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cleveragents-core/features/a2a_event_queue_concurrency.feature
HAL9000 3dc22f4630 fix(a2a/events): guard A2aEventQueue with threading.Lock to prevent concurrent iteration crash
Fix a critical concurrency bug in A2aEventQueue.publish() where the method
iterates over _subscriptions without holding a lock. This causes RuntimeError:
dictionary changed size during iteration when subscribe_local/unsubscribe are
called concurrently from other threads.

The fix introduces a threading.Lock to protect all state mutations and
dictionary access in the A2aEventQueue class, while carefully ensuring callbacks
are invoked outside the lock to prevent potential deadlocks.

Changes:
- src/cleveragents/a2a/events.py: Added _lock attribute, protected
  __init__, is_closed, publish, subscribe_local, unsubscribe, get_events,
  and close methods with threading.Lock snapshot pattern for callbacks.

- features/a2a_event_queue_concurrency.feature: BDD feature file with 6
  scenarios covering concurrent publish/subscribe/unsubscribe safety.

- features/steps/a2a_event_queue_concurrency_steps.py: Step definitions
  implementing multi-threaded concurrency test harness.

ISSUES CLOSED: #7604
2026-06-17 18:24:32 -04:00

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Feature: A2aEventQueue thread-safety (issue #7604)
As a CleverAgents developer
I want A2aEventQueue to be safe for concurrent use from multiple threads
So that publish/subscribe/unsubscribe operations never raise
RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Regression: concurrent publish + subscribe must not raise RuntimeError
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Scenario: Concurrent publish and subscribe_local do not raise RuntimeError
Given a2aconcur a fresh A2aEventQueue
When a2aconcur I run concurrent publish and subscribe_local from multiple threads
Then a2aconcur no RuntimeError should have been raised
And a2aconcur all published events should be in the queue
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Regression: concurrent publish + unsubscribe must not raise RuntimeError
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Scenario: Concurrent publish and unsubscribe do not raise RuntimeError
Given a2aconcur a fresh A2aEventQueue with subscribers
When a2aconcur I run concurrent publish and unsubscribe from multiple threads
Then a2aconcur no RuntimeError should have been raised
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Regression: concurrent subscribe + unsubscribe must not raise RuntimeError
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Scenario: Concurrent subscribe_local and unsubscribe do not raise RuntimeError
Given a2aconcur a fresh A2aEventQueue
When a2aconcur I run concurrent subscribe_local and unsubscribe from multiple threads
Then a2aconcur no RuntimeError should have been raised
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Lock is present on new instances
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Scenario: A2aEventQueue has a threading.Lock after construction
Given a2aconcur a fresh A2aEventQueue
Then a2aconcur the queue should have a threading Lock attribute
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# publish snapshots subscriptions so late-arriving unsubscribe is safe
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Scenario: Unsubscribing inside a callback does not affect the current publish iteration
Given a2aconcur a fresh A2aEventQueue
And a2aconcur a subscriber that unsubscribes itself during the callback
When a2aconcur I publish a valid A2aEvent
Then a2aconcur no RuntimeError should have been raised
And a2aconcur the event should be in the queue
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# get_events is thread-safe
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Scenario: Concurrent publish and get_events do not raise RuntimeError
Given a2aconcur a fresh A2aEventQueue
When a2aconcur I run concurrent publish and get_events from multiple threads
Then a2aconcur no RuntimeError should have been raised