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fix(python): bound core, compat, mcp and test subprocess calls with measured timeouts - #3386
Thirteen files under compat/python-vmaf/, core/, mcp-server/ and python/test/ now pass a timeout to the 21 subprocess calls that the HISS-02 audit flags, and four test files cover the new timeout handlers. Without one, a hung compiler, vmaf, MATLAB or helper script blocks a build step or a test run until the job limit kills it, with no message naming the stuck step.
Each module names its bound in a constant with a comment that states the measurement. Bounds are max(60 s, 10 x the slowest measured run), rounded up to the next step of 60, 120, 300, 600, 900, 1800 or 3600 s:
core/src/sycl/run_captured.py:CC_TIMEOUT_S = 120. The scratch_check.cpp AOT compile for 19 device targets took 10.72 s. A timeout prints one stderr line naming the bound, echoes any partial output and returns 124. Output beyond MAX_COMPILE_OUTPUT_BYTES prints a line naming that cap, echoes the retained output and returns 125; a rejected or failed launch prints one reason line and returns 126.
python/test/:command_line_test.py uses VMAF_TIMEOUT_S = 300 (slowest call 28.61 s cold), vmaf_v1_quality_runner_test.py uses VMAF_TIMEOUT_S = 120 (HDR probe 11.52 s cold) and tools_test.py uses SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S = 60 (0.95 s).
Not measured: MATLAB is not installed on the measuring host, so matlab_feature_extractor.py uses SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S = 3600 for one whole-video feature script. No GPU was free for the CUDA parity gate, so test_cuda_parity_gate_default_run.py uses 110 s, set under the 120 s Meson timeout of that test so its own message, not Meson's kill, names a stuck run.
Two timeout paths needed a decision:
check_program_exist returns True on a timeout: the program started, so it exists.
hdr_conversion_available lets the timeout propagate. Returning False would let the no-zimg test leg pass without running.
The parity gate also needed a fix to its kill. It runs under flock, which forks by default, so a timeout killed only flock and the gate kept the GPU lock. With flock --no-fork, flock execs the gate, so the kill ends the gate and frees the lock. A probe that ran sleep under flock with a 2 s timeout found the child alive after the timeout without --no-fork and gone with it.
New tests reach every new handler. scripts/ci/tests/test_run_captured.py loads the wrapper in process with a fake subprocess.run and drives the timeout, output-limit and launch-failure paths through main; compat/python-vmaf/tests/test_matlab_run_timeout.py covers both _run_matlab call paths; test_misc_extended.py covers the check_program_exist timeout; core/test/test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py runs the parity gate's main() with stubs and pins the 124 exit and its message, the --no-fork argument and timeout= keyword, and the bound staying under the Meson timeout. No real MATLAB, compiler or GPU runs. One commit adds a one-line docstring to each touched function that had none. No assertion changes, and no Netflix golden value changes.
The strict-FP compiler tests (core/test/test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py) now start their 80 s deadline at the first call that needs it, not at import, so a shared pytest session cannot use it up while it collects other modules. It is still one deadline per process, as the Meson registration expects.
This is the last of six pull requests that clear the 180 HISS-02 rows that the master audit reports and the baseline does not record. The baseline is not re-recorded. Measured against master 5c94107, the audit drops from 21 rows to 0 on this branch, so praetorctl baseline --verify --all-violations passes again.
Five of the 21 rows came in after the baseline was recorded on 2026-10-06: two in core/test/test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py from #2401, one in core/src/sycl/run_captured.py from #2403, one in python/test/vmaf_v1_quality_runner_test.py from #2999 and one in core/test/test_vmafx_python_binding.py from #3206. The other 16 were already in the code when the baseline was recorded; a HISS-02 check added or changed since then reports them.
Every commit is signed off (git commit -s; fix a branch with git rebase --signoff origin/master). See DCO sign-off.
make format && make lint is green locally. Touched files: the pre-commit hooks passed on every commit.
Unit tests pass: python3 scripts/ci/run_meson_test.py -- -C build. The fast suite: 459 OK, 3 expected failures (the planted conformance cases), 0 failed.
If I touched any SIMD/GPU code path, I ran /cross-backend-diff and the worst ULP is ≤ 2. No SIMD or GPU path touched; run_captured.py wraps the SYCL build's compile check and computes no score.
If I touched a feature extractor with SIMD/GPU twins, I either updated every twin or listed the gap under "Known follow-ups" below. No feature extractor touched.
If I added a new .c / .cpp / .cu / .h / .hpp, it has the appropriate license header (see CONTRIBUTING.md). No C or C++ file added.
If this is a breaking change, the commit message uses ! or BREAKING CHANGE: and the migration path is documented below. Not a breaking change.
If this PR adds an ADR, the ADR row lives in docs/adr/_index_fragments/<NNNN-slug>.md and nothing else is touched for the index: do not edit docs/adr/README.md, docs/adr/by-tag/, docs/adr/titles.md or _order.txt (rendered when pull requests land by make docs-render; see ADR-2197; the render-only pull request of ADR-3295 is the one exception). No ADR added.
I did not modify any assertAlmostEqual(...) score in the Netflix golden Python tests, except by porting Netflix's own updated assertion verbatim from upstream (value and places as upstream has them, measured against the fork's CPU build first; ADR-1828). The three python/test/ files gain a timeout= argument and docstrings only.
If I believe a golden value must change, I have explained why below AND pinged the code owner for a CODEOWNERS exception. No golden value changes.
Research digest — no digest needed: trivial; each bound and its measurement are stated in this body and in a comment beside the constant.
