Update build.yml (#1276)

Addresses memory leak when switching between apriltag/aruco pipelines

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -260,6 +260,83 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: jar-${{ matrix.artifact-name }}
           path: photon-server/build/libs
+
+  run-smoketest-native:
+    needs: [build-package]
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            artifact-name: jar-Linux
+            extraOpts: -Djdk.lang.Process.launchMechanism=vfork
+          - os: windows-latest
+            artifact-name: jar-Win64
+            extraOpts: ""
+          - os: macos-latest
+            artifact-name: jar-macOS
+            architecture: x64
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Java 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: temurin
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.artifact-name }}
+      # On linux, install mrcal packages
+      - run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install --yes libcholmod3 liblapack3 libsuitesparseconfig5
+        if: ${{ (matrix.os) == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+      # and actually run the jar
+      - run: java -jar ${{ matrix.extraOpts }} *.jar --smoketest
+        if: ${{ (matrix.os) != 'windows-latest' }}
+      - run: ls *.jar | %{ Write-Host "Running $($_.Name)"; Start-Process "java" -ArgumentList "-jar `"$($_.FullName)`" --smoketest" -NoNewWindow -Wait; break }
+        if: ${{ (matrix.os) == 'windows-latest' }}
+
+  run-smoketest-chroot:
+    needs: [build-package]
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            artifact-name: LinuxArm64
+            image_suffix: RaspberryPi
+            image_url: https://github.com/PhotonVision/photon-image-modifier/releases/download/v2024.0.4/photonvision_raspi.img.xz
+            cpu: cortex-a7
+            image_additional_mb: 0
+            extraOpts: -Djdk.lang.Process.launchMechanism=vfork
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: smoketest-${{ matrix.image_suffix }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: jar-${{ matrix.artifact-name }}
+
+      - uses: pguyot/arm-runner-action@v2
+        name: Run photon smoketest
+        id: generate_image
+        with:
+          base_image: ${{ matrix.image_url }}
+          image_additional_mb: ${{ matrix.image_additional_mb }}
+          optimize_image: yes
+          cpu: ${{ matrix.cpu }}
+          # We do _not_ wanna copy photon into the image. Bind mount instead
+          bind_mount_repository: true
+          # our image better have java installed already
+          commands: |
+            java -jar ${{ matrix.extraOpts }} *.jar --smoketest
+
   build-image:
     needs: [build-package]
 
@@ -290,13 +367,13 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             artifact-name: LinuxArm64
             image_suffix: orangepi5
-            image_url: https://github.com/PhotonVision/photon-image-modifier/releases/download/v2024.0.9/photonvision_opi5.img.xz
+            image_url: https://github.com/PhotonVision/photon-image-modifier/releases/download/v2024.0.10/photonvision_opi5.img.xz
             cpu: cortex-a8
             image_additional_mb: 4096
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             artifact-name: LinuxArm64
             image_suffix: orangepi5plus
-            image_url: https://github.com/PhotonVision/photon-image-modifier/releases/download/v2024.0.9/photonvision_opi5plus.img.xz
+            image_url: https://github.com/PhotonVision/photon-image-modifier/releases/download/v2024.0.10/photonvision_opi5plus.img.xz
             cpu: cortex-a8
             image_additional_mb: 4096
 

build.gradle

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ext {
     photonGlDriverLibVersion = "dev-v2023.1.0-9-g75fc678"
     rknnVersion = "dev-v2024.0.0-64-gc0836a6"
     frcYear = "2024"
-    mrcalVersion = "dev-v2024.0.0-7-gc976aaa";
+    mrcalVersion = "dev-v2024.0.0-18-gb903a09";
 
 
     pubVersion = versionString

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/logging/LogGroup.java

@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ public enum LogGroup {
     VisionModule,
     Data,
     General,
-    Config
+    Config,
+    CSCore,
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/logging/Logger.java

