refactor(core): exit() and restart() triggers ExitRequested and Exit (#8708)

* refactor(core): exit() and restart() triggers ExitRequested and Exit

* update docs

* update doc

.changes/refactor-exit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch:breaking
+---
+
+`AppHandle::exit` and `AppHandle::restart` now go triggers `RunEvent::ExitRequested` and `RunEvent::Exit` and cannot be executed on the event loop handler.

.changes/request-exit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-runtime": patch:feat
+"tauri-runtime-wry": patch:feat
+---
+
+Added `RuntimeHandle::request_exit` function.

core/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs

@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@ pub type CreateWebviewClosure = Box<dyn FnOnce(&Window) -> Result<WebviewWrapper
 
 pub enum Message<T: 'static> {
   Task(Box<dyn FnOnce() + Send>),
+  RequestExit(i32),
   #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
   Application(ApplicationMessage),
   Window(WindowId, WindowMessage),
@@ -1969,6 +1970,15 @@ impl<T: UserEvent> RuntimeHandle<T> for WryHandle<T> {
     EventProxy(self.context.proxy.clone())
   }
 
+  fn request_exit(&self, code: i32) -> Result<()> {
+    // NOTE: request_exit cannot use the `send_user_message` function because it accesses the event loop callback
+    self
+      .context
+      .proxy
+      .send_event(Message::RequestExit(code))
+      .map_err(|_| Error::FailedToSendMessage)
+  }
+
   // Creates a window by dispatching a message to the event loop.
   // Note that this must be called from a separate thread, otherwise the channel will introduce a deadlock.
   fn create_window<F: Fn(RawWindow) + Send + 'static>(
@@ -2411,6 +2421,7 @@ fn handle_user_message<T: UserEvent>(
   } = context;
   match message {
     Message::Task(task) => task(),
+    Message::RequestExit(_code) => panic!("cannot handle RequestExit on the main thread"),
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     Message::Application(application_message) => match application_message {
       ApplicationMessage::Show => {
@@ -2949,7 +2960,7 @@ fn handle_event_loop<T: UserEvent>(
               let is_empty = windows.borrow().is_empty();
               if is_empty {
                 let (tx, rx) = channel();
-                callback(RunEvent::ExitRequested { tx });
+                callback(RunEvent::ExitRequested { code: None, tx });
 
                 let recv = rx.try_recv();
                 let should_prevent = matches!(recv, Ok(ExitRequestedEventAction::Prevent));
@@ -2980,6 +2991,20 @@ fn handle_event_loop<T: UserEvent>(
       }
     }
     Event::UserEvent(message) => match message {
+      Message::RequestExit(code) => {
+        let (tx, rx) = channel();
+        callback(RunEvent::ExitRequested {
+          code: Some(code),
+          tx,
+        });
+
+        let recv = rx.try_recv();
+        let should_prevent = matches!(recv, Ok(ExitRequestedEventAction::Prevent));
+
+        if !should_prevent {
+          *control_flow = ControlFlow::Exit;
+        }
+      }
       Message::Window(id, WindowMessage::Close) => {
         on_window_close(id, windows.clone());
       }

core/tauri-runtime/src/lib.rs

@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ pub enum RunEvent<T: UserEvent> {
   Exit,
   /// Event loop is about to exit
   ExitRequested {
+    /// The exit code.
+    code: Option<i32>,
     tx: Sender<ExitRequestedEventAction>,
   },
   /// An event associated with a window.
@@ -204,6 +206,9 @@ pub trait RuntimeHandle<T: UserEvent>: Debug + Clone + Send + Sync + Sized + 'st
   /// Creates an `EventLoopProxy` that can be used to dispatch user events to the main event loop.
   fn create_proxy(&self) -> <Self::Runtime as Runtime<T>>::EventLoopProxy;
 
+  /// Requests an exit of the event loop.
+  fn request_exit(&self, code: i32) -> Result<()>;
+
   /// Create a new window.
   fn create_window<F: Fn(RawWindow) + Send + 'static>(
     &self,

core/tauri/src/app.rs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use tauri_runtime::{
   },
   RuntimeInitArgs,
 };
-use tauri_utils::PackageInfo;
+use tauri_utils::{debug_eprintln, PackageInfo};
 
 use std::{
   borrow::Cow,
@@ -69,12 +69,17 @@ pub type SetupHook<R> =
 /// A closure that is run every time a page starts or finishes loading.
 pub type OnPageLoad<R> = dyn Fn(&Webview<R>, &PageLoadPayload<'_>) + Send + Sync + 'static;
 
+/// The exit code on [`RunEvent::ExitRequested`] when [`AppHandle#method.restart`] is called.
+pub const RESTART_EXIT_CODE: i32 = i32::MAX;
+
 /// Api exposed on the `ExitRequested` event.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ExitRequestApi(Sender<ExitRequestedEventAction>);
 
 impl ExitRequestApi {
-  /// Prevents the app from exiting
+  /// Prevents the app from exiting.
+  ///
+  /// **Note:** This is ignored when using [`AppHandle#method.restart`].
   pub fn prevent_exit(&self) {
     self.0.send(ExitRequestedEventAction::Prevent).unwrap();
   }
@@ -171,6 +176,10 @@ pub enum RunEvent {
   /// The app is about to exit
   #[non_exhaustive]
   ExitRequested {
+    /// Exit code.
+    /// [`Option::None`] when the exit is requested by user interaction,
+    /// [`Option::Some`] when requested programatically via [`AppHandle#method.exit`] and [`AppHandle#method.restart`].
+    code: Option<i32>,
     /// Event API
     api: ExitRequestApi,
   },
@@ -365,15 +374,20 @@ impl<R: Runtime> AppHandle<R> {
     self.manager().plugins.lock().unwrap().unregister(plugin)
   }
 
-  /// Exits the app. This is the same as [`std::process::exit`], but it performs cleanup on this application.
+  /// Exits the app by triggering [`RunEvent::ExitRequested`] and [`RunEvent::Exit`].
   pub fn exit(&self, exit_code: i32) {
-    self.cleanup_before_exit();
+    if let Err(e) = self.runtime_handle.request_exit(exit_code) {
-    std::process::exit(exit_code);
+      debug_eprintln!("failed to exit: {}", e);
+      self.cleanup_before_exit();
+      std::process::exit(exit_code);
+    }
   }
 
-  /// Restarts the app. This is the same as [`crate::process::restart`], but it performs cleanup on this application.
+  /// Restarts the app by triggering [`RunEvent::ExitRequested`] with code [`RESTART_EXIT_CODE`] and [`RunEvent::Exit`]..
   pub fn restart(&self) {
-    self.cleanup_before_exit();
+    if self.runtime_handle.request_exit(RESTART_EXIT_CODE).is_err() {
+      self.cleanup_before_exit();
+    }
     crate::process::restart(&self.env());
   }
 }
@@ -1718,7 +1732,8 @@ fn on_event_loop_event<R: Runtime>(
 
   let event = match event {
     RuntimeRunEvent::Exit => RunEvent::Exit,
-    RuntimeRunEvent::ExitRequested { tx } => RunEvent::ExitRequested {
+    RuntimeRunEvent::ExitRequested { code, tx } => RunEvent::ExitRequested {
+      code,
       api: ExitRequestApi(tx),
     },
     RuntimeRunEvent::WindowEvent { label, event } => RunEvent::WindowEvent {

core/tauri/src/test/mock_runtime.rs

@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ impl<T: UserEvent> RuntimeHandle<T> for MockRuntimeHandle {
     EventProxy {}
   }
 
+  fn request_exit(&self, code: i32) -> Result<()> {
+    unimplemented!()
+  }
+
   /// Create a new webview window.
   fn create_window<F: Fn(RawWindow<'_>) + Send + 'static>(
     &self,
@@ -1008,7 +1012,7 @@ impl<T: UserEvent> Runtime<T> for MockRuntime {
               let is_empty = self.context.windows.borrow().is_empty();
               if is_empty {
                 let (tx, rx) = channel();
-                callback(RunEvent::ExitRequested { tx });
+                callback(RunEvent::ExitRequested { code: None, tx });
 
                 let recv = rx.try_recv();
                 let should_prevent = matches!(recv, Ok(ExitRequestedEventAction::Prevent));

core/tauri/src/window/mod.rs

@@ -1569,12 +1569,6 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Window<R> {
   }
 
   /// Closes this window.
-  /// # Panics
-  ///
-  /// - Panics if the event loop is not running yet, usually when called on the [`setup`](crate::Builder#method.setup) closure.
-  /// - Panics when called on the main thread, usually on the [`run`](crate::App#method.run) closure.
-  ///
-  /// You can spawn a task to use the API using [`crate::async_runtime::spawn`] or [`std::thread::spawn`] to prevent the panic.
   pub fn close(&self) -> crate::Result<()> {
     self.window.dispatcher.close().map_err(Into::into)
   }

examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -153,10 +153,13 @@ pub fn run_app<R: Runtime, F: FnOnce(&App<R>) + Send + 'static>(
 
   app.run(move |_app_handle, _event| {
     #[cfg(all(desktop, not(test)))]
-    if let RunEvent::ExitRequested { api, .. } = &_event {
+    if let RunEvent::ExitRequested { api, code, .. } = &_event {
       // Keep the event loop running even if all windows are closed
       // This allow us to catch tray icon events when there is no window
-      api.prevent_exit();
+      // if we manually requested an exit (code is Some(_)) we will let it go through
+      if code.is_none() {
+        api.prevent_exit();
+      }
     }
   })
 }