Decision matrix — no alternatives: only-one-way fix; HISS-02 requires an explicit deadline on each call.
AGENTS.md invariant note — no rebase-sensitive invariants: the touched python/test/ lines add a keyword argument only and no golden assertion.
Reproducer / smoke-test command — pasted below under "Reproducer".
CHANGELOG fragment — no changelog needed: a hung child now fails with a named step instead of blocking; no option, output or default changes.
Rebase note — no rebase impact: an upstream sync that touches the three python/test/ files keeps the timeout= arguments; no assertion line is involved.
Reproducer
python3 scripts/ci/run_affected_suites.py --base origin/master --head HEAD --strict --vmaf-bin <path to a built vmaf>
praetorctl baseline --verify --all-violations
Measured on c515948 (this branch merged with master 5c94107):
Tests: every suite this branch affects ran with 0 failures:
compat: 484 passed, 0 skipped.
tooling: 4208 passed, 11 skipped. The reasons were read on the previous head 667ff04, which also skipped eleven. Four need a built Meson tree or ninja manifest (test_check_install_layout.py:868, test_device_target_header_dependencies.py:330, :392, :434). Two need 4K YUV fixtures (test_sycl_4k_repeat_determinism.py:108). Two need cores written to a file, and this host pipes them to systemd-coredump (test_run_actionlint.py:202, :205). The last three need cbindgen (the Rust workflow runs that check), buf, or network access for a real uv resolution. The same eleven skip on master.
mcp: 590 passed, 0 skipped.
core: the runner cannot run the Meson suite on a workstation, so it ran directly on a CPU build of this branch. Fast suite: 459 OK, 3 expected failures, 0 failed, including test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.
python-harness: the runner cannot run it on a workstation either, so the three touched python/test/ files ran directly: 38 passed, with the vmaf CLI built from this branch.
test_cuda_parity_gate_default_run skipped (exit 77) because the build has no CUDA. Its changes are the bound, --no-fork and the timeout handler, which test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py and the mutation sweep below cover.
Other jobs held the GPU memory, so the suites ran with CUDA hidden (CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=). Apart from the parity gate above, none of the skips names a GPU.
Cleanup test without fixtures: on 583d5be the Ubuntu clang+DNN job failed test_timeout_reaps_vmaf_before_releasing_the_lock, because CI has no python/test/resource/yuv/ and the gate stopped with fixture not found before it started the fake vmaf. On head 5fcb04d the test writes its own reference and distorted files, and popen_when_ready stops waiting once the child exits and reaps it on every failure path. In a checkout without those YUVs, test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py gives 18 passed with -W error::ResourceWarning. Two planted cases pass: a child whose forked descendant holds its stderr fails the test after 5 s instead of blocking, and an on_ready callback that raises now re-raises its error with the child reaped, where 583d5be left the child running.
Output limit, launch failure and deadline (593388b): the 7 test files that name a touched path give 191 passed, 2 skipped: test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py:898 needs icx on PATH and :682 needs VMAF_STRICT_FP_BUILD_ROOT. With oneAPI icx sourced and a scratch CPU build root, that file gives 26 passed, 0 skipped. Planted cases: removing the output-limit handler fails 1 test, removing the validation handler fails 2, and a mocked clock 100 s past import makes the old code raise "deadline exhausted" where the new code returns 60.
Audit: 0 rows, down from 21 on master 5c94107 (praetorctl baseline --verify --all-violations exits 0 on this branch and 1 on master).
Mutation sweep: for each of the 21 rows this pull request clears, the call was reverted to its master form in a scratch copy and scanned again; all 21 rows came back. A second set of 21 mutants stripped only the timeout= argument; all 21 brought their row back. Four more mutants removed each new handler or its timeout argument in run_captured.py and _run_matlab, and each failed a named test. Seven mutants of the parity gate lines (drop --no-fork, set the bound to 120 s or 300 s, drop the timeout= keyword, re-raise or return 1 in the handler, take the lock before the skip check) each failed a named test in test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py. 0 survivors.
Type check: the pre-push mypy gate checks scripts/ci/tests/test_run_captured.py, the one file of this branch in its scope, and reports no findings.
Known follow-ups
The matlab_feature_extractor.py bound and the CUDA parity gate bound are not measured; a host with MATLAB or a free GPU can replace them with measured values. The parity gate bound must stay under the Meson timeout of its test, which test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py checks.
Summary by Sourcery
Bound external command execution across core, compatibility, MCP, and Python test workflows while making timeout cleanup and diagnostics reliable.
Bug Fixes:
Bound compiler, MATLAB, VMAF, helper-script, and test subprocesses with measured timeouts so hung commands fail with actionable diagnostics instead of blocking indefinitely.
Ensure timeout cleanup restores working directories, reaps parity-gate processes, releases GPU locks, and preserves partial output.
Prevent MATLAB asset paths from altering generated scripts by safely quoting character-vector arguments.
Enhancements:
Standardize subprocess execution through the repository's bounded command helper and clarify timeout-related error handling.
Tests:
Add coverage for subprocess timeout propagation, diagnostics, MATLAB cleanup and script quoting, parity-gate supervision, and compiler wrapper handling.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Reliability
Subprocess-based operations now stop after defined time limits rather than running indefinitely.
Timed-out commands provide clearer diagnostics, preserve captured partial output where available, and report timeout exits consistently.
Program checks recognize a program as present if it starts but exceeds the check’s time limit.
MATLAB operations restore the working directory after failures or timeouts and safely handle quoted paths.
