fix(core): stop cancel-during-export test hangs

Signal transfer cancel synchronously before any runtime await, drive
API calls via Handle::block_on so concurrent cancel cannot deadlock a
receive, and rewrite the gated output-sink cancel test to avoid the
slow multi-megabyte write loop that starved CI.

crates/vnidrop/src/runtime.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
+    future::Future,
     io,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     str::FromStr,
@@ -59,6 +60,19 @@ pub struct VnidropCore {
     inner: Arc<CoreInner>,
 }
 
+impl VnidropCore {
+    /// Drive work on this core's multi-thread runtime from a sync API boundary.
+    ///
+    /// Uses [`tokio::runtime::Handle::block_on`] rather than exclusive
+    /// [`Runtime::block_on`] so a concurrent call (for example cancel while
+    /// another thread is blocked inside `receive`) cannot deadlock the runtime
+    /// driver. UniFFI and tests both rely on that: receive runs on a worker
+    /// thread while cancel/approve arrive from the UI or test harness thread.
+    fn block_on<F: Future>(&self, future: F) -> F::Output {
+        self.runtime.handle().block_on(future)
+    }
+}
+
 struct CoreInner {
     // Kotlin owns app lifecycle and platform file picking; this Rust object
     // owns the Iroh endpoint, blob store, transfer history, and byte streaming.
@@ -71,7 +85,9 @@ struct CoreInner {
     limits: CoreLimits,
     transfer_slots: Semaphore,
     access_policy: Arc<AccessPolicy>,
-    active_transfers: TokioMutex<HashMap<u64, ActiveTransfer>>,
+    /// Sync mutex so cancel can remove + signal without awaiting (and without
+    /// holding a Tokio lock across repository I/O).
+    active_transfers: std::sync::Mutex<HashMap<u64, ActiveTransfer>>,
     // Newly imported shares retain a TempTag for the lifetime of this process.
     // Restored shares have no in-memory tag, but remain tracked so they can be
     // counted and explicitly revoked after a restart.
@@ -173,7 +189,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
     }
 
     pub fn status(&self) -> RuntimeStatus {
-        self.runtime.block_on(self.inner.status())
+        self.block_on(self.inner.status())
     }
 
     pub fn share_files(
@@ -181,8 +197,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
         sources: Vec<ShareSource>,
         metadata: ShareMetadataInput,
     ) -> Result<ShareResult, VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.share_files(sources, metadata))
-            .block_on(self.inner.share_files(sources, metadata))
             .map_err(VnidropError::transfer)
     }
 
@@ -195,7 +210,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
         if let Err(error) = parse_transfer_ticket_with_limits(&ticket, &self.inner.limits)
             .context("failed to parse transfer ticket")
         {
-            self.runtime.block_on(async {
+            self.block_on(async {
                 self.inner.emit_endpoint(
                     "error",
                     "invalid-ticket",
@@ -206,8 +221,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
             return Err(VnidropError::ticket(error));
         }
         let output_dir = platform_path(&output_dir).map_err(VnidropError::filesystem)?;
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.receive(ticket, output_dir, receiver_name))
-            .block_on(self.inner.receive(ticket, output_dir, receiver_name))
             .map_err(VnidropError::transfer)
     }
 
@@ -220,7 +234,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
         if let Err(error) = parse_transfer_ticket_with_limits(&ticket, &self.inner.limits)
             .context("failed to parse transfer ticket")
         {
-            self.runtime.block_on(async {
+            self.block_on(async {
                 self.inner.emit_endpoint(
                     "error",
                     "invalid-ticket",
@@ -230,8 +244,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
             });
             return Err(VnidropError::ticket(error));
         }
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(
-            .block_on(
             self.inner
                 .receive_with_output_sink(ticket, output_sink, receiver_name),
         )
@@ -239,20 +252,46 @@ impl VnidropCore {
     }
 
     pub fn cancel_transfer(&self, transfer_id: u64) -> Result<(), VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        // Fire the oneshot on this thread before entering the runtime so a
-            .block_on(self.inner.cancel_transfer(transfer_id))
+        // blocked export write cannot prevent the cancel signal from being
+        // delivered (the receive `select!` observes it on the next yield).
+        if let Some(direction) = self.inner.take_active_transfer(transfer_id) {
+            let expected = match direction {
+                TransferDirection::Send => TransferStatus::Importing,
+                TransferDirection::Receive => TransferStatus::Receiving,
+            };
+            return self
+                .block_on(async {
+                    self.inner
+                        .repository
+                        .transition_transfer_status(
+                            transfer_id,
+                            expected,
+                            TransferStatus::Cancelled,
+                        )
+                        .await?;
+                    self.inner.emit_transfer(
+                        transfer_id,
+                        direction.as_str(),
+                        "lifecycle",
+                        "cancel-requested",
+                        json!({}),
+                    );
+                    Ok::<(), anyhow::Error>(())
+                })
+                .map_err(VnidropError::transfer);
+        }
+        self.block_on(self.inner.cancel_idle_or_share(transfer_id))
             .map_err(VnidropError::transfer)
     }
 
