Expire presence so users can't get stuck online (#77)

Presence was a per-user refcount in Redis, decremented only when a
connection's cleanup ran. Anything that ended a connection without
cleanup (a crash, an unclean restart, a laptop asleep with the page
frozen) leaked its count forever, so those users never showed offline.
Production had 19 counts for 2 live connections.

Presence is now one expiring entry per connection (90s TTL) for global,
per-room and focus presence, in new presence:v2:* keys. Clients renew
theirs by sending any frame, which the existing 30s ping/pong already
does. The server closes a human connection that sends nothing for 90s
(code 4408), which catches a frozen page whose browser still answers
transport pings. Bot connections can't be expected to answer pings, so
the server renews theirs itself while the handler is alive.

An expiry has no disconnect event to announce it, so a sweeper on each
worker (one per 15s overall, via a Redis lock) prunes expired entries
and broadcasts the offline transition. The old presence:* hashes are
deleted at startup.

Tests cover the expiry store, the sweeper, and the websocket cases.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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import os
import time
import uuid
import pytest_asyncio
from redis.asyncio import Redis
from app.ws.expiring_presence import ExpiringPresenceSet
class Clock:
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.now = time.time()
def __call__(self) -> float:
return self.now
def advance(self, seconds: float) -> None:
self.now += seconds
@pytest_asyncio.fixture
async def redis_client():
client = Redis.from_url(os.environ["REDIS_URL"], decode_responses=True)
yield client
await client.aclose()
@pytest_asyncio.fixture
async def setup(redis_client):
clock = Clock()
store = ExpiringPresenceSet(redis_client, ttl_seconds=90, clock=clock)
key = f"presence:v2:test:{uuid.uuid4()}"
yield store, clock, key
await redis_client.delete(key)
async def test_first_connection_is_a_transition_and_a_second_is_not(setup):
store, _, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
assert await store.add(key, user, "tab1") is True
assert await store.add(key, user, "tab2") is False
assert await store.live_user_ids(key) == {user}
async def test_renewing_a_live_entry_is_not_a_transition(setup):
store, clock, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
clock.advance(30)
assert await store.add(key, user, "tab1") is False
async def test_entry_stops_counting_after_the_ttl(setup):
store, clock, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
clock.advance(89)
assert await store.is_live(key, user) is True
clock.advance(2)
assert await store.is_live(key, user) is False
assert await store.live_user_ids(key) == set()
async def test_renewal_keeps_a_connection_alive_past_the_original_expiry(setup):
store, clock, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
for _ in range(5):
clock.advance(60)
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
assert await store.is_live(key, user) is True
async def test_coming_back_after_expiry_is_a_transition_again(setup):
store, clock, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
clock.advance(200)
assert await store.add(key, user, "tab1") is True
async def test_one_live_connection_keeps_the_user_online_when_another_expires(setup):
store, clock, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "old-tab")
clock.advance(60)
await store.add(key, user, "new-tab")
clock.advance(60) # old-tab is now 120s stale, new-tab 60s
assert await store.is_live(key, user) is True
async def test_remove_reports_only_the_last_connection_leaving(setup):
store, _, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
await store.add(key, user, "tab2")
assert await store.remove(key, user, "tab1") is False
assert await store.remove(key, user, "tab2") is True
async def test_remove_of_an_entry_that_is_already_gone_reports_nothing(setup):
# Whoever removed it first (e.g. prune) already reported the transition.
store, _, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
await store.remove(key, user, "tab1")
assert await store.remove(key, user, "tab1") is False
async def test_remove_of_an_expired_but_unpruned_entry_still_reports_offline(setup):