Bug Fixes
MATLAB execution reports timeouts clearly while retaining existing handling for other command failures.
The baseline verify lists subprocess calls under compat/python-vmaf,
core/src/sycl, core/test, mcp-server and python/test that run without
a timeout (HISS-02). A hung compiler, vmaf, MATLAB or helper script
would block a build step or a test run until an outside limit kills
it.
This first round adds a named timeout constant per module and maps
TimeoutExpired to each caller's failure path. Some bounds and two
timeout paths in this commit are corrected in the next commit, which
uses values measured on real workloads.
No Netflix golden assertion changes.
Unit: vmafx-readopt-baseline-unrecorded-4e6c6d9cbf9c
Signed-off-by: lusoris <lusoris@proton.me>
Round 1 measured some of these bounds on stubs, and two of its timeout
paths report a wrong result instead of a failure.
Bounds are max(60 s, 10x the slowest measured run), rounded up to the
next step of 60/120/300/600/900/1800/3600:
- run_captured.py CC_TIMEOUT_S 60 -> 120: the scratch_check.cpp AOT
compile for 19 device targets took 10.72 s.
- test_vmafx_python_binding.py VMAF_TIMEOUT_S 120 -> 60: the vmaf
call took 0.17 s cold.
- matlab_feature_extractor.py SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S 600 -> 3600: not
measured, since MATLAB is not installed on the measuring host; one
call runs a whole-video feature script.
Two timeout paths change:
- check_program_exist returns True on TimeoutExpired: the program
started, so it exists. A new test covers this path.
- hdr_conversion_available lets TimeoutExpired propagate. Returning
False would have passed the no-zimg leg's assertFalse silently.
Every other constant keeps its value and now carries a comment with
its measurement. The CUDA parity gate bound is not measured, because
no GPU was free on the measuring host.
No Netflix golden assertion changes.
Unit: vmafx-readopt-baseline-unrecorded-4e6c6d9cbf9c
Signed-off-by: lusoris <lusoris@proton.me>
The docstring check on this branch counts the functions the branch
touches and found 12 of them without a docstring, below the 80% bar
the review bots apply.
Each of the 12 functions now opens with a one-line docstring that
states what its body does or, for a test, the behaviour it asserts.
No code changes and no Netflix golden assertion changes.
Unit: vmafx-docstrings-check-red-readopt-lanes
Signed-off-by: lusoris <lusoris@proton.me>
The branch added TimeoutExpired handlers to the SYCL run_captured
wrapper and to _run_matlab without a test that reaches them.
test_run_captured.py now loads the wrapper in process and fakes
subprocess.run: a finished run gets CC_TIMEOUT_S, a timeout returns
124 and echoes str or bytes partial output, and a timeout without
output prints nothing. test_matlab_run_timeout.py covers both
_run_matlab call paths: each passes SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S, a non-zero exit
raises "Process returned 3", and a timeout raises "timed out after".
Four mutants (each handler removed, each timeout argument dropped)
fail a named test; no real MATLAB or compiler runs.
Signed-off-by: lusoris <lusoris@proton.me>
The default parity gate run gave its gate a 300 s timeout, but Meson
stops the test after 120 s, so the timeout message never printed. The
bound is now 110 s, still unmeasured because no GPU was free.
The timeout also hit only flock. flock forks by default, so the gate
outlived the kill and kept the GPU lock. With --no-fork, flock execs
the gate, and the kill ends the gate and frees the lock. A probe that
ran sleep under flock with a 2 s timeout showed the child alive after
the timeout without --no-fork and gone with it.
The command moves into gate_command(), which keeps main() within the
60-line limit. test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py now runs main() with
stubs and pins three things: the 124 exit and its message, the
--no-fork argument and timeout keyword, and the bound staying under
the Meson timeout. Seven mutants of these lines each fail a named
test.
Signed-off-by: lusoris <lusoris@proton.me>
Bound MATLAB feature and MEX subprocesses, quote script arguments safely, decode failure diagnostics, and restore the caller’s working directory on errors and timeouts.
compat/python-vmaf/core/matlab_feature_extractor.py L18-51, L86-95, L102-111 (+18 small edits)
Bound program-existence checks and treat a timeout as evidence that the program started.
compat/python-vmaf/tools/misc.py L433-441 (+3 small edits)
Run the SYCL compile wrapper through the safe subprocess helper with timeout and output limits, and report timeout, output-limit, validation, and launch failures with explicit exit codes.
core/src/sycl/run_captured.py L14-15, L21-79
Tests
Test MATLAB timeout propagation, readable diagnostics, working-directory restoration, and safe literal construction across all extractors.
mcp-server/vmaf-mcp/tests/test_pytest_pythonpath.py L60-66, L87-93 (+2 small edits)
Use bounded, shell-free subprocess calls in Python command-line, tools, and quality-runner tests.
python/test/command_line_test.py L3-7, L13-36 (+8 small edits)
python/test/tools_test.py L12-20 (+5 small edits)
python/test/vmaf_v1_quality_runner_test.py L19-24, L32-37, L72-80 (+1 small edits)
Test the SYCL compile wrapper’s timeout, output-limit, validation, and launch-failure handling through its in-process entry point.
scripts/ci/tests/test_run_captured.py L8-16, L23-40, L71-179 (+1 small edits)
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Selected subprocess calls across compatibility code, core tools, and tests now have execution limits. MATLAB execution restores the caller’s working directory after failures. Command wrappers report timeout outcomes and preserve available output.
