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Adds support for building and running a single pipeline across multiple DepthAI devices.

Key changes:

  • Adds device registration and per-device pipeline configuration
  • Supports starting, stopping, and reconnecting individual devices
  • Relays device-to-device links through the host
  • Improves synchronization and partial-operation behavior when a device disconnects
  • Adds local device addressing and more robust remote connections
  • Exposes the multi-device APIs in Python
  • Adds C++ and Python examples for synchronization, host nodes, system logging, and device-to-device communication
  • Includes tests and README documentation for the new workflow

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  • New Features

    • Added multi-device pipeline support, including per-device configuration, device assignment, cross-device relaying, synchronization, and device-state monitoring.
    • Added Python APIs for managing devices, querying source devices, handling device states, and configuring timestamp sources.
    • Added local-device discovery and connection information access.
    • Added C++ and Python examples for synchronization, relaying, host processing, and partial device availability.
  • Documentation

    • Documented multi-device pipeline setup, relaying behavior, synchronization, configuration, and supported limitations.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for multi-device pipelines, device discovery, linking validation, and timestamp calculations.

Matevz Morato and others added 19 commits May 29, 2026 16:03
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addBetaNode still pushed the old 2-argument lambda into the 3-argument
pyNodeCreateMap, which made every beta-node binding TU fail to compile
(the python module target does not build in the default 'all' target,
so this was not caught). Deduplicate the four registration lambdas into
one createBoundNode<T> helper; beta parsers derive DeviceNode, so they
now honor the device argument too. Passing a device for a bound host
node now raises invalid_argument instead of being silently ignored.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
Covers the device registry (addDevice/getDevices, null rejection) and
the cross-pipeline link error. Compile-time RED: Pipeline::addDevice
and Pipeline::getDevices do not exist yet; the cross-pipeline link is
currently accepted silently. Label onhost only (not ci) per the design
doc's no-CI-changes constraint.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
Device registry (design doc PR 3):
- PipelineImpl::devices + registerDevice/getDevices; Pipeline::addDevice
  (Device / DeviceInfo / id-ip-name) and Pipeline::getDevices
- first device added to a device-less pipeline is promoted to master
- devices registered implicitly when a node arrives with an explicit
  device (adoptSubtree); a second Device instance with the same device
  id is rejected
- cross-pipeline Output::link now throws (was accepted by accident)
- python: addDevice/getDevices, DeviceNode.getDevice,
  Input.getSourceDevice, InputMap.getSourceDevices; dedupe double-bound
  getDefaultDevice

Per-device build/start/stop (design doc PR 4):
- schema deviceId stamp and per-device filter both use the stable
  DeviceInfo id (no per-node getMxId RPC storm; identity consistent)
- per-device assets: a device only receives assets of its own nodes
- all devices get pipelinePtr before startup; devices start in parallel
  with all-or-nothing rollback; stop closes devices in parallel
- serialization guarded by a mutex (parallel per-device serialize)
- holistic record/replay rejected at build with more than one device
- input -> source-device map resolved at build before bridge rewiring
  (Node::Input::getSourceDevice, InputMap::getSourceDevices)
- AutoCalibration auto-insertion runs per device with exactly one
  stereo pair; getStereoPair(device) also filters cameras by device
- StereoDepth autocreated cameras land on the node's own device
- full-schema debug dump only serialized when debug logging is enabled

Proven: host-only unit tests (multi_device_pipeline_test, onhost suite
39/39), two-RVC4 hardware runs: registry/master promotion/fan-in
streaming, parallel start, getSourceDevice resolution, host Sync with
7.95 ms mean group spread, record rejection.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
A link between device nodes on two different devices no longer throws
at build. build() inserts XLinkOut(A) -> XLinkInHost(A) -> XLinkOutHost(B)
-> XLinkIn(B): the A side is shared with direct host consumers of the
same output, the B side with host producers into the same input, both
halves are registered in bridgeHostDevices for per-device rebinding and
appear in the schema bridges. The relay queue (XLinkOutHost input) is
non-blocking depth 8, so a lagging consumer device drops instead of
throttling the producer; fps limiting stays reachable through
Output::getXLinkBridge. One info line logs stream name and device ids.

Memory boundary rule (design doc 4.3/7): XLinkOutHost forwards an
fd-backed message as a file descriptor only when the destination
connection is LOCAL_SHDMEM (negotiated protocol via the new
XLinkConnection::getDeviceInfo); any other destination gets the mapped
bytes - exactly one copy. Also fixes the copy-pasted XLinkInHost stop
log line in XLinkOutHost.

