actors: Add pre-made HTTP actors

Also broke out the emergency halt process into a new function,
which is also now ALWAYS called 16 minutes after sigint has been
pressed, regardless if the shutdown even began in the first place.

actor.go

@@ -3,20 +3,40 @@ package camfish
 import "context"
 
 // Actor is a participant in the environment. All public methods on an actor
-// must be safe for concurrent use by multiple goroutines. Additionally, any
+// should be safe for concurrent use by multiple goroutines except for AddFlags,
-// type which explicitly implements Actor should:
+// Init, Configure, and ProcessConfig. Additionally, any type which explicitly
+// implements Actor should:
+//
 //   - Treat all public fields, values, indices, etc. as immutable
 //   - Satisfy Actor as a pointer, not a value
 //   - Not have a constructor
+//
+// The CAMFISH environment will use interfaces in this package to probe actors
+// for methods. If an actor is supposed to fulfill one of these interfaces, this
+// should be enforced at compile-time by assigning the actor to an anonymous
+// global variable of that interface type. For instance, this line will ensure
+// that SomeActor fulfills [Resettable]:
+//
+//   var _ camfish.Resettable = new(SomeActor)
 type Actor interface {
-	// Type returns the type name of the actor. The value returned from this
+	// Type returns the "type name" of the actor. The value returned from
-	// is used to locate actors capable of performing a specific task, so it
+	// this is used to locate actors capable of performing a specific task,
-	// absolutely must return the same string every time. Actors implemented
+	// so it absolutely must return the same string every time. It is
-	// in packages besides this one (i.e. not camfish) must not return the
+	// usually best to have this be unique to each actor. Actors implemented
-	// string "cron".
+	// in packages other than this one
+	// (git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/camfish) must not return the string
+	// "cron".
 	Type() string
 }
 
+// Named is any object with a name.
+type Named interface {
+	// Name returns the name. This doesn't need to be the same as Type. It
+	// must return the same string every time. It is used to differentiate
+	// actors of the same type in logs.
+	Name() string
+}
+
 // FlagAdder is any object that can add [Flag]s to a [FlagSet]. Actors which
 // implement this interface will be called upon to add flags during and only
 // during the flag parsing phase.
@@ -107,3 +127,22 @@ type RunShutdownable interface {
 	// should be shut down.
 	Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error
 }
+
+// Cleanupable is any object that must be cleaned up after it has stopped for
+// good. Actors which implement this interface will be cleaned up after they
+// are deleted from the environment.
+type Cleanupable interface {
+	Cleanup(ctx context.Context) error
+}
+
+// MainRunnable is any object with a function that must be bound to the main
+// thread. Only one actor may implement this at a time, and it must have been
+// added at the start of the environment as an argument to the run function.
+type MainRunnable interface {
+	// RunMain is run in the main thread and must stop once ShutdownMain
+	// is called.
+	RunMain() error
+	// ShutdownMain is like [RunShutdownable.Shutdown], but unblocks RunMain
+	// instead of Run.
+	ShutdownMain(ctx context.Context) error
+}

