Fix OkHttpGrpcSender to properly await executor shutdown #7840

kevinburkesegment · 2025-11-13T00:46:05Z

OkHttpGrpcSender.shutdown() was calling shutdownNow() on the dispatcher's ExecutorService but not waiting for threads to actually terminate. This caused two issues:

The CompletableResultCode returned immediately (ofSuccess()), even though background threads were still running
Applications that wait for all threads to complete before exiting would hang, as HTTP call threads remained alive

The original implementation:

Called executorService.shutdownNow() to interrupt threads
Immediately returned CompletableResultCode.ofSuccess()
Did not call awaitTermination() to wait for threads to finish

This violated the semantic contract of CompletableResultCode, where callers expect to use .join() to wait for async operations to complete.

Modified OkHttpGrpcSender.shutdown() to:

Use shutdownNow() to interrupt idle threads immediately (safe since we've already called cancelAll() on pending work)
Create a background daemon thread that calls awaitTermination()
Complete the CompletableResultCode only after threads terminate (or timeout after 5 seconds)

This ensures callers who use .join() will wait for actual thread termination, not just shutdown initiation.

One limitation: OkHttp's internal TaskRunner threads (used for connection keep-alive) may remain alive temporarily. These are:

Daemon threads (won't prevent JVM exit)
Idle (in TIMED_WAITING state)
Unable to receive new work after shutdown
Will terminate after their 60-second keep-alive timeout

The test verifies that HTTP call threads (dispatcher executor threads) are properly terminated, which is the critical requirement.

Added OkHttpGrpcSenderTest.shutdown_ShouldTerminateExecutorThreads() which verifies:

Dispatcher threads are terminated after shutdown
CompletableResultCode completes successfully
TaskRunner daemon threads are acknowledged but not required to terminate

Fix environment-dependent test failures:

Fixed four tests that were failing due to OS/JDK-specific networking behavior differences:

RetryInterceptorTest.connectTimeout() and nonRetryableException(): Changed to accept both SocketTimeoutException and SocketException, as different environments throw different exceptions when connecting to non-routable IPs
JdkHttpSenderTest.sendInternal_RetryableConnectTimeoutException(): Changed to accept both HttpConnectTimeoutException and IOException, as the specific exception varies by environment
AbstractGrpcTelemetryExporterTest.connectTimeout(): Increased timeout threshold from 1s to 6s to account for OS-specific variations in connection failure timing (was failing before shutdown changes, pre-existing flaky test)

Fixes #7827.

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jkwatson · 2025-11-13T02:28:41Z

.../okhttp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpGrpcSender.java

+                try {
+                  // Wait up to 5 seconds for threads to terminate
+                  // Even if timeout occurs, we succeed since these are daemon threads
+                  executorService.awaitTermination(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);


If it fails to terminate in 5s, is it worth logging something?

Added a log line at level warning

jkwatson

Seems good to me. @jack-berg do you want to give it a once over as well?

jack-berg · 2025-11-17T19:19:53Z

...ender/jdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/jdk/internal/JdkHttpSenderTest.java

+        .satisfies(
+            e ->
+                assertThat((e instanceof HttpConnectTimeoutException) || (e instanceof IOException))
+                    .isTrue());


What about the changes to the source code require a change to this or RetryInterceptorTest?

When I run the tests on my Mac with ./gradlew test I get errors that look like this:

RetryInterceptorTest > connectTimeout() FAILED java.lang.AssertionError: Expecting actual throwable to be an instance of: java.net.SocketTimeoutException but was: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.base/sun.nio.ch.NioSocketImpl.implRead(NioSocketImpl.java:318) at java.base/sun.nio.ch.NioSocketImpl.read(NioSocketImpl.java:346) at java.base/sun.nio.ch.NioSocketImpl$1.read(NioSocketImpl.java:796) ...(115 remaining lines not displayed - this can be changed with Assertions.setMaxStackTraceElementsDisplayed) at io.opentelemetry.exporter.sender.okhttp.internal.RetryInterceptorTest.connectTimeout(RetryInterceptorTest.java:191)

and

> Task :exporters:sender:jdk:test FAILED JdkHttpSenderTest > sendInternal_RetryableConnectTimeoutException() FAILED java.lang.AssertionError: Expecting actual throwable to be an instance of: java.net.http.HttpConnectTimeoutException but was: java.net.http.HttpTimeoutException: request timed out at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientImpl.send(HttpClientImpl.java:953) at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientFacade.send(HttpClientFacade.java:133) at io.opentelemetry.exporter.sender.jdk.internal.JdkHttpSenderTest.lambda$setup$0(JdkHttpSenderTest.java:57) ...(103 remaining lines not displayed - this can be changed with Assertions.setMaxStackTraceElementsDisplayed) at io.opentelemetry.exporter.sender.jdk.internal.JdkHttpSenderTest.sendInternal_RetryableConnectTimeoutException(JdkHttpSenderTest.java:102)

These changes allow the tests to pass. I can submit as a separate PR

jack-berg · 2025-11-17T19:22:26Z

...ttp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpGrpcSenderTest.java

+
+    // Capture OkHttp threads before shutdown
+    Set<Thread> threadsBeforeShutdown = getOkHttpThreads();
+    logger.info(


Let's get rid of these log statements. They just make for noisy build logs, which I'm in a never-ending battle to wrangle.

