[breaking] Eliminate BoardListWatchRequest Interrupt from the grpc api and make it server streaming only

client_example/main.go

@@ -657,16 +657,13 @@ func callBoardList(client rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceClient, instance *rpc.Instance)
 }
 
 func callBoardListWatch(client rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceClient, instance *rpc.Instance) {
-	watchClient, err := client.BoardListWatch(context.Background())
+	req := &rpc.BoardListWatchRequest{Instance: instance}
+	watchClient, err := client.BoardListWatch(context.Background(), req)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Board list watch error: %s\n", err)
 	}
 
 	// Start the watcher
-	watchClient.Send(&rpc.BoardListWatchRequest{
-		Instance: instance,
-	})
-
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			res, err := watchClient.Recv()
@@ -693,9 +690,6 @@ func callBoardListWatch(client rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceClient, instance *rpc.Insta
 	// Watch for 10 seconds and then interrupts
 	timer := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(10 * time.Second))
 	<-timer.C
-	watchClient.Send(&rpc.BoardListWatchRequest{
-		Interrupt: true,
-	})
 }
 
 func callPlatformUnInstall(client rpc.ArduinoCoreServiceClient, instance *rpc.Instance) {

commands/board/list.go

@@ -257,23 +257,22 @@ func hasMatchingBoard(b *rpc.DetectedPort, fqbnFilter *cores.FQBN) bool {
 }
 
 // Watch returns a channel that receives boards connection and disconnection events.
-// It also returns a callback function that must be used to stop and dispose the watch.
-func Watch(req *rpc.BoardListWatchRequest) (<-chan *rpc.BoardListWatchResponse, func(), error) {
+func Watch(ctx context.Context, req *rpc.BoardListWatchRequest) (<-chan *rpc.BoardListWatchResponse, error) {
 	pme, release := commands.GetPackageManagerExplorer(req)
 	if pme == nil {
-		return nil, nil, &arduino.InvalidInstanceError{}
+		return nil, &arduino.InvalidInstanceError{}
 	}
 	defer release()
 	dm := pme.DiscoveryManager()
 
 	watcher, err := dm.Watch()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	go func() {
 		<-ctx.Done()
+		logrus.Trace("closed watch")
 		watcher.Close()
 	}()
 
@@ -301,5 +300,5 @@ func Watch(req *rpc.BoardListWatchRequest) (<-chan *rpc.BoardListWatchResponse,
 		}
 	}()
 
-	return outChan, cancel, nil
+	return outChan, nil
 }

commands/daemon/daemon.go

@@ -86,52 +86,22 @@ func (s *ArduinoCoreServerImpl) BoardSearch(ctx context.Context, req *rpc.BoardS
 }
 
 // BoardListWatch FIXMEDOC
-func (s *ArduinoCoreServerImpl) BoardListWatch(stream rpc.ArduinoCoreService_BoardListWatchServer) error {
+func (s *ArduinoCoreServerImpl) BoardListWatch(req *rpc.BoardListWatchRequest, stream rpc.ArduinoCoreService_BoardListWatchServer) error {
 	syncSend := NewSynchronizedSend(stream.Send)
-	msg, err := stream.Recv()
-	if err == io.EOF {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if msg.Instance == nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf(tr("no instance specified"))
+	if req.Instance == nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf(tr("no instance specified"))
 		syncSend.Send(&rpc.BoardListWatchResponse{
 			EventType: "error",
 			Error:     err.Error(),
 		})
 		return err
 	}
 
-	eventsChan, closeWatcher, err := board.Watch(msg)
+	eventsChan, err := board.Watch(stream.Context(), req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return convertErrorToRPCStatus(err)
 	}
 
-	go func() {
-		defer closeWatcher()
-		for {
-			msg, err := stream.Recv()
-			// Handle client closing the stream and eventual errors
-			if err == io.EOF {
-				logrus.Info("boards watcher stream closed")
-				return
-			}
-			if err != nil {
-				logrus.Infof("interrupting boards watcher: %v", err)
-				return
-			}
-
-			// Message received, does the client want to interrupt?
-			if msg != nil && msg.Interrupt {
-				logrus.Info("boards watcher interrupted by client")
-				return
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-
 	for event := range eventsChan {
 		if err := syncSend.Send(event); err != nil {
 			logrus.Infof("sending board watch message: %v", err)

docs/UPGRADING.md

@@ -2,6 +2,37 @@
 
 Here you can find a list of migration guides to handle breaking changes between releases of the CLI.
 