actors/http.go

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package http
+
+import "fmt"
+import "log"
+import "errors"
+import "context"
+import "net/http"
+import cf "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/camfish"
+
+var _ cf.Actor           = new(HTTP)
+var _ cf.RunShutdownable = new(HTTP)
+var _ cf.Configurable    = new(HTTP)
+var _ cf.Initializable   = new(HTTP)
+
+// HTTP is an actor providing an HTTP server. Its configuration options are
+// as follows:
+//
+//   - http.address:   The host:port to serve on
+//   - http.cert-file: The location of the public TLS/SSL certificate
+//   - http.key-file:  The location of the private TLS/SSL key
+//
+// If neither cert-file nor key-file are specified, the actor will serve
+// over HTTPS instead of HTTP.
+type HTTP struct {
+	// Typ determines the actor's type. If empty, it defaults to "http".
+	// Once the actor has been used in any way at all, this field must
+	// never be modified.
+	Typ string
+	// Handler is used to handle HTTP requests. If nil, the server will
+	// respond with a "404 Not found" error.
+	// Once the actor has been used in any way at all, this field must
+	// never be modified.
+	Handler http.Handler
+	// DefaultAddr specifies the default address to serve on if none is
+	// specified. This itself defaults to localhost:8080.
+	DefaultAddr
+	
+	server  *http.Server	
+	address  string
+	certFile string
+	keyFile  string
+}
+
+// Type returns "http", or this.Typ if specified.
+func (this *HTTP) Type() string {
+	if this.Typ == "" {
+		return "http"
+	}
+	return this.Typ
+}
+
+// Configure configures the actor.
+func (this *HTTP) Configure(conf cf.Config) error {
+	{
+		value := conf.Get(this.Type() + ".address")
+		if value == "" {
+			if this.DefaultAddr == "" {
+				value = "localhost:8080"
+			} else {
+				value = this.DefaultAddr
+		}
+		this.address = value
+	}
+	{
+		certFile := this.Type() + "cert-file"
+		keyFile  := this.Type() + "key-file"
+		this.certFile = conf.Get(certFile)
+		this.keyFile = conf.Get(keyFile)
+		if this.certFile == "" && this.keyFile != "" ||
+			this.certFile != "" && this.keyFile == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"both %s and %s http.key-file must be specified, or neither",
+				this.certFile,
+				this.keyFile)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Init initializes the actor.
+func (this *HTTP) Init(ctx context.Context) error {
+	this.server = &http.Server {
+		Addr:    this.address,
+		Handler: this.Handler,
+	}
+	return ctx.Err()
+}
+
+// Run runs the actor.
+func (this *HTTP) Run() error {
+	log.Printf("(i) [%s] listening on %s", this.Type(), this.address)
+	err := this.server.ListenAndServe()
+	if errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) { return nil }
+	return err
+}
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the actor.
+func (this *HTTP) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return this.server.Shutdown(ctx)
+}
+
+var _ cf.Actor           = new(HTTPServer)
+var _ cf.RunShutdownable = new(HTTPServer)
+var _ cf.Initializable   = new(HTTPServer)
+
+// HTTPServer lets you use a pre-existing [http.Server] as an actor. It has
+// no configuration or anything.
+type HTTPServer struct {
+	// Server must be non-nil.
+	*HTTP.Server
+	
+	// Typ determines the actor's type. If empty, it defaults to "http".
+	// Once the actor has been used in any way at all, this field must
+	// never be modified.
+	Typ string
+}
+
+
+// Type returns "http", or this.Typ if specified.
+func (this *HTTPServer) Type() string {
+	if this.Typ == "" {
+		return "http"
+	}
+	return this.Typ
+}
+
+// Run runs the actor.
+func (this *HTTPServer) Run() error {
+	log.Printf("(i) [%s] listening on %s", this.Type(), this.Addr)
+	err := this.server.ListenAndServe()
+	if errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) { return nil }
+	return err
+}

actorset.go

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ type actorInfo struct {
 	// incremented automatically for each actor that is added. It is never
 	// less than one.
 	order int
+	// initial is true if this actor was added as an argument to [Run].
+	initial bool
 }
 
 // actorSetIface holds only the add/del/clear methods of actorSet.
@@ -60,23 +62,12 @@ func (sets *actorSets) All() iter.Seq[actorSetIface] {
 
 // add adds an actor under the given parent context. This is a write operation.
 func (this *actorSets) add(ctx context.Context, actor Actor) {
-	if this.inf == nil { this.inf = make(map[Actor] actorInfo)}
+	this.addInternal(actorInfo { }, ctx, actor)
-	actorCtx, done := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-	this.nextOrder ++
-	info := actorInfo {
-		ctx:   actorCtx,
-		done:  done,
-		order: this.nextOrder,
-	}
-	_, isRunnable        := actor.(Runnable)
-	_, isRunShutdownable := actor.(RunShutdownable)
-	if isRunnable || isRunShutdownable {
-		info.stopped = make(chan struct { })
-	}
-	this.inf[actor] = info
-	for set := range this.All() {
-		set.add(actor)
 }
+
+// addInitial is like add, but marks the actor as initial. This is a write operation.
+func (this *actorSets) addInitial(ctx context.Context, actor Actor) {
+	this.addInternal(actorInfo { initial: true }, ctx, actor)
 }
 
 // del removes an actor. This is a write operation.
@@ -101,6 +92,24 @@ func (this *actorSets) info(actor Actor) actorInfo {
 	return this.inf[actor]
 }
 
