Safe asserts (#180)

spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/assertion_service.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Assertion_service."""
+import contextlib
+from typing import Generator
+
+import sentry_sdk
+from flask import current_app
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def safe_assertion(condition: bool) -> Generator[bool, None, None]:
+    try:
+        yield True
+    except AssertionError as e:
+        if not condition:
+            sentry_sdk.capture_exception(e)
+            current_app.logger.exception(e)
+            if current_app.config["ENV_IDENTIFIER"] == "local_development":
+                raise e

spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/workflow_execution_service.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from typing import Callable
 from typing import List
 from typing import Optional
 
-from flask import current_app
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.serializer.workflow import BpmnWorkflowSerializer  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.workflow import BpmnWorkflow  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.exceptions import SpiffWorkflowException  # type: ignore
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.models.message_instance_correlation import (
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance import ProcessInstanceModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.spiff_step_details import SpiffStepDetailsModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task import TaskModel  # noqa: F401
+from spiffworkflow_backend.services.assertion_service import safe_assertion
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.process_instance_lock_service import (
     ProcessInstanceLockService,
 )
@@ -290,11 +290,14 @@ class WorkflowExecutionService:
 
     def do_engine_steps(self, exit_at: None = None, save: bool = False) -> None:
         """Do_engine_steps."""
-        if not ProcessInstanceLockService.has_lock(self.process_instance_model.id):
+        with safe_assertion(
-            # TODO: can't be an exception yet - believe there are flows that are not locked.
+            ProcessInstanceLockService.has_lock(self.process_instance_model.id)
-            current_app.logger.error(
+        ) as tripped:
-                "The current thread has not obtained a lock for this process instance.",
+            if tripped:
-            )
+                raise AssertionError(
+                    "The current thread has not obtained a lock for this process"
+                    f" instance ({self.process_instance_model.id})."
+                )
 
         try:
             self.bpmn_process_instance.refresh_waiting_tasks()