# Nobody has been told this user went offline yet (no prune has run), so
# their eventual clean close is the one place left to report it.
store, clock, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
clock.advance(200)
assert await store.remove(key, user, "tab1") is True
async def test_users_are_independent(setup):
store, _, key = setup
alice, bob = uuid.uuid4(), uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, alice, "a")
await store.add(key, bob, "b")
await store.remove(key, alice, "a")
assert await store.live_user_ids(key) == {bob}
async def test_prune_reports_users_who_lost_their_last_live_entry(setup):
store, clock, key = setup
gone, still_here = uuid.uuid4(), uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, gone, "tab1")
await store.add(key, still_here, "old")
clock.advance(60)
await store.add(key, still_here, "new")
clock.advance(40) # gone/tab1 and still_here/old are expired; still_here/new is not
assert await store.prune(key) == {gone}
async def test_prune_is_idempotent_and_removes_what_it_reports(setup):
store, clock, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
clock.advance(200)
assert await store.prune(key) == {user}
assert await store.prune(key) == set()
async def test_prune_with_nothing_expired_does_nothing(setup):
store, _, key = setup
user = uuid.uuid4()
await store.add(key, user, "tab1")
assert await store.prune(key) == set()
assert await store.is_live(key, user) is True
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online = ws_client.get("/api/users/online").json()
assert alice["id"] not in online
# --- #77: liveness -----------------------------------------------------------
# A connection that stops answering the app-level heartbeat is dropped by the
# server, and a connection that does answer keeps its presence entry renewed.
# Timings are shrunk so nothing here waits on the real 30s/90s values.
def _fast_heartbeat(monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr("app.ws.chat.WS_PING_INTERVAL_SECONDS", 0.05)
monkeypatch.setattr("app.ws.chat.WS_DEAD_AFTER_SECONDS", 0.2)
monkeypatch.setattr("app.ws.chat.PRESENCE_REFRESH_MIN_INTERVAL_SECONDS", 0)
def test_unresponsive_client_is_disconnected_by_the_server(ws_client, monkeypatch):
# The frozen-page / sleeping-laptop case: the transport stays open (the
# browser answers protocol pings itself) but the page never replies to
# the app-level ping.
from starlette.websockets import WebSocketDisconnect
_fast_heartbeat(monkeypatch)
_register_ws(ws_client, _unique("alice"))
with ws_client.websocket_connect("/ws/chat") as ws:
pings = 0
try:
while True:
assert ws.receive_json() == {"type": "ping"}
pings += 1
assert pings < 100, "server never gave up on a silent client"
except WebSocketDisconnect as exc:
assert exc.code == 4408
assert pings >= 2
def test_client_that_answers_pings_is_not_disconnected(ws_client, monkeypatch):
_fast_heartbeat(monkeypatch)
_register_ws(ws_client, _unique("alice"))
room = ws_client.post("/api/rooms", json={"name": _unique("general")}).json()
with ws_client.websocket_connect("/ws/chat") as ws:
# Far longer than WS_DEAD_AFTER_SECONDS in total.
for _ in range(12):
assert ws.receive_json() == {"type": "ping"}
ws.send_json({"type": "pong"})
ws.send_json({"type": "join", "room_id": room["id"]})
while (msg := ws.receive_json())["type"] == "ping":
pass
assert msg == {"type": "joined", "room_id": room["id"]}
def test_bot_connection_is_not_dropped_for_ignoring_pings(ws_client_factory, monkeypatch):
