fix(startup): bound and cancel the Linux instance probe

Use one two-second deadline across native Unix connect, D-Bus authentication, name ownership and URL/window forwarding. Own and shut down the transport on cancellation, preserve unconfirmed links, and keep the primary server alive.

Cover stalled and delayed phases, filesystem/abstract buses, ownership release and early UI handoff with isolated fixtures. All 733 Qt tests pass; async-io features remain unchanged.

cx

crates/Cargo.lock

@@ -4522,6 +4522,7 @@ name = "qbz-qt"
 version = "2.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arboard",
+ "async-io",
  "async-trait",
  "cc",
  "cxx",

crates/qbz-qt/Cargo.toml

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ rfd = { version = "0.17", default-features = false, features = ["xdg-portal"] }
 # Feature unification is per-crate-graph, not per-target: any dependency that
 # turns on zbus/tokio changes the whole binary.
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+async-io = "2"
 ksni = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "async-io"] }
 # Session-bus single-instance guard. Keep the same async-io executor as ksni;
 # enabling zbus/tokio would poison the graph-wide executor choice.

crates/qbz-qt/src/deep_link_qt.rs

@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ pub(crate) fn stash(url: String) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Return an unconfirmed handoff without replacing a newer launch intent.
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub(crate) fn restore_pending(url: String) {
+    if let Ok(mut pending) = PENDING.lock() {
+        pending.get_or_insert(url);
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn take_pending() -> Option<String> {
     PENDING.lock().ok().and_then(|mut pending| pending.take())
 }

crates/qbz-qt/src/single_instance_qt.rs

@@ -6,29 +6,34 @@
 //! blocked by a broken or absent session bus.
 #![cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 
+use std::cell::Cell;
+use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
-use std::sync::OnceLock;
+use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
-use zbus::blocking::fdo::DBusProxy;
-use zbus::blocking::Connection;
+use async_io::{Async, Timer};
+use futures_util::future::{select, Either};
 use zbus::fdo::{RequestNameFlags, RequestNameReply};
-use zbus::names::WellKnownName;
+use zbus::Connection;
 
 const BUS_NAME: &str = "com.blitzfc.qbz";
 const OBJECT_PATH: &str = "/com/blitzfc/qbz";
 const IFACE_NAME: &str = "com.blitzfc.qbz.SingleInstance";
 
-static CONN: OnceLock<Connection> = OnceLock::new();
+const PROBE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+
+static CONN: OnceLock<SessionConnection> = OnceLock::new();
 static UI_READY: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 static PENDING_PRESENT: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 
 struct SingleInstanceIface;
 
 fn present_or_defer() {
-    if UI_READY.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+    PENDING_PRESENT.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    // Publishing the intent first closes the race with bind_ui's drain.
+    if UI_READY.load(Ordering::SeqCst) && PENDING_PRESENT.swap(false, Ordering::SeqCst) {
         crate::tray_qt::present();
-    } else {
-        PENDING_PRESENT.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
     }
 }
 
