ROB-889 Refresh the realtime JWT before it expires - #2383
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RealtimeWorker._maybe_refresh_auth() only re-pushed the JWT when the token string had changed. It never looked at `exp`, and nothing else refreshes the token on a realtime-only path: the DAL refreshes reactively, from patch_postgrest_execute on a PGRST301/expired error, and an idle worker issues no postgrest queries. So the same 1-hour token was re-sent every tick until Supabase closed the socket with "InvalidJWTToken: Token has expired N seconds ago". In 48h of production logs that is 48 "Realtime channel unhealthy (ChannelStates.CLOSED), reconnecting" lines — one per hour, on the hour — plus the matching re-sign-ins and a few bare 1006 closes. The reconnect path does force a real sign_in(), so it self-heals, but every hour there is a connection drop and a multi-minute window running an already-dead token during which inbound broadcasts are lost; only the much slower claim poll catches that work. Decode the token's exp (signature deliberately unverified — it is our own token and the expiry is the only claim needed) and proactively re-sign-in when it falls within CONVERSATION_WORKER_AUTH_REFRESH_LEEWAY_SECONDS (default 300, comfortably above the 60s refresh interval so a tick always lands inside the window). The re-sign-in reuses _full_reconnect's bounded-sign_in pattern so a half-open connection cannot stall the loop and stop health checks with it. An undecodable or exp-less token, or a sign_in that hands back the same expiring token, falls through to the existing unhealthy -> _full_reconnect safety net, and _proactive_refresh_attempted_for bounds us to one attempt per token so that case cannot spin. Also log the first reconnect of a run at INFO: a single self-healing reconnect is routine, and only one that did not take last time round says something is actually wrong. Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
I do not have the real ticket number for this change; the ROB-4017 cited in supabase_dal.py is the RemoteProtocolError hardening, which is a different fault. Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughThe realtime worker now detects near-expiry JWTs, refreshes authentication before realtime updates, reloads rotated session tokens, and logs the first unhealthy-channel reconnect at INFO. Tests cover expiry handling, refresh outcomes, and reconnect log levels. ChangesRealtime authentication refresh
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Mergeability Score: 🔵 Low · up to The worker now refreshes realtime authentication before token expiry, but merge should proceed with owner awareness that deployments can override the refresh interval beyond the safe bound and that timed-out sign-ins may continue consuming executor capacity. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant RealtimeWorker
participant DAL
participant Session
RealtimeWorker->>RealtimeWorker: Detect near-expiry JWT
RealtimeWorker->>DAL: Perform re-sign-in in worker thread
DAL-->>RealtimeWorker: Complete authentication refresh
RealtimeWorker->>Session: Reload session token
RealtimeWorker->>RealtimeWorker: Continue realtime authentication updates
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tests/core/conversations_worker/test_realtime_manager.py (1)
603-603: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winMove the realtime-manager module import to module scope.
tests/core/conversations_worker/test_realtime_manager.py#L603-L603: importholmes.core.conversations_worker.realtime_managerat the top of the file and use the module alias intest_refresh_auth_bounds_hanging_proactive_sign_in.tests/core/conversations_worker/test_realtime_manager.py#L639-L639: reuse that module alias intest_first_reconnect_logs_info_and_repeat_logs_warning.As per coding guidelines, “Always place Python imports at the top of the file, not inside functions or methods.”
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In `@holmes/core/conversations_worker/realtime_manager.py`:
- Around line 575-578: Update the authentication flow in _maybe_refresh_auth to
use a cancellation-aware DAL sign-in path instead of asyncio.wait_for around
asyncio.to_thread(self.dal.sign_in). Ensure timeout or task cancellation does
not leave an uncontrolled sign-in mutating the session after the method returns,
and preserve the existing reconnect timeout behavior.
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In `@tests/core/conversations_worker/test_realtime_manager.py`:
- Line 603: Move the realtime_manager import to module scope in
tests/core/conversations_worker/test_realtime_manager.py at lines 603-603, then
reuse its alias in test_refresh_auth_bounds_hanging_proactive_sign_in and
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Drop the asyncio.wait_for around asyncio.to_thread(dal.sign_in). wait_for does not cancel the thread, so a timeout left the sign-in running and free to mutate the DAL session after the method returned, and asyncio.run waits for the default executor at shutdown anyway (per review). The DAL's httpx client already bounds the call at 60s, so the wrapper bought nothing. Also drop the per-token attempt tracker and the new env var, shrink the helper and the docstrings, and cut the tests to the cases that matter. Net source change is now ~11 lines. Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@holmes/core/conversations_worker/realtime_manager.py`:
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CONVERSATION_WORKER_AUTH_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS value wherever
conversation-worker environment overrides are parsed, rejecting values greater
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Found while going through 48h of production Holmes logs. Every hour, on the hour, the log carries a
Realtime channel unhealthy (ChannelStates.CLOSED), reconnectingline — 48 of them in 48h, plus the matching re-sign-ins, a few bareWebSocket connection closed with code: 1006, and one smoking gun:Root cause
RealtimeWorker._maybe_refresh_auth()ticks every 60s but only re-pushes the JWT when the token string changed:It never inspects
exp, and nothing else refreshes the token on a realtime-only path — the DAL refreshes reactively, frompatch_postgrest_executeon a PGRST301/expired error, and an idle worker issues no postgrest queries to trip it. So the same 1-hour token gets re-sent every tick until Supabase closes the socket.Recovery is reactive but does work:
_channel_unhealthy()notices within ~5s and_full_reconnect()forces a realsign_in(). Hence the clean hourly sawtooth. The cost is an hourly connection drop plus a multi-minute window running an already-dead token, during which inbound broadcasts are dropped — only the much slower claim poll catches that work.Changes
_maybe_refresh_auth()now decodes the token'sexpand proactively re-signs-in when it falls within a newCONVERSATION_WORKER_AUTH_REFRESH_LEEWAY_SECONDS(default 300 — comfortably above the 60s refresh interval, so a tick always lands inside the window). The existing "token rotated elsewhere" branch is unchanged._full_reconnect's bounded-sign_inpattern (asyncio.to_thread+_RECONNECT_SIGN_IN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS), so a half-open connection can't stall the loop and take health checks down with it.expis the only claim needed. An undecodable orexp-less token returns False and falls through to the pre-existing unhealthy →_full_reconnectsafety net rather than re-signing-in every tick against a token we can't reason about._proactive_refresh_attempted_forbounds us to one attempt per distinct token, so asign_inthat keeps handing back an expiring token can't spin.reconnect_attempts > 0) says something is actually wrong.Tests
11 new tests in
tests/core/conversations_worker/test_realtime_manager.py: near-expiry and already-expired detection, fresh tokens left alone, unreadable/exp-less tokens, externally-rotated tokens still pushed, one-attempt-per-token, sign-in failure swallowed, hanging sign-in bounded, and the INFO-then-WARNING reconnect levels.poetry run pytest tests/core/conversations_worker/→ 186 passed, 22 skippedpoetry run pytest tests -m "not llm"→ 2757 passed, 98 skippedNot in this PR
The same logs also show 28
RemoteProtocolError: Server disconnectederrors fromclaim_tool_calls. Those are already fixed —SupabaseRetryTransportlanded in 0.34.0 and is in every release since. The pod producing these logs is on 0.33.0 (pinned by the bare"Supabase error while claiming tool calls"message, which exists only in that release, plus HTTP/2 frames in the traceback). That one needs a deploy, not a patch.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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