cancel zerorpc call

[vrnmthr]

is there any way to cancel a zerorpc call?

I have a frontend (zerorpc-node) communicating with a backend (zerorpc-python) that needs to:
a) be able to send requests to the backend [standard zerorpc call]
b) be able to run multiple backend processes simultaneously [followed the architecture in https://github.com/0rpc/zerorpc-node/issues/96)
c) be able to cancel a backend process at will [not sure how to do this with current architecture]

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

[shiplu]

What do mean by processes? Are these operating system processes?

[vrnmthr]

sorry -- "processes" means zerorpc requests that have been sent to the server

[bombela]

gevent doesn't support cancelling. There is a cancel method on the AsyncResult, but it is a no-op.

Are timeout not reasonable for your use case? The default timeout is 30s. When the timeout expires, zeropc Server will inject a timeout exception into the coroutine running your handler (note, same happens after missing heartbeats). Any gevent function you call in the coroutine becomes a point were an exception can be injected, effectively cancelling your handler.