@@ -54,42 +59,130 @@ pub(crate) fn bind_ui() {
     }
 }
 
+/// Own the transport as well as zbus. Cancellation shuts down the socket
+/// synchronously, even if an executor task still holds a connection clone.
+/// Nothing can acquire a name or send another RPC after this guard is dropped.
+struct SessionConnection {
+    socket: Arc<Async<UnixStream>>,
+    connection: Option<Connection>,
+}
+
+impl Drop for SessionConnection {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = self.socket.get_ref().shutdown(std::net::Shutdown::Both);
+    }
+}
+
 /// True when this process should continue as the primary instance.
+/// Uncertain IPC deliberately sacrifices uniqueness for availability. A link
+/// is consumed only after a successful OpenUrl reply; we never retry a timed
+/// out RPC. The remote may have acted before its reply was lost: exactly-once
+/// delivery cannot be promised when the bus fails mid-call.
 pub(crate) fn acquire_or_raise() -> bool {
-    match probe() {
-        Ok(primary) => primary,
-        Err(e) => {
-            log::warn!("[qbz-qt] single-instance probe failed ({e}); continuing");
+    let mut pending = crate::deep_link_qt::take_pending();
+    let result = zbus::Address::session()
+        .map_err(|error| format!("address: {error}"))
+        .and_then(|address| probe_at(&address, &mut pending, PROBE_TIMEOUT, SingleInstanceIface));
+    if let Some(url) = pending {
+        crate::deep_link_qt::restore_pending(url);
+    }
+    match result {
+        Ok(Some(conn)) => {
+            let _ = CONN.set(conn);
+            true
+        }
+        Ok(None) => false,
+        Err(error) => {
+            log::warn!("[qbz-qt] single-instance probe failed ({error}); continuing");
             true
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn probe() -> zbus::Result<bool> {
-    let conn = Connection::session()?;
-    conn.object_server().at(OBJECT_PATH, SingleInstanceIface)?;
-    let proxy = DBusProxy::new(&conn)?;
-    let name: WellKnownName<'_> = BUS_NAME.try_into().map_err(zbus::Error::from)?;
-    match proxy.request_name(name, RequestNameFlags::DoNotQueue.into())? {
-        RequestNameReply::PrimaryOwner | RequestNameReply::AlreadyOwner => {
-            let _ = CONN.set(conn);
-            Ok(true)
+/// zbus's address connector uses a blocking worker for Unix connect. Use
+/// async-io directly so a full listen backlog cannot leave a worker behind.
+/// Native Linux session buses use filesystem or abstract Unix sockets. Other
+/// transports fail open immediately: this optional startup guard must not
+/// spawn an autolaunch/SSH command or uncancelable DNS lookup.
+fn socket_path(address: &zbus::Address) -> zbus::Result<std::path::PathBuf> {
+    use std::os::unix::ffi::{OsStrExt, OsStringExt};
+    use zbus::address::transport::{Transport, UnixSocket};
+    match address.transport() {
+        Transport::Unix(unix) => match unix.path() {
+            UnixSocket::File(path) => Ok(path.clone()),
+            UnixSocket::Abstract(name) => {
+                let mut bytes = vec![0];
+                bytes.extend_from_slice(name.as_bytes());
+                // async-io interprets a leading NUL as an abstract name.
+                Ok(std::ffi::OsString::from_vec(bytes).into())
+            }
+            _ => Err(zbus::Error::Unsupported),
+        },
+        _ => Err(zbus::Error::Unsupported),
+    }
+}
+
+fn probe_at<I: zbus::object_server::Interface>(
+    address: &zbus::Address,
+    pending: &mut Option<String>,
+    budget: Duration,
+    interface: I,
+) -> Result<Option<SessionConnection>, String> {
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + budget;
+    let phase = Cell::new("connect");
+    let operation = async {
+        let socket = Arc::new(Async::<UnixStream>::connect(socket_path(address)?).await?);
+        let mut owned = SessionConnection {
+            socket,
+            connection: None,
+        };
+        phase.set("AUTH/Hello/object registration");
+        let conn = zbus::connection::Builder::socket(zbus::connection::socket::BoxedSplit::new(
+            Box::new(owned.socket.clone()),
+            Box::new(owned.socket.clone()),
+        ))
+        .serve_at(OBJECT_PATH, interface)?
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+        if address
+            .guid()
+            .is_some_and(|expected| *expected != **conn.server_guid())
+        {
+            return Err(zbus::Error::Handshake("session bus GUID mismatch".into()));
         }
-        RequestNameReply::Exists | RequestNameReply::InQueue => {
-            let forwarded = match crate::deep_link_qt::take_pending() {
-                Some(url) => conn
-                    .call_method(
+        owned.connection = Some(conn.clone());
+        phase.set("RequestName");
+        // Raw calls avoid proxy property subscriptions and detached cleanup
+        // RPCs. The sole timeout below includes every call and the handshake.
+        let reply = conn
+            .call_method(
+                Some("org.freedesktop.DBus"),
+                "/org/freedesktop/DBus",
+                Some("org.freedesktop.DBus"),
+                "RequestName",
+                &(BUS_NAME, RequestNameFlags::DoNotQueue as u32),
+            )
+            .await?;
+        match reply.body().deserialize::<RequestNameReply>()? {
+            RequestNameReply::PrimaryOwner | RequestNameReply::AlreadyOwner => Ok(Some(owned)),
+            RequestNameReply::Exists | RequestNameReply::InQueue => {
+                if let Some(url) = pending.as_deref() {
+                    phase.set("OpenUrl");
+                    conn.call_method(
                         Some(BUS_NAME),
                         OBJECT_PATH,
                         Some(IFACE_NAME),
                         "OpenUrl",
                         &url,
                     )
-                    .is_ok(),
-                None => false,
-            };
-            let presented = forwarded
-                || conn
+                    .await?;
+                    // No await after confirmation: no late completion can
+                    // consume a link that the caller has already recovered.
+                    pending.take();
+                    return Ok(None);
+                }
+                phase.set("Present");
+                if conn
                     .call_method(
                         Some(BUS_NAME),
                         OBJECT_PATH,
@@ -97,17 +190,43 @@ fn probe() -> zbus::Result<bool> {
                         "Present",
                         &(),
                     )
-                    .is_ok();
-            if !presented {
-                let _ = conn.call_method(
+                    .await
+                    .is_ok()
+                {
+                    return Ok(None);
+                }
+                phase.set("MPRIS Raise");
+                conn.call_method(
                     Some("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.com.blitzfc.qbz"),
                     "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2",
                     Some("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2"),
                     "Raise",
                     &(),
-                );
+                )
+                .await?;
+                Ok(None)
             }
-            Ok(false)
         }
-    }
+    };
+    async_io::block_on(async {
+        // Timer is polled first, including when both futures become ready in
+        // the same turn. Dropping the losing future closes its socket guard.
+        match select(Box::pin(Timer::at(deadline)), Box::pin(operation)).await {
+            Either::Left((_, operation)) => {
+                drop(operation);
+                Err(format!(
+                    "{}: total deadline of {} ms expired",
+                    phase.get(),
+                    budget.as_millis()
+                ))
+            }
+            Either::Right((result, _)) => {
+                result.map_err(|error: zbus::Error| format!("{}: {error}", phase.get()))
+            }
+        }
+    })
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "single_instance_tests.rs"]
+mod tests;

