Added debugger attachment utilities to the engine, fixed crash when showing console variables, improvements to timeout handling and small cleanup (#3591)

* Added debugger attachment utilities to the engine, fixed crash when showing console variables

Signed-off-by: Garcia Ruiz <aljanru@amazon.co.uk>

* Removed unused variables

Signed-off-by: Garcia Ruiz <aljanru@amazon.co.uk>

* Removed unneded check

Signed-off-by: Garcia Ruiz <aljanru@amazon.co.uk>

* Small fix for crashes/timeouts

Signed-off-by: Garcia Ruiz <aljanru@amazon.co.uk>

* Removed unused variable, fixed compile error

Signed-off-by: Garcia Ruiz <aljanru@amazon.co.uk>

* Fix compile

Signed-off-by: Garcia Ruiz <aljanru@amazon.co.uk>

* Addressed esteban comments

* Addressed tom comments

Co-authored-by: Garcia Ruiz <aljanru@amazon.co.uk>

Code/Editor/Controls/ConsoleSCB.cpp

@@ -573,6 +573,10 @@ static CVarBlock* VarBlockFromConsoleVars()
     IVariable* pVariable = nullptr;
     for (int i = 0; i < cmdCount; i++)
     {
+        if (!cmds[i].data())
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
         ICVar* pCVar = console->GetCVar(cmds[i].data());
         if (!pCVar)
         {

Code/Editor/CryEdit.cpp

@@ -551,7 +551,9 @@ public:
             { "NSDocumentRevisionsDebugMode", nsDocumentRevisionsDebugMode},
             { "skipWelcomeScreenDialog", m_bSkipWelcomeScreenDialog},
             { "autotest_mode", m_bAutotestMode},
-            { "regdumpall", dummy }
+            { "regdumpall", dummy },
+            { "attach-debugger", dummy }, // Attaches a debugger for the current application
+            { "wait-for-debugger", dummy }, // Waits until a debugger is attached to the current application
         };
 
         QString dummyString;
@@ -2290,7 +2292,7 @@ int CCryEditApp::IdleProcessing(bool bBackgroundUpdate)
     int res = 0;
     if (bIsAppWindow || m_bForceProcessIdle || m_bKeepEditorActive
         // Automated tests must always keep the editor active, or they can get stuck
-        || m_bAutotestMode)
+        || m_bAutotestMode || m_bRunPythonTestScript)
     {
         res = 1;
         bActive = true;
@@ -4011,6 +4013,19 @@ extern "C" int AZ_DLL_EXPORT CryEditMain(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     CryAllocatorsRAII cryAllocatorsRAII;
 
+    // Debugging utilities
+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
+    {
+        if (azstricmp(argv[i], "--attach-debugger") == 0)
+        {
+            AZ::Debug::Trace::AttachDebugger();
+        }
+        else if (azstricmp(argv[i], "--wait-for-debugger") == 0)
+        {
+            AZ::Debug::Trace::WaitForDebugger();
+        }
+    }
+
     // ensure the EditorEventsBus context gets created inside EditorLib
     [[maybe_unused]] const auto& editorEventsContext = AzToolsFramework::EditorEvents::Bus::GetOrCreateContext();
 

Code/Editor/CryEditPy.cpp

@@ -401,6 +401,16 @@ inline namespace Commands
     {
         return static_cast<int>(GetIEditor()->GetEditorConfigPlatform());
     }
+
+    bool PyAttachDebugger()
+    {
+        return AZ::Debug::Trace::AttachDebugger();
+    }
+
+    bool PyWaitForDebugger(float timeoutSeconds = -1.f)
+    {
+        return AZ::Debug::Trace::WaitForDebugger(timeoutSeconds);
+    }
 }
 
 namespace AzToolsFramework
@@ -448,6 +458,9 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework
             addLegacyGeneral(behaviorContext->Method("start_process_detached", PyStartProcessDetached, nullptr, "Launches a detached process with an optional space separated list of arguments."));
             addLegacyGeneral(behaviorContext->Method("launch_lua_editor", PyLaunchLUAEditor, nullptr, "Launches the Lua editor, may receive a list of space separate file paths, or an empty string to only open the editor."));
 
