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fix(ingest): recover WAL segments shipped at shutdown
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fix(ingest): keep a WAL owner claimable while recovery leaves segment…
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion apps/ingest/src/main.rs
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Expand Up @@ -2490,7 +2490,7 @@ async fn main() {
"Shutdown drain deadline hit with WAL backlog remaining"
);
}
// Even a clean drain runs this: it retires the owner heartbeat, so a
// Even a clean drain runs this: it marks the owner retired, so a
// successor claims anything left instead of waiting out the staleness
// window. With a backlog it also seals and ships the tail, which is the
// difference between "replays if this task's storage survives" (it does
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173 changes: 164 additions & 9 deletions apps/ingest/src/telemetry.rs
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Expand Up @@ -876,9 +876,9 @@ impl TelemetryPipeline {
/// this task as alive.
///
/// Shutdown calls this once the drain has done what it can: whatever did not
/// export is now in the object store under an owner whose heartbeat is gone,
/// so the next task claims it immediately instead of waiting out the
/// staleness window. Returns the bytes shipped.
/// export is now in the object store under a retired owner, which the next
/// task to boot claims without waiting out the staleness window. A clean
/// drain ships nothing. Returns the bytes shipped.
pub async fn flush_wal_to_object_store(&self) -> u64 {
let shipped = self.inner.wal.flush_to_object_store().await;
if let Some(store) = self.inner.wal.store.get() {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1563,20 +1563,32 @@ impl WalLane {

/// Whether the exporter has already moved past this segment.
fn is_exported(&self, seq: u64) -> bool {
self.export.lock().is_ok_and(|state| seq < state.cursor.seq)
self.export
.lock()
.is_ok_and(|state| self.is_behind(state.cursor, seq))
}

/// Whether `cursor` has consumed all of sealed segment `seq`. A cursor
/// parked at the end of a segment that sealed after its last export (the
/// shutdown seal, typically) counts: it holds nothing left to replay.
fn is_behind(&self, cursor: SegmentCursor, seq: u64) -> bool {
seq < cursor.seq
|| (seq == cursor.seq
&& seq < self.active_seq.load(Ordering::Acquire)
&& cursor.offset >= file_len(&segment_path(&self.dir, seq)))
}

/// Sealed segments this lane still owes, oldest first.
fn unexported_segments(&self) -> Vec<u64> {
let cursor_seq = match self.export.lock() {
Ok(state) => state.cursor.seq,
let cursor = match self.export.lock() {
Ok(state) => state.cursor,
Err(_) => return Vec::new(),
};
let active = self.active_seq.load(Ordering::Acquire);
list_segments(&self.dir)
.unwrap_or_default()
.into_iter()
.filter(|seq| *seq >= cursor_seq && *seq < active)
.filter(|seq| *seq < active && !self.is_behind(cursor, *seq))
.collect()
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1922,6 +1934,9 @@ impl ShardedWal {
}
};
let mut recovered_frames = 0usize;
// Segments still in the bucket after this pass. Any at all keeps the
// owner discoverable so a later boot retries them.
let mut left_behind = 0usize;
let mut keys = Vec::with_capacity(segments.len());
for segment in segments {
let Some(lane) = Self::lane_for_key(&segment.lane_key, cfg) else {
Expand All @@ -1930,6 +1945,7 @@ impl ShardedWal {
lane_key = segment.lane_key,
"Skipping an orphaned WAL segment for an unknown lane"
);
left_behind += 1;
continue;
};
let frames = decode_segment_frames(&segment.bytes);
Expand All @@ -1956,10 +1972,14 @@ impl ShardedWal {
}
if committed {
keys.push(segment.key);
} else {
left_behind += 1;
}
}
if recovered_frames == 0 && keys.is_empty() {
drop(store.release_owner(&owner).await);
if left_behind == 0 {
drop(store.release_owner(&owner).await);
}
continue;
}
// Sealed and re-shipped under our own owner id *before* the source
Expand All @@ -1969,9 +1989,16 @@ impl ShardedWal {
for key in keys {
if let Err(error) = store.release_key(&key).await {
warn!(owner, key, error = %error, "Failed to delete a recovered WAL segment");
left_behind += 1;
}
}
if let Err(error) = store.release_owner(&owner).await {
if left_behind > 0 {
warn!(
owner,
left_behind,
"Keeping a WAL owner so a later boot retries its remaining segments"
);
} else if let Err(error) = store.release_owner(&owner).await {
warn!(owner, error = %error, "Failed to retire a recovered WAL owner");
}
metrics::wal_frames_recovered(recovered_frames as u64);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -7331,6 +7358,134 @@ mod tests {
);
}

