fix: Agent RLock not picklable in multi-channel gateway#1755
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- Add Agent.clone_for_channel() method to safely clone agents without threading.RLock issues - Update WebSocketGateway._create_bot() to use clone_for_channel() instead of copy.deepcopy() - Add comprehensive tests for multi-channel scenarios - Resolves 'cannot pickle _thread.RLock object' error when creating 2nd+ gateway channels Co-authored-by: praisonai-triage-agent[bot] <praisonai-triage-agent[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughFixes multi-channel gateway RLock pickling failure (issue ChangesMulti-channel Agent cloning RLock fix
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Greptile SummaryThis PR fixes the multi-channel gateway crash (#1746) caused by
Confidence Score: 4/5The gateway crash fix works: clone_for_channel() constructs a fresh Agent instance and reliably avoids the RLock path. The deepcopy hook has a remaining gap with AsyncSafeState locks, and the clone silently drops most resolved agent settings, so cloned channel agents may behave differently from the original in non-trivial configurations. The core crash fix is solid and the one-line server.py change is correct. However, clone_for_channel() silently produces functionally incomplete clones for agents configured with memory, reflection, guardrails, or most tuning parameters. The deepcopy hook also leaves AsyncSafeState/DualLock RLocks unhandled, so copy.deepcopy(agent) remains broken on Python 3.12 and below despite the new test claiming otherwise. src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py — the clone_for_channel() method and the deepcopy hook both have incomplete coverage of agent state. Important Files Changed
Sequence DiagramsequenceDiagram
participant GW as WebSocketGateway
participant A as Agent (original)
participant CA as Agent (clone)
participant Bot as ChannelBot
GW->>A: _create_bot(channel_type, token, agent)
A->>CA: clone_for_channel() - new Agent with fresh locks
CA-->>GW: isolated clone returned
GW->>CA: apply_bot_smart_defaults(clone, config)
GW->>Bot: TelegramBot/DiscordBot/SlackBot(token, clone)
Bot-->>GW: bot instance
Note over GW,Bot: Each channel gets its own clone - original agent is never mutated
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In `@src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py`:
- Around line 1998-2040: The clone path is reading non-existent _..._config_obj
attributes and missing legacy fields, causing cloned agents to revert to
defaults; update the clone logic (the block that builds cloned_kwargs in
agent.py) to also check for and copy the actual persisted attribute names
(_tool_timeout, _cli_backend, _learn_config) and the deprecated legacy fields
(allow_code_execution, code_execution_mode, auto_save, rate_limiter,
allow_delegation, verification_hooks), emitting DeprecationWarning for each
deprecated field when found, and map them into the consolidated keys used in
cloned_kwargs (e.g., tool_timeout, cli_backend, learn, and the corresponding
config entries) so the cloned agent preserves runtime state and remains backward
compatible.
- Around line 1990-1996: The clone path is deepcopying self.tools and
self.handoffs into cloned_kwargs which can re-trigger RLock deepcopy failures
and duplicate handoff-generated tool functions; instead shallow-copy tools
(e.g., cloned_kwargs['tools'] = list(self.tools) if self.tools else []) and do
not deepcopy or pass handoffs into cloned_kwargs (omit cloned_kwargs['handoffs']
entirely) so nested Agent instances are not deep-copied and tools created by
handoffs are not duplicated; update the code that builds cloned_kwargs (the
block referencing cloned_kwargs, self.tools and self.handoffs) to use a shallow
list copy for tools and remove/skip adding handoffs to cloned_kwargs.
- Around line 2041-2042: The code currently reuses the same interrupt_controller
instance when building cloned_kwargs which shares mutable cancellation state
across channel clones; instead ensure each clone gets its own independent
controller by replacing the assignment in the clone path (the block referencing
interrupt_controller and cloned_kwargs) with creation of a fresh controller
instance (preferably by calling a clone/duplicate API on the controller: use
self.interrupt_controller.clone() if available, otherwise construct a new
instance via type(self.interrupt_controller)() or an appropriate factory), so
each cloned agent has its own interrupt_controller and cancellations do not
propagate across siblings.
