fix(sync): added client.wait_for_start() and improve error handling in sync daemon (ActivityWatch#495)

* fix(sync): improve error handling in daemon and add exponential backoff for server connection

- Added error logging in daemon before re-throwing errors
- Implemented exponential backoff when checking if the server is running
- Addresses issue ActivityWatch/aw-qt#105

* Apply suggestions from code review

* refactor: move wait_for_server() into client

* refactor: renamed wait_for_server to wait_for_start (same as in aw-client-python)

Author: ErikBjare

aw-client-rust/src/blocking.rs

@@ -79,4 +79,8 @@ impl AwClient {
     proxy_method!(delete_event, (), bucketname: &str, event_id: i64);
     proxy_method!(get_event_count, i64, bucketname: &str);
     proxy_method!(get_info, aw_models::Info,);
+
+    pub fn wait_for_start(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        self.client.wait_for_start()
+    }
 }

aw-client-rust/src/lib.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, error::Error};
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use serde_json::{json, Map};
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 pub use aw_models::{Bucket, BucketMetadata, Event};
 
@@ -222,4 +224,38 @@ impl AwClient {
         let url = format!("{}/api/0/info", self.baseurl);
         self.client.get(url).send().await?.json().await
     }
+
+    // TODO: make async
+    pub fn wait_for_start(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let socket_addrs = self.baseurl.socket_addrs(|| None)?;
+        let socket_addr = socket_addrs
+            .first()
+            .ok_or("Unable to resolve baseurl into socket address")?;
+
+        // Check if server is running with exponential backoff
+        let mut retry_delay = Duration::from_millis(100);
+        let max_wait = Duration::from_secs(10);
+        let mut total_wait = Duration::from_secs(0);
+
+        while total_wait < max_wait {
+            match TcpStream::connect_timeout(socket_addr, retry_delay) {
+                Ok(_) => break,
+                Err(_) => {
+                    std::thread::sleep(retry_delay);
+                    total_wait += retry_delay;
+                    retry_delay *= 2;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if total_wait >= max_wait {
+            return Err(format!(
+                "Local server {} not running after 10 seconds of retrying",
+                socket_addr
+            )
+            .into());
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }

aw-sync/src/main.rs

@@ -208,14 +208,23 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
 fn daemon(client: &AwClient) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     loop {
-        info!("Pulling from all hosts");
-        sync_wrapper::pull_all(client)?;
-
-        info!("Pushing local data");
-        sync_wrapper::push(client)?;
+        if let Err(e) = daemon_sync_cycle(client) {
+            error!("Error during sync cycle: {}", e);
+            // Re-throw the error
+            return Err(e);
+        }
 
         info!("Sync pass done, sleeping for 5 minutes");
-
         std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(300));
     }
 }
+
+fn daemon_sync_cycle(client: &AwClient) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    info!("Pulling from all hosts");
+    sync_wrapper::pull_all(client)?;
+
+    info!("Pushing local data");
+    sync_wrapper::push(client)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}

aw-sync/src/sync_wrapper.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fs;
-use std::net::TcpStream;
 
 use crate::sync::{sync_run, SyncMode, SyncSpec};
 use aw_client_rust::blocking::AwClient;
@@ -14,15 +13,7 @@ pub fn pull_all(client: &AwClient) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 }
 
 pub fn pull(host: &str, client: &AwClient) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let socket_addrs = client.baseurl.socket_addrs(|| None)?;
-    let socket_addr = socket_addrs
-        .get(0)
-        .ok_or("Unable to resolve baseurl into socket address")?;
-
-    // Check if server is running
-    if TcpStream::connect(socket_addr).is_err() {
-        return Err(format!("Local server {} not running", &client.baseurl).into());
-    }
+    client.wait_for_start()?;
 
     // Path to the sync folder
     // Sync folder is structured ./{hostname}/{device_id}/test.db