server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using EnumsNET;
 using PuppeteerSharp;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
+using System;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Biz
 {
@@ -432,6 +433,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             //initialization
             log.LogDebug("Initializing report system");
             var ReportJSFolderPath = Path.Combine(ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_CONTENT_ROOT_PATH, "resource", "rpt");
+
+            //Ensure last reporting op has completed
+            ReportingProcessCache.EnsureReporterAvailable(ServerBootConfig.REPORT_RENDERING_OPERATION_TIMEOUT);
+
             var lo = new LaunchOptions { Headless = true };
             bool isWindows = System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform.Windows);
             if (!isWindows)
@@ -487,11 +492,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             using (var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(lo))
             using (var page = await browser.NewPageAsync())
             {
-
+                //mark this process so it can be cancelled if it times out
-
+                ReportingProcessCache.FlagNewProcess(browser.Process.Id);
-
-                //see catch block
-                var ChromiumProcessID = browser.Process.Id;
 
                 try
                 {
@@ -710,15 +712,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
                     //render to pdf and return
                     log.LogDebug($"Calling render page contents to PDF");
-
+                   
-                    //============== TESTING =================
-                    var process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessById(ChromiumProcessID);
-                    if (ChromiumProcessID > 0 && process?.HasExited == false)
-                    {
-                        log.LogError($"Error during render, Chromium process (pid {ChromiumProcessID}) still active, forcing it to stop now");
-                        process.Kill();
-                    }
-                    //============================================
                     await page.PdfAsync(outputFullPath, PdfOptions);//###### TODO: SLOW NEEDS TIMEOUT HERE ONCE SUPPORTED, open bug: https://github.com/hardkoded/puppeteer-sharp/issues/1710
 
                     log.LogDebug($"Completed, returning results");

server/AyaNova/util/ReportingProcessCache.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+
+namespace AyaNova.Util
+{
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Used by reporting system to ensure headless browsers don't hang around in an untimely manner
+    /// needed due to bugs in puppeteersharp where it won't close the browser on timeout properly
+    /// also zombie process issues in linux etc, this just ensures it's safe
+    /// This is triggered when a report is rendered
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class ReportingProcessCache
+    {
+        internal static int ReporterProcessId { get; set; } = -1;
+        internal static DateTime Started { get; set; }
+
+        internal static void EnsureReporterAvailable(int timeOutMilliSeconds)
+        {
+            if (ReporterProcess() == null) return;
+            //await it's completion in the specified timeout
+        }
+
+        internal static void FlagNewProcess(int processId)
+        {
+            ReporterProcessId = processId;
+            Started = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        }
+
+        private static Process ReporterProcess()
+        {
+            if (ReporterProcessId == -1) return null;
+            try
+            {
+                return Process.GetProcessById(ReporterProcessId);
+            }
+            catch (ArgumentException)
+            {
+                return null;//no process available / not running
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        /*
+                   //Is the report generator (browser) already running?
+     if(ReportingProcessCache.ReporterProcess()!=null){
+     //there is an existing process in action, let's wait for timeout seconds and kill it if it's still running before proceeding
+     //first check to see if it's still actually running or not:
+     var process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessById(ReportingProcessCache.ReporterProcessId);
+                         // if (ChromiumProcessID > 0 && process?.HasExited == false)
+                         // {
+                         //     log.LogError($"Error during render, Chromium process (pid {ChromiumProcessID}) still active, forcing it to stop now");
+                         //     process.Kill();
+                         // }
+
+     bool keepOnWaiting=true;
+     while(keepOnWaiting){
+        var v= DateTime.UtcNow-ReportingProcessCache.Started;
+        if(v.TotalSeconds> ServerBootConfig.REPORT_RENDERING_OPERATION_TIMEOUT){
+
+        }
+     }
+
+     }
+        */
+    }//eoc
+}//eons