+func (this *actorSets) addInternal(inf actorInfo, ctx context.Context, actor Actor) {
+	if this.inf == nil { this.inf = make(map[Actor] actorInfo)}
+	actorCtx, done := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	this.nextOrder ++
+	inf.ctx   = actorCtx
+	inf.done  = done
+	inf.order = this.nextOrder
+	_, isRunnable        := actor.(Runnable)
+	_, isRunShutdownable := actor.(RunShutdownable)
+	if isRunnable || isRunShutdownable {
+		inf.stopped = make(chan struct { })
+	}
+	this.inf[actor] = inf
+	for set := range this.All() {
+		set.add(actor)
+	}
+}
+
 // sortActors sorts actors according to the order in which they were added.
 func sortActors[T comparable] (sets *actorSets, actors []T) []T {
 	slices.SortFunc(actors, func (left, right T) int {

cron.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import "context"
 // tasks on time intervals.
 type cron struct {
 	trimFunc func() bool
+	fastTiming bool
 	timing struct {
 		trimInterval time.Duration
 	}
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ func (this *cron) Configure (config Config) error {
 		}
 		this.timing.trimInterval = value
 	}
+	if this.fastTiming {
+		this.timing.trimInterval = time.Second * 10
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 

environment.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import "sync"
 import "time"
 import "errors"
 import "context"
+import "runtime"
 import "sync/atomic"
 import "golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/go-util/sync"
@@ -19,9 +20,11 @@ const defaultRestartInitialInterval  =  8 * time.Second
 const defaultRestartInitialIncrement =  8 * time.Second
 const defaultRestartInitialMaximum   =  1 * time.Hour
 const defaultResetTimeout            =  8 * time.Minute
+const defaultCleanupTimeout          =  1 * time.Minute
 const defaultTrimInterval            =  1 * time.Minute
 const defaultTrimTimeout             =  1 * time.Minute
 const defaultShutdownTimeout         =  8 * time.Minute
+const defaultSigintTimeout           = 16 * time.Minute
 
 // environment is an object which handles requests by package-level functions.
 // It is only a separate object for testing purposes.
@@ -29,10 +32,13 @@ type environment struct {
 	name        string
 	description string
 	actors      usync.RWMonitor[*actorSets]
+	main        MainRunnable
 	ctx         context.Context
 	done        context.CancelCauseFunc
 	group       sync.WaitGroup
+	noneLeft    chan struct { }
 	conf        MutableConfig
+	cron        *cron
 
 	// flags stores information from built-in flags.
 	flags struct {
@@ -41,6 +47,9 @@ type environment struct {
 		logDirectory string
 		configFile   string
 		verbose      bool
+		crash        bool
+		crashOnError bool
+		fastTiming   bool
 	}
 
 	// running stores whether the environment is currently running.
@@ -58,8 +67,10 @@ type environment struct {
 		restartIntervalIncrement atomicDuration
 		restartIntervalMaximum   atomicDuration
 		resetTimeout             atomicDuration
+		cleanupTimeout           atomicDuration
 		trimTimeout              atomicDuration
 		shutdownTimeout          atomicDuration
+		sigintTimeout            atomicDuration
 	}
 }
 
@@ -72,16 +83,19 @@ func (this *environment) Run(name, description string, actors ...Actor) {
 
 	this.ctx, this.done = context.WithCancelCause(context.Background())
 	defer this.done(nil)
-	daemon.OnSigint(func() { this.done(ErrProcessKilled) })
+	daemon.OnSigint(this.handleSigint)
 	defer log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
 	
 	this.name = name
 	this.description = description
 	this.actors = usync.NewRWMonitor(&actorSets { })
-	this.addToSets(actors...)
+	this.cron = &cron {
-	this.addToSets(&cron {
 		trimFunc: this.phase70_5Trimming,
-	})
+	}
+	this.addToSetsInitial(actors...)
+	this.addToSetsInitial(this.cron)
+	
+	this.noneLeft = make(chan struct { })
 	
