hermes-agent/gateway/shutdown_watchdog.py
Shannon Sands 9c76c133b7 fix(gateway): detect and report unclean shutdowns via lifecycle ledger (NS-608)
Hosted agents that die uncleanly (kernel OOM kill, SIGKILL, whole-VM
death) leave no trace: shutdown_forensics only covers graceful signals,
gateway-exit-diag.log only covers exit paths that actually run, and the
VM reboot wipes dmesg before anyone can capture it. NS-608 (BlueAtlas
hourly crash cycle, July 12-15) took days of manual log correlation to
classify because nothing recorded 'the previous life ended violently'.

Add gateway/lifecycle_ledger.py — a sentinel state machine persisted to
<HERMES_HOME>/state/gateway.lifecycle.json:

- start_gateway() claims the sentinel (phase=running) right after the
  PID-file/runtime-lock claim, and reports any prior life that never
  reached an exit path as gateway.previous_unclean_exit in
  gateway-exit-diag.log + a WARNING log line.
- Every exit funnel marks the sentinel exited with a reason:
  _exit_after_graceful_shutdown (graceful_shutdown), the shutdown
  watchdog (shutdown_watchdog), and the loop-liveness watchdog
  (loop_liveness_watchdog).
- Ownership-guarded for --replace takeovers: a live matching owner is
  never reported dead, and the old life cannot clobber the
  replacement's freshly claimed sentinel on its way out.

The 30s loop heartbeat now embeds a cheap /proc memory sample (own RSS,
MemAvailable, swap used) so every unclean-death report carries a
'memory N seconds before death' snapshot; the detector flags
suspected_oom when the last sample shows <64MiB or <5% available.

container-boot.log lines gain prior_exit=clean|unclean|unknown per
profile, stamping unclean container deaths into the volume-persisted
boot log where support can grep for them.

Tests: tests/gateway/test_lifecycle_ledger.py (16 cases) + 4 new
container-boot annotation cases. Existing watchdog/forensics/boot
suites all green; ruff clean.
2026-07-28 22:41:09 -07:00

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"""Out-of-loop shutdown and event-loop liveness backstops (#66892, #69089).
When the asyncio loop freezes mid-drain, every asyncio-based recovery path is
structurally unable to fire: the drain deadline, status rewrites, and forensics
all need the same loop that is stuck. launchd/systemd KeepAlive only restarts a
*dead* process, so a wedged-but-alive gateway sits as a zombie until manual
SIGKILL.
This module provides:
1. A plain OS-thread shutdown watchdog armed at ``stop()``. If shutdown has not
completed within ``restart_drain_timeout + grace``, it dumps all-thread
stacks via ``faulthandler`` plus a metadata snapshot, then ``os._exit`` so
the service manager can revive the process.
2. An event-loop heartbeat file at ``<HERMES_HOME>/state/gateway.heartbeat`` so
external supervision can distinguish "process alive" from "loop frozen"
(``gateway_state.json`` alone can't — it only rewrites on transitions/turns).
3. A lifetime thread watchdog that can still diagnose and hard-exit when the
event loop is too frozen to run its own heartbeat or timeout callbacks.
4. A self-rescheduling floor timer that keeps the loop selector's timeout
finite, giving existing async recovery tasks a chance to resume.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
import faulthandler
import json
import logging
import os
import sys
import threading
import time
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional
from gateway.restart import GATEWAY_SERVICE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE
from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
from utils import atomic_json_write
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Extra leash beyond ``agent.restart_drain_timeout`` so a slow-but-progressing
# drain is not cut short. Matches the issue #66892 suggested hardening.
DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_WATCHDOG_GRACE_S = 60.0
DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_S = 30.0
DEFAULT_LOOP_FLOOR_TIMER_INTERVAL_S = 5.0
DEFAULT_LOOP_WATCHDOG_INTERVAL_S = 30.0
DEFAULT_LOOP_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_S = 10.0
DEFAULT_LOOP_WATCHDOG_MAX_STRIKES = 3
_HEARTBEAT_RELATIVE = ("state", "gateway.heartbeat")
_WATCHDOG_DUMP_RELATIVE = ("logs", "gateway-shutdown-watchdog.log")
class _LoopFloorTimerHandle:
"""Cancelable owner for the currently scheduled selector floor timer."""
