deer-flow/backend/tests/test_local_sandbox_command_timeout.py
DanielWalnut fe82552023
fix(sandbox): stop blocking bash commands (e.g. servers) from hanging the turn (#3864)
* fix(sandbox): stop blocking bash commands from hanging the turn

Starting a server through the host bash tool (e.g. `python -m http.server`)
could hang the whole turn for the full 600s timeout. `LocalSandbox.execute_command`
used `subprocess.run(capture_output=True)`, whose captured pipes are inherited
by any process the command spawns — so a backgrounded long-lived process
(`server &`) keeps the read end open and blocks `communicate()` until the
timeout fires, even though the foreground command already returned. Commands
that read stdin blocked the same way, and on timeout only the direct child was
killed, leaving orphaned process groups.

Rework the POSIX path to capture stdout/stderr via temp files instead of pipes,
take stdin from /dev/null, and run the command in its own session/process group:

- Backgrounded long-lived processes (servers) now return immediately while the
  process keeps running.
- A command reading stdin gets immediate EOF instead of blocking.
- A genuinely blocking foreground command is bounded by a configurable
  wall-clock timeout; on timeout the whole process group is killed and the agent
  gets an explanatory notice telling it to background long-lived processes.

The timeout is configurable via `sandbox.bash_command_timeout` (default 600).
The Windows path is unchanged. Adds focused regression tests and updates docs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(sandbox): instruct the agent to background long-lived processes

The code fix bounds a foreground server with a timeout, but the turn still
waits the full timeout before the run continues. Add the prompt-side half:
the bash tool description now tells the model to ALWAYS start long-lived
processes (e.g. web servers) in the background with output redirected, so the
tool returns immediately. The timeout notice points at the same readable
workspace log path. Pins the guidance with a test.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(sandbox): make fallback-kill exception explicit and observable

Address automated review: the inner `except OSError: pass` in
_terminate_process_group silently swallowed the case where the direct-child
fallback kill found the process already gone. Make the intent explicit with a
comment and a debug log instead of a bare pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(sandbox): address bash timeout review feedback