Proven on hardware: Camera on device A -> ImageManip on device B ->
host queue streams processed 320x200 frames while a direct A output
keeps flowing; onhost suite 39/39.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
…nnect

Losing one device no longer tears down the whole pipeline (design doc PR 6):

- new dai::DeviceState {RUNNING, DISCONNECTED, RECONNECTING, FAILED},
  Pipeline::getDeviceState and Pipeline::setDeviceStateCallback (invoked
  from the device's monitor thread); python bindings included
- XLinkInHost/XLinkOutHost exit quietly when their device is gone for
  good, so downstream inputs go idle (no close, no exception); their
  reconnect wait now uses a proper predicate (fixes a missed-notify hang
  and a std::terminate via invalid_argument escaping run()), and stream
  opening failures park instead of crashing
- disconnectXLinkHosts/resetConnections take an optional device: only
  the lost device's bridges are idled/rebound and only the reconnected
  device gets the schema re-sent (previously all devices were restarted,
  which throws on healthy devices)
- reconnection probes for the lost device's id instead of any available
  device (in a multi-device pipeline the healthy devices satisfied the
  any-device gate instantly and a failed init2 aborted all remaining
  attempts); single attempts now survive exceptions
- DISCONNECTED fires on both loss-detection paths (missed ping and
  watchdog writer death); pipeline stops itself only when the failed
  device was fatal (consumes another device's streams via a relay) or
  the last one alive; stop() marks not-running up front so shutdown
  does not re-trigger callbacks; isClosing is atomic now

Proven on hardware (two RVC4 + crash injection): close(B) idles B while
A streams and pipeline survives; crash(B) full lifecycle DISCONNECTED->
RECONNECTING->RUNNING in 16 s with frames resuming and A uninterrupted;
single-device crash/reconnect/close regression passes; onhost 39/39.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
- Sync::run no longer blocks indefinitely on a single input: messages
  are received via tryGet + MessageQueue::waitAny polling, and while any
  input's source device is not RUNNING the node drops the group under
  construction and drains its inputs (emits nothing) instead of
  deadlocking on a dead stream; the pipeline is resolved weakly per
  check so the node thread never holds the last pipeline reference
  (a held reference made ~PipelineImpl stop+wait run on the node's own
  thread - resource deadlock)
- Sync::buildStage1 rejects TimestampSource::DEVICE when inputs span
  more than one device (per-device monotonic clocks are not
  comparable), and DEFAULT when such a Sync runs on device
- MessageGroup records the timestamp source it was synced with (not
  serialized - wire format shared with firmware is unchanged; groups
  from a device keep the DEVICE default); getIntervalNs()/isSynced()
  use that source and no longer dereference unchecked casts

Proven on hardware: DEVICE-source rejection throws at build; crash of
device B mid-sync -> zero groups while degraded, pipeline alive, groups
resume at full rate after auto-reconnect; on-device sync_test suite
passes against a real RVC4; onhost suite 39/39 (including stitching
tests that embed Sync).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
Every pipeline-level device setter/getter gains a (device, ...) overload
targeting a specific pipeline device; the existing no-device forms keep
targeting the master unchanged: setCameraTuningBlobPath (both forms,
with per-device asset keys), setXLinkChunkSize, setSippBufferSize,
setSippDmaBufferSize, setCalibrationData/getCalibrationData,
isCalibrationDataAvailable, setEepromData/getEepromData/getEepromId,
setDeviceProperties/getDeviceProperties, setBoardConfig/getBoardConfig
and getDeviceConfig. Board config becomes master entry + per-device
map; a device passed to an overload must already be part of the
pipeline (clear error otherwise). Python bindings included; the eeprom
family and isCalibrationDataAvailable are now bound too (they were not
bound at all before).

