[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1664: webapi fails to handle all TCP disconnects: "Request.finish called on a request after its connection was lost; use Request.notifyFinish to keep track of this."

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#1664: webapi fails to handle all TCP disconnects: "Request.finish called on a
request after its connection was lost; use Request.notifyFinish to keep
track of this."
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 Reporter:  nejucomo  |          Owner:  nobody
     Type:  defect    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major     |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  unknown   |        Version:  1.9.0
 Keywords:            |  Launchpad Bug:
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 '''Symptoms''': While running a gateway which has haproxy as a webapi
 client which I frequently restart, I see exceptions like this:

 {{{
 2012-01-21 14:35:15-0800 [-] Unhandled error in Deferred:
 2012-01-21 14:35:15-0800 [-] Unhandled Error
         Traceback (most recent call last):
           File "/home/n/virtualenvs/default/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/nevow/flat/twist.py", line 42, in cb
             _drive(iterable, finished)
           File "/home/n/virtualenvs/default/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/nevow/flat/twist.py", line 26, in _drive
             finished.callback('')
           File "/home/n/virtualenvs/default/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 362, in callback
             self._startRunCallbacks(result)
           File "/home/n/virtualenvs/default/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 458, in _startRunCallbacks
             self._runCallbacks()
         --- <exception caught here> ---
           File "/home/n/virtualenvs/default/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 545, in _runCallbacks
             current.result = callback(current.result, *args, **kw)
           File "/home/n/virtualenvs/default/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/nevow/appserver.py", line 181, in _cbFinishRender
             self.finishRequest(  True )
           File "/home/n/virtualenvs/default/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/nevow/appserver.py", line 176, in finishRequest
             server.Request.finish(self)
           File "/home/n/virtualenvs/default/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/twisted/web/http.py", line 866, in finish
             "Request.finish called on a request after its connection was
 lost; "
         exceptions.RuntimeError: Request.finish called on a request after
 its connection was lost; use Request.notifyFinish to keep track of this.
 }}}

 '''Resolution''': Handle early/exceptional TCP disconnects.

 '''Related Issues''':
 * It looks like a closed ticket purports to fix this issue, at least for
 some cases: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1366
 * haproxy may behave unlike browsers.  For instance, it may treat the
 connection to the gateway as Keep-Alive, even when the browser clients do
 not. I am using default configuration for this kind of behavior, and in
 generaly I expect haproxy to "play well" with many different http server
 implementations.

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