In `@test_multi_channel_fix.py`:
- Around line 129-131: The assertions use invalid f-string prefixes with no
interpolations (e.g., the assertion comparing agent1.name and agent2.name and
the one comparing agent1._Agent__cache_lock and agent2._Agent__cache_lock);
remove the leading "f" from those message literals so they are plain strings (or
replace them with proper interpolations if you intended to include values),
updating the messages associated with the assertions in the block that
references agent1.name, agent2.name, agent1._Agent__cache_lock and
agent2._Agent__cache_lock.
- Around line 170-184: The test uses gateway._create_bot with
channel_type="test" which returns None, so the loop reports success falsely;
update the test in test_multi_channel_fix.py to either call _create_bot with a
real supported channel_type (e.g., one that actually constructs a Bot instance)
or mock/stub gateway._create_bot to return a valid bot object, and add an
assertion that the returned bot is not None and has expected attributes (e.g.,
type/name/token) before appending; reference the _create_bot call and the bots
list so the test validates actual bot creation instead of accepting None.
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| # Tools (deep copy the list but be careful with callable objects) | ||
| if hasattr(self, 'tools'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['tools'] = copy.deepcopy(self.tools) if self.tools else [] | ||
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| # Handoffs (deep copy) | ||
| if hasattr(self, 'handoffs'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['handoffs'] = copy.deepcopy(self.handoffs) if self.handoffs else [] |
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Avoid deepcopying processed tools and handoffs here.
handoffs can contain nested Agent instances, so copy.deepcopy(self.handoffs) can still hit the same RLock deepcopy failure this method is supposed to remove. Also, self.tools already contains handoff-generated tool functions, so passing both tools and handoffs into Agent(**cloned_kwargs) will duplicate those tools on the clone.
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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py` around lines 1990 -
1996, The clone path is deepcopying self.tools and self.handoffs into
cloned_kwargs which can re-trigger RLock deepcopy failures and duplicate
handoff-generated tool functions; instead shallow-copy tools (e.g.,
cloned_kwargs['tools'] = list(self.tools) if self.tools else []) and do not
deepcopy or pass handoffs into cloned_kwargs (omit cloned_kwargs['handoffs']
entirely) so nested Agent instances are not deep-copied and tools created by
handoffs are not duplicated; update the code that builds cloned_kwargs (the
block referencing cloned_kwargs, self.tools and self.handoffs) to use a shallow
list copy for tools and remove/skip adding handoffs to cloned_kwargs.
| # Feature configurations - these are typically config objects that can be deep-copied | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_memory_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['memory'] = copy.deepcopy(self._memory_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_knowledge_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['knowledge'] = copy.deepcopy(self._knowledge_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_planning_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['planning'] = copy.deepcopy(self._planning_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_reflection_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['reflection'] = copy.deepcopy(self._reflection_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_guardrail_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['guardrails'] = copy.deepcopy(self._guardrail_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_web_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['web'] = copy.deepcopy(self._web_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_context_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['context'] = copy.deepcopy(self._context_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_autonomy_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['autonomy'] = copy.deepcopy(self._autonomy_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_output_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['output'] = copy.deepcopy(self._output_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_execution_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['execution'] = copy.deepcopy(self._execution_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_caching_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['caching'] = copy.deepcopy(self._caching_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_hooks_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['hooks'] = copy.deepcopy(self._hooks_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_skills_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['skills'] = copy.deepcopy(self._skills_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_approval_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['approval'] = copy.deepcopy(self._approval_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_learn_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['learn'] = copy.deepcopy(self._learn_config_obj) | ||
| if hasattr(self, '_templates_config_obj'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['templates'] = copy.deepcopy(self._templates_config_obj) | ||
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| # Other simple attributes | ||
| if hasattr(self, 'parallel_tool_calls'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['parallel_tool_calls'] = self.parallel_tool_calls | ||
| if hasattr(self, 'tool_timeout'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['tool_timeout'] = self.tool_timeout | ||
| if hasattr(self, 'backend'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['backend'] = self.backend # External backend reference | ||
| if hasattr(self, 'cli_backend'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['cli_backend'] = self.cli_backend |
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This clone path is reading config from attributes that are not actually persisted.
