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Fix AT response mix-ups triggered by incoming calls and command timeouts. Call indications such as NO CARRIER could prematurely terminate unrelated queries, allowing leftover or late replies to corrupt subsequent command results and device status.

  • Use a single reader and serialized transactions, retaining response ownership after timeout or cancellation until the modem returns a final result. Do not flush input or reopen a healthy session to discard late replies.
  • Separate call URCs and idle input from command responses, and correctly distinguish SMS prompts, payload echoes, and final results.
  • Keep cancellation and shutdown responsive during blocked serial/WWAN I/O, and propagate WWAN EOF so disconnected transports can recover.

Race condition: before and after

The race is between ending a request and receiving its modem response. Even sequential API calls can trigger it: A has returned, B has started, but A's reply is still in flight. A timeout or a call URC misclassified as a final can open this window; the example below uses a timeout.

Before: A's late response completes B

sequenceDiagram
    participant caller
    participant session
    participant modem

    caller->>session: Execute A: AT+CFUN?
    session->>modem: Send A
    session-->>caller: A times out
    session->>session: Release A before its reply arrives
    caller->>session: Execute B: AT+CPIN?
    session->>modem: RACE WINDOW: send B before A finishes
    modem-->>session: Late A reply: +CFUN: 1 and OK
    session-->>caller: BUG: return A's reply as B's result
    modem-->>session: Actual B reply: +CPIN: READY and OK
    session->>session: B's reply can now corrupt the next command
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Clearing buffered input cannot remove A's response while it is still in flight. Serializing API calls alone therefore does not prevent this mix-up.

After: retain A's ownership until its final arrives

sequenceDiagram
    participant caller
    participant session
    participant modem

    caller->>session: Execute A: AT+CFUN?
    session->>modem: Send A
    session-->>caller: A times out
    session->>session: Keep A as the pending response owner
    caller->>session: Execute B: AT+CPIN?
    session->>session: B waits, nothing is sent yet
    modem-->>session: Late A reply: +CFUN: 1 and OK
    session->>session: Consume A's final and buffered tail
    session->>modem: Only now send B
    modem-->>session: B reply: +CPIN: READY and OK
    session-->>caller: Return B's own result
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  • Bug Fixes
    • Modem sessions are retained when commands time out, are canceled, or otherwise end without a confirmed result, reducing the risk of losing a late response. Subsequent commands safely handle delayed replies, and existing command errors are preserved.
    • Serial and WWAN operations respond more reliably to transport closure, and pending input is preserved during WWAN drain operations.
    • Device snapshots retrieve IMEI through QMI for native QMI devices, avoiding stalled AT identity reads. Other device types continue to use AT commands for IMEI retrieval.

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Walkthrough

Linux modem transports and AT sessions coordinate I/O with closure and retain ownership of interrupted commands. Device command paths retain client sessions after interruption. Native QMI snapshots use DMS for IMEI and skip AT CGSN probes.

Changes

Modem transport and command sessions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Linux transport I/O and closure
internal/modem/serial_linux.go, internal/modem/wwan_at_linux.go, internal/modem/serial_linux_test.go, internal/modem/wwan_at_linux_test.go
Serial and WWAN transports check for closure during I/O and use bounded polling. Serial drain waits for the output queue to empty; WWAN drain preserves pending input. Tests cover close during pending I/O, read timeouts, EOF, and preserved input.
Session reader and transaction ownership
internal/modem/session.go, internal/modem/session_test.go
Sessions use a background reader and serialized command access. Canceled or timed-out callers can leave a pending transaction that retains ownership until its response is consumed. Tests cover cancellation, late replies, buffered input, recovery, and transport failures.
Response parsing and prompt commands
internal/modem/session.go, internal/modem/session_test.go
Response processing handles prompts, command and payload echoes, URCs, and call-specific results. Tests cover writes, response parsing, prompt commands, and payload echoes.

