"""Harness: PID 1 must reap orphaned zombie processes. tini (current PID 1) reaps zombies via its built-in subreaper behavior. s6-overlay's ``/init`` (Phase 2 PID 1) does the same. This invariant is required for long-running containers spawning subprocesses (subagents, dashboard, dynamic gateways) — otherwise the process table fills with defunct entries and eventually exhausts the kernel PID space. """ from __future__ import annotations import subprocess import time def test_orphan_zombies_reaped( built_image: str, container_name: str, ) -> None: """Spawn an orphan child that exits immediately. PID 1 must reap it.""" subprocess.run( ["docker", "run", "-d", "--name", container_name, built_image, "sleep", "60"], check=True, capture_output=True, timeout=30, ) time.sleep(2) # `( ( sleep 0.1 & ) & ); sleep 1` creates a grandchild detached from # the original docker exec session — it becomes an orphan reparented # to PID 1 in the container. When it exits, PID 1 must reap it. subprocess.run( ["docker", "exec", container_name, "sh", "-c", "( ( sleep 0.1 & ) & ); sleep 1"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10, ) time.sleep(1) r = subprocess.run( ["docker", "exec", container_name, "ps", "axo", "stat,pid,comm"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10, ) zombies = [ line for line in r.stdout.split("\n") if line.strip().startswith("Z") ] assert not zombies, f"Zombies not reaped by PID 1: {zombies}"