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public class Logger {
         levelMap.put(LogGroup.Data, LogLevel.INFO);
         levelMap.put(LogGroup.VisionModule, LogLevel.INFO);
         levelMap.put(LogGroup.Config, LogLevel.INFO);
+        levelMap.put(LogGroup.CSCore, LogLevel.TRACE);
     }
 
     static {
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ public class Logger {
         return logLevel.code <= levelMap.get(group).code;
     }
 
-    private void log(String message, LogLevel level) {
+    void log(String message, LogLevel level) {
         if (shouldLog(level)) {
             log(message, level, group, className);
         }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/logging/PvCSCoreLogger.java

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Photon Vision.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.photonvision.common.logging;
+
+import edu.wpi.first.cscore.CameraServerJNI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+/** Redirect cscore logs to our logger */
+public class PvCSCoreLogger {
+    private static PvCSCoreLogger INSTANCE;
+
+    public static PvCSCoreLogger getInstance() {
+        if (INSTANCE == null) {
+            INSTANCE = new PvCSCoreLogger();
+        }
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
+    private Logger logger;
+
+    private PvCSCoreLogger() {
+        CameraServerJNI.setLogger(this::logMsg, 7);
+        this.logger = new Logger(getClass(), LogGroup.CSCore);
+    }
+
+    private void logMsg(int level, String file, int line, String msg) {
+        if (level == 20) {
+            logger.info(msg);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        file = Path.of(file).getFileName().toString();
+
+        String levelmsg;
+        LogLevel pvlevel;
+        if (level >= 50) {
+            levelmsg = "CRITICAL";
+            pvlevel = LogLevel.ERROR;
+        } else if (level >= 40) {
+            levelmsg = "ERROR";
+            pvlevel = LogLevel.ERROR;
+        } else if (level >= 30) {
+            levelmsg = "WARNING";
+            pvlevel = LogLevel.WARN;
+        } else if (level >= 20) {
+            levelmsg = "INFO";
+            pvlevel = LogLevel.INFO;
+        } else {
+            levelmsg = "DEBUG";
+            pvlevel = LogLevel.DEBUG;
+        }
+        logger.log(
+                "CS: " + levelmsg + " " + level + ": " + msg + " (" + file + ":" + line + ")", pvlevel);
+    }
+}

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/aruco/PhotonArucoDetector.java

@@ -23,16 +23,37 @@ import java.util.Comparator;
 import org.opencv.core.Mat;
 import org.opencv.objdetect.ArucoDetector;
 import org.opencv.objdetect.DetectorParameters;
+import org.opencv.objdetect.Dictionary;
 import org.opencv.objdetect.Objdetect;
 import org.photonvision.common.logging.LogGroup;
 import org.photonvision.common.logging.Logger;
+import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.Releasable;
 
 /** This class wraps an {@link ArucoDetector} for convenience. */
-public class PhotonArucoDetector {
+public class PhotonArucoDetector implements Releasable {
     private static final Logger logger = new Logger(PhotonArucoDetector.class, LogGroup.VisionModule);
 
-    private final ArucoDetector detector =
-            new ArucoDetector(Objdetect.getPredefinedDictionary(Objdetect.DICT_APRILTAG_16h5));
+    private static class ArucoDetectorHack extends ArucoDetector {
+        public ArucoDetectorHack(Dictionary predefinedDictionary) {
+            super(predefinedDictionary);
+        }
+
+        // avoid double-free by keeping track of this ourselves (ew)
+        private boolean freed = false;
+
+        @Override
+        public void finalize() throws Throwable {
+            if (freed) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            super.finalize();
+            freed = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final ArucoDetectorHack detector =
+            new ArucoDetectorHack(Objdetect.getPredefinedDictionary(Objdetect.DICT_APRILTAG_16h5));
 
     private final Mat ids = new Mat();
     private final ArrayList<Mat> cornerMats = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -95,4 +116,16 @@ public class PhotonArucoDetector {
 
         return results;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        try {
+            detector.finalize();
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            logger.error("Exception destroying PhotonArucoDetector", e);
+        }
+        ids.release();
+        for (var m : cornerMats) m.release();
+        cornerMats.clear();
+    }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/frame/provider/FileFrameProvider.java

