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fix(waybar): restart the bar instead of hot-reloading it - #2193
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HyDE-Project#2189 limited the SIGUSR2 hot-reload to Waybar's main process, but fast layout switching still breaks the bar on dev (HyDE-Project#2184): - `--set`, `--next`, `--prev`, `--select-layout` and a theme's layout preset refreshed the files and reloaded Waybar in _apply_layout(), then main() fell through, rewrote includes.json, global.css and style.css and reloaded again ~20 ms later. - The files were written in place, so the second round of writes emptied them while Waybar was still reading them after the first reload ("Error parsing JSON: Line 1, Column 1", exit 1). - A Waybar started a moment earlier is killed by SIGUSR2 before it installs its handler (status=12/USR2); --kill-who=main can't help since Waybar is the main process. - A few failures in a row hit the start limit and leave no bar. With systemd, restart_waybar() now runs `reset-failed` + `restart` on the unit and falls back to run_waybar() if the unit is gone. Files Waybar reads are written to a temp file and renamed into place, and main() skips its refresh and restart when _apply_layout() has already done both. The non-systemd path keeps the SIGUSR2 reload. Refs HyDE-Project#2184
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Check name Status Explanation Description Check Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled. Title check The title clearly describes the primary change: Waybar now restarts instead of hot-reloading in the systemd path. It is concise and specific. Linked Issues check The PR meets the coding requirements in directly linked issue [ #2184]. With systemd,restart_waybar()resets failed state, restarts the unit, and falls back torun_waybar()when restart fails. Liv…Out of Scope Changes check The changes stay within [ #2184]. Restart handling, atomic Waybar file updates, duplicate-refresh suppression, and the changelog entry support reliable layout, theme, and wallpaper updates. No unrelate…
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- Line 534: Update the `os.chmod` call for `tmp_path` so newly copied Waybar
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_atomic_write() set a new file to 0644 regardless of the umask, so with a restrictive umask a copied layout became world-readable. open(..., "w") and shutil.copyfile(), which it replaces, create files as 0666 minus the umask; do the same.
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- Around line 1561-1566: Update the early-return condition in the layout refresh
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With a theme preset, --update applied the layout (refresh + restart) and then regenerated the includes and CSS again, after the restart. The early return that stops the second restart also skipped update_style(), which creates the user-style.css that style.css imports. Skip --update's second refresh once a preset was applied, and create user-style.css in _apply_layout() too.
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Follow-up to #2189 for #2184. #2189 limited the SIGUSR2 hot-reload to Waybar's main process, which stops the other processes in the bar's unit from being killed. But fast layout switching still breaks the bar on current dev. On dev @ e3e4506 (includes #2189), switching
hyprdots/01↔macostwice withhyde-shell waybar --set, 0.5 s apart, failed in 4 of 4 runs:The causes that remain after #2189:
--set,--next,--prev,--select-layoutand a theme's layout preset refresh the files and reload Waybar in_apply_layout(). Thenmain()falls through to the default path, which rewritesincludes.json,global.cssandstyle.cssand reloads again about 20 ms later. The journal shows twoSent signal SIGUSR2per switch.Line 1, Column 1above.status=12/USR2).--kill-who=maincan't help, because Waybar is the main process.Changes (all in
Configs/.local/lib/hyde/waybar.py):restart_waybar(): with systemd, runssystemctl --user reset-failedand thensystemctl --user restarton the unit, and falls back torun_waybar()if the restart fails (the transient unit may have been collected, see [Bug]: waybar start-limit-hit on clean deez install - defaults.css imports ~/.config/waybar/includes/, which is never deployed #2160). systemd serializes overlapping restarts, andreset-failedkeeps fast switching from hitting the start limit. Without systemd, the SIGUSR2 reload is unchanged._atomic_write()/_atomic_copy(): write to a temp file in the same directory, thenos.replace()it into place. They keep the old file's mode and write through a symlinked config (dotfiles managers). All live writes Waybar reads now go through them:config.jsonc,style.css,includes.json,global.css,border-radius.cssand the initialuser-style.css. The layout backup copy andstatercare unchanged.main()skips its default refresh and restart when_apply_layout()already did both. With--style, it still runs, so--set X --style Ybehaves as before._signal_waybar()from #2189 is kept;--hide(SIGUSR1) still uses it.Fixes #2184
Depends on / related:
test_waybar_restart.sh, which covers the restart path, the atomic writes and the single restart per--set. It fails on current dev and passes with this PR.restart_waybar()sends SIGUSR2 under systemd. That case will fail with this PR by design. If fix: Fix activation of sunset on startup #36 is merged first, its case 5 needs the same update as in tests#39. I can send that change.Type of change
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sh tests/run.sh: 59 cases, 1 failed,test_binds. It fails the same way on dev @ e3e4506 without this PR:key_binds.lua:54: attempt to call a nil value (field 'exec'), from fix(keybinds): resolve app launcher binds at keypress, not bind time #2192.)Testing
Same scenarios on dev @ e3e4506 and on this branch. After each run I checked
systemctl --user is-active,NRestarts, the waybar layer on each monitor inhyprctl layers, the journal andcoredumpctl.status=12/USR2, onestart-limit-hitwith no bar)--set(two at once)--set,--next,--prev, no args,--update--sethyprctl layers)start-limit-hitOn the "hiding bug" the hot-reload was added for (#1755): I checked
hyprctl layersafter every switch, on two monitors, and never saw an active but invisible bar.Clean install (HydeVM, dev @ e3e4506, one virtual monitor):
--setFatal glibc error: pthread_mutex_lock.c:426 ... assertion failed,status=6/ABRT, coredump, restarted by systemdsystemd-inhibitsurvives the restart (own scope)theme.switch.sh -n)wallpaper.sh -n)Machine: CachyOS, Hyprland 0.56.2, Waybar 0.15.0, amdgpu, two 1920x1080 monitors.
Additional context
The non-systemd path still hot-reloads with SIGUSR2, to keep this PR focused. It has the same race but no cgroup, and I can't test it here.
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