#[tokio::test]
async fn a_clean_drain_ships_nothing_but_an_unexported_tail_still_ships() {
// The shutdown seal leaves the cursor parked at the end of a segment it
// fully exported; shipping that one only buys duplicates on recovery.
let queue_dir = unique_test_dir("wal-clean-drain");
std::fs::create_dir_all(&queue_dir).unwrap();
let cfg = segmented_cfg(queue_dir.clone(), 64 * 1024, WAL_SEGMENT_MAX_BYTES);
let (endpoint, bucket) = fake_s3::spawn("maple-wal-test").await;
let wal = ShardedWal::open(&cfg).expect("open WAL");
wal.attach_object_store(&test_wal_store(&endpoint));
let frame = wal_test_frame(200);

let (seq, _, end) = wal.append(0, &frame).await.expect("append");
wal.mark_exported(0, SegmentCursor { seq, offset: end }, end)
.await
.expect("mark_exported");
assert_eq!(
wal.flush_to_object_store().await,
0,
"a drained lane owes nothing"
);

let (_, _, tail) = wal.append(0, &frame).await.expect("append tail");
assert_eq!(
wal.flush_to_object_store().await,
tail,
"the unexported tail ships"
);
sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
let segments: Vec<_> = bucket
.keys()
.into_iter()
.filter(|key| key.contains("/segments/"))
.collect();
assert_eq!(
segments.len(),
1,
"only the tail is in the bucket: {segments:?}"
);

drop(std::fs::remove_dir_all(queue_dir));
}

#[tokio::test]
async fn segments_shipped_at_shutdown_are_claimed_by_the_next_boot() {
// Retiring used to only delete the heartbeat, which left the owner
// invisible to recovery and its shutdown segments stranded in the bucket.
let (endpoint, bucket) = fake_s3::spawn("maple-wal-test").await;
let frame = wal_test_frame(64);

let old_dir = unique_test_dir("wal-retired-owner");
std::fs::create_dir_all(&old_dir).unwrap();
let old_cfg = segmented_cfg(old_dir.clone(), 64 * 1024, WAL_SEGMENT_MAX_BYTES);
let old_wal = ShardedWal::open(&old_cfg).expect("open WAL");
// No shipper attached, so its async upload cannot race the cleanup.
let old_store = test_wal_store(&endpoint);
old_store.heartbeat().await.expect("heartbeat");
old_wal.append(0, &frame).await.expect("append");
assert!(
old_wal.flush_segments_to(&old_store).await > 0,
"the undrained tail ships"
);
old_store.retire().await.expect("retire");
let retired = old_store.owner().to_owned();

// Booting right away: no staleness window to wait out.
let new_dir = unique_test_dir("wal-retired-successor");
std::fs::create_dir_all(&new_dir).unwrap();
let new_cfg = segmented_cfg(new_dir.clone(), 64 * 1024, WAL_SEGMENT_MAX_BYTES);
let new_wal = ShardedWal::open(&new_cfg).expect("open WAL");
new_wal
.recover_orphans(&new_cfg, &test_wal_store(&endpoint))
.await;

let replayed = new_wal.replay(0).await.expect("replay");
assert_eq!(replayed.len(), 1, "the shipped frame is recovered");
let keys = bucket.keys();
assert!(
keys.iter().all(|key| !key.contains(&retired)),
"the retired owner's segments and markers are cleaned up: {keys:?}"
);

drop(std::fs::remove_dir_all(old_dir));
drop(std::fs::remove_dir_all(new_dir));
}