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.CVMat;
  * path}.
  */
 public class FileFrameProvider extends CpuImageProcessor {
-    public static final int MAX_FPS = 5;
+    public static final int MAX_FPS = 10;
     private static int count = 0;
 
     private final int thisIndex = count++;

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipe/impl/AprilTagDetectionPipe.java

@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ import edu.wpi.first.apriltag.AprilTagDetection;
 import edu.wpi.first.apriltag.AprilTagDetector;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.CVMat;
+import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.Releasable;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.CVPipe;
 
 public class AprilTagDetectionPipe
-        extends CVPipe<CVMat, List<AprilTagDetection>, AprilTagDetectionPipeParams> {
-    private final AprilTagDetector m_detector = new AprilTagDetector();
+        extends CVPipe<CVMat, List<AprilTagDetection>, AprilTagDetectionPipeParams>
+        implements Releasable {
+    private AprilTagDetector m_detector = new AprilTagDetector();
 
     public AprilTagDetectionPipe() {
         super();
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ public class AprilTagDetectionPipe
             return List.of();
         }
 
+        if (m_detector == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Apriltag detector was released!");
+        }
+
         var ret = m_detector.detect(in.getMat());
 
         if (ret == null) {
@@ -60,4 +66,10 @@ public class AprilTagDetectionPipe
 
         super.setParams(newParams);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        m_detector.close();
+        m_detector = null;
+    }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipe/impl/AprilTagPoseEstimatorPipe.java

@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ import org.opencv.calib3d.Calib3d;
 import org.opencv.core.MatOfPoint2f;
 import org.opencv.core.Point;
 import org.photonvision.vision.calibration.CameraCalibrationCoefficients;
+import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.Releasable;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.CVPipe;
 
 public class AprilTagPoseEstimatorPipe
         extends CVPipe<
                 AprilTagDetection,
                 AprilTagPoseEstimate,
-                AprilTagPoseEstimatorPipe.AprilTagPoseEstimatorPipeParams> {
+                AprilTagPoseEstimatorPipe.AprilTagPoseEstimatorPipeParams>
+        implements Releasable {
     private final AprilTagPoseEstimator m_poseEstimator =
             new AprilTagPoseEstimator(new AprilTagPoseEstimator.Config(0, 0, 0, 0, 0));
 
@@ -92,6 +94,11 @@ public class AprilTagPoseEstimatorPipe
         super.setParams(newParams);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        temp.release();
+    }
+
     public static class AprilTagPoseEstimatorPipeParams {
         final AprilTagPoseEstimator.Config config;
         final CameraCalibrationCoefficients calibration;

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipe/impl/ArucoDetectionPipe.java

@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ import org.opencv.objdetect.Objdetect;
 import org.photonvision.vision.aruco.ArucoDetectionResult;
 import org.photonvision.vision.aruco.PhotonArucoDetector;
 import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.CVMat;
+import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.Releasable;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.CVPipe;
 
 public class ArucoDetectionPipe
-        extends CVPipe<CVMat, List<ArucoDetectionResult>, ArucoDetectionPipeParams> {
+        extends CVPipe<CVMat, List<ArucoDetectionResult>, ArucoDetectionPipeParams>
+        implements Releasable {
     // ArucoDetector wrapper class
     private final PhotonArucoDetector photonDetector = new PhotonArucoDetector();
 
@@ -131,4 +133,9 @@ public class ArucoDetectionPipe
         var pt2 = new Point(corner.x + windowSize, corner.y + windowSize);
         Imgproc.rectangle(outputMat, pt1, pt2, new Scalar(0, 0, 255), thickness);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        photonDetector.release();
+    }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipe/impl/ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe.java

