refactor(engine): manage child process lifecycles (#2160)

* refactor(engine): manage child process lifecycles

* fix(engine): preserve child reaping after runtime errors

* fix(engine): untrack child processes on exit
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James Russo
2026-07-17 01:17:53 -04:00
committed by GitHub
parent 8e162921bc
commit 57d3bf4960
17 changed files with 697 additions and 537 deletions
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@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
* Supports CPU (libx264) and GPU encoding.
*/
import { spawn } from "child_process";
import { copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
import { join, dirname, extname } from "path";
import { trackChildProcess } from "../utils/processTracker.js";
import { DEFAULT_CONFIG, type EngineConfig } from "../config.js";
import {
type GpuEncoder,
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ import {
import { type HdrTransfer, getHdrEncoderColorParams } from "../utils/hdr.js";
import { withEvenDimensionPad } from "../utils/evenDimensions.js";
import { formatFfmpegError, runFfmpeg } from "../utils/runFfmpeg.js";
import { getFfmpegBinary } from "../utils/ffmpegBinaries.js";
import { extractAudioMetadata } from "../utils/ffprobe.js";
import { type Fps, fpsToFfmpegArg } from "@hyperframes/core";
import type { EncoderOptions, EncodeResult, MuxResult } from "./chunkEncoder.types.js";
@@ -484,82 +481,40 @@ export async function encodeFramesFromDir(
const inputPath = join(framesDir, framePattern);
const inputArgs = ["-framerate", fpsToFfmpegArg(options.fps), "-i", inputPath];
const args = buildEncoderArgs(options, inputArgs, outputPath, gpuEncoder);
return new Promise((resolve) => {
const ffmpeg = spawn(getFfmpegBinary(), args);
trackChildProcess(ffmpeg);
let stderr = "";
const onAbort = () => {
ffmpeg.kill("SIGTERM");
const encodeTimeout = config?.ffmpegEncodeTimeout ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.ffmpegEncodeTimeout;
const result = await runFfmpeg(args, { signal, timeout: encodeTimeout });
if (result.terminationReason === "abort") {
return {
success: false,
outputPath,
durationMs: result.durationMs,
framesEncoded: 0,
fileSize: 0,
error: "FFmpeg encode cancelled",
};
if (signal) {
if (signal.aborted) {
ffmpeg.kill("SIGTERM");
} else {
signal.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
}
}
const encodeTimeout = config?.ffmpegEncodeTimeout ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.ffmpegEncodeTimeout;
let timedOut = false;
const timer = setTimeout(() => {
timedOut = true;
ffmpeg.kill("SIGTERM");
}, encodeTimeout);
ffmpeg.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
stderr += data.toString();
});
ffmpeg.on("close", (code) => {
clearTimeout(timer);
if (signal) signal.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
const durationMs = Date.now() - startTime;
if (signal?.aborted && !timedOut) {
resolve({
success: false,
outputPath,
durationMs,
framesEncoded: 0,
fileSize: 0,
error: "FFmpeg encode cancelled",
});
return;
}
if (code !== 0 || timedOut) {
resolve({
success: false,
outputPath,
durationMs,
framesEncoded: 0,
fileSize: 0,
error: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(
formatFfmpegError(code, stderr),
timedOut,
encodeTimeout,
),
});
return;
}
const fileSize = existsSync(outputPath) ? statSync(outputPath).size : 0;
resolve({ success: true, outputPath, durationMs, framesEncoded: frameCount, fileSize });
});
ffmpeg.on("error", (err) => {
clearTimeout(timer);
if (signal) signal.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
resolve({
success: false,
outputPath,
durationMs: Date.now() - startTime,
framesEncoded: 0,
fileSize: 0,
error: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(`[FFmpeg] ${err.message}`, timedOut, encodeTimeout),
});
});
});
}
if (!result.success) {
