fix: logs updated on starting of a stopped container

Signed-off-by: Shubharanshu Mahapatra <shubhum@amazon.com>

Author: Shubhranshu153

cmd/nerdctl/container/container_logs_test.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -345,3 +346,78 @@ func TestNoneLoggerHasNoLogURI(t *testing.T) {
 	testCase.Expected = test.Expects(1, nil, nil)
 	testCase.Run(t)
 }
+
+func TestLogsWithStartContainer(t *testing.T) {
+	testCase := nerdtest.Setup()
+
+	// For windows we  havent added support for dual logging so not adding the test.
+	testCase.Require = require.All(require.Not(require.Windows))
+
+	testCase.SubTests = []*test.Case{
+		{
+			Description: "Test logs are directed correctly for container start of a interactive container",
+			Setup: func(data test.Data, helpers test.Helpers) {
+				cmd := helpers.Command("run", "-it", "--name", data.Identifier(), testutil.CommonImage)
+				cmd.WithPseudoTTY()
+				cmd.Feed(strings.NewReader("echo foo\nexit\n"))
+
+				cmd.Run(&test.Expected{
+					ExitCode: 0,
+				})
+
+			},
+			Cleanup: func(data test.Data, helpers test.Helpers) {
+				helpers.Anyhow("rm", "-f", data.Identifier())
+			},
+			Command: func(data test.Data, helpers test.Helpers) test.TestableCommand {
+				cmd := helpers.Command("start", "-a", data.Identifier())
+				cmd.WithPseudoTTY()
+				cmd.Feed(strings.NewReader("echo bar\nexit\n"))
+				cmd.Run(&test.Expected{
+					ExitCode: 0,
+				})
+				cmd = helpers.Command("logs", data.Identifier())
+
+				return cmd
+			},
+			Expected: func(data test.Data, helpers test.Helpers) *test.Expected {
+				return &test.Expected{
+					ExitCode: 0,
+					Output: func(stdout string, info string, t *testing.T) {
+						assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(stdout, "foo"))
+						assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(stdout, "bar"))
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Description: "Test logs are captured after stopping and starting a non-interactive container and continue capturing new logs",
+			Setup: func(data test.Data, helpers test.Helpers) {
+				helpers.Ensure("run", "-d", "--name", data.Identifier(), testutil.CommonImage, "sh", "-c", "while true; do echo foo; sleep 1; done")
+			},
+			Cleanup: func(data test.Data, helpers test.Helpers) {
+				helpers.Anyhow("rm", "-f", data.Identifier())
+			},
+			Command: func(data test.Data, helpers test.Helpers) test.TestableCommand {
+				helpers.Ensure("stop", data.Identifier())
+				initialLogs := helpers.Capture("logs", data.Identifier())
+				initialFooCount := strings.Count(initialLogs, "foo")
+				data.Set("initialFooCount", strconv.Itoa(initialFooCount))
+				helpers.Ensure("start", data.Identifier())
+				nerdtest.EnsureContainerStarted(helpers, data.Identifier())
+				return helpers.Command("logs", data.Identifier())
+			},
+			Expected: func(data test.Data, helpers test.Helpers) *test.Expected {
+				return &test.Expected{
+					ExitCode: 0,
+					Output: func(stdout string, info string, t *testing.T) {
+						finalLogsCount := strings.Count(stdout, "foo")
+						initialFooCount, _ := strconv.Atoi(data.Get("initialFooCount"))
+						assert.Assert(t, finalLogsCount > initialFooCount, "Expected 'foo' count to increase after restart", info)
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	testCase.Run(t)
+}

pkg/taskutil/taskutil.go

@@ -66,15 +66,16 @@ func NewTask(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, container container
 	var ioCreator cio.Creator
 	if len(attachStreamOpt) != 0 {
 		log.G(ctx).Debug("attaching output instead of using the log-uri")
+		// when attaching a TTY we use writee for stdio and binary for log persistence
 		if flagT {
 			in, err := consoleutil.NewDetachableStdin(con, detachKeys, closer)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			ioCreator = cio.NewCreator(cio.WithStreams(in, con, nil), cio.WithTerminal)
+			ioCreator = cioutil.NewContainerIO(namespace, logURI, true, in, con, nil)
 		} else {
 			streams := processAttachStreamsOpt(attachStreamOpt)
-			ioCreator = cio.NewCreator(cio.WithStreams(streams.stdIn, streams.stdOut, streams.stdErr))
+			ioCreator = cioutil.NewContainerIO(namespace, logURI, false, streams.stdIn, streams.stdOut, streams.stdErr)
 		}
 
 	} else if flagT && flagD {