@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ import org.opencv.core.MatOfPoint3f;
 import org.opencv.core.Point3;
 import org.photonvision.vision.aruco.ArucoDetectionResult;
 import org.photonvision.vision.calibration.CameraCalibrationCoefficients;
+import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.Releasable;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.CVPipe;
 
 public class ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe
         extends CVPipe<
                 ArucoDetectionResult,
                 AprilTagPoseEstimate,
-                ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe.ArucoPoseEstimatorPipeParams> {
+                ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe.ArucoPoseEstimatorPipeParams>
+        implements Releasable {
     // image points of marker corners
     private final MatOfPoint2f imagePoints = new MatOfPoint2f(Mat.zeros(4, 1, CvType.CV_32FC2));
     // rvec/tvec estimations from solvepnp
@@ -117,6 +119,18 @@ public class ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe
         super.setParams(newParams);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        imagePoints.release();
+        for (var m : rvecs) m.release();
+        rvecs.clear();
+        for (var m : tvecs) m.release();
+        tvecs.clear();
+        rvec.release();
+        tvec.release();
+        reprojectionErrors.release();
+    }
+
     public static class ArucoPoseEstimatorPipeParams {
         final CameraCalibrationCoefficients calibration;
         final double tagSize;

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipe/impl/Calibrate3dPipe.java

@@ -38,13 +38,26 @@ import org.photonvision.vision.calibration.CameraCalibrationCoefficients;
 import org.photonvision.vision.calibration.CameraLensModel;
 import org.photonvision.vision.calibration.JsonImageMat;
 import org.photonvision.vision.calibration.JsonMatOfDouble;
+import org.photonvision.vision.frame.FrameStaticProperties;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.CVPipe;
+import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.impl.FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult;
 
 public class Calibrate3dPipe
         extends CVPipe<
-                List<FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult>,
+                Calibrate3dPipe.CalibrationInput,
                 CameraCalibrationCoefficients,
                 Calibrate3dPipe.CalibratePipeParams> {
+    public static class CalibrationInput {
+        final List<FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult> observations;
+        final FrameStaticProperties imageProps;
+
+        public CalibrationInput(
+                List<FindBoardCornersPipeResult> observations, FrameStaticProperties imageProps) {
+            this.observations = observations;
+            this.imageProps = imageProps;
+        }
+    }
+
     // For logging
     private static final Logger logger = new Logger(Calibrate3dPipe.class, LogGroup.General);
 
@@ -63,10 +76,9 @@ public class Calibrate3dPipe
      * @return Result of processing.
      */
     @Override
-    protected CameraCalibrationCoefficients process(
-            List<FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult> in) {
-        in =
-                in.stream()
+    protected CameraCalibrationCoefficients process(CalibrationInput in) {
+        var filteredIn =
+                in.observations.stream()
                         .filter(
                                 it ->
                                         it != null
@@ -79,17 +91,21 @@ public class Calibrate3dPipe
         var start = System.nanoTime();
         if (MrCalJNILoader.getInstance().isLoaded() && params.useMrCal) {
             logger.debug("Calibrating with mrcal!");
-            ret = calibrateMrcal(in);
+            ret =
+                    calibrateMrcal(
+                            filteredIn, in.imageProps.horizontalFocalLength, in.imageProps.verticalFocalLength);
         } else {
             logger.debug("Calibrating with opencv!");
-            ret = calibrateOpenCV(in);
+            ret =
+                    calibrateOpenCV(
+                            filteredIn, in.imageProps.horizontalFocalLength, in.imageProps.verticalFocalLength);
         }
         var dt = System.nanoTime() - start;
 
         if (ret != null)
             logger.info(
                     "CALIBRATION SUCCESS for res "
-                            + in.get(0).size
+                            + in.observations.get(0).size
                             + " in "
                             + dt / 1e6
                             + "ms! camMatrix: \n"
@@ -103,7 +119,7 @@ public class Calibrate3dPipe
     }
 
     protected CameraCalibrationCoefficients calibrateOpenCV(
-            List<FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult> in) {
+            List<FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult> in, double fxGuess, double fyGuess) {
         List<Mat> objPoints = in.stream().map(it -> it.objectPoints).collect(Collectors.toList());
         List<Mat> imgPts = in.stream().map(it -> it.imagePoints).collect(Collectors.toList());
         if (objPoints.size() != imgPts.size()) {
@@ -111,30 +127,32 @@ public class Calibrate3dPipe
             return null;
         }
 
