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authorRichard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>2021-06-21 11:41:25 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-06-21 11:41:25 +0100
commit107c06081f46b0cda2128265bdae5f4280b1645f (patch)
treee588bdeb842beba539ccc902ae1b128f0d2f420f
parentDeploy a documentation version for each new Synapse release (#10198) (diff)
downloadsynapse-107c06081f46b0cda2128265bdae5f4280b1645f.tar.xz
Ensure that errors during startup are written to the logs and the console. (#10191)
* Defer stdio redirection until we are about to start the reactor

* Catch and handle exceptions during startup
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/10191.feature1
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/_base.py28
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/generic_worker.py22
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/homeserver.py16
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/logger.py4
5 files changed, 55 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/10191.feature b/changelog.d/10191.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40f306c421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/10191.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ensure that errors during startup are written to the logs and the console.
diff --git a/synapse/app/_base.py b/synapse/app/_base.py
index 00ab67e7e4..8879136881 100644
--- a/synapse/app/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/app/_base.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ from typing import Awaitable, Callable, Iterable
 from cryptography.utils import CryptographyDeprecationWarning
 from typing_extensions import NoReturn
 
+import twisted
 from twisted.internet import defer, error, reactor
+from twisted.logger import LoggingFile, LogLevel
 from twisted.protocols.tls import TLSMemoryBIOFactory
 
 import synapse
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ def start_reactor(
 
 def quit_with_error(error_string: str) -> NoReturn:
     message_lines = error_string.split("\n")
-    line_length = max(len(line) for line in message_lines if len(line) < 80) + 2
+    line_length = min(max(len(line) for line in message_lines), 80) + 2
     sys.stderr.write("*" * line_length + "\n")
     for line in message_lines:
         sys.stderr.write(" %s\n" % (line.rstrip(),))
@@ -147,6 +149,30 @@ def quit_with_error(error_string: str) -> NoReturn:
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
+def handle_startup_exception(e: Exception) -> NoReturn:
+    # Exceptions that occur between setting up the logging and forking or starting
+    # the reactor are written to the logs, followed by a summary to stderr.
+    logger.exception("Exception during startup")
+    quit_with_error(
+        f"Error during initialisation:\n   {e}\nThere may be more information in the logs."
+    )
+
+
+def redirect_stdio_to_logs() -> None:
+    streams = [("stdout", LogLevel.info), ("stderr", LogLevel.error)]
+
+    for (stream, level) in streams:
+        oldStream = getattr(sys, stream)
+        loggingFile = LoggingFile(
+            logger=twisted.logger.Logger(namespace=stream),
+            level=level,
+            encoding=getattr(oldStream, "encoding", None),
+        )
+        setattr(sys, stream, loggingFile)
+
+    print("Redirected stdout/stderr to logs")
+
+
 def register_start(cb: Callable[..., Awaitable], *args, **kwargs) -> None:
     """Register a callback with the reactor, to be called once it is running
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
index 8e648c6ee0..af8a1833f3 100644
--- a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ from synapse.api.urls import (
     SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX,
 )
 from synapse.app import _base
-from synapse.app._base import max_request_body_size, register_start
+from synapse.app._base import (
+    handle_startup_exception,
+    max_request_body_size,
+    redirect_stdio_to_logs,
+    register_start,
+)
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
@@ -469,14 +474,21 @@ def start(config_options):
 
     setup_logging(hs, config, use_worker_options=True)
 
-    hs.setup()
+    try:
+        hs.setup()
 
-    # Ensure the replication streamer is always started in case we write to any
-    # streams. Will no-op if no streams can be written to by this worker.
-    hs.get_replication_streamer()
+        # Ensure the replication streamer is always started in case we write to any
+        # streams. Will no-op if no streams can be written to by this worker.
+        hs.get_replication_streamer()
+    except Exception as e:
+        handle_startup_exception(e)
 
     register_start(_base.start, hs)
 
+    # redirect stdio to the logs, if configured.
+    if not hs.config.no_redirect_stdio:
+        redirect_stdio_to_logs()
+
     _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-generic-worker", config)
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index f31467bde7..7af56ac136 100644
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ from synapse.api.urls import (
 )
 from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.app._base import (
+    handle_startup_exception,
     listen_ssl,
     listen_tcp,
     max_request_body_size,
-    quit_with_error,
+    redirect_stdio_to_logs,
     register_start,
 )
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
@@ -69,8 +70,6 @@ from synapse.rest.synapse.client import build_synapse_client_resource_tree
 from synapse.rest.well_known import WellKnownResource
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage import DataStore
-from synapse.storage.engines import IncorrectDatabaseSetup
-from synapse.storage.prepare_database import UpgradeDatabaseException
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
 from synapse.util.module_loader import load_module
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
@@ -362,10 +361,8 @@ def setup(config_options):
 
     try:
         hs.setup()
-    except IncorrectDatabaseSetup as e:
-        quit_with_error(str(e))
-    except UpgradeDatabaseException as e:
-        quit_with_error("Failed to upgrade database: %s" % (e,))
+    except Exception as e:
+        handle_startup_exception(e)
 
     async def start():
         # Load the OIDC provider metadatas, if OIDC is enabled.
@@ -456,6 +453,11 @@ def main():
         # check base requirements
         check_requirements()
         hs = setup(sys.argv[1:])
+
+        # redirect stdio to the logs, if configured.
+        if not hs.config.no_redirect_stdio:
+            redirect_stdio_to_logs()
+
         run(hs)
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/logger.py b/synapse/config/logger.py
index 813076dfe2..91d9bcf32e 100644
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -259,9 +259,7 @@ def _setup_stdlib_logging(config, log_config_path, logBeginner: LogBeginner) ->
         finally:
             threadlocal.active = False
 
-    logBeginner.beginLoggingTo([_log], redirectStandardIO=not config.no_redirect_stdio)
-    if not config.no_redirect_stdio:
-        print("Redirected stdout/stderr to logs")
+    logBeginner.beginLoggingTo([_log], redirectStandardIO=False)
 
 
 def _load_logging_config(log_config_path: str) -> None: