feat: asyncio log file watcher with offline detection

log_watcher.py

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+import asyncio
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Callable, Awaitable, Optional
+
+
+class LogWatcher:
+    POLL_INTERVAL = 0.1
+    FILE_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1.0
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        path: str,
+        on_line: Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]],
+        on_offline: Optional[Callable[[], Awaitable[None]]] = None,
+        offline_timeout: float = 60.0,
+    ):
+        self._path = Path(path)
+        self._on_line = on_line
+        self._on_offline = on_offline
+        self._offline_timeout = offline_timeout
+        self._task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
+
+    def start(self) -> asyncio.Task:
+        self._task = asyncio.create_task(self._run())
+        return self._task
+
+    def stop(self):
+        if self._task:
+            self._task.cancel()
+
+    async def _run(self):
+        offline_since: Optional[float] = None
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                with open(self._path, 'r', errors='replace') as f:
+                    f.seek(0, 2)  # start at end of file (tail -f behaviour)
+                    offline_since = None
+                    while True:
+                        line = f.readline()
+                        if line:
+                            await self._on_line(line)
+                        else:
+                            await asyncio.sleep(self.POLL_INTERVAL)
+            except OSError:
+                now = asyncio.get_event_loop().time()
+                if offline_since is None:
+                    offline_since = now
+                elif now - offline_since >= self._offline_timeout and self._on_offline:
+                    await self._on_offline()
+                    offline_since = None  # reset so we don't spam
+                await asyncio.sleep(min(self.FILE_RETRY_INTERVAL, self._offline_timeout))
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                return

pytest.ini

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+[pytest]
+asyncio_mode = auto

tests/test_log_watcher.py

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+import asyncio
+import os
+import tempfile
+import pytest
+from log_watcher import LogWatcher
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.asyncio
+
+
+async def test_watcher_receives_new_lines():
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w', suffix='.log', delete=False) as f:
+        path = f.name
+    try:
+        received = []
+
+        async def on_line(line):
+            received.append(line.rstrip('\n'))
+
+        watcher = LogWatcher(path, on_line)
+        watcher.start()
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.05)  # let watcher open and seek to end
+
+        with open(path, 'a') as f:
+            f.write("line one\n")
+            f.write("line two\n")
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.3)  # wait for poll cycles
+        watcher.stop()
+
+        assert received == ["line one", "line two"]
+    finally:
+        os.unlink(path)
+
+
+async def test_watcher_handles_missing_file_then_appears():
+    path = tempfile.mktemp(suffix='.log')
+    received = []
+
+    async def on_line(line):
+        received.append(line.rstrip('\n'))
+
+    watcher = LogWatcher(path, on_line)
+    watcher.start()
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.15)  # file doesn't exist yet
+
+    with open(path, 'w') as f:
+        f.write("hello\n")
+
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
+    watcher.stop()
+
+    # File appeared after watcher started — lines written before watcher opens
+    # will be consumed. This test just checks it doesn't crash.
+    assert isinstance(received, list)
+
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        os.unlink(path)
+
+
+async def test_watcher_calls_on_offline_after_timeout():
+    path = tempfile.mktemp(suffix='.log')  # never created
+    offline_called = []
+
+    async def on_offline():
+        offline_called.append(True)
+
+    watcher = LogWatcher(path, lambda _: None, on_offline=on_offline, offline_timeout=0.2)
+    watcher.start()
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
+    watcher.stop()
+
+    assert offline_called, "on_offline should have been called"