fix: make workspace registry lock process-bound

backend/src/workspaces/git-repository.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
+import { execFile, spawn, type ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams } from "node:child_process";
-import {
+import { lstatSync, mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
-  closeSync, constants, lstatSync, mkdirSync, openSync, readFileSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync,
-} from "node:fs";
 import { mkdir } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { basename, isAbsolute, join } from "node:path";
 import { promisify } from "node:util";
@@ -228,8 +226,9 @@ export class WorkspaceRepositoryLock {
     this.queue = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { releaseQueue = resolve; });
     await previous;
 
-    let descriptor: number | undefined;
+    let holder: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams | undefined;
     const lockPath = join(this.locksPath, "repository.lock");
+    try {
       try {
         mkdirSync(this.locksPath, { recursive: true, mode: 0o700 });
         assertDirectory(this.locksPath);
@@ -237,69 +236,78 @@ export class WorkspaceRepositoryLock {
         throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("git_unavailable", "Workspace registry lock is unavailable");
       }
       try {
-      descriptor = this.acquire(lockPath);
+        holder = await this.acquire(lockPath);
       } catch (error) {
         throw this.lockError(error);
       }
-    try {
       return await operation();
     } finally {
-      if (descriptor !== undefined) closeSync(descriptor);
+      try {
-      if (descriptor !== undefined) {
+        if (holder !== undefined) await this.release(holder);
-        try { unlinkSync(lockPath); } catch { /* stale lock cleanup is retried by the operator */ }
+      } finally {
-      }
         releaseQueue();
       }
     }
-
-  private acquire(lockPath: string): number {
-    try {
-      return this.createProcessLock(lockPath);
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (!this.recoverDeadProcessLock(lockPath, error)) throw error;
-      return this.createProcessLock(lockPath);
-    }
   }
 
-  private createProcessLock(lockPath: string): number {
+  private async acquire(lockPath: string): Promise<ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams> {
-    const descriptor = openSync(lockPath, constants.O_CREAT | constants.O_EXCL | constants.O_WRONLY, 0o600);
     try {
-      writeFileSync(descriptor, JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid }), "utf8");
+      const entry = lstatSync(lockPath);
-      return descriptor;
+      if (!entry.isFile() || entry.isSymbolicLink()) throw new Error("invalid lock path");
     } catch (error) {
-      closeSync(descriptor);
+      if (!(typeof error === "object" && error !== null && "code" in error && error.code === "ENOENT")) {
-      try { unlinkSync(lockPath); } catch { /* incomplete lock is never treated as recoverable */ }
         throw error;
       }
     }
+    const holder = spawn("python3", ["-c", WorkspaceRepositoryLock.HOLDER_PROGRAM, lockPath], {
+      stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+    });
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      let output = "";
+      const fail = (error: WorkspaceRegistryError) => {
+        holder.stdout.removeAllListeners("data");
+        reject(error);
+      };
+      holder.once("error", () => fail(new WorkspaceRegistryError("git_unavailable", "Workspace registry lock is unavailable")));
+      holder.once("exit", (code) => {
+        fail(new WorkspaceRegistryError(
+          code === 73 ? "workspace_stale" : "git_unavailable",
+          code === 73 ? "Workspace registry is busy" : "Workspace registry lock is unavailable",
+        ));
+      });
+      holder.stdout.on("data", (chunk: Buffer) => {
+        output += chunk.toString("utf8");
+        if (output === "locked\n") {
+          holder.stdout.removeAllListeners("data");
+          resolve();
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    return holder;
+  }
 
-  private recoverDeadProcessLock(lockPath: string, error: unknown): boolean {
+  private async release(holder: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams): Promise<void> {
-    if (!(typeof error === "object" && error !== null && "code" in error && error.code === "EEXIST")) {
+    if (!holder.stdin.destroyed) holder.stdin.end();
-      return false;
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => holder.once("exit", () => resolve()));
-    }
-    try {
-      const record = JSON.parse(readFileSync(lockPath, "utf8")) as { pid?: unknown };
-      const pid = record.pid;
-      if (typeof pid !== "number" || !Number.isSafeInteger(pid) || pid <= 0 || pid === process.pid) return false;
-      try {
-        process.kill(pid, 0);
-        return false;
-      } catch (probeError) {
-        if (!(typeof probeError === "object" && probeError !== null && "code" in probeError && probeError.code === "ESRCH")) {
-          return false;
-        }
-      }
-      unlinkSync(lockPath);
-      return true;
-    } catch {
-      return false;
-    }
   }
 
