[hcs] Fix issue with powering off after suspension

[theartful]

Description

If you suspend a VM, then try to forcefully power it off, the multipass daemon gets stuck.

> multipass.exe launch --name suspend-shutdown-test
> multipass.exe suspend suspend-shutdown-test

> multipass.exe delete suspend-shutdown-test --purge # Gets stuck
> multipass.exe disable-zones 1 # Gets stuck
> multipass.exe stop suspend-shutdown-test --force # Gets stuck

The issue is that the VM stays in the suspended state, and an infinite loop happens here:

multipass/src/platform/backends/hyperv_api/hcs_virtual_machine.cpp

Lines 476 to 485 in 33f26fe

	multipass::utils::try_action_for(on_timeout, vm_shutdown_timeout, [this]() {
	switch (current_state())
	{
	case VirtualMachine::State::stopped:
	case VirtualMachine::State::off:
	return multipass::utils::TimeoutAction::done;
	default:
	return multipass::utils::TimeoutAction::retry;
	}
	});

because we never go to either of the stopped state or off state.

The fix is to try to remove the suspension state file if we're trying to forcefully shutdown the VM (matching the behavior of the qemu backend for example).

Closes #5263

Testing

1. Launch an instance using the HCS backend and suspend it.
2. Forcefully stop the suspended instance with multipass stop --force <instance>.
3. Confirm that the instance is powered off and can be started again.

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[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

The paused-versus-suspended shutdown case is unresolved, and regression coverage is still needed.

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Pull request overview

Fixes power-off handling for HCS-backed VMs after suspension by cleaning saved-state files and adjusting lifecycle handling.

Changes:

• Adds reusable saved-state cleanup.
• Reuses cleanup during startup and forceful shutdown.
• Handles suspended states during shutdown polling and warns on cleanup failure.

File summaries

File	Summary	Final review notes
src/platform/backends/hyperv_api/hcs_virtual_machine.h	Declares the saved-state cleanup helper.	No findings.
src/platform/backends/hyperv_api/hcs_virtual_machine.cpp	Implements lifecycle, cleanup, shutdown, and polling changes.	Critical paused-versus-suspended shutdown issue; moderate regression-test gap; two typo fixes (reling → relying, exits → exists).

Review details

• Files reviewed: 2/2 changed files
• Comments generated: 4
• Review effort level: Lite

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
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[Copilot]

🔵 Needs a closer look

Shutdown handling can skip termination and report success when saved-state removal fails, leaving the VM suspended.

Review details

Suppressed comments (3)

Previously missed (1) — in code that hasn't changed since the last review.

src/platform/backends/hyperv_api/hcs_virtual_machine.cpp:487

• This treats a failed saved-state-file removal as a successful shutdown. In that case has_saved_state_file() keeps mapping the stopped HCS system to State::suspended, so the command returns successfully while later operations still see a stale suspend state. Please propagate the removal failure (or keep retrying with a bounded error) instead of returning done for this failure case.

This issue also appears on line 487 of the same file.

src/platform/backends/hyperv_api/hcs_virtual_machine.cpp:462

• State::suspended is also produced when HCS reports paused, not only when a stopped system has a saved-state file. If the earlier suspend-time terminate_compute_system failed, this branch skips termination, removes only the file, and current_state() remains suspended, so the new completion case reports success without powering off the VM. Please keep the terminate operation for this case (or branch on the actual HCS state) before removing the saved-state file.

        if (state != State::suspended)
        {
            const auto r = HCS().terminate_compute_system(hcs_system);
            mpl::debug(get_name(), "shutdown -> terminate_compute_system result: {}", r.code);
        }

src/platform/backends/hyperv_api/hcs_virtual_machine.cpp:487

• When the saved-state file is removed successfully, current_state() changes the in-memory state to stopped during this wait, but this path does not call handle_state_update(); because termination was skipped, there is also no SystemExited callback to persist it. The status monitor can therefore continue to persist the VM as suspended after a successful shutdown. Persist the refreshed state once the wait completes.

            return multipass::utils::TimeoutAction::done;

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 0 new
• Review effort level: Lite

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🟡 Changes recommended

Unresolved moderate and critical findings affect shutdown retry behavior and suspended-state preservation.

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• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 2
• Review effort level: Lite

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

Unresolved critical mock-expectation failures and moderate suspended-state handling issues remain.

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Suppressed comments (1)

src/platform/backends/hyperv_api/hcs_virtual_machine.cpp:489

• State::suspended is not synonymous with a saved-state file here: set_state() maps HCS paused to this state unconditionally. A force-off of a paused HCS VM can therefore enter this case with no .SavedState.vmrs (or while termination is still settling), causing it to throw “Could not remove state file” instead of retrying until the HCS state becomes stopped. Only throw when has_saved_state_file() is still true; otherwise return TimeoutAction::retry.

        case VirtualMachine::State::suspended:
            // FIXME: If we're here, then we've tried to delete the state file but
            // failed. VM state will remain suspended which might cause issues the
            // next time the VM is run.
            //

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 1
• Review effort level: Lite

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

Add successful terminate_compute_system expectations before shutdown in both affected tests.

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Suppressed comments (1)

tests/unit/hyperv_api/test_ut_hyperv_hcs_virtual_machine.cpp:562

• mock_hcs is a StrictMock, and this shutdown path always invokes terminate_compute_system before attempting the saved-state removal. This test has no expectation for that call, so it fails on the unexpected strict-mock invocation before it can verify the removal-failure behavior. Add a successful termination expectation before calling shutdown.

    EXPECT_THROW(uut->shutdown(multipass::VirtualMachine::ShutdownPolicy::Poweroff),
                 std::runtime_error);

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 1
• Review effort level: Lite

[Copilot]

🟢 Approval recommended

The reviewed changes address suspended-VM poweroff handling with unit-test coverage and no unresolved blocking issues.

Review details

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 0 new
• Review effort level: Lite

[xmkg]

We shouldn't proceed with the wait lambda if terminate fails, since it's what triggers the state change via the compute system callback. We should also probably reset the hcs_system handle in compute_system_event_callback when a system exits.

[xmkg]

This does not need special handling -- suspended VMs are, by definition, terminated. We need to ensure that if a suspended VM gets a forceful shutdown call, we remove the suspend state file and set the VM state to OFF.

[xmkg]

We can change this if block to

if suspended:
     if not remove_saved_state_file_if_exists:
           ... log a warning msg
     set state to off