Fix Unbounded UI state drifting from active backend connections - #9035
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 4 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughUnbounded snapshot polling now sends backend state to Flutter. ShareNotifier reconciles running state, peers, totals, replay behavior, and lifecycle state. Tests cover polling, snapshot processing, disposal, fallback behavior, and toggle serialization. ChangesUnbounded state synchronization
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to Unbounded sharing now reconciles backend availability and restored peers without treating recovered connections as new arrivals. The remaining current-head risk is minimal. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant LanternCore
participant Radiance
participant Flutter
participant ShareNotifier
LanternCore->>Radiance: Poll Unbounded snapshot
Radiance-->>LanternCore: Return snapshot or unavailable error
LanternCore->>Flutter: Emit snapshot or unavailable event
Flutter->>ShareNotifier: Deliver app event
ShareNotifier->>ShareNotifier: Reconcile state, peers, totals, and replay status
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The updated Share My Connection notifier still sets up an unnecessary extra app-event subscription path in Unbounded mode, increasing risk of redundant listeners and stream subscription failures.
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Pull request overview
Adds periodic backend “unbounded” snapshots to keep the Share My Connection UI consistent with the actual backend state (including missed connections/disconnects), distinguishes “enabled” from “running” in the UI, and clears stale peer state when backend connectivity is lost.
Changes:
- Introduces
unbounded-snapshot/unbounded-unavailableevents fromlantern-core(once per second) and pins Radiance to the required commit. - Updates
ShareNotifier/ShareStateto reconcile Unbounded mode from snapshots, trackunboundedRunning, and guard state transitions during toggles/fallback. - Adds regression tests for snapshot reconciliation + fallback serialization, and introduces the “Waiting to start — Unbounded” locale string.
File summaries
| File | Description |
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| test/features/share_my_connection/snapshot_test.dart | New tests covering snapshot-based reconciliation, arrival counting, backend loss handling, and fallback/toggle serialization. |
| test/features/share_my_connection/share_notifier_test.dart | Updates fakes to satisfy new ShareNotifier app-event subscription behavior. |
| lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart | Adds unboundedRunning to state, snapshot/unavailable event handling, and snapshot-based peer/arrival reconciliation; updates status text mapping. |
| lantern-core/unbounded_snapshot.go | New periodic snapshot poller that forwards Unbounded snapshots/unavailable events to Flutter. |
| lantern-core/core.go | Starts the snapshot listener goroutine during core initialization. |
| go.mod | Pins github.com/getlantern/radiance to commit 22dad8652464 as required by the PR description. |
| go.sum | Adds checksums for the pinned Radiance pseudo-version. |
| assets/locales/en.po | Adds unbounded_status_waiting translation string. |
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There are a couple of correctness/operational issues to address (snapshot replay gating after peer clears, and repeated “unavailable” event churn) before this is safe to approve.
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lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart:814
- _clearPeers() clears _peerArcs, but it doesn’t reset the snapshot “replay” gate. After a backend-unavailable event (or any path calling _clearPeers), the next snapshot’s peers will be treated as fresh arrivals (isReplay=false), which can incorrectly trigger the arrival toast for already-connected peers restored from a snapshot.
lantern-core/unbounded_snapshot.go:30 - listenUnboundedSnapshots() will notify Flutter with "unbounded-unavailable" on every failed snapshot attempt. Because this loop runs continuously, repeated failures can create unnecessary event/log churn (e.g., AppEventNotifier logs every event type). Consider only sending "unbounded-unavailable" on the transition into the unavailable state, then clearing that flag on the next successful snapshot.
test/features/share_my_connection/snapshot_test.dart:77 - This test registers a GetIt singleton in setUp without resetting GetIt first. If another test leaves LocalStorageService registered (or if file execution order changes), registerSingleton() will throw "already registered" and make the suite order-dependent. Resetting at the start of setUp makes the test isolated and robust.
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Addressed all three observations from review 5158322413 in
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ShareNotifier can still mutate state after awaited IPC calls without guarding ref.mounted, risking “write after dispose” crashes during teardown.
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lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart:546
- After the async setUnboundedEnabled() IPC call, this method can still run even if the notifier was disposed (e.g., app teardown / integration tests). Other notifiers in this repo guard post-await work with
if (!ref.mounted) return;to avoid writing state on an unmounted ref (see e.g. lib/features/vpn/provider/available_servers_notifier.dart:44-52). Add the mounted check before folding and potentially mutating state.
This issue also appears on line 903 of the same file.
lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart:910
- _fallbackToUnbounded() awaits an IPC call and then may update state; if the provider is disposed while awaiting, writing state can throw. This repo commonly guards async continuations with
if (!ref.mounted) return;before touching providers/state (e.g. lib/features/home/provider/radiance_settings_providers.dart:41-48). Consider adding that guard after the await here too.
final result = await widgetRef
.read(lanternServiceProvider)
.setUnboundedEnabled(true);
result.fold((err) {
appLogger.error(
'SmC→Unbounded fallback: setUnboundedEnabled failed: ${err.error}',
);
_stopEventSubscription();
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699-700: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winMark peers restored after backend loss as replay events.
