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Add timeout and fallback logging for closeGracefully() to prevent hanging shutdown
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Description
Problem
When using McpAsyncClient.closeGracefully(), the client executes:
return this.initializer.closeGracefully()
.then(transport.closeGracefully());
Both initializer.closeGracefully() and transport.closeGracefully() return Mono<Void>.
However, if either of them hangs—for example:
- The underlying transport (HTTP/SSE/WebSocket) never completes
- The server doesn’t respond to shutdown
- A Reactor pipeline remains open (no
onComplete)
then the returned Mono never completes, causing the application to hang indefinitely during shutdown.
This results in JVMs or containers that never terminate, blocking CI/CD or production deployments.
Goal
Add a timeout and fallback mechanism to ensure that the client always terminates safely, even when the transport or initializer fails to complete.
Proposed Change
1. Wrap shutdown calls with timeout and fallback
Use Reactor’s timeout(Duration, fallbackMono) operator to guarantee a bounded shutdown duration.
public Mono<Void> closeGracefully() {
return Mono.defer(() -> {
long start = logger.isDebugEnabled() ? System.nanoTime() : 0L;
Duration timeout = Duration.ofSeconds(
Integer.getInteger("mcp.shutdown.timeout.seconds", 10));
Mono<Void> graceful = this.initializer.closeGracefully()
.then(transport.closeGracefully());
Mono<Void> fallback = Mono.fromRunnable(() -> {
logger.warn("closeGracefully() timed out after {} seconds; proceeding with best-effort shutdown.", timeout.getSeconds());
try {
this.transport.close(); // force-close if needed
} catch (Throwable t) {
logger.warn("Fallback forced close encountered error: {}", t.toString());
}
})
.then();
return graceful
.timeout(timeout, fallback)
.doOnError(e -> logger.warn("closeGracefully() failed: {}", e.toString()))
.onErrorResume(e -> Mono.empty()) // ensure app doesn't hang
.doFinally(sig -> {
if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
long durationMs = (System.nanoTime() - start) / 1_000_000;
logger.debug("closeGracefully() finished with signal={}, took {} ms", sig, durationMs);
}
});
});
}
Summary
Introduce a timeout and fallback mechanism for closeGracefully() to guarantee reliable termination, preventing hanging shutdowns when the transport or lifecycle initializer fails to complete.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read McpAsyncClient.closeGracefully() first, then inspect initializer.closeGracefully() and transport.closeGracefully() to understand their completion behavior. Verify that timeout handling, warning and fallback forced close, error handling, and final completion make shutdown bounded without changing the intended graceful path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100