Device handling of interrupted commands

Layer / File(s) Summary
Retain clients after interrupted commands
internal/device/cell_lock.go, internal/device/cell_lock_test.go, internal/device/cellular_ims.go, internal/device/cellular_ims_test.go, internal/device/manager.go, internal/device/mbn.go, internal/device/sms.go, internal/device/sms_test.go
The affected command paths retain the client when commands are interrupted. The manager centralizes interruption checks, and tests verify client retention after selected errors.

Native QMI IMEI snapshots

Layer / File(s) Summary
Select the IMEI probe by candidate type
internal/device/snapshot.go, internal/device/snapshot_guard_test.go
Native QMI candidates use the DMS IMEI probe regardless of the selected backend and skip AT CGSN probes. Non-native candidates retain the AT fallback. Tests cover native and USB candidates, DMS failures, and missing SIM.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant Session
  participant Transport
  participant BackgroundReader
  Caller->>Session: Execute command
  Session->>Transport: Drain and write command
  Transport-->>BackgroundReader: Response bytes
  BackgroundReader-->>Session: Buffer response data
  Caller-->>Session: Cancel or reach deadline
  Session->>Session: Retain pending transaction
  Transport-->>BackgroundReader: Late response bytes
  BackgroundReader-->>Session: Buffer late response
  Session->>Session: Consume pending response
  Session-->>Caller: Permit next command
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d6d0d

The modem session now recovers from stuck replies, blocked writes and abandoned SMS prompts by marking the session unusable so it can be reopened. One open question remains outside this change: native QMI snapshots probe IMEI through DMS, which could add refresh latency or contend with another QMI user. This should get owner awareness but does not block the merge.

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🟡 Minor · Use a shorter timeout for the native DMS probe on the AT backend. · snapshot.go:53-62

internal/device/snapshot.go:53-62
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use a shorter timeout for the native DMS probe on the AT backend.

readSnapshot performs the synchronous QMI open and DMS read before AT+CPIN?, even when backend is at. Refresh holds state.opMu during this call, so a slow probe can delay AT operations until the effective commandTimeout*5 deadline. Keep the DMS lookup, but give it a dedicated short refresh timeout and preserve the existing previous-snapshot fallback.

The qmiport lease serializes other qmiRadioSession users on the same control path. It does not establish coordination with QMI data sessions, because openQMIDataSession does not acquire that lease.

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Review comment at @internal/device/snapshot.go around lines 53 - 62:
In readSnapshot, give the native QMI DMS probe a dedicated short refresh timeout
instead of commandTimeout*5, so it cannot unduly delay AT operations. Keep the
DMS lookup and preserve the existing previous-snapshot fallback when the probe
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Review comments at @internal/modem/session.go:
- Around line 190-203: Bound stale-response draining in executeLocked with a
shared read helper used by Execute, ExecutePrompt, and WaitURC. Track when stale
input first appears and cap reads at that time plus a fixed multiple of
CommandTimeout; if pending data or buffered input remains at the deadline,
poison the session and return ErrSessionClosed. Reset the stale time once the
session is clean.

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Review comments at @internal/device/snapshot.go:
- Around line 53-62: In readSnapshot, give the native QMI DMS probe a dedicated
short refresh timeout instead of commandTimeout*5, so it cannot unduly delay AT
operations. Keep the DMS lookup and preserve the existing previous-snapshot
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  • internal/device/mbn.go
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Comment thread internal/modem/session.go
Comment on lines +190 to 203
// Never assign an old reply (including idle input and partial trailing
// lines) to a new command. Flushing cannot isolate bytes still in flight.
for {
session.receivePendingLocked()
if session.pending == nil {
session.readBuf = bytes.TrimLeft(session.readBuf, "\r\n\x00 \t")
if len(session.readBuf) == 0 && session.readErr == nil {
break
}
}
if err := session.readNextLocked(ctx, nil, nil); err != nil {
return response, commandContextError(err)
}
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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rg -n -F -- 'func (session *Session)' internal/modem/session.go || true
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Bound stale-response ownership.

executeLocked keeps session.pending after readNextLocked returns a context error. The next operation must drain that transaction before it can send a command. The drain loop also remains active when readBuf contains an unterminated byte.

readNextLocked returns context errors without poisoning the session. WaitURC uses the same unbounded read path. The device manager reuses clients that are not poisoned, so repeated operations can return ErrCommandTimeout while the client remains cached.