 	if !this.phase10FlagParsing()              { os.Exit(2) }
 	if !this.phase13PidFileCreation()          { os.Exit(1) }
@@ -103,6 +117,21 @@ func (this *environment) Done(cause error) {
 // Add implements the package-level function [Add].
 func (this *environment) Add(ctx context.Context, actors ...Actor) error {
 	this.addToSets(actors...)
+	cleanUp := func() {
+		this.delFromSets(actors...)
+	}
+	
+	for _, actor := range actors {
+		if actor, ok := actor.(Configurable); ok {
+			err := actor.Configure(this.conf)
+			if err != nil {
+				cleanUp()
+				return fmt.Errorf (
+					"could not apply configuration to %s: %w",
+					actor.(Actor).Type(), err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	initializable := make([]Initializable, 0, len(actors))
 	for _, actor := range actors {
 		if actor, ok := actor.(Initializable); ok {
@@ -110,16 +139,12 @@ func (this *environment) Add(ctx context.Context, actors ...Actor) error {
 		}
 	}
 	err := this.initializeActors(ctx, initializable...)
-	if err != nil { return err }
-	for _, actor := range actors {
-		if actor, ok := actor.(Configurable); ok {
-			err := actor.Configure(this.conf)
 	if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf (
+		if this.flags.crashOnError {
-					"could not apply configuration to %s: %w",
+			panic(fmt.Sprint(err))
-					actor.(Actor).Type(), err)
-			}
 		}
+		cleanUp()
+		return err
 	}
 	for _, actor := range actors {
 		_, isRunnable        := actor.(Runnable)
@@ -136,11 +161,15 @@ func (this *environment) Del(ctx context.Context, actors ...Actor) error {
 	channels := []<- chan struct { } { }
 	for _, actor := range actors {
 		info := this.info(actor)
-		if info.done != nil {
+		if info.stopped != nil {
 			channels = append(channels, info.stopped)
 		}
+		if info.done != nil {
+			info.done()
+		}
 	}
 	for _, channel := range channels {
+		if channel == nil { continue }
 		select {
 		case <- channel:
 		case <- ctx.Done():
@@ -195,6 +224,15 @@ func (this *environment) addToSets(actors ...Actor) {
 	}
 }
 
+// addToSetsInitial adds the actors to the actorSets in a thread-safe manner.
+func (this *environment) addToSetsInitial(actors ...Actor) {
+	thisActors, done := this.actors.Borrow()
+	defer done()
+	for _, actor := range actors {
+		thisActors.addInitial(this.ctx, actor)
+	}
+}
+
 // delFromSets deletes the actors from the actorSets in a thread-safe manner.
 func (this *environment) delFromSets(actors ...Actor) {
 	thisActors, done := this.actors.Borrow()
@@ -220,17 +258,37 @@ func (this *environment) start(actor Actor) {
 	go this.run(actor)
 }
 
-// run runs the given actor, restarting it if it fails. This function will exit
+// run runs the given actor. This function will exit
-// when the actor's context is canceled. The actor will be removed from the
+// when the actor's context is canceled, or the actor has stopped or exited.
+// The actor will be removed from the
 // environment once this function exits, and the environment's wait group
 // counter will be decremented. note that this function will never increment the
 // wait group counter, so start should usually be used instead.
 func (this *environment) run(actor Actor) {
+	typ := actor.Type()
+	
 	// clean up when done
-	defer this.group.Done()
+	defer func() {
+		this.group.Done()
+		this.delFromSets(actor)
+		if actor, ok := actor.(Cleanupable); ok {
+			ctx, done := context.WithTimeout(
+				context.Background(),
+				defaul(
+					this.timing.cleanupTimeout.Load(),
+					defaultCleanupTimeout))
+			defer done()
+			err := actor.Cleanup(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("XXX [%s] failed to cleanup: %v", typ, err)
+				if this.flags.crashOnError {
+					panic(fmt.Sprint(err))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
 
 	// logging
-	typ := actor.Type()
 	if this.Verb() { log.Printf("(i) [%s] running", typ) }
 	var stopErr error
 	var exited  bool
@@ -242,14 +300,21 @@ func (this *environment) run(actor Actor) {
 				if this.Verb() { log.Printf("(i) [%s] stopped", typ) }
 			}
 		} else {
-			log.Printf("!!! [%s] stopped with error: %v", typ, stopErr)
+			log.Printf("XXX [%s] stopped with error: %v", typ, stopErr)
+			if this.flags.crashOnError {
+				panic(fmt.Sprint(stopErr))
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 
 	// contains context information
 	info := this.info(actor)
 	ctx := info.ctx
-	defer close(info.stopped)
+	defer func() {
+		if info.stopped != nil {
+			close(info.stopped)
+		}
+	}()
 	
 	switch actor := actor.(type) {
 	case Runnable:
@@ -282,7 +347,12 @@ func (this *environment) runRunnable(ctx context.Context, actor Runnable) (stopE
 	for {
 		// run actor
 		lastStart := time.Now()
-		err := panicWrapCtx(ctx, actor.Run)
+		var err error
+		if this.flags.crash {
+			err = actor.Run(ctx)
+		} else {
+			err = panicWrapCtx(ctx, actor.Run)
+		}
 