When
unbounded-unavailableclears the peer map,_hasUnboundedSnapshotremains true. The next snapshot therefore emitsisReplay: falsefor peers that were only restored after contact returned. This can show a false new-connection notification. Reset the replay marker when clearing a peer session, while preserving_snapshotEpochand_lastArrivalsfor arrival accounting.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart`:
- Around line 598-599: Update watchAppEvents and _handlePeerStatus to associate
peer.Status events with the active SmC session, then validate that identifier or
generation before invoking _fallbackToUnbounded. Reject stale events from prior
sessions while preserving handling for the current session, and add a regression
test covering a late phase:error event.
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In `@lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart`:
- Around line 699-700: Update the peer-session clearing logic around
_hasUnboundedSnapshot so clearing the peer map resets the replay marker before
the next snapshot, causing restored peers to be emitted as replay events.
Preserve _snapshotEpoch and _lastArrivals unchanged for arrival accounting.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Reject stale peer-status events from prior SmC sessions. watchAppEvents() forwards peer.Status without a session identifier, and _handlePeerStatus() checks only state.mode. A late phase: error event can therefore call _fallbackToUnbounded() during a new SmC session. Add a session identifier or generation to the event contract, validate it before fallback, and cover the case with a regression test.
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In `@lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart` around lines 598 -
599, Update watchAppEvents and _handlePeerStatus to associate peer.Status events
with the active SmC session, then validate that identifier or generation before
invoking _fallbackToUnbounded. Reject stale events from prior sessions while
preserving handling for the current session, and add a regression test covering
a late phase:error event.
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I verified that the backend status payload has no session identifier: radiance peer.emitStatus snapshots c.status, and lantern-core.listenPeerStatusEvents forwards evt.Status unchanged. Cancelling the Dart subscription and checking ShareMode prevent some stale events, but cannot prove that an event already buffered in the cross-process bridge belongs to the current SmC session. A Dart-only generation would not solve that case. I have not reproduced the delayed cross-session delivery, so I am leaving this concern unresolved rather than claiming a fix. The review workflow has reached its four-round limit; a complete fix would require carrying a backend session identity through this event contract and testing delayed delivery across sessions.
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@myleshorton, thank you for verifying the event contract.
Your analysis is correct. A Dart-only generation cannot distinguish a buffered prior-session peer-status event from a current-session event. The finding remains open.
A complete fix needs a backend session identifier carried from Radiance through lantern-core.listenPeerStatusEvents to Dart. The regression test should inject delayed prior-session phase: error delivery after a new SmC session starts.
This is reasonable to defer from this PR. Would you like me to open a GitHub follow-up issue for it?
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Repo: getlantern/lantern PR: 9035
File: lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart:605-606
Timestamp: 2026-09-09T19:04:29.307Z
Learning: In the Unbounded sharing flow, `radiance peer.emitStatus` emits `c.status` without an SmC session identifier, and `lantern-core.listenPeerStatusEvents` forwards that payload unchanged. Dart-side subscription cancellation or local generations cannot reliably reject a prior SmC session's `peer-status` event that was buffered in the cross-process bridge. A correct stale-event fix requires a backend session identity in the event contract and end-to-end delayed-delivery test coverage.
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Addressed both disposal observations from review 5158410066 in |
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There are correctness/robustness issues in the updated peer-clearing and new snapshot tests (workerIdx reuse hazards and unintended real network I/O in tests) that should be addressed before approval.
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lib/features/share_my_connection/share_my_connection.dart:828
_clearPeers()emits disconnect (-1) events which the globe lingers for 5s using timers keyed byworkerIdx. Resetting_workerSeqto 0 here can reuseworkerIdxvalues while those timers are still pending, which can cancel the wrong removal / reuse the same point/connection IDs unexpectedly. Keep_workerSeqmonotonic across sessions (don’t reset it) to preserveworkerIdxuniqueness.
test/features/share_my_connection/snapshot_test.dart:109- The snapshot helper triggers
_resolveAndEmitwhich callsGeoLookupService.peerLookup, and that performs real HTTP requests (5s timeout) unless a client override is active. Most tests here emit snapshots with peers without setting up a MockClient, which can make the suite flaky/slow due to external network I/O. Consider wrapping the snapshot emission inhttp.runWithClientusing a MockClient that returns a fast non-200 response (so lookups deterministically cachePeerGeo.unknown).
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Addressed both observations from review 5158503235 in This completes four Copilot review rounds, the workflow limit. The separate CodeRabbit concern about prior-session SmC status events remains open; it requires backend session identification rather than a local subscription-generation check. No human sign-off is required by this workflow, and this comment does not claim that concern is resolved. |
Unbounded can be running before the sharing UI subscribes, leaving the display at zero until another connection arrives. Reconcile the UI once per second from the backend’s current running state and peers, show waiting when enabled but not running, and clear stale peers when backend contact is lost. Report unavailability once per outage and restore peers after recovery without false new-arrival animations. A cumulative backend arrival counter preserves totals for connections that finish between snapshots without recounting restored peers.
Clear peer tracking when falling back from router sharing, serialize fallback/toggle transitions, and reject location lookups belonging to an earlier peer session. Guard asynchronous IPC continuations against provider disposal. Preserve the consent and fallback behavior on current main.
Uses the merged getlantern/radiance#630, pinned at merge commit
6950dfbcd9be. No local workspace overrides are required.Validation:
go test ./lantern-corepasses with the pinned Radiance module, including outage/recovery and cancellation regressions.Summary by CodeRabbit
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