Changes: Subprocess Timeout Bounds
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Summary
MATLAB execution and compatibility checks compat/python-vmaf/core/matlab_feature_extractor.py, compat/python-vmaf/tests/test_matlab_run_timeout.py, compat/python-vmaf/tests/test_matlab_script_literal.py, compat/python-vmaf/tools/misc.py, compat/python-vmaf/tests/test_misc_extended.py
MATLAB subprocess paths use a 3600-second limit and convert timeout failures to chained assertions with decoded diagnostics. Extractors quote MATLAB character vectors and restore the working directory after failure. check_program_exist uses a 60-second limit, closes child stdin, and returns True after a timeout.
run_captured uses bounded execution and captured output. On timeout, it reports the command and timeout, prints available output, and returns 124. Tests cover success and timeout output handling.
CUDA parity gate supervision core/test/test_cuda_parity_gate_default_run.py, core/test/test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py
The CUDA parity gate runs under flock --no-fork with bounded waits. On timeout, it sends SIGINT and then SIGKILL if needed, reports output, and returns 124. Tests cover process cleanup and lock release.
Core test subprocess bounds core/test/check_exported_symbols.py, core/test/test_gpu_public_header_docs.py, core/test/test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py, core/test/test_vmafx_python_binding.py
Selected c++filt, Doxygen, compiler-probe, and C-contract subprocess calls now have timeout limits. The strict-FP compiler tests apply a shared deadline.
Python and MCP test subprocess bounds python/test/*, mcp-server/vmaf-mcp/tests/*
Selected CLI, helper, HDR, import-graph, and Python-path subprocess calls now use timeout limits. CLI tests use safe subprocess wrappers. The HDR probe raises on timeout.
sequenceDiagram
participant Main as main
participant Gate as run_gate
participant Process as gate process
Main->>Gate: Run locked gate command
Gate->>Process: Start and wait with timeout
Process-->>Gate: Timeout with captured output
Gate->>Process: Send SIGINT, then SIGKILL if needed
Gate-->>Main: Return timeout result
Main-->>Main: Map timeout to exit code 124
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Possibly related PRs
VMAFx/vmafx#3377: Both PRs bound subprocess execution on the run_captured.py test path; this PR also adds timeout handling to run_captured.py itself.
VMAFx/vmafx#3251: This PR routes several Python test commands through safe_subprocess.run, whose argument handling is changed by the related PR.
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 5fcb0
Only minor robustness issues remain in build and test timeout handling. Consider handling the output-limit overflow and starting the strict-FP deadline when the test runs rather than at import.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 5fcb0
The changes generally strengthen execution limits, argument handling and cleanup. No new privilege expansion or remotely reachable attack path was established. Termination of MATLAB descendants and behavior under real MATLAB and GPU workloads remain incompletely validated.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The evidenced exposure is execution within build/test jobs and compatibility-library callers, including their accessible files, environment and optional GPU. Executable selection remains controlled by build configuration or the caller's test environment; cross-tenant or privileged production reachability was not established by the inspected paths.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — Asset-derived paths cross a MATLAB interpreter boundary even though invocation already avoided a shell at the PR base. The new character-vector helper doubles embedded single quotes and rejects non-printable strings, and changed builders use it for path and format arguments. CUDA binary discovery now uses the shared resolver, which checks executability, rejects invalid explicit overrides and does not search PATH.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — MATLAB directory changes remain process-global and unsynchronized, and executor asset cleanup is reached only after successful generation and result handling. Concurrent directory races and exceptional exits bypassing that cleanup are inherited limitations, not newly introduced findings. Finally-protected directory restoration improves failure handling without resolving those broader ownership constraints.
Hardening Proposals
proposed — As follow-up hardening, use child-specific working directories and exception-safe executor resource cleanup. Validate MATLAB process-tree termination with a real workload before promising whole-workflow containment; these proposals address inherited limitations and unresolved coverage rather than verified PR regressions.
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Please address the comments from this code review:
## Individual Comments### Comment 1
<locationpath="core/test/test_cuda_parity_gate_default_run.py"line_range="128" />
<code_context>
+ stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,+ env=env,+ shell=False,+ timeout=SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S,+ ) else:
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Timed-out gate leaves GPU work unlocked**
When the outer parity-gate timeout expires while a VMAF child is running, `subprocess.run` kills the gate, but `safe_subprocess.run`/`run_one` leaves the VMAF child running; `flock --no-fork` releases the GPU lock, so a later gate overlaps it.
Have the parity gate terminate and reap VMAF child processes before releasing the GPU lock.
Also at `python/test/command_line_test.py:169`, `python/test/command_line_test.py:235`, `python/test/command_line_test.py:266`, `python/test/command_line_test.py:287`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 2
<locationpath="python/test/command_line_test.py"line_range="169" />
<code_context>
# flows in. shell=True is needed for `>/dev/null 2>&1` redirection /
# CLI argument quoting. See Research-0090, F13–F17.
# nosemgrep: python.lang.security.audit.subprocess-shell-true.subprocess-shell-true
- ret = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)+ ret = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True, timeout=VMAF_TIMEOUT_S) self.assertEqual(ret, 2)
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Timed-out test leaves VMAF running**
When the shell forks the VMAF command and that command hangs past the timeout, `subprocess.call(..., shell=True, timeout=VMAF_TIMEOUT_S)` kills only the shell, leaving the VMAF command running after the test fails and `tearDown` removes its temporary output.
Run the command in a process group and terminate and reap the group when the timeout expires.
