test: require real cold reads, cancellation and auth writes

Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Both stages need the fixed native decoder, including curl in the builder and
 # distro Node in the runtime. A cached Python base may predate the Debian fix.
-FROM python:3.15.0-slim AS brotli-base
+FROM python:3.14.9-slim AS brotli-base
 COPY scripts/check_brotli.py /usr/local/bin/check-brotli.py
 COPY scripts/check_ca_trust.py /usr/local/bin/check-ca-trust.py
 # Check inherited trust before the first HTTPS package request, retaining Debian's

tests/test_agent_editor_routes.py

@@ -1929,23 +1929,60 @@ def test_place_layer_reports_false_on_queued_response(monkeypatch):
     assert placed is False
 
 
-def test_bridge_await_cancellation_handled_cleanly():
+def test_bridge_await_cancellation_handled_cleanly(monkeypatch):
     import asyncio
+    from contextlib import suppress
     from httpx import ASGITransport, AsyncClient
     app = _bridge_app()
 
     async def scenario():
+        entered_wait = asyncio.Event()
+        real_wait_for = asyncio.wait_for
+        waits = []
+
+        async def observe_wait(awaitable, timeout):
+            # Observe the real wait; do not replace its result or cancellation.
+            waits.append(awaitable)
+            entered_wait.set()
+            return await real_wait_for(awaitable, timeout)
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(eaar.asyncio, "wait_for", observe_wait)
         async with AsyncClient(transport=ASGITransport(app=app), base_url="http://test") as c:
             cmd_resp = await c.post("/api/editor/bridge/command", json={"session": "cancel-sess", "op": "document.info", "wait": False})
+            assert cmd_resp.status_code == 200
+            assert cmd_resp.json()["completed"] is False
             cid = cmd_resp.json()["queued"][0]
 
             await_task = asyncio.create_task(c.post("/api/editor/bridge/await", json={"id": cid, "timeout": 30}))
-            await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
-            await_task.cancel()
             try:
-                await await_task
-            except asyncio.CancelledError:
-                pass
+                await real_wait_for(entered_wait.wait(), 5)
+                assert len(waits) == 1
+                assert not waits[0].done()
+                assert not await_task.done(), "await returned without a queued result"
+                await_task.cancel()
+                response = await real_wait_for(await_task, 5)
+                assert response.status_code == 200
+                assert response.json() == {
+                    "ok": False, "error": "cancelled", "status": "cancelled",
+                    "completed": False, "id": cid,
+                }
+            finally:
+                if not await_task.done():
+                    await_task.cancel()
+                    with suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
+                        await await_task
+
+            # Cancelling the waiter must not cancel the queued command itself.
+            payload = {"width": 137, "height": 251}
+            delivered = await c.post("/api/editor/bridge/result", json={"id": cid, "ok": True, "result": payload})
+            assert delivered.status_code == 200
+            completed = await c.post("/api/editor/bridge/await", json={"id": cid, "timeout": 1})
+            assert completed.status_code == 200
+            assert completed.json()["status"] == "completed"
+            assert completed.json()["completed"] is True
+            assert completed.json()["ok"] is True
+            assert completed.json()["result"] == payload
+            assert len(waits) == 2
 
     asyncio.run(scenario())
 

tests/test_auth_config_lock_concurrency.py

@@ -206,35 +206,50 @@ class TestDiskConsistency:
     @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_file_always_valid_json_during_concurrent_ops(self, tmp_path):
         mgr = _fresh_auth_manager(tmp_path)
-        mgr.create_user("admin", "adminpw", is_admin=True)
+        assert mgr.create_user("admin", "adminpw", is_admin=True)
 
         stop_event = threading.Event()
+        reader_ready = threading.Event()
         corruption_found = []
+        observations = {"reads": 0, "with_writes": 0}
 
         def reader():
             while not stop_event.is_set():
                 try:
                     with open(mgr.auth_path, "r") as f:
                         content = f.read()
-                    json.loads(content)
+                    data = json.loads(content)
+                    observations["reads"] += 1
+                    if any(name.startswith("stress") for name in data["users"]):
+                        observations["with_writes"] += 1
+                    reader_ready.set()
                 except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                     corruption_found.append(str(e))
                     break
-                except FileNotFoundError:
-                    pass
                 time.sleep(0.001)
 
         def writer():
+            assert reader_ready.wait(5), "reader never observed the initial file"
+            results = []
             for i in range(50):
-                mgr.create_user(f"stress{i}", f"pw{i}")
+                results.append(mgr.create_user(f"stress{i}", f"pw{i}"))
+            return results
 