 		// detect context cancellation
 		if ctxErr := ctx.Err(); ctxErr != nil {
@@ -298,12 +368,28 @@ func (this *environment) runRunnable(ctx context.Context, actor Runnable) (stopE
 			return
 		} else {
 			// failure
-			log.Printf("XXX [%s] failed", typ)
+			if this.flags.crashOnError {
+				panic(fmt.Sprint(err))
+			}
+
+			// if an actor isn't resettable, don't reset
+			// or restart it
+			if _, ok := actor.(Resettable); !ok {
+				stopErr = err
+				return
+			}
+
+			// print the failure message here because we won't be
+			// returning to run().
+			log.Printf("XXX [%s] failed: %v", typ, err)
 		}
 
 		// restart logic
 		if time.Since(lastStart) < restartThreshold {
 			log.Printf("!!! [%s] failed too soon, restarting in %v", typ, restartInterval)
+			if this.flags.crashOnError {
+				panic("failed too soon")
+			}
 			timer := time.NewTimer(restartInterval)
 			select {
 			case <- timer.C:
@@ -320,7 +406,8 @@ func (this *environment) runRunnable(ctx context.Context, actor Runnable) (stopE
 			restartInterval = restartInitialInterval
 		}
 
-		// reset if needed
+		// reset if needed. this condition will always be true because
+		// this code path is restricted to Resettable anyway
 		if actor, ok := actor.(Resettable); ok {
 			if this.Verb() { log.Printf("... [%s] resetting", typ) }
 			func() {
@@ -329,6 +416,9 @@ func (this *environment) runRunnable(ctx context.Context, actor Runnable) (stopE
 				err := actor.Reset(ctx)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Printf("XXX [%s] failed to reset", typ)
+					if this.flags.crashOnError {
+						panic("failed to reset")
+					}
 				}
 			}()
 			if this.Verb() { log.Printf(".// [%s] reset", typ) }
@@ -388,6 +478,7 @@ func (this *environment) applyConfig() error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
+	// TODO: trim interval
 	err := parseDuration("init-timeout", &this.timing.initTimeout)
 	if err != nil { return err }
 	err = parseDuration("restart-threshold", &this.timing.restartThreshold)
@@ -400,13 +491,43 @@ func (this *environment) applyConfig() error {
 	if err != nil { return err }
 	err = parseDuration("reset-timeout", &this.timing.resetTimeout)
 	if err != nil { return err }
+	err = parseDuration("cleanup-timeout", &this.timing.cleanupTimeout)
+	if err != nil { return err }
 	err = parseDuration("trim-timeout", &this.timing.trimTimeout)
 	if err != nil { return err }
 	err = parseDuration("shutdown-timeout", &this.timing.shutdownTimeout)
 	if err != nil { return err }
+	err = parseDuration("sigint-timeout", &this.timing.sigintTimeout)
+	if err != nil { return err }
+
+	if this.flags.fastTiming {
+		this.timing.shutdownTimeout.Store(time.Second * 10)
+		this.timing.sigintTimeout.Store(time.Second * 12)
+	}
+	
 	return nil
 }
 
+// handleSigint is called when the program receives a SIGINT signal.
+func (this *environment) handleSigint() {
+	this.done(ErrProcessKilled)
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(defaul(this.timing.sigintTimeout.Load(), defaultSigintTimeout))
+		this.emergencyHalt("final SIGNINT deadline expired")
+	}()
+}
+
+func (this *environment) emergencyHalt(reason string) {
+	log.Printf("XXX (80) %s, performing emergency halt", reason)
+	if Verb() || this.flags.crashOnError {
+		dumpBuffer := make([]byte, 8192)
+		runtime.Stack(dumpBuffer, true)
+		log.Printf("XXX (80) stack trace of all goroutines:\n%s", dumpBuffer)
+	}
+	log.Printf("====== [%s] END =======", this.name)
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
+
 type runShutdownableShim struct {
 	underlying RunShutdownable
 	shutdownTimeout time.Duration

