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fix(factory): stop desktop beta lane hanging on ASC processing - #641

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#623's macOS pre-merge beta lane uploaded build 56 and then sat inside fastlane's wait_for_build_processing for 3 days, logging Waiting for App Store Connect to finish processing every ~32 s. App Store Connect had actually marked the build VALID since 15 Sep. The lane never exited, so it never wrote .exit, and the factory never announced the build. The card got blocked on "you did not release a new macOS build?".

Two factory gaps let this run for 3 days:

  • The stale-lane check only looks at log silence. A stuck poll that keeps logging never trips it.
  • The hung process kept drafto-beta-desktop.lock alive, which blocked every other desktop beta.

(The #623 card itself was unstuck by hand: the lane was killed, build 56 was announced, and the card is back in In Test.)

Changes

  • apps/desktop/fastlane/Fastfile: skip_waiting_for_build_processing: true, same as mobile. post_release_notes now passes --build <new_build_number>.
  • apps/desktop/scripts/post-release-notes.mjs: requires --build. Picks the build by the MAC_OS preReleaseVersion and the exact build number, and polls until the build is indexed. The old heuristic ("newest build with computedMinMacOsVersion") matched iOS builds too, since iPhone apps run on Apple Silicon Macs. Running it by hand today put the desktop notes on iOS build 42. Those notes have since been restored.
  • scripts/factory-agent.sh: new FACTORY_LANE_MAX_MIN (default 240) wall-clock cap for each lane. It is timed from a new per-lane intestBetaLaneAt stamp, because the shared intestBetaAt is reset whenever a sibling lane is re-dispatched. A lane over the cap has its whole process group killed (TERM, then KILL after a grace period), so fastlane's piped children (xcodebuild, uploader) cannot outlive the lane while a retry resets the build root. The group is found through the processes holding this attempt's log, so another card's lane is never touched. This does nothing under DRY_RUN.
  • intestBetaLaneAt is added to the writable state fields. The runbook is updated.

Known trade-off (same as mobile)

The lane no longer waits for Apple's processing verdict. If Apple rejects a build after upload, the lane still exits 0, and the "build uploaded" comment goes out before the build can be installed. Mobile has always worked this way.

Tests

  • New real-bash tests for the cap. A live process group stands in for a hung lane, including a child that doesn't hold the log. The tests cover: the group is killed, a young lane is left alone, a sibling re-dispatch can't reset the clock, the fallback for older state works, and nothing is killed under dry-run. The child-kill test was also checked to fail against the old lsof-only kill.
  • New tests for desktop build selection, built from the live iOS-42 response shape, plus parseArgs and the Fastfile wiring.
  • scripts suite 1689/1689, pnpm lint, pnpm typecheck, pnpm format:check, and ruby -c on the Fastfile all pass.

Parity: infra-only (release scripts and factory; no app code).

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  • Release Process

    • Release notes are now posted to the exact macOS build uploaded, improving accuracy when macOS and iOS builds are processed together.
    • TestFlight uploads no longer wait unnecessarily for build processing; release notes are posted once the intended build becomes available.
    • Empty release notes are skipped instead of generating an empty update.
  • Reliability

    • Beta build lanes that remain active beyond the configured time limit are now stopped and automatically retried, including lanes that continue producing logs while stalled.
  • Documentation

    • Updated operational guidance explains the beta lane time limit and troubleshooting steps for stalled lanes.

#623's macOS pre-merge lane uploaded build 56 and then sat in fastlane's
wait_for_build_processing for 3 days after App Store Connect had marked the
build VALID. The lane never exited, so the factory never announced the build,
and because the poll kept logging, the silence-based stale check never fired.

- desktop Fastfile: skip_waiting_for_build_processing: true (matches mobile)
  and pass --build to post-release-notes.mjs
- desktop post-release-notes.mjs: require --build and select the build by
  MAC_OS preReleaseVersion + exact number. iOS builds also report
  computedMinMacOsVersion, so "newest build with macOS fields" put desktop
  notes on iOS build 42.
- factory-agent.sh: FACTORY_LANE_MAX_MIN (240) wall-clock cap per lane,
  clocked from a new per-lane intestBetaLaneAt stamp; a lane over the cap
  has its process group killed (TERM, then KILL) and is retried.

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The change updates desktop release-note posting to target an exact macOS build. It also adds per-lane timeout enforcement for hung factory beta lanes, including process-group termination, state tracking, tests, and runbook entries.

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Desktop release notes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Exact macOS build selection
apps/desktop/scripts/post-release-notes.mjs, scripts/__tests__/post-release-notes-select.test.mjs
The script requires --build, polls App Store Connect, and selects the newest uploaded MAC_OS build with the requested build number. Tests cover platform linkage, argument parsing, and selection failures.
Fastlane build wiring
apps/desktop/fastlane/Fastfile
Fastlane passes new_build_number, skips its own processing wait, and returns without posting when generated notes are empty.

