remote_rpm: stop caching repodata as immutable #8
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Reference: unkin/terraform-artifactapi#8
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Why: repodata (repomd.xml + its referenced index files) is a mutable index that upstream RPM repos rotate frequently. Marking it immutable (immutable_ttl: 0) makes artifactapi cache repomd.xml forever — classifier.go checks immutable_patterns before the RPM provider's own rule (rpm.go mutableRe already classifies
repodata/as mutable), and SetTTL with ttl=0 writes a Redis key with no expiry. The stale repomd.xml then keeps pointing at checksum-named metadata files upstream has already deleted -> 404 on dnf refresh. This broke rpmbuilder's almalinux8 builds via the epel remote and would eventually hit any rolling RPM remote.Changes:
.*/repodata/.*\.{xml,sqlite,yaml}.*$immutable patterns from all 14 config/remote_rpm/*.yaml (20 lines). repodata now falls through to the provider's Mutable classification (re-fetched every mutable_ttl). RPMs, noarch, GPG keys and .img files stay immutable.Follow-up after apply: evict the already-cached stale repodata for each remote_rpm repo (no expiry was set, so they won't self-clear).
repodata (repomd.xml and its referenced index files) is a mutable index that upstream RPM repos rotate frequently. Marking it immutable (immutable_ttl: 0) makes artifactapi cache repomd.xml forever: classifier.go checks immutable_patterns before the RPM provider's own rule (which already classifies repodata/ as mutable), and SetTTL with ttl=0 writes a Redis key with no expiry. The result is a stale repomd.xml that keeps pointing at checksum-named metadata files upstream has already deleted -> 404 on dnf metadata refresh. This broke rpmbuilder's almalinux8 builds via the epel remote and would eventually hit any rolling RPM remote. Remove the repodata immutable patterns from every remote_rpm config so repodata falls through to the provider's Mutable classification and is re-fetched every mutable_ttl. RPMs, noarch, GPG keys and .img files stay immutable. - Drop ".*/repodata/.*\.{xml,sqlite,yaml}.*$" from all config/remote_rpm/*.yaml (14 files, 20 lines). After apply, the already-cached stale repodata entries must be evicted (they have no expiry); that is done per-remote as a follow-up.