Proven on hardware: per-device calibration/eeprom reads return each
device's own data (distinct board names), board config round-trips per
device without touching the master, non-member device is rejected;
onhost suite 39/39.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
- DeviceInfo::local(): booted + LOCAL_SHDMEM info for a pipeline
  process running on the device itself; skips the network search
  timeout (python: dai.DeviceInfo.local())
- DeviceInfo(string) with a real IPv4 address resolves to X_LINK_TCP_IP
  so an IP can never silently land on the local shared-memory socket
  (XLink's TCP_IP_OR_LOCAL_SHDMEM tries the local socket first); USB
  paths, hostnames and device ids keep protocol ANY
- getAnyAvailableDevice accepts X_LINK_BOOTED devices in its primary
  loop when (and only when) they are local shared-memory devices
- watchdog timeout selection, watchdog ping period and crashdump
  timeout treat X_LINK_TCP_IP_OR_LOCAL_SHDMEM as TCP-class instead of
  silently falling into the short USB-class timeout; LOCAL_SHDMEM
  explicitly keeps USB-class (local socket); HealthCheck USB-generation
  check skips all non-USB protocols
- telemetry standalone flag set for LOCAL_SHDMEM connections, not just
  loopback names

Proven: host-only unit tests for DeviceInfo parsing/local() (8 cases),
hardware regression connecting by IP with TCP_IP pinned; onhost 39/39.
The XLink-side shdmem identity fixes (design doc PR 1) live in
luxonis/XLink and are out of scope for this repo.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
- multi_device_frame_sync (cpp + python) rewritten: one pipeline,
  cameras created per device with an explicit device, all outputs
  linked straight into one host Sync node - the per-device pipelines
  and manual queue-pumping threads are gone; --external-sync/--ptp-sync
  hardware sync flags preserved
- new device_to_device_relay (cpp + python): Camera on device A linked
  directly to ImageManip on device B, relayed by the pipeline
- new multi_device_host_node (cpp + python): custom host node that
  labels its inputs via getSourceDevice(s)() and keeps running with a
  lost device (OFFLINE tile, partial operation)
- cpp examples registered with enable_test=OFF; python examples
  registered without CI labels (CI's test wrapper pins to one device);
  stale project name in the MultiDevice CMakeLists fixed

All six verified on two RVC4 devices: relay 1123/838 frames processed
on device B, host node 1588/1263 mosaic frames, frame sync 1130/980
synced 4-frame groups (~14 ms spread, free-running cameras); the PTP
mode correctly reports PTP being disabled in the device OS.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
README gains a 'Multiple devices in one pipeline' section (API sketch,
partial-operation and time semantics, per-device configuration, the
record/replay limitation) and a standalone subsection covering
DeviceInfo.local(), remote requirements and the process-wide discovery
filters.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
RED/GREEN log per stage with hardware evidence, what the passing suites
guarantee, and the known gaps (per the tdd-workflow evidence step).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
- onDeviceStateChanged idles a FAILED device's XLink host nodes BEFORE
  the not-running early return, and stop() wakes all parked bridge
  nodes up front: a bridge parked waiting for a reconnect is only woken
  by disconnect(), and stop()/the destructor joins its thread - the
  previous ordering could hang stop() forever after a device loss
  (proven on hardware: stop() during an active reconnect window now
  returns in ~16 s instead of hanging)
- start() no longer clobbers device states recorded by monitor threads
  during the startup window; a device that reached FAILED while others
  were still starting gets the full failure handling once the pipeline
  is running
- XLink host nodes copy the connection under the mutex before opening
  streams (setConnection can rebind concurrently); the buffer-resize
  path and the shdmem check use the same copy
- reconnection's waitForLostDevice aborts promptly on isClosing so
  close()/stop() does not stall for the remaining reconnect window
- getDeviceState validates that the device is part of the pipeline
  instead of answering RUNNING for foreign devices; registerDevice
  rejects growing the device set while the pipeline runs
- XLinkOutHost logs the original communication error again (the message
  was built but unused since the quiet-exit change)
- python: bind MessageGroup get/setTimestampSource and
  XLinkConnection.getDeviceInfo
- host tests for the source-aware MessageGroup interval (DEVICE/HOST
  measurement, SYSTEM skipping entries without tsSystem)
- inputSourceDevices keyed by const pointer (drops a const_cast)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KCNeyx5g3Kk1b1S5jQCB1d
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This change adds multi-device pipeline support across C++, Python bindings, device lifecycle handling, synchronization, host relaying, examples, documentation, and host-only tests.