# API-token clients aren't expected to speak the app heartbeat.
_fast_heartbeat(monkeypatch)
ws_client = ws_client_factory()
admin = _register_ws(ws_client, _unique("admin"))
async def _promote():
from app.models import User
async with ws_client.session_factory() as session:
user = await session.get(User, uuid.UUID(admin["id"]))
user.is_site_admin = True
await session.commit()
ws_client.portal.call(_promote)
room = ws_client.post("/api/rooms", json={"name": _unique("general")}).json()
bot = ws_client.post("/api/admin/bots", json={"username": _unique("bot")}).json()
token = ws_client.post(
f"/api/admin/bots/{bot['id']}/tokens", json={"scopes": ["read:messages", "write:messages"]}
).json()["token"]
ws_client.post(f"/api/rooms/{room['id']}/join", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
with ws_client.websocket_connect("/ws/chat", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}) as ws:
for _ in range(8): # ~0.4s of silence, twice WS_DEAD_AFTER_SECONDS
assert ws.receive_json() == {"type": "ping"}
ws.send_json({"type": "join", "room_id": room["id"]})
while (msg := ws.receive_json())["type"] == "ping":
pass
assert msg["type"] == "joined"
def test_presence_entry_is_renewed_while_the_client_answers(ws_client, monkeypatch):
import time
_fast_heartbeat(monkeypatch)
alice = _register_ws(ws_client, _unique("alice"))
async def _scores():
redis = ws_client.app.state.redis
return await redis.zrange("presence:v2:global", 0, -1, withscores=True)
with ws_client.websocket_connect("/ws/chat") as ws:
# Wait for the first ping so the connect-time entry exists.
assert ws.receive_json() == {"type": "ping"}
first = [s for m, s in ws_client.portal.call(_scores) if m.startswith(alice["id"])]
assert len(first) == 1
time.sleep(0.1)
ws.send_json({"type": "pong"})
# Any later frame arriving back proves the pong was processed.
while ws.receive_json()["type"] != "ping":
pass
second = [s for m, s in ws_client.portal.call(_scores) if m.startswith(alice["id"])]
assert second and second[0] > first[0]
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import os
import time
import uuid
import pytest_asyncio
from redis.asyncio import Redis
from app.schemas.room import RoomCreate
from app.schemas.user import UserCreate
from app.services.auth_service import register_user
from app.services.room_service import create_room, find_or_create_dm
from app.ws.expiring_presence import ExpiringPresenceSet
from app.ws.global_presence import GlobalPresence
from app.ws.presence_sweeper import SWEEP_LOCK_KEY, purge_legacy_presence, sweep_once
class Clock:
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.now = time.time()
def __call__(self) -> float:
return self.now
def advance(self, seconds: float) -> None:
self.now += seconds
class FakeBroadcaster:
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.room_events: list[tuple[uuid.UUID, dict]] = []
self.user_events: list[tuple[uuid.UUID, dict]] = []
async def publish(self, room_id, payload):
self.room_events.append((room_id, payload))
async def publish_to_user(self, user_id, payload):
self.user_events.append((user_id, payload))
@pytest_asyncio.fixture
async def redis_client():
client = Redis.from_url(os.environ["REDIS_URL"], decode_responses=True)
await client.delete(GlobalPresence.KEY, SWEEP_LOCK_KEY)
yield client
await client.delete(GlobalPresence.KEY, SWEEP_LOCK_KEY)
await client.aclose()
@pytest_asyncio.fixture
async def world(redis_client, db_session):
clock = Clock()
presence = GlobalPresence(redis_client, ExpiringPresenceSet(redis_client, ttl_seconds=90, clock=clock))
broadcaster = FakeBroadcaster()
class _Factory:
def __call__(self):
return self
async def __aenter__(self):
return db_session
async def __aexit__(self, *exc):
return False
async def make_user(prefix: str):
name = f"{prefix}-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
return await register_user(
db_session, UserCreate(username=name, email=f"{name}@example.com", password="password123")
)
async def sweep(**kwargs):
return await sweep_once(redis_client, presence, broadcaster, _Factory(), **kwargs)
return clock, presence, broadcaster, make_user, sweep
async def test_sweep_announces_a_user_whose_connection_expired(world, db_session):
