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fix(tracking): blocking pops must invalidate the key they served (#644) - #646

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Fixes #644. Also closes #637's items 1 and 4, and corrects a claim in PR #583.

What was wrong

Every blocking pop modified the keyspace without invalidating any client-side cache. A RESP3 client with CLIENT TRACKING ON that cached a list and had BLPOP drain it kept serving the stale value forever.

try_handle_blocking serves the immediate case and pushes its own reply, and it is the one write path with no invalidate_after_write call. That call is hand-copied at twelve other sites; the blocking path was a thirteenth nobody added it to — the same shape as #623 (eight hand-copied wake hooks), one layer over.

Measurement

redis-server 8.6.1 vs moon, --shards 4, hash-tagged keys, held-open RESP3 connections. Three non-blocking controls prove the instrument works:

                            before      after / redis
LPOP     [control]          PUSH        PUSH
ZPOPMIN  [control]          PUSH        PUSH
LMPOP    [control]          PUSH        PUSH
BLPOP                       (nothing)   PUSH
BRPOP                       (nothing)   PUSH
BLMPOP                      (nothing)   PUSH
BZPOPMIN                    (nothing)   PUSH
BZMPOP                      (nothing)   PUSH
BLMOVE src                  (nothing)   PUSH
BLMOVE dst                  (nothing)   PUSH
BRPOPLPUSH src              (nothing)   PUSH

The pops themselves were always correct — verified separately that moon's replies and residual keys are byte-identical to redis. Only the invalidation was missing, which is why no functional test caught it.

Why the keys come from the reply, not the arguments

A blocking command's arguments name candidates; only one is served. Measured on redis 8.6.1:

  • BLPOP k1 k2 0 with k1 empty invalidates k2 only — a client's cached k1 is still correct.
  • A timed-out BLPOP invalidates nothing.

Reusing written_keys (which names every argument) would have re-introduced #584 — the issue filed because moon pushed invalidations for keys a command only read — on a brand-new path. So blocking_served_keys reads the reply shape: [key, …] for the pops, and both arguments for BLMOVE/BRPOPLPUSH, whose reply is the moved element rather than a key name.

Both directions are pinned as consistency rows. They pass on the pre-fix binary too (which invalidated nothing at all) — they exist to fail a future fix that invalidates unconditionally.

Correction to #583

PR #583's body listed BLMPOP and BZMPOP as covered. The key extractor was taught about them and has passing unit tests (invalidation.rs:276); the execution path never called it. A unit test on the extractor cannot see that gap — it took an end-to-end probe. The non-blocking half of #583 (LMPOP/ZMPOP) is genuinely correct and measured PUSH above.

The same PR also claimed GEORADIUS ... STORE. That claim was never exercisable — moon answers ERR syntax error, with unit tests deliberately pinning it. Filed separately as #645.

#637 item 4

The null-type probes generated nulltype:N and nulltype:N-d. Those hash to different shards, so at --shards >= 2 the BLMOVE %K %K-d and BRPOPLPUSH %K %K-d probes compared moon's correct cross-shard refusal (#570/#591) against redis's *-1 — a null-type assertion that was really measuring routing, failing for a reason it was never written to test. nulltype:{N} co-locates both keys at any shard count.

Validation

Same script, same ports, only the binary changes:

run passed failed
--shards 4, pre-fix 385 14
--shards 4, post-fix 393 6
--shards 1, post-fix 396 1

The eight that flip are exactly the seven blocking rows plus the BLMOVE null-type row. Nothing else moves.

Also: cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy --release --all-targets -D warnings, and 28 tracking:: lib tests including the new blocking_served_keys_reads_the_reply_not_the_arguments.

Pre-existing failures NOT touched by this PR

The six residual failures reproduce identically on both binaries:

Still open on #637

Items 2 and 3 (hash-tagging the remaining multi-key tracking pairs, and adding explicit CROSSSLOT-refusal rows per family) are hygiene rather than missing coverage, and are left for a follow-up so this PR stays about the live bug.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved client-tracking invalidation for successful blocking list, sorted-set, move, and push-pop commands.
    • Only keys actually served by a blocking operation are invalidated.
    • Timed-out blocking commands no longer trigger unnecessary invalidations.
    • Improved consistency handling for multi-key blocking commands across shards.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for served keys, timeout behavior, multi-item responses, move operations, and tracking edge cases.

