Do stupid things to see thread status

rootfs/webapp/acarshub.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 # thread for processing the incoming data
 
 thread_html_generator = Thread()
+thread_html_generator_active = False
 thread_html_generator_event = Event()
 
 # web thread
@@ -171,9 +172,12 @@ def getQueType(message_type):
 
 
 def htmlListener():
+    global thread_html_generator_active
     import time
     import sys
 
+    thread_html_generator_active = True
+
     # Run while requested...
     while not thread_html_generator_event.is_set():
         sys.stdout.flush()
@@ -190,6 +194,7 @@ def htmlListener():
     acarshub_logging.log(
         "Exiting HTML Listener thread", "htmlListener", level=LOG_LEVEL["DEBUG"]
     )
+    thread_html_generator_active = False
 
 
 def scheduled_tasks():
@@ -483,7 +488,7 @@ def init_listeners(special_message=""):
         thread_scheduler.start()
 
     # check if 'g' is not in thread_html_generator
-    if not thread_html_generator.is_alive():
+    if thread_html_generator_active is False:
         acarshub_logging.log(
             f"{special_message}Starting htmlListener",
             "init",
@@ -824,7 +829,7 @@ def main_connect():
         acarshub_logging.acars_traceback(e, "webapp")
 
     # Start the htmlGenerator thread only if the thread has not been started before.
-    if not hasattr(thread_html_generator, "g"):
+    if thread_html_generator_active is False:
         sys.stdout.flush()
         thread_html_generator_event.clear()
         thread_html_generator = socketio.start_background_task(htmlListener)