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PR 2 of 2 for #437: the per-read stall timeout from the triage comment.

Stacked on #599. Its commits are included here because a fork cannot target another fork branch; the change in this PR is the last commit, fix(poll): abort and reconnect a long-poll read that never answers. Once #599 merges, this diff shrinks to that commit.

After a Wi-Fi switch, a VPN reconnect or a laptop sleep, the open long-poll socket often dies without an RST. The waitSeconds=25 read then waits for undici's 300-second headers timeout (the wait client raises its own per-request timeout to cover --timeout), even when the run finished long before.

  • Stall budget per read. Once the endpoint has answered, each run poll read gets its long-poll window plus 20s (45s for the 25s window, 20s for a backoff-mode read without waitSeconds). A read still silent at that point is aborted as a ReadStalledError (a TransportError, so UNAVAILABLE). The outage handling from fix(poll): wait out a network outage until --timeout instead of exiting 10 #599 then treats it like any network failure: the next read, on a fresh connection, follows after the 2/4/8/15s schedule, and a run still unreachable at --timeout exits 10 with the {runId, status} partial.
  • Retry waits are not silence. http.ts reports each retry wait inside a request (a 429's Retry-After, a transport or 5xx backoff) through a new onRetryWait request option, and the guard restarts its budget after the wait. The guard never cuts a retry short, so nothing retries 429 or 500 faster than http.ts.
  • No signal churn. The guard composes its stall signal with the session signal through composeAbortSignals (now exported from http.ts), not AbortSignal.any, and cleans the listeners up when the read settles.
  • First contact. test wait arms the guard only after its first answer, so a silent endpoint there is still reported at the deadline.
  • Unchanged: plan-poll.ts, every exit code, Ctrl-C (the session signal keeps its meaning inside the guard). The only JSON change is the stall's message text inside an existing error.

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Closes #437

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Notes for reviewers

  • Tests use fake timers with the real default sleep:
    • poll.spec.ts: a read silent for 45s is aborted and the re-read at 47s gets the verdict; a backoff-mode read stalls at 20s; reads stalling until --timeout exit 10 with no answer for 45s; a 60s retry wait inside a read restarts the budget, so the read is not aborted; the guard is not armed before a test wait first answer; Ctrl-C during a stalled read is the InterruptError; the --verbose lines (Cannot reach the TestSprite API (no answer for 45s)…, Reconnected after 47s…).
    • http.test.ts: onRetryWait fires with each delay just before the sleep (429 Retry-After, transport and 503 backoff), and getRun passes it through.
    • test.wait.spec.ts, on the real HttpClient: a long-poll read that never answers is aborted at exactly 45s and the next read returns the verdict.
  • Failing on current main: the first poll.spec.ts stall case, run against d61e6df, is still waiting 60s in (the read only ends at undici's timeout or the deadline).
  • The existing churn regression test asserted the same signal object on every read, which a per-read stall timer cannot keep. It now asserts its actual concern: one AbortSignal.any per poll session, however many reads.
  • fix(poll): pace long-poll reads the server answers without holding #581 also changes the long-poll branch of poll.ts (a client-side floor for early answers); whichever lands second needs a small rebase there.
  • Local run: npm run lint (0 errors; the warnings are existing unused eslint-disable directives), npm run format:check, npm run typecheck, npm test (122 files, 4825 passed, 2 skipped), npm run test:e2e (10 files, 110 passed, 1 skipped) and npm run test:coverage (statements 90.0%, branches 85.1%, lines 92.2%).

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Long-poll requests that stop responding are now aborted and retried on a fresh connection after the poll window plus 20 seconds. Retry delays caused by rate limiting do not count toward this timeout.
    • If the service remains unreachable until the command deadline, the command exits with status 10.
  • Documentation
    • Updated test wait guidance to describe the timeout, retry behavior, and deadline outcome for all listed wait commands.

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Walkthrough

Polling now aborts unanswered reads after a configured stall budget once the endpoint has answered, then treats them as outages and retries. The HTTP client reports retry delays to polling so those waits do not count as silence. Tests and documentation cover the timeout, retry, and deadline behavior.

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Polling stall recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Expose HTTP retry waits
src/lib/http.ts, src/lib/http.test.ts
The request API adds an optional callback for automatic retry delays. The HTTP client invokes it before retry waits, including transport, body-read, edge-status, and API-error retries.
Guard stalled polling reads
src/lib/poll.ts, src/lib/poll.spec.ts
After the endpoint has answered, polling aborts a read that exceeds its long-poll window plus 20 seconds, or 20 seconds in backoff mode. Retry waits restart the stall budget. Tests cover outage recovery, deadlines, first contact, and shutdown.
Verify wait command behavior
src/commands/test.wait.spec.ts, DOCUMENTATION.md
A command test checks that a stalled read is aborted and a later poll returns the verdict. Documentation describes the timeout, fresh-connection retry, and deadline behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant WaitCommand
  participant pollRunUntilTerminal
  participant HttpClient
  participant RunsAPI
  WaitCommand->>pollRunUntilTerminal: wait for run verdict
  pollRunUntilTerminal->>HttpClient: getRun with retry-wait callback
  HttpClient->>RunsAPI: request run status
  HttpClient-->>pollRunUntilTerminal: report retry delay before retry wait
  pollRunUntilTerminal->>HttpClient: abort read after stall budget
  pollRunUntilTerminal->>HttpClient: retry getRun
  HttpClient->>RunsAPI: request run status on fresh connection
  RunsAPI-->>HttpClient: return run status
  HttpClient-->>pollRunUntilTerminal: return run status
  pollRunUntilTerminal-->>WaitCommand: return verdict
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Merge Risk: Low · up to c1b20

