fix: bound SQLite pool waits so Windows integration does not timeout - #745
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Add failing regressions for issue #743: a full file-backed SQLite pool and a close with an outstanding connection both wait past 8s, which the Windows integration runner reports as TIMEOUT. Co-authored-by: logbie <logbie@users.noreply.github.com>
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Understand this PR’s impact Explore downstream dependencies and potential security impact with Blast Radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change bounds SQLite lock, acquisition, and close waits; enables WAL for file-backed databases; closes leftover databases before CLI exit; retains failed integration-test logs; and adds regression tests and documentation for the Windows timeout. ChangesSQLite timeout lifecycle
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Concurrent opens of the same SQLite file can intermittently fail during WAL setup, and timeout diagnostics can be incomplete. Address WAL initialization handling and wait for the killed test process before retaining logs. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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File-backed SQLite now uses WAL, a five-second busy/acquire wait, and a bounded close so a contended pool fails instead of matching the 30-second integration runner deadline. The CLI closes leftover pools after a run and a successful --test process exits the same way a failing one already did, so leftover workers cannot hang only the green path. Co-authored-by: logbie <logbie@users.noreply.github.com>
Keep stdout/stderr under target/test-artifacts/integration-runner/ and print the last 40 lines when a WFL program times out or fails, so a 30-second SQLite wait is no longer discarded as a silent TIMEOUT. Co-authored-by: logbie <logbie@users.noreply.github.com>
Document WAL and five-second file-backed SQLite waits, and keep the Red-to-Green evidence for the Windows integration TIMEOUT. Co-authored-by: logbie <logbie@users.noreply.github.com>
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| // failing ones already do, so shutdown cannot hang | ||
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| let test_exit = if results.failed_tests > 0 { 1 } else { 0 }; |
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When a --test program executes exit program with code N without recording a failed assertion, the interpreter retains N, but this branch unconditionally selects status 0 and exits before the existing program_exit_code() handling at lines 1196–1199. CI or a parent process will therefore treat an intentional nonzero program exit as success; use the requested program status when the test result is otherwise green, while continuing to give failed assertions status 1.
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| .journal_mode(SqliteJournalMode::Wal) | ||
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For every file-backed SQLite database, forcing synchronous=NORMAL weakens the previous default FULL durability: in WAL mode a transaction reported as committed can be lost after a power failure or operating-system crash. That silently changes the documented promise in Docs/04-advanced-features/databases.md:124-125 that committed changes become permanent and is not required to bound lock waits; retain FULL or make reduced durability an explicit opt-in.
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| .journal_mode(SqliteJournalMode::Wal) | ||
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🟡 Read-only SQLite databases reject connections
Opening a read-only SQLite file now requests Wal, which requires writable database state and sidecar files. Existing query-only programs fail during connection.
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WAL mode is persistent SQLite database state. Selecting it during every file-backed connection requires write access to the database directory and can reject a database that was previously usable for reads. The earlier default journal mode allowed the same query-only connection without creating WAL sidecars.
Example: A deployment mounts catalog.db and its directory read-only, then opens sqlite://catalog.db to run SELECT statements. The connection now fails while setting WAL instead of serving those reads.
Recommended fix: Preserve a read-only-compatible path instead of unconditionally setting SqliteJournalMode::Wal. Detect read-only/open-mode configuration or retry without changing journal mode only when WAL initialization fails for a read-only database. Keep the five-second acquire and busy bounds independent of journal selection.
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| let test_exit = if results.failed_tests > 0 { 1 } else { 0 }; | ||
| drop(interpreter); | ||
| let _ = io::stdout().flush(); | ||
| let _ = io::stderr().flush(); | ||
| process::exit(test_exit); |
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🟡 Test mode discards program status
A passing --test run now exits zero before reading program_exit_code. exit program with code 7 therefore reports success instead of status 7.
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Before this change, passing test mode continued to the normal CLI status handling, which returned a nonzero code requested by exit program with code. The unconditional exit now bypasses that handling. Failed assertions can still take precedence with status 1, while a passing run must preserve the program's explicit status.
Example: A file runs one passing assertion and then executes exit program with code 7. It previously printed the test report and exited 7; it now exits 0.
Recommended fix: Use interpreter.program_exit_code() when no assertions failed, then retain the explicit flush and immediate exit.
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| let test_exit = if results.failed_tests > 0 { | |
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| interpreter.program_exit_code() | |
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| let _ = io::stdout().flush(); | |
| let _ = io::stderr().flush(); | |
| process::exit(test_exit); |
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| }; | ||
| SqlitePoolOptions::new() | ||
| .max_connections(max_connections) | ||
| .acquire_timeout(SQLITE_LOCK_WAIT) |
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🟡 In-memory SQLite waits fail early
Every SQLite pool now receives acquire_timeout, including single-connection in-memory pools. Concurrent in-memory operations waiting five seconds now fail instead of retaining the previous wait.
