Fix handling of exceptions when osquery goes away #83
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This resolves an issue where the extension does not shut down if osquery goes away unexpectedly (without sending a shutdown signal via Thrift). The scenario could be reliably reproduced by running `osqueryi`, connecting an extension, and then sending a `SIGKILL` to `osqueryi`. The exception thrown in the `start_watcher` function would be of type `thrift.transport.TTransport.TTransportException`, and would cause the watcher thread to exit without exiting the rest of the program. This is a possible fix for issues that users have experienced with extensions reconnecting after the Watchdog kills osquery.
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I think we will need to update the version in https://github.com/osquery/osquery-python/blob/master/osquery/__init__.py#L7 too?
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I'd prefer to keep those version updates in a separate PR (#84). @sharvilshah does that work for you? |
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That works! |
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This resolves an issue where the extension does not shut down if osquery
goes away unexpectedly (without sending a shutdown signal via Thrift).
The scenario could be reliably reproduced by running
osqueryi,connecting an extension, and then sending a
SIGKILLtoosqueryi. Theexception thrown in the
start_watcherfunction would be of typethrift.transport.TTransport.TTransportException, and would cause thewatcher thread to exit without exiting the rest of the program.
This is a possible fix for issues that users have experienced with
extensions reconnecting after the Watchdog kills osquery.