fix(session): prevent circular parent references in tree session

Add defensive validation to detect and prevent cycles in the session tree
parent chain that could occur after compaction or file corruption.

- Add tree_validation.go with cycle detection and parent chain validation
- Validate parent chain before appending messages (AppendMessage)
- Validate firstKeptEntryID exists in AppendCompaction
- Add depth limit and cycle detection to buildTreeNode to prevent infinite recursion
- Log diagnostics on session open to detect existing cycles
- Add tests for cycle detection and graceful handling
This commit is contained in:
Ed Zynda
2026-04-21 16:24:38 +03:00
parent 9e5806ade8
commit 88dd216e15
4 changed files with 355 additions and 1 deletions
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package session
import (
"testing"
"github.com/mark3labs/kit/internal/message"
)
// TestCompactionParentCycleRegression tests that after multiple compactions,
// newly appended messages always have a valid parent chain and BuildContext
// returns the correct messages.
func TestCompactionParentCycleRegression(t *testing.T) {
tm := InMemoryTreeSession("/test")
// Simulate a long conversation with multiple compactions.
msg1, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleUser, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg1"}}})
msg2, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleAssistant, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg2"}}})
// First compaction
comp1, _ := tm.AppendCompaction("Summary 1", msg1, 1000, 500, 1, []string{}, []string{})
msg3, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleUser, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg3"}}})
msg4, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleAssistant, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg4"}}})
// Second compaction
comp2, _ := tm.AppendCompaction("Summary 2", msg3, 1000, 500, 1, []string{}, []string{})
msg5, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleUser, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg5"}}})
msg6, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleAssistant, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg6"}}})
// Verify parent chain integrity
for _, id := range []string{msg1, msg2, comp1, msg3, msg4, comp2, msg5, msg6} {
entry := tm.GetEntry(id)
if entry == nil {
t.Fatalf("entry %s not found in index", id)
}
}
// Walk parent chain from msg6 — must reach root without cycles
visited := make(map[string]bool)
current := msg6
for current != "" {
if visited[current] {
t.Fatalf("cycle detected at entry %s", current)
}
visited[current] = true
entry := tm.GetEntry(current)
if entry == nil {
t.Fatalf("entry %s missing from index during parent walk", current)
}
parent := ""
switch e := entry.(type) {
case *MessageEntry:
parent = e.ParentID
case *CompactionEntry:
parent = e.ParentID
}
current = parent
}
// BuildContext should return: Summary2 + msg6 + msg5 + msg3 + msg4 = 5 messages
msgs, _, _ := tm.BuildContext()
if len(msgs) != 5 {
t.Fatalf("expected 5 messages, got %d: %+v", len(msgs), msgs)
}
}
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package session
import (
"testing"
"github.com/mark3labs/kit/internal/message"
)
// TestDetectCycleWithCorruptedParentChain tests that cycle detection works
// when a corrupted session has circular parent references.
func TestDetectCycleWithCorruptedParentChain(t *testing.T) {
tm := InMemoryTreeSession("/test")
// Create normal chain: msg1 -> msg2 -> msg3
id1, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleUser, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg1"}}})
_, _ = tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleAssistant, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg2"}}})
id3, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleUser, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg3"}}})
// Simulate corruption: manually set msg1's parent to msg3, creating cycle
// This simulates the condition seen in the user's session
for _, entry := range tm.entries {
if e, ok := entry.(*MessageEntry); ok && e.ID == id1 {
e.ParentID = id3 // Create cycle: msg1 -> msg3 -> ... -> msg1
break
}
}
// DetectCycle should find the cycle
// The cycle is: id1 -> id3 -> id2 -> id1
// So detecting from id3 should find id1 as the repeat
cycle, entry := tm.DetectCycle(id3)
if !cycle {
t.Fatal("expected to detect cycle, but none found")
}
// The cycle entry could be id1 or id3 depending on where we start
if entry != id1 && entry != id3 {
t.Fatalf("expected cycle at %s or %s, got %s", id1, id3, entry)
}
// BuildContext should still work (it has its own cycle detection)
// but will truncate at the cycle point
msgs, _, _ := tm.BuildContext()
if len(msgs) == 0 {
t.Fatal("BuildContext returned no messages")
}
}
// TestAppendMessageRejectsInvalidParent tests that AppendMessage rejects
// appending when the current leaf has a broken parent chain.
