Improve Streamed Components retry logic

lib/react_on_rails/helper.rb

@@ -587,6 +587,15 @@ def server_rendered_react_component(render_options)
           # It doesn't make any transformation, it listens and raises error if a chunk has errors
           chunk_json_result
         end
+
+        result.rescue do |err|
+          # This error came from the renderer
+          raise ReactOnRails::PrerenderError.new(component_name: react_component_name,
+                                                   # Sanitize as this might be browser logged
+                                                 props: sanitized_props_string(props),
+                                                 err: err,
+                                                 js_code: js_code)
+        end
       elsif result["hasErrors"] && render_options.raise_on_prerender_error
         raise_prerender_error(result, react_component_name, props, js_code)
       end

react_on_rails_pro/lib/react_on_rails_pro/request.rb

@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ class Request # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLength
     class << self
       def reset_connection
         @connection&.close
-        @connection_without_retries&.close
         @connection = create_connection
-        @connection_without_retries = create_connection(enable_retries: false)
       end
 
       def render_code(path, js_code, send_bundle)
@@ -84,29 +82,17 @@ def asset_exists_on_vm_renderer?(filename)
 
       private
 
-      # NOTE: We maintain two separate HTTP connection pools to handle streaming vs non-streaming requests.
-      # This doubles the memory footprint (e.g., if renderer_http_pool_size is 10, we use 20 total connections).
-      # This tradeoff is acceptable to prevent body duplication in streaming responses.
-
       def connection
         @connection ||= create_connection
       end
 
-      def connection_without_retries
-        @connection_without_retries ||= create_connection(enable_retries: false)
-      end
-
-      def perform_request(path, **post_options) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize,Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity,Metrics/PerceivedComplexity
-        # For streaming requests, use connection without retries to prevent body duplication
-        # The StreamRequest class handles retries properly by starting fresh requests
-        conn = post_options[:stream] ? connection_without_retries : connection
-
+      def perform_request(path, **post_options) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize,Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
         available_retries = ReactOnRailsPro.configuration.renderer_request_retry_limit
         retry_request = true
         while retry_request
           begin
             start_time = Time.now
-            response = conn.post(path, **post_options)
+            response = connection.post(path, **post_options)
             raise response.error if response.is_a?(HTTPX::ErrorResponse)
 
             request_time = Time.now - start_time
@@ -231,20 +217,41 @@ def common_form_data
         ReactOnRailsPro::Utils.common_form_data
       end
 
-      def create_connection(enable_retries: true)
+      def create_connection
         url = ReactOnRailsPro.configuration.renderer_url
         Rails.logger.info do
           "[ReactOnRailsPro] Setting up Node Renderer connection to #{url}"
         end
 
-        http_client = HTTPX
-        # For persistent connections we want retries,
-        # so the requests don't just fail if the other side closes the connection
-        # https://honeyryderchuck.gitlab.io/httpx/wiki/Persistent
-        # However, for streaming requests, retries cause body duplication
-        # See https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/issues/1895
-        http_client = http_client.plugin(:retries, max_retries: 1, retry_change_requests: true) if enable_retries
-        http_client
+        HTTPX
+          # For persistent connections we want retries,
+          # so the requests don't just fail if the other side closes the connection
+          # https://honeyryderchuck.gitlab.io/httpx/wiki/Persistent
+          .plugin(
+            :retries, max_retries: 1,
+            retry_change_requests: true,
+            # Official HTTPx docs says that we should use the retry_on option to decide if teh request should be retried or not
+            # However, HTTPx assumes that connection errors such as timeout error should be retried by default and it doesn't consider retry_on block at all at that case
+            # So, we have to do the following trick to avoid retries when a Timeout error happens while streaming a component
+            # If the streamed component returned any chunks, it shouldn't retry on errors, as it would cause page duplication
+            # The SSR-generated html will be written to the page two times in this case
+            retry_after: ->(request, response) do
+              if (request.stream.instance_variable_get(:@react_on_rails_received_first_chunk))
+                e = response.error
+                raise ReactOnRailsPro::Error, "An error happened during server side render streaming of a component.\n" \
+                                              "Original error:\n#{e}\n#{e.backtrace}"
+              end
+
+              Rails.logger.info do
+                "[ReactOnRailsPro] An error happneding while making a request to the Node Renderer.\n" \
+                "Error: #{response.error}.\n" \
+                "Retrying by HTTPX \"retries\" plugin..."
+              end
+              # The retry_after block expects to return a delay to wait before retrying the request
+              # nil means no waiting delay
+              nil
+            end
+          )
           .plugin(:stream)
           # See https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/httpx/1.3.3/HTTPX%2FOptions:initialize for the available options
           .with(

react_on_rails_pro/lib/react_on_rails_pro/stream_request.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def initialize(component)
       # @param position [Symbol] The position of the chunk in the stream (:first, :middle, or :last)
       # The position parameter is used by actions that add content to the beginning or end of the stream
       @actions = [] # List to store all actions
+      @rescue_blocks = []
     end
 
     # Add a prepend action
@@ -39,27 +40,45 @@ def append
       self # Return self to allow chaining
     end
 
+    def rescue(&block)
+      @rescue_blocks << block
+      self # Return self to allow chaining
+    end
+
     def handle_chunk(chunk, position)
       @actions.reduce(chunk) do |acc, action|
         action.call(acc, position)
       end
     end
 
-    def each_chunk
-      return enum_for(:each_chunk) unless block_given?
+    def each_chunk(&block)
+      return enum_for(:each_chunk) unless block
 
       first_chunk = true
       @component.each_chunk do |chunk|
         position = first_chunk ? :first : :middle
         modified_chunk = handle_chunk(chunk, position)
-        yield modified_chunk
+        block.call(modified_chunk)
         first_chunk = false
       end
 
       # The last chunk contains the append content after the transformation
       # All transformations are applied to the append content
       last_chunk = handle_chunk("", :last)
-      yield last_chunk unless last_chunk.empty?
+      block.call(last_chunk) unless last_chunk.empty?
+    rescue StandardError => err
+      current_error = err
+      rescue_block_index = 0
+      while current_error.present? && (rescue_block_index < @rescue_blocks.size)
+        begin
+          @rescue_blocks[rescue_block_index].call(current_error, &block)
+          current_error = nil
+        rescue StandardError => inner_error
+          current_error = inner_error
+        end
+        rescue_block_index += 1
+      end
+      raise current_error if current_error.present?
     end
   end
 
@@ -75,9 +94,6 @@ def each_chunk(&block)
 
       send_bundle = false
       error_body = +""
-      # Retry logic for streaming requests is handled here by starting fresh requests.
-      # The HTTPx connection used for streaming has retries disabled (see Request#connection_without_retries)
-      # to prevent body duplication when partial chunks are already sent to the client.
       loop do
         stream_response = @request_executor.call(send_bundle)
 
@@ -89,6 +105,9 @@ def each_chunk(&block)
         break
       rescue HTTPX::HTTPError => e
         send_bundle = handle_http_error(e, error_body, send_bundle)
+      rescue HTTPX::ReadTimeoutError => e
+        raise ReactOnRailsPro::Error, "Time out error while server side render streaming a component.\n" \
+                                      "Original error:\n#{e}\n#{e.backtrace}"
       end
     end
 
@@ -135,6 +154,7 @@ def loop_response_lines(response)
       line = "".b
 
       response.each do |chunk|
+        response.instance_variable_set(:@react_on_rails_received_first_chunk, true)
         line << chunk
 
         while (idx = line.index("\n"))

react_on_rails_pro/spec/dummy/spec/helpers/react_on_rails_pro_helper_spec.rb

@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ def response; end
     def mock_request_and_response(mock_chunks = chunks, count: 1)
       # Reset connection instance variables to ensure clean state for tests
       ReactOnRailsPro::Request.instance_variable_set(:@connection, nil)
-      ReactOnRailsPro::Request.instance_variable_set(:@connection_without_retries, nil)
       original_httpx_plugin = HTTPX.method(:plugin)
       allow(HTTPX).to receive(:plugin) do |*args|
         original_httpx_plugin.call(:mock_stream).plugin(*args)

react_on_rails_pro/spec/react_on_rails_pro/request_spec.rb

@@ -194,32 +194,5 @@
         expect(mocked_block).not_to have_received(:call)
       end
     end
-
-    it "does not use HTTPx retries plugin for streaming requests to prevent body duplication" do
-      # This test verifies the fix for https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/issues/1895
-      # When streaming requests encounter connection errors mid-transmission, HTTPx retries
-      # would cause body duplication because partial chunks are already sent to the client.
-      # The StreamRequest class handles retries properly by starting fresh requests.
-
-      # Reset connections to ensure we're using a fresh connection
-      described_class.reset_connection
-
-      # Trigger a streaming request
-      mock_streaming_response(render_full_url, 200) do |yielder|
-        yielder.call("Test chunk\n")
-      end
-
-      stream = described_class.render_code_as_stream("/render", "console.log('test');", is_rsc_payload: false)
-      chunks = []
-      stream.each_chunk { |chunk| chunks << chunk }
-
-      # Verify that the streaming request completed successfully
-      expect(chunks).to eq(["Test chunk"])
-
-      # Verify that the connection_without_retries was created
-      # by checking that a connection was created with retries disabled
-      connection_without_retries = described_class.send(:connection_without_retries)
-      expect(connection_without_retries).to be_a(HTTPX::Session)
-    end
   end
 end