crates/qbz-qt/src/single_instance_tests.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,420 @@
+//! Synthetic buses use real wire messages, isolated sockets and no global env.
+use super::*;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, Write};
+use std::os::unix::net::UnixListener;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use zbus::message::Message;
+use zbus::zvariant::{serialized, Endian};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+struct TestIface(Arc<Mutex<Vec<String>>>);
+
+#[zbus::interface(name = "com.blitzfc.qbz.SingleInstance")]
+impl TestIface {
+    fn present(&self) {
+        self.0.lock().unwrap().push("present".into());
+    }
+    fn open_url(&self, url: &str) {
+        self.0.lock().unwrap().push(url.into());
+    }
+}
+
+struct TempBusDir(std::path::PathBuf);
+impl TempBusDir {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let path = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("qbz bus {}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4()));
+        std::fs::create_dir(&path).unwrap();
+        Self(path)
+    }
+    fn address(&self) -> zbus::Address {
+        use zbus::address::transport::{Transport, Unix, UnixSocket};
+        zbus::Address::new(Transport::Unix(Unix::new(UnixSocket::File(
+            self.0.join("bus"),
+        ))))
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for TempBusDir {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&self.0);
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_message(reader: &mut BufReader<UnixStream>) -> Message {
+    let mut bytes = vec![0; 16];
+    reader.read_exact(&mut bytes).unwrap();
+    let endian = if bytes[0] == b'l' {
+        Endian::Little
+    } else {
+        Endian::Big
+    };
+    let number = |slice: &[u8]| {
+        let bytes = slice.try_into().unwrap();
+        if endian == Endian::Little {
+            u32::from_le_bytes(bytes)
+        } else {
+            u32::from_be_bytes(bytes)
+        }
+    };
+    let body = number(&bytes[4..8]) as usize;
+    let fields = number(&bytes[12..16]) as usize;
+    let size = (16 + fields + 7) / 8 * 8 + body;
+    assert!(size <= 65536);
+    bytes.resize(size, 0);
+    reader.read_exact(&mut bytes[16..]).unwrap();
+    // SAFETY: bytes come exclusively from zbus's serializer in this test;
+    // no file descriptors are sent by any of these methods.
+    unsafe {
+        Message::from_bytes(serialized::Data::new(
+            bytes,
+            serialized::Context::new_dbus(endian, 0),
+        ))
+    }
+    .unwrap()
+}
+
+fn reply(
+    reader: &mut BufReader<UnixStream>,
+    message: &Message,
+    body: impl serde::Serialize + zbus::zvariant::DynamicType,
+) {
+    let response = Message::method_return(&message.header())
+        .unwrap()
+        .build(&body)
+        .unwrap();
+    reader.get_mut().write_all(response.data()).unwrap();
+}
+
+fn reject(reader: &mut BufReader<UnixStream>, message: &Message) {
+    let response = Message::error(
+        &message.header(),
+        "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod",
+    )
+    .unwrap()
+    .build(&"fixture rejection")
+    .unwrap();
+    reader.get_mut().write_all(response.data()).unwrap();
+}
+
+/// After the deadline, no bytes may follow and EOF must be observable. This
+/// catches detached AUTH/RPC workers that a mere elapsed-time assertion misses.
+fn assert_closed(reader: &mut BufReader<UnixStream>) {
+    let mut byte = [0];
+    assert_eq!(
+        reader.read(&mut byte).unwrap(),
+        0,
+        "probe left a live socket or sent another call"
+    );
+}
+
+fn stalled_phase(phase: &'static str, with_url: bool) {
+    stalled_phase_after_delays(phase, with_url, Duration::ZERO, Duration::from_millis(150));
+}
+
+fn stalled_phase_after_delays(
+    phase: &'static str,
+    with_url: bool,
+    delay: Duration,
+    budget: Duration,
+) {
+    let dir = TempBusDir::new();
+    let listener = UnixListener::bind(dir.0.join("bus")).unwrap();
+    listener.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
+    let worker = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let socket = loop {
+            match listener.accept() {
+                Ok((socket, _)) => break socket,
+                Err(e)
+                    if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock
+                        && start.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(2) =>
+                {
+                    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(2))
+                }
+                Err(e) => panic!("fixture accept: {e}"),
+            }
+        };
+        socket
+            .set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(2)))
+            .unwrap();
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(socket);
+        let mut line = String::new();
+        reader.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