examples/panic/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Example panic demonstrates how the environment can restart actors if they
+// fail.
+package main
+
+import "log"
+import "time"
+import "errors"
+import "context"
+import "math/rand"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/camfish"
+
+func main() {
+	camfish.Run("panic",
+		"Example panic demonstrates how the environment can restart " +
+		"actors if they fail",
+		new(actor))
+}
+
+// actor is an incorrectly implemented actor that panics and errs randomly.
+type actor struct { }
+var _ camfish.Runnable   = new(actor)
+var _ camfish.Resettable = new(actor)
+func (this *actor) Type() string { return "panic" }
+
+func (this *actor) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Println("(i) [panic] panicking in 10 seconds")
+	select {
+	case <- ctx.Done(): return ctx.Err()
+	case <- time.After(time.Second * 10):
+		if rand.Int() % 2 == 0 {
+			panic("this is a panic")
+		} else {
+			return errors.New("this is an error")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (this *actor) Reset(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log.Println("(i) [panic] here is where we would reset the actor")
+	return ctx.Err()
+}

ini.go

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func configFiles(program string) ([]string, error) {
 	userConfig, err := os.UserConfigDir()
 	if err != nil { return nil, err }
 	return []string {
-		filepath.Join("/etc", program),
+		filepath.Join("/etc", program, program + ".conf"),
-		filepath.Join(userConfig, program),
+		filepath.Join(userConfig, program, program + ".conf"),
 	}, nil
 }

phases.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "log"
 import "io/fs"
 import "errors"
 import "context"
+import "runtime"
 import "strings"
 import "path/filepath"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/go-cli"
@@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ func (this *environment) phase10FlagParsing() bool {
 	flagUser          := set.Flag('u', "user",           "The user:group to run as", cli.ValString)
 	flagLogDirectory  := set.Flag('l', "log-directory",  "Write logs to the specified directory", cli.ValString)
 	flagConfigFile    := set.Flag('c', "config-file",    "Use this configuration file", cli.ValString)
-	flagVerbose       := set.Flag('v', "verbose",       "Enable verbose output/logging", nil)
+	flagVerbose       := set.Flag('v', "verbose",        "(debug) Enable verbose output/logging", nil)
+	flagCrash         := set.Flag(0,   "crash",          "(debug) Crash when an actor panics", nil)
+	flagCrashOnError  := set.Flag(0,   "crash-on-error", "(debug) Crash when an actor experiences any error", nil)
+	flagFastTiming    := set.Flag(0,   "fast-timing",    "(debug) Make timed things happen faster/more often", nil)
 
 	// ask actors to add flags
 	actors, done := this.actors.RBorrow()
@@ -60,6 +64,17 @@ func (this *environment) phase10FlagParsing() bool {
 	if _, ok := flagVerbose.First(); ok {
 		this.flags.verbose = true
 	}
+	if _, ok := flagCrash.First(); ok {
+		this.flags.crash = true
+	}
+	if _, ok := flagCrashOnError.First(); ok {
+		this.flags.crash = true
+		this.flags.crashOnError = true
+	}
+	if _, ok := flagFastTiming.First(); ok {
+		this.flags.fastTiming = true
+		this.cron.fastTiming = true
+	}
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -128,6 +143,12 @@ func (this *environment) phase30ConfigurationParsing() bool {
 	if this.flags.configFile != "" {
 		paths = append(paths, this.flags.configFile)
 	}
+	if this.Verb() {
+		log.Println("(i) (30) have configuration files:")
+		for _, paths := range paths {
+			log.Println("(i) (30) -", paths)
+		}
+	}
 	// parse every config and merge them all
 	configs := make([]iniConfig, 0, len(paths))
 	for _, path := range paths {
@@ -178,6 +199,8 @@ func (this *environment) phase50ConfigurationApplication() bool {
 	actors, done := this.actors.RBorrow()
 	defer done()
 	for _, actor := range sortActors(actors, actors.configurable.all()) {
+		if !actors.info(actor.(Actor)).initial { continue }
+		if this.Verb() { log.Printf ("... (50) applying configuration to %s", actor.(Actor).Type())}
 		err := actor.Configure(this.conf)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf (
@@ -192,13 +215,24 @@ func (this *environment) phase50ConfigurationApplication() bool {
 
