Serve stale virtual members while they refresh (#167)

Virtual merges expire after 60s and the next request blocks on every member. One slow member (a large github_rpm remote) makes the re-merge outlast dnf's 30s timeout.

- add `serve_stale` to remotes (model, v2 API, migration 0008, UI, TUI), default false
- serve a flagged member's last good fetch to rpm/deb/alpine merges at once
- refresh it in the background, single-flighted, detached from the request
- block on the member again once its copy is over an hour old, or the flag is off
- prune copies with their merge cache; drop refreshes for evicted entries

Reviewed-on: #167
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 #167.
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2026-10-25 15:44:16 +11:00
committed by BenVincent
parent f0ee593164
commit e5313342ba
10 changed files with 459 additions and 11 deletions
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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface Remote {
quarantine_enabled: boolean;
quarantine_days: number;
stale_on_error: boolean;
serve_stale: boolean;
releases_remote: string;
managed_by: string;
created_at: string;
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@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ export function RemoteDetail() {
<dd>{remote.check_mutable ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}</dd>
<dt>Stale on Error</dt>
<dd>{remote.stale_on_error ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}</dd>
<dt>Serve Stale</dt>
<dd>{remote.serve_stale ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}</dd>
{remote.releases_remote && (
<>
<dt>Releases Remote</dt>