+        assert!(line.contains("AUTH EXTERNAL"));
+        if phase == "AUTH" {
+            assert_closed(&mut reader);
+            return;
+        }
+        reader
+            .get_mut()
+            .write_all(b"OK 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef\r\n")
+            .unwrap();
+        loop {
+            line.clear();
+            reader.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
+            if line.starts_with("NEGOTIATE_UNIX_FD") {
+                reader.get_mut().write_all(b"AGREE_UNIX_FD\r\n").unwrap();
+            } else if line.starts_with("BEGIN") {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                panic!("unexpected handshake: {line:?}");
+            }
+        }
+        loop {
+            let message = read_message(&mut reader);
+            let header = message.header();
+            let member = header.member().unwrap().as_str();
+            if member == phase {
+                assert_closed(&mut reader);
+                // Even a reply arriving after cancellation cannot reactivate
+                // the caller or cause a follow-up RPC: its transport is shut.
+                let response = Message::method_return(&header).unwrap().build(&()).unwrap();
+                let _ = reader.get_mut().write_all(response.data());
+                return;
+            }
+            std::thread::sleep(delay);
+            match member {
+                "Hello" => reply(&mut reader, &message, ":1.42"),
+                "RequestName" => reply(&mut reader, &message, 3u32),
+                "Present" => reject(&mut reader, &message),
+                other => panic!("unexpected fixture method: {other}"),
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    let mut url = with_url.then(|| "qobuzapp://album/fixture".to_owned());
+    let before = url.clone();
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    let result = probe_at(&dir.address(), &mut url, budget, TestIface::default());
+    let error = result.err().expect("stalled bus must fail open");
+    assert!(error.contains("deadline"), "{error}");
+    assert!(
+        started.elapsed() < budget + Duration::from_millis(170),
+        "{error}"
+    );
+    if !delay.is_zero() {
+        assert!(
+            error.contains(phase),
+            "must reach the final phase within the global budget: {error}"
+        );
+    }
+    assert_eq!(url, before, "unconfirmed link was lost");
+    worker.join().unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn auth_timeout_closes_socket_repeatedly() {
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        stalled_phase("AUTH", true);
+    }
+}
+#[test]
+fn hello_timeout_closes_socket() {
+    stalled_phase("Hello", true);
+}
+#[test]
+fn request_name_timeout_closes_socket() {
+    stalled_phase("RequestName", true);
+}
+#[test]
+fn open_url_timeout_keeps_unconfirmed_link() {
+    stalled_phase("OpenUrl", true);
+}
+#[test]
+fn present_timeout_closes_socket() {
+    stalled_phase("Present", false);
+}
+#[test]
+fn raise_uses_the_same_deadline() {
+    stalled_phase("Raise", false);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn slow_successful_calls_cannot_restart_the_final_rpc_budget() {
+    stalled_phase_after_delays(
+        "Raise",
+        false,
+        Duration::from_millis(80),
+        Duration::from_millis(350),
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn missing_and_refused_bus_return_promptly() {
+    let dir = TempBusDir::new();
+    for refused in [false, true] {
+        if refused {
+            drop(UnixListener::bind(dir.0.join("bus")).unwrap());
+        }
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        let mut link = Some("qobuzapp://track/1".into());
+        assert!(probe_at(
+            &dir.address(),
+            &mut link,
+            PROBE_TIMEOUT,
+            TestIface::default()
+        )
+        .is_err());
+        assert!(started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(1));
+        assert!(link.is_some());
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn unsupported_transport_does_not_launch_an_external_worker() {
+    let address: zbus::Address = "tcp:host=unresolvable.invalid,port=1234"
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(socket_path(&address).is_err());
+}
+
+struct RealBus {
+    process: std::process::Child,
+    _dir: TempBusDir,
+    address: zbus::Address,
+}
+impl RealBus {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::with_abstract_socket(false)
+    }
+    fn with_abstract_socket(abstract_socket: bool) -> Self {
+        let dir = TempBusDir::new();
+        let address = if abstract_socket {
+            format!("unix:abstract=qbz-test-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4())
+                .as_str()
+                .try_into()
+                .unwrap()
+        } else {
+            dir.address()
+        };
+        let mut process = std::process::Command::new("dbus-daemon")