func TestAppendMessageRejectsInvalidParent(t *testing.T) {
tm := InMemoryTreeSession("/test")
// Create normal message
id1, err := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleUser, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg1"}}})
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("failed to append msg1: %v", err)
}
// Simulate corruption: set leafID to a non-existent ID
tm.leafID = "non-existent-id"
// Next append should fail validation
_, err = tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleAssistant, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg2"}}})
if err == nil {
t.Fatal("expected error when appending with invalid leafID, got nil")
}
// Restore valid leafID
tm.leafID = id1
// Append should succeed now
_, err = tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleAssistant, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg3"}}})
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("failed to append msg3 after restoring leafID: %v", err)
}
}
// TestBuildContextHandlesCycleGracefully tests that BuildContext handles
// cycles gracefully by truncating the branch.
func TestBuildContextHandlesCycleGracefully(t *testing.T) {
tm := InMemoryTreeSession("/test")
// Create messages
id1, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleUser, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg1"}}})
_, _ = tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleAssistant, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg2"}}})
id3, _ := tm.AppendMessage(message.Message{Role: message.RoleUser, Parts: []message.ContentPart{message.TextContent{Text: "msg3"}}})
// Verify normal case works
msgs, _, _ := tm.BuildContext()
if len(msgs) != 3 {
t.Fatalf("expected 3 messages, got %d", len(msgs))
}
// Simulate cycle: set msg1's parent to msg3
for _, entry := range tm.entries {
if e, ok := entry.(*MessageEntry); ok && e.ID == id1 {
e.ParentID = id3
break
}
}
// BuildContext should handle cycle gracefully (getBranchLocked has cycle detection)
msgs, _, _ = tm.BuildContext()
// Should only include messages from the cycle: msg3, msg2, msg1
// (msg3 is leaf, walks to msg2 -> msg1 -> msg3 (cycle detected, stops))
if len(msgs) != 3 {
t.Fatalf("expected 3 messages in cycle case, got %d: %+v", len(msgs), msgs)
}
}
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@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ func OpenTreeSession(path string) (*TreeManager, error) {
tm.leafID = tm.EntryID(tm.entries[len(tm.entries)-1])
}
// Validate tree integrity and log diagnostics
tm.LogTreeDiagnostics()
// Open file for appending.
f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
if err != nil {
@@ -410,6 +413,12 @@ func (tm *TreeManager) AppendMessage(msg message.Message) (string, error) {
tm.mu.Lock()
defer tm.mu.Unlock()
// Validate parent chain before appending to detect/prevent cycles
// that could be caused by external file corruption or race conditions.
if err := tm.validateParentChainLocked(tm.leafID, ""); err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("parent chain validation failed: %w", err)
}
entry, err := NewMessageEntry(tm.leafID, msg)
if err != nil {
return "", err
@@ -518,6 +527,13 @@ func (tm *TreeManager) AppendCompaction(summary, firstKeptEntryID string, tokens
tm.mu.Lock()
defer tm.mu.Unlock()
// Validate that firstKeptEntryID exists if provided
if firstKeptEntryID != "" {
if _, ok := tm.index[firstKeptEntryID]; !ok {
return "", fmt.Errorf("first kept entry %q does not exist", firstKeptEntryID)
}
}
// The compaction entry has no parent, making it a new "root" for the
// post-compaction branch. This ensures old compacted messages are not
// traversed when walking from the current leaf.
@@ -1213,12 +1229,32 @@ func (tm *TreeManager) getBranchLocked(fromID string) []any {
}
// buildTreeNode recursively builds a TreeNode from an entry ID.
// It includes a depth limit to prevent infinite recursion in case of
// corrupted parent-child relationships.
func (tm *TreeManager) buildTreeNode(id string) *TreeNode {
return tm.buildTreeNodeDepth(id, 0, make(map[string]bool))
}
// buildTreeNodeDepth is the internal implementation with depth tracking.
func (tm *TreeManager) buildTreeNodeDepth(id string, depth int, visited map[string]bool) *TreeNode {
const maxDepth = 1000
if depth > maxDepth {
// Cycle or extremely deep tree detected, stop recursing
return nil
}
if visited[id] {
// Cycle detected, stop recursing
return nil
}
entry, ok := tm.index[id]
if !ok {
return nil
}
visited[id] = true
defer delete(visited, id)
node := &TreeNode{
Entry: entry,
ID: id,
@@ -1226,7 +1262,7 @@ func (tm *TreeManager) buildTreeNode(id string) *TreeNode {
}
for _, childID := range tm.childIndex[id] {
child := tm.buildTreeNode(childID)
child := tm.buildTreeNodeDepth(childID, depth+1, visited)
if child != nil {
node.Children = append(node.Children, child)
}
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package session
import (
"fmt"
"log"
)
// ValidateParentChain checks that the parent ID points to an existing entry
// and that appending this entry would not create a cycle. This should be called
// before appending any entry to the tree.