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Blocking command handlers now invalidate client-tracking state for keys served by successful operations. Timeout replies produce no invalidation. Consistency tests cover blocking list, sorted-set, move, and push-pop commands with hash-tagged keys.

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Blocking command tracking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reply-aware invalidation logic
src/tracking/invalidation.rs
blocking_served_keys derives invalidated keys from blocking replies. Move commands invalidate both endpoints, while null replies invalidate none. Tests cover served keys, timeouts, multi-pop replies, and move commands.
Blocking handler integration
src/server/conn/handler_monoio/dispatch.rs, src/server/conn/handler_sharded/mod.rs
Both blocking paths invoke invalidate_after_blocking_serve before RESP3 response conversion.
Consistency and changelog coverage
scripts/test-consistency.sh, CHANGELOG.md
Hash-tagged probes co-locate multi-key commands. Tracking tests cover served keys, unserved candidates, move endpoints, and timed-out operations. The changelog records the changes.

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The PR fixes stale client-side tracking after blocking list and sorted-set pops. The remaining gap is limited to additional consistency probes for two related commands, with no actionable merge-blocking risk shown at the current head.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant BlockingHandler
  participant InvalidationHook
  participant TrackingTable
  participant RESP3Converter
  BlockingHandler->>InvalidationHook: blocking command and unconverted reply
  InvalidationHook->>TrackingTable: invalidate served keys
  BlockingHandler->>RESP3Converter: convert reply
  RESP3Converter-->>BlockingHandler: RESP3 response
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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning #644 objectives are implemented, but #637 is only partially addressed because remaining multi-key probes and explicit CROSSSLOT rows remain. Complete #637's remaining hash-tagged multi-key tracking probes and add explicit CROSSSLOT refusal rows, or remove the unaddressed scope from the linked issue.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary fix: tracking invalidation for blocking pops.
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation, tests, changelog, and probe corrections directly support the linked tracking and consistency objectives.
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In `@scripts/test-consistency.sh`:
- Around line 1518-1549: Extend the tracking consistency cases alongside the
existing blocking pop tests by adding a served-key probe for BZPOPMAX and
separate source-key and destination-key probes for BRPOPLPUSH. Use the existing
assert_tracking pattern and setup/cleanup flow, ensuring each probe verifies
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Comment on lines +1518 to +1549
both RPUSH "tkb:{tb}:l1" a b
assert_tracking "tracking: BLPOP invalidates the key it drained" \
"tkb:{tb}:l1" "LRANGE tkb:{tb}:l1 0 -1" BLPOP "tkb:{tb}:l1" 0
both RPUSH "tkb:{tb}:l2" a b
assert_tracking "tracking: BRPOP invalidates the key it drained" \
"tkb:{tb}:l2" "LRANGE tkb:{tb}:l2 0 -1" BRPOP "tkb:{tb}:l2" 0
both RPUSH "tkb:{tb}:l3" a b
assert_tracking "tracking: BLMPOP invalidates the key it popped" \
"tkb:{tb}:l3" "LRANGE tkb:{tb}:l3 0 -1" BLMPOP 0 1 "tkb:{tb}:l3" LEFT
both ZADD "tkb:{tb}:z1" 1 m 2 n
assert_tracking "tracking: BZPOPMIN invalidates the key it popped" \
"tkb:{tb}:z1" "ZRANGE tkb:{tb}:z1 0 -1" BZPOPMIN "tkb:{tb}:z1" 0
both ZADD "tkb:{tb}:z2" 1 m 2 n
assert_tracking "tracking: BZMPOP invalidates the key it popped" \
"tkb:{tb}:z2" "ZRANGE tkb:{tb}:z2 0 -1" BZMPOP 0 1 "tkb:{tb}:z2" MIN
both RPUSH "tkb:{tb}:mv" a b
assert_tracking "tracking: BLMOVE invalidates its SOURCE" \
"tkb:{tb}:mv" "LRANGE tkb:{tb}:mv 0 -1" BLMOVE "tkb:{tb}:mv" "tkb:{tb}:md" LEFT RIGHT 0
both DEL "tkb:{tb}:mv" "tkb:{tb}:md"
both RPUSH "tkb:{tb}:mv" a b
assert_tracking "tracking: BLMOVE invalidates its DESTINATION" \
"tkb:{tb}:md" "LRANGE tkb:{tb}:md 0 -1" BLMOVE "tkb:{tb}:mv" "tkb:{tb}:md" LEFT RIGHT 0

# The two directions a fix must NOT break. A hook that invalidated
# unconditionally would pass every row above and fail both of these.
both DEL "tkb:{tb}:u1" "tkb:{tb}:u2"
both RPUSH "tkb:{tb}:u2" a
assert_tracking "tracking: BLPOP leaves an UNSERVED candidate alone" \
"tkb:{tb}:u1" "LRANGE tkb:{tb}:u1 0 -1" BLPOP "tkb:{tb}:u1" "tkb:{tb}:u2" 0
both DEL "tkb:{tb}:t1"
assert_tracking "tracking: a TIMED-OUT BLPOP invalidates nothing" \
"tkb:{tb}:t1" "LRANGE tkb:{tb}:t1 0 -1" BLPOP "tkb:{tb}:t1" 0.1

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add tracking probes for BZPOPMAX and BRPOPLPUSH.

The new rows do not invoke BZPOPMAX or BRPOPLPUSH. This leaves two commands listed by the changelog and PR objective without consistency coverage. Add a served-key row for BZPOPMAX. Add source and destination rows for BRPOPLPUSH, because it modifies both keys.

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In `@scripts/test-consistency.sh` around lines 1518 - 1549, Extend the tracking
consistency cases alongside the existing blocking pop tests by adding a
served-key probe for BZPOPMAX and separate source-key and destination-key probes
for BRPOPLPUSH. Use the existing assert_tracking pattern and setup/cleanup flow,
ensuring each probe verifies invalidation of the key actually modified.

#637)

Every blocking pop modified the keyspace without invalidating any
client-side cache. A RESP3 client with CLIENT TRACKING ON that cached a
list and had BLPOP drain it kept serving the stale value forever.

Root cause: `try_handle_blocking` serves the immediate case and pushes its
own reply, and it is the ONE write path with no `invalidate_after_write`
call. That call is hand-copied at twelve other sites; the blocking path was
a thirteenth nobody added it to -- the same shape as #623 (eight hand-copied
wake hooks), one layer over.

Measured against redis-server 8.6.1 at --shards 4 with hash-tagged keys.
Three non-blocking controls prove the instrument:

  LPOP/ZPOPMIN/LMPOP [controls]  PUSH -> PUSH   (unchanged)
  BLPOP BRPOP BLMPOP             NONE -> PUSH
  BZPOPMIN BZMPOP                NONE -> PUSH
  BLMOVE src, BLMOVE dst         NONE -> PUSH
  BRPOPLPUSH src                 NONE -> PUSH

The served keys come from the REPLY, not the arguments. A blocking
command's arguments name CANDIDATES and only one is served, and redis
invalidates the served key alone -- `BLPOP k1 k2` with k1 empty leaves a
client's cache of k1 intact -- and invalidates nothing at all on timeout.
Both measured, both pinned as consistency rows. Reusing `written_keys`
would have re-introduced #584 (invalidating keys a command only READ) on a
new path, so `blocking_served_keys` reads the reply shape instead:
[key, ...] for the pops, and both arguments for BLMOVE/BRPOPLPUSH, whose
reply is the moved element rather than a key name.

Also corrects PR #583, which listed BLMPOP and BZMPOP as covered. The key
extractor WAS taught about them and has passing unit tests; the execution
path never called it. That is why a unit test could not see the gap and an
end-to-end probe could.