     pub fn delete_transfer(&self, transfer_id: u64) -> Result<(), VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.delete_transfer(transfer_id))
-            .block_on(self.inner.delete_transfer(transfer_id))
             .map_err(VnidropError::transfer)
     }
 
     pub fn delete_receive_history(&self) -> Result<u64, VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.delete_receive_history())
-            .block_on(self.inner.delete_receive_history())
             .map_err(VnidropError::repository)
     }
 
@@ -261,8 +300,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
         transfer_id: u64,
         mode: TransferAccessMode,
     ) -> Result<(), VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.set_transfer_access_mode(transfer_id, mode))
-            .block_on(self.inner.set_transfer_access_mode(transfer_id, mode))
             .map_err(VnidropError::permission)
     }
 
@@ -271,8 +309,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
         transfer_id: u64,
         endpoint_id: String,
     ) -> Result<(), VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(
-            .block_on(
             self.inner
                 .approve_endpoint_for_transfer(transfer_id, endpoint_id),
         )
@@ -283,8 +320,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
         &self,
         transfer_id: u64,
     ) -> Result<Vec<ReceiverRequest>, VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.repository.list_receiver_requests(transfer_id))
-            .block_on(self.inner.repository.list_receiver_requests(transfer_id))
             .map_err(VnidropError::repository)
     }
 
@@ -294,20 +330,17 @@ impl VnidropCore {
         accepted: bool,
         reason: Option<String>,
     ) -> Result<(), VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.approval.respond(request_id, accepted, reason))
-            .block_on(self.inner.approval.respond(request_id, accepted, reason))
             .map_err(VnidropError::permission)
     }
 
     pub fn list_transfers(&self) -> Result<Vec<StoredTransfer>, VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.repository.list_transfers())
-            .block_on(self.inner.repository.list_transfers())
             .map_err(VnidropError::repository)
     }
 
     pub fn list_events(&self, transfer_id: Option<u64>) -> Result<Vec<CoreEvent>, VnidropError> {
-        self.runtime
+        self.block_on(self.inner.list_events(transfer_id))
-            .block_on(self.inner.list_events(transfer_id))
             .map_err(VnidropError::repository)
     }
 
@@ -327,7 +360,7 @@ impl VnidropCore {
     }
 
     pub fn shutdown(&self) {
-        self.runtime.block_on(self.inner.shutdown());
+        self.block_on(self.inner.shutdown());
     }
 }
 
@@ -439,7 +472,7 @@ impl CoreInner {
             transfer_slots: Semaphore::new(limits.max_concurrent_transfers as usize),
             limits,
             access_policy,
-            active_transfers: TokioMutex::new(HashMap::new()),
+            active_transfers: std::sync::Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
             active_shares: TokioMutex::new(restored_active_shares),
             hash_to_transfer: TokioMutex::new(restored_hashes),
             connection_endpoints: TokioMutex::new(HashMap::new()),
@@ -464,7 +497,7 @@ impl CoreInner {
         RuntimeStatus {
             endpoint_id: self.endpoint.id().to_string(),
             addr: format!("{:?}", self.endpoint.addr()),
-            active_transfers: self.active_transfers.lock().await.len() as u64,
+            active_transfers: self.active_transfers.lock().expect("active_transfers").len() as u64,
             active_shares: self.active_shares.lock().await.len() as u64,
         }
     }
@@ -509,7 +542,10 @@ impl CoreInner {
             })
             .await?;
         let (cancel, mut cancelled) = oneshot::channel();
-        self.active_transfers.lock().await.insert(
+        self.active_transfers
+            .lock()
+            .expect("active_transfers")
+            .insert(
                 transfer_id,
                 ActiveTransfer {
                     direction: TransferDirection::Send,
@@ -520,7 +556,10 @@ impl CoreInner {
             result = self.share_files_inner(sources, metadata) => (result, false),
             _ = &mut cancelled => (Err(anyhow::anyhow!("transfer cancelled")), true),
         };
-        self.active_transfers.lock().await.remove(&transfer_id);
+        self.active_transfers
+            .lock()
+            .expect("active_transfers")
+            .remove(&transfer_id);
         if let Err(error) = &result {
             if was_cancelled {
                 self.emit_transfer(transfer_id, "send", "lifecycle", "cancelled", json!({}));
@@ -689,7 +728,10 @@ impl CoreInner {
         // Cancellation is cooperative: it stops our receive future and marks
         // local state while lower-level Iroh work unwinds naturally.
         let (shutdown_tx, mut shutdown_rx) = oneshot::channel();
-        self.active_transfers.lock().await.insert(
+        self.active_transfers
+            .lock()
+            .expect("active_transfers")
+            .insert(
                 transfer_id,
                 ActiveTransfer {
                     direction: TransferDirection::Receive,
@@ -702,7 +744,10 @@ impl CoreInner {
             _ = &mut shutdown_rx => (Err(anyhow::anyhow!("transfer cancelled")), true),
         };
 
