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Robustness fixes in simutil_core, simutil_apple and simutil_plugins, found in a code review. There is one commit per fix; the changelog/version bumps are in the last commit.
Exception types are lost across the isolate (630301a, simutil_core 1.3.1). The worker sent e.toString(), and the main side wrapped it as Exception('TimeoutException: …'), so the on TimeoutException handlers (e.g. for adb connect / adb pair) never ran in the TUI or the app. TimeoutException (now with its duration) and ProcessException are now sent as objects, as CommandExec.run documents. IsolateResponse is unchanged.
A stuck simctl / devicectl froze the iOS device list (a050f18). The background list commands had no timeout, and identical background commands share one job. Once CoreSimulatorService or CoreDevice hung (common after Xcode updates), every refresh joined the same never-ending process until restart.
List, xcode-select and open now time out after 30 s; simctl shutdown / delete / erase after 2 min.
The devicectl fallback wrote to a fixed $TMPDIR/ios_devices.json, so the TUI, the app and the CLI could read or delete each other's output. It now uses a temp directory per call.
usbmuxd sockets leaked on timeout (2ba8152). .timeout() was applied outside _attachedDevices / _lockdownValues, so their finally { socket.destroy() } only ran once usbmuxd answered. The timeout now runs inside the socket's scope.
SimulatorRecorder reported failed recordings as saved (3bf9811).
start now waits for simctl's Recording started. If simctl exits first (e.g. Cannot create file, exit 72), start throws a StateError with the message.
stop returns the path only when simctl exits 0 after SIGINT and the file exists. Otherwise (failure, 10 s fallback kill) it returns null; before, it returned the path of a missing or broken file.
Plugin availability ran <command> --version (7b0a098, simutil_plugins 1.0.1). That started GUI tools (holding a queue slot, without a timeout) and reported BSD tools as missing: open --version exits 1, osascript --version exits 2. Without an explicit availability check, the command is now looked up on PATH with which / where (or as a file when it is a path). Probes run in the background with a 10 s timeout.
Verified
dart analyze --fatal-infos reports no issues; melos run test is green (simutil_core: 44, simutil_apple: 58, simutil_plugins: 34). In app, flutter analyze is clean and flutter test passes 117.
New tests, each failing against main's code:
isolate timeout → TimeoutException with duration; missing executable → ProcessException;
simctl listing carries a timeout; devicectl output in its own, removed temp dir;
a usbmuxd that never replies gets its connection closed;
plugin found on PATH without running it; a hanging check counts as unavailable.
Manual on macOS:
SimulatorRecorder against a booted simulator:
a normal recording returns the finished .mp4;
an unwritable path throws Recording failed: Cannot create file;
after shutting the simulator down mid-recording, stop() returns null.
PluginRunner.isAvailable with the real CommandExec: open → true, osascript → true, a made-up tool → false.
simutil list --json lists 75 devices in about 1 s.
Known gaps
After the simulator shuts down mid-recording, simctl recordVideo keeps running, so isRecording stays true until stop(), which then correctly returns null.
The app's record buttons call toggleRecording without a catch. A failed start therefore shows no toast; it no longer shows as recording, but the error is only logged. This was already the case for every session type, not only iOS.
The version bumps are patches: no API changes. simutil_apple also goes to 1.5.0 in #85; whichever merges second needs a trivial version/changelog merge.
Suggested labels: fixbug, macos.
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✨ Enhancement (non-breaking change which improves existing functionality)
🛠️ Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
🧹 Code refactor
📝 Documentation
🗑️ Chore
📦 Build configuration change
✅ Test
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Bug Fixes
iOS device lists now retry after a timeout when Xcode’s simulator service hangs, instead of freezing.
Failed simulator recordings are no longer shown as active or reported as saved. Recording failures provide clearer errors, and incomplete recordings are not returned.
Tool availability checks now detect installed commands without running them; unresponsive checks time out.
Timed-out commands now report as timeouts, while commands that cannot start report process errors.
Device and simulator operations now have time limits, and stalled device connections close cleanly.
This change adds timeouts and cleanup to Apple simulator operations, updates simulator recording outcomes, preserves timeout and process-start exception types across isolates, and changes default plugin availability checks to locate executables without running them.
Changes: Apple simulator reliability
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Device service timeouts and temporary output packages/simutil_apple/lib/src/ios_device_service.dart, packages/simutil_apple/test/services/ios_device_service_test.dart, packages/simutil_apple/CHANGELOG.md, packages/simutil_apple/pubspec.yaml, app/CHANGELOG.md
Listing and probing commands receive 30-second timeouts. Simulator shutdown, deletion, and erase receive two-minute timeouts. The devicectl fallback uses a per-call temporary directory and removes it afterward. Tests cover command timeouts and temporary-directory cleanup.
usbmuxd timeout and socket cleanup packages/simutil_apple/lib/src/usbmux.dart, packages/simutil_apple/test/usbmux_test.dart
usbmuxd operations share a single deadline across connection and exchange steps. The socket is destroyed after the exchange, including on timeout. A test checks timeout behavior and connection closure.