-        Mat cameraMatrix = new Mat();
+        Mat cameraMatrix = new Mat(3, 3, CvType.CV_64F);
         MatOfDouble distortionCoefficients = new MatOfDouble();
         List<Mat> rvecs = new ArrayList<>();
         List<Mat> tvecs = new ArrayList<>();
 
-        // RMS of the calibration
-        double calibrationAccuracy;
+        // initial camera matrix guess
+        double cx = (in.get(0).size.width / 2.0) - 0.5;
+        double cy = (in.get(0).size.width / 2.0) - 0.5;
+        cameraMatrix.put(0, 0, new double[] {fxGuess, 0, cx, 0, fyGuess, cy, 0, 0, 1});
 
         try {
             // FindBoardCorners pipe outputs all the image points, object points, and frames to calculate
             // imageSize from, other parameters are output Mats
 
-            calibrationAccuracy =
-                    Calib3d.calibrateCameraExtended(
-                            objPoints,
-                            imgPts,
-                            new Size(in.get(0).size.width, in.get(0).size.height),
-                            cameraMatrix,
-                            distortionCoefficients,
-                            rvecs,
-                            tvecs,
-                            stdDeviationsIntrinsics,
-                            stdDeviationsExtrinsics,
-                            perViewErrors);
+            Calib3d.calibrateCameraExtended(
+                    objPoints,
+                    imgPts,
+                    new Size(in.get(0).size.width, in.get(0).size.height),
+                    cameraMatrix,
+                    distortionCoefficients,
+                    rvecs,
+                    tvecs,
+                    stdDeviationsIntrinsics,
+                    stdDeviationsExtrinsics,
+                    perViewErrors,
+                    Calib3d.CALIB_USE_LU + Calib3d.CALIB_USE_INTRINSIC_GUESS);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("Calibration failed!", e);
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -164,13 +182,12 @@ public class Calibrate3dPipe
     }
 
     protected CameraCalibrationCoefficients calibrateMrcal(
-            List<FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult> in) {
+            List<FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult> in, double fxGuess, double fyGuess) {
         List<MatOfPoint2f> corner_locations =
                 in.stream().map(it -> it.imagePoints).map(MatOfPoint2f::new).collect(Collectors.toList());
 
         int imageWidth = (int) in.get(0).size.width;
         int imageHeight = (int) in.get(0).size.height;
-        final double FOCAL_LENGTH_GUESS = 1200;
 
         MrCalResult result =
                 MrCalJNI.calibrateCamera(
@@ -180,7 +197,7 @@ public class Calibrate3dPipe
                         params.squareSize,
                         imageWidth,
                         imageHeight,
-                        FOCAL_LENGTH_GUESS);
+                        (fxGuess + fyGuess) / 2.0);
 
         // intrinsics are fx fy cx cy from mrcal
         JsonMatOfDouble cameraMatrixMat =

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipe/impl/Calibrate3dPipeline.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.photonvision.vision.frame.FrameThresholdType;
 import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.CVMat;
 import org.photonvision.vision.opencv.ImageRotationMode;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.CVPipe.CVPipeResult;
+import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.impl.Calibrate3dPipe.CalibrationInput;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipe.impl.FindBoardCornersPipe.FindBoardCornersPipeResult;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipeline.CVPipeline;
 import org.photonvision.vision.pipeline.Calibration3dPipelineSettings;
@@ -176,7 +177,8 @@ public class Calibrate3dPipeline
 
         /*Pass the board corners to the pipe, which will check again to see if all boards are valid
         and returns the corresponding image and object points*/
-        calibrationOutput = calibrate3dPipe.run(foundCornersList);
+        calibrationOutput =
+                calibrate3dPipe.run(new CalibrationInput(foundCornersList, frameStaticProperties));
 
         this.calibrating = false;
 
@@ -229,4 +231,9 @@ public class Calibrate3dPipeline
     public CameraCalibrationCoefficients cameraCalibrationCoefficients() {
         return calibrationOutput.output;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        // we never actually need to give resources up since pipelinemanager only makes one of us
+    }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipeline/AprilTagPipeline.java