clock, presence, broadcaster, make_user, sweep = world
alice, bob = await make_user("alice"), await make_user("bob")
room = await create_room(db_session, alice.id, RoomCreate(name=f"r-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"))
dm = await find_or_create_dm(db_session, alice.id, bob.id)
await presence.connect(alice.id, "tab1")
clock.advance(200)
assert await sweep(lock_seconds=None) == {alice.id}
room_ids = {rid for rid, p in broadcaster.room_events if p["type"] == "member_updated"}
assert {room.id, dm.id} <= room_ids
assert (bob.id, {"type": "dm_presence_update", "user_id": str(alice.id), "status": "offline"}) in (
broadcaster.user_events
)
assert await presence.is_online(alice.id) is False
async def test_sweep_announces_each_expiry_only_once(world, db_session):
clock, presence, broadcaster, make_user, sweep = world
alice = await make_user("alice")
await create_room(db_session, alice.id, RoomCreate(name=f"r-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"))
await presence.connect(alice.id, "tab1")
clock.advance(200)
await sweep(lock_seconds=None)
sent = len(broadcaster.room_events)
assert sent > 0
assert await sweep(lock_seconds=None) == set()
assert len(broadcaster.room_events) == sent
async def test_sweep_stays_quiet_while_the_user_has_another_live_connection(world, db_session):
clock, presence, broadcaster, make_user, sweep = world
alice = await make_user("alice")
await create_room(db_session, alice.id, RoomCreate(name=f"r-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"))
await presence.connect(alice.id, "old-tab")
clock.advance(60)
await presence.connect(alice.id, "new-tab")
clock.advance(60)
assert await sweep(lock_seconds=None) == set()
assert broadcaster.room_events == []
assert await presence.is_online(alice.id) is True
async def test_sweep_leaves_healthy_connections_alone(world, db_session):
clock, presence, broadcaster, make_user, sweep = world
alice = await make_user("alice")
await presence.connect(alice.id, "tab1")
clock.advance(30)
assert await sweep(lock_seconds=None) == set()
assert broadcaster.room_events == []
async def test_only_one_sweeper_runs_per_interval(world, db_session, redis_client):
clock, presence, broadcaster, make_user, sweep = world
alice = await make_user("alice")
await presence.connect(alice.id, "tab1")
clock.advance(200)
# Another worker holds the lock: this one must not sweep (or broadcast).
await redis_client.set(SWEEP_LOCK_KEY, "1", ex=14)
assert await sweep(lock_seconds=14) == set()
assert await redis_client.zcard(GlobalPresence.KEY) == 1
await redis_client.delete(SWEEP_LOCK_KEY)
assert await sweep(lock_seconds=14) == {alice.id}
# And the lock is now held, so an immediate second attempt does nothing.
assert await sweep(lock_seconds=14) == set()
async def test_one_failed_broadcast_does_not_stop_the_rest(world, db_session):
clock, presence, broadcaster, make_user, sweep = world
alice, bob = await make_user("alice"), await make_user("bob")
room = await create_room(db_session, alice.id, RoomCreate(name=f"r-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"))
other = await create_room(db_session, bob.id, RoomCreate(name=f"r-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"))
await presence.connect(alice.id, "a")
await presence.connect(bob.id, "b")
clock.advance(200)
real_publish = broadcaster.publish
failed = []
async def flaky_publish(room_id, payload):
if room_id == room.id:
failed.append(room_id)
raise RuntimeError("redis hiccup")
await real_publish(room_id, payload)
broadcaster.publish = flaky_publish
assert await sweep(lock_seconds=None) == {alice.id, bob.id}
assert failed == [room.id]
assert other.id in {rid for rid, _ in broadcaster.room_events}
async def test_purge_removes_legacy_keys_but_keeps_v2(redis_client):
legacy = ["presence:global", "presence:unfocused", f"presence:{uuid.uuid4()}"]
current = f"presence:v2:test:{uuid.uuid4()}"
for key in legacy:
await redis_client.hset(key, "someone", 3)
await redis_client.zadd(current, {"x:y": time.time() + 90})
try:
assert await purge_legacy_presence(redis_client) >= len(legacy)
for key in legacy:
assert await redis_client.exists(key) == 0
assert await redis_client.exists(current) == 1
finally:
await redis_client.delete(current, *legacy)