+            addLegacyGeneral(behaviorContext->Method("attach_debugger", PyAttachDebugger, nullptr, "Prompts for attaching the debugger"));
+            addLegacyGeneral(behaviorContext->Method("wait_for_debugger", PyWaitForDebugger, behaviorContext->MakeDefaultValues(-1.f), "Pauses this thread execution until the debugger has been attached"));
+
             // this will put these methods into the 'azlmbr.legacy.checkout_dialog' module
             auto addCheckoutDialog = [](AZ::BehaviorContext::GlobalMethodBuilder methodBuilder)
             {

Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Debug/Trace.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <AzCore/std/containers/unordered_set.h>
 #include <AzCore/Module/Environment.h>
 #include <AzCore/Console/IConsole.h>
+#include <AzCore/std/chrono/chrono.h>
 
 namespace AZ 
 {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ namespace AZ
         namespace Platform
         {
 #if defined(AZ_ENABLE_DEBUG_TOOLS)
+            bool AttachDebugger();
             bool IsDebuggerPresent();
             void HandleExceptions(bool isEnabled);
             void DebugBreak();
@@ -141,6 +143,40 @@ namespace AZ
 #endif
     }
 
+    bool
+    Trace::AttachDebugger()
+    {
+#if defined(AZ_ENABLE_DEBUG_TOOLS)
+        return Platform::AttachDebugger();
+#else
+        return false;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    bool
+    Trace::WaitForDebugger(float timeoutSeconds/*=-1.f*/)
+    {
+#if defined(AZ_ENABLE_DEBUG_TOOLS)
+        using AZStd::chrono::system_clock;
+        using AZStd::chrono::time_point;
+        using AZStd::chrono::milliseconds;
+
+        milliseconds timeoutMs = milliseconds(aznumeric_cast<long long>(timeoutSeconds * 1000));
+        system_clock clock;
+        time_point start = clock.now();
+        auto hasTimedOut = [&clock, start, timeoutMs]()
+        {
+            return timeoutMs.count() >= 0 && (clock.now() - start) >= timeoutMs;
+        };
+
+        while (!AZ::Debug::Trace::IsDebuggerPresent() && !hasTimedOut())
+        {
+            AZStd::this_thread::sleep_for(milliseconds(1));
+        }
+        return AZ::Debug::Trace::IsDebuggerPresent();
+#endif
+    }
+
     //=========================================================================
     // HandleExceptions
     // [8/3/2009]

Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Debug/Trace.h

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ namespace AZ
             */
             static const char* GetDefaultSystemWindow();
             static bool IsDebuggerPresent();
+            static bool AttachDebugger();
+            static bool WaitForDebugger(float timeoutSeconds = -1.f);
 
             /// True or false if we want to handle system exceptions.
             static void HandleExceptions(bool isEnabled);

Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/Apple/AzCore/Debug/Trace_Apple.cpp

@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ namespace AZ
                 return ((info.kp_proc.p_flag & P_TRACED) != 0);
             }
 
+            bool AttachDebugger()
+            {
+                // Not supported yet
+                AZ_Assert(false, "AttachDebugger() is not supported for Mac platform yet");
+                return false;
+            }
+
             void HandleExceptions(bool)
             {}
 

Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/UnixLike/AzCore/Debug/Trace_UnixLike.cpp

@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ namespace AZ
                 return s_debuggerDetected;
             }
 
+            bool AttachDebugger()
+            {
+                // Not supported yet
+                AZ_Assert(false, "AttachDebugger() is not supported for Unix platform yet");
+                return false;
+            }
+
             void HandleExceptions(bool)
             {}
 

Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Common/WinAPI/AzCore/Debug/Trace_WinAPI.cpp

@@ -49,6 +49,45 @@ namespace AZ
                 }
             }
 
+            bool AttachDebugger()
+            {
+                if (IsDebuggerPresent())
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                // Launch vsjitdebugger.exe, this app is always present in System32 folder
+                // with an installation of any version of visual studio.
+                // It will open a debugging dialog asking the user what debugger to use
+
+                STARTUPINFOW startupInfo = {0};
+                startupInfo.cb = sizeof(startupInfo);
+                PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo = {0};
+
+                wchar_t cmdline[MAX_PATH];
+                swprintf_s(cmdline, L"vsjitdebugger.exe -p %li", ::GetCurrentProcessId());
+                bool success = ::CreateProcessW(
+                    NULL,           // No module name (use command line)
+                    cmdline,        // Command line
+                    NULL,           // Process handle not inheritable
+                    NULL,           // Thread handle not inheritable
+                    FALSE,          // No handle inheritance
+                    0,              // No creation flags
+                    NULL,           // Use parent's environment block
+                    NULL,           // Use parent's starting directory 
+                    &startupInfo,   // Pointer to STARTUPINFO structure
+                    &processInfo);  // Pointer to PROCESS_INFORMATION structure
+
+                if (success)
+                {
+                    ::WaitForSingleObject(processInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
+                    ::CloseHandle(processInfo.hProcess);
+                    ::CloseHandle(processInfo.hThread);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+
             void DebugBreak()
             {
                 __debugbreak();

Tools/LyTestTools/ly_test_tools/o3de/editor_test.py

@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ class EditorTestBase(ABC):
     timeout = 180
     # Test file that this test will run
     test_module = None
+    # Attach debugger when running the test, useful for debugging crashes. This should never be True on production.
+    # It's also recommended to switch to EditorSingleTest for debugging in isolation
+    attach_debugger = False
+    # Wait until a debugger is attached at the startup of the test, this is another way of debugging.
+    wait_for_debugger = False
 
 # Test that will be run alone in one editor
 class EditorSingleTest(EditorTestBase):
@@ -117,8 +122,9 @@ class Result:
 
     class Pass(Base):
         @classmethod
-        def create(cls, output : str, editor_log : str):
+        def create(cls, test_spec : EditorTestBase, output : str, editor_log : str):
             r = cls()
+            r.test_spec = test_spec
             r.output = output
             r.editor_log = editor_log
             return r
@@ -135,8 +141,9 @@ class Result:
 
     class Fail(Base):       
         @classmethod
-        def create(cls, output, editor_log : str):
+        def create(cls, test_spec : EditorTestBase, output, editor_log : str):
             r = cls()
+            r.test_spec = test_spec
             r.output = output
             r.editor_log = editor_log
             return r
@@ -157,9 +164,10 @@ class Result:
 
     class Crash(Base):
         @classmethod
-        def create(cls, output : str, ret_code : int, stacktrace : str, editor_log : str):
+        def create(cls, test_spec : EditorTestBase, output : str, ret_code : int, stacktrace : str, editor_log : str):
             r = cls()
             r.output = output
+            r.test_spec = test_spec
             r.ret_code = ret_code
             r.stacktrace = stacktrace
             r.editor_log = editor_log
@@ -187,9 +195,10 @@ class Result:
 
     class Timeout(Base):
         @classmethod
-        def create(cls, output : str, time_secs : float, editor_log : str):
+        def create(cls, test_spec : EditorTestBase, output : str, time_secs : float, editor_log : str):
             r = cls()
             r.output = output
+            r.test_spec = test_spec
             r.time_secs = time_secs
             r.editor_log = editor_log
             return r
@@ -210,9 +219,10 @@ class Result:
 
