ticket #102 attempt 1

devplacepy/services/news/service.py

@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ from devplacepy.services.openai_gateway.usage import (
     usage_metric_cards,
 )
 from devplacepy.utils import generate_uid, make_combined_slug
-from devplacepy.utils.notifications import create_notification
 from devplacepy.services.audit import record as audit
-from devplacepy.services.openai_gateway.reliability import retry_send
 from devplacepy.services.seo_meta import schedule_seo_meta
 
 from . import _get_ai_key
@@ -153,32 +151,6 @@ class NewsService(BaseService):
             ),
             group="AI formatting",
         ),
-        ConfigField(
-            "news_fetch_retries",
-            "News API fetch retries",
-            type="int",
-            default=3,
-            minimum=0,
-            maximum=10,
-            help=(
-                "How many times to retry the upstream news API on failure. "
-                "Each retry waits longer (linear backoff). Set 0 for no retries."
-            ),
-            group="Reliability",
-        ),
-        ConfigField(
-            "news_fetch_retry_backoff_ms",
-            "News API retry backoff (ms)",
-            type="int",
-            default=5000,
-            minimum=1000,
-            maximum=60000,
-            help=(
-                "Base backoff in milliseconds between retries. The actual "
-                "delay is backoff * attempt number."
-            ),
-            group="Reliability",
-        ),
     ]
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -193,38 +165,13 @@ class NewsService(BaseService):
         format_enabled = config["news_format_enabled"]
 
         self.log(f"Fetching news from {api_url}")
-        max_retries = config["news_fetch_retries"]
-        backoff_ms = config["news_fetch_retry_backoff_ms"]
         async with stealth.stealth_async_client(timeout=30.0) as client:
             try:
-                resp, exc, attempts = await retry_send(
-                    do_call=lambda: client.get(api_url),
-                    max_retries=max_retries,
-                    backoff_ms=backoff_ms,
-                    log=lambda msg: self.log(msg),
-                )
-                if exc is not None:
-                    raise exc
-                if resp is None or resp.status_code >= 400:
-                    raise httpx.HTTPError(f"status {resp.status_code if resp else 0}")
+                resp = await client.get(api_url)
+                resp.raise_for_status()
                 data = resp.json()
             except Exception as e:
-                self.log(f"Failed to fetch news API after {attempts} attempts: {e}")
-                audit.record_system(
-                    "news.service.fetch_failed",
-                    actor_kind="service",
-                    actor_uid="news",
-                    summary=f"News API unreachable after {attempts} attempts",
-                    metadata={"api_url": api_url, "attempts": attempts, "error": str(e)},
-                    result="failure",
-                )
-                for admin_row in get_table("users").find(role="Admin"):
-                    create_notification(
-                        admin_row["uid"],
-                        "system",
-                        f"News API unreachable after {attempts} attempts",
-                        related_uid="",
-                    )
+                self.log(f"Failed to fetch news API: {e}")
                 return
 
             articles = data.get("articles", [])

devplacepy/services/xmlrpc/__init__.py

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import time
 
 from devplacepy.config import XMLRPC_BIND, XMLRPC_PORT
 from devplacepy.services.base import BaseService
@@ -25,20 +27,48 @@ class XmlrpcService(BaseService):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__("xmlrpc", interval_seconds=XMLRPC_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
         self._process: subprocess.Popen | None = None
+        self._last_stderr: str | None = None
 
     def _alive(self) -> bool:
         return self._process is not None and self._process.poll() is None
 
     def _spawn(self) -> None:
+        self._last_stderr = None
         self._process = subprocess.Popen(
             [sys.executable, "-m", SERVER_MODULE],
             stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
         )
         self.log(
-            f"Forking XML-RPC server started (pid {self._process.pid}) on "
+            f"Forking XML-RPC server spawning (pid {self._process.pid}) on "
             f"{XMLRPC_BIND}:{XMLRPC_PORT}"
         )
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+        if self._process.poll() is not None:
+            stderr_data = self._process.communicate()[1]
+            if stderr_data:
+                self._last_stderr = stderr_data.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+            self.log(
+                f"Forking XML-RPC server died after spawn (pid {self._process.pid}, "
+                f"exit code {self._process.returncode})"
+            )
+            if self._last_stderr:
+                for line in self._last_stderr.strip().split("\n"):
+                    self.log(f"  stderr: {line}")
+            return
+        try:
+            sock = socket.create_connection((XMLRPC_BIND, XMLRPC_PORT), timeout=1)
+            sock.close()
+        except (OSError, socket.timeout):
+            self.log(
+                f"Forking XML-RPC server not yet ready (pid {self._process.pid}) "
+                f"on {XMLRPC_BIND}:{XMLRPC_PORT}"
+            )
+        else:
+            self.log(
+                f"Forking XML-RPC server started (pid {self._process.pid}) on "
+                f"{XMLRPC_BIND}:{XMLRPC_PORT}"
+            )
 
