typelevel / typelevel/cats-effect
Figure out how to reduce spurious blocking errors
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Description
I absolutely love this:
[WARNING] A Cats Effect worker thread was detected to be in a blocked state (WAITING)
at java.base/jdk.internal.misc.Unsafe.park(Native Method)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport.park(LockSupport.java:221)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquire(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:715)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquire(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:938)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock$Sync.lock(ReentrantLock.java:153)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock.lock(ReentrantLock.java:322)
at java.base/jdk.internal.misc.InternalLock.lock(InternalLock.java:74)
at java.base/java.io.PrintStream.writeln(PrintStream.java:823)
at java.base/java.io.PrintStream.println(PrintStream.java:1167)
at cats.effect.unsafe.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.scala:438)
Stare at that for a second and think about what it really means. At least we know the detector is working fairly well!
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
Start with the warning and stack trace in WorkerThread.scala:438, then trace how the Cats Effect worker-thread blocked-state detector classifies this WAITING state. Determine which legitimate blocking cases are producing spurious warnings, and define a change that reduces those warnings without hiding genuine blocking; the issue is done when the detector's behavior is covered by evidence or tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- backend, observability
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100