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Expand Up @@ -1235,7 +1235,17 @@ void LLMeshRepoThread::run()
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LL_DEBUGS() << "mHeaderReqQ failed: " << req.mMeshParams << LL_ENDL;
// too many fails -- can't get the header so none of the LODs will
// be available either. Without this, objects waiting on this
// header never learn it's gone and stay at their placeholder
// shape forever (mirrors LLMeshHeaderHandler::processFailure).
LL_WARNS() << "mHeaderReqQ failed too many times: " << req.mMeshParams << " , skip" << LL_ENDL;

LLMutexLock lock(mLoadedMutex);
for (int i = 0; i < LLVolumeLODGroup::NUM_LODS; ++i)
{
mUnavailableQ.push_back(LODRequest(req.mMeshParams, i));
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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# Verify the invalid-handle ownership contract and the retry path.
rg -n -C 15 'requestGetByteRange\s*\(' --glob '*.cpp' --glob '*.h'
rg -n -C 12 'LLMeshHeaderHandler::~LLMeshHeaderHandler|HeaderRequest\s+req' indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp

Repository: AlchemyViewer/Alchemy

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#!/bin/bash
set -u

printf '%s\n' '--- mesh repository target symbols ---'
rg -n -C 18 'fetchMeshHeader|LLMeshHeaderHandler|mUnavailableQ|mHttpRequestSet' indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp

printf '%s\n' '--- requestGetByteRange declarations and call sites ---'
rg -n -C 12 'requestGetByteRange|LLCORE_HTTP_HANDLE_INVALID' . --glob '*.{cpp,h,hpp}'

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printf '%s\n' '--- declarations and implementation files ---'
rg -n -C 10 'requestGetByteRange|class LLCore::HttpHandle|HttpHandle requestGet|HttpHandle.*ByteRange' indra libraries . --glob '*.{cpp,h,hpp}' 2>/dev/null

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git ls-files | grep -E 'llmeshrepository\.(cpp|h)$|http.*\.(cpp|h)$|llcore.*\.(cpp|h)$'
printf '%s\n' '--- exact symbols ---'
rg -n -C 20 'LLMeshHeaderHandler|fetchMeshHeader|requestGetByteRange|LLCORE_HTTP_HANDLE_INVALID' indra/newview libraries

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In the Alchemy Viewer source code, the file indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp contains the implementation for managing mesh assets, including the LLMeshHeaderHandler class [1][2]. This class is responsible for handling mesh header data, which often involves making network requests to fetch specific parts of mesh files [3][4]. The method requestGetByteRange is an HTTP-related function, typically associated with the viewer's underlying networking layer (LLCore::HttpRequest or similar) [3][5]. It is used to perform a partial HTTP GET request (a byte-range request) to fetch a specific segment of a file [5]. Within LLMeshHeaderHandler, this functionality is utilized to retrieve only the header portion of a mesh asset rather than downloading the entire file at once [4]. This is an optimization that allows the viewer to parse mesh metadata—such as structure and parameters—before deciding whether to fetch the full mesh data [4]. Because Alchemy Viewer is a fork of the official Linden Lab Second Life viewer, this code structure is inherited from the upstream codebase [6][7]. Similar implementations of LLMeshHeaderHandler and its use of byte-range requests for asset fetching can be found in other viewer projects derived from the official source [3][4]. [6][1][2][5]

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printf '%s\n' '--- fetchMeshHeader and adjacent submission logic ---'
rg -n -C 35 'bool LLMeshRepoThread::fetchMeshHeader|fetchMeshHeader\(' indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp

printf '%s\n' '--- LLCore invalid-queue path ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- fetchMeshHeader ---'
rg -n -A 45 -B 8 'bool LLMeshRepoThread::fetchMeshHeader' indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp

printf '%s\n' '--- requestGetByteRange implementation ---'
sed -n '211,260p' indra/llcorehttp/httprequest.cpp

printf '%s\n' '--- operation handler ownership ---'
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rg -n -C 20 'class HeaderRequest|struct HeaderRequest|HeaderRequest\(|canRetry\(|updateTime\(' indra/newview/llmeshrepository.h indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp

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Make failed header submissions the sole owner of retry state.

When LLCore::HttpRequest::requestGetByteRange() returns LLCORE_HTTP_HANDLE_INVALID, fetchMeshHeader() leaves the handler out of mHttpRequestSet. Its destructor requeues a new HeaderRequest, whose RequestStats resets mRetries to zero. The caller simultaneously enters the exhausted branch and marks every LOD unavailable. Repeated submission failures can therefore bypass the retry limit and generate unbounded header work.

Suppress the destructor retry for invalid submissions, or move retry ownership into the submission-failure path.

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In `@indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp` around lines 1244 - 1247, The failed
header-submission path in fetchMeshHeader must exclusively own retry handling
when requestGetByteRange returns LLCORE_HTTP_HANDLE_INVALID. Prevent the request
handler destructor from requeueing a new HeaderRequest in this case, or
otherwise transfer retry ownership there, so RequestStats.mRetries is not reset
and the exhausted branch can mark all LODs unavailable without generating
unbounded header work.

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