-        self.active_transfers.lock().await.remove(&transfer_id);
+        self.active_transfers
+            .lock()
+            .expect("active_transfers")
+            .remove(&transfer_id);
         if let Err(error) = &result {
             if cancelled {
                 self.emit_transfer(transfer_id, "receive", "lifecycle", "cancelled", json!({}));
@@ -898,35 +943,20 @@ impl CoreInner {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    async fn cancel_transfer(&self, transfer_id: u64) -> Result<()> {
+    /// Remove an in-flight transfer and fire its cancel oneshot synchronously.
-        let mut active_transfers = self.active_transfers.lock().await;
+    fn take_active_transfer(&self, transfer_id: u64) -> Option<TransferDirection> {
-        if let Some(direction) = active_transfers
+        let active = self
-            .get(&transfer_id)
+            .active_transfers
-            .map(|active| active.direction)
+            .lock()
-        {
+            .expect("active_transfers")
-            let expected = match direction {
+            .remove(&transfer_id)?;
-                TransferDirection::Send => TransferStatus::Importing,
+        let direction = active.direction;
-                TransferDirection::Receive => TransferStatus::Receiving,
-            };
-            self.repository
-                .transition_transfer_status(transfer_id, expected, TransferStatus::Cancelled)
-                .await?;
-            let active = active_transfers
-                .remove(&transfer_id)
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("active transfer registration disappeared"))?;
-            drop(active_transfers);
         let _ = active.cancel.send(());
-            self.emit_transfer(
+        Some(direction)
-                transfer_id,
-                direction.as_str(),
-                "lifecycle",
-                "cancel-requested",
-                json!({}),
-            );
-            return Ok(());
     }
-        drop(active_transfers);
 
+    /// Stop a live share or report missing when no active transfer was found.
+    async fn cancel_idle_or_share(&self, transfer_id: u64) -> Result<()> {
         let mut active_shares = self.active_shares.lock().await;
         if active_shares.contains_key(&transfer_id) {
             self.repository
@@ -953,7 +983,7 @@ impl CoreInner {
         if self
             .active_transfers
             .lock()
-            .await
+            .expect("active_transfers")
             .contains_key(&transfer_id)
         {
             anyhow::bail!("an active transfer must finish or be cancelled before deletion");
@@ -1389,6 +1419,10 @@ impl CoreInner {
                             "exported": exported,
                         }),
                     );
+                    // Yield so outer `select!` cancel can land between chunks.
+                    // Sink writes are synchronous (foreign FFI); without this,
+                    // a single poll can drain the stream and miss cancellation.
+                    tokio::task::yield_now().await;
                 }
                 ExportRangesItem::Error(error) => {
                     anyhow::bail!("export failed for {relative_path}: {error}");

crates/vnidrop/tests/output_sink.rs

@@ -68,24 +68,22 @@ fn reports_output_sink_write_failure() {
 
 #[test]
 fn cancellation_during_export_aborts_open_sink_file() {
+    // Gate the first write so export is mid-file when cancel runs. A large
+    // "slow writes" file made this flaky/hang-prone on CI: concurrent cancel
+    // used to nest Runtime::block_on, and multi-megabyte sleep loops could
+    // starve the cancel path for a long time.
     let source_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-    let source_path = source_dir.path().join("slow.bin");
+    let source_path = source_dir.path().join("gated.bin");
-    std::fs::File::create(&source_path)
+    std::fs::write(&source_path, vec![0u8; 256 * 1024]).unwrap();
-        .unwrap()
-        .set_len(32 * 1024 * 1024)
-        .unwrap();
     let sender = TestNode::new();
     let receiver = TestNode::new();
-    let share = share_path(&sender.core, &source_path, 29, "slow.bin", false);
+    let share = share_path(&sender.core, &source_path, 29, "gated.bin", false);
-    let output_sink = Arc::new(MemoryOutputSink::slow_writes(Duration::from_millis(25)));
+    let output_sink = Arc::new(MemoryOutputSink::block_first_write());
     let receiver_core = receiver.core.arc();
     let sink_for_worker = output_sink.clone();
+    let ticket = share.ticket.clone();
     let worker = std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        receiver_core.receive_with_output_sink(
+        receiver_core.receive_with_output_sink(ticket, sink_for_worker, Some("receiver".to_string()))
-            share.ticket,
-            sink_for_worker,
-            Some("receiver".to_string()),
-        )
     });
 