#637: the null-type probes generated `nulltype:N` and `nulltype:N-d`, two
keys that hash to different shards, so at --shards >= 2 `BLMOVE %K %K-d`
and `BRPOPLPUSH %K %K-d` compared moon's correct cross-shard refusal
(#570/#591) against redis's `*-1`. A null-TYPE assertion that was really
measuring routing, failing for a reason it was never written to test.
`nulltype:{N}` co-locates both keys at any shard count.

Validation -- same script, same ports, only the binary changes:

  --shards 4, pre-fix   385 passed / 14 failed
  --shards 4, post-fix  393 passed /  6 failed
  --shards 1, post-fix  396 passed /  1 failed

The seven that flip are exactly the seven blocking rows plus the BLMOVE
null-type row; nothing else moves. The six residual failures reproduce
identically on both binaries and are pre-existing: five cross-shard *STORE
DEST invalidation controls (#448 -- and they are DETERMINISTIC at
--shards 4 across repeated runs, not the 25-40% flake that issue
describes) and ROLE on a master (#536).

Two rows guard the directions a fix must NOT break -- an unserved
candidate, and a timed-out pop. Both pass on the pre-fix binary too, since
it invalidated nothing at all; they exist to fail a future fix that
invalidates unconditionally.

Fixes #644
Refs #637, #583, #584, #623

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…ing (#657)

Patch release rolling up 5 merged PRs closing 6 issues since v0.8.6.

CORRECTNESS
- Every blocking pop invalidated nothing, so a RESP3 client with CLIENT
  TRACKING ON that cached a list and had BLPOP drain it served the stale value
  forever. `try_handle_blocking` was the one write path with no
  `invalidate_after_write` call -- a call hand-copied at twelve other sites
  (#644/#637, PR #646).
- Eight command families (CONFIG, CLIENT, ACL, CLUSTER, SCRIPT, WAIT, PUBSUB,
  AUTH/HELLO) executed at QUEUE time inside MULTI instead of at EXEC. A queued
  `CONFIG SET` applied immediately, answered +OK where the client expected
  +QUEUED, survived DISCARD, and left EXEC returning an array with no slot for
  it -- so a client indexing EXEC by queue position read every later result off
  by one (#639, PR #654).

PERFORMANCE -- the teardown class
Three per-entity retire paths walked their entire collection because nothing
recorded what the entity owned. Each fixed with a forward/reverse index, each
measured as us-per-entity against collection size (linear before, flat after):

                                   1x     2x     4x     8x    16x
  #614 payload-index doc retire   0.98   1.71   3.28   6.54  13.50  before
                                  0.28   0.23   0.30   0.24   0.26  after
  #649 CLIENT TRACKING disconnect 0.97   2.72   6.30  11.91  31.77  before
                                  0.07   0.03   0.03   0.03   0.03  after
  #651 pub/sub disconnect         1.50   3.04   6.01  12.89  25.40  before
                                 0.007  0.005  0.005  0.006  0.006  after

The two lock-holding ones are the ones that mattered: #649 holds the
process-wide tracking mutex, so one hangup stalled every shard's invalidation
path (~2ms of global-lock hold extrapolated at the 1M-key cap); #651 holds
`pubsub_registry.write()`, which every PUBLISH fan-out blocks behind, has no
cap at all, and is reachable from bare UNSUBSCRIBE -- a command-rate path, not
only connection churn.

WAIVER CLOSED
`multi-exec-queue-semantics`, disclosed as a known divergence riding v0.8.6, is
resolved by #639. Two client-compat waivers are retired into live parity
assertions and six further entries regain the `multi` context.

VALIDATION
scripts/ci-local.sh green on the final branch (fmt, audit-unsafe, audit-unwrap,
clippy default+tokio, VM monoio 5885 passed / 3 flaky, VM tokio 5110 passed);
clippy x3 feature sets + `cargo check --features console --all-targets` clean;
multi_exec_queue_semantics 25/25 on BOTH runtimes; client-compat --strict
--contexts standalone,multi,pipeline vs redis-server 8.6.1 PASS=368 FAIL=0
WAIVED=50. Hosted dispatch matrix + crash-matrix dispatched on the RC.

author: Tin Dang
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