return {
success: false,
outputPath,
durationMs: result.durationMs,
framesEncoded: 0,
fileSize: 0,
error: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(
formatFfmpegError(result.exitCode, result.stderr),
result.terminationReason === "deadline",
encodeTimeout,
),
};
}
const fileSize = existsSync(outputPath) ? statSync(outputPath).size : 0;
return {
success: true,
outputPath,
durationMs: Date.now() - startTime,
framesEncoded: frameCount,
fileSize,
};
}
export async function encodeFramesChunkedConcat(
@@ -624,45 +579,18 @@ export async function encodeFramesChunkedConcat(
let gpuEncoder: GpuEncoder = null;
if (options.useGpu) gpuEncoder = await getCachedGpuEncoder();
const args = buildEncoderArgs(options, inputArgs, chunkPath, gpuEncoder);
const chunkResult = await new Promise<{ success: boolean; error?: string }>((resolve) => {
const ffmpeg = spawn(getFfmpegBinary(), args);
trackChildProcess(ffmpeg);
let stderr = "";
const encodeTimeout = config?.ffmpegEncodeTimeout ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.ffmpegEncodeTimeout;
let timedOut = false;
const timer = setTimeout(() => {
timedOut = true;
ffmpeg.kill("SIGTERM");
}, encodeTimeout);
ffmpeg.stderr.on("data", (d) => {
stderr += d.toString();
});
ffmpeg.on("close", (code) => {
clearTimeout(timer);
if (code === 0 && !timedOut) resolve({ success: true });
else {
resolve({
success: false,
error: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(
`Chunk ${i} encode failed: ${stderr.slice(-400)}`,
timedOut,
encodeTimeout,
),
});
}
});
ffmpeg.on("error", (err) => {
clearTimeout(timer);
resolve({
success: false,
error: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(
`Chunk ${i} encode error: ${err.message}`,
timedOut,
const encodeTimeout = config?.ffmpegEncodeTimeout ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.ffmpegEncodeTimeout;
const processResult = await runFfmpeg(args, { signal, timeout: encodeTimeout });
const chunkResult = {
success: processResult.success,
error: processResult.success
? undefined
: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(
`Chunk ${i} encode failed: ${processResult.stderr.slice(-400)}`,
processResult.terminationReason === "deadline",
encodeTimeout,
),
});
});
});
};
if (!chunkResult.success) {
return {
success: false,
@@ -692,45 +620,18 @@ export async function encodeFramesChunkedConcat(
"-y",
outputPath,
];
const concatResult = await new Promise<{ success: boolean; error?: string }>((resolve) => {
const ffmpeg = spawn(getFfmpegBinary(), concatArgs);
trackChildProcess(ffmpeg);
let stderr = "";
const encodeTimeout = config?.ffmpegEncodeTimeout ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.ffmpegEncodeTimeout;
let timedOut = false;
const timer = setTimeout(() => {
timedOut = true;
ffmpeg.kill("SIGTERM");
}, encodeTimeout);
ffmpeg.stderr.on("data", (d) => {
stderr += d.toString();
});
ffmpeg.on("close", (code) => {
clearTimeout(timer);
if (code === 0 && !timedOut) resolve({ success: true });
else {
resolve({
success: false,
error: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(
`Chunk concat failed: ${stderr.slice(-400)}`,
timedOut,
encodeTimeout,
),
});
}
});
ffmpeg.on("error", (err) => {
clearTimeout(timer);
resolve({
success: false,
error: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(
`Chunk concat error: ${err.message}`,
timedOut,
const encodeTimeout = config?.ffmpegEncodeTimeout ?? DEFAULT_CONFIG.ffmpegEncodeTimeout;
const concatProcessResult = await runFfmpeg(concatArgs, { signal, timeout: encodeTimeout });
const concatResult = {
success: concatProcessResult.success,
error: concatProcessResult.success
? undefined
: appendEncodeTimeoutMessage(
`Chunk concat failed: ${concatProcessResult.stderr.slice(-400)}`,
concatProcessResult.terminationReason === "deadline",
encodeTimeout,
),
});
});
});
};
if (!concatResult.success) {
return {