# Live repro of the GUI-open bug in the RUNNING app: load 6 Nexus + EZkeys, # transport PLAY, then OPEN_GUI ch=5 (Nexus) — exactly the frontend sequence. # Usage: python probe_app4_live.py import ctypes, ctypes.wintypes as w, struct, subprocess, sys, os, time, re sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') APP_PID = 22264 # sonicforge-daw.exe (SHM name is per-PID) SHM_NAME = f"SonicForge_DAW_IPC_{APP_PID}".encode() SHM_NAME_LEGACY = b"SonicForge_DAW_IPC" # installed build still uses legacy name APP_LOG = os.path.join(os.environ.get('APPDATA', '.'), 'SonicForgeDAW', 'logs', 'bridge.log') VST = r"C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3" NEXUS = os.path.join(VST, "Nexus.vst3") EZKEYS = os.path.join(VST, "Toontrack", "EZkeys 2.vst3") kernel32 = ctypes.WinDLL('kernel32', use_last_error=True) kernel32.OpenFileMappingA.argtypes = [ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, w.BOOL, ctypes.c_char_p] kernel32.OpenFileMappingA.restype = ctypes.c_void_p kernel32.MapViewOfFile.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.c_size_t] kernel32.MapViewOfFile.restype = ctypes.c_void_p FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS = 0xF001F hMap = kernel32.OpenFileMappingA(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, False, SHM_NAME) name_used = SHM_NAME if not hMap: print(f"OpenFileMapping({SHM_NAME}) failed err={ctypes.get_last_error()}, trying legacy...") hMap = kernel32.OpenFileMappingA(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, False, SHM_NAME_LEGACY) name_used = SHM_NAME_LEGACY if not hMap: print(f"OpenFileMapping({SHM_NAME_LEGACY}) failed err={ctypes.get_last_error()}") sys.exit(1) ptr = kernel32.MapViewOfFile(hMap, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, 0) if not ptr: print("MapViewOfFile failed", ctypes.get_last_error()); sys.exit(1) print(f"SHM {name_used} mapped") def w32(off, fmt, *args): ctypes.memmove(ptr + off, struct.pack(fmt, *args), struct.calcsize(fmt)) def rd32(off): return ctypes.c_uint32.from_address(ptr + off).value def write_control(ctype, arg0, arg1, ch, path): for i in range(8): off = 2836 + i * 1040 if rd32(off) == 0: w32(off, 'IIII', ctype, arg0, arg1, ch) if path: b = path.encode('utf-8')[:1023] + b'\x00' ctypes.memmove(ptr + off + 16, b, len(b)) return i raise RuntimeError("control queue full") def push_controls(events): for i in range(8): w32(2836 + i * 1040, 'I', 0) for (ctype, arg0, arg1, ch, path) in events: write_control(ctype, arg0, arg1, ch, path) w32(11156, 'I', len(events)) def log_lines(): try: with open(APP_LOG, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as f: return f.readlines() except FileNotFoundError: return [] def wait_log(pattern, timeout, since): end = time.time() + timeout while time.time() < end: lines = log_lines() for i in range(since, len(lines)): if pattern in lines[i]: return lines[i].strip() time.sleep(0.2) return None def bridge_pid(): try: out = subprocess.run(["tasklist", "/FI", "IMAGENAME eq daw_vst_bridge.exe", "/FO", "CSV"], capture_output=True, text=True).stdout for line in out.splitlines()[1:]: if "daw_vst_bridge" in line: return line.split(',')[1].strip('"') except Exception: pass return None # 1) LOAD 6 Nexus ch0-5 + EZkeys ch6 (restore session state after bridge restart) since = len(log_lines()) evs = [(2, 0, 0, ch, NEXUS) for ch in range(6)] + [(2, 0, 0, 6, EZKEYS)] push_controls(evs) print("pushed LOAD x7; waiting for instruments...") loaded = [] for ch in range(7): r = wait_log(f"instrument loaded ch={ch}", 60, since) loaded.append(r or "TIMEOUT") print(f" ch={ch}: {('loaded' if r else 'TIMEOUT')}") # 2) TRANSPORT PLAY since = len(log_lines()) push_controls([(3, 1, 0, 0, "")]) r = wait_log("transport PLAY", 10, since) print("transport:", r or "TIMEOUT") # 3) OPEN_GUI ch=5 (Nexus) while playing — same args as frontend open_vst_gui since = len(log_lines()) push_controls([(4, 0, 0, 5, "Nexus")]) print("pushed OPEN_GUI ch=5 plugin=Nexus; watching 40s...") pid0 = bridge_pid() t0 = time.time() wi0 = rd32(4) last_wi, last_t = wi0, t0 stall_started = None events = [] while time.time() - t0 < 40: wi = rd32(4) if wi != last_wi: last_wi, last_t = wi, time.time() stall_started = None elif stall_started is None and time.time() - last_t > 3.0: stall_started = time.time() - last_t print(f" [{time.time()-t0:.1f}s] bridge_write_index STALL {wi} since +{time.time()-last_t:.1f}s") pid = bridge_pid() if pid and pid != pid0: print(f" [{time.time()-t0:.1f}s] BRIDGE RESTARTED pid {pid0} -> {pid}") pid0 = pid lines = log_lines() for i in range(since, len(lines)): l = lines[i].strip() if any(k in l for k in ("EXCEPTION", "FAILED", "attached", "deferred", "restarted", "Starting DAW")): print(f" [{time.time()-t0:.1f}s] LOG: {l}") time.sleep(0.2) print("done. write_index advanced:", last_wi, ">", wi0)