feat(diagnostics): capture Linux server hangs outside the event loop - #9947
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request adds an external Linux incident collector that captures process and thread data, optional perf profiles, and JSON summaries. It adds deterministic tests, CI execution, documentation, and a changelog entry. ChangesLinux incident capture
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The collector can lose the sample closest to process termination, reducing incident evidence. The fix is small and should be made before relying on the tool. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Operator
participant Collector
participant Procfs
participant Perf
participant Output
Operator->>Collector: Start capture for a process
Collector->>Procfs: Read process and thread snapshots
Collector->>Procfs: Verify process start_ticks
Collector->>Perf: Record optional user-space profile
Collector->>Output: Write sample, metadata, and summary JSON
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In `@scripts/capture_linux_incident.py`:
- Around line 69-70: Update the final identity read in main to catch only
FileNotFoundError and preserve the partially captured sample when the target
exits; continue validating identity(process) against expected_start when the
read succeeds, and let malformed data or other exceptions propagate.
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| if identity(process) != expected_start: | ||
| raise RuntimeError("PID changed during capture; discarding this sample") |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Preserve the partial sample when the final identity read reports process exit.
If the target exits after capture, identity(process) raises FileNotFoundError, so main discards the sample. Catch only that exception for the final read. Keep the start_ticks mismatch check, and let malformed or other read errors propagate.
🛠️ Proposed fix
- if identity(process) != expected_start:
- raise RuntimeError("PID changed during capture; discarding this sample")
+ try:
+ observed_start = identity(process)
+ except FileNotFoundError as error:
+ result["errors"].append(f"process exited during capture: {error}")
+ else:
+ if observed_start != expected_start:
+ raise RuntimeError("PID changed during capture; discarding this sample")📝 Committable suggestion
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| if identity(process) != expected_start: | |
| raise RuntimeError("PID changed during capture; discarding this sample") | |
| try: | |
| observed_start = identity(process) | |
| except FileNotFoundError as error: | |
| result["errors"].append(f"process exited during capture: {error}") | |
| else: | |
| if observed_start != expected_start: | |
| raise RuntimeError("PID changed during capture; discarding this sample") |
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In `@scripts/capture_linux_incident.py` around lines 69 - 70, Update the final
identity read in main to catch only FileNotFoundError and preserve the partially
captured sample when the target exits; continue validating identity(process)
against expected_start when the read succeeds, and let malformed data or other
exceptions propagate.
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Issue #9942 describes a production server that stops dispatching while one thread consumes a core and RSS grows into gigabytes. The process was restarted before a user-space stack could be captured.
Add an external Linux collector that records per-thread CPU deltas, RSS growth, memory maps/rollups, and optional perf call chains without relying on the server's event loop. It detects PID/TID reuse, bounds individual reads, preserves partial samples, and refuses to overwrite an existing capture. Register seven fixture tests in the required lint job and document healthy-baseline and wedged-process collection.
Refs #9942. This is an investigation PR, not a leak/hang fix; keep the issue open until production evidence identifies and verifies the cause.
Validation:
No production incident or perf-enabled production capture has been reproduced locally. The tool does not collect the process environment, command line, or application heap.
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