+            .args(["--session", "--nofork", "--print-address=1"])
+            .arg(format!("--address={address}"))
+            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
+            .spawn()
+            .expect("dbus-daemon is required by the Linux Qt gate");
+        let mut ready = String::new();
+        BufReader::new(process.stdout.take().unwrap())
+            .read_line(&mut ready)
+            .unwrap();
+        if !ready.starts_with("unix:") {
+            let _ = process.kill();
+            let _ = process.wait();
+            panic!("private dbus-daemon did not publish its address");
+        }
+        Self {
+            process,
+            _dir: dir,
+            address,
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for RealBus {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = self.process.kill();
+        let _ = self.process.wait();
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn primary_keeps_server_alive_and_secondaries_forward_once() {
+    let bus = RealBus::new();
+    let interface = TestIface::default();
+    let primary = probe_at(&bus.address, &mut None, PROBE_TIMEOUT, interface.clone())
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    for link in [Some("qobuzapp://album/one".to_string()), None] {
+        let mut pending = link;
+        assert!(probe_at(
+            &bus.address,
+            &mut pending,
+            PROBE_TIMEOUT,
+            TestIface::default()
+        )
+        .unwrap()
+        .is_none());
+        assert!(pending.is_none());
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        *interface.0.lock().unwrap(),
+        ["qobuzapp://album/one", "present"]
+    );
+    drop(primary);
+    assert!(
+        probe_at(&bus.address, &mut None, PROBE_TIMEOUT, TestIface::default())
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn native_abstract_session_bus_keeps_ownership() {
+    let bus = RealBus::with_abstract_socket(true);
+    let interface = TestIface::default();
+    let primary = probe_at(&bus.address, &mut None, PROBE_TIMEOUT, interface.clone())
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        probe_at(&bus.address, &mut None, PROBE_TIMEOUT, TestIface::default())
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_none()
+    );
+    assert_eq!(*interface.0.lock().unwrap(), ["present"]);
+    drop(primary);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn early_handoff_survives_ui_binding_in_an_isolated_process() {
+    const CHILD: &str = "QBZ_TEST_EARLY_HANDOFF";
+    if std::env::var(CHILD).as_deref() == Ok("1") {
+        // Production interface + pending-link/controller state, without any
+        // Qt window, authenticated session, keyring or global state of other
+        // tests. The actual Qt-thread hop is checked by the release smoke.
+        let interface = SingleInstanceIface;
+        interface.open_url("qobuzapp://album/before-bind");
+        assert!(!UI_READY.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
+        assert!(PENDING_PRESENT.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
+        assert_eq!(
+            crate::deep_link_qt::take_pending().as_deref(),
+            Some("qobuzapp://album/before-bind")
+        );
+        crate::deep_link_qt::restore_pending("qobuzapp://album/unconfirmed".into());
+        crate::deep_link_qt::stash("qobuzapp://album/newer".into());
+        crate::deep_link_qt::restore_pending("qobuzapp://album/older".into());
+        bind_ui();
+        assert!(UI_READY.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
+        assert!(!PENDING_PRESENT.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
+        assert_eq!(
+            crate::deep_link_qt::take_pending().as_deref(),
+            Some("qobuzapp://album/newer")
+        );
+        for shown in [false, true] {
+            crate::tray_qt::set_window_shown(shown);
+            interface.present();
+            assert!(!PENDING_PRESENT.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
+            assert!(crate::deep_link_qt::take_pending().is_none());
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    let mut child = std::process::Command::new(std::env::current_exe().unwrap())
+        .args([
+            "--exact",
+            "single_instance_qt::tests::early_handoff_survives_ui_binding_in_an_isolated_process",
+            "--nocapture",
+        ])
+        .env(CHILD, "1")
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap();
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    loop {
+        if let Some(status) = child.try_wait().unwrap() {
+            assert!(status.success());
+            break;
+        }
+        if started.elapsed() > Duration::from_secs(5) {
+            let _ = child.kill();
+            let _ = child.wait();
+            panic!("isolated handoff controller test did not terminate");
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+    }
+}