 func (this *environment) phase60Initialization() bool {
 	if this.Verb() { log.Println("... (60) initializing") }
+	// this fucking sucks in sorry
 	var initializable []Initializable
 	func() {
 		actors, done := this.actors.RBorrow()
 		defer done()
 		initializable = actors.initializable.all()
 	}()
-	if err := this.initializeActors(this.ctx, initializable...); err != nil {
+	// filter out non-initial actors
+	initializableInitial := initializable
+	index := 0
+	for _, actor := range initializable {
+		if !this.info(actor.(Actor)).initial { continue }
+		initializableInitial = initializable[:index + 1]
+		initializableInitial[index] = actor
+		index ++
+	}
+	
+	if err := this.initializeActors(this.ctx, initializableInitial...); err != nil {
 		log.Println("XXX (60) failed to initialize:", err)
 		return false
 	}
@@ -207,6 +241,34 @@ func (this *environment) phase60Initialization() bool {
 }
 
 func (this *environment) phase70Running() bool {
+	for actor := range this.All() {
+		if actor, ok := actor.(MainRunnable); ok {
+			this.main = actor
+		}
+	}
+	
+	bodyReturn := make(chan bool)
+	go func() {
+		bodyReturn <- this.phase70RunningBody()
+		if this.main != nil {
+			shutdownCtx, done := context.WithTimeout(
+				context.Background(),
+					defaul(this.timing.shutdownTimeout.Load(),
+					defaultShutdownTimeout))
+			defer done()
+			this.main.ShutdownMain(shutdownCtx)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	mainReturn := false
+	if this.main != nil {
+		mainReturn = this.phase70_2MainBind()
+	}
+	
+	return <- bodyReturn && mainReturn
+}
+
+func (this *environment) phase70RunningBody() bool {
 	defer this.Done(nil)
 	if this.Verb() { log.Println("... (70) starting up") }
 	this.running.Store(true)
@@ -215,29 +277,45 @@ func (this *environment) phase70Running() bool {
 		actors, done := this.actors.RBorrow()
 		defer done()
 		for _, actor := range actors.runnable.all() {
+			if !actors.info(actor.(Actor)).initial { continue }
 			this.start(actor.(Actor))
 		}
 		for _, actor := range actors.runShutdownable.all() {
+			if !actors.info(actor.(Actor)).initial { continue }
 			this.start(actor.(Actor))
 		}
 		
 	}()
 	log.Println(".// (70) startup sequence complete")
 	// await context cancellation or waitgroup completion
-	wgChannel := make(chan struct { }, 1)
 	go func() {
 		this.group.Wait()
-		wgChannel <- struct { } { }
+		close(this.noneLeft)
 	}()
 	select {
 	case <- this.ctx.Done():
 		if this.Verb() { log.Println("(i) (70) canceled") }
-	case <- wgChannel:
+	case <- this.noneLeft:
 		if this.Verb() { log.Println("(i) (70) all actors have finished") }
 	}
 	return true
 }
 
+func (this *environment) phase70_2MainBind() bool{
+	mainActor := this.main.(Actor)
+	if this.Verb() { log.Printf("... (70.2) binding %s to main thread", mainActor.Type()) }
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+	if this.Verb() { log.Printf(".// (70.2) main thread bind complete") }
+	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
+	err := panicWrap(this.main.RunMain)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("XXX [%s] main thread failed: %v", mainActor.Type(), err)
+		return false
+	}
+	if this.Verb() { log.Printf("(i) (70.2) main thread exited") }
+	return true
+}
+
 func (this *environment) phase70_5Trimming() bool {
 	if this.Verb() { log.Println("... (70.5) trimming") }
 	var trimmable []Trimmable
@@ -248,6 +326,9 @@ func (this *environment) phase70_5Trimming() bool {
 	}()
 	if err := this.trimActors(this.ctx, trimmable...); err != nil {
 		log.Println(".// (70.5) failed to trim:", err)
+		if this.flags.crashOnError {
+			panic(err)
+		}
 		return false
 	}
 	if this.Verb() { log.Println(".// (70.5) trimmed") }
@@ -255,6 +336,7 @@ func (this *environment) phase70_5Trimming() bool {
 }
 
 func (this *environment) phase80Shutdown() bool {
+	logActors(All())
 	ctx, done := context.WithTimeout(
 		context.Background(),
 		defaul(this.timing.shutdownTimeout.Load(), defaultShutdownTimeout))
@@ -262,9 +344,7 @@ func (this *environment) phase80Shutdown() bool {
 	go func() {
 		<- ctx.Done()
 		if errors.Is(context.Cause(ctx), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
-			log.Println("XXX (80) shutdown timeout expired, performing emergency halt")
+			this.emergencyHalt("shutdown timeout expired")
-			log.Printf("====== [%s] END =======", this.name)
-			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}()
 	