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Multi-device pipeline core

Layer / File(s) Summary
Public device and pipeline contracts
include/depthai/device/*, include/depthai/pipeline/*, include/depthai/xlink/*
Adds explicit device assignment, device states, per-device configuration, source-device queries, timestamp-source metadata, and local shared-memory device information.
Pipeline build and lifecycle
src/pipeline/Pipeline.cpp, src/device/DeviceBase.cpp, src/pipeline/node/internal/*
Registers devices, inserts host relays for cross-device links, serializes per-device schemas, starts and stops devices in parallel, and supports reconnection.
Synchronization
src/pipeline/node/Sync.cpp, src/pipeline/datatype/MessageGroup.cpp
Validates timestamp sources across devices, handles unavailable sources, and calculates intervals from the selected timestamp source.
Python bindings
bindings/python/src/pipeline/*, bindings/python/src/XLinkBindings.cpp
Exposes device-bound node creation, pipeline configuration, device states, source-device queries, timestamp-source methods, and local XLink information.
Examples and validation
examples/*, tests/src/onhost_tests/pipeline/*, README.md, .claude/tdd/*
Adds multi-device relay, synchronization, host-node, and logger examples. Adds documentation and host-only API tests. Removes the previous Python frame-sync implementation.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Application
  participant Pipeline
  participant Sync
  participant DeviceA
  participant DeviceB
  participant HostRelay

  Application->>Pipeline: addDevice(DeviceA)
  Application->>Pipeline: addDevice(DeviceB)
  Application->>Pipeline: create nodes on devices
  Pipeline->>HostRelay: insert cross-device XLink bridges
  Pipeline->>DeviceA: start device pipeline
  Pipeline->>DeviceB: start device pipeline
  DeviceA->>Sync: send timestamped frames
  DeviceB->>Sync: send timestamped frames
  Sync->>Sync: validate source and device state
  Sync-->>Application: emit synchronized MessageGroup
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In `@examples/python/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Line 442: Update the Python example registration near add_python_example so
multi_device_system_logger.py is included through the standard CMake example
workflow, using the existing add_python_example mechanism and preserving the
current registrations.

In `@examples/python/MultiDevice/multi_device_system_logger.py`:
- Line 39: Update the polling loop in the multi-device system logger from an
unconditional while True to a condition based on pipeline.isRunning(), so
polling stops when the pipeline terminates while preserving the existing
queue-processing behavior.

In `@src/device/DeviceBase.cpp`:
- Around line 238-240: Update the getFirstDevice fallback after the polling loop
so a booted result is accepted only when device.protocol is X_LINK_LOCAL_SHDMEM;
otherwise reject it or remove the fallback. Preserve the existing searchState
check that skips non-local booted devices during polling.
- Around line 1555-1570: Update the reconnection retry flow around init2 and
shared->resetConnections(this) so any failed attempt is fully rolled back before
another init2 call: stop and join every thread started by init2 before retrying,
or prevent further retries unless complete rollback succeeds. Preserve the
existing warning and retry behavior only when thread state is safely cleaned up.

In `@src/pipeline/Node.cpp`:
- Line 839: Update the sourceDevices construction around getSourceDevice to
retain the complete {group, name} pair as the key instead of indexing only by
entry.first.second; alternatively validate and reject duplicate names before
assignment, ensuring distinct grouped inputs cannot overwrite one another.

In `@src/pipeline/node/Sync.cpp`:
- Around line 311-313: Update the receive logic in Sync.cpp to check
anySourceNotRunning() before accepting a dequeued Buffer, so messages are not
returned after a source enters a non-running state. Recheck the source state
immediately before emitting the output group in the surrounding synchronization
loop, and drop the current group when the state changes, including the paths
near the existing checks around receive and group output.

In `@src/pipeline/Pipeline.cpp`:
- Around line 1628-1633: Synchronize all accesses to DeviceBase::pipelinePtr,
including the assignments in PipelineImpl::start() and the lock performed by
DeviceBase::monitorCallback(). Add and consistently use a dedicated mutex or
atomic pointer mechanism so initialization and monitoring cannot race.
- Around line 530-533: Ensure multi-device pipeline setup never permits multiple
assigned devices with an empty device ID: update the registration or assignment
logic around registerDevice and the deviceId derived from
Device::getDeviceInfo().getDeviceId() to reject a second empty-ID device, or
assign a stable unique ID before schema filtering and tuning-asset key
generation. Preserve consistent IDs between Pipeline and
DeviceBase::startPipelineImpl.
- Around line 1671-1685: The pipeline must enter the running state before taking
the startup device-state snapshot. In PipelineImpl’s startup flow, move the
running = true assignment ahead of the deviceStates lock and scan, while
preserving the existing failedDuringStart collection and state initialization
behavior.
- Around line 1939-1942: Update the close-thread lambda in PipelineImpl::stop()
to catch exceptions thrown by Device::close() within each thread, preventing
them from escaping the std::thread entry point and terminating the process.
Preserve the existing closeThreads loop and ensure shutdown continues after an
individual device-close failure.