The stall guard looks sound: it retries silent reads on a fresh connection and leaves Ctrl-C handling unchanged. One earlier concern is still open. The test run help text tells users to retry on exit 10, which could create and bill a duplicate run after an outage that began post-trigger. Update that guidance before or soon after merging.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #437 requires a proven-endpoint outage that reaches --timeout to use TimeoutError with exit code 7. The stall guard, retry-wait reset, first-contact behavior, reconnect schedule, and tests a… When a proven-endpoint outage reaches the deadline, return the existing TimeoutError outcome with exit code 7. Preserve the required {runId, status} partial output and test wait re-attach guidance. Update affected tests and documentat…
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: aborting and reconnecting a long-poll read that remains unanswered.
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The reviewed changes stay within issue #437. The HTTP retry callback supports the stall guard. Poll changes implement silent-read recovery. Tests cover the new polling behavior. Documentation describe…
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The reviewed changes stay within issue #437. The HTTP retry callback supports the stall guard. Poll changes implement silent-read recovery. Tests cover the new polling behavior. Documentation describes the user-visible behavior. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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Issue #437 requires a proven-endpoint outage that reaches --timeout to use TimeoutError with exit code 7. The stall guard, retry-wait reset, first-contact behavior, reconnect schedule, and tests are present. However, poll.ts throws UnreachableAtDeadlineError for an outage at the deadline. That error uses UNAVAILABLE, and errors.ts maps it to exit code 10. The documentation and tests also specify exit code 10. This does not meet the #437 deadline requirement.

Resolution

When a proven-endpoint outage reaches the deadline, return the existing TimeoutError outcome with exit code 7. Preserve the required {runId, status} partial output and test wait re-attach guidance. Update affected tests and documentation.

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🟡 Minor · Update the test run exit-10 help text: "retry the command" can now trigger a… · test.ts:15132

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Update the test run exit-10 help text: "retry the command" can now trigger a second billed run.

This change adds a new exit-10 outcome to test run --wait. When the API stays unreachable until --timeout after the trigger succeeded, UnreachableAtDeadlineError exits 10. The run is already accepted and keeps executing server-side.

The test run help table still says 10 transport/network failure (UNAVAILABLE) — retry the command. A script or user that follows this hint re-runs testsprite test run <id>. That command triggers and bills a second run. The thrown error's nextAction says to re-attach, but the help text says the opposite.

Make the exit-10 line distinguish the two cases. If a run id was printed on stdout, re-attach with test wait. Retry the command only when no run id was printed.

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+        ' 10  transport/network failure (UNAVAILABLE). If a runId was printed, the run keeps\n' +
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Update the exit-10 help text in the test run help table to distinguish accepted
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🟡 Minor · Qualify the exit-10 reattach advice for owned tunnels. · test.ts:15131-15134

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Qualify the exit-10 reattach advice for owned tunnels.

When an owned-tunnel run reaches the outage handler and cancellation fails, the partial output still says running. The command then closes its tunnel and directs the user to stop the run or start a fresh one. test wait can inspect the run, but cannot restore its local target. Clarify this in the generic help. Keep the skipped-cancellation exception: that run may continue, and test wait can check its outcome, although steps that need the local target can fail.

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-        '     running, that run keeps executing: re-attach with testsprite test wait\n' +
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Thanks @Andy00L. The stall guard is the second half of #437 and we want it. It is stacked, so nothing to change until #599 merges; then please rebase so this PR holds only the stall-guard commit (d7b66a5e), and:

  1. Re-check the read times in the stall tests against fix(poll): pace long-poll reads the server answers without holding #581's 2s long-poll floor, and resolve the poll.spec.ts conflict.
  2. If fix(http): retry a connection reset mid-body as a transport failure #608 has merged by then, it reworks the transport retry in http.ts: call onRetryWait before every sleepBeforeRetry there too, including its new mid-body retry, so a retry wait is never counted as silence.

After a Wi-Fi switch, a VPN reconnect or a laptop sleep, the open
long-poll socket often dies without an error. The read then waits for
undici's 300-second headers timeout, because the wait client raises its
own per-request timeout to cover --timeout, even when the run finished
long before.

Once the endpoint has answered, each run poll read now gets a stall
budget: its long-poll window plus 20s (45s for the 25s window, 20s for a
backoff-mode read). A read still silent at that point is aborted as a
ReadStalledError, a TransportError, so the outage handling waits it out
like a network failure and the next read opens a fresh connection, until
--timeout (where a run still unreachable exits 10).

http.ts reports each retry wait inside a request through a new
onRetryWait option, and the guard restarts its budget after the wait, so
a 429's Retry-After or a transport backoff is never taken for silence
and nothing retries faster than http.ts. The guard composes its stall
signal with composeAbortSignals, now exported, not AbortSignal.any; the
per-iteration churn test now asserts one AbortSignal.any per session.
`test wait` arms the guard only after its first answer, and plan-poll.ts
is unchanged.

Closes TestSprite#437.
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