Hi,

I've found the cause of this error.  It only happens when the call into Kamailio KSR takes more time than the threshold set in 'latency_limit_action' of the main config file.  In my case, the value is set to 100000 and I can trigger the issue by calling tls.reload through KSR.jsonrpc.exec(..) as follows:

           jsreload = dict()
           jsreload["jsonrpc"] = "2.0"
           jsreload["method"] = "tls.reload"
           jsreload["id"] = 1

           KSR.jsonrpcs.exec(json.dumps(jsreload))


The problem is caused by a bug in the app_python3 module. In file apy_kemi.c, the code that prints the message indicating the threshold has been exceeded is causing a TypeError exception while trying to get the co_filename and co_name values from the python interpreter.
To do so it uses PyBytes_AsString , which expects a Bytes value but receives a Unicode value, thus causing the TypeError exception.
The fix is to use PyUnicode_AsUTF8 instead. I will by writing all the details in a bug report. With the fix in place, we get this:

45(329) INFO: app_python3 [apy_kemi.c:377]: sr_apy_kemi_exec_func(): alert - action KSR.jsonrpcs.exec(...) took too long [693547 ms] (file:/etc/kamailio/kamailio.py func:ksr_rtimer_dodebug line:507)

instead of Null values for 'file:' and 'func:'. Plus, no more TypeError exception.

Cheers,

Michel Pelletier


From: Michel Pelletier via sr-users <sr-users@lists.kamailio.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2024 12:00 PM
To: Kamailio (SER) - Users Mailing List <sr-users@lists.kamailio.org>
Cc: Michel Pelletier <michelpelletier07@gmail.com>
Subject: [SR-Users] Kemi Python3 throws a TypeError
 
Hello,

Please help.  I am using Kemi with the python3 module.  I get random TypeError exceptions thrown within the Kamailio code.  
For example I have the following code:

event = str(KSR.pv.get("$hdr(Event)"))
log.logInfo(
"KamailioStateful.ksr_request_route_loopback(): " +
"Passing the request to the presence " +
"publish handler for event: " + event
)
rc = KSR.presence.handle_publish()
if rc != 1:
log.logError(
"KamailioStateful.ksr_request_route_loopback(): " +
"The presence publish handler returned " +
"an error code: " + str(rc)
)

This is what I see in the logs:

21(120) ERROR: PY3 {PUBLISH}: app_python3 [python_support.c:167]: python_handle_exception(): apy_exec: ksr_request_route((null)): Unhandled exception in the Python code:
TypeError: expected bytes, str found

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/etc/kamailio/kamailio.py", line 91, in ksr_request_route
    return ksf.ksr_request_route(msg, "Loopback")
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/etc/kamailio/kamailio_stateful.py", line 100, in ksr_request_route
    return self.ksr_request_route_loopback(msg)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/etc/kamailio/kamailio_stateful.py", line 240, in ksr_request_route_loopback
    rc = KSR.presence.handle_publish()
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SystemError: <built-in function handle_publish> returned a result with an exception set

If I put the offending line within a Try/Except it hides it but I would rather not see it not happen at all.  Any Kemi Python3 users experiencing something similar?  What could be causing this?

Regards,
Michel Pelletier