Server(fix[__repr__]): Resolve socket dir from env

why: The repr fell through to a hard-coded /tmp/tmux-<euid>/default when
neither socket_name nor socket_path was given, which is every bare
Server(). tmux resolves its socket directory from $TMUX_TMPDIR, so under
a test harness, sandbox, or container the repr named a socket the object
was not talking to -- in tracebacks, --showlocals banners, and logs,
which is where someone is trying to tell servers apart. Closes #723.

what:
- Add libtmux._internal.env.resolve_socket_path(), which resolves
  tmux-<euid>/<socket_name or "default"> under $TMUX_TMPDIR, else /tmp
  ($TMPDIR is not consulted, matching tmux)
- Resolve the socket directory through symlinks, as tmux does before
  binding, so the path reported is the one tmux itself reports
- Use it for the Server.__repr__ fall-through, and for the socket unlink
  in pytest_plugin._reap_test_server, which had to compute it inline
- Drop the getattr(self, 'socket_name', 'default') in the socket_name
  branch, which had already established socket_name is not None
- Scope the doctest's $TMUX_TMPDIR patch to a monkeypatch.context(), so
  it does not outlive the example and strand the fixture's server
- Add regression tests for $TMUX_TMPDIR and for a symlinked one

Author: tony

CHANGES

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ $ uvx --from 'libtmux' --prerelease allow python
 _Notes on the upcoming release will go here._
 <!-- END PLACEHOLDER - ADD NEW CHANGELOG ENTRIES BELOW THIS LINE -->
 
+### Fixes
+
+- {class}`~libtmux.Server` now reprs the socket path tmux resolves from
+  `$TMUX_TMPDIR` instead of a hard-coded `/tmp/tmux-<euid>/default` (#723)
+
 ### Documentation
 
 #### Cleaner `from_env` examples (#719)

src/libtmux/_internal/env.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Readers for the tmux variables exported into every pane's environment.
+"""Readers for the tmux variables libtmux takes its bearings from.
 
 libtmux._internal.env
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@
 libtmux therefore reads *only* the socket path out of ``TMUX`` and asks tmux
 itself -- targeting ``TMUX_PANE`` -- for the pane's window and session. See
 :meth:`libtmux.Pane.from_env`.
+
+A third variable, ``TMUX_TMPDIR``, is read *by* tmux rather than exported by
+it: it picks the directory tmux keeps its sockets in. See
+:func:`resolve_socket_path`.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
+import pathlib
 import typing as t
 
 from libtmux import exc
@@ -39,6 +44,15 @@
 TMUX_PANE: t.Final = "TMUX_PANE"
 """Environment variable tmux exports with the pane's id, e.g. ``%3``."""
 
+TMUX_TMPDIR: t.Final = "TMUX_TMPDIR"
+"""Environment variable naming the directory tmux keeps its sockets in."""
+
+DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR: t.Final = "/tmp"
+"""Socket directory tmux falls back to when ``$TMUX_TMPDIR`` is unset."""
+
+DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME: t.Final = "default"
+"""Socket name tmux uses when neither ``-L`` nor ``-S`` was given."""
+
 
 def resolve_env(env: t.Mapping[str, str] | None = None) -> t.Mapping[str, str]:
     """Return *env*, defaulting to the live process environment.
@@ -65,6 +79,58 @@ def resolve_env(env: t.Mapping[str, str] | None = None) -> t.Mapping[str, str]:
     return os.environ if env is None else env
 
 
+def resolve_socket_path(
+    socket_name: str | None = None,
+    env: t.Mapping[str, str] | None = None,
+) -> pathlib.Path:
+    """Resolve the socket path tmux uses for *socket_name*.
+
+    tmux keeps its sockets in ``tmux-<euid>`` under ``$TMUX_TMPDIR``, falling
+    back to ``/tmp`` when that is unset or empty. ``$TMPDIR`` is deliberately
+    not consulted -- tmux does not consult it either. The socket directory is
+    resolved through symlinks, as tmux resolves it before binding, so a
+    symlinked ``$TMUX_TMPDIR`` yields the path tmux itself reports.
+
+    The path is *computed*, not observed: it says where tmux would put the
+    socket, not that a daemon is listening there. Code holding a live
+    :class:`~libtmux.Server` should ask tmux instead, with the
+    ``#{socket_path}`` format.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    socket_name : str, optional
+        Socket name, as passed to tmux's ``-L``. Defaults to tmux's own
+        default, ``"default"``.
+    env : :class:`typing.Mapping`, optional
+        Environment to read. Defaults to :data:`os.environ`.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    :class:`pathlib.Path`
+        Path tmux resolves the socket to.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from libtmux._internal.env import resolve_socket_path
+    >>> resolve_socket_path(env={})
+    PosixPath('/tmp/tmux-.../default')
+
+    >>> resolve_socket_path("mysocket", env={"TMUX_TMPDIR": "/run/user/1000"})
+    PosixPath('/run/user/1000/tmux-.../mysocket')
+
+    ``$TMPDIR`` is not a socket directory, so it changes nothing:
+
+    >>> resolve_socket_path(env={"TMPDIR": "/var/folders/xy"})
+    PosixPath('/tmp/tmux-.../default')
+    """
+    tmpdir = resolve_env(env).get(TMUX_TMPDIR) or DEFAULT_SOCKET_DIR
+    return (
+        pathlib.Path(tmpdir).resolve()
+        / f"tmux-{os.geteuid()}"
+        / (socket_name or DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME)
+    )
+
+
 def socket_path_from_env(env: t.Mapping[str, str] | None = None) -> str:
     """Return the tmux socket path recorded in ``$TMUX``.
 