In this file, most of the _..._config_obj fields referenced here are never assigned on self, so these branches silently do nothing. At the same time, several live values are stored under different names (_tool_timeout, _cli_backend, _learn_config, plus deprecated-state fields like auto_save, allow_code_execution, and code_execution_mode), which means the cloned agent can fall back to defaults instead of matching the source agent.
As per coding guidelines, "Ensure backward compatibility: deprecated parameters (allow_code_execution, code_execution_mode, auto_save, rate_limiter, allow_delegation, verification_hooks) must still work and emit DeprecationWarning while users migrate to consolidated Config objects".
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py` around lines 1998 -
2040, The clone path is reading non-existent _..._config_obj attributes and
missing legacy fields, causing cloned agents to revert to defaults; update the
clone logic (the block that builds cloned_kwargs in agent.py) to also check for
and copy the actual persisted attribute names (_tool_timeout, _cli_backend,
_learn_config) and the deprecated legacy fields (allow_code_execution,
code_execution_mode, auto_save, rate_limiter, allow_delegation,
verification_hooks), emitting DeprecationWarning for each deprecated field when
found, and map them into the consolidated keys used in cloned_kwargs (e.g.,
tool_timeout, cli_backend, learn, and the corresponding config entries) so the
cloned agent preserves runtime state and remains backward compatible.
| if hasattr(self, 'interrupt_controller'): | ||
| cloned_kwargs['interrupt_controller'] = self.interrupt_controller |
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Do not share the same interrupt controller across channel clones.
interrupt_controller is mutable coordination state. Reusing the same instance means canceling one channel can cancel sibling bots too, which breaks the isolation this multi-channel clone is meant to provide.
As per coding guidelines, "No shared mutable global state between agents; each agent must own its context, memory, and session; cross-agent communication must use explicit channels (EventBus, handoff)".
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py` around lines 2041 -
2042, The code currently reuses the same interrupt_controller instance when
building cloned_kwargs which shares mutable cancellation state across channel
clones; instead ensure each clone gets its own independent controller by
replacing the assignment in the clone path (the block referencing
interrupt_controller and cloned_kwargs) with creation of a fresh controller
instance (preferably by calling a clone/duplicate API on the controller: use
self.interrupt_controller.clone() if available, otherwise construct a new
instance via type(self.interrupt_controller)() or an appropriate factory), so
each cloned agent has its own interrupt_controller and cancellations do not
propagate across siblings.
| assert agent1.name == agent2.name, f"Agents should have same name" | ||
| # They should have different locks | ||
| assert agent1._Agent__cache_lock is not agent2._Agent__cache_lock, f"Should have different locks" |
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Remove invalid f-string prefixes in assertions.
These lines trigger Ruff F541 and can fail lint checks.
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- assert agent1.name == agent2.name, f"Agents should have same name"
+ assert agent1.name == agent2.name, "Agents should have same name"
# They should have different locks
- assert agent1._Agent__cache_lock is not agent2._Agent__cache_lock, f"Should have different locks"
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| assert agent1.name == agent2.name, f"Agents should have same name" | |
| # They should have different locks | |
| assert agent1._Agent__cache_lock is not agent2._Agent__cache_lock, f"Should have different locks" | |
| assert agent1.name == agent2.name, "Agents should have same name" | |
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| assert agent1._Agent__cache_lock is not agent2._Agent__cache_lock, "Should have different locks" |
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In `@test_multi_channel_fix.py` around lines 129 - 131, The assertions use invalid
f-string prefixes with no interpolations (e.g., the assertion comparing
agent1.name and agent2.name and the one comparing agent1._Agent__cache_lock and
agent2._Agent__cache_lock); remove the leading "f" from those message literals
so they are plain strings (or replace them with proper interpolations if you
intended to include values), updating the messages associated with the
assertions in the block that references agent1.name, agent2.name,
agent1._Agent__cache_lock and agent2._Agent__cache_lock.
| bot = gateway._create_bot( | ||
| channel_type="test", | ||
| token=f"test_token_{i}", | ||
| agent=test_agent, | ||
| config=config, | ||
| ch_cfg=ch_cfg | ||
| ) | ||
| bots.append(bot) | ||
| print(f"✓ Successfully created bot {i+1}") | ||
| except Exception as e: | ||
| print(f"✗ Failed to create bot {i+1}: {e}") | ||
| return False | ||
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| print("✓ Gateway _create_bot test passed") | ||
| return True |
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Gateway bot test currently passes without creating any real bot.