     class Unknown(Base):
         @classmethod
-        def create(cls, output : str, extra_info : str, editor_log : str):
+        def create(cls, test_spec : EditorTestBase, output : str, extra_info : str, editor_log : str):
             r = cls()
             r.output = output
+            r.test_spec = test_spec
             r.editor_log = editor_log
             r.extra_info = extra_info
             return r
@@ -255,7 +265,7 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
     def editor_test_data(self, request):
         class TestData():
             def __init__(self):
-                self.results = {}
+                self.results = {} # Dict of str(test_spec.__name__) -> Result
                 self.asset_processor = None
 
         test_data = TestData()
@@ -548,7 +558,7 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
         for test_spec in test_spec_list:
             name = editor_utils.get_module_filename(test_spec.test_module)
             if name not in found_jsons.keys():
-                results[test_spec.__name__] = Result.Unknown.create(output, "Couldn't find any test run information on stdout", editor_log_content)
+                results[test_spec.__name__] = Result.Unknown.create(test_spec, output, "Couldn't find any test run information on stdout", editor_log_content)
             else:
                 result = None
                 json_result = found_jsons[name]
@@ -564,9 +574,9 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
                 log_start = end
 
                 if json_result["success"]:
-                    result = Result.Pass.create(json_output, cur_log)
+                    result = Result.Pass.create(test_spec, json_output, cur_log)
                 else:
-                    result = Result.Fail.create(json_output, cur_log)
+                    result = Result.Fail.create(test_spec, json_output, cur_log)
                 results[test_spec.__name__] = result
 
         return results
@@ -587,8 +597,13 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
                           test_spec : EditorTestBase, cmdline_args : List[str] = []):
 
         test_cmdline_args = self.global_extra_cmdline_args + cmdline_args
-        if test_spec.use_null_renderer or (test_spec.use_null_renderer is None and self.use_null_renderer):
+        test_spec_uses_null_renderer = getattr(test_spec, "use_null_renderer", None)
+        if test_spec_uses_null_renderer or (test_spec_uses_null_renderer is None and self.use_null_renderer):
             test_cmdline_args += ["-rhi=null"]
+        if test_spec.attach_debugger:
+            test_cmdline_args += ["--attach-debugger"]
+        if test_spec.wait_for_debugger:
+            test_cmdline_args += ["--wait-for-debugger"]
             
         # Cycle any old crash report in case it wasn't cycled properly
         editor_utils.cycle_crash_report(run_id, workspace)
@@ -610,18 +625,18 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
             editor_log_content = editor_utils.retrieve_editor_log_content(run_id, log_name, workspace)
 
             if return_code == 0:
-                test_result = Result.Pass.create(output, editor_log_content)
+                test_result = Result.Pass.create(test_spec, output, editor_log_content)
             else:
                 has_crashed = return_code != EditorTestSuite._TEST_FAIL_RETCODE
                 if has_crashed:
-                    test_result = Result.Crash.create(output, return_code, editor_utils.retrieve_crash_output(run_id, workspace, self._TIMEOUT_CRASH_LOG), None)
+                    test_result = Result.Crash.create(test_spec, output, return_code, editor_utils.retrieve_crash_output(run_id, workspace, self._TIMEOUT_CRASH_LOG), None)
                     editor_utils.cycle_crash_report(run_id, workspace)
                 else:
-                    test_result = Result.Fail.create(output, editor_log_content)
+                    test_result = Result.Fail.create(test_spec, output, editor_log_content)
         except WaitTimeoutError:
             editor.kill()            
             editor_log_content = editor_utils.retrieve_editor_log_content(run_id, log_name, workspace)
-            test_result = Result.Timeout.create(output, test_spec.timeout, editor_log_content)
+            test_result = Result.Timeout.create(test_spec, output, test_spec.timeout, editor_log_content)
     
         editor_log_content = editor_utils.retrieve_editor_log_content(run_id, log_name, workspace)
         results = self._get_results_using_output([test_spec], output, editor_log_content)
@@ -629,13 +644,17 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
         return results
 
