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unkinben e24c35f534 feat: background syncer for github_rpm remotes (#108)
## Why

Builds on #107 (merged), which derives `github_rpm` RPM metadata lazily on the
client request path, single-flighted per replica. Two problems remain: the
derive still happens per replica, so across a multi-replica deployment the same
releases are scanned and re-derived N times, multiplying GitHub queries; and a
cold cache blocks the first request on a full derive. GitHub's rate limits are
low (~60/hr unauthenticated, ~5000/hr authenticated), so this needs a single
coordinated syncer with a shared rate limit and conditional requests.

## How

- Add a single per-process background syncer (started at boot, cleanly stopped
  on shutdown) that owns a deduped/coalescing work queue, a worker pool, and one
  global token-bucket rate limiter (`golang.org/x/time/rate`) bound onto the
  github provider so every GitHub call (releases list + each ranged asset GET)
  acquires a token first.
- Re-check each `github_rpm` remote for new/changed releases on its existing
  `mutable_ttl` cadence; derive only new/changed assets incrementally and prune
  assets that disappear upstream. Repodata is served from primed DB rows.
- Prime metadata in the background on remote creation; the create call returns
  immediately.
- Send the stored releases-list `ETag` as `If-None-Match`; a `304` derives
  nothing and is not counted against GitHub's rate limit, so an unchanged repo
  is nearly free.
- Coordinate replicas through a `github_rpm_sync_state` row (`last_synced_at`,
  `etag`, `sync_lease_owner`, `sync_lease_expires`): a periodic scan runs only
  for the replica that atomically claims the lease, bounding total GitHub load
  to ~once per `mutable_ttl` regardless of replica count; the ETag is shared
  through the same row.
- Keep the request path fast: serve current cache, enqueue a prime on an empty
  cache, and return a bounded wait then a retryable `503` rather than blocking
  on a cold derive.
- Add `GITHUB_SYNC_RATE` / `GITHUB_SYNC_BURST` / `GITHUB_SYNC_WORKERS` /
  `GITHUB_SYNC_POLL_INTERVAL` config with conservative defaults (1 req/s, burst
  5, 3 workers, 60s tick) and document the syncer in the README.

## Tests

- Unit (httptest, Range/ETag-aware fixture): `304` releases response derives
  nothing; incremental derive fetches only the newly added asset; the shared
  limiter caps request rate; work-queue enqueues coalesce to one job; prime
  enqueues a job; a held lease stops a second replica from scanning; cold-start
  serves `503` while warm cache serves `200`.
- DB integration (testcontainers postgres): the real lease SQL — one holder at a
  time, recency gate blocks a too-soon periodic re-claim, prime (freshness 0)
  bypasses recency but respects a live lease.
- Docker e2e re-run: `dnf install dotvault` works; prime-on-create derives in the
  background at ~1 req/s (global limiter); `dnf makecache` served fast from the
  priming cache (no cold block); clean shutdown mid-scan, no panics.

## Notes

- Reuses `mutable_ttl` as the check interval (no new per-remote field), per brief.

Reviewed-on: #108
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
2026-08-10 21:31:24 +10:00

