fix(process): bound context command cleanup - #987
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WalkthroughThe change replaces direct subprocess execution with ChangesProcess timeout hardening
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to On Windows, a failed process-tree setup can leave descendant commands running after cancellation reports success, causing lingering processes and blocked resources. The PR is not merge-ready until this fallback is corrected and covered by a regression test. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Runner
participant RunCommand
participant ProcessTree
participant ChildProcesses
Runner->>RunCommand: execute command with context
RunCommand->>ProcessTree: prepare and attach command
RunCommand->>ChildProcesses: start command
Runner->>RunCommand: context deadline expires
RunCommand->>ProcessTree: cancel process tree
ProcessTree->>ChildProcesses: terminate descendants
RunCommand-->>Runner: return command or cleanup error
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In `@internal/execution/command_context.go`:
- Around line 14-20: Update HardenCommandContext and the command.Cancel path to
retain and use the process-group or job identity established by
ConfigureProcessGroup at launch, instead of recomputing it via KillProcessTree
after the root process exits. Ensure cancellation still terminates descendants
and WaitDelay does not return while their output pipes remain open, and add
regression coverage for root-exits-before-cancellation on Darwin and Windows.
In `@internal/hooks/dispatch_test.go`:
- Around line 45-60: Update
TestExecCommandRunnerTimeoutKillsGrandchildHoldingOutput to run
execCommandRunner asynchronously and select between its result and a four-second
watchdog timer. Fail immediately with a clear timeout message if the timer
fires; otherwise continue the existing result assertions and elapsed-time
validation.
- Around line 29-62: Update
TestExecCommandRunnerTimeoutKillsGrandchildHoldingOutput to assert that the
ZERO_HOOK_TREE_HELPER=grandchild process has terminated after execCommandRunner
returns, rather than only checking elapsed time and the result error. Track or
identify the spawned grandchild and add a liveness check after cancellation
while preserving the existing timeout and failure assertions.
In `@internal/perfbench/taskbench.go`:
- Line 333: Handle errors.Is(runErr, exec.ErrWaitDelay) before trusting run_end
in the task runner at internal/perfbench/taskbench.go:349 and turn runner at
internal/perfbench/turn_bench.go:673; ensure this error cannot be bypassed when
run_end is zero, and add a regression test using an inherited output pipe that
remains open.
In `@internal/verify/verify.go`:
- Line 303: Add a regression test covering the defaultRunner path selected by
Run, using a grandchild process that keeps stdout or stderr open; assert that
execution returns after the configured timeout, while preserving the existing
execCommandRunner hook test coverage.
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In `@internal/execution/command_context.go`:
- Around line 27-34: Update RunCommand and the Windows process-tree
implementation so the Windows job is associated with the command at process
creation time, or start the command suspended, attach it via tree.attach before
resuming, and preserve cleanup on startup failure. Add a Windows regression test
that creates a descendant before normal attachment and verifies tree.cancel or
tree.close removes that child.
In `@internal/execution/command_tree_unix.go`:
- Line 41: Update the Unix commandTree close method so deferred close releases
no process-group state and does not call cancel; retain process-group
termination exclusively in the context-cancellation path.
In `@internal/hooks/dispatch_test.go`:
- Line 50: Update the timeout setup in the test around execCommandRunner so
helper startup has a larger deadline, allowing pidFile creation under load,
while retaining the existing four-second watchdog for descendant cleanup.
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Reviewed exact head 23fbbe1d00eb01961e4ebc605ca895f3a5c61445 against merge base 27b319ca88a3180bed5183f0c599e9307f3ece12.
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[Medium] Do not kill successful commands' detached children only on Windows
Location: internal/execution/command_tree_windows.go:26-28,71 (triggered by the unconditional deferred tree.close() in internal/execution/command_context.go:23)
The Windows tree sets JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE, then RunCommand closes its only job handle on every return, including a successful root exit with no context cancellation. Microsoft documents that closing the last handle with this flag terminates every process associated with the job: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winnt/ns-winnt-jobobject_basic_limit_information#members
Therefore a migrated command—most notably an arbitrary user-configured hook—that intentionally starts a detached background child, redirects/closes its captured output handles, and exits zero will have that child terminated when RunCommand returns on Windows. The same successful command keeps the child alive on Unix because commandTree.close is deliberately a no-op there. The base cmd.Run behavior also did not kill successful descendants. Issue #966 requires tree termination on deadline/cancellation; it does not authorize this Windows-only successful-exit semantic change.
Please keep the Job Object handle for cancellation identity without making ordinary close destructive: terminate the job explicitly from cancel, and let a successful close release the handle without killing associated processes. Add a Windows regression where the root exits successfully after spawning a detached/output-redirected child, assert RunCommand returns without terminating that child, then clean it up in the test. Keep the existing cancellation case proving that a timed-out tree is terminated. If the intended product policy is instead “all descendants die when the root exits successfully,” apply and document that policy consistently on Unix too.
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- Independent base/head regression through the real hook runner: base remained blocked past 1.5s; head returned in about 150ms and terminated the pipe-holding grandchild.
- Focused race suite across
execution,agenteval,dictation,hooks,perfbench, andverify: pass. - Focused
go vetandmake fmt-check: pass. - Linux and Windows test binaries for all six affected packages: compile.
git diff --check: clean.- Exact-head GitHub CI, including Linux/macOS/Windows smoke and security/code-health: green.