@@ -221,4 +221,11 @@ public class AprilTagPipeline extends CVPipeline<CVPipelineResult, AprilTagPipel
 
         return new CVPipelineResult(sumPipeNanosElapsed, fps, targetList, multiTagResult, frame);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        aprilTagDetectionPipe.release();
+        singleTagPoseEstimatorPipe.release();
+        super.release();
+    }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipeline/ArucoPipeline.java

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ import org.photonvision.vision.target.TrackedTarget;
 import org.photonvision.vision.target.TrackedTarget.TargetCalculationParameters;
 
 public class ArucoPipeline extends CVPipeline<CVPipelineResult, ArucoPipelineSettings> {
-    private final ArucoDetectionPipe arucoDetectionPipe = new ArucoDetectionPipe();
-    private final ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe singleTagPoseEstimatorPipe = new ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe();
+    private ArucoDetectionPipe arucoDetectionPipe = new ArucoDetectionPipe();
+    private ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe singleTagPoseEstimatorPipe = new ArucoPoseEstimatorPipe();
     private final MultiTargetPNPPipe multiTagPNPPipe = new MultiTargetPNPPipe();
     private final CalculateFPSPipe calculateFPSPipe = new CalculateFPSPipe();
 
@@ -250,4 +250,13 @@ public class ArucoPipeline extends CVPipeline<CVPipelineResult, ArucoPipelineSet
                 windowSize,
                 constant);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        arucoDetectionPipe.release();
+        singleTagPoseEstimatorPipe.release();
+        arucoDetectionPipe = null;
+        singleTagPoseEstimatorPipe = null;
+        super.release();
+    }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipeline/CVPipeline.java

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ public abstract class CVPipeline<R extends CVPipelineResult, S extends CVPipelin
 
     private final FrameThresholdType thresholdType;
 
+    // So releaseable doesn't keep track of if we double-free something. so (ew) remember that here
+    protected volatile boolean released = false;
+
     public CVPipeline(FrameThresholdType thresholdType) {
         this.thresholdType = thresholdType;
     }
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ public abstract class CVPipeline<R extends CVPipelineResult, S extends CVPipelin
     }
 
     public R run(Frame frame, QuirkyCamera cameraQuirks) {
+        if (released) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Pipeline use-after-free!");
+        }
         if (settings == null) {
             throw new RuntimeException("No settings provided for pipeline!");
         }
@@ -85,5 +91,7 @@ public abstract class CVPipeline<R extends CVPipelineResult, S extends CVPipelin
      * switch. Stubbed out, but override if needed.
      */
     @Override
-    public void release() {}
+    public void release() {
+        released = true;
+    }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipeline/DriverModePipeline.java

@@ -88,4 +88,9 @@ public class DriverModePipeline
                 fps,
                 new Frame(frame.processedImage, frame.colorImage, frame.type, frame.frameStaticProperties));
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void release() {
+        // we never actually need to give resources up since pipelinemanager only makes one of us
+    }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/pipeline/ObjectDetectionPipeline.java

@@ -131,5 +131,6 @@ public class ObjectDetectionPipeline
     @Override
     public void release() {
         rknnPipe.release();
+        super.release();
     }
 }

photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/PipelineManager.java

@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public class PipelineManager {
      * @return The currently active pipeline.
      */
     public CVPipeline getCurrentPipeline() {
+        updatePipelineFromRequested();
         if (currentPipelineIndex < 0) {
             switch (currentPipelineIndex) {
                 case CAL_3D_INDEX:
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ public class PipelineManager {
         return getPipelineSettings(currentPipelineIndex);
     }
 