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package rpm
import (
"context"
"crypto/rand"
"encoding/hex"
"log/slog"
"os"
"sync"
"time"
"golang.org/x/time/rate"
"git.unkin.net/unkin/artifactapi/internal/provider"
"git.unkin.net/unkin/artifactapi/pkg/models"
)
const (
// syncLeaseDuration is how long a claimed sync lease is held before it is
// considered abandoned. It comfortably exceeds a scan's own timeout so a live
// scan never loses its lease, while a crashed replica's lease still expires.
syncLeaseDuration = 15 * time.Minute
// defaultSyncFreshness is the periodic re-check interval used when a remote's
// mutable_ttl is unset.
defaultSyncFreshness = 5 * time.Minute
// jobQueueDepth bounds the pending work queue; enqueues past it are dropped
// (a later poll re-enqueues), never blocking the caller.
jobQueueDepth = 256
)
// SyncStore is the persistence surface the syncer needs: the metadata cache it
// primes plus the shared sync-state coordination (remote enumeration and the
// per-remote lease). *database.DB satisfies it.
type SyncStore interface {
provider.RemoteMetadataStore
ListGitHubRPMRemotes(ctx context.Context) ([]models.Remote, error)
ClaimGitHubSyncLease(ctx context.Context, remoteName, owner string, freshness, lease time.Duration) (claimed bool, etag string, err error)
ReleaseGitHubSyncLease(ctx context.Context, remoteName, owner, etag string, syncedAt time.Time) error
}
// SyncConfig tunes the shared syncer. Zero values fall back to safe defaults.
type SyncConfig struct {
RatePerSec float64 // global GitHub request rate (req/s)
Burst int // token-bucket burst
Workers int // concurrent scan workers
PollInterval time.Duration // base scheduler tick; per-remote cadence is mutable_ttl
}
type syncJob struct {
remote models.Remote
prime bool
}
// Syncer is the single per-process background worker that keeps every
// github_rpm remote's derived metadata fresh. It owns a deduped work queue, a
// pool of workers, and a global token-bucket rate limiter shared across all
// remotes and bound onto the github provider so every GitHub call it makes
// passes through the same bucket. Periodic checks are gated by a shared DB lease
// so, across replicas, only one performs each scan.
type Syncer struct {
store SyncStore
prov *GitHubProvider
limiter *rate.Limiter
cfg SyncConfig
owner string
jobs chan syncJob
mu sync.Mutex
active map[string]bool // remotes queued or in-flight, for dedup/coalescing
}
// NewSyncer builds the syncer bound to the process-wide github provider
// singleton. Call Run to start it.
func NewSyncer(store SyncStore, cfg SyncConfig) *Syncer {
return newSyncer(store, gitHubProvider, cfg)
}
func newSyncer(store SyncStore, prov *GitHubProvider, cfg SyncConfig) *Syncer {
if cfg.RatePerSec <= 0 {
cfg.RatePerSec = 1
}
if cfg.Burst <= 0 {
cfg.Burst = 5
}
if cfg.Workers <= 0 {
cfg.Workers = 3
}
if cfg.PollInterval <= 0 {
cfg.PollInterval = 60 * time.Second
}
lim := rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(cfg.RatePerSec), cfg.Burst)
s := &Syncer{
store: store,
prov: prov,
limiter: lim,
cfg: cfg,
owner: leaseOwner(),
jobs: make(chan syncJob, jobQueueDepth),
active: map[string]bool{},
}
// Bind the shared limiter and back-reference so the request path routes
// through this syncer and every derive HTTP call is rate limited.
prov.limiter = lim
prov.syncer = s
return s
}
// Run starts the worker pool and the periodic scheduler and blocks until ctx is
// canceled, at which point it drains in-flight scans and returns.
func (s *Syncer) Run(ctx context.Context) {
slog.Info("github_rpm syncer started",
"rate_per_sec", s.cfg.RatePerSec, "burst", s.cfg.Burst,
"workers", s.cfg.Workers, "poll_interval", s.cfg.PollInterval, "owner", s.owner)
var wg sync.WaitGroup
for i := 0; i < s.cfg.Workers; i++ {
wg.Add(1)
go func() {
defer wg.Done()
s.worker(ctx)
}()
}
ticker := time.NewTicker(s.cfg.PollInterval)
defer ticker.Stop()
s.schedule(ctx) // sweep at boot so existing remotes are checked immediately
for {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
wg.Wait()
slog.Info("github_rpm syncer stopped")
return
case <-ticker.C:
s.schedule(ctx)
}
}
}
// schedule enqueues a periodic check for every github_rpm remote. The DB lease
// (claimed in the worker) enforces the per-remote mutable_ttl cadence and cross
// replica coordination, so enqueuing every tick is cheap: a not-yet-due remote
// simply fails to claim and is skipped.
func (s *Syncer) schedule(ctx context.Context) {
remotes, err := s.store.ListGitHubRPMRemotes(ctx)
if err != nil {
slog.Error("github_rpm syncer: list remotes", "error", err)
return
}
for _, r := range remotes {
s.enqueue(r, false)
}
}
// EnqueuePrime queues an immediate background prime for a freshly created
// remote so its metadata is derived without blocking the create call.
func (s *Syncer) EnqueuePrime(remote models.Remote) {
if s == nil {
return
}
s.enqueue(remote, true)
}
// enqueue adds a job unless the remote is already queued or in-flight, coalescing
// duplicate requests down to one scan. It never blocks: a full queue drops the
// job (a later poll re-enqueues it) after clearing the dedup slot.
func (s *Syncer) enqueue(remote models.Remote, prime bool) {
s.mu.Lock()
if s.active[remote.Name] {
s.mu.Unlock()
return
}
s.active[remote.Name] = true
s.mu.Unlock()
select {
case s.jobs <- syncJob{remote: remote, prime: prime}:
default:
s.mu.Lock()
delete(s.active, remote.Name)
s.mu.Unlock()
}
}
func (s *Syncer) worker(ctx context.Context) {
for {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
return
case job := <-s.jobs:
s.process(ctx, job)
}
}
}
// process claims the shared lease and, if won, runs an incremental scan. The
// lease bounds total GitHub load to one scan per freshness window across all
// replicas; losing the claim (another replica scanning, or not yet due) is a
// no-op.
func (s *Syncer) process(ctx context.Context, job syncJob) {
defer func() {
s.mu.Lock()
delete(s.active, job.remote.Name)
s.mu.Unlock()
}()
freshness := time.Duration(job.remote.MutableTTL) * time.Second
if freshness <= 0 {
freshness = defaultSyncFreshness
}
if job.prime {
freshness = 0 // prime ignores the recency gate but still respects a live lease
}
claimed, etag, err := s.store.ClaimGitHubSyncLease(ctx, job.remote.Name, s.owner, freshness, syncLeaseDuration)
if err != nil {
slog.Error("github_rpm syncer: claim lease", "remote", job.remote.Name, "error", err)
return
}
if !claimed {
return
}
scanCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, s.prov.scanTimeout)
defer cancel()
newEtag, changed, scanErr := s.prov.scanWithState(scanCtx, job.remote, s.store, etag)
releaseEtag := etag
if scanErr == nil {
releaseEtag = newEtag
} else {
slog.Error("github_rpm syncer: scan failed", "remote", job.remote.Name, "error", scanErr)
}
// Release on a detached context so a clean shutdown mid-scan still frees the
// lease and advances last_synced_at (otherwise it simply expires).
relCtx, relCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), 10*time.Second)
defer relCancel()
if err := s.store.ReleaseGitHubSyncLease(relCtx, job.remote.Name, s.owner, releaseEtag, time.Now()); err != nil {
slog.Warn("github_rpm syncer: release lease", "remote", job.remote.Name, "error", err)
}
if scanErr == nil && changed {
slog.Info("github_rpm syncer: refreshed", "remote", job.remote.Name, "prime", job.prime)
}
}
// leaseOwner is a per-replica identity for the lease: hostname plus a random
// suffix so restarts and colocated replicas never collide.
func leaseOwner() string {
host, _ := os.Hostname()
var b [6]byte
_, _ = rand.Read(b[:])
return host + "-" + hex.EncodeToString(b[:])
}