+## 0.35.0
+
+### The gRPC `cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1.BoardListWatchRequest` command request has been changed.
+
+The gRPC message `BoardListWatchRequest` has been changed from:
+
+```
+message BoardListWatchRequest {
+  // Arduino Core Service instance from the `Init` response.
+  Instance instance = 1;
+  // Set this to true to stop the discovery process
+  bool interrupt = 2;
+}
+```
+
+to
+
+```
+message BoardListWatchRequest {
+  // Arduino Core Service instance from the `Init` response.
+  Instance instance = 1;
+}
+```
+
+### The gRPC `cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1.BoardListWatch` service is now server stream only.
+
+```
+  rpc BoardListWatch(BoardListWatchRequest)
+      returns (stream BoardListWatchResponse);
+```
+
 ## 0.34.0
 
 ### The gRPC `cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1.UploadRepsonse` command response has been changed.

internal/cli/board/list.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package board
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -84,11 +85,10 @@ func runListCommand(watch bool, timeout int64, fqbn string) {
 }
 
 func watchList(inst *rpc.Instance) {
-	eventsChan, closeCB, err := board.Watch(&rpc.BoardListWatchRequest{Instance: inst})
+	eventsChan, err := board.Watch(context.Background(), &rpc.BoardListWatchRequest{Instance: inst})
 	if err != nil {
 		feedback.Fatal(tr("Error detecting boards: %v", err), feedback.ErrNetwork)
 	}
-	defer closeCB()
 
 	// This is done to avoid printing the header each time a new event is received
 	if feedback.GetFormat() == feedback.Text {

internal/integrationtest/arduino-cli.go

@@ -362,16 +362,16 @@ func (inst *ArduinoCLIInstance) BoardList(timeout time.Duration) (*commands.Boar
 }
 
 // BoardListWatch calls the "BoardListWatch" gRPC method.
-func (inst *ArduinoCLIInstance) BoardListWatch() (commands.ArduinoCoreService_BoardListWatchClient, error) {
+func (inst *ArduinoCLIInstance) BoardListWatch(ctx context.Context) (commands.ArduinoCoreService_BoardListWatchClient, error) {
 	boardListWatchReq := &commands.BoardListWatchRequest{
 		Instance: inst.instance,
 	}
 	logCallf(">>> BoardListWatch(%v)\n", boardListWatchReq)
-	watcher, err := inst.cli.daemonClient.BoardListWatch(context.Background())
+	watcher, err := inst.cli.daemonClient.BoardListWatch(ctx, boardListWatchReq)
 	if err != nil {
 		return watcher, err
 	}
-	return watcher, watcher.Send(boardListWatchReq)
+	return watcher, nil
 }
 
 // PlatformInstall calls the "PlatformInstall" gRPC method.

internal/integrationtest/daemon/daemon_test.go

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/integrationtest"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1"
 	"github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -52,28 +54,34 @@ func TestArduinoCliDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	fmt.Printf("Got boardlist response with %d ports\n", len(boardListResp.GetPorts()))
 
+	// When the client closes the connection we expect that the streaming from the server closes.
 	testWatcher := func() {
 		// Run watcher
-		watcher, err := grpcInst.BoardListWatch()
-		require.NoError(t, err)
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+		watcher, err := grpcInst.BoardListWatch(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		watcherCanceldCh := make(chan struct{})
 		go func() {
-			defer cancel()
 			for {
 				msg, err := watcher.Recv()
 				if err == io.EOF {
 					fmt.Println("Watcher EOF")
 					return
 				}
-				require.Empty(t, msg.Error, "Board list watcher returned an error")
+				if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok && s.Code() == codes.Canceled {
+					fmt.Println("Watcher canceled")
+					watcherCanceldCh <- struct{}{}
+					return
+				}
 				require.NoError(t, err, "BoardListWatch grpc call returned an error")
-				fmt.Printf("WATCH> %v\n", msg)
+				require.Empty(t, msg.Error, "Board list watcher returned an error")
+				fmt.Printf("WATCH> %v %v\n", msg, err)
 			}
 		}()
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
-		require.NoError(t, watcher.CloseSend())
+		cancel()
 		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
+		case <-watcherCanceldCh:
 			// all right!
 		case <-time.After(time.Second):
 			require.Fail(t, "BoardListWatch didn't close")

rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1/board.proto

@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ message BoardListAllResponse {
 message BoardListWatchRequest {
   // Arduino Core Service instance from the `Init` response.
   Instance instance = 1;
-  // Set this to true to stop the discovery process
-  bool interrupt = 2;
 }
 
 message BoardListWatchResponse {