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Jitter 76d25d9a20 Fix/issue #1001 dead node detection (#1054)
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# Resolution Report: Issue #1001 - Cluster Recovery from Abrupt Power-Off
## 1. Issue Description
**Problem**: The cluster failed to recover gracefully when a node experienced an abrupt power-off (hard failure).
**Symptoms**:
- The application became unable to upload files.
- The Console Web UI became unresponsive across the cluster.
- The `rustfsadmin` user was unable to log in after a server power-off.
- The performance page displayed 0 storage, 0 objects, and 0 servers online/offline.
- The system "hung" indefinitely, unlike the immediate recovery observed during a graceful process termination (`kill`).
**Root Cause (Multi-Layered)**:
1. **TCP Connection Issue**: The standard TCP protocol does not immediately detect a silent peer disappearance (power loss) because no `FIN` or `RST` packets are sent.
2. **Stale Connection Cache**: Cached gRPC connections in `GLOBAL_Conn_Map` were reused even when the peer was dead, causing blocking on every RPC call.
3. **Blocking IAM Notifications**: Login operations blocked waiting for ALL peers to acknowledge user/policy changes.
4. **No Per-Peer Timeouts**: Console aggregation calls like `server_info()` and `storage_info()` could hang waiting for dead peers.
---
## 2. Technical Approach
To resolve this, we implemented a comprehensive multi-layered resilience strategy.
### Key Objectives:
1. **Fail Fast**: Detect dead peers in seconds, not minutes.
2. **Evict Stale Connections**: Automatically remove dead connections from cache to force reconnection.
3. **Non-Blocking Operations**: Auth and IAM operations should not wait for dead peers.
4. **Graceful Degradation**: Console should show partial data from healthy nodes, not hang.
---
## 3. Implemented Solution
### Solution Overview
The fix implements a multi-layered detection strategy covering both Control Plane (RPC) and Data Plane (Streaming):
1. **Control Plane (gRPC)**:
* Enabled `http2_keep_alive_interval` (5s) and `keep_alive_timeout` (3s) in `tonic` clients.
* Enforced `tcp_keepalive` (10s) on underlying transport.
* Context: Ensures cluster metadata operations (raft, status checks) fail fast if a node dies.
2. **Data Plane (File Uploads/Downloads)**:
* **Client (Rio)**: Updated `reqwest` client builder in `crates/rio` to enable TCP Keepalive (10s) and HTTP/2 Keepalive (5s). This prevents hangs during large file streaming (e.g., 1GB uploads).
* **Server**: Enabled `SO_KEEPALIVE` on all incoming TCP connections in `rustfs/src/server/http.rs` to forcefully close sockets from dead clients.
3. **Cross-Platform Build Stability**:
* Guarded Linux-specific profiling code (`jemalloc_pprof`) with `#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]` to fix build failures on macOS/AArch64.
### Configuration Changes
```rust
pub async fn storage_info<S: StorageAPI>(&self, api: &S) -> rustfs_madmin::StorageInfo {
let peer_timeout = Duration::from_secs(2);
for client in self.peer_clients.iter() {
futures.push(async move {
if let Some(client) = client {
match timeout(peer_timeout, client.local_storage_info()).await {
Ok(Ok(info)) => Some(info),
Ok(Err(_)) | Err(_) => {
// Return offline status for dead peer
Some(rustfs_madmin::StorageInfo {
disks: get_offline_disks(&host, &endpoints),
..Default::default()
})
}
}
}
});
}
// Rest continues even if some peers are down
}
```
### Fix 4: Enhanced gRPC Client Configuration
**File Modified**: `crates/protos/src/lib.rs`
**Configuration**:
```rust
const CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 3; // Reduced from 5s
const TCP_KEEPALIVE_SECS: u64 = 10; // OS-level keepalive
const HTTP2_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_SECS: u64 = 5; // HTTP/2 PING interval
const HTTP2_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 3; // PING ACK timeout
const RPC_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 30; // Reduced from 60s
let connector = Endpoint::from_shared(addr.to_string())?
.connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS))
.tcp_keepalive(Some(Duration::from_secs(TCP_KEEPALIVE_SECS)))
.http2_keep_alive_interval(Duration::from_secs(HTTP2_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_SECS))
.keep_alive_timeout(Duration::from_secs(HTTP2_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_SECS))
.keep_alive_while_idle(true)
.timeout(Duration::from_secs(RPC_TIMEOUT_SECS));
```
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## 4. Files Changed Summary
| File | Change |
|------|--------|
| `crates/common/src/globals.rs` | Added `evict_connection()`, `has_cached_connection()`, `clear_all_connections()` |
| `crates/common/Cargo.toml` | Added `tracing` dependency |
| `crates/protos/src/lib.rs` | Refactored to use constants, added `evict_failed_connection()`, improved documentation |
| `crates/protos/Cargo.toml` | Added `tracing` dependency |
| `crates/ecstore/src/rpc/peer_rest_client.rs` | Added auto-eviction on RPC failure for `server_info()` and `local_storage_info()` |
| `crates/ecstore/src/notification_sys.rs` | Added per-peer timeout to `storage_info()` |
| `crates/iam/src/sys.rs` | Made `notify_for_user()`, `notify_for_service_account()`, `notify_for_group()` non-blocking |
---
## 5. Test Results
All 299 tests pass:
```
test result: ok. 299 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored
```
---
## 6. Expected Behavior After Fix
| Scenario | Before | After |
|----------|--------|-------|
| Node power-off | Cluster hangs indefinitely | Cluster recovers in ~8 seconds |
| Login during node failure | Login hangs | Login succeeds immediately |
| Console during node failure | Shows 0/0/0 | Shows partial data from healthy nodes |
| Upload during node failure | Upload stops | Upload fails fast, can be retried |
| Stale cached connection | Blocks forever | Auto-evicted, fresh connection attempted |
---
## 7. Verification Steps
1. **Start a 3+ node RustFS cluster**
2. **Test Console Recovery**:
- Access console dashboard
- Forcefully kill one node (e.g., `kill -9`)
- Verify dashboard updates within 10 seconds showing offline status
3. **Test Login Recovery**:
- Kill a node while logged out
- Attempt login with `rustfsadmin`
- Verify login succeeds within 5 seconds
4. **Test Upload Recovery**:
- Start a large file upload
- Kill the target node mid-upload
- Verify upload fails fast (not hangs) and can be retried
---
## 8. Related Issues
- Issue #1001: Cluster Recovery from Abrupt Power-Off
- PR #1035: fix(net): resolve 1GB upload hang and macos build
## 9. Contributors
- Initial keepalive fix: Original PR #1035
- Deep-rooted reliability fix: This update