def __init__(self, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, interval: float):
self._loop = loop
self._interval = interval
self._cancelled = False
self._timer: Optional[asyncio.TimerHandle] = None
self._schedule()
def _schedule(self) -> None:
self._timer = self._loop.call_later(self._interval, self._tick)
def _tick(self) -> None:
if not self._cancelled:
self._schedule()
def cancel(self) -> None:
self._cancelled = True
if self._timer is not None:
self._timer.cancel()
class _LoopLivenessWatchdogHandle:
"""Small lifecycle handle for the daemon liveness thread."""
def __init__(self, stop_event: threading.Event, thread: threading.Thread):
self._stop_event = stop_event
self._thread = thread
def stop(self) -> None:
self._stop_event.set()
def join(self, timeout: Optional[float] = None) -> None:
self._thread.join(timeout=timeout)
def is_alive(self) -> bool:
return self._thread.is_alive()
def _arm_loop_floor_timer(
loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
interval: float = DEFAULT_LOOP_FLOOR_TIMER_INTERVAL_S,
) -> _LoopFloorTimerHandle:
"""Keep at least one timer pending so selector waits remain bounded."""
try:
resolved_interval = float(interval)
if resolved_interval <= 0:
raise ValueError
except (TypeError, ValueError):
resolved_interval = DEFAULT_LOOP_FLOOR_TIMER_INTERVAL_S
return _LoopFloorTimerHandle(loop, resolved_interval)
def start_loop_liveness_watchdog(
loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
*,
probe_interval: float = DEFAULT_LOOP_WATCHDOG_INTERVAL_S,
probe_timeout: float = DEFAULT_LOOP_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_S,
max_strikes: int = DEFAULT_LOOP_WATCHDOG_MAX_STRIKES,
exit_code: int = GATEWAY_SERVICE_RESTART_EXIT_CODE,
) -> Optional[_LoopLivenessWatchdogHandle]:
"""Start an out-of-loop watchdog that hard-exits after missed probes.
The guard is on by default; operators opt out with
``gateway.loop_watchdog: false`` in config.yaml (enforced by the caller,
``GatewayRunner._start_loop_liveness_guards`` — this module stays
config-agnostic so bare-loop tests can drive it directly).
"""
interval = probe_interval
timeout = probe_timeout
strikes_limit = max_strikes
stop_event = threading.Event()
def _wait_for_probe(probe_event: threading.Event) -> Optional[bool]:
deadline = time.monotonic() + timeout
while True:
if stop_event.is_set():
return None
remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
if remaining <= 0:
return probe_event.is_set()
if probe_event.wait(timeout=min(remaining, 0.05)):
return True
def _watchdog() -> None:
strikes = 0
while not stop_event.wait(timeout=interval):
probe_event = threading.Event()
try:
loop.call_soon_threadsafe(probe_event.set)
except RuntimeError:
# A normally closed loop cannot be probed and no longer needs
# a process-liveness backstop.
return
except Exception:
logger.debug(
"Failed to schedule gateway loop liveness probe", exc_info=True
)
return
responded = _wait_for_probe(probe_event)
if responded is None:
return
if responded:
strikes = 0
continue
if stop_event.is_set():
return
strikes += 1
if strikes < strikes_limit:
continue
if stop_event.is_set():
return
try:
logger.critical(
"Gateway event loop missed %d consecutive liveness probes; "
"dumping all thread stacks and exiting with code %d so the "
"service supervisor can restart it.",
strikes,
exit_code,
)
except Exception:
pass
try:
faulthandler.dump_traceback(all_threads=True)
except Exception:
logger.debug("Loop liveness faulthandler dump failed", exc_info=True)
if stop_event.is_set():