     # Starts an editor executable with a list of tests and returns a dict of the result of every test ran within that editor
-    # instance. In case of failure this function also parses the editor output to find out what specific tests that failed
+    # instance. In case of failure this function also parses the editor output to find out what specific tests failed
     def _exec_editor_multitest(self, request, workspace, editor, run_id : int, log_name : str,
                                test_spec_list : List[EditorTestBase], cmdline_args=[]):
 
         test_cmdline_args = self.global_extra_cmdline_args + cmdline_args
         if self.use_null_renderer:
             test_cmdline_args += ["-rhi=null"]
+        if any([t.attach_debugger for t in test_spec_list]):
+            test_cmdline_args += ["--attach-debugger"]
+        if any([t.wait_for_debugger for t in test_spec_list]):
+            test_cmdline_args += ["--wait-for-debugger"]
             
         # Cycle any old crash report in case it wasn't cycled properly
         editor_utils.cycle_crash_report(run_id, workspace)
@@ -661,35 +680,65 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
             if return_code == 0:
                 # No need to scrap the output, as all the tests have passed
                 for test_spec in test_spec_list:
-                    results[test_spec.__name__] = Result.Pass.create(output, editor_log_content)
+                    results[test_spec.__name__] = Result.Pass.create(test_spec, output, editor_log_content)
             else:
+                # Scrap the output to attempt to find out which tests failed.
+                # This function should always populate the result list, if it didn't find it, it will have "Unknown" type of result
                 results = self._get_results_using_output(test_spec_list, output, editor_log_content)
+                assert len(results) == len(test_spec_list), "bug in _get_results_using_output(), the number of results don't match the tests ran"
+
+                # If the editor crashed, find out in which test it happened and update the results
                 has_crashed = return_code != EditorTestSuite._TEST_FAIL_RETCODE
                 if has_crashed:
-                    crashed_test = None
+                    crashed_result = None
-                    for key, result in results.items():
+                    for test_spec_name, result in results.items():
                         if isinstance(result, Result.Unknown):
-                            if not crashed_test:
+                            if not crashed_result:
+                                # The first test with "Unknown" result (no data in output) is likely the one that crashed
                                 crash_error = editor_utils.retrieve_crash_output(run_id, workspace, self._TIMEOUT_CRASH_LOG)
                                 editor_utils.cycle_crash_report(run_id, workspace)
-                                results[key] = Result.Crash.create(output, return_code, crash_error, result.editor_log)
+                                results[test_spec_name] = Result.Crash.create(result.test_spec, output, return_code, crash_error, result.editor_log)
-                                crashed_test = results[key]
+                                crashed_result = result
                             else:
-                                results[key] = Result.Unknown.create(output, f"This test has unknown result, test '{crashed_test.__name__}' crashed before this test could be executed", result.editor_log)
+                                # If there are remaning "Unknown" results, these couldn't execute because of the crash, update with info about the offender 
+                                results[test_spec_name].extra_info = f"This test has unknown result, test '{crashed_result.test_spec.__name__}' crashed before this test could be executed"
 