src/libtmux/pytest_plugin.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 from libtmux import exc
 from libtmux._internal.control_mode import ControlMode
+from libtmux._internal.env import resolve_socket_path
 from libtmux.server import Server
 from libtmux.test.constants import TEST_SESSION_PREFIX
 from libtmux.test.random import get_test_session_name, namer
@@ -49,12 +50,10 @@ def _reap_test_server(socket_name: str | None) -> None:
         if srv.is_alive():
             srv.kill()
 
-    # ``Server(socket_name=...)`` does not populate ``socket_path`` —
-    # the Server class only derives the path when neither ``socket_name``
-    # nor ``socket_path`` was supplied. Recompute the location tmux uses
-    # so we can unlink the file regardless of daemon state.
-    tmux_tmpdir = pathlib.Path(os.environ.get("TMUX_TMPDIR", "/tmp"))
-    socket_path = tmux_tmpdir / f"tmux-{os.geteuid()}" / socket_name
+    # ``Server(socket_name=...)`` does not populate ``socket_path``, so
+    # resolve where tmux put the socket to unlink it regardless of daemon
+    # state.
+    socket_path = resolve_socket_path(socket_name)
     with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
         socket_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
 

src/libtmux/server.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import warnings
 
 from libtmux import exc
-from libtmux._internal.env import socket_path_from_env
+from libtmux._internal.env import resolve_socket_path, socket_path_from_env
 from libtmux._internal.query_list import QueryList
 from libtmux.client import Client
 from libtmux.common import get_version, has_gte_version, raise_if_stderr, tmux_cmd
@@ -2682,17 +2682,30 @@ def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
         return False
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        """Representation of :class:`Server` object."""
+        """Representation of :class:`Server` object.
+
+        A server given neither ``socket_name`` nor ``socket_path`` talks to the
+        socket tmux resolves from ``$TMUX_TMPDIR``, so that is the path shown.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> from libtmux.server import Server
+        >>> Server(socket_name="libtmux_repr_demo")
+        Server(socket_name=libtmux_repr_demo)
+
+        >>> Server(socket_path="/run/user/1000/tmux-1000/demo")
+        Server(socket_path=/run/user/1000/tmux-1000/demo)
+
+        >>> with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+        ...     m.setenv("TMUX_TMPDIR", "/run/user/1000")
+        ...     Server()
+        Server(socket_path=/run/user/1000/tmux-.../default)
+        """
         if self.socket_name is not None:
-            return (
-                f"{self.__class__.__name__}"
-                f"(socket_name={getattr(self, 'socket_name', 'default')})"
-            )
+            return f"{self.__class__.__name__}(socket_name={self.socket_name})"
         if self.socket_path is not None:
             return f"{self.__class__.__name__}(socket_path={self.socket_path})"
-        return (
-            f"{self.__class__.__name__}(socket_path=/tmp/tmux-{os.geteuid()}/default)"
-        )
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}(socket_path={resolve_socket_path()})"
 
     #
     # Legacy: Redundant stuff we want to remove

tests/test_server.py

@@ -64,6 +64,54 @@ def test_socket_path_not_derived_from_socket_name() -> None:
     assert myserver.socket_path is None
 
 
+def test_repr_socket_path_honors_tmux_tmpdir(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: pathlib.Path,
+) -> None:
+    """A default ``Server()`` reprs the socket tmux resolves, not ``/tmp``.
+
+    Regression for #723: the repr hard-coded ``/tmp/tmux-<euid>/default``, so
+    under any ``$TMUX_TMPDIR`` it named a socket the object was not using.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TMUX_TMPDIR", str(tmp_path))
+
+    myserver = Server()
+
+    socket_path = tmp_path / f"tmux-{os.geteuid()}" / "default"
+    assert repr(myserver) == f"Server(socket_path={socket_path})"
+
+
+def test_repr_socket_path_resolves_a_symlinked_tmpdir(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: pathlib.Path,
+) -> None:
+    """A symlinked ``$TMUX_TMPDIR`` reprs the path tmux reports, not the link.
+
+    tmux resolves the socket directory before binding, so the link's own
+    length is not what a socket has to fit in. Reporting the unresolved path
+    would name a socket tmux never creates.
+    """
+    target = tmp_path / "target"
+    target.mkdir()
+    link = tmp_path / "link"
+    link.symlink_to(target)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TMUX_TMPDIR", str(link))
+
+    myserver = Server()
+
+    socket_path = target.resolve() / f"tmux-{os.geteuid()}" / "default"
+    assert repr(myserver) == f"Server(socket_path={socket_path})"
+
+
+def test_repr_socket_name(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """A named socket reprs its name, whatever ``$TMUX_TMPDIR`` says."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TMUX_TMPDIR", "/nonexistent-tmux-tmpdir")
+
+    myserver = Server(socket_name="libtmux_test_repr")
+
+    assert repr(myserver) == "Server(socket_name=libtmux_test_repr)"
+
+
 def test_config(server: Server) -> None:
     """``-f`` file for tmux(1) configuration."""
     myserver = Server(config_file="test")