   private lockError(error: unknown): WorkspaceRegistryError {
+    if (error instanceof WorkspaceRegistryError) return error;
     if (typeof error === "object" && error !== null && "code" in error && error.code === "EEXIST") {
       return new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_stale", "Workspace registry is busy");
     }
     return new WorkspaceRegistryError("git_unavailable", "Workspace registry lock is unavailable");
   }
+
+  private static readonly HOLDER_PROGRAM = [
+    "import fcntl, os, sys",
+    "fd = os.open(sys.argv[1], os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | getattr(os, 'O_NOFOLLOW', 0), 0o600)",
+    "try:",
+    "    fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)",
+    "except BlockingIOError:",
+    "    sys.exit(73)",
+    "sys.stdout.write('locked\\n')",
+    "sys.stdout.flush()",
+    "sys.stdin.buffer.read()",
+  ].join("\n");
 }

backend/test/workspace-registry.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import { afterEach, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { WorkspaceRepositoryLock } from "../src/workspaces/git-repository.js";
 import { WorkspaceRegistry } from "../src/workspaces/registry.js";
 import type { WorkspaceRegistryConfig } from "../src/workspaces/types.js";
 
@@ -113,14 +114,25 @@ test("keeps the last valid snapshot when a pulled commit has invalid YAML", asyn
   });
 });
 
-test("does not bypass an existing advisory repository lock", async () => {
+test("does not bypass an existing live advisory repository lock", async () => {
   const remote = await fixture();
   const root = join(remote.root, "registry");
   const registry = new WorkspaceRegistry(config(root, remote.remote));
-  mkdirSync(join(root, "locks"), { recursive: true });
+  const lock = new WorkspaceRepositoryLock(join(root, "locks"));
-  writeFileSync(join(root, "locks", "repository.lock"), "held");
+  let release!: () => void;
+  let started!: () => void;
+  const held = lock.run(async () => {
+    started();
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+  });
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { started = resolve; });
 
+  try {
     await expect(registry.bootstrap()).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "workspace_stale" });
+  } finally {
+    release();
+    await held;
+  }
 });
 
 test("rejects a symbolic-link registry root before creating a lock below it", async () => {

backend/test/workspaces-git-repository.test.ts

@@ -137,3 +137,44 @@ test("maps lock filesystem failures to a stable redacted error", async () => {
   });
   expect((error as Error).message).not.toContain(file);
 });
+
+test("releases its queue after a malformed lock failure so a later attempt can acquire", async () => {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "thoth-workspace-git-queue-"));
+  temporaryRoots.push(root);
+  const locks = join(root, "locks");
+  mkdirSync(join(locks, "repository.lock"), { recursive: true });
+  const lock = new WorkspaceRepositoryLock(locks);
+
+  await expect(lock.run(async () => "unreachable")).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "git_unavailable" });
+  rmSync(join(locks, "repository.lock"), { recursive: true, force: true });
+
+  const result = await Promise.race([
+    lock.run(async () => "recovered"),
+    new Promise<string>((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve("timed out"), 250)),
+  ]);
+  expect(result).toBe("recovered");
+});
+
+test("parallel contenders recover a stale lock file without overlapping critical sections", async () => {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "thoth-workspace-git-contenders-"));
+  temporaryRoots.push(root);
+  const locks = join(root, "locks");
+  mkdirSync(locks);
+  writeFileSync(join(locks, "repository.lock"), JSON.stringify({ pid: 999_999_999 }));
+  const first = new WorkspaceRepositoryLock(locks);
+  const second = new WorkspaceRepositoryLock(locks);
+  let active = 0;
+  let maximum = 0;
+  const critical = async () => {
+    active += 1;
+    maximum = Math.max(maximum, active);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 25));
+    active -= 1;
+  };
+
+  const results = await Promise.allSettled([first.run(critical), second.run(critical)]);
+
+  expect(results.filter((result) => result.status === "fulfilled")).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(results.filter((result) => result.status === "rejected")).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(maximum).toBe(1);
+});