Startup waits for simctl confirmation and throws a StateError if startup fails or times out. Concurrent starts share startup work. Stop returns the recording path only when the process exits successfully and the file exists; otherwise it returns null.
Isolate process error types packages/simutil_core/lib/src/isolate_runner.dart, packages/simutil_core/test/services/isolate_runner_test.dart, packages/simutil_core/CHANGELOG.md, packages/simutil_core/pubspec.yaml
Worker timeout and process-start errors retain their exception types when returned to the matching request. Tests cover TimeoutException duration and ProcessException behavior.
When no availability check is configured, PluginRunner checks a path directly or searches PATH with which or where, instead of running --version. Availability checks use a 10-second timeout. Tests cover lookup and timeout outcomes.
sequenceDiagram
participant SimulatorRecorder
participant simctl
SimulatorRecorder->>simctl: Start recording process
simctl-->>SimulatorRecorder: Report "Recording started" or exit
SimulatorRecorder->>SimulatorRecorder: Set recording state or throw StateError
SimulatorRecorder->>simctl: Send SIGINT when stopping
simctl-->>SimulatorRecorder: Return exit code
SimulatorRecorder->>SimulatorRecorder: Return path only if exit code is zero and file exists
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Suggested labels:macos
Suggested reviewers:dungngminh
Merge Risk: Low · up to 50fd3
The iOS listing, recorder, and plugin availability fixes look sound. When a simulator recording fails to start, the error is logged but the user is not told, and they can still retry. A rare timing edge in usbmuxd cleanup might surface an uncaught async error. Both are small and bounded, so the change is mergeable with owner awareness.
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A rabbit checks the paths at dawn Then waits for simctl’s signal to come on If startup fails, the state is clear A timeout bounds each operation here Clean sockets close, and errors keep their name The rabbit hops along, pleased with the change
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Review comments at @packages/simutil_apple/lib/src/ios_device_service.dart:
- Around line 297-298: In _listDevicectlDevices, catch temporary-directory
creation errors and return [] through the fallback. Guard cleanup errors
separately and log them with the existing logger so cleanup cannot replace a
valid device list or the fallback result.
Review comments at @packages/simutil_apple/lib/src/simulator_recorder.dart:
- Around line 92-99: Update stop() so a nonzero simctl exit status after SIGINT
does not by itself discard a recording; return the artifact only when it passes
the existing finalized-recording validity checks, preserving rejection of
missing or incomplete recordings.
- Around line 38-41: Update SimulatorRecorder.start to guard the pending startup
before awaiting Process.start, so concurrent calls cannot launch duplicate
simctl processes. Coordinate this with RecordingLock so the same-device lock
remains held until the active startup resolves, and a failed start cannot
release the lock while another startup is still pending.
- Around line 75-78: In the failed-start branch, wait for the killed process to
exit before throwing the recording error. Reuse the bounded exit-wait behavior
established by stop(), including its timeout fallback, so a retry cannot overlap
the failed simctl process.
- Line 50: Update the startup and shutdown coordination in the simulator
recorder’s start() and stop() methods so stop() waits for an in-progress start()
to finish and then stops the resulting process before the session closes.
Preserve the existing behavior when no startup is pending.
Review comments at @packages/simutil_apple/lib/src/usbmux.dart:
- Line 208: Update the connection timeout handling in _withUsbmuxd so a
connection that completes after the timeout is explicitly cleaned up: cancel the
pending connection if supported, or destroy the socket when the connection
future eventually completes. Preserve the existing cleanup behavior for
connections that complete before the timeout.
- Around line 141-146: Use one deadline for the entire listUsbmuxDevices
operation, including _attachedDevices and every _lockdownValues call; pass each
operation only the time remaining rather than restarting the full timeout. When
the deadline expires, abort the listing with the timeout behavior that triggers
the existing devicectl fallback, and preserve the behavior that a timed-out
device aborts the whole listing.
Review comments at @packages/simutil_apple/test/usbmux_test.dart:
- Around line 122-145: Increase the timeout passed to listUsbmuxDevices in the
“closes the connection when usbmuxd does not answer in time” test so local
socket connection setup has time to complete; keep the closure wait bounded and
long enough for cleanup to finish. Preserve the expectation that the
nonresponding server returns null and its accepted client closes.