react_on_rails_pro/spec/react_on_rails_pro/stream_decorator_spec.rb

@@ -62,4 +62,93 @@
       expect(chunks.last).to end_with("-end")
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#rescue" do
+    it "catches the error happens inside the component" do
+      allow(mock_component).to receive(:each_chunk).and_raise(StandardError.new "Fake Error")
+      mocked_block = mock_block
+
+      stream_decorator.rescue(&mocked_block.block)
+      chunks = []
+      expect { stream_decorator.each_chunk { |chunk| chunks << chunk } }.not_to raise_error
+
+      expect(mocked_block).to have_received(:call) do |error|
+        expect(error).to be_a(StandardError)
+        expect(error.message).to eq("Fake Error")
+      end
+      expect(chunks).to eq([])
+    end
+
+    it "catches the error happens inside subsequent component calls" do
+      allow(mock_component).to receive(:each_chunk).and_yield("Chunk1").and_raise(ArgumentError.new "Fake Error")
+      mocked_block = mock_block
+
+      stream_decorator.rescue(&mocked_block.block)
+      chunks = []
+      expect { stream_decorator.each_chunk { |chunk| chunks << chunk } }.not_to raise_error
+
+      expect(mocked_block).to have_received(:call) do |error|
+        expect(chunks).to eq(["Chunk1"])
+        expect(error).to be_a(ArgumentError)
+        expect(error.message).to eq("Fake Error")
+      end
+      expect(chunks).to eq(["Chunk1"])
+    end
+
+    it "can yield values to the stream" do
+      allow(mock_component).to receive(:each_chunk).and_yield("Chunk1").and_raise(ArgumentError.new "Fake Error")
+      mocked_block = mock_block
+
+      stream_decorator.rescue(&mocked_block.block)
+      chunks = []
+      expect { stream_decorator.each_chunk { |chunk| chunks << chunk } }.not_to raise_error
+
+      expect(mocked_block).to have_received(:call) do |error, &inner_block|
+        expect(chunks).to eq(["Chunk1"])
+        expect(error).to be_a(ArgumentError)
+        expect(error.message).to eq("Fake Error")
+
+        inner_block.call "Chunk from rescue block"
+        inner_block.call "Chunk2 from rescue block"
+      end
+      expect(chunks).to eq(["Chunk1", "Chunk from rescue block", "Chunk2 from rescue block"])
+    end
+
+    it "can convert the error into another error" do
+      allow(mock_component).to receive(:each_chunk).and_raise(StandardError.new "Fake Error")
+      mocked_block = mock_block do |error|
+        expect(error).to be_a(StandardError)
+        expect(error.message).to eq("Fake Error")
+        raise ArgumentError.new "Another Error"
+      end
+
+      stream_decorator.rescue(&mocked_block.block)
+      chunks = []
+      expect { stream_decorator.each_chunk { |chunk| chunks << chunk } }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "Another Error")
+      expect(chunks).to eq([])
+    end
+
+    it "chains multiple rescue blocks" do
+      allow(mock_component).to receive(:each_chunk).and_yield("Chunk1").and_raise(StandardError.new "Fake Error")
+      fist_rescue_block = mock_block do |error, &block|
+        expect(error).to be_a(StandardError)
+        expect(error.message).to eq("Fake Error")
+        block.call "Chunk from first rescue block"
+        raise ArgumentError.new "Another Error"
+      end
+
+      second_rescue_block = mock_block do |error, &block|
+        expect(error).to be_a(ArgumentError)
+        expect(error.message).to eq("Another Error")
+        block.call "Chunk from second rescue block"
+      end
+
+      stream_decorator.rescue(&fist_rescue_block.block)
+      stream_decorator.rescue(&second_rescue_block.block)
+      chunks = []
+      expect { stream_decorator.each_chunk { |chunk| chunks << chunk } }.not_to raise_error
+
+      expect(chunks).to eq(["Chunk1", "Chunk from first rescue block", "Chunk from second rescue block"])
+    end
+  end
 end

react_on_rails_pro/spec/react_on_rails_pro/support/mock_block_helper.rb

@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ module MockBlockHelper
   # mocked_block = mock_block
   # testing_method_taking_block(&mocked_block.block)
   # expect(mocked_block).to have_received(:call).with(1, 2, 3)
-  def mock_block(return_value: nil)
+  def mock_block(&block)
     double("BlockMock").tap do |mock| # rubocop:disable RSpec/VerifiedDoubles
-      allow(mock).to receive(:call) { return_value }
+      allow(mock).to receive(:call) do |*args, &inner_block|
+        block.call(*args, &inner_block) if block
+      end
       def mock.block
         method(:call).to_proc
       end