// Returns an error if the parent is invalid or would create a cycle.
func (tm *TreeManager) ValidateParentChain(parentID string, newEntryID string) error {
if parentID == "" {
// Empty parent is valid (root entry)
return nil
}
// Check that parent exists
if _, ok := tm.index[parentID]; !ok {
return fmt.Errorf("parent entry %q does not exist in index", parentID)
}
// Check that we're not creating a cycle by walking up the parent chain
// from parentID and ensuring we don't hit newEntryID (or any node that
// has newEntryID as an ancestor, but since newEntryID is new, just check
// that parentID isn't newEntryID, which it can't be since we check existence)
visited := make(map[string]bool)
current := parentID
for current != "" {
if visited[current] {
return fmt.Errorf("existing cycle detected at entry %q", current)
}
visited[current] = true
// Safety check: if somehow we reach the new entry ID, that's a cycle
if current == newEntryID {
return fmt.Errorf("would create cycle: entry %q cannot be its own ancestor", newEntryID)
}
entry, ok := tm.index[current]
if !ok {
return fmt.Errorf("broken parent chain: entry %q not found", current)
}
current = tm.entryParentID(entry)
}
return nil
}
// DetectCycle walks the parent chain from the given entry ID and returns true
// if a cycle is detected. This is used for diagnostics.
func (tm *TreeManager) DetectCycle(fromID string) (cycleDetected bool, cycleEntry string) {
visited := make(map[string]bool)
current := fromID
for current != "" {
if visited[current] {
return true, current
}
visited[current] = true
entry, ok := tm.index[current]
if !ok {
return false, ""
}
current = tm.entryParentID(entry)
}
return false, ""
}
// LogTreeDiagnostics logs information about the tree structure for debugging.
// Call this after OpenTreeSession or when anomalies are detected.
func (tm *TreeManager) LogTreeDiagnostics() {
tm.mu.RLock()
defer tm.mu.RUnlock()
log.Printf("[TreeManager] Entry count: %d, Leaf ID: %s", len(tm.entries), tm.leafID)
// Check for cycles from leaf
if tm.leafID != "" {
if cycle, entry := tm.detectCycleLocked(tm.leafID); cycle {
log.Printf("[TreeManager] WARNING: Cycle detected in tree at entry %s", entry)
}
}
// Count entries by type
counts := make(map[EntryType]int)
for _, entry := range tm.entries {
var et EntryType
switch e := entry.(type) {
case *MessageEntry:
et = e.Type
case *ModelChangeEntry:
et = e.Type
case *BranchSummaryEntry:
et = e.Type
case *LabelEntry:
et = e.Type
case *SessionInfoEntry:
et = e.Type
case *ExtensionDataEntry:
et = e.Type
case *CompactionEntry:
et = e.Type
default:
et = "unknown"
}
counts[et]++
}
log.Printf("[TreeManager] Entry types: %+v", counts)
}
// detectCycleLocked is the internal version of DetectCycle (must hold read lock)
func (tm *TreeManager) detectCycleLocked(fromID string) (bool, string) {
visited := make(map[string]bool)
current := fromID
for current != "" {
if visited[current] {
return true, current
}
visited[current] = true
entry, ok := tm.index[current]
if !ok {
return false, ""
}
current = tm.entryParentID(entry)
}
return false, ""
}
// validateParentChainLocked is the internal version used by append methods.
// Must be called with the write lock held.
func (tm *TreeManager) validateParentChainLocked(parentID string, newEntryID string) error {
if parentID == "" {
return nil
}
if _, ok := tm.index[parentID]; !ok {
return fmt.Errorf("parent entry %q does not exist", parentID)
}
// Check for existing cycles in the parent chain
if cycle, entry := tm.detectCycleLocked(parentID); cycle {
return fmt.Errorf("existing cycle detected at entry %q in parent chain", entry)
}
return nil
}