#[tokio::test]
async fn an_owner_with_unrecovered_segments_stays_claimable() {
// Releasing the owner after a partial recovery dropped its last discovery
// path, so the segments it still held were never retried.
let (endpoint, bucket) = fake_s3::spawn("maple-wal-test").await;
let frame = wal_test_frame(64);

let old_dir = unique_test_dir("wal-partial-owner");
std::fs::create_dir_all(&old_dir).unwrap();
let old_cfg = segmented_cfg(old_dir.clone(), 64 * 1024, WAL_SEGMENT_MAX_BYTES);
let old_wal = ShardedWal::open(&old_cfg).expect("open WAL");
let old_store = test_wal_store(&endpoint);
old_store.heartbeat().await.expect("heartbeat");
old_wal.append(0, &frame).await.expect("append");
assert!(old_wal.flush_segments_to(&old_store).await > 0);
// A lane this binary cannot place, so recovery has to leave it behind.
old_store
.put_segment("shard-000-unknown", 0, b"unplaceable".to_vec())
.await
.expect("put unknown-lane segment");
old_store.retire().await.expect("retire");
let retired = old_store.owner().to_owned();

let new_dir = unique_test_dir("wal-partial-successor");
std::fs::create_dir_all(&new_dir).unwrap();
let new_cfg = segmented_cfg(new_dir.clone(), 64 * 1024, WAL_SEGMENT_MAX_BYTES);
let new_wal = ShardedWal::open(&new_cfg).expect("open WAL");
new_wal
.recover_orphans(&new_cfg, &test_wal_store(&endpoint))
.await;

assert_eq!(new_wal.replay(0).await.expect("replay").len(), 1);
let keys = bucket.keys();
assert!(
keys.iter().any(|key| key.ends_with(&format!("/retired/{retired}"))),
"the retired marker survives while a segment is left: {keys:?}"
);

drop(std::fs::remove_dir_all(old_dir));
drop(std::fs::remove_dir_all(new_dir));
}

/// Cross-language contract with the Prometheus scraper (apps/scraper).
///
/// The scraper converts scraped exposition text into OTLP/JSON
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100 changes: 81 additions & 19 deletions apps/ingest/src/wal_store.rs
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Expand Up @@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ impl WalSegmentStore {
format!("{}/{KEY_SCHEME}/claims/{owner}", self.prefix)
}

fn retired_key(&self, owner: &str) -> String {
format!("{}/{KEY_SCHEME}/retired/{owner}", self.prefix)
}

fn listing(&self, kind: &str) -> String {
format!("{}/{KEY_SCHEME}/{kind}/", self.prefix)
}

/// Ship one sealed segment. Overwrites unconditionally: the only writer for
/// this key is this process, and a retry of a partial PUT must win.
pub async fn put_segment(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -157,29 +165,34 @@ impl WalSegmentStore {
.await
}

/// Remove this owner's heartbeat, so a successor does not have to wait out
/// `orphan_after` before claiming whatever we failed to drain.
/// Mark this owner as gone for good, so a successor claims whatever we
/// shipped at shutdown right away. The marker lands before the heartbeat is
/// dropped, so the owner is never invisible to `stale_owners`.
pub async fn retire(&self) -> Result<(), S3Error> {
self.s3
.put(&self.retired_key(&self.owner), Vec::new(), false)
.await?;
self.s3.delete(&self.owner_key(&self.owner)).await
}

