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Problem

update_node, update_core, update_geofiles and hard_reset are synchronous calls to node-serviced. node-serviced runs pg-node commands that pull Docker images or download files, and it allows them 5 minutes (60 s for hard_reset). In practice:

Command Typical duration
node update about 20 s to 3 min
core update about 10-60 s
geofiles update about 10-60 s

The bridge sent these requests with the node's default_timeout, which the panel sets to 10 s by default. As a result:

  • the caller got NodeAPIError(-5) while the update kept running on the node, so admins saw a failure and often retried;
  • the lifecycle lease was released after those 10 s, so a Start or Stop could overlap an update that was still running.

The lease heartbeat also only caught CancelledError. Any error from the lifecycle coordinator (e.g. a NATS KV hiccup with shared storage):

  • silently killed the heartbeat task, so the 60 s lease expired while a long call was still running;
  • was re-raised when the lease was released, so a successful update could be reported as a failure.

Change

  • MAINTENANCE_TIMEOUTS: 330 s for update_node, update_core and update_geofiles, and 90 s for hard_reset. These are slightly above node-serviced's own deadlines. _run_coordinated_update uses them, so the caller gets the real result and the lease is held for the whole operation.
  • _heartbeat_lifecycle_lease logs coordinator errors and keeps renewing. It stops only when a coordinator reports the lease as lost (returns False).

Tests

New tests/test_maintenance.py, with a local aiohttp stand-in for node-serviced that answers after 1.5 s while the node's default_timeout is 1 s:

  • update_node, update_core, update_geofiles and hard_reset succeed (all four failed with -5 before the change);
  • the per-operation timeout is still enforced (NodeAPIError(-5) when exceeded);
  • the lease heartbeat survives a coordinator that fails once during a long call.

python -W error::ResourceWarning -m unittest discover -s tests passes 49 tests, and ruff check / ruff format --check are clean.

Related

  • PasarGuard/panel #978: the same fix for the panel's split-role NATS relay of these calls (30 s RPC timeout).
  • Reaching panel users needs a bridge release and a pasarguard-node-bridge bump in the panel.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Node, core, and geofile updates can now complete when they take longer than the default request timeout; hard resets also have a longer timeout.
    • Maintenance operations now continue if a lifecycle heartbeat encounters an error, and stop renewing the lease if it is reported lost.
    • Operations still report a timeout error when their configured maintenance timeout is exceeded.

…rviced's

update_node, update_core, update_geofiles and hard_reset are synchronous
calls to node-serviced, which runs pg-node commands (docker pulls,
downloads) with a 5 minute deadline (60 s for hard_reset). They used the
node's default_timeout (10 s by default), so the caller got
NodeAPIError(-5) while the update kept running, and the lifecycle lease
was released early, letting a Start overlap the update.

Each maintenance operation now has its own timeout (330 s, 90 s for
hard_reset), a little above node-serviced's deadline.
…r errors

The lease heartbeat only caught CancelledError. Any error from the
coordinator (e.g. a NATS KV hiccup) killed the heartbeat task silently,
the 60 s lease expired while a maintenance call could still be running
for minutes, and releasing the lease then re-raised that error, so the
caller saw a failure even if the operation itself succeeded.

The heartbeat now logs coordinator errors and keeps renewing, and stops
only when a coordinator reports the lease as lost (returns False).

Tests: the heartbeat survives a failing coordinator during a long
maintenance call, and the per-operation maintenance timeout is still
enforced (NodeAPIError -5 when exceeded).
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The controller assigns operation-specific timeouts to maintenance requests. Lifecycle heartbeat renewal now continues after coordinator exceptions and stops when the coordinator reports lease loss. Tests cover request timeouts and heartbeat exceptions.

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Maintenance Operations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Maintenance request timeouts
PasarGuardNodeBridge/controller.py, tests/test_maintenance.py
Node, core, and geofiles updates use 330-second timeouts; hard reset uses 90 seconds. Coordinated updates pass the mapped timeout. Tests check request success and timeout errors.
Lifecycle heartbeat renewal
PasarGuardNodeBridge/controller.py, tests/test_maintenance.py
Heartbeat exceptions are logged and renewal continues. A False result logs lease loss and ends renewal. A test checks that renewal continues after the first heartbeat exception.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: immohammad20000

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 65b54

Long maintenance calls now wait longer, but the controller cannot tell when it has lost its maintenance lease. Another worker could start a second update on the same node while the first is still running. Report lease loss from the coordinator and abort the in-flight request before merging.

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Review comments at @PasarGuardNodeBridge/controller.py:
- Around line 365-367: Update the lifecycle coordinator’s heartbeat contract and
InMemoryNodeLifecycleCoordinator.heartbeat to return True only when renewal
succeeds and False when the lease is missing, expired, or mismatched. Propagate
a False result from the heartbeat task to _run_coordinated_update so it aborts
the in-flight maintenance request, rather than merely stopping renewal.

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Comment on lines +365 to +367
if renewed is False: # coordinators that report it: the lease is gone, stop renewing
self.logger.warning(f"[{self.name}] Lifecycle lease for {lease.operation} was lost")
return

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

rg -n 'def heartbeat|class .*Coordinator|renewed|def acquire|def release|_run_coordinated_update' PasarGuardNodeBridge
sed -n '340,380p' PasarGuardNodeBridge/controller.py
sed -n '800,840p' PasarGuardNodeBridge/controller.py

Repository: PasarGuard/node_bridge_py

Length of output: 5815


🏁 Script executed:

set -eu
nl -ba PasarGuardNodeBridge/storage.py | sed -n '95,145p;270,370p'
printf '\n--- controller heartbeat and release ---\n'
nl -ba PasarGuardNodeBridge/controller.py | sed -n '345,410p'
printf '\n--- coordinator declarations and heartbeat implementations ---\n'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -- 'NodeLifecycleCoordinatorProtocol' .
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -- 'async def heartbeat' .
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -- 'try_acquire' .

Repository: PasarGuard/node_bridge_py

Length of output: 12421


Propagate lease loss to the maintenance request.

InMemoryNodeLifecycleCoordinator.heartbeat renews only when the token matches, but returns None in every case. The protocol also declares heartbeat as -> None, so it provides no lease-status result.

When the lease expires, try_acquire removes it and allows another worker to acquire a new lease. The original _run_coordinated_update continues awaiting _make_json_request; its later release call becomes a no-op because its token is no longer current. Return True only for a successful renewal and False for a missing, expired, or mismatched lease. Propagate False to _run_coordinated_update and abort the in-flight maintenance request instead of only stopping the heartbeat task.

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Review comment at @PasarGuardNodeBridge/controller.py around lines 365 - 367:
Update the lifecycle coordinator’s heartbeat contract and
InMemoryNodeLifecycleCoordinator.heartbeat to return True only when renewal
succeeds and False when the lease is missing, expired, or mismatched. Propagate
a False result from the heartbeat task to _run_coordinated_update so it aborts
the in-flight maintenance request, rather than merely stopping renewal.

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