Also at `python/test/command_line_test.py:239`, `python/test/command_line_test.py:266`, `python/test/command_line_test.py:293`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 3
<locationpath="core/src/sycl/run_captured.py"line_range="39" />
<code_context>
+ text=True,+ errors="replace",+ check=False,+ timeout=CC_TIMEOUT_S,+ )+ except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as exc:
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Timed-out compiler leaves child work running**
When an SYCL compile exceeds `CC_TIMEOUT_S` while a compiler child is still working, `subprocess.run` terminates only the compiler process; compiler children such as SYCL’s `ocloc` can keep running and writing build artifacts after the wrapper returns 124. A retry or concurrent build can then overlap with those writes and leave inconsistent outputs.
Run the compiler in a process group and terminate and reap the group on timeout before returning.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 4
<locationpath="core/test/test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py"line_range="421" />
<code_context>
capture_output=True,
check=False,
encoding="utf-8",
+ timeout=MESON_TIMEOUT_S, ) case.assertEqual(
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Test deadline hides compiler timeout**
When the first two compiler calls take more than 30 seconds combined and the third call hangs, the enclosing Meson test's 90-second deadline kills the strict-FP test before the third compiler command reaches its 60-second timeout, so the test reports an outer timeout instead of identifying the stuck invocation.
Adjust the enclosing test deadline or per-command timeouts so the third command's timeout can be reported before the test deadline.
Also at `core/test/test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py:864`, `core/test/test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py:879`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 5
<locationpath="compat/python-vmaf/core/matlab_feature_extractor.py"line_range="71-74" />
<code_context>
)
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
raise AssertionError(f"Process returned {e.returncode}, cmd: {argv}, msg: {str(e.output)}")
+ except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as e:
+ raise AssertionError(+ f"Process timed out after {SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S}s (SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S), cmd: {argv}, msg: {str(e.output)}"+ )
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**MATLAB timeout leaves working directory changed**
When a MATLAB invocation times out in a feature extractor that changes the process working directory, the timeout handler raises `AssertionError`, bypassing the callers’ `os.chdir(current_dir)` statements after `_run_matlab`. The process remains in the MATLAB workspace, so later relative-path operations can resolve against the wrong directory.
Restore the original working directory in a `finally` block around each `_run_matlab` call made after `os.chdir`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 6
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+ timeout=SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S,+ )+ return True+ except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+ # The program started, so it exists; the timeout only stopped a long run. return True
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**Timed-out gate output is lost**
When the gate emits output before it times out, when the gate produces diagnostic output before hanging, `subprocess.run` places it on the `TimeoutExpired` exception, but the handler discards it and prints only the generic timeout message. The test log loses the gate's last diagnostic output.
Print any partial stdout and stderr carried by `TimeoutExpired` before returning 124.
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Needs a human reviewer. 5 findings to address first, and a timeout can terminate a legitimate long-running feature, build, or test subprocess after it has already written partial output; reverting restores the previous unbounded behavior, but any partial artifacts would need to be cleaned up or regenerated by rerunning the work.
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134-146: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Consider a more tolerant meson_timeout regex.
The pattern ^\) requires the closing parenthesis at column 0. A reformat of core/test/meson.build that indents it breaks the helper. The helper then raises a clear AssertionError, so the failure is loud and safe. The current meson.build entry matches the pattern. No change is required now.
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Update the closing-parenthesis match in meson_timeout so it accepts optional
leading whitespace, allowing indented closing parentheses in the Meson test
entry while preserving the existing test-block extraction and assertion
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- Around line 71-74: Update the TimeoutExpired handler in _run_matlab to format
e.output safely when it is bytes or None and explicitly chain the AssertionError
from the caught exception. In _generate_result, restore the original working
directory in a finally block around _run_matlab so it is restored on both
success and timeout.
Review comments at @compat/python-vmaf/tools/misc.py:
- Around line 433-441: Update the subprocess.call invocation in
check_program_exist to pass stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, preventing programs that
wait for interactive input from stalling the existence check; preserve the
existing timeout and timeout-result behavior.
Review comments at @python/test/command_line_test.py:
- Line 239: Update the subprocess calls in the test flow, including the `ret =
subprocess.call(...)` call and the calls at the other identified locations, so a
timeout terminates `vmafexec` rather than only its shell; invoke the executable
directly where feasible, or terminate its process group while preserving the
timeout and existing test behavior.
Review comments at @python/test/tools_test.py:
- Line 57: Update the subprocess.run timeout handling so that when the script
exceeds SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S, the script and its worker subprocesses are terminated
as a process tree. Preserve the existing timeout behavior for callers.
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- Around line 134-146: Update the closing-parenthesis match in meson_timeout so
it accepts optional leading whitespace, allowing indented closing parentheses in
the Meson test entry while preserving the existing test-block extraction and
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A timeout killed only the direct child, so its children survived: vmaf
under the CUDA parity gate kept the GPU after the gate lock was freed,
compilers started by icpx and ocloc kept running, and loky workers and
commands under a shell outlived the test.
The test, compat and SYCL helper calls now go through
scripts/lib/safe_subprocess.py, which starts the child in its own
session and kills the whole group on timeout. The parity default-run
test interrupts the gate first, so the gate's own handler stops vmaf,
then kills it after a grace period; a regression test runs the real
gate on a fake vmaf and checks that the fake process is gone and the
lock is free. The strict-FP test shares one 80 s deadline below its
90 s Meson timeout. command_line_test.py runs its four vmaf and psnr
calls without a shell. The MATLAB runner chains the timeout cause,
decodes captured output and restores the working directory.