-        except WaitTimeoutError:
+                    # if all the tests ran, the one that has caused the crash is the last test
-            results = self._get_results_using_output(test_spec_list, output, editor_log_content)
+                    if not crashed_result:
-            editor_log_content = editor_utils.retrieve_editor_log_content(run_id, log_name, workspace)
+                        crash_error = editor_utils.retrieve_crash_output(run_id, workspace, self._TIMEOUT_CRASH_LOG)
+                        editor_utils.cycle_crash_report(run_id, workspace)
+                        results[test_spec_name] = Result.Crash.create(crashed_result.test_spec, output, return_code, crash_error, crashed_result.editor_log)
+
+
+        except WaitTimeoutError:            
             editor.kill()
-            for key, result in results.items():
+
+            output = editor.get_output()
+            editor_log_content = editor_utils.retrieve_editor_log_content(run_id, log_name, workspace)
+
+            # The editor timed out when running the tests, get the data from the output to find out which ones ran
+            results = self._get_results_using_output(test_spec_list, output, editor_log_content)
+            assert len(results) == len(test_spec_list), "bug in _get_results_using_output(), the number of results don't match the tests ran"
+            
+            # Similar logic here as crashes, the first test that has no result is the one that timed out
+            timed_out_result = None
+            for test_spec_name, result in results.items():
                 if isinstance(result, Result.Unknown):
-                    results[key] = Result.Timeout.create(result.output, total_timeout, result.editor_log)
+                    if not timed_out_result:
-                    # FIX-ME
+                        results[test_spec_name] = Result.Timeout.create(result.test_spec, result.output, self.timeout_editor_shared_test, result.editor_log)
+                        timed_out_result = result
+                    else:
+                        # If there are remaning "Unknown" results, these couldn't execute because of the timeout, update with info about the offender 
+                        results[test_spec_name].extra_info = f"This test has unknown result, test '{timed_out_result.test_spec.__name__}' timed out before this test could be executed"
+
+            # if all the tests ran, the one that has caused the timeout is the last test, as it didn't close the editor
+            if not timed_out_result:
+                results[test_spec_name] = Result.Timeout.create(timed_out_result.test_spec, results[test_spec_name].output, self.timeout_editor_shared_test, result.editor_log)
 
         return results
     
-    # Runs a single test with the given specs, used by the collector to register the test
+    # Runs a single test (one editor, one test) with the given specs
-    def _run_single_test(self, request, workspace, editor, editor_test_data, test_spec : EditorTestBase):
+    def _run_single_test(self, request, workspace, editor, editor_test_data, test_spec : EditorSingleTest):
         self._setup_editor_test(editor, workspace, editor_test_data)
         extra_cmdline_args = []
         if hasattr(test_spec, "extra_cmdline_args"):
@@ -700,8 +749,8 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
         test_name, test_result = next(iter(results.items()))
         self._report_result(test_name, test_result)
 
-    # Runs a batch of tests in one single editor with the given spec list
+    # Runs a batch of tests in one single editor with the given spec list (one editor, multiple tests)
-    def _run_batched_tests(self, request, workspace, editor, editor_test_data, test_spec_list : List[EditorTestBase], extra_cmdline_args=[]):
+    def _run_batched_tests(self, request, workspace, editor, editor_test_data, test_spec_list : List[EditorSharedTest], extra_cmdline_args=[]):
         if not test_spec_list:
             return
 
@@ -710,8 +759,8 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
         assert results is not None
         editor_test_data.results.update(results)
 
-    # Runs multiple editors with one test on each editor
+    # Runs multiple editors with one test on each editor (multiple editor, one test each)
-    def _run_parallel_tests(self, request, workspace, editor, editor_test_data, test_spec_list : List[EditorTestBase], extra_cmdline_args=[]):
+    def _run_parallel_tests(self, request, workspace, editor, editor_test_data, test_spec_list : List[EditorSharedTest], extra_cmdline_args=[]):
         if not test_spec_list:
             return
 
@@ -747,8 +796,8 @@ class EditorTestSuite():
             for result in results_per_thread:
                 editor_test_data.results.update(result)
 
-    # Runs multiple editors with a batch of tests for each editor
+    # Runs multiple editors with a batch of tests for each editor (multiple editor, multiple tests each)
-    def _run_parallel_batched_tests(self, request, workspace, editor, editor_test_data, test_spec_list : List[EditorTestBase], extra_cmdline_args=[]):
+    def _run_parallel_batched_tests(self, request, workspace, editor, editor_test_data, test_spec_list : List[EditorSharedTest], extra_cmdline_args=[]):
         if not test_spec_list:
             return