* fix(sandbox): document fd cleanup races

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-30 14:55:31 +08:00

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"""Regression tests for blocking-command timeout handling in LocalSandbox.
These pin the fix for the "starting a server hangs the whole turn" bug:
a backgrounded long-lived process must not keep the bash tool blocked until
the timeout, and a genuinely blocking foreground command must be terminated
(process group and all) once it exceeds the timeout.
The POSIX cases exercise real subprocess/process-group semantics, so they are
skipped on Windows. Windows keeps the ``subprocess.run`` path, but timeout
errors still use the same user-facing notice.
"""
import os
import shlex
import sys
import time
from pathlib import Path
import pytest
from deerflow.config.sandbox_config import SandboxConfig
from deerflow.sandbox.local import local_sandbox
from deerflow.sandbox.local.local_sandbox import LocalSandbox
posix_only = pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="POSIX process-group semantics")
linux_proc_fd_only = pytest.mark.skipif(not Path("/proc/self/fd").exists(), reason="requires Linux /proc fd links")
@posix_only
def test_backgrounded_process_returns_promptly():
"""A backgrounded long-lived process (e.g. a dev server started with `&`)
must return as soon as the foreground command finishes, instead of
blocking the bash tool until the timeout because it inherited the
captured pipe."""
sandbox = LocalSandbox("t")
start = time.monotonic()
output = sandbox.execute_command("sleep 5 & echo serving", timeout=10)
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
assert elapsed < 3, f"expected prompt return, took {elapsed:.1f}s"
assert "serving" in output
@posix_only
@linux_proc_fd_only
def test_backgrounded_process_does_not_inherit_deleted_temp_capture(tmp_path):
"""A backgrounded process that forgets to redirect output must not inherit
an anonymous deleted temp file for fd 1. That would be an invisible,
unbounded disk leak for long-lived processes that keep writing."""
marker = tmp_path / "fd1"
script = f"import os, pathlib, time; pathlib.Path({str(marker)!r}).write_text(os.readlink('/proc/self/fd/1')); time.sleep(2)"
sandbox = LocalSandbox("t")
output = sandbox.execute_command(f"{shlex.quote(sys.executable)} -c {shlex.quote(script)} & echo launched", timeout=10)
assert "launched" in output
for _ in range(50):
if marker.exists():
break
time.sleep(0.1)
assert marker.exists()
assert " (deleted)" not in marker.read_text()
@posix_only
def test_foreground_blocking_command_times_out_with_notice():
"""A foreground command that never exits is terminated at the timeout and
the agent receives an explanatory notice instead of a generic error."""
sandbox = LocalSandbox("t")
start = time.monotonic()
output = sandbox.execute_command("while true; do sleep 0.2; done", timeout=1)
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
assert elapsed < 5, f"timeout not enforced, took {elapsed:.1f}s"
assert "timed out" in output.lower()
def test_timeout_notice_formats_fractional_and_singular_timeouts(monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(LocalSandbox, "_get_shell", lambda self: "/bin/sh")
monkeypatch.setattr(LocalSandbox, "_run_posix_command", staticmethod(lambda args, timeout: ("", "", 0, True)))
assert "after 1.5 seconds" in LocalSandbox("t").execute_command("wait", timeout=1.5)
assert "after 1 second" in LocalSandbox("t").execute_command("wait", timeout=1)
def test_windows_timeout_expired_returns_notice(monkeypatch):
def fake_run(*args, **kwargs):
raise local_sandbox.subprocess.TimeoutExpired(cmd=args[0], timeout=kwargs["timeout"], output="partial out", stderr="partial err")
monkeypatch.setattr(local_sandbox.os, "name", "nt")
monkeypatch.setattr(LocalSandbox, "_get_shell", lambda self: "cmd.exe")
monkeypatch.setattr(local_sandbox.subprocess, "run", fake_run)
output = LocalSandbox("t").execute_command("wait", timeout=1.5)
assert "partial out" in output
assert "Std Error:" in output
assert "partial err" in output
assert "after 1.5 seconds" in output
assert "Unexpected error" not in output
@posix_only
def test_foreground_timeout_kills_whole_process_group(tmp_path):
"""On timeout the entire process group is killed, not just the direct
child, so child processes spawned by the command do not survive."""
marker = tmp_path / "alive"
sandbox = LocalSandbox("t")
sandbox.execute_command(f"while true; do touch {marker}; sleep 0.2; done", timeout=1)
assert marker.exists()
first_mtime = marker.stat().st_mtime
time.sleep(1.5)
assert marker.stat().st_mtime == first_mtime, "process group survived the timeout"
@posix_only
def test_command_reading_stdin_does_not_block():
"""stdin is redirected from /dev/null, so a command that reads stdin gets
immediate EOF instead of blocking until the timeout."""
sandbox = LocalSandbox("t")
start = time.monotonic()
output = sandbox.execute_command("read x; echo got", timeout=10)
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
assert elapsed < 3, f"stdin read blocked, took {elapsed:.1f}s"
assert "got" in output
@posix_only
def test_normal_command_output_exit_code_and_stderr():
"""Ordinary commands keep their existing output contract: stdout,
appended Std Error section, and a non-zero Exit Code line."""
sandbox = LocalSandbox("t")
assert "hello" in sandbox.execute_command("echo hello")
assert "Exit Code: 3" in sandbox.execute_command("exit 3")
combined = sandbox.execute_command("echo out; echo oops >&2")
assert "out" in combined
assert "Std Error:" in combined
assert "oops" in combined
def test_sandbox_config_exposes_command_timeout_default():
cfg = SandboxConfig(use="deerflow.sandbox.local:LocalSandboxProvider")
assert cfg.bash_command_timeout == 600
def test_bash_tool_description_guides_backgrounding_long_lived_processes():
"""The bash tool description (seen by the model) must tell it to background
long-lived processes like servers, so it doesn't block the turn in the
foreground. This is the prompt-side half of the server-hang fix."""
from deerflow.sandbox.tools import bash_tool
description = bash_tool.description.lower()
assert "background" in description
assert "server" in description