fix(core): daemon process should propagate file watcher errors to client

packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/server/logger.spec.ts

@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ describe('serverLogger', () => {
       serverLogger.log('Server started');
       serverLogger.watcherLog('Watching started');
       serverLogger.requestLog('A request has come in');
-      serverLogger.nestedLog('Doing something with the request...');
-      serverLogger.nestedLog('Done with the request');
       serverLogger.watcherLog('Watching stopped');
       serverLogger.log('Server stopped');
       // prettier-ignore
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ describe('serverLogger', () => {
         ['[NX Daemon Server] - 2021-10-11T17:18:45.980Z - Server started'],
         ['[NX Daemon Server] - 2021-10-11T17:18:45.980Z - [WATCHER]: Watching started'],
         ['[NX Daemon Server] - 2021-10-11T17:18:45.980Z - [REQUEST]: A request has come in'],
-        ['[NX Daemon Server] - 2021-10-11T17:18:45.980Z -   Doing something with the request...'],
-        ['[NX Daemon Server] - 2021-10-11T17:18:45.980Z -   Done with the request'],
         ['[NX Daemon Server] - 2021-10-11T17:18:45.980Z - [WATCHER]: Watching stopped'],
         ['[NX Daemon Server] - 2021-10-11T17:18:45.980Z - Server stopped'],
       ]);

packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/server/logger.ts

@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ class ServerLogger {
     this.log(`[WATCHER]: ${s.join(' ')}`);
   }
 
-  nestedLog(...s: unknown[]) {
-    this.log(`  ${s.join(' ')}`);
-  }
-
   private formatLogMessage(message: string) {
     return `[NX Daemon Server] - ${this.getNow()} - ${message}`;
   }

packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/server/project-graph-incremental-recomputation.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ const collectedDeletedFiles = new Set<string>();
 let waitPeriod = 100;
 let scheduledTimeoutId;
 
-export function getCachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise() {
+export async function getCachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise() {
+  try {
     // recomputing it now on demand. we can ignore the scheduled timeout
     if (scheduledTimeoutId) {
       clearTimeout(scheduledTimeoutId);
@@ -52,7 +53,10 @@ export function getCachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise() {
       processCollectedUpdatedAndDeletedFiles();
       cachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise = createAndSerializeProjectGraph();
     }
-  return cachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise;
+    return await cachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return { error: e, serializedProjectGraph: null };
+  }
 }
 
 export function addUpdatedAndDeletedFiles(
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ function processCollectedUpdatedAndDeletedFiles() {
   );
   defaultFileHasher.incrementalUpdate(updatedFiles, deletedFiles);
   const workspaceJson = readWorkspaceJson();
-  serverLogger.nestedLog(
+  serverLogger.requestLog(
     `Updated file-hasher based on watched changes, recomputing project graph...`
   );
   // when workspace.json changes we cannot be sure about the correctness of the project file map

packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/server/server.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { logger, normalizePath } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { logger, normalizePath, stripIndents } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { appRootPath } from '@nrwl/tao/src/utils/app-root';
 import { createServer, Server, Socket } from 'net';
 import { join } from 'path';
@@ -24,57 +24,88 @@ import {
 import {
   addUpdatedAndDeletedFiles,
   getCachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise,
-  resetInternalState,
 } from './project-graph-incremental-recomputation';
 import { statSync } from 'fs';
 
 function respondToClient(socket: Socket, message: string) {
+  return new Promise((res) => {
     socket.write(message, () => {
       // Close the connection once all data has been written so that the client knows when to read it.
       socket.end();
-    serverLogger.nestedLog(`Closed Connection to Client`);
+      serverLogger.log(`Closed Connection to Client`);
+      res(null);
+    });
   });
 }
 
 let watcherSubscription: WatcherSubscription | undefined;
 let performanceObserver: PerformanceObserver | undefined;
+let watcherError: Error | undefined;
 
-const server = createServer((socket) => {
+async function respondWithErrorAndExit(
+  socket: Socket,
+  description: string,
+  error: Error
+) {
+  // print some extra stuff in the error message
+  serverLogger.requestLog(
+    `Responding to the client with an error`,
+    description,
+    error.message
+  );
+  console.error(error);
+
+  error.message = stripIndents`
+    ${error.message}
+    ${description}
+    Because of the error the Nx daemon process has exited. The next Nx command is going to restart the daemon process.
+    If the error persists, please run "nx reset".
+  `;
+
+  await respondToClient(socket, serializeResult(error, null));
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const server = createServer(async (socket) => {
   resetInactivityTimeout(handleInactivityTimeout);
   if (!performanceObserver) {
     performanceObserver = new PerformanceObserver((list) => {
       const entry = list.getEntries()[0];
-      serverLogger.nestedLog(
+      serverLogger.log(`Time taken for '${entry.name}'`, `${entry.duration}ms`);
-        `Time taken for '${entry.name}'`,
-        `${entry.duration}ms`
-      );
     });
     performanceObserver.observe({ entryTypes: ['measure'], buffered: false });
   }
 
