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When the mesh routing table is empty, the stability gate was blocking cleanup of ALL lost instances (both control and execution nodes). However, execution nodes don't need the mesh and can be safely reaped immediately. This fix separates lost instances by node type: - Control nodes: defer cleanup (they need mesh consensus) - Execution/hop nodes: reap immediately (they don't need mesh) The previous behavior caused stale execution node instances to accumulate in the database indefinitely, preventing job cleanup and degrading controller performance. Fixes: AAP-92631 Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughKubernetes deployments now treat an empty ChangesHeartbeat mesh handling
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This does not address the Kubernetes regression I reported. In OpenShift, controller task pods are independent control nodes and normally have no peer-to-peer Receptor connections. Therefore KnownConnectionCosts == {} is expected steady state when IS_K8S=True, not temporary mesh instability.
This change still defers cleanup for lost control instances, so stale controller pod rows and their waiting jobs remain stuck, which is problem I'm hitting.
Can we bypass this mesh gate for Kubernetes control nodes, or otherwise distinguish “expected no peers” from “mesh still converging”? Reaping deleted OpenShift task pods must not depend on Receptor peer connectivity.
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@kdelee Thank you for the review. You're absolutely right. The previous approach (node-type splitting) still had the fundamental issue you identified. I reworked the fix to address the root cause.
…eployments The mesh stability gate checks KnownConnectionCosts to detect if receptor routing is established. In cluster/mesh deployments, empty routing means the mesh is re-establishing after a controller restart, so the gate blocks cleanup of lost instances to prevent cluster fragmentation. However, in Kubernetes (IS_K8S=True), controller pods are stateless and independent — they don't need peer connections. Empty routing is the expected steady state, not a sign of instability. The gate was treating both deployments identically, causing lost instance rows to accumulate indefinitely in Kubernetes. This fix adds an IS_K8S check: when Kubernetes mode is enabled, the gate always passes (returns True), allowing normal cleanup. In cluster mode, the gate continues to check KnownConnectionCosts. Fixes: AAP-92631 Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟠 Major · Preserve lost execution and hop nodes for cleanup. · awx/main/tasks/system.py:813-813
813-813: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winPreserve lost execution and hop nodes for cleanup.
When the non-Kubernetes mesh gate is blocked, this branch returns
[].cluster_node_heartbeatpasses that list directly to_heartbeat_handle_lost_instances, so cleanup for lost execution and hop nodes is skipped. This also skips applicable waiting-job resets when the lost hostname is assigned ascontroller_node.Return lost execution and hop nodes in the lost list while retaining the existing deferral behavior for node types that require mesh consensus.
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In `@awx/main/tasks/system.py`:
- Line 813: Update the blocked non-Kubernetes mesh-gate branch in
cluster_node_heartbeat to return the lost execution and hop nodes in the lost
list instead of an empty list. Preserve the existing deferral behavior for node
types that require mesh consensus, while ensuring
_heartbeat_handle_lost_instances receives these nodes for cleanup and applicable
controller_node waiting-job resets.
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Summary
The mesh stability gate checks
KnownConnectionCoststo detect if receptor routing is established. In cluster/mesh deployments, empty routing means the mesh is re-establishing after a controller restart, so the gate blocks cleanup of lost instances to prevent cluster fragmentation.However, in Kubernetes (IS_K8S=True), controller pods are stateless and independent — they don't need peer connections. Empty routing is the expected steady state, not a sign of instability. The gate was treating both deployments identically, causing lost instance rows to accumulate indefinitely in Kubernetes.
The Fix
Added an
IS_K8Scheck to_mesh_all_ready_nodes_visible():KnownConnectionCostsas beforeThis is a more principled approach than node-type splitting — it addresses the root cause by recognizing that Kubernetes and cluster deployments have fundamentally different architectural requirements.
Test Coverage
test_heartbeat_defers_lost_instances_when_mesh_gate_blocks— validates cluster behavior (gate blocks when routing empty)test_kubernetes_passes_mesh_gate_with_empty_routing— validates K8s behavior (gate always passes)Issue Type
Fixes: AAP-92631