Factory lane timeout handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-lane dispatch state
scripts/lib/factory-state.mjs, scripts/lib/state-cli.mjs
Factory state defines and permits writes to intestBetaLaneAt.
Hung lane enforcement
scripts/factory-agent.sh
The factory applies a 240-minute default cap, computes per-lane age with a shared-stamp fallback, terminates process groups holding stale lane logs, and re-arms failed lanes.
Timeout validation and runbook
scripts/__tests__/factory-agent-intest.test.mjs, docs/operations/factory-runbook.md
Integration tests cover stale, chatty, per-lane, legacy-state, and dry-run cases. The runbook documents the timeout and triage behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Fastfile
  participant ReleaseNotesScript
  participant AppStoreConnect
  Fastfile->>ReleaseNotesScript: pass notes and build number
  ReleaseNotesScript->>AppStoreConnect: poll requested version builds
  AppStoreConnect-->>ReleaseNotesScript: return platform-linked builds
  ReleaseNotesScript->>AppStoreConnect: post notes to selected macOS build
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sequenceDiagram
  participant FactoryAgent
  participant IssueState
  participant LaneProcessGroup
  FactoryAgent->>IssueState: read per-lane dispatch timestamp
  FactoryAgent->>FactoryAgent: compare lane age with cap
  FactoryAgent->>LaneProcessGroup: terminate stale log-holding process groups
  FactoryAgent->>IssueState: mark lane failed and re-arm retry
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Hung desktop beta lanes can still survive or evade timeout recovery, leaving retries blocked—the workflow this change is intended to repair. Resolve these defects before merging.

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🟠 Major · Use the per-lane clock when a lane has no log. · factory-agent.sh:1822

scripts/factory-agent.sh:1822
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Use the per-lane clock when a lane has no log.

This path still evaluates the shared intestBetaAt timestamp. If another lane is re-dispatched, it resets that timestamp and can keep a lane that never created a log suppressed past its own timeout. Evaluate lane_age_min against FACTORY_LANE_STALE_MIN here so the retry clock remains per lane.

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In `@scripts/factory-agent.sh` at line 1822, Update the stale-lane condition
around dispatched_at to use the per-lane lane_age_min value against
FACTORY_LANE_STALE_MIN instead of the shared intestBetaAt timestamp, preserving
the existing retry behavior for lanes without logs.

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Inline comments:
In `@apps/desktop/scripts/post-release-notes.mjs`:
- Line 33: Update parseArgs to validate a present --build operand before main
starts App Store Connect polling: require one to three period-separated,
non-empty digit components, while accepting 0 and multi-component versions. Keep
the missing --build flag check separate and preserve the existing notes parsing
and polling behavior for valid values.

In `@scripts/__tests__/post-release-notes-select.test.mjs`:
- Line 415: Update the assertion in the post-release notes selection test to
require an explicit skip_waiting_for_build_processing: true setting, rather than
only rejecting false; use the existing source string variable and assert a
matching true-valued configuration.
- Line 370: Update the iOS fixture’s uploadedDate in the relevant release-notes
selection test to be later than the macOS fixture date, preserving the test’s
intended platform-specific selection scenario.

In `@scripts/factory-agent.sh`:
- Around line 1815-1817: Update the stale-log handling branch in the lane
re-arming logic to call kill_lane_holding_log with the lane’s log path before
removing the lane from intestBetaLanes. Ensure this termination occurs for live
silent processes, including dry-run behavior consistent with the existing
lane_age_min branch, while preserving the existing stale-lane failure handling.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@scripts/factory-agent.sh`:
- Line 1822: Update the stale-lane condition around dispatched_at to use the
per-lane lane_age_min value against FACTORY_LANE_STALE_MIN instead of the shared
intestBetaAt timestamp, preserving the existing retry behavior for lanes without
logs.

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- kill a silent-but-live lane group before re-arming it
- clock the traceless-lane check per lane, not by the shared intestBetaAt
- validate --build as a CFBundleVersion before polling ASC
- tighten tests: newer iOS fixture, require skip_waiting true

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JakubAnderwald deleted the fix/desktop-beta-lane-hang branch September 18, 2026 20:04
JakubAnderwald added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 20, 2026
Resolves the one conflict with main: both sides appended a different
describe block to scripts/__tests__/post-release-notes-select.test.mjs.
Kept both — they assert on disjoint files (#641 covers the desktop
Fastfile/post-release-notes, #639 covers the mobile Fastfile JDK
selection), so neither weakens the other.

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