fix(sandbox): fix issue where job could stay in active forever

src/classes/child-pool.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class ChildPool {
     };
   }
 
-  async retain(processFile: string, exitHandler: any): Promise<Child> {
+  async retain(processFile: string): Promise<Child> {
     let child = this.getFree(processFile).pop();
 
     if (child) {
@@ -41,10 +41,17 @@ export class ChildPool {
       workerThreadsOptions: this.opts.workerThreadsOptions,
     });
 
-    child.on('exit', exitHandler);
+    child.on('exit', this.remove.bind(this, child));
 
     try {
       await child.init();
+
+      // Check status here as well, in case the child exited before we could
+      // retain it.
+      if (child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null) {
+        throw new Error('Child exited before it could be retained');
+      }
+
       this.retained[child.pid] = child;
 
       return child;

src/classes/child.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ export class Child extends EventEmitter {
     if (this.childProcess) {
       return this.childProcess.pid;
     } else if (this.worker) {
-      return this.worker.threadId;
+      // Worker threads pids can become negative when they are terminated
+      // so we need to use the absolute value to index the retained object
+      return Math.abs(this.worker.threadId);
     } else {
       throw new Error('No child process or worker thread');
     }

src/classes/sandbox.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ const sandbox = <T, R, N extends string>(
               );
             };
 
-            child = await childPool.retain(processFile, exitHandler);
+            child = await childPool.retain(processFile);
+            child.on('exit', exitHandler);
 
             msgHandler = async (msg: ChildMessage) => {
               switch (msg.cmd) {
@@ -76,9 +77,7 @@ const sandbox = <T, R, N extends string>(
       if (child) {
         child.off('message', msgHandler);
         child.off('exit', exitHandler);
-        if (child.exitCode !== null || /SIG.*/.test(`${child.signalCode}`)) {
-          childPool.remove(child);
-        } else {
+        if (child.exitCode === null && child.signalCode === null) {
           childPool.release(child);
         }
       }

tests/fixtures/fixture_processor.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 const delay = require('./delay');
 
 module.exports = function (/*job*/) {
-  return delay(500).then(() => {
+  return delay(1000).then(() => {
     return 42;
   });
 };

tests/fixtures/fixture_processor_exit.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 const delay = require('./delay');
 
 module.exports = function (/*job*/) {
-  return delay(500).then(() => {
+  return delay(200).then(() => {
     delay(100).then(() => {
       process.exit(0);
     });

tests/test_sandboxed_process.ts

@@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ describe('Sandboxed process using child processes', () => {
     it('should allow to pass workerForkOptions with timeout', async function () {
       const processFile = __dirname + '/fixtures/fixture_processor.js';
 
+      // Note that this timeout will not kill the child process immediately, but
+      // will wait for the child process to resolve all its promises before killing it.
+      // Therefore the job will not be "cancelled" but will be completed.
       const workerForkOptions = {
-        timeout: 50,
+        timeout: 1000,
       } as any;
       const worker = new Worker(queueName, processFile, {
         autorun: false,
@@ -93,25 +96,29 @@ describe('Sandboxed process using child processes', () => {
         workerForkOptions,
       });
 
-      const failing = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-        worker.on('failed', async (job, error) => {
+      const completing = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        worker.on('completed', async (job, error) => {
           try {
-            expect([
-              'Unexpected exit code: null signal: SIGTERM',
-              'Unexpected exit code: 0 signal: null',
-            ]).to.include(error.message);
+            const retainedChild = Object.values(
+              worker['childPool'].retained,
+            )[0];
+            expect(retainedChild).to.be.undefined;
             resolve();
           } catch (err) {
             reject(err);
           }
         });
       });
 
+      await delay(500);
+
       await queue.add('test', { foo: 'bar' });
 
       worker.run();
 
-      await failing;
+      await delay(600);
+
+      await completing;
 
       await worker.close();
     });
@@ -1116,6 +1123,116 @@ function sandboxProcessTests(
       await worker.close();
     });
 