- Earlier CodeRabbit lifecycle findings were inspected and are addressed by the current head.
The cancellation fix is effective; the requested change is to preserve normal successful-exit behavior consistently across platforms.
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I found issues that need to be addressed before this is ready.
Merge readiness
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[P1] Rebase onto current
mainbefore mergeThe branch merge base is
27b319c, while the capturedmainhead is1b5db17(two commits ahead). GitHub currently reports the PR as mergeable and the intervening TUI/MCP changes do not overlap this diff, but the repository contribution rules require a fresh base before review.
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[P1] Do not make Job Object assignment a prerequisite for every Windows command
internal/execution/command_tree_windows.go:37prepareCommandTreeaddsCREATE_SUSPENDED, so the child cannot execute untilattachresumes it. Butattachreturns anyOpenProcessorAssignProcessToJobObjectfailure, andRunCommandresponds by killing and waiting for that still-suspended child. Windows can reject Job Object assignment for processes already in a non-compatible Job Object hierarchy or one with UI restrictions. In that environment, every migrated command fails before it runs—hooks, verification, evals, benchmarks, and dictation—not merely its cancellation cleanup.Please address the underlying lifecycle split: Job Object containment is valuable when it can be established at launch, but command execution must not depend on that optional capability. Preserve launch-time containment and complete-tree cancellation when setup succeeds; when setup cannot be used, ensure the command is resumed and use a retained, identity-safe fallback for best-effort cancellation.
internal/config/process_windows.goalready models this distinction. Add a Windows regression that forces the setup-failure branch and verifies both that the command runs and that the fallback does not target a reused PID. -
[P1] Terminate the retained tree when
WaitDelayexpires
internal/execution/command_context.go:50WaitDelayonly boundsos/exec's wait for copied-output pipes: when the root exits but a background descendant keeps stdout or stderr open,command.Wait()closes its pipe and returnsexec.ErrWaitDelay. The supplied context is still live, soRunCommandselectswaitCompleteand returns without callingtree.cancel. Its retained process-group/Job Object identity is therefore discarded while the descendant continues running; cancellation afterRunCommandreturns cannot reach it. The task and turn perfbench regressions construct this inherited-pipe shape but assert only thatrun_endcannot turn the error into a pass, so they miss the process leak.Please make tree cleanup cover every abnormal completion path, not only
ctx.Done(): before returning a wait-delay cleanup error, terminate the retained tree and preserve the error to the caller. Add a regression with a live context, a root that exits successfully, and a recorded descendant holding captured output; it should assert bounded return,ErrWaitDelayclassification, and that the descendant is gone. Keep the separate successful-detached-child behavior intact when the child has closed or redirected the captured descriptors.
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In `@internal/execution/command_tree_windows.go`:
- Around line 91-93: The cancellation path around tree.cancel must not return
success when job assignment failed and the root process has already exited while
Wait remains blocked; terminate the process tree while the root is still live,
or fail setup before resuming if containment cannot be established. Preserve
successful cleanup semantics and add a Windows regression test covering forced
assignment failure with a surviving descendant.
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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Do not return success before cleaning up fallback descendants.
When job assignment fails and the root exits while Wait remains pending on inherited output handles, tree.cancel() returns nil without terminating descendants. The Windows fallback cannot discover descendants after root exit, so cancellation can leave them running. Use a fallback that terminates the process tree while the root is live, or fail setup before resuming when containment cannot be established. Add a Windows regression test for forced assignment failure with a surviving descendant.
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In `@internal/execution/command_tree_windows.go` around lines 91 - 93, The
cancellation path around tree.cancel must not return success when job assignment
failed and the root process has already exited while Wait remains blocked;
terminate the process tree while the root is still live, or fail setup before
resuming if containment cannot be established. Preserve successful cleanup
semantics and add a Windows regression test covering forced assignment failure
with a surviving descendant.
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Findings
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[P1] Clean up fallback descendants after the root exits —
internal/execution/command_tree_windows.go:91The new Windows lifecycle deliberately treats Job Object setup as optional:
attachresumes a command even whenAssignProcessToJobObjectfails, leavingcontainedfalse. That supports constrained hosts, but the fallback still needs to satisfy the approved issue's complete-tree cleanup contract.In this fallback, a root can start a child that inherits captured stdout or stderr and then exit.
os/execwaits for that inherited pipe to close and returnsexec.ErrWaitDelay; only after this doesRunCommandcalltree.cancel. The fallback finds the retained root handle is no longerSTILL_ACTIVEand returns withouttaskkill, so it has no remaining tree identity and the child continues running. The caller gets a bounded-return error while the child may still own hook, verification, agent, file, or other external work.Please address the root cause rather than only changing the returned error: optional Job containment currently loses its ability to identify and terminate the tree once the root exits. Preserve successful detached-child semantics and PID-reuse safety, but establish a safe cleanup capability before descendants can escape—or fail before resuming a command for which that guarantee cannot be made. Add a Windows regression that forces assignment failure, has the root exit after creating a pipe-holding descendant, verifies bounded
ErrWaitDelayreturn, and asserts the descendant exits.
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Summary
WaitDelayfor context-bound commandsos/execown perf benchmark output copying soWaitDelaycan bound inherited-pipe cleanupThe regression timed out after 8 seconds on unmodified
main; it returns within the bounded interval with this change.Fixes #966
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