Once in a while I get a :noproc error:
** (stop) exited in: GenServer.call({:via, Registry, {:trip_generation_server, "804194805327673"}}, :send_to_processing, 5000)
** (EXIT) no process: the process is not alive or there's no process currently associated with the given name, possibly because its application isn't started
(elixir 1.14.2) lib/gen_server.ex:1027: GenServer.call/3
(vehicle_processing 0.1.0) lib/vehicle_processing/processor.ex:1243: VehicleProcessing.Processor.run_trip_generation_server/3
(stdlib 4.2) gen_server.erl:1161: :gen_server.try_terminate/3
(stdlib 4.2) gen_server.erl:1351: :gen_server.terminate/10
(stdlib 4.2) proc_lib.erl:240: :proc_lib.init_p_do_apply/3
Last message: :check_end_of_processing
State: %VehicleProcessing.Processor.State{vehicle: nil, unique_identifier: "804194805327673", data_start_at: nil, data_stop_at: nil, last_active_at: ~U[2023-10-30 10:30:47.181818Z], parking_notification_sent: false, driver_id: %{ibutton: nil, log: nil, permission: nil}, gps_based_properties: %{distance: nil, speed: nil, time: nil}, sent_vehicle_start_trigger?: false, at_least_one_non_heartbeat_message?: true, messages: [], timer: #Reference<0.3285835207.3288072193.194993>, geofences: [], previous_trip_point: nil, gps_reference: nil, previous_state_of_charge: nil, notifications_sent: %{battery_level_low: nil, battery_range_low: nil, battery_state_of_charge_low: nil}, gps_send: 1}
I start the TripGenerationServer dynamically:
defp run_trip_generation_server(state, f, tries) do
if tries > 0 do
case Registry.lookup(:trip_generation_server, state.unique_identifier) do
[] ->
case TripGenerationServerSupervisor.start_child(state.unique_identifier) do
{:ok, _pid} ->
f.(state)
e ->
Logger.warning(
"Can not start TripGenerationServer #{state.unique_identifier}: #{inspect(e)}"
)
Process.sleep(200)
run_trip_generation_server(state, f, tries - 1)
end
[{_pid, _nil}] ->
f.(state)
end
else
Logger.error("Can not startTripGenerationServer #{state.unique_identifier}")
end
state
end
And I get the :noproc error when
[{_pid, _nil}] ->
f.(state)
defmodule VehicleProcessing.TripGenerationServerSupervisor do
@moduledoc false
use DynamicSupervisor
require Logger
alias VehicleProcessing.TripGenerationServer
def start_link(_) do
Logger.info("start #{__MODULE__}")
DynamicSupervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, [], name: __MODULE__)
end
def start_child(unique_identifier) do
child_spec = %{
id: TripGenerationServer,
start: {TripGenerationServer, :start, [unique_identifier]},
# the child process is restarted only if it terminates abnormally,
# i.e., with an exit reason other than :normal, :shutdown, or {:shutdown, term}
restart: :transient,
shutdown: :brutal_kill,
type: :worker,
modules: [TripGenerationServer]
}
DynamicSupervisor.start_child(__MODULE__, child_spec)
end
@impl true
def init([]) do
DynamicSupervisor.init(strategy: :one_for_one)
end
end
How is this possible?
It also happens sometimes in a test, and when I run the test again, the error does not appear; or it appears in another test, totally random.