   socket.on('data', async (data) => {
+    if (watcherError) {
+      await respondWithErrorAndExit(
+        socket,
+        `File watcher error.`,
+        watcherError
+      );
+    }
+
     resetInactivityTimeout(handleInactivityTimeout);
 
     const payload = data.toString();
     if (payload !== 'REQUEST_PROJECT_GRAPH_PAYLOAD') {
-      throw new Error(`Unsupported payload sent to daemon server: ${payload}`);
+      await respondWithErrorAndExit(
+        socket,
+        null,
+        new Error(`Unsupported payload sent to daemon server: ${payload}`)
+      );
     }
 
     performance.mark('server-connection');
     serverLogger.requestLog('Client Request for Project Graph Received');
 
     const result = await getCachedSerializedProjectGraphPromise();
-
     if (result.error) {
-      resetInternalState();
+      await respondWithErrorAndExit(
-      serverLogger.nestedLog(
-        `Error when preparing serialized project graph: ${result.error.message}`
-      );
-      respondToClient(
         socket,
-        serializeResult(result.error, result.serializedProjectGraph)
+        `Error when preparing serialized project graph.`,
+        result.error
       );
-      return;
     }
 
     const serializedResult = serializeResult(
@@ -82,18 +113,13 @@ const server = createServer((socket) => {
       result.serializedProjectGraph
     );
     if (!serializedResult) {
-      resetInternalState();
+      await respondWithErrorAndExit(
-      serverLogger.nestedLog(`Error when serializing project graph result`);
-      respondToClient(
         socket,
-        serializeResult(
+        `Error when serializing project graph result.`,
         new Error(
           'Critical error when serializing server result, check server logs'
-          ),
-          null
         )
       );
-      return;
     }
 
     performance.mark('serialized-project-graph-ready');
@@ -121,7 +147,7 @@ const server = createServer((socket) => {
         result.serializedProjectGraph,
         'utf-8'
       );
-      serverLogger.nestedLog(
+      serverLogger.requestLog(
         `Closed Connection to Client (${bytesWritten} bytes transferred)`
       );
     });
@@ -178,8 +204,8 @@ function resolveCurrentNxVersion(): string | null {
       version: string;
     };
     return version;
-  } catch {
+  } catch (err) {
-    serverLogger.nestedLog(
+    serverLogger.log(
       `Error: Could not determine the current Nx version by inspecting: ${nrwlWorkspacePackageJsonPath}`
     );
     return null;
@@ -203,6 +229,14 @@ const handleWorkspaceChanges: SubscribeToWorkspaceChangesCallback = async (
   err,
   changeEvents
 ) => {
+  if (watcherError) {
+    serverLogger.watcherLog(
+      'Skipping handleWorkspaceChanges because of a previously recorded watcher error.'
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
     resetInactivityTimeout(handleInactivityTimeout);
 
     if (!isNxVersionSame(resolveCurrentNxVersion())) {
@@ -215,14 +249,14 @@ const handleWorkspaceChanges: SubscribeToWorkspaceChangesCallback = async (
     }
 
     if (err || !changeEvents || !changeEvents.length) {
-    serverLogger.watcherLog('Unexpected Error');
+      serverLogger.watcherLog('Unexpected watcher error', err.message);
       console.error(err);
+      watcherError = err;
       return;
     }
 
     serverLogger.watcherLog(convertChangeEventsToLogMessage(changeEvents));
 
-  try {
     const filesToHash = [];
     const deletedFiles = [];
     for (const event of changeEvents) {
@@ -241,8 +275,9 @@ const handleWorkspaceChanges: SubscribeToWorkspaceChangesCallback = async (
     }
     addUpdatedAndDeletedFiles(filesToHash, deletedFiles);
   } catch (err) {
-    serverLogger.log(`Unexpected Error`);
+    serverLogger.watcherLog(`Unexpected error`, err.message);
     console.error(err);
+    watcherError = err;
   }
 };
 

packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/server/shutdown-utils.ts

@@ -21,13 +21,18 @@ export async function handleServerProcessTermination({
   reason,
   watcherSubscription,
 }: HandleServerProcessTerminationParams) {
+  try {
     server.close();
     if (watcherSubscription) {
       await watcherSubscription.unsubscribe();
-    serverLogger.watcherLog(`Unsubscribed from changes within: ${appRootPath}`);
+      serverLogger.watcherLog(
+        `Unsubscribed from changes within: ${appRootPath}`
+      );
     }
     serverLogger.log(`Server stopped because: "${reason}"`);
+  } finally {
     process.exit(0);
+  }
 }
 
 let serverInactivityTimerId: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;