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From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: "Kernel.org Tools" <tools@kernel.org>
Cc: "Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>,
	 Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH b4 v2 29/44] review-tui: keep post-send bookkeeping out of the review send error path
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:59:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731-work-b4-editor-branch-guard-v2-29-243fd19d322d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260731-work-b4-editor-branch-guard-v2-0-243fd19d322d@kernel.org>

action_send() had the same shape the thank-you path just lost: the
SMTP handoff and everything after it under one handler that says
"Send failed". Worse, _save_tracking() dropped the bool from
save_tracking_ref(), so a tracking write that did not land was
swallowed and the next session offered every review as unsent again.

Keep only the SMTP call under the send handler, report a failed
tracking write, and stop --email-dry-run from stamping sent-revision
on reviews nobody received. The quick-reply paths get the same split.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 src/b4/review_tui/_lite_app.py   | 19 +++++-----
 src/b4/review_tui/_review_app.py | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/b4/review_tui/_lite_app.py b/src/b4/review_tui/_lite_app.py
index 951057f..51e1437 100644
--- a/src/b4/review_tui/_lite_app.py
+++ b/src/b4/review_tui/_lite_app.py
@@ -813,17 +813,18 @@ class LiteThreadScreen(ModalScreen[None]):
                     output_dir=None,
                     reflect=False,
                 )
-            if sent is None:
-                self.app.notify('Failed to send reply.', severity='error')
-            elif self._email_dryrun:
-                self.app.notify(f'Dry-run: reply to {lmsg.fromemail} logged, not sent')
-                self._mark_answered(node)
-            else:
-                mark_outgoing_seen([msg], dryrun=self._email_dryrun)
-                self.app.notify(f'Reply sent to {lmsg.fromemail}')
-                self._mark_answered(node)
         except Exception as ex:
             self.app.notify(f'Send failed: {ex}', severity='error')
+            return
+        if sent is None:
+            self.app.notify('Failed to send reply.', severity='error')
+            return
+        if self._email_dryrun:
+            self.app.notify(f'Dry-run: reply to {lmsg.fromemail} logged, not sent')
+        else:
+            mark_outgoing_seen([msg])
+            self.app.notify(f'Reply sent to {lmsg.fromemail}')
+        self._mark_answered(node)
 
     def action_back(self) -> None:
         if self._thread_nodes:
diff --git a/src/b4/review_tui/_review_app.py b/src/b4/review_tui/_review_app.py
index 9c9bf17..a409d34 100644
--- a/src/b4/review_tui/_review_app.py
+++ b/src/b4/review_tui/_review_app.py
@@ -1657,27 +1657,48 @@ class ReviewApp(LoreNodeShutdownMixin, CheckRunnerMixin, App[None]):
                         output_dir=None,
                         reflect=False,
                     )
-                if sent is None:
-                    self.notify('Failed to send review emails.', severity='error')
-                else:
-                    self._reply_sent = True
-                    self._tracking['series']['status'] = 'replied'
-                    # Stamp sent-revision on every non-skip review so that
-                    # if this series is later upgraded to a newer revision,
-                    # the upgrade step can detect which reviews were already
-                    # sent and auto-skip the unchanged patches.
-                    my_email = str(self._usercfg.get('email', 'unknown@example.com'))
-                    current_rev = int(self._series.get('revision', 1))
-                    for target in [self._series] + list(self._patches):
-                        review = target.get('reviews', {}).get(my_email, {})
-                        if review and review.get('patch-state') != 'skip':
-                            review['sent-revision'] = current_rev
-                    self._save_tracking()
-                    self._mark_patches_answered(msgs)
-                    mark_outgoing_seen(msgs, dryrun=self._email_dryrun)
-                    self.notify(f'Sent {sent} review email(s).')
             except Exception as ex:
                 self.notify(f'Send failed: {ex}', severity='error')
+                return
+            if sent is None:
+                self.notify('Failed to send review emails.', severity='error')
+                return
+            if self._email_dryrun:
+                # Nothing went out, so there is nothing to record. Stamping
+                # sent-revision here would make the next real session treat
+                # these reviews as already sent and offer none of them.
+                self.notify(f'Dry-run: {len(msgs)} review email(s) logged, not sent')
+                return
+            self.notify(f'Sent {sent} review email(s).')
+
+            # The mail is out; everything below only records that. It gets its
+            # own handler so a bookkeeping failure is never reported as a send
+            # failure, and never escapes this screen callback.
+            try:
+                self._reply_sent = True
+                self._tracking['series']['status'] = 'replied'
+                # Stamp sent-revision on every non-skip review so that
+                # if this series is later upgraded to a newer revision,
+                # the upgrade step can detect which reviews were already
+                # sent and auto-skip the unchanged patches.
+                my_email = str(self._usercfg.get('email', 'unknown@example.com'))
+                current_rev = int(self._series.get('revision', 1))
+                for target in [self._series] + list(self._patches):
+                    review = target.get('reviews', {}).get(my_email, {})
+                    if review and review.get('patch-state') != 'skip':
+                        review['sent-revision'] = current_rev
+                if not self._save_tracking():
+                    # Silence here means the next session offers these reviews
+                    # as unsent and the maintainer sends them twice.
+                    self.notify(
+                        f'Sent, but could not record it on {self._branch}',
+                        severity='warning',
+                    )
+                self._mark_patches_answered(msgs)
+                mark_outgoing_seen(msgs)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                logger.debug('Post-send bookkeeping failed: %s', ex, exc_info=True)
+                self.notify(f'Sent, but recording it failed: {ex}', severity='warning')
 
         self.push_screen(SendScreen(msgs), _on_send_confirmed)
 
