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Fixes #767.

When the timeout fires, the timer takes the operator's lock, disposes, and subscribes the fallback with std::move of the downstream observer. timeout_observer_strategy::on_next checks for disposal only in the observer wrapper, before it takes that lock. A value that passes that check on another thread while the timer runs then waits for the lock and is passed to the moved-from observer. With a dynamic_observer downstream this is a null dereference. on_error and on_completed already check is_disposed() again under the lock; on_next did not.

Change. on_next checks disposable->is_disposed() again after taking the lock and returns if it is set. The timer disposes before it moves the observer, and both happen under the same lock, so a value that gets the lock after the timer sees the flag. One file, 3 insertions.

Cost. One atomic load (composite_disposable::is_disposed) per value, made while the lock is already held. Single-threaded behaviour does not change: the observer wrapper performed the same check immediately before, on the same thread, and only another thread can dispose in between.

Test. New case in test_timeout.cpp, "timeout does not pass a value that races the timer to the observer handed to the fallback". A small scheduler in the test runs the timer on a second thread and holds it inside its now() call, which the timer makes while it holds the operator's lock. A value is then emitted from a third thread, so it passes the disposed check and waits for the lock. The timer is released and moves the observer into a publish_subject fallback. The downstream observer strategy counts calls that reach a moved-from instance. The 200 ms sleep only lets the value thread reach the lock. If it were too short, the value would arrive after the dispose and the test would pass without exercising the race; it cannot fail spuriously.

• before (v2 with only the test): fails in 5 of 5 runs, CHECK( 1 == 0 )
• after: passes in 5 of 5 runs

The reproducer from the issue (ASan) crashed in 10 of 10 runs before the change and finished 10 000 iterations cleanly in 10 of 10 runs after it. Under -fsanitize=thread -g -O1 it was clean in 5 of 5 runs after the change.

Other tests (GCC 14.2; gRPC, Qt and asio tests not built):

• all 49 rpp test executables pass: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 49
• test_timeout passes under the flags of ci-sanitize-asan (with leak detection), ci-sanitize-tsan and ci-sanitize-ubsan: 5 of 5 test cases, 57 of 57 assertions, no sanitizer report in each run

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed a timeout race where a value arriving after the timeout had been disposed could still be delivered. Late values are now dropped, preventing notifications from reaching an observer after the timeout has taken effect.
  • Values received before the timeout takes effect continue to be delivered, and the timeout deadline continues to reset when a value is accepted.

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Walkthrough

timeout_observer_strategy::on_next now checks disposal after acquiring the observer lock and drops the value if the timeout has disposed its state. A coordinated regression test checks that a racing source value does not reach the moved-from observer.

Changes: Timeout race handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Disposal guard and race regression src/rpp/rpp/operators/timeout.hpp, src/tests/rpp/test_timeout.cpp	on_next returns if the timeout disposable is disposed under the lock. Test helpers coordinate the race and verify that the moved-from observer receives no calls.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: alexinlog

Merge Risk: Low · up to f8ddd

The timeout fix is small and targeted. The new race test can pass without exercising the fix when the value thread is scheduled late, so it may miss a future regression. Production behavior is not affected.

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Title check		The title names the main behavior change: the timeout operator no longer passes a value to the observer after the timer has handed it to the fallback. The raw summary confirms the on_next disposal rec…
Linked Issues check		The only active direct target is #767. Its coding requirement is that timeout must not call on_next on the downstream observer after the timer has moved it into the fallback. At the reviewed head …
Out of Scope Changes check		The PR changes two files. The first is src/rpp/rpp/operators/timeout.hpp, which contains the 3-line re-check that implements #767. The second is src/tests/rpp/test_timeout.cpp, which adds test sup…

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The title names the main behavior change: the timeout operator no longer passes a value to the observer after the timer has handed it to the fallback. The raw summary confirms the on_next disposal recheck under the lock, and the objectives describe the same fix for issue #767, with a race test added. The title is specific and matches the changeset.