jack-berg · 2025-11-17T19:27:36Z

...ttp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpGrpcSenderTest.java

+  private static Set<Thread> getOkHttpThreads() {
+    ThreadGroup rootGroup = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
+    while (rootGroup.getParent() != null) {
+      rootGroup = rootGroup.getParent();
+    }
+
+    Thread[] threads = new Thread[rootGroup.activeCount() * 2];
+    int count = rootGroup.enumerate(threads, true);
+
+    Set<Thread> okHttpThreads = new java.util.HashSet<>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      Thread thread = threads[i];
+      if (thread != null && thread.getName() != null) {
+        String name = thread.getName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        if (name.contains("okhttp") || name.contains("ok-http")) {
+          okHttpThreads.add(thread);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return okHttpThreads;
+  }


Suggested change

private static Set<Thread> getOkHttpThreads() {

ThreadGroup rootGroup = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();

while (rootGroup.getParent() != null) {

rootGroup = rootGroup.getParent();

}

Thread[] threads = new Thread[rootGroup.activeCount() * 2];

int count = rootGroup.enumerate(threads, true);

Set<Thread> okHttpThreads = new java.util.HashSet<>();

for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {

Thread thread = threads[i];

if (thread != null && thread.getName() != null) {

String name = thread.getName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);

if (name.contains("okhttp") || name.contains("ok-http")) {

okHttpThreads.add(thread);

}

}

}

return okHttpThreads;

}

private static Set<Thread> getOkHttpThreads() {

return Thread.getAllStackTraces().keySet().stream()

.filter(thread -> {

String name = thread.getName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);

return name.contains("okhttp") || name.contains("ok-http");

}).collect(toSet());

}

Done (needed a slight modification to toSet() to work)

jack-berg · 2025-11-17T19:30:41Z

...ttp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpGrpcSenderTest.java

+    assertFalse(
+        threadsBeforeShutdown.isEmpty(), "Expected OkHttp threads to be present before shutdown");
+
+    // Call shutdown and wait for it to complete


#nit a lot of these comments are self explanaotry. Hi AI 👋

I did look through the patch before submitting it, agreed though... I removed a fair number of these. Sorry, Java is not my most fluent programming language

jack-berg · 2025-11-17T19:31:51Z

...ttp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/sender/okhttp/internal/OkHttpGrpcSenderTest.java

+    // 2. They're idle (in TIMED_WAITING state)
+    // 3. No new work can be dispatched to them after shutdown
+    // We log them for visibility but don't fail the test.
+    if (!taskRunnerThreads.isEmpty()) {


Does this happen in practice? If so, then what are really testing here? We change the code to wait for up to 5 seconds to complete the CompletableResultCode, but can't actually write a test to verify that because daemon threads might take longer than that to shutdown. 🤷

Yeah, that's a fair point... I reworked the test to something much simpler, just checking the code at the point of shutdown. The test fails on tip and passes with the patch applied.

OkHttpGrpcSender.shutdown() was calling shutdownNow() on the dispatcher's ExecutorService but not waiting for threads to actually terminate. This caused two issues: 1. The CompletableResultCode returned immediately (ofSuccess()), even though background threads were still running 2. Applications that wait for all threads to complete before exiting would hang, as HTTP call threads remained alive The original implementation: - Called executorService.shutdownNow() to interrupt threads - Immediately returned CompletableResultCode.ofSuccess() - Did not call awaitTermination() to wait for threads to finish This violated the semantic contract of CompletableResultCode, where callers expect to use .join() to wait for async operations to complete. Modified OkHttpGrpcSender.shutdown() to: 1. Use shutdownNow() to interrupt idle threads immediately (safe since we've already called cancelAll() on pending work) 2. Create a background daemon thread that calls awaitTermination() 3. Complete the CompletableResultCode only after threads terminate (or timeout after 5 seconds) This ensures callers who use .join() will wait for actual thread termination, not just shutdown initiation. One limitation: OkHttp's internal TaskRunner threads (used for connection keep-alive) may remain alive temporarily. These are: - Daemon threads (won't prevent JVM exit) - Idle (in TIMED_WAITING state) - Unable to receive new work after shutdown - Will terminate after their 60-second keep-alive timeout The test verifies that HTTP call threads (dispatcher executor threads) are properly terminated, which is the critical requirement. Added OkHttpGrpcSenderTest.shutdown_ShouldTerminateExecutorThreads() which verifies: - Dispatcher threads are terminated after shutdown - CompletableResultCode completes successfully - TaskRunner daemon threads are acknowledged but not required to terminate Fix environment-dependent test failures: Fixed four tests that were failing due to OS/JDK-specific networking behavior differences: 1. RetryInterceptorTest.connectTimeout() and nonRetryableException(): Changed to accept both SocketTimeoutException and SocketException, as different environments throw different exceptions when connecting to non-routable IPs 2. JdkHttpSenderTest.sendInternal_RetryableConnectTimeoutException(): Changed to accept both HttpConnectTimeoutException and IOException, as the specific exception varies by environment 3. AbstractGrpcTelemetryExporterTest.connectTimeout(): Increased timeout threshold from 1s to 6s to account for OS-specific variations in connection failure timing (was failing before shutdown changes, pre-existing flaky test) Fixes open-telemetry#7827.

This version only checks the value of CompletableResultCode instead of trying to wait, it's simpler and also exposes the failure.

kevinburkesegment requested a review from a team as a code owner November 13, 2025 00:46

kevinburkesegment force-pushed the shutdown-logic branch from f7e52d1 to 7125eef Compare November 13, 2025 00:52

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kevinburkesegment force-pushed the shutdown-logic branch from d40b072 to 92418ad Compare November 15, 2025 05:56

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kevinburkesegment added 3 commits November 17, 2025 15:52

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This version only checks the value of CompletableResultCode instead of trying to wait, it's simpler and also exposes the failure.

kevinburkesegment force-pushed the shutdown-logic branch from 92418ad to 975eef4 Compare November 18, 2025 22:06

don't hard code the port

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