/// Owners whose heartbeat has gone stale, newest-stale first.
/// Owners whose segments are claimable now: retired ones at any age, and
/// ones whose heartbeat went stale.
pub async fn stale_owners(&self, now: DateTime<Utc>) -> Result<Vec<String>, S3Error> {
let prefix = format!("{}/{KEY_SCHEME}/owners/", self.prefix);
let objects = self.s3.list(&prefix, MAX_LIST_PAGES).await?;
Ok(objects
.into_iter()
.filter(|object| !object.key.ends_with(&self.owner))
.filter(|object| is_older_than(object, now, self.orphan_after))
.filter_map(|object| {
object
.key
.rsplit('/')
.next()
.filter(|owner| !owner.is_empty())
.map(str::to_owned)
})
.collect())
let heartbeats = self
.s3
.list(&self.listing("owners"), MAX_LIST_PAGES)
.await?;
let retired = self
.s3
.list(&self.listing("retired"), MAX_LIST_PAGES)
.await?;
Ok(claimable_owners(
&self.owner,
&heartbeats,
&retired,
now,
self.orphan_after,
))
}

/// Take ownership of a dead task's segments, or report that someone else
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -238,13 +251,15 @@ impl WalSegmentStore {
}

/// Finish a claim: drop the recovered object and, once every segment is
/// gone, the owner's heartbeat and claim marker.
/// gone, the owner's heartbeat, retired marker and claim marker.
pub async fn release_key(&self, key: &str) -> Result<(), S3Error> {
self.s3.delete(key).await
}

pub async fn release_owner(&self, owner: &str) -> Result<(), S3Error> {
self.s3.delete(&self.owner_key(owner)).await?;
self.s3.delete(&self.retired_key(owner)).await?;

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Keep the retired marker when recovery leaves segments behind.

If recover_orphans cannot re-commit a frame, it leaves that source segment in the object store but still calls release_owner. Deleting the retired marker here also removes that owner's last discovery path. Later boots cannot retry the segment, and bucket expiry can discard its frames. Call release_owner only after every source segment has been durably recovered and removed; preserve the marker on partial failure.

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Update release_owner so it deletes the retired marker only after every source
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// The claim goes last: until it does, no other task re-claims the owner.
self.s3.delete(&self.claim_key(owner)).await
}
}
Expand All @@ -260,6 +275,32 @@ fn is_older_than(object: &S3Object, now: DateTime<Utc>, age: Duration) -> bool {
.is_ok_and(|elapsed| elapsed >= age)
}

/// Which owners other than `own` may be claimed, in key order.
fn claimable_owners(
own: &str,
heartbeats: &[S3Object],
retired: &[S3Object],
now: DateTime<Utc>,
orphan_after: Duration,
) -> Vec<String> {
let stale = heartbeats
.iter()
.filter(|object| is_older_than(object, now, orphan_after))
.filter_map(|object| last_component(&object.key));
// A retired owner shut down on purpose and will never write again, so its
// age does not matter.
let retired = retired
.iter()
.filter_map(|object| last_component(&object.key));
let claimable: std::collections::BTreeSet<&str> =
stale.chain(retired).filter(|owner| *owner != own).collect();
claimable.into_iter().map(str::to_owned).collect()
}

fn last_component(key: &str) -> Option<&str> {
key.rsplit('/').next().filter(|part| !part.is_empty())
}

/// `…/segments/<owner>/<lane_key>/<seq>.seg` → `<lane_key>`.
fn lane_key_of(key: &str) -> Option<String> {
let mut parts = key.rsplit('/');
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -303,6 +344,27 @@ mod tests {
));
}

#[test]
fn retired_owners_are_claimable_at_any_age() {
let heartbeats = [
object("wal/v1/owners/live", 1),
object("wal/v1/owners/dead", 30),
object("wal/v1/owners/me", 30),
];
// Retired a moment ago: no staleness window to wait out.
let retired = [object("wal/v1/retired/just-retired", 0)];
assert_eq!(
claimable_owners(
"me",
&heartbeats,
&retired,
Utc::now(),
DEFAULT_ORPHAN_AFTER
),
vec!["dead", "just-retired"]
);
}

#[test]
fn a_listing_without_a_timestamp_reads_as_stale() {
// Otherwise an unparsed LastModified would strand the segments under it
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