Review comments at @packages/simutil_plugins/lib/src/plugin_runner.dart:
- Line 53: Update the plugin availability fallback documentation in both plugin
documentation pages: describe that when neither availability setting is
configured, isAvailable checks file existence for a path or looks up a command
using where or which via _isInstalled; clarify that it does not run the command
with --version.
- Line 62: Update the path-command availability check around executable.contains
and File.existsSync so it accepts only regular files and, on POSIX systems,
files with execute permission; preserve the platform-appropriate behavior on
Windows.
- Line 62: Replace the blocking `File(executable).existsSync()` path check with
a check that does not block the UI isolate, and bound its wait using the
existing probe timeout. Ensure a stalled filesystem cannot hold up the TUI
indefinitely.
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cat -n app/lib/src/ui/shared/native_menu.dart | sed -n '1,120p'
cat -n app/lib/src/ui/streams/stream_tile.dart | sed -n '1,160p'
cat -n app/lib/src/ui/streams/stream_tile.dart | sed -n '260,305p'
rg -n --glob '*.dart''\.onPressed|TileAction|showError|showToast|toast|onError' app/lib/src/ui/streams/stream_tile.dart app/lib/src/ui/streams app/lib/src/ui/shared/native_menu.dart app/lib/main.dart
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Show recording startup errors in the controls.
When simulator recording fails to start, the stream tile discards the error, so the user gets no explanation. Catch the error and show it to the user. Preserve the existing lock release so the user can retry.
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Update the simulator recording startup error handling so failures surfaced by the StateError are displayed in the stream tile controls instead of discarded. Preserve the existing lock-release behavior so recording can be retried.
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Robustness fixes in
simutil_core,simutil_appleandsimutil_plugins, found in a code review. There is one commit per fix; the changelog/version bumps are in the last commit.630301a,simutil_core1.3.1). The worker sente.toString(), and the main side wrapped it asException('TimeoutException: …'), so theon TimeoutExceptionhandlers (e.g. foradb connect/adb pair) never ran in the TUI or the app.TimeoutException(now with itsduration) andProcessExceptionare now sent as objects, asCommandExec.rundocuments.IsolateResponseis unchanged.simctl/devicectlfroze the iOS device list (a050f18). The background list commands had no timeout, and identical background commands share one job. Once CoreSimulatorService or CoreDevice hung (common after Xcode updates), every refresh joined the same never-ending process until restart.xcode-selectandopennow time out after 30 s;simctl shutdown/delete/eraseafter 2 min.devicectlfallback wrote to a fixed$TMPDIR/ios_devices.json, so the TUI, the app and the CLI could read or delete each other's output. It now uses a temp directory per call.simctl bootis left alone here because fix: report iOS simulator launch failures #85 rewrites that path.2ba8152)..timeout()was applied outside_attachedDevices/_lockdownValues, so theirfinally { socket.destroy() }only ran once usbmuxd answered. The timeout now runs inside the socket's scope.SimulatorRecorderreported failed recordings as saved (3bf9811).startnow waits forsimctl'sRecording started. Ifsimctlexits first (e.g.Cannot create file, exit 72),startthrows aStateErrorwith the message.stopreturns the path only whensimctlexits 0 after SIGINT and the file exists. Otherwise (failure, 10 s fallback kill) it returnsnull; before, it returned the path of a missing or broken file.<command> --version(7b0a098,simutil_plugins1.0.1). That started GUI tools (holding a queue slot, without a timeout) and reported BSD tools as missing:open --versionexits 1,osascript --versionexits 2. Without an explicitavailabilitycheck, the command is now looked up onPATHwithwhich/where(or as a file when it is a path). Probes run in the background with a 10 s timeout.Verified
dart analyze --fatal-infosreports no issues;melos run testis green (simutil_core: 44,simutil_apple: 58,simutil_plugins: 34). Inapp,flutter analyzeis clean andflutter testpasses 117.main's code:TimeoutExceptionwith duration; missing executable →ProcessException;PATHwithout running it; a hanging check counts as unavailable.SimulatorRecorderagainst a booted simulator:.mp4;Recording failed: Cannot create file;stop()returnsnull.PluginRunner.isAvailablewith the realCommandExec:open→ true,osascript→ true, a made-up tool → false.simutil list --jsonlists 75 devices in about 1 s.Known gaps
simctl recordVideokeeps running, soisRecordingstays true untilstop(), which then correctly returnsnull.toggleRecordingwithout acatch. A failed start therefore shows no toast; it no longer shows as recording, but the error is only logged. This was already the case for every session type, not only iOS.The version bumps are patches: no API changes.
simutil_applealso goes to 1.5.0 in #85; whichever merges second needs a trivial version/changelog merge.Suggested labels:
fixbug,macos.Type of Change
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