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The parity gate test killed a gate that ignored SIGINT and then waited
for its output pipes with no timeout. A descendant that kept those pipes
open, such as a gate forked by flock without --no-fork, hung the test
until Meson killed it, and the timeout message never printed.
The wait after SIGKILL is now bounded by KILL_GRACE_S (2 s). When it
expires, the test prints the output collected so far and names the
bound. SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S, INTERRUPT_GRACE_S and KILL_GRACE_S together
stay under the 120 s Meson timeout, and the bound test sums all three.
A new test starts a gate whose descendant holds the pipes in its own
session and checks that run_gate returns within the bound with partial
output. run_main in the skip test now carries a precise type.
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⚠️Resolve issues before merging
A high-confidence security issue remains: asset paths are interpolated into a MATLAB -r script without escaping, so replacing shell execution with argv-based execution does not prevent MATLAB-script injection or syntax breakage.
The CUDA parity-gate file also has Codacy findings around trusted command construction and diagnostic result wrapping; these are suggestions rather than merge blockers. No uncovered complex files were reported, and all required test scenarios are marked found.
Test suggestions
run_captured reports compiler timeouts, returns 124, and preserves string and byte partial output
MATLAB execution applies timeouts on both logging paths and converts failures and timeouts to diagnostic AssertionErrors
MATLAB extractor runs restore the original working directory after timeout, including MEX initialization
check_program_exist applies a timeout and treats a started-but-timed-out program as present
CUDA parity-gate timeout interrupts, force-kills, reports output, and returns 124
CUDA parity gate uses --no-fork and keeps its total timeout budget below Meson's timeout
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- Around line 258-259: Update the timeout-related tests that patch
SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S and INTERRUPT_GRACE_S to allow enough time for child startup,
and adjust their elapsed-time bounds and watchdog delays accordingly. In the
tests at the referenced locations, poll for actual readiness signals such as the
child’s readiness state or pid_file instead of relying on fixed sleeps; preserve
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The CUDA parity default run kept a lookup of its own: VMAF_BUILD_DIR,
then build/, then the working directory. Nothing sets VMAF_BUILD_DIR
for this test, and every other Python test that runs the CLI takes it
from scripts/lib/vmaftest.py (HISS-19). Codacy's Opengrep reported the
private lookup's environment read reaching the gate's Popen argv as
two new issues on this branch (lines 149 and 161).
find_binary() now returns vmaftest.find(root=ROOT): VMAF_BIN,
VMAF_BIN_FOR_TESTS, then the repository's build directories, as
docs/development/test-suites.md describes. A set variable that names
no executable fails the run with exit 1 instead of skipping; no CLI
skips with the resolver's message. The dead nosemgrep comment above
the Popen goes. main() hands the finished run to gate_verdict() to stay
within ruff's return-count limit, and the skip test file is now
mypy-clean.
The variable is still read, inside the shared resolver; the per-file
taint analysis does not follow it across the import.
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The MATLAB extractors build a one-line -r script with str.format and
put each asset path between single quotes. A path that holds a single
quote ends that character vector early, and whatever follows in the
path becomes MATLAB statements, system() calls included. The argv call
keeps the path away from a shell, but MATLAB still parses the script.
_matlab_char now quotes every path and YUV type the five builders put
into a script: a single quote is doubled, which MATLAB reads as one
quote inside the vector, and a value holding a control character is
refused, since a newline would split the script. Positive, negative
and boundary tests pin the quoting, and one case per extractor checks
that a path carrying a quote and a system() call still yields one call.
The new MATLAB timeout test file carries EUPL-1.2, the licence of
fork-authored code under ADR-1250.
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The timeout tests in test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py gave the fake gate
sub-second budgets measured from Popen. On a loaded runner the child
can take longer than that to install its signal handler or write its
pid file, so the gate timed out before the behaviour under test began
and the tests failed or passed for the wrong reason.
popen_when_ready now starts the real Popen and waits for the child's
ready file before handing the process back, and the interrupt and
descendant tests arm their watchdogs and measure elapsed time from
that point. With a planted 1.5 s start delay the old tests fail and
the new ones pass.
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python/test/command_line_test.py-189-189: 1
189-189: Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win
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Pass argument lists to _run_quiet instead of splitting command strings.
On Windows, this call passes paths such as C:\repo\... through _run_quiet’s default shlex.split. POSIX-mode splitting removes the path backslashes, so executable validation fails before the test runs. The changed calls on Lines 251, 273, and 295 use the same helper. Build argument lists directly and pass them to run_command. (docs.python.org)
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DefaultRunProcessCleanupTest ran the real gate with skip_reason patched
to None, so main() looked for the reference and distorted YUVs under
python/test/resource/yuv/. Those files are untracked; on CI the gate
exited 2 with "fixture not found" before it started the fake vmaf, and
the test waited ten seconds for a pid file that never came.
The test now writes its own reference and distorted files into its
temporary directory and patches REF and DIS to them. popen_when_ready
stops waiting as soon as the child exits, names its exit code and the
start of its stderr, and closes the child's pipes on that path.
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popen_when_ready read the start of the child's stderr with a plain
read(500), which blocks until a descendant that inherited the pipe
closes it, so the test run could hang. When on_ready raised, the child
stayed running with its pipes open.
Both failure paths now go through one helper, stop_and_collect: it
kills the child while it still runs, reaps it with
communicate(timeout=5) and a bounded wait, and closes every pipe. The
on_ready path re-raises the original exception after the cleanup.