In `@tests/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Line 468: Update the dai_set_test_labels call for multi_device_pipeline_test
to include both the existing onhost label and the ci label, so it is selected by
the tests/run_tests.py CTest filter.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Register multi_device_system_logger.py.

This list omits the new system logger example. Add its CMake target so users can invoke it through the standard example workflow.

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pipeline.start()
print("Multi-device pipeline started")

while True:

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Stop polling when the pipeline stops.

If the pipeline terminates, while True continues polling empty queues indefinitely. Use pipeline.isRunning() as the loop condition.

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Comment thread src/device/DeviceBase.cpp
Comment on lines +238 to +240
if(searchState == X_LINK_BOOTED && device.protocol != X_LINK_LOCAL_SHDMEM) {
continue;
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Restrict the getFirstDevice(X_LINK_BOOTED) fallback to local shared memory.

getFirstDevice uses X_LINK_ANY_PROTOCOL by default. After the polling loop times out, it can return a booted USB or TCP device. tryGetDevice() then accepts that device, although this flow treats non-local booted devices as in use. Apply the X_LINK_LOCAL_SHDMEM check to the fallback result or remove the fallback.

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Comment on lines +1555 to +1570
try {
init2(prev.cfg, prev.pathToMvcmd, prev.hasPipeline, true);
if(isCrashDumpCollectionEnabled()) {
crashed = hasCrashDump();
if(crashed && !crashDumpHandled.load()) {
collectAndLogCrashDump();
}
}
shared->resetConnections(this);
reconnected = true;
break;
} catch(const std::exception& ex) {
// One failed attempt (e.g. device seen but not connectable yet)
// must not abort the remaining attempts
pimpl->logger.warn("Reconnection attempt failed: {}", ex.what());
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Rollback failed reconnection attempts before retrying.

If init2 returns and shared->resetConnections(this) throws, the catch retries without stopping or joining the threads started by init2. The next init2 assigns those joinable std::thread members again, which calls std::terminate. Add a rollback path that stops and joins every thread from the failed attempt before retrying, or stop retrying after init2 succeeds without a complete rollback.

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retry flow around init2 and shared->resetConnections(this) so any failed attempt
is fully rolled back before another init2 call: stop and join every thread
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Comment thread src/pipeline/Node.cpp
std::map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Device>> Node::InputMap::getSourceDevices() const {
std::map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Device>> sourceDevices;
for(const auto& entry : *this) {
sourceDevices[entry.first.second] = entry.second.getSourceDevice();

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Preserve the group when building sourceDevices.

InputMap::operator[](std::pair<...>) permits {group, name} entries with the same name. Line 839 indexes sourceDevices only by name, so one source device replaces another. Host consumers can then associate an input with the wrong device. Preserve the full pair in the returned map, or reject duplicate names before overwriting.

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Comment on lines +530 to +533
if(device != nullptr) {
// Stable host-side identifier, no RPC. Must stay consistent with the
// deviceId used to filter per-device schemas in DeviceBase::startPipelineImpl.
info.deviceId = device->getDeviceInfo().getDeviceId();

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject empty device IDs in multi-device pipelines. DeviceInfo::local() creates a supported Device with an empty ID, and registerDevice skips duplicate checks for empty IDs. Two assigned devices can therefore stamp deviceId == "" into their nodes. Each device then receives both node sets during schema filtering. Their tuning assets also use camTuning_ or camTuning__<socket>, so AssetManager::set replaces the first blob with the second. Reject a second device with an empty ID, or assign a stable unique ID before schema and asset-key generation.

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pipeline setup never permits multiple assigned devices with an empty device ID:
update the registration or assignment logic around registerDevice and the
deviceId derived from Device::getDeviceInfo().getDeviceId() to reject a second
empty-ID device, or assign a stable unique ID before schema filtering and
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Comment on lines +1628 to +1633
{
const auto weak = std::weak_ptr<PipelineImpl>(shared_from_this());
if(defaultDevice) defaultDevice->pipelinePtr = weak;
for(const auto& device : devices) {
device->pipelinePtr = weak;
}

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Synchronize DeviceBase::pipelinePtr access.

DeviceBase::init2() starts monitorThread, whose monitorCallback() can call pipelinePtr.lock() at src/device/DeviceBase.cpp:1599. PipelineImpl::start() assigns the same plain std::weak_ptr at src/pipeline/Pipeline.cpp:1630 and src/pipeline/Pipeline.cpp:1632. These operations can race because no shared mutex protects them. Protect every pipelinePtr access with a dedicated mutex or an atomic pointer mechanism.