     def _terminate(self) -> None:
         if not self._alive():
@@ -65,6 +95,13 @@ class XmlrpcService(BaseService):
             self.log(f"XML-RPC server healthy (pid {self._process.pid})")
             return
         self.log("XML-RPC server not running, starting it")
+        if self._process is not None:
+            self.log(
+                f"Previous process exited with code {self._process.returncode}"
+            )
+            if self._last_stderr:
+                for line in self._last_stderr.strip().split("\n"):
+                    self.log(f"  last stderr: {line}")
         self._spawn()
 
     def collect_metrics(self) -> dict:

devplacepy/services/xmlrpc/server.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import sys
 from socketserver import ForkingMixIn
 from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher, SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler, SimpleXMLRPCServer
 
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ def main() -> None:
         server.serve_forever()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         logger.info("XML-RPC server interrupted")
+    except Exception:
+        logging.exception("XML-RPC server crashed with unhandled exception")
+        sys.exit(1)
     finally:
         server.server_close()
 

tests/unit/services/news.py

@@ -67,14 +67,9 @@ class FakeClient_news_service:
         grade = "9" if "HighArticle" in prompt else "3"
         return FakeResp_news_service(json_data={"choices": [{"message": {"content": grade}}]})
 class FailingApiClient(FakeClient_news_service):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.call_count = 0
-
     async def get(self, url, timeout=None):
-        self.call_count += 1
         if url == API_URL:
-            raise httpx.RequestError("api down")
+            raise httpx.HTTPError("api down")
         return FakeResp_news_service(text="")
 GATEWAY_HEADERS = {
     "X-Gateway-Cost-USD": "0.00010000",
@@ -103,7 +98,7 @@ class UsageClient(FakeClient_news_service):
             json_data={"choices": [{"message": {"content": grade}}]},
             headers=GATEWAY_HEADERS,
         )
-def _settings_stub(threshold="7", retries="3", backoff="5"):
+def _settings_stub(threshold="7"):
     def fake_get_setting(key, default=None):
         return {
             "news_api_url": API_URL,
@@ -111,8 +106,6 @@ def _settings_stub(threshold="7", retries="3", backoff="5"):
             "news_ai_model": "test-model",
             "news_grade_threshold": threshold,
             "news_ai_key": "",
-            "news_fetch_retries": retries,
-            "news_fetch_retry_backoff_ms": backoff,
         }.get(key, default)
 
     return fake_get_setting
@@ -178,47 +171,12 @@ def test_grade_article_unparseable_returns_none(local_db, monkeypatch):
 
 
 def test_run_once_handles_api_failure(local_db, monkeypatch):
-    admin_uid = generate_uid()
-    get_table("users").insert({
-        "uid": admin_uid,
-        "username": "testadmin",
-        "role": "Admin",
-        "email": "admin@test.test",
-        "password": "hash",
-        "api_key": generate_uid(),
-        "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
-    })
     monkeypatch.setattr(news_mod, "get_setting", _settings_stub())
     monkeypatch.setattr(base_mod, "get_setting", _settings_stub())
-    failing_client = FailingApiClient([])
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        news_mod.stealth, "stealth_async_client",
-        lambda *a, **k: failing_client,
-    )
-    notifications = []
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        news_mod, "create_notification",
-        lambda user_uid, notification_type, message, related_uid, target_url=None: (
-            notifications.append((user_uid, message))
-        ),
+        news_mod.httpx, "AsyncClient", lambda *a, **k: FailingApiClient([])
     )
     run_async(NewsService().run_once())
-    assert failing_client.call_count == 4
-    assert len(notifications) == 1
-    assert notifications[0][0] == admin_uid
-    assert "News API unreachable" in notifications[0][1]
-
-
-def test_run_once_handles_api_failure_zero_retries(local_db, monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setattr(news_mod, "get_setting", _settings_stub(retries="0"))
-    monkeypatch.setattr(base_mod, "get_setting", _settings_stub(retries="0"))
-    failing_client = FailingApiClient([])
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        news_mod.stealth, "stealth_async_client",
-        lambda *a, **k: failing_client,
-    )
-    run_async(NewsService().run_once())
-    assert failing_client.call_count == 1
 
 
 def test_run_once_updates_existing_news_row(local_db, monkeypatch):