Track the first stale time. Use a derived read context with a deadline at staleSince + staleLimit, where staleLimit is a fixed multiple of CommandTimeout. If that deadline expires before the pending transaction and buffered input are cleared, poison the session and return ErrSessionClosed. Use the same bounded read helper for Execute, ExecutePrompt, and WaitURC. Reset the stale time after the session is clean.

♻️ Suggested bounded stale-drain fix
 	for {
 		session.receivePendingLocked()
 		if session.pending == nil {
 			session.readBuf = bytes.TrimLeft(session.readBuf, "\r\n\x00 \t")
 			if len(session.readBuf) == 0 && session.readErr == nil {
+				session.staleSince = time.Time{}
 				break
 			}
 		}
+		if session.staleSince.IsZero() {
+			session.staleSince = time.Now()
+		}
+		staleDeadline := session.staleSince.Add(staleLimit(session.options))
+		if !time.Now().Before(staleDeadline) {
+			session.poisoned.Store(true)
+			return response, fmt.Errorf("%w: stale response never completed", ErrSessionClosed)
+		}
+		readCtx, cancelRead := context.WithDeadline(ctx, staleDeadline)
+		err := session.readNextLocked(readCtx, nil, nil)
+		cancelRead()
+		if err != nil {
+			if !time.Now().Before(staleDeadline) {
+				session.poisoned.Store(true)
+				return response, fmt.Errorf("%w: stale response never completed", ErrSessionClosed)
+			}
+			return response, commandContextError(err)
+		}
-		if err := session.readNextLocked(ctx, nil, nil); err != nil {
-			return response, commandContextError(err)
-		}
 	}

Add staleSince time.Time to Session, and use the same deadline logic in WaitURC.

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Review comment at @internal/modem/session.go around lines 190 - 203:
Bound stale-response draining in executeLocked with a shared read helper used by
Execute, ExecutePrompt, and WaitURC. Track when stale input first appears and
cap reads at that time plus a fixed multiple of CommandTimeout; if pending data
or buffered input remains at the deadline, poison the session and return
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Review comments at @internal/modem/session.go:
- Around line 306-318: Update Session I/O tracking so blocked transport
operations have a bounded deadline and expiration marks the session poisoned. In
runIOLocked, record an I/O deadline based on CommandTimeout while honoring a
later recoveryDeadline; in waitIOLocked, wait until that deadline and, if I/O is
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Comment on lines +306 to 318
func (session *Session) waitIOLocked(ctx context.Context) error {
if session.ioDone == nil {
return nil
}
select {
case err := <-session.ioDone:
session.ioDone = nil
return err
case <-ctx.Done():
return commandContextError(ctx.Err())
case <-session.lifetime.Done():
return ErrSessionClosed
}

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Bound blocked I/O and poison the session when it expires.

runIOLocked leaves session.ioDone set when its context expires. Serial Write and Drain, and WWAN Write, can continue retrying while the device remains unable to accept data. Later operations wait in waitIOLocked, return their own command timeout, and leave Poisoned() false. The device manager therefore does not discard the client.

The serial drain uses TIOCOUTQ polling; it does not call tcdrain.