return
# Record the watchdog exit in the lifecycle sentinel so the next
# boot reports "watchdog hard-exit" instead of misclassifying
# this as an unclean SIGKILL/OOM death (NS-608).
try:
from gateway.lifecycle_ledger import mark_exited
mark_exited(exit_code, reason="loop_liveness_watchdog")
except Exception:
pass
os._exit(exit_code)
return
thread = threading.Thread(
target=_watchdog,
daemon=True,
name="gateway-loop-liveness-watchdog",
)
try:
thread.start()
except Exception:
logger.debug("Failed to start gateway loop liveness watchdog", exc_info=True)
return None
return _LoopLivenessWatchdogHandle(stop_event, thread)
def _process_hermes_home() -> Path:
"""HERMES_HOME for process-level identity files (ignore profile overrides)."""
val = os.environ.get("HERMES_HOME", "").strip()
if val:
return Path(val)
return get_hermes_home()
def get_loop_heartbeat_path(home: Optional[Path] = None) -> Path:
"""Return ``<HERMES_HOME>/state/gateway.heartbeat``."""
base = home if home is not None else _process_hermes_home()
return base.joinpath(*_HEARTBEAT_RELATIVE)
def get_shutdown_watchdog_dump_path(home: Optional[Path] = None) -> Path:
"""Return the faulthandler / metadata dump path for a fired watchdog."""
base = home if home is not None else _process_hermes_home()
return base.joinpath(*_WATCHDOG_DUMP_RELATIVE)
def write_loop_heartbeat(
*,
pid: Optional[int] = None,
start_time: Optional[float] = None,
home: Optional[Path] = None,
extra: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
) -> Path:
"""Atomically rewrite the loop-liveness heartbeat file.
``start_time`` is the gateway process start (``time.time()`` epoch seconds)
so supervisors can detect PID reuse. Best-effort — never raises.
"""
path = get_loop_heartbeat_path(home)
payload: Dict[str, Any] = {
"pid": int(pid if pid is not None else os.getpid()),
"updated_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
"monotonic": time.monotonic(),
}
if start_time is not None:
payload["start_time"] = float(start_time)
# Embed a cheap memory sample (own RSS + MemAvailable + swap) so the
# heartbeat doubles as a rolling pre-death telemetry snapshot: after an
# unclean death (SIGKILL/OOM/VM loss) the last heartbeat is the closest
# surviving record of memory pressure — see gateway.lifecycle_ledger
# (NS-608). Best-effort; <1ms of /proc reads on Linux, {} elsewhere.
try:
from gateway.lifecycle_ledger import sample_memory
mem = sample_memory()
if mem:
payload["mem"] = mem
except Exception:
pass
if extra:
payload.update(extra)
try:
atomic_json_write(path, payload, indent=None)
except Exception:
logger.debug("Failed to write gateway loop heartbeat", exc_info=True)
return path
def resolve_shutdown_watchdog_delay(
drain_timeout: float,
*,
grace_s: float = DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_WATCHDOG_GRACE_S,
) -> float:
"""Return the wall-clock leash for the shutdown watchdog thread."""
try:
drain = max(float(drain_timeout), 0.0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
drain = 0.0
try:
grace = max(float(grace_s), 0.0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
grace = DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_WATCHDOG_GRACE_S
return drain + grace
def _write_watchdog_dump(
dump_path: Path,
*,
delay_s: float,
snapshot: Optional[Dict[str, Any]],
) -> None:
"""Best-effort faulthandler + metadata dump before hard-exit."""
try:
dump_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
except OSError:
return
header = {
"event": "shutdown_watchdog_fired",
"pid": os.getpid(),
"delay_s": delay_s,
"fired_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
"snapshot": snapshot or {},
}
try:
with open(dump_path, "a", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
fh.write(json.dumps(header, default=str) + "\n")
fh.write("--- faulthandler dump (all threads) ---\n")
fh.flush()
try:
faulthandler.dump_traceback(file=fh, all_threads=True)
except Exception:
fh.write("(faulthandler.dump_traceback failed)\n")
fh.write("--- end dump ---\n")
fh.flush()
except Exception:
pass
# Also dump to stderr so journald/launchd capture it even if the file
# write failed (wedged disk was one of the #66892 hypotheses).
try:
sys.stderr.write(
f"Gateway shutdown watchdog fired after {delay_s:.0f}s "
f"(pid={os.getpid()}); dumping all thread stacks.\n"
)
sys.stderr.flush()
faulthandler.dump_traceback(all_threads=True)
except Exception:
pass
def arm_shutdown_watchdog(
delay_s: float,
*,
done_event: Optional[threading.Event] = None,
snapshot_fn: Optional[Callable[[], Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
exit_code: int = 1,
dump_path: Optional[Path] = None,
name: str = "gateway-shutdown-watchdog",
) -> threading.Event:
"""Arm a daemon-thread hard-exit backstop for a wedged shutdown path.
If ``done_event`` is set before ``delay_s`` elapses, the thread exits
quietly (normal / progressing shutdown completed). Otherwise it dumps
diagnostics and calls ``os._exit(exit_code)``.
Never raises. Returns the ``done_event`` (creating one when omitted) so
the caller can disarm on successful completion.
"""
done = done_event if done_event is not None else threading.Event()
try:
delay = max(float(delay_s), 0.0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
delay = DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_WATCHDOG_GRACE_S
if delay <= 0:
return done
def _watchdog() -> None:
# Wait with interruptible chunks so a late disarm doesn't need the
# full remaining sleep to observe done_event.
deadline = time.monotonic() + delay
while time.monotonic() < deadline:
remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
if done.wait(timeout=min(remaining, 1.0)):
return
if done.is_set():
return
snapshot: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
if snapshot_fn is not None:
try:
snapshot = snapshot_fn()
except Exception as exc:
snapshot = {"snapshot_error": repr(exc)}
target = dump_path if dump_path is not None else get_shutdown_watchdog_dump_path()
_write_watchdog_dump(target, delay_s=delay, snapshot=snapshot)
try:
logger.critical(
"Shutdown watchdog fired after %.0fs — forcing process exit "
"(asyncio drain path appears wedged; see %s)",
delay,
target,
)
except Exception:
pass
for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
try:
stream.flush()
except Exception:
pass
# Mirror _exit_after_graceful_shutdown: release PID file + runtime
# lock BEFORE the log drain (locks must never be stranded), then
# drain the async log queue so the logger.critical above actually
# reaches the file before os._exit bypasses atexit. (#66892)
try:
from gateway.status import remove_pid_file, release_gateway_runtime_lock
remove_pid_file()
release_gateway_runtime_lock()
except Exception:
pass
try:
from hermes_logging import drain_log_queue
drain_log_queue(timeout=1.0)
except Exception:
pass
# Record the watchdog exit so the next boot's unclean-death detector
# reports "shutdown watchdog fired" instead of SIGKILL/OOM (NS-608).
try:
from gateway.lifecycle_ledger import mark_exited
mark_exited(exit_code, reason="shutdown_watchdog")
except Exception:
pass
os._exit(exit_code)
try:
threading.Thread(target=_watchdog, daemon=True, name=name).start()
except Exception:
logger.debug("Failed to arm shutdown watchdog", exc_info=True)
return done
async def loop_heartbeat_forever(
*,
interval_s: float = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_S,
start_time: Optional[float] = None,
home: Optional[Path] = None,
should_continue: Optional[Callable[[], bool]] = None,
) -> None:
"""Rewrite the loop heartbeat file on a cadence until cancelled / gated off.
Runs as an asyncio task on the gateway loop — if the loop freezes, this
task stops and the file mtime/updated_at goes stale for external monitors.
"""
try:
interval = max(float(interval_s), 1.0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
interval = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_S
# Immediate first write so monitors see a fresh file as soon as the
# gateway is running, not after the first interval.
write_loop_heartbeat(start_time=start_time, home=home)
while True:
if should_continue is not None and not should_continue():
return
await asyncio.sleep(interval)
if should_continue is not None and not should_continue():
return
write_loop_heartbeat(start_time=start_time, home=home)