@@ -1754,15 +1775,16 @@ class ReviewApp(LoreNodeShutdownMixin, CheckRunnerMixin, App[None]):
                     output_dir=None,
                     reflect=False,
                 )
-            if sent is None:
-                self.notify('Failed to send reply.', severity='error')
-            elif self._email_dryrun:
-                self.notify(f'Dry-run: reply to {entry["fromemail"]} logged, not sent')
-            else:
-                mark_outgoing_seen([msg], dryrun=self._email_dryrun)
-                self.notify(f'Reply sent to {entry["fromemail"]}')
         except Exception as ex:
             self.notify(f'Send failed: {ex}', severity='error')
+            return
+        if sent is None:
+            self.notify('Failed to send reply.', severity='error')
+        elif self._email_dryrun:
+            self.notify(f'Dry-run: reply to {entry["fromemail"]} logged, not sent')
+        else:
+            mark_outgoing_seen([msg])
+            self.notify(f'Reply sent to {entry["fromemail"]}')
 
     def _load_followup_msgs(self, msgs: List[Any]) -> None:
         """Parse msgs into follow-up comments and refresh the display."""
@@ -2243,9 +2265,9 @@ class ReviewApp(LoreNodeShutdownMixin, CheckRunnerMixin, App[None]):
             self.notify('Agent review data loaded')
         self._restore_original_branch()
 
-    def _save_tracking(self) -> None:
-        """Save tracking data to the review branch."""
-        b4.review.save_tracking_ref(
+    def _save_tracking(self) -> bool:
+        """Save tracking data to the review branch.  True if it landed."""
+        return b4.review.save_tracking_ref(
             self._topdir, self._branch, self._cover_text, self._tracking
         )
 

-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-31 21:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-31 21:58 [PATCH b4 v2 00/44] Stop the editor branch guard from eating review replies Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 01/44] review-tui: mark all outgoing mail as read, not just " Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 02/44] tests: cover the shared outgoing-seen helper Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 03/44] review: close the messages database when auto-marking fails Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 04/44] review: use the same busy timeout for both review databases Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 05/44] review: drop the unused return value from set_flags_bulk() Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 06/44] review: don't let archiving a series raise Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 07/44] tests: cover an unwritable series archive Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 08/44] review-tui: keep post-send bookkeeping out of the send error path Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 09/44] tests: cover the thank-you send's post-send bookkeeping Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 10/44] review-tui: say which way a take did not reach 'accepted' Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 11/44] tests: cover the take statuses in the thank-and-archive chain Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 12/44] review-tui: use the shared helper to delete a review branch Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 13/44] ty: check reachability in the repository the commit landed in Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 14/44] tests: cover the publish check using the repository it is given Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 15/44] edit_in_editor: make the branch guard opt-in Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 16/44] tests: cover the opt-in branch guard in edit_in_editor Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 17/44] edit_in_editor: work in the tree the caller names Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:58 ` [PATCH b4 v2 18/44] tests: cover edit_in_editor working in the caller's tree Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 19/44] ty: edit the thank-you review in the tree it was pointed at Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 20/44] tests: cover the ty review editing in the named tree Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 21/44] tui: route editor launches through one non-fatal helper Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 22/44] tests: cover an editor failure leaving the review TUI standing Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 23/44] review-tui: only put back a branch b4 checked out itself Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 24/44] tests: cover the review TUI's branch-restore guard Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 25/44] review-tui: put HEAD back where it was when it was not on a branch Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 26/44] tests: cover the restore from a detached HEAD Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 27/44] tests: pin the default branch in the queue-delivery fixture Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 28/44] ty: an unknown remote tip is undetermined, not unpublished Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 30/44] tests: cover the review send's post-send bookkeeping Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 31/44] review: close the tracking database when archiving fails Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 32/44] review: clean up a review branch that cannot be finished Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 33/44] tests: cover create_review_branch cleaning up a half-built branch Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 34/44] review-tui: put the branch back after a revision upgrade Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 35/44] tests: cover the revision upgrade's branch handling Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 36/44] review-tui: restore the original branch however the tracking loop ends Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 37/44] review-tui: do not let a failed tracking load skip the branch restore Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 38/44] tests: cover the tracking TUI restoring the branch on the way out Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 39/44] review-tui: close the tracking database when the status sync fails Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 40/44] tests: cover the status sync closing its database Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 41/44] review-tui: catch the exit a failed checkout reports itself with Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 42/44] tests: cover a failed checkout leaving the tracking list standing Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 43/44] review-tui: put the user back when the branch they are on is deleted Christian Brauner
2026-07-31 21:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 44/44] tests: cover the branch delete leaving the worktree on a branch Christian Brauner
2026-08-03 14:59 ` [PATCH b4 v2 00/44] Stop the editor branch guard from eating review replies Konstantin Ryabitsev

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