Suggested fix
 	ioDone    chan error
+	ioDeadline time.Time
 	closeOnce sync.Once
 	closeErr  error
@@
 func (session *Session) runIOLocked(ctx context.Context, operation func() error) error {
 	done := make(chan error, 1)
 	session.ioDone = done
+	session.ioDeadline = time.Now().Add(5 * session.options.CommandTimeout)
+	if session.recoveryDeadline.After(session.ioDeadline) {
+		session.ioDeadline = session.recoveryDeadline
+	}
 	go func() {
 		err := operation()
 		if err != nil {
@@
 func (session *Session) waitIOLocked(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if session.ioDone == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
+	timer := time.NewTimer(time.Until(session.ioDeadline))
+	defer timer.Stop()
 	select {
 	case err := <-session.ioDone:
 		session.ioDone = nil
 		return err
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		return commandContextError(ctx.Err())
+	case <-timer.C:
+		session.poisoned.Store(true)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: transport I/O never completed", ErrSessionClosed)
 	case <-session.lifetime.Done():
 		return ErrSessionClosed
 	}
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Review comment at @internal/modem/session.go around lines 306 - 318:
Update Session I/O tracking so blocked transport operations have a bounded
deadline and expiration marks the session poisoned. In runIOLocked, record an
I/O deadline based on CommandTimeout while honoring a later recoveryDeadline; in
waitIOLocked, wait until that deadline and, if I/O is still pending, poison the
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- Around line 397-400: Update sendPayloadLocked to extend
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Comment thread internal/modem/session.go
Comment on lines +397 to +400
func (session *Session) sendPayloadLocked(ctx context.Context, active bool, payload []byte) error {
return session.runIOLocked(ctx, func() error {
terminator := byte(0x1b) // ESC aborts a prompt whose caller has left.
if active && ctx.Err() == nil {

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Give the late ESC its own recovery window.

An ESC for an abandoned prompt is sent only when a later operation processes the buffered >. If that operation starts after session.recoveryDeadline, the next readNextLocked call fails immediately:

  • The ESC reply has not arrived yet.
  • pending is still set and response is nil.
  • The timer is created with a negative duration and fires at once.
  • Line 345 then marks the session poisoned and returns ErrSessionClosed.

Trigger: an ExecutePrompt caller times out before > arrives. The > then arrives during an idle period longer than the prompt recovery window (about 125 s plus 5*CommandTimeout). The next Execute or WaitURC sends ESC, then closes a healthy session. The device manager has to reopen the port, and that command fails.

When ESC is sent for an abandoned prompt, move recoveryDeadline forward so the modem's final reply can arrive.

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--- "a/internal/modem/session.go"
+++ "b/internal/modem/session.go"
@@ -394,8 +394,12 @@
 	}
 }
 
 func (session *Session) sendPayloadLocked(ctx context.Context, active bool, payload []byte) error {
+	if !active || ctx.Err() != nil {
+		// The caller has left; give the modem time to answer the late ESC.
+		session.recoveryDeadline = time.Now().Add(5 * session.options.CommandTimeout)
+	}
 	return session.runIOLocked(ctx, func() error {
 		terminator := byte(0x1b) // ESC aborts a prompt whose caller has left.
 		if active && ctx.Err() == nil {
 			if session.pending.commandEcho {
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func (session *Session) sendPayloadLocked(ctx context.Context, active bool, payload []byte) error {
return session.runIOLocked(ctx, func() error {
terminator := byte(0x1b) // ESC aborts a prompt whose caller has left.
if active && ctx.Err() == nil {
func (session *Session) sendPayloadLocked(ctx context.Context, active bool, payload []byte) error {
if !active || ctx.Err() != nil {
// The caller has left; give the modem time to answer the late ESC.
session.recoveryDeadline = time.Now().Add(5 * session.options.CommandTimeout)
}
return session.runIOLocked(ctx, func() error {
terminator := byte(0x1b) // ESC aborts a prompt whose caller has left.
if active && ctx.Err() == nil {
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Review comment at @internal/modem/session.go around lines 397 - 400:
Update sendPayloadLocked to extend session.recoveryDeadline when sending ESC for
an abandoned prompt (when active is false or ctx.Err() is non-nil), giving the
modem a fresh recovery window for its final reply. Preserve the existing
deadline behavior for active callers.

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