remotes: add least-connections mirror strategy (round-robin remains default) (#122)
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## Why

The mirrorlist (PR #121) always load-balances round-robin. Round-robin is oblivious to how busy each mirror is, so a slow or saturated mirror keeps getting its fair share of new requests. This adds an opt-in **least-connections** strategy that favors the mirror currently handling the fewest in-flight requests, steering new work toward idle mirrors. Round-robin stays the default, so existing remotes are unchanged.

## How

- **Model**: `models.Remote` gains `mirror_strategy` (`round_robin` default/empty, or `least_conn`). `ValidateMirrorStrategy` checks the enum and requires a non-empty mirrorlist for `least_conn`. Empty behaves as `round_robin` for back-compat.
- **DB**: additive `mirror_strategy TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'round_robin'` column (CREATE TABLE + `ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS`), wired through remoteCols/scanRemote/CreateRemote/UpdateRemote; empty normalized to `round_robin` on write.
- **Engine**: a per-remote, per-pool-URL atomic in-flight gauge is incremented around each upstream call (head/fetch/checkUpstream). For a `least_conn` remote the attempt order starts with the least-loaded pool URL (ties broken by the existing round-robin rotation). Round-robin path and failover order are unchanged; single-URL pools are a no-op.
- **Tests**: unit tests for least-loaded selection, round-robin default, gauge inc/dec, single-URL no-op, and validation; DB round-trip covers the new column; docker e2e adds a `least_conn` distribution test plus a real `dnf` install through a `least_conn` remote.

Back-compat: unset/empty `mirror_strategy` is `round_robin`, so all existing remotes keep their current behavior.
Reviewed-on: #122
Co-authored-by: unkin-agent <unkin-agent@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: unkin-agent <unkin-agent@unkin.net>
This commit was merged in pull request #122.
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2026-08-13 17:23:59 +10:00
committed by BenVincent
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@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func (db *DB) migrate() error {
repo_type TEXT DEFAULT 'remote',
base_url TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
mirrorlist TEXT[] DEFAULT '{}',
mirror_strategy TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'round_robin',
description TEXT DEFAULT '',
username TEXT DEFAULT '',
password TEXT DEFAULT '',
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ func (db *DB) migrate() error {
ALTER TABLE remotes ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS repo_type TEXT DEFAULT 'remote';
ALTER TABLE remotes ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS mirrorlist TEXT[] DEFAULT '{}';
ALTER TABLE remotes ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS mirror_strategy TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'round_robin';
ALTER TABLE remotes ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS upstream_dial_timeout INTEGER DEFAULT 0;
ALTER TABLE remotes ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS upstream_tls_timeout INTEGER DEFAULT 0;
ALTER TABLE remotes ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS upstream_response_header_timeout INTEGER DEFAULT 0;