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An in-memory SQLite pool has one connection because each additional connection would hold a different database. A transaction or long query can legitimately occupy that connection while another concurrent handler waits. The new timeout changes those waits even though the documented and stated behavior only bounds file-backed pools.
Example: Handler A holds an in-memory transaction for six seconds while handler B queries the same handle. Handler B previously waited for the connection; it now receives a pool timeout after five seconds.
Recommended fix: Apply acquire_timeout(SQLITE_LOCK_WAIT) only to file-backed SQLite pool options. Keep the in-memory pool at one connection with its prior acquire policy, or document and separately test an intentional compatibility change.
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| Copy-Item $outFile.FullName (Join-Path $logDir "stdout.log") -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ||
| Copy-Item $errFile.FullName (Join-Path $logDir "stderr.log") -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
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🔍 Timeout log retention races process exit
The timeout path copies redirected logs immediately after Kill. Windows can keep them locked until exit, and suppressed copy errors lose the diagnostics.
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- Around line 251-274: After calling $process.Kill() in the timeout branch, call
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output files. Preserve the existing timeout measurement and logging behavior.
In `@src/interpreter/database.rs`:
- Around line 135-140: Update database::connect around the SqliteConnectOptions
WAL configuration to handle SQLITE_BUSY during concurrent first opens: serialize
the initial WAL transition or retry it, re-read PRAGMA journal_mode after each
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| $process.Kill() | ||
| Write-Host "[ERROR] TIMEOUT $($wflFile.Name) (exceeded ${TestTimeout}s)" -ForegroundColor Red | ||
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Wait for the killed process before retaining its logs.
When the timed wait expires, $process.Kill() terminates the System.Diagnostics.Process asynchronously. The following Copy-Item and Get-Content calls can run before termination completes and miss output still being written to the redirected files. Call $process.WaitForExit() after Kill() and before copying or reading the files. This does not change the existing timeout measurement, although it cannot recover data lost from Kill()'s abnormal termination.
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In `@scripts/run_integration_tests.ps1` around lines 251 - 274, After calling
$process.Kill() in the timeout branch, call $process.WaitForExit() before the
$keepLogs block copies or reads redirected output files. Preserve the existing
timeout measurement and logging behavior.
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| SqliteConnectOptions::new() | ||
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| .journal_mode(SqliteJournalMode::Wal) | ||
| .synchronous(SqliteSynchronous::Normal) | ||
| .busy_timeout(SQLITE_LOCK_WAIT) |
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Retry WAL setup when concurrent opens target the same SQLite file. max_connections(5) does not open five connections during connect_with; it only permits later pool growth. However, concurrent open database statements can create separate pools for the same file, and each first connection applies journal_mode(WAL). SQLite may return SQLITE_BUSY during this exclusive journal-mode transition. The busy handler can still return SQLITE_BUSY when SQLite detects a deadlock or when its timeout expires. database::connect then aborts the open with Failed to connect to SQLite database.
Serialize the first WAL transition, or retry it and re-read PRAGMA journal_mode before failing. Continue when another opener has already enabled WAL.
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In `@src/interpreter/database.rs` around lines 135 - 140, Update database::connect
around the SqliteConnectOptions WAL configuration to handle SQLITE_BUSY during
concurrent first opens: serialize the initial WAL transition or retry it,
re-read PRAGMA journal_mode after each attempt, and continue when WAL is already
enabled by another opener. Preserve the existing connection settings and only
fail after retries confirm the transition could not complete.
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Summary
Fixes #743. The Windows integration runner reported
TIMEOUT database_transaction_test.wflafter 30 seconds in the full suite, while isolated runs of the same program passed. The runner also deleted child stdout/stderr, so a 30-second SQLite pool wait was indistinguishable from a hung process.Cause: sqlx's default
acquire_timeoutis 30 seconds andPool::closewaits until every connection is returned. Those waits match the runner deadline. File-backed pools also used DELETE journal mode with five connections, which on Windows stacks reserved-lock waits.Fix:
--testprocess exits the same way a failing one already did, so leftover workers cannot hang only the green path.target/test-artifacts/integration-runner/on timeout or failure.Transaction atomicity and cleanup guarantees are unchanged. The runner deadline is still 30 seconds. No retries, skips, or weakened assertions.
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1217f513—cargo test --test database_transaction_test runner_deadline -- --nocapture --test-threads=1failed both new tests for the intended reason (waited longer than 8s).62da7f84(runtime/CLI) +88ec495d(runner logs)cargo test --test database_transaction_test -- --test-threads=1: 23 passedcargo test --test database_transaction_cli_test: 1 passed in 0.04scargo test --test database_test -- --test-threads=1: 20 passedtarget/debug/wfl --test TestPrograms/database_transaction_test.wfl: 8/8 passed in 0.073s-D warningson the touched targets) andpython3 scripts/check_repo_hygiene.py --mode staticpassedc2a68568(main merged into this branch). All 19 checks completed without failures, including:Closes #743.
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