With channel_type="test", _create_bot() returns None for each iteration, so this can report success without validating creation behavior.
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- print(f"✓ Successfully created bot {i+1}")
+ assert bot is None, "Unknown channel_type='test' should return None"
+ print(f"✓ clone_for_channel path executed for bot attempt {i+1}")📝 Committable suggestion
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| bot = gateway._create_bot( | |
| channel_type="test", | |
| token=f"test_token_{i}", | |
| agent=test_agent, | |
| config=config, | |
| ch_cfg=ch_cfg | |
| ) | |
| bots.append(bot) | |
| print(f"✓ Successfully created bot {i+1}") | |
| except Exception as e: | |
| print(f"✗ Failed to create bot {i+1}: {e}") | |
| return False | |
| print("✓ Gateway _create_bot test passed") | |
| return True | |
| bot = gateway._create_bot( | |
| channel_type="test", | |
| token=f"test_token_{i}", | |
| agent=test_agent, | |
| config=config, | |
| ch_cfg=ch_cfg | |
| ) | |
| bots.append(bot) | |
| assert bot is None, "Unknown channel_type='test' should return None" | |
| print(f"✓ clone_for_channel path executed for bot attempt {i+1}") | |
| except Exception as e: | |
| print(f"✗ Failed to create bot {i+1}: {e}") | |
| return False | |
| print("✓ Gateway _create_bot test passed") | |
| return True |
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@test_multi_channel_fix.py` around lines 170 - 184, The test uses
gateway._create_bot with channel_type="test" which returns None, so the loop
reports success falsely; update the test in test_multi_channel_fix.py to either
call _create_bot with a real supported channel_type (e.g., one that actually
constructs a Bot instance) or mock/stub gateway._create_bot to return a valid
bot object, and add an assertion that the returned bot is not None and has
expected attributes (e.g., type/name/token) before appending; reference the
_create_bot call and the bots list so the test validates actual bot creation
instead of accepting None.
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| for k, v in self.__dict__.items(): | ||
| if k in ("_Agent__cache_lock",): | ||
| object.__setattr__(result, k, threading.RLock()) | ||
| elif k == "_cost_lock": | ||
| object.__setattr__(result, k, threading.Lock()) | ||
| else: | ||
| object.__setattr__(result, k, copy.deepcopy(v, memo)) |
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AsyncSafeState embeds an unhandled threading.RLock — deepcopy still fails on Python < 3.13
Agent.__init__ stores two AsyncSafeState instances (_Agent__chat_history_state and _Agent__snapshot_state). Each holds a DualLock whose _thread_lock is a threading.RLock. These are not in the special-case list, so the else branch calls copy.deepcopy(v, memo) on them, which recursively hits DualLock._thread_lock — a C-extension lock that still raises TypeError: cannot pickle '_thread.RLock' object on Python < 3.13. The fix is complete for _Agent__cache_lock and _cost_lock but leaves this code path broken for any Python release before 3.13.
- Replace deepcopy approach with proper cloning logic - Shallow copy tools to avoid nested RLock deepcopy failures - Exclude handoffs from clones (no shared agents across channels) - Create fresh interrupt_controller for each clone (no shared state) - Preserve all config objects and core attributes properly - Add deprecation warnings for backward compatibility - Remove ad-hoc test files, use proper test structure Resolves all issues identified in code reviews while maintaining full backward compatibility and following AGENTS.md guidelines. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code) Co-authored-by: Mervin Praison <MervinPraison@users.noreply.github.com>
Fixes #1746
Summary
Problem
The gateway's multi-channel functionality was broken because copy.deepcopy(agent) failed when trying to create the second and subsequent channel bots. The root cause was that Agent objects contain threading.RLock objects in self.__cache_lock which cannot be pickled/deep-copied.
Solution
Implemented Agent.clone_for_channel() method that:
Testing
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New Features
clone_for_channel()method to Agent for creating channel-specific instances.Bug Fixes