
"""Fake MCP server with real-bool stdio liveness and a countable
reconnect event (mirrors tests/tools/test_mcp_circuit_breaker.py).
``on_reconnect`` runs on the MCP loop thread when the reconnect event is
set — the hook tests use to simulate the server task respawning the
subprocess and publishing a fresh session.
"""
server = MagicMock()
server.name = name
session = MagicMock()
session.call_tool = call_tool_impl
server.session = session
ready_flag = threading.Event()
ready_flag.set()
class _ReconnectAdapter:
def __init__(self):
self.set_calls = 0
def set(self):
self.set_calls += 1
if on_reconnect is not None:
on_reconnect(server)
server._reconnect_event = _ReconnectAdapter()
server._ready = ready_flag
server._is_recycled_stdio.return_value = False
# The fast-fail gate requires a callable returning a real bool
# (MagicMock's truthy Mock is deliberately ignored).
server._stdio_children_dead = children_dead
mcp_tool_module._servers[name] = server
mcp_tool_module._server_error_counts.pop(name, None)
if hasattr(mcp_tool_module, "_server_breaker_opened_at"):
mcp_tool_module._server_breaker_opened_at.pop(name, None)
return server
def _cleanup(mcp_tool_module, name: str) -> None:
mcp_tool_module._servers.pop(name, None)
mcp_tool_module._server_error_counts.pop(name, None)
if hasattr(mcp_tool_module, "_server_breaker_opened_at"):
mcp_tool_module._server_breaker_opened_at.pop(name, None)
def test_precall_dead_children_respawn_and_retry(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
"""Dead-at-call-time subprocess (the gateway-restart case): respawn,
retry once, and hand the model a normal result — no error at all."""
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
from tools import mcp_tool
from tools.mcp_tool import _make_tool_handler
called = {"n": 0}
alive = {"v": False}
async def _call_tool(*a, **kw):
called["n"] += 1
return _success_result()
def _respawn(server):
# What the server task does after a gateway restart: fresh child,
# fresh session object, _ready re-armed.
alive["v"] = True
new_session = MagicMock()
new_session.call_tool = _call_tool
server.session = new_session
server._ready.set()
server = _install_stub_server(
mcp_tool, "srv-dead", _call_tool,
children_dead=lambda: not alive["v"],
on_reconnect=_respawn,
)
mcp_tool._ensure_mcp_loop()
try:
handler = _make_tool_handler("srv-dead", "tool1", 10.0)
parsed = json.loads(handler({}))
assert "error" not in parsed, parsed
assert parsed["result"] == "ok", parsed
assert server._reconnect_event.set_calls == 1
assert called["n"] == 1, "exactly one RPC — the retry after respawn"
assert mcp_tool._server_error_counts.get("srv-dead", 0) == 0
finally:
_cleanup(mcp_tool, "srv-dead")
def test_midcall_child_exit_respawn_and_retry(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
"""Subprocess dies while the RPC is in flight → respawn and retry once,
so the caller still gets its result."""
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
from tools import mcp_tool
from tools.mcp_tool import _make_tool_handler
alive = {"v": True}
async def _hanging_call(*a, **kw):
await asyncio.sleep(30)
async def _good_call(*a, **kw):
return _success_result()
async def _watch_children():
# Resolves immediately while the child is dead; never while alive.
while alive["v"]:
await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
def _respawn(server):
alive["v"] = True
new_session = MagicMock()
new_session.call_tool = _good_call
server.session = new_session
server._ready.set()
server = _install_stub_server(
mcp_tool, "srv-midcall", _hanging_call,
children_dead=lambda: not alive["v"],
on_reconnect=_respawn,
)
server._watch_stdio_children = _watch_children
mcp_tool._ensure_mcp_loop()
try:
handler = _make_tool_handler("srv-midcall", "tool1", 10.0)
# The child dies once the RPC is in flight.
alive["v"] = False
parsed = json.loads(handler({}))
assert "error" not in parsed, parsed
assert parsed["result"] == "ok", parsed
assert server._reconnect_event.set_calls == 1
finally:
_cleanup(mcp_tool, "srv-midcall")
def test_dead_child_never_returning_is_not_reported_as_a_timeout(
monkeypatch, tmp_path,
):
"""No fresh session inside the respawn window → a clean error that says
the subprocess exited, never that something timed out (the
old "failing the call fast instead of waiting 300s" wording sent the
investigation into a healthy remote backend)."""
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
from tools import mcp_tool
from tools.mcp_tool import _make_tool_handler
monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_tool, "_STDIO_RESPAWN_WAIT_SEC", 1.0)
called = {"n": 0}
async def _call_tool(*a, **kw):
called["n"] += 1
return _success_result()
server = _install_stub_server(
mcp_tool, "srv-gone", _call_tool, children_dead=lambda: True,
)
mcp_tool._ensure_mcp_loop()
try:
handler = _make_tool_handler("srv-gone", "tool1", 300.0)
parsed = json.loads(handler({}))
assert "error" in parsed, parsed
message = parsed["error"]
assert "exited" in message, message
for forbidden in ("TimeoutError", "300s", "timed out"):
assert forbidden not in message, message
assert server._reconnect_event.set_calls == 1
assert called["n"] == 0, "RPC must not be attempted on a dead transport"
assert mcp_tool._server_error_counts.get("srv-gone", 0) == 1
finally:
_cleanup(mcp_tool, "srv-gone")
def test_child_dying_again_after_respawn_does_not_hot_cycle(
monkeypatch, tmp_path,
):
"""A server whose child dies immediately after every respawn gets ONE
retry per call, not an endless respawn loop — run()'s rapid-drop budget
is what parks it, and this path must not fight that."""
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
from tools import mcp_tool
from tools.mcp_tool import _make_tool_handler
monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_tool, "_STDIO_RESPAWN_WAIT_SEC", 1.0)
called = {"n": 0}
async def _call_tool(*a, **kw):
called["n"] += 1
return _success_result()
def _respawn_then_die(server):
# Fresh session object (so the readiness wait succeeds) whose child
# is already dead again by the time the retry dispatches.
new_session = MagicMock()
new_session.call_tool = _call_tool
server.session = new_session
server._ready.set()
server = _install_stub_server(
mcp_tool, "srv-flap", _call_tool,
children_dead=lambda: True,
on_reconnect=_respawn_then_die,
)
mcp_tool._ensure_mcp_loop()
try:
handler = _make_tool_handler("srv-flap", "tool1", 10.0)
parsed = json.loads(handler({}))
assert "error" in parsed, parsed
assert "exited again" in parsed["error"], parsed
assert "do NOT retry" in parsed["error"], parsed
assert server._reconnect_event.set_calls == 1, (
"one respawn request per tool call — never a retry loop"
)
assert called["n"] == 0
assert mcp_tool._server_error_counts.get("srv-flap", 0) == 1
finally:
_cleanup(mcp_tool, "srv-flap")