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scripts/ci/tests/test_run_captured.py: 1
62-115: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Add a test for the output-limit path.
The new tests cover success and CommandTimedOut. No test covers CommandOutputLimitExceeded, the second failure mode of the run_command call. Add one once main handles it.
The tests also mock run_command with side_effect or return_value but never check the call arguments, except timeout_seconds. Assert allowed_executables, stderr_to_stdout, and max_output_bytes too. A regression in these arguments would then fail a test.
As per learnings: tests that use argument-insensitive mocks with outcome-only assertions are flagged unless they check the expected arguments.
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Add a test alongside the in-process cases that exercises `CommandOutputLimitExceeded` through `main` and verifies its handled outcome. Extend the `run_command` mock assertions to check `allowed_executables`, `stderr_to_stdout`, and `max_output_bytes` against the configured values, in addition to the existing `timeout_seconds` check.
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- Around line 39-59: Update main’s run_command handling to catch
CommandOutputLimitExceeded, report the output-limit diagnostic, write any
retained stdout, and return a distinct non-zero status. Also handle failures
from _validated_argv or command launch with a clear diagnostic and non-zero
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- Around line 41-42: Update the deadline initialization around TEST_TIMEOUT_S
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The compile wrapper caught only the timeout. With the output cap this
PR added, the subprocess helper can also raise on too much output or
on a rejected or missing executable, and the build then showed a
traceback without the compiler output.
run_captured.py now handles both. Too much output prints one line
naming MAX_COMPILE_OUTPUT_BYTES and the command, then the retained
output, and exits 125. A validation or launch failure prints one
reason line and exits 126. The module docstring lists every exit
status; the timeout path is unchanged and shares the output helper.
The strict-FP compiler tests started their 80 s deadline at import,
so in a shared pytest session the collection of other modules could
use it up. The deadline now starts at the first call that needs it
and is still one deadline for the whole process.
New tests cover the output-limit and validation paths through main
and check the arguments passed to the subprocess helper.
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The review-body nitpick on scripts/ci/tests/test_run_captured.py is covered in 593388b: in-process tests for the output-limit and validation paths go through main, and the mocked tests now assert allowed_executables, stderr_to_stdout, max_output_bytes and timeout_seconds.
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Summary
Thirteen files under
compat/python-vmaf/,core/,mcp-server/andpython/test/now pass a timeout to the 21 subprocess calls that the HISS-02 audit flags, and four test files cover the new timeout handlers. Without one, a hung compiler, vmaf, MATLAB or helper script blocks a build step or a test run until the job limit kills it, with no message naming the stuck step.Each module names its bound in a constant with a comment that states the measurement. Bounds are
max(60 s, 10 x the slowest measured run), rounded up to the next step of 60, 120, 300, 600, 900, 1800 or 3600 s:core/src/sycl/run_captured.py:CC_TIMEOUT_S = 120. Thescratch_check.cppAOT compile for 19 device targets took 10.72 s. A timeout prints one stderr line naming the bound, echoes any partial output and returns 124. Output beyondMAX_COMPILE_OUTPUT_BYTESprints a line naming that cap, echoes the retained output and returns 125; a rejected or failed launch prints one reason line and returns 126.python/test/:command_line_test.pyusesVMAF_TIMEOUT_S = 300(slowest call 28.61 s cold),vmaf_v1_quality_runner_test.pyusesVMAF_TIMEOUT_S = 120(HDR probe 11.52 s cold) andtools_test.pyusesSCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S = 60(0.95 s).matlab_feature_extractor.pyusesSCRIPT_TIMEOUT_S = 3600for one whole-video feature script. No GPU was free for the CUDA parity gate, sotest_cuda_parity_gate_default_run.pyuses 110 s, set under the 120 s Meson timeout of that test so its own message, not Meson's kill, names a stuck run.Two timeout paths needed a decision:
check_program_existreturnsTrueon a timeout: the program started, so it exists.hdr_conversion_availablelets the timeout propagate. ReturningFalsewould let the no-zimg test leg pass without running.The parity gate also needed a fix to its kill. It runs under
flock, which forks by default, so a timeout killed onlyflockand the gate kept the GPU lock. Withflock --no-fork,flockexecs the gate, so the kill ends the gate and frees the lock. A probe that ransleepunderflockwith a 2 s timeout found the child alive after the timeout without--no-forkand gone with it.New tests reach every new handler.