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The only active direct target is #767. Its coding requirement is that timeout must not call on_next on the downstream observer after the timer has moved it into the fallback. At the reviewed head f8ddd1d, timeout_observer_strategy::on_next in src/rpp/rpp/operators/timeout.hpp takes get_observer_with_timeout_under_lock(), then checks disposable->is_disposed() and returns if it is set, before it calls obs_with_timeout->observer.on_next. The timer lambda in lift_with_disposables_strategy runs dispose() and then get_fallback().subscribe(std::move(...observer)) while it holds the same lock. A value that waits for the lock therefore sees the disposed flag and does not reach the moved-from observer. This matches the existing on_error and on_completed checks. The issue's proposed fix and its cost (one atomic load per value, under the lock) match the code. The head file was read directly. The whole-PR text diff could not be read because blobs were missing from the checkout, so the change was confirmed from the head file content and the PR summary. The regression test in test_timeout.cpp was read at head. It is supporting evidence, not a requirement of #767. The PR's sanitizer and run-count claims were not re-run.

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The PR changes two files. The first is src/rpp/rpp/operators/timeout.hpp, which contains the 3-line re-check that implements #767. The second is src/tests/rpp/test_timeout.cpp, which adds test support and a race regression test. The test support consists of a gate class (mutex and condition variable, consistent with the commit note about replacing std::binary_semaphore for GCC 10), a manual_scheduler that pauses now() on a chosen thread, and a move_aware_strategy that counts calls on moved-from instances. These directly support the regression test for #767 and are not unrelated. No other files are listed in the change summary, and ignored_files is empty. The test file content at head was read directly. The whole-PR text diff could not be read because blobs were missing from the checkout, so the file list is taken from the supplied summary.

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_{A rabbit watches timers race,
Then checks the lock before each trace.
If timeout moved the observer away,
The late source value will not stay.
The test confirms the guarded way.}

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Nitpick comments: 1

src/tests/rpp/test_timeout.cpp: 1

303-304: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift

Make the regression ordering deterministic.

The sleep does not establish that the value thread passed the initial disposal check. If that thread remains unscheduled until after the timer switches to the fallback, the initial disposal check can reject the value. The assertion then passes without exercising the new guard.

Use an explicit checkpoint before the value waits for the operator lock. Alternatively, add a direct strategy-level case that bypasses the initial disposal check and verifies rejection after handoff.

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Review comment at @src/tests/rpp/test_timeout.cpp around lines 303 - 304:
Replace the timing-based sleep in the timeout regression with a deterministic checkpoint confirming the value thread has passed the initial disposal check before it blocks on the operator lock. Keep the test’s handoff ordering intact and ensure its assertion exercises rejection by the new guard; alternatively, add a strategy-level test that directly verifies rejection after handoff.

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Review comments at @src/tests/rpp/test_timeout.cpp:
- Around line 303-304: Replace the timing-based sleep in the timeout regression
with a deterministic checkpoint confirming the value thread has passed the
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Replace the fixed 200 ms sleep with a synchronization point that proves the value thread reached the lock.

The test sleeps 200 ms and assumes that value_thread reaches the operator lock during that time. The gate at line 327 confirms only that the timer reached now() under the lock. It does not confirm any progress by value_thread.

If value_thread starts late, the timer can dispose and move the observer to the fallback first. The value then fails the is_disposed() check in observer::on_next (src/rpp/rpp/observers/observer.hpp:106). The under-lock recheck at src/rpp/rpp/operators/timeout.hpp:86-87 never runs. The assertion still passes, so the test does not detect the regression it targets. This also applies to the pre-fix operator, because the outer check is unchanged.

A reliable test needs a signal from the point where value_thread has passed the outer check and is waiting for the lock. The test file alone cannot provide that signal, because the outer check runs in library code. A fix needs a test-only hook in that path or another observable synchronization point.

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Replace the fixed sleep in the timeout test with synchronization that confirms value_thread has passed observer::on_next’s outer disposed check and is waiting to acquire the operator lock. Establish a test-only hook or another observable synchronization point in that path; do not rely on timer-side progress alone, since it does not prove value_thread reached the under-lock recheck in the timeout operator.

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Awesome!! Thank you!