-        reader_thread = threading.Thread(target=reader)
-        writer_thread = threading.Thread(target=writer)
-
-        reader_thread.start()
-        writer_thread.start()
-        writer_thread.join()
-        stop_event.set()
-        reader_thread.join()
+        # Futures propagate reader/writer exceptions to the test thread.
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2) as pool:
+            reading = pool.submit(reader)
+            writing = pool.submit(writer)
+            try:
+                results = writing.result(timeout=120)
+            finally:
+                stop_event.set()
+            reading.result(timeout=5)
 
         assert not corruption_found, f"Corrupt JSON detected: {corruption_found[0]}"
+        assert len(results) == 50 and all(results), "writer operations did not succeed"
+        assert observations["reads"] > 0
+        assert observations["with_writes"] > 0, "reader saw no persisted writer activity"
+        expected = {"admin"} | {f"stress{i}" for i in range(50)}
+        with open(mgr.auth_path) as persisted:
+            assert set(json.load(persisted)["users"]) == expected
+        assert set(_fresh_auth_manager(tmp_path).users) == expected

tests/test_delete_user_invalidates_token_cache.py

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ cache from the DB, where the rows are already gone, and the token is rejected.
 """
 import asyncio
 import types
+import pytest
+from fastapi import HTTPException
 
 from routes.auth_routes import setup_auth_routes, DeleteUserRequest
 
@@ -60,12 +62,9 @@ def test_refused_delete_does_not_invalidate_cache():
     invalidations = []
     router = setup_auth_routes(_auth_manager(delete_result=False))
     handler = _handler(router)
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as refused:
         asyncio.run(handler(DeleteUserRequest(username="admin"), _fake_request(invalidations)))
-        raised = False
-    except Exception:
-        raised = True
-    assert raised, "a refused delete should raise (HTTP 400)"
+    assert refused.value.status_code == 400
     assert invalidations == [], "a refused delete must not touch the token cache"
 
 

tests/test_email_list_stale_while_revalidate.py

@@ -56,14 +56,35 @@ def test_cold_start_with_no_snapshot_and_no_index_is_not_marked_stale(monkeypatc
     # falls through to the real (blocking) path, so the response is not a
     # stale-marked snapshot.
     endpoint = _list_endpoint()
+    calls = []
+
+    class EmptyMailbox:
+        def select(self, folder, readonly=False):
+            calls.append(("select", folder, readonly))
+            return "OK", [b"0"]
+
+        def uid(self, command, *args):
+            assert command == "SEARCH"
+            calls.append(("search", args))
+            return "OK", [b""]
+
+        def logout(self):
+            pass
+
+    def connect(*args, **kwargs):
+        calls.append(("connect", args, kwargs))
+        return EmptyMailbox()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(er, "_start_poller", lambda: None)
     monkeypatch.setattr(er, "_email_index_list", lambda *a, **k: ([], 0, None))
-    monkeypatch.setattr(er, "_imap_connect", lambda *a, **k: (_ for _ in ()).throw(
-        RuntimeError("offline test")))
-    try:
-        result = _call(endpoint)
-    except Exception:
-        return  # the cold path legitimately attempted real IMAP
+    monkeypatch.setattr(er, "_imap_connect", connect)
+    result = _call(endpoint)
+    assert [call[0] for call in calls] == ["connect", "select", "search"]
+    assert calls[1][2] is True
     assert isinstance(result, dict)
+    assert result["emails"] == []
+    assert result["total"] == 0
+    assert not result.get("error")
     assert not (result.get("sync") or {}).get("stale")