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Comment on lines +1671 to +1685
std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Device>> failedDuringStart;
{
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> stateLock(deviceStateMtx);
for(const auto& device : devices) {
auto it = deviceStates.find(device.get());
if(it == deviceStates.end()) {
deviceStates[device.get()] = DeviceState::RUNNING;
} else if(it->second == DeviceState::FAILED) {
failedDuringStart.push_back(device);
}
}
}

// Indicate that pipeline is running
running = true;

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Set running before the startup state snapshot.

DeviceBase::notifyPipelineDeviceState can call PipelineImpl::onDeviceStateChanged after pipelinePtr is assigned but before running becomes true. If FAILED arrives after the snapshot releases deviceStateMtx, the callback records the failure, disconnects the XLink hosts, and returns without evaluating the fatal or last-device stop decision. No later scan handles that state, so PipelineImpl::run() can remain blocked in tasks.waitAndPop while isRunning() stays true.

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deviceStates lock and scan, while preserving the existing failedDuringStart
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Comment on lines +1939 to +1942
std::vector<std::thread> closeThreads;
for(const auto& device : assignedDevices) {
closeThreads.emplace_back([device]() { device->close(); });
}

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Catch exceptions inside each close thread.

Device::close() resolves to the non-noexcept DeviceBase::close(). Its cleanup path can reach throwing operations without an outer catch. An exception escaping the std::thread function calls std::terminate, so PipelineImpl::stop() can abort the process instead of completing shutdown.

     std::vector<std::thread> closeThreads;
     for(const auto& device : assignedDevices) {
-        closeThreads.emplace_back([device]() { device->close(); });
+        closeThreads.emplace_back([device]() {
+            try {
+                device->close();
+            } catch(const std::exception& ex) {
+                Logging::getInstance().logger.error("Failed to close device: {}", ex.what());
+            } catch(...) {
+                Logging::getInstance().logger.error("Failed to close device - unknown exception");
+            }
+        });
     }
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Comment thread tests/CMakeLists.txt

# Multi-device pipeline API test (host only)
dai_add_test(multi_device_pipeline_test src/onhost_tests/pipeline/multi_device_pipeline_test.cpp)
dai_set_test_labels(multi_device_pipeline_test onhost)

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  | sed -n '1,240p'

printf '%s\n' '--- test label definitions and nearby registrations ---'
rg -n -C3 'function\\(dai_set_test_labels|macro\\(dai_set_test_labels|dai_set_test_labels\\((multi_device_pipeline_test|xlink_in_host_test)' \
  tests cmake CMakeLists.txt \
  | sed -n '1,220p'

Repository: luxonis/depthai-core

Length of output: 2295


🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- workflow test invocations ---'
rg -n -C5 'ctest|test_child|CMAKE_BUILD|BUILD_TEST|label|onhost|ci' .github/workflows \
  | sed -n '1,320p'

printf '%s\n' '--- test-label helper and target registrations ---'
rg -n -C8 'dai_set_test_labels|multi_device_pipeline_test|xlink_in_host_test' \
  tests/CMakeLists.txt tests cmake \
  | sed -n '1,260p'

printf '%s\n' '--- all repository-owned ctest label filters ---'
rg -n -C3 --glob '*.sh' --glob '*.py' --glob '*.yml' --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.cmake' --glob 'CMakeLists.txt' \
  'ctest|label-regex|(^|[[:space:]])-L([=[:space:]]|$)|include-label|exclude-label' . \
  | sed -n '1,320p'

Repository: luxonis/depthai-core

Length of output: 45913


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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- ctest invocation and label construction ---'
sed -n '55,105p' tests/run_tests.py
sed -n '205,265p' tests/run_tests.py

printf '%s\n' '--- HIL scripts called by workflows and their test runner options ---'
rg -n -C5 'run_tests.py|ctest|--onhost|onhost|--ci|ci' \
  scripts/hil .github/workflows/test_child.yml .github/workflows/test_child_mac.yml \
  | sed -n '1,320p'

Repository: luxonis/depthai-core

Length of output: 19841


Add the ci label to multi_device_pipeline_test. tests/run_tests.py invokes CTest with -L ^ci$; the test currently has only onhost, so this runner excludes it.

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In `@tests/CMakeLists.txt` at line 468, Update the dai_set_test_labels call for
multi_device_pipeline_test to include both the existing onhost label and the ci
label, so it is selected by the tests/run_tests.py CTest filter.

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