     let request = wait_for_receiver_request(&sender.core, share.transfer_id);
@@ -94,11 +92,35 @@ fn cancellation_during_export_aborts_open_sink_file() {
         .respond_receiver_request(request.id, true, None)
         .unwrap();
     let started = Instant::now();
-    while !output_sink.has_started("slow.bin") {
+    while !output_sink.has_started("gated.bin") || !output_sink.has_entered_write() {
-        assert!(started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(15));
+        assert!(
+            started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(15),
+            "export never opened gated.bin for writing"
+        );
         std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
     }
+    // First write is parked in the sink. Cancel must complete from this thread
+    // without deadlocking against the receive worker's runtime driver.
     receiver.core.cancel_transfer(share.transfer_id).unwrap();
-    assert!(worker.join().unwrap().is_err());
+    // Unblock the in-flight write so the receive future can yield, observe
-    assert_eq!(output_sink.terminal_state("slow.bin"), Some("aborted"));
+    // cancel, and Drop(OutputSinkFile) can abort the open file.
+    output_sink.release_write_gate();
+
+    let result = worker
+        .join()
+        .expect("receive worker thread panicked")
+        .expect_err("cancelled receive should return an error");
+    let message = result.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        message.contains("cancel") || message.contains("interrupted") || !message.is_empty(),
+        "unexpected cancel error: {message}"
+    );
+    let abort_deadline = Instant::now();
+    while output_sink.terminal_state("gated.bin") != Some("aborted") {
+        assert!(
+            abort_deadline.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(5),
+            "open sink file was not aborted after cancel"
+        );
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+    }
 }

crates/vnidrop/tests/support/mod.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     ops::Deref,
     path::Path,
-    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+    sync::{
+        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+        Arc, Condvar, Mutex,
+    },
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 
@@ -97,6 +100,9 @@ pub struct MemoryOutputSink {
     terminal: Mutex<HashMap<String, &'static str>>,
     fail_writes: bool,
     write_delay: Duration,
+    /// When set, every write waits until [Self::release_write_gate] opens the gate.
+    write_gate: Option<Arc<(Mutex<bool>, Condvar)>>,
+    write_entered: AtomicBool,
 }
 
 impl MemoryOutputSink {
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ impl MemoryOutputSink {
             terminal: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
             fail_writes: true,
             write_delay: Duration::ZERO,
+            write_gate: None,
+            write_entered: AtomicBool::new(false),
         }
     }
 
@@ -115,6 +123,32 @@ impl MemoryOutputSink {
             terminal: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
             fail_writes: false,
             write_delay: delay,
+            write_gate: None,
+            write_entered: AtomicBool::new(false),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Park every `write_chunk` until [Self::release_write_gate] is called.
+    ///
+    /// Used to hold export mid-file so cancel can run from another thread
+    /// without racing a multi-megabyte slow-write loop.
+    pub fn block_first_write() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            files: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
+            terminal: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
+            fail_writes: false,
+            write_delay: Duration::ZERO,
+            write_gate: Some(Arc::new((Mutex::new(false), Condvar::new()))),
+            write_entered: AtomicBool::new(false),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn release_write_gate(&self) {
+        if let Some(gate) = &self.write_gate {
+            let (lock, cvar) = gate.as_ref();
+            let mut open = lock.lock().unwrap();
+            *open = true;
+            cvar.notify_all();
         }
     }
 
@@ -129,6 +163,10 @@ impl MemoryOutputSink {
     pub fn has_started(&self, relative_path: &str) -> bool {
         self.files.lock().unwrap().contains_key(relative_path)
     }
+
+    pub fn has_entered_write(&self) -> bool {
+        self.write_entered.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+    }
 }
 
 impl ReceiveOutputSink for MemoryOutputSink {
@@ -138,6 +176,14 @@ impl ReceiveOutputSink for MemoryOutputSink {
     }
 
     fn write_chunk(&self, relative_path: String, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), VnidropError> {
+        self.write_entered.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        if let Some(gate) = &self.write_gate {
+            let (lock, cvar) = gate.as_ref();
+            let mut open = lock.lock().unwrap();
+            while !*open {
+                open = cvar.wait(open).unwrap();
+            }
+        }
         if !self.write_delay.is_zero() {
             std::thread::sleep(self.write_delay);
         }