implement buffering of messages on last dropped connection

- buffer is per-kernel
- session_key is stored because only a single session can resume the buffer and we can't be sure
- on any new connection to a kernel, buffer is flushed.
  If session_key matches, it is replayed.
  Otherwise, it is discarded.
- buffer is an unbounded list for now

notebook/services/kernels/handlers.py

@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ def initialize(self):
         self._kernel_info_future = Future()
         self._close_future = Future()
         self.session_key = ''
-
-        # TODO: the buffer should likely be a memory bounded queue, we're starting with a list to keep it simple
-        # TODO: Min suggested this should exist on the `Kernel` as well, not in this ZMQChannelsHandler
-        self.message_buffer = []
 
         # Rate limiting code
         self._iopub_window_msg_count = 0
@@ -259,12 +255,15 @@ def _register_session(self):
             self.log.warning("Replacing stale connection: %s", self.session_key)
             yield stale_handler.close()
         self._open_sessions[self.session_key] = self
-    
+
     def open(self, kernel_id):
         super(ZMQChannelsHandler, self).open()
         self.kernel_manager.notify_connect(kernel_id)
+
+        # on new connections, flush the message buffer
+        replay_buffer = self.kernel_manager.stop_buffering(kernel_id, self.session_key)
+
         try:
-            # TODO: if this is a reconnection, we'll replay messages
             self.create_stream()
         except web.HTTPError as e:
             self.log.error("Error opening stream: %s", e)
@@ -274,9 +273,16 @@ def open(self, kernel_id):
                 if not stream.closed():
                     stream.close()
             self.close()
-        else:
-            for channel, stream in self.channels.items():
-                stream.on_recv_stream(self._on_zmq_reply)
+            return
+
+        if replay_buffer:
+            self.log.info("Replaying %s buffered messages", len(replay_buffer))
+            for channel, msg_list in msg_buffer:
+                stream = self.channels[channel]
+                self._on_zmq_reply(stream, msg_list)
+
+        for channel, stream in self.channels.items():
+            stream.on_recv_stream(self._on_zmq_reply)
 
     def on_message(self, msg):
         if not self.channels:
@@ -296,7 +302,7 @@ def on_message(self, msg):
             return
         stream = self.channels[channel]
         self.session.send(stream, msg)
-        
+
     def _on_zmq_reply(self, stream, msg_list):
         idents, fed_msg_list = self.session.feed_identities(msg_list)
         msg = self.session.deserialize(fed_msg_list)
@@ -309,7 +315,6 @@ def write_stderr(error_message):
             )
             msg['channel'] = 'iopub'
             self.write_message(json.dumps(msg, default=date_default))
-
         channel = getattr(stream, 'channel', None)
         msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
 
@@ -412,12 +417,11 @@ def close(self):
         return self._close_future
 
     def on_close(self):
-        # TODO: Start buffering messages
-
         self.log.debug("Websocket closed %s", self.session_key)
         # unregister myself as an open session (only if it's really me)
         if self._open_sessions.get(self.session_key) is self:
             self._open_sessions.pop(self.session_key)
+
         km = self.kernel_manager
         if self.kernel_id in km:
             km.notify_disconnect(self.kernel_id)
@@ -427,6 +431,13 @@ def on_close(self):
             km.remove_restart_callback(
                 self.kernel_id, self.on_restart_failed, 'dead',
             )
+
+            # start buffering instead of closing if this was the last connection
+            if km._kernel_connections[self.kernel_id] == 0:
+                km.start_buffering(self.kernel_id, self.session_key, self.channels)
+                self._close_future.set_result(None)
+                return
+
         # This method can be called twice, once by self.kernel_died and once
         # from the WebSocket close event. If the WebSocket connection is
         # closed before the ZMQ streams are setup, they could be None.

notebook/services/kernels/kernelmanager.py

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
+from collections import defaultdict
+from functools import partial
 import os
 
 from tornado import gen, web
@@ -15,13 +17,13 @@
 
 from jupyter_client.session import Session
 from jupyter_client.multikernelmanager import MultiKernelManager
-from traitlets import Bool, Dict, List, Unicode, TraitError, Integer, default, validate
+from traitlets import Any, Bool, Dict, List, Unicode, TraitError, Integer, default, validate
 
 from notebook.utils import to_os_path, exists
 from notebook._tz import utcnow, isoformat
 from ipython_genutils.py3compat import getcwd
 
