fix: prevent stdout from disappearing in script templates. Fixes #11330…

… (#11368)

Signed-off-by: boiledfroginthewell <boiledfroginthewell@users.noreply.github.com>

cmd/argoexec/commands/emissary_test.go

@@ -41,12 +41,21 @@ func TestEmissary(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "1", string(data))
 	})
 	t.Run("Stdout", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_ = os.Remove(varRunArgo + "/ctr/main/stdout")
 		err := run("echo hello")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(varRunArgo + "/ctr/main/stdout")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Contains(t, string(data), "hello")
 	})
+	t.Run("Sub-process", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_ = os.Remove(varRunArgo + "/ctr/main/stdout")
+		err := run("(sleep 60; echo 'should not wait for sub-process')& echo -n hello")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(varRunArgo + "/ctr/main/stdout")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "hello", string(data))
+	})
 	t.Run("Combined", func(t *testing.T) {
 		err := run("echo hello > /dev/stderr")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)

workflow/executor/os-specific/command.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
@@ -16,7 +17,12 @@ func simpleStart(cmd *exec.Cmd) (func(), error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return func() {}, nil
+	closer := func() {
+		cmd.WaitDelay = 100 * time.Millisecond
+		_ = cmd.Wait()
+	}
+
+	return closer, nil
 }
 
 func isTerminal(stdin io.Reader) bool {

workflow/executor/os-specific/command_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package os_specific
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSimpleStartCloser(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "echo -n A123456789B123456789C123456789D123456789E123456789")
+	var stdoutWriter bytes.Buffer
+	slowWriter := SlowWriter{
+		&stdoutWriter,
+	}
+	// Command outputs are asynchronously written to cmd.Stdout.
+	// Using SlowWriter causes the situation where the invoked command has exited but its outputs have not been written yet.
+	cmd.Stdout = slowWriter
+
+	closer, err := StartCommand(cmd)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = cmd.Process.Release()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	// Wait for echo command to exit before calling closer
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	closer()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "A123456789B123456789C123456789D123456789E123456789", stdoutWriter.String())
+}
+
+type SlowWriter struct {
+	Writer io.Writer
+}
+
+func (s SlowWriter) Write(data []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	for i := range data {
+		_, err := s.Writer.Write(data[i : i+1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return i, err
+		}
+		time.Sleep(7 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	return len(data), nil
+}