Update to use time.AfterFunc, add more tests

clientapi/routing/register.go

@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ type sessionsDict struct {
 	timer    map[string]*time.Timer
 }
 
-// defaultTimeout is the timeout used to
-const defaultTimeOut = time.Minute * 10
+// defaultTimeout is the timeout used to clean up sessions
+const defaultTimeOut = time.Minute * 5
 
 // getCompletedStages returns the completed stages for a session.
 func (d *sessionsDict) getCompletedStages(sessionID string) []authtypes.LoginType {
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ func (d *sessionsDict) getCompletedStages(sessionID string) []authtypes.LoginTyp
 
 // addParams adds a registerRequest to a sessionID and starts a timer to delete that registerRequest
 func (d *sessionsDict) addParams(sessionID string, r registerRequest) {
-	d.Lock()
-	d.Unlock()
 	d.startTimer(defaultTimeOut, sessionID)
+	d.Lock()
+	defer d.Unlock()
 	d.params[sessionID] = r
 }
 
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func (d *sessionsDict) deleteSession(sessionID string) {
 	delete(d.sessions, sessionID)
 	// stop the timer, e.g. because the registration was completed
 	if t, ok := d.timer[sessionID]; ok {
+		// trying to drain the channel results in a deadlock?
 		t.Stop()
 		delete(d.timer, sessionID)
 	}
@@ -131,20 +132,19 @@ func newSessionsDict() *sessionsDict {
 }
 
 func (d *sessionsDict) startTimer(duration time.Duration, sessionID string) {
-	d.RLock()
-	defer d.RUnlock()
-	if _, ok := d.timer[sessionID]; !ok {
-		go func() {
-			timer := time.NewTimer(duration)
 	d.Lock()
-			d.timer[sessionID] = timer
-			d.Unlock()
-			select {
-			case <-timer.C:
+	defer d.Unlock()
+	t, ok := d.timer[sessionID]
+	if ok {
+		if !t.Stop() {
+			<-t.C
+		}
+		t.Reset(duration)
+		return
+	}
+	d.timer[sessionID] = time.AfterFunc(duration, func() {
 		d.deleteSession(sessionID)
-			}
-		}()
-	}
+	})
 }
 
 // addCompletedSessionStage records that a session has completed an auth stage

clientapi/routing/register_test.go

@@ -214,19 +214,19 @@ func TestSessionCleanUp(t *testing.T) {
 	s := newSessionsDict()
 
 	t.Run("session is cleaned up after a while", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
 		dummySession := "helloWorld"
-		s.Lock()
 		// manually added, as s.addParams() would start the timer with the default timeout
 		s.params[dummySession] = registerRequest{Username: "Testing"}
-		s.Unlock()
 		s.startTimer(time.Millisecond, dummySession)
-		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 10)
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 2)
 		if data, ok := s.getParams(dummySession); ok {
 			t.Errorf("expected session to be deleted: %+v", data)
 		}
 	})
 
 	t.Run("session is deleted, once the registration completed", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
 		dummySession := "helloWorld2"
 		s.startTimer(time.Minute, dummySession)
 		s.deleteSession(dummySession)
@@ -235,4 +235,19 @@ func TestSessionCleanUp(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("session timer is restarted after second call", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		dummySession := "helloWorld3"
+		// the following will start a timer with the default timeout of 5min
+		s.addParams(dummySession, registerRequest{Username: "Testing"})
+		s.addCompletedSessionStage(dummySession, authtypes.LoginTypeRecaptcha)
+		s.addCompletedSessionStage(dummySession, authtypes.LoginTypeDummy)
+		s.getCompletedStages(dummySession)
+		// reset the timer with a lower timeout
+		s.startTimer(time.Millisecond, dummySession)
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 2)
+		if data, ok := s.getParams(dummySession); ok {
+			t.Errorf("expected session to be deleted: %+v", data)
+		}
+	})
 }