+    describe('when child process a job and its killed direcly after completing', () => {
+      it('should process the next job in a new child process', async () => {
+        const processFile = __dirname + '/fixtures/fixture_processor.js';
+        const worker = new Worker(queueName, processFile, {
+          connection,
+          prefix,
+          drainDelay: 1,
+          useWorkerThreads,
+        });
+
+        let counter = 0;
+        let completing;
+        const completing2 = new Promise<void>((resolve2, reject2) => {
+          completing = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+            worker.on('completed', async (job: Job, value: any) => {
+              try {
+                expect(job.data).to.be.eql({ foo: 'bar' });
+                expect(value).to.be.eql(42);
+                expect(
+                  Object.keys(worker['childPool'].retained),
+                ).to.have.lengthOf(0);
+                expect(worker['childPool'].free[processFile]).to.have.lengthOf(
+                  1,
+                );
+                if (counter == 0) {
+                  counter++;
+                  resolve();
+                } else {
+                  resolve2();
+                }
+              } catch (err) {
+                if (counter == 0) {
+                  return reject(err);
+                }
+                reject2(err);
+              }
+            });
+          });
+        });
+
+        await queue.add('foobar', { foo: 'bar' });
+
+        await completing;
+
+        const child1 = worker['childPool'].free[processFile][0];
+
+        await child1.kill('SIGTERM');
+
+        await queue.add('foobar', { foo: 'bar' });
+
+        await completing2;
+
+        const child2 = worker['childPool'].free[processFile][0];
+
+        expect(child1).to.not.equal(child2);
+
+        await worker.close();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when child process a job and its killed with SIGKILL while processing', () => {
+      it('should fail with an unexpected error', async function () {
+        const processFile = __dirname + '/fixtures/fixture_processor.js';
+
+        const worker = new Worker(queueName, processFile, {
+          autorun: false,
+          connection,
+          prefix,
+          drainDelay: 1,
+        });
+
+        const started = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+          worker.on('active', async (job, prev) => {
+            expect(prev).to.be.equal('waiting');
+            resolve();
+          });
+        });
+
+        const failing = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+          worker.on('failed', async (job, error) => {
+            try {
+              expect([
+                'Unexpected exit code: null signal: SIGKILL',
+                'Unexpected exit code: 0 signal: null',
+              ]).to.include(error.message);
+              resolve();
+            } catch (err) {
+              reject(err);
+            }
+          });
+        });
+
+        await queue.add('test', { foo: 'bar' });
+
+        worker.run();
+
+        await started;
+
+        // Need some time to create the child job and start processing
+        await delay(250);
+
+        const retainedChild = Object.values(worker['childPool'].retained)[0];
+        await retainedChild.kill('SIGKILL');
+
+        await failing;
+
+        await worker.close();
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('when function is not exported', () => {
       it('throws an error', async () => {
         const processFile =
@@ -1151,28 +1268,24 @@ function sandboxProcessTests(
       const completing = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
         worker.on('completed', async job => {
           try {
-            expect(job.returnvalue).to.be.undefined;
-            expect(Object.keys(worker['childPool'].retained)).to.have.lengthOf(
-              0,
-            );
-            expect(worker['childPool'].getAllFree()).to.have.lengthOf(1);
-            await delay(500);
-            expect(Object.keys(worker['childPool'].retained)).to.have.lengthOf(
-              0,
-            );
-            expect(worker['childPool'].getAllFree()).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+            expect(job!.returnvalue).to.be.undefined;
             resolve();
           } catch (err) {
             reject(err);
-          } finally {
-            await worker.close();
           }
         });
       });
 
       await queue.add('test', { foo: 'bar' });
 
       await completing;
+
+      await delay(200);
+
+      expect(Object.keys(worker['childPool'].retained)).to.have.lengthOf(0);
+      expect(worker['childPool'].getAllFree()).to.have.lengthOf(0);
+
+      await worker.close();
     });
 
     it('should allow the job to complete and then exit on worker close', async function () {