scripts/ci/tests/test_run_captured.pyloads the wrapper in process with a fakesubprocess.runand drives the timeout, output-limit and launch-failure paths throughmain;compat/python-vmaf/tests/test_matlab_run_timeout.pycovers both_run_matlabcall paths;test_misc_extended.pycovers thecheck_program_existtimeout;core/test/test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.pyruns the parity gate'smain()with stubs and pins the 124 exit and its message, the--no-forkargument andtimeout=keyword, and the bound staying under the Meson timeout. No real MATLAB, compiler or GPU runs. One commit adds a one-line docstring to each touched function that had none. No assertion changes, and no Netflix golden value changes.The strict-FP compiler tests (
core/test/test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py) now start their 80 s deadline at the first call that needs it, not at import, so a shared pytest session cannot use it up while it collects other modules. It is still one deadline per process, as the Meson registration expects.This is the last of six pull requests that clear the 180 HISS-02 rows that the master audit reports and the baseline does not record. The baseline is not re-recorded. Measured against master 5c94107, the audit drops from 21 rows to 0 on this branch, so
praetorctl baseline --verify --all-violationspasses again.Five of the 21 rows came in after the baseline was recorded on 2026-10-06: two in
core/test/test_strict_fp_compiler_args.pyfrom #2401, one incore/src/sycl/run_captured.pyfrom #2403, one inpython/test/vmaf_v1_quality_runner_test.pyfrom #2999 and one incore/test/test_vmafx_python_binding.pyfrom #3206. The other 16 were already in the code when the baseline was recorded; a HISS-02 check added or changed since then reports them.Type
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git commit -s; fix a branch withgit rebase --signoff origin/master). See DCO sign-off.make format && make lintis green locally. Touched files: the pre-commit hooks passed on every commit.python3 scripts/ci/run_meson_test.py -- -C build. The fast suite: 459 OK, 3 expected failures (the planted conformance cases), 0 failed./cross-backend-diffand the worst ULP is ≤ 2. No SIMD or GPU path touched;run_captured.pywraps the SYCL build's compile check and computes no score..c/.cpp/.cu/.h/.hpp, it has the appropriate license header (seeCONTRIBUTING.md). No C or C++ file added.!orBREAKING CHANGE:and the migration path is documented below. Not a breaking change.docs/adr/_index_fragments/<NNNN-slug>.mdand nothing else is touched for the index: do not editdocs/adr/README.md,docs/adr/by-tag/,docs/adr/titles.mdor_order.txt(rendered when pull requests land bymake docs-render; see ADR-2197; the render-only pull request of ADR-3295 is the one exception). No ADR added.Bug-status hygiene (ADR-0165)
Netflix golden-data gate (ADR-0024)
assertAlmostEqual(...)score in the Netflix golden Python tests, except by porting Netflix's own updated assertion verbatim from upstream (value and places as upstream has them, measured against the fork's CPU build first; ADR-1828). The threepython/test/files gain atimeout=argument and docstrings only.Cross-backend numerical results
No numerical path touched.
Deep-dive deliverables (ADR-0108)
AGENTS.mdinvariant note — no rebase-sensitive invariants: the touchedpython/test/lines add a keyword argument only and no golden assertion.python/test/files keeps thetimeout=arguments; no assertion line is involved.Reproducer
Measured on c515948 (this branch merged with master 5c94107):
compat: 484 passed, 0 skipped.tooling: 4208 passed, 11 skipped. The reasons were read on the previous head 667ff04, which also skipped eleven. Four need a built Meson tree or ninja manifest (test_check_install_layout.py:868,test_device_target_header_dependencies.py:330,:392,:434). Two need 4K YUV fixtures (test_sycl_4k_repeat_determinism.py:108). Two need cores written to a file, and this host pipes them to systemd-coredump (test_run_actionlint.py:202,:205). The last three needcbindgen(the Rust workflow runs that check),buf, or network access for a real uv resolution. The same eleven skip on master.mcp: 590 passed, 0 skipped.core: the runner cannot run the Meson suite on a workstation, so it ran directly on a CPU build of this branch. Fast suite: 459 OK, 3 expected failures, 0 failed, includingtest_cuda_parity_gate_skip.python-harness: the runner cannot run it on a workstation either, so the three touchedpython/test/files ran directly: 38 passed, with the vmaf CLI built from this branch.test_cuda_parity_gate_default_runskipped (exit 77) because the build has no CUDA. Its changes are the bound,--no-forkand the timeout handler, whichtest_cuda_parity_gate_skip.pyand the mutation sweep below cover.CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=). Apart from the parity gate above, none of the skips names a GPU.Ubuntu clang+DNNjob failedtest_timeout_reaps_vmaf_before_releasing_the_lock, because CI has nopython/test/resource/yuv/and the gate stopped withfixture not foundbefore it started the fake vmaf. On head 5fcb04d the test writes its own reference and distorted files, andpopen_when_readystops waiting once the child exits and reaps it on every failure path. In a checkout without those YUVs,test_cuda_parity_gate_skip.pygives 18 passed with-W error::ResourceWarning. Two planted cases pass: a child whose forked descendant holds its stderr fails the test after 5 s instead of blocking, and anon_readycallback that raises now re-raises its error with the child reaped, where 583d5be left the child running.test_strict_fp_compiler_args.py:898needsicxon PATH and:682needsVMAF_STRICT_FP_BUILD_ROOT. With oneAPIicxsourced and a scratch CPU build root, that file gives 26 passed, 0 skipped. Planted cases: removing the output-limit handler fails 1 test, removing the validation handler fails 2, and a mocked clock 100 s past import makes the old code raise "deadline exhausted" where the new code returns 60.praetorctl baseline --verify --all-violationsexits 0 on this branch and 1 on master).timeout=argument; all 21 brought their row back. Four more mutants removed each new handler or its timeout argument inrun_captured.pyand_run_matlab, and each failed a named test. Seven mutants of the parity gate lines (drop--no-fork, set the bound to 120 s or 300 s, drop thetimeout=keyword, re-raise or return 1 in the handler, take the lock before the skip check) each failed a named test intest_cuda_parity_gate_skip.py. 0 survivors.mypygate checksscripts/ci/tests/test_run_captured.py, the one file of this branch in its scope, and reports no findings.Known follow-ups
matlab_feature_extractor.pybound and the CUDA parity gate bound are not measured; a host with MATLAB or a free GPU can replace them with measured values. The parity gate bound must stay under the Meson timeout of its test, whichtest_cuda_parity_gate_skip.pychecks.Summary by Sourcery
Bound external command execution across core, compatibility, MCP, and Python test workflows while making timeout cleanup and diagnostics reliable.
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