+    private volatile int requestedIndex = 0;
+
     /**
      * Internal method for setting the active pipeline. <br>
      * <br>
@@ -179,6 +182,22 @@ public class PipelineManager {
      * @param newIndex Index of pipeline to be active
      */
     private void setPipelineInternal(int newIndex) {
+        requestedIndex = newIndex;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Based on a requested pipeline index, create/destroy pipelines as necessary. We do this as a
+     * side effect of the main thread that calls getCurrentPipeline to avoid race conditions between
+     * server threads and the VisionRunner TODO: this should be refactored. Shame Java doesn't have
+     * RAII
+     */
+    private void updatePipelineFromRequested() {
+        int newIndex = requestedIndex;
+        if (newIndex == currentPipelineIndex) {
+            // nothing to do, probably no change -- give up
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (newIndex < 0 && currentPipelineIndex >= 0) {
             // Transitioning to a built-in pipe, save off the current user one
             lastUserPipelineIdx = currentPipelineIndex;
@@ -189,8 +208,8 @@ public class PipelineManager {
             return;
         }
 
-        // Cleanup potential old native resources before swapping over
-        if (currentUserPipeline != null) {
+        // Cleanup potential old native resources before swapping over for user pipelines
+        if (currentUserPipeline != null && !(newIndex < 0)) {
             currentUserPipeline.release();
         }
 

photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/Main.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.photonvision.common.hardware.Platform;
 import org.photonvision.common.logging.LogGroup;
 import org.photonvision.common.logging.LogLevel;
 import org.photonvision.common.logging.Logger;
+import org.photonvision.common.logging.PvCSCoreLogger;
 import org.photonvision.common.networking.NetworkManager;
 import org.photonvision.common.util.TestUtils;
 import org.photonvision.common.util.numbers.IntegerCouple;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public class Main {
     private static final boolean isRelease = PhotonVersion.isRelease;
 
     private static boolean isTestMode = false;
+    private static boolean isSmoketest = false;
     private static Path testModeFolder = null;
     private static boolean printDebugLogs;
 
@@ -90,6 +92,11 @@ public class Main {
                 "clear-config",
                 false,
                 "Clears PhotonVision pipeline and networking settings. Preserves log files");
+        options.addOption(
+                "s",
+                "smoketest",
+                false,
+                "Exit Photon after loading native libraries and camera configs, but before starting up camera runners");
 
         CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
         CommandLine cmd = parser.parse(options, args);
@@ -127,6 +134,10 @@ public class Main {
             if (cmd.hasOption("clear-config")) {
                 ConfigManager.getInstance().clearConfig();
             }
+
+            if (cmd.hasOption("smoketest")) {
+                isSmoketest = true;
+            }
         }
         return true;
     }
@@ -266,7 +277,7 @@ public class Main {
 
         CameraConfiguration camConf2024 =
                 ConfigManager.getInstance().getConfig().getCameraConfigurations().get("WPI2024");
-        if (camConf2024 == null || true) {
+        if (camConf2024 == null) {
             camConf2024 =
                     new CameraConfiguration(
                             "WPI2024",
@@ -337,11 +348,17 @@ public class Main {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
-            TestUtils.loadLibraries();
-            logger.info("Native libraries loaded.");
+            boolean success = TestUtils.loadLibraries();
+
+            if (!success) {
+                logger.error("Failed to load native libraries! Giving up :(");
+                System.exit(1);
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("Failed to load native libraries!", e);
+            System.exit(1);
         }
+        logger.info("Native libraries loaded.");
 
         try {
             if (Platform.isRaspberryPi()) {
@@ -393,6 +410,8 @@ public class Main {
                         + Platform.getPlatformName()
                         + (Platform.isRaspberryPi() ? (" (Pi " + PiVersion.getPiVersion() + ")") : ""));
 
+        PvCSCoreLogger.getInstance();
+
         logger.debug("Loading ConfigManager...");
         ConfigManager.getInstance().load(); // init config manager
         ConfigManager.getInstance().requestSave();
@@ -412,6 +431,11 @@ public class Main {
         NeuralNetworkModelManager.getInstance()
                 .initialize(ConfigManager.getInstance().getModelsDirectory());
 
+        if (isSmoketest) {
+            logger.info("PhotonVision base functionality loaded -- smoketest complete");
+            System.exit(0);
+        }
+
         if (!isTestMode) {
             logger.debug("Loading VisionSourceManager...");
             VisionSourceManager.getInstance()