@@ -277,6 +357,7 @@ func (this *environment) phase80Shutdown() bool {
 		log.Println(".// (80) shutdown succeeded, goodbye")
 		log.Printf("====== [%s] END =======", this.name)
 	}()
-	this.group.Wait()
+	// wait for all actors to shut down
+	<- this.noneLeft
 	return cause == nil
 }

run.go

@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ var env environment
 //   
 //   70. Running: Actors which implement [Runnable] or [RunShutdownable] are
 //       run, each in their own goroutine. The environment is able to restart
-//       actors which have failed, which entails resetting the actor if it
+//       actors which have failed if they implement [Resettable], which entails
-//       implements [Resettable], and running the actor again within the same
+//       resetting the actor and running it again within the same
 //       goroutine. If an actor does not run for a meaningful amount of time
 //       after resetting/initialization before failing, it is considered erratic
 //       and further attempts to restart it will be spaced by a limited,
-//       constantly increasing time interval. The timing is configurable, but by
+//       constantly increasing time interval.
+//       
+//       The timing is configurable, but by
 //       default the threshold for a meaningful amount of runtime is 16 seconds,
 //       the initial delay interval is 8 seconds, the interval increase per
 //       attempt is 8 seconds, and the maximum interval is one hour.
@@ -67,6 +69,12 @@ var env environment
 //       which implements [Resettable] is reset, it is given a configurable
 //       timeout, which is 8 minutes by default.
 //       
+//       If one of the actors directly passed to Run implements MainRunnable,
+//       it will be bound to the main thread and the CAMFISH environment will
+//       be run in a different thread. If more than one actor implementing
+//       MainRunnable is passed to the Run function, only the first one is
+//       considered.
+//   
 //   80. Shutdown: This can be triggered by all actors being removed from the
 //       environment, a catastrophic error, [Done] being called, or the program
 //       recieving SIGINT. If necessary, the environment shuts down all running

util.go

@@ -12,6 +12,37 @@ import "strings"
 import "context"
 import "sync/atomic"
 import "unicode/utf8"
+import "runtime/debug"
+
+type panicError struct {
+	wrapped error
+	stack   []byte
+}
+
+func (this panicError) Error() string {
+	if this.stack == nil {
+		return this.wrapped.Error()
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%v: %s", this.wrapped, this.stack)
+	}
+}
+
+func (this panicError) Unwrap() error {
+	return this.wrapped
+}
+
+func panicErr(message any, stack []byte) (err error) {
+	var wrapped error
+	if panErr, ok := message.(error); ok {
+		wrapped = panErr
+	} else {
+		wrapped = errors.New(fmt.Sprint(message))
+	}
+	return panicError {
+		wrapped: wrapped,
+		stack:   stack,
+	}
+}
 
 func defaul[T comparable](value, def T) T {
 	var zero T
@@ -22,11 +53,7 @@ func defaul[T comparable](value, def T) T {
 func panicWrap(f func() error) (err error) {
 	defer func () {
 		if pan := recover(); pan != nil {
-			if panErr, ok := pan.(error); ok {
+			err = panicErr(pan, debug.Stack())
-				err = panErr
-			} else {
-				err = errors.New(fmt.Sprint(pan))
-			}
 		}
 	} ()
 	
@@ -37,11 +64,7 @@ func panicWrap(f func() error) (err error) {
 func panicWrapCtx(ctx context.Context, f func(context.Context) error) (err error) {
 	defer func () {
 		if pan := recover(); pan != nil {
-			if panErr, ok := pan.(error); ok {
+			err = panicErr(pan, debug.Stack())
-				err = panErr
-			} else {
-				err = errors.New(fmt.Sprint(pan))
-			}
 		}
 	} ()
 	
@@ -77,7 +100,11 @@ func logActors (actors iter.Seq[Actor]) {
 	}
 	types := make(map[string] int)
 	for actor := range actors {
-		types[actor.Type()] += 1
+		typ := actor.Type()
+		if named, ok := actor.(Named); ok {
+			typ = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", typ, named.Name())
+		}
+		types[typ] += 1
 	}
 	for typ, count := range types {
 		if count > 1 {