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import timedelta
 
 
 class MappingKernelManager(MultiKernelManager):
@@ -80,6 +82,11 @@ def _update_root_dir(self, proposal):
         help="""Whether to consider culling kernels which are busy.
         Only effective if cull_idle_timeout is not 0."""
     )
+
+    _kernel_buffers = Any()
+    @default('_kernel_buffers')
+    def _default_kernel_buffers(self):
+        return defaultdict(lambda: {'buffer': [], 'session_key': '', 'channels': {}})
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Methods for managing kernels and sessions
@@ -142,10 +149,82 @@ def start_kernel(self, kernel_id=None, path=None, **kwargs):
         # py2-compat
         raise gen.Return(kernel_id)
 
+    def start_buffering(self, kernel_id, session_key, channels):
+        """Start buffering messages for a kernel
+        
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        kernel_id : str
+            The id of the kernel to stop buffering.
+        session_key: str
+            The session_key, if any, that should get the buffer.
+            If the session_key matches the current buffered session_key,
+            the buffer will be returned.
+        channels: dict({'channel': ZMQStream})
+            The zmq channels whose messages should be buffered.
+        """
+        self.log.info("Starting buffering for %s", session_key)
+        self._check_kernel_id(kernel_id)
+        # clear previous buffering state
+        self.stop_buffering(kernel_id)
+        buffer_info = self._kernel_buffers[kernel_id]
+        # record the session key because only one session can buffer
+        buffer_info['session_key'] = session_key
+        # TODO: the buffer should likely be a memory bounded queue, we're starting with a list to keep it simple
+        buffer_info['buffer'] = []
+        buffer_info['channels'] = channels
+
+        # forward any future messages to the internal buffer
+        def buffer_msg(channel, msg_parts):
+            self.log.debug("Buffering msg on %s:%s", kernel_id, channel)
+            buffer_info['buffer'].append((channel, msg_parts))
+
+        for channel, stream in channels.items():
+            stream.on_recv(partial(buffer_msg, channel))
+
+    def stop_buffering(self, kernel_id, session_key=None):
+        """Stop buffering kernel messages
+
+        if session_key matches the current buffered session for the kernel,
+        the buffer will be returned. Otherwise, an empty list will be returned.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        kernel_id : str
+            The id of the kernel to stop buffering.
+        session_key: str, optional
+            The session_key, if any, that should get the buffer.
+            If the session_key matches the current buffered session_key,
+            the buffer will be returned.
+        """
+        self.log.debug("Clearing buffer for %s", kernel_id)
+        self._check_kernel_id(kernel_id)
+
+        if kernel_id not in self._kernel_buffers:
+            return
+        buffer_info = self._kernel_buffers.pop(kernel_id)
+        # close buffering streams
+        for stream in buffer_info['channels'].values():
+            if not stream.closed():
+                stream.on_recv(None)
+                stream.socket.close()
+                stream.close()
+
+        msg_buffer = buffer_info['buffer']
+        if msg_buffer and buffer_info['session_key'] != session_key:
+            self.log.info("Discarding %s buffered messages for %s",
+                len(msg_buffer), buffer_info['session_key'])
+            msg_buffer = []
+
+        # return previous buffer if it matched the session key
+        return msg_buffer
+
     def shutdown_kernel(self, kernel_id, now=False):
         """Shutdown a kernel by kernel_id"""
         self._check_kernel_id(kernel_id)
-        self._kernels[kernel_id]._activity_stream.close()
+        kernel = self._kernels[kernel_id]
+        kernel._activity_stream.close()
+        self.stop_buffering(kernel_id)
         self._kernel_connections.pop(kernel_id, None)
         return super(MappingKernelManager, self).shutdown_kernel(kernel_id, now=now)
 
@@ -256,6 +335,7 @@ def record_activity(msg_list):
 
             idents, fed_msg_list = session.feed_identities(msg_list)
             msg = session.deserialize(fed_msg_list)
+
             msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
             self.log.debug("activity on %s: %s", kernel_id, msg_type)
             if msg_type == 'status':