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Summary

TestExecCommandForegroundServerReturnsSessionAndServesHTTP read the helper's listening <addr> line from the first exec_command result only (yield_time_ms: 500). On a loaded Windows runner, process start-up plus net.Listen can take longer than that, so the first result returned Command is still running… session_id: 1000 with no address and the test failed, although the session was running correctly.

This change:

  • polls the session with write_stdin (empty chars, yield_time_ms: 250) and accumulates output until parseListeningAddress finds the address, with a 20 s deadline;
  • registers the t.Cleanup that interrupts the session before the address check, so the server is also stopped on an early failure (this removes the follow-on "test root … still held after the cleanup deadline" message).

The test still checks that a foreground server returns a session_id and serves zero-server-ok over HTTP. Only internal/tools/exec_command_test.go changes.

Linked issue

Fixes #1097

Verification

  • Failing without the change: with the first call's yield_time_ms forced to 1 on the old code, the test fails with the exact message from the issue (server output did not include listening address: "Command is still running.\nsession_id: 1000…", followed by test root … still held after the cleanup deadline). With the new code and the same forced yield, it passes.
  • With the real yield_time_ms: 500, -count=5 passes locally (Windows).
  • go build ./..., go vet ./..., gofmt -l internal/tools, git diff HEAD --check clean; go test ./internal/tools/ passes.
  • Not run locally: go test -race (cgo unavailable in this environment), make targets, go test ./..., smoke, make vulncheck. Relying on CI for those.

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  • The linked issue already has the issue-approved label.
  • go build ./..., go vet ./..., and go test ./... pass locally. (build and vet pass; only ./internal/tools tests were run)
  • gofmt clean.
  • Tests added/updated for the change (and run under -race where relevant). (test updated; -race not run locally)
  • UI changes include screenshots or a short recording where possible. (no UI change)

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  • Tests
    • Improved reliability of the foreground server test by allowing more time for the server to start and reporting accumulated output when startup or HTTP reachability fails.

TestExecCommandForegroundServerReturnsSessionAndServesHTTP parsed the
helper's listening address from the first exec_command result only, with
a 500 ms yield. On a loaded Windows runner the helper had not printed its
address yet, so the test failed even though the session was running.

Poll the session with write_stdin until the address appears (20 s
deadline), and register the cleanup before the address check so the
server is stopped on early failure too.

Fixes Twigpine#1097

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟢 Approval recommended

The focused test change correctly addresses the documented timing race and ensures early-failure cleanup.

Review effort: Balanced
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What changed in this PR

Improves Windows CI reliability by polling the foreground server session until its listening address is available.

Changes:

  • Polls and accumulates session output for up to 20 seconds.
  • Registers server cleanup before address validation.
File Description
internal/​tools/​exec_command_test.go Makes foreground-server startup checks resilient to slow runners.

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The foreground server test now polls its session for up to 20 seconds while collecting output. It uses the collected output when reporting polling, address detection, and HTTP reachability failures.

Changes

Foreground server test

Layer / File(s) Summary
Session polling and HTTP check
internal/tools/exec_command_test.go
The test registers cleanup before polling. It polls every 250 ms for up to 20 seconds and accumulates output until it finds the listening address. Polling and address detection failures report collected output. The HTTP reachability failure also includes all collected output.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: anandh8x, vasanthdev2004, euxaristia

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e7774

Only a test changes, and it is expected to be more reliable than before. A rare chunk-boundary case could still make it fail, and removing the inserted newline avoids that. Production behavior is unaffected.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title accurately and concisely describes the main change: updating the foreground server test to poll for the listening address.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The change meets issue #1097. TestExecCommandForegroundServerReturnsSessionAndServesHTTP polls the foreground session with write_stdin, accumulates output, and waits up to 20 seconds for `parseLis…
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Review comments at @internal/tools/exec_command_test.go:
- Line 394: Update the poll-output accumulation so it appends `poll.Output`
directly to `output` without inserting a newline, preserving raw chunks across
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if poll.Status != StatusOK {
t.Fatalf("write_stdin poll status = %s: %s", poll.Status, poll.Output)
}
output += "\n" + poll.Output

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
# Inspect the session continuation and output-buffer contract.
rg -n -C 5 'func .*Continue\(|type ProcessContinue struct|OutputTruncated|Output:|ReadBytes|ReadString|ReadString\(' internal

Repository: Twigpine/zero

Length of output: 41659


🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- process manager symbols ---'
rg -n -C 12 'func \(.*ProcessManager.*\) Continue|func .*Continue|type ProcessResult|type ProcessManager|appendBoundedProcessOutput|OutputTruncated' internal/execution/process_manager.go
printf '%s\n' '--- test polling and parser ---'
rg -n -C 18 'parseListeningAddress|write_stdin|poll\.Output|TestExecCommandForegroundServerReturnsSessionAndServesHTTP' internal/tools/exec_command_test.go

Repository: Twigpine/zero

Length of output: 23585


🏁 Script executed:

set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- process manager symbols ---'
rg -n -C 12 'func \(.*ProcessManager.*\) Continue|func .*Continue|type ProcessResult|type ProcessManager|appendBoundedProcessOutput|OutputTruncated' internal/execution/process_manager.go
printf '%s\n' '--- test polling and parser ---'
rg -n -C 18 'parseListeningAddress|write_stdin|poll\.Output|TestExecCommandForegroundServerReturnsSessionAndServesHTTP' internal/tools/exec_command_test.go

Repository: Twigpine/zero

Length of output: 23585


🏁 Script executed:

set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- Continue declarations and callers ---'
rg -n 'Continue|ProcessContinue' internal/execution internal/tools/exec_command.go internal/tools/exec_command_test.go
printf '%s\n' '--- execution file list ---'
git ls-files 'internal/execution/*'
printf '%s\n' '--- named test symbols ---'
rg -n 'parseListeningAddress|poll\.Output|write_stdin|TestExecCommandForegroundServerReturnsSessionAndServesHTTP' internal/tools/exec_command_test.go

Repository: Twigpine/zero

Length of output: 3972


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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- Continue implementation ---'
sed -n '204,235p' internal/execution/process_manager.go
printf '%s\n' '--- output buffer definitions and drain ---'
rg -n -C 18 'type .*output|func \(.*output.*\) (drain|consumeTruncated|recentString|write|append)|output:' internal/execution
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant continuation test comments ---'
sed -n '630,680p' internal/tools/exec_command_test.go

Repository: Twigpine/zero

Length of output: 14497


Preserve raw output across polls.

ProcessManager.Continue returns raw output collected since the previous poll. A chunk can end in the middle of a line. The inserted newline can split listening from the address, so parseListeningAddress can miss the address until the 20-second deadline.

🐛 Suggested fix
-output += "\n" + poll.Output
+output += poll.Output
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output += "\n" + poll.Output
output += poll.Output
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Review comment at @internal/tools/exec_command_test.go at line 394:
Update the poll-output accumulation so it appends `poll.Output` directly to
`output` without inserting a newline, preserving raw chunks across polls for
`parseListeningAddress`.

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test(tools): TestExecCommandForegroundServerReturnsSessionAndServesHTTP flakes on Windows CI

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