Fixed olric cluster problem

pkg/gateway/handlers/namespace/spawn_handler.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package namespace
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -90,7 +91,9 @@ func (h *SpawnHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		zap.String("node_id", req.NodeID),
 	)
 
-	ctx := r.Context()
+	// Use a background context for spawn operations so processes outlive the HTTP request.
+	// Stop operations can use request context since they're short-lived.
+	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	switch req.Action {
 	case "spawn-rqlite":

pkg/namespace/cluster_manager.go

@@ -306,46 +306,76 @@ func (cm *ClusterManager) startRQLiteCluster(ctx context.Context, cluster *Names
 	return instances, nil
 }
 
-// startOlricCluster starts Olric instances on all nodes (locally or remotely)
+// startOlricCluster starts Olric instances on all nodes concurrently.
+// Olric uses memberlist for peer discovery — all peers must be reachable at roughly
+// the same time. Sequential spawning fails because early instances exhaust their
+// retry budget before later instances start. By spawning all concurrently, all
+// memberlist ports open within seconds of each other, allowing discovery to succeed.
 func (cm *ClusterManager) startOlricCluster(ctx context.Context, cluster *NamespaceCluster, nodes []NodeCapacity, portBlocks []*PortBlock) ([]*olric.OlricInstance, error) {
 	instances := make([]*olric.OlricInstance, len(nodes))
+	errs := make([]error, len(nodes))
 
-	// Build peer addresses (all nodes)
+	// Build configs for all nodes upfront
-	peerAddresses := make([]string, len(nodes))
+	configs := make([]olric.InstanceConfig, len(nodes))
 	for i, node := range nodes {
-		peerAddresses[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", node.InternalIP, portBlocks[i].OlricMemberlistPort)
+		var peers []string
-	}
+		for j, peerNode := range nodes {
-
+			if j != i {
-	// Start all Olric instances
+				peers = append(peers, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", peerNode.InternalIP, portBlocks[j].OlricMemberlistPort))
-	for i, node := range nodes {
+			}
-		cfg := olric.InstanceConfig{
+		}
+		configs[i] = olric.InstanceConfig{
 			Namespace:      cluster.NamespaceName,
 			NodeID:         node.NodeID,
 			HTTPPort:       portBlocks[i].OlricHTTPPort,
 			MemberlistPort: portBlocks[i].OlricMemberlistPort,
-			BindAddr:       node.InternalIP,   // Bind to node's WG IP (0.0.0.0 resolves to IPv6 on some hosts)
+			BindAddr:       node.InternalIP,   // Bind to WG IP directly (0.0.0.0 resolves to IPv6 on some hosts)
 			AdvertiseAddr:  node.InternalIP,   // Advertise WG IP to peers
-			PeerAddresses:  peerAddresses,
+			PeerAddresses:  peers,
 		}
+	}
 
-		var instance *olric.OlricInstance
+	// Spawn all instances concurrently
-		var err error
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-		if node.NodeID == cm.localNodeID {
+	for i, node := range nodes {
-			cm.logger.Info("Spawning Olric locally", zap.String("node", node.NodeID))
+		wg.Add(1)
-			instance, err = cm.olricSpawner.SpawnInstance(ctx, cfg)
+		go func(idx int, n NodeCapacity) {
-		} else {
+			defer wg.Done()
-			cm.logger.Info("Spawning Olric remotely", zap.String("node", node.NodeID), zap.String("ip", node.InternalIP))
+			if n.NodeID == cm.localNodeID {
-			instance, err = cm.spawnOlricRemote(ctx, node.InternalIP, cfg)
+				cm.logger.Info("Spawning Olric locally", zap.String("node", n.NodeID))
-		}
+				instances[idx], errs[idx] = cm.olricSpawner.SpawnInstance(ctx, configs[idx])
-		if err != nil {
+			} else {
-			// Stop previously started instances
+				cm.logger.Info("Spawning Olric remotely", zap.String("node", n.NodeID), zap.String("ip", n.InternalIP))
-			for j := 0; j < i; j++ {
+				instances[idx], errs[idx] = cm.spawnOlricRemote(ctx, n.InternalIP, configs[idx])
-				cm.stopOlricOnNode(ctx, nodes[j].NodeID, nodes[j].InternalIP, cluster.NamespaceName)
 			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to start Olric on node %s: %w", node.NodeID, err)
+		}(i, node)
-		}
+	}
-		instances[i] = instance
+	wg.Wait()
 
+	// Check for errors — if any failed, stop all and return
+	for i, err := range errs {
+		if err != nil {
+			cm.logger.Error("Olric spawn failed", zap.String("node", nodes[i].NodeID), zap.Error(err))
+			// Stop any that succeeded
+			for j := range nodes {
+				if errs[j] == nil {
+					cm.stopOlricOnNode(ctx, nodes[j].NodeID, nodes[j].InternalIP, cluster.NamespaceName)
+				}
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to start Olric on node %s: %w", nodes[i].NodeID, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// All instances started — give memberlist time to converge.
+	// Olric's memberlist retries peer joins every ~1s for ~10 attempts.
+	// Since all instances are now up, they should discover each other quickly.
+	cm.logger.Info("All Olric instances started, waiting for memberlist convergence",
+		zap.Int("node_count", len(nodes)),
+	)
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
+	// Log events and record cluster nodes
+	for i, node := range nodes {
 		cm.logEvent(ctx, cluster.ID, EventOlricStarted, node.NodeID, "Olric instance started", nil)
 		cm.logEvent(ctx, cluster.ID, EventOlricJoined, node.NodeID, "Olric instance joined memberlist", nil)
 
@@ -354,6 +384,18 @@ func (cm *ClusterManager) startOlricCluster(ctx context.Context, cluster *Namesp
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Verify at least the local instance is still healthy after convergence
+	for i, node := range nodes {
+		if node.NodeID == cm.localNodeID && instances[i] != nil {
+			healthy, err := instances[i].IsHealthy(ctx)
+			if !healthy {
+				cm.logger.Warn("Local Olric instance unhealthy after convergence wait", zap.Error(err))
+			} else {
+				cm.logger.Info("Local Olric instance healthy after convergence")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return instances, nil
 }
 

pkg/olric/instance_spawner.go

@@ -54,32 +54,34 @@ type InstanceSpawner struct {
 
 // OlricInstance represents a running Olric instance for a namespace
 type OlricInstance struct {
-	Namespace        string
+	Namespace      string
-	NodeID           string
+	NodeID         string
-	HTTPPort         int
+	HTTPPort       int
-	MemberlistPort   int
+	MemberlistPort int
-	BindAddr         string
+	BindAddr       string
-	AdvertiseAddr    string
+	AdvertiseAddr  string
-	PeerAddresses    []string // Memberlist peer addresses for cluster discovery
+	PeerAddresses  []string // Memberlist peer addresses for cluster discovery
-	ConfigPath       string
+	ConfigPath     string
-	DataDir          string
+	DataDir        string
-	PID              int
+	PID            int
-	Status           InstanceNodeStatus
+	Status         InstanceNodeStatus
-	StartedAt        time.Time
+	StartedAt      time.Time
-	LastHealthCheck  time.Time
+	LastHealthCheck time.Time
-	cmd              *exec.Cmd
+	cmd            *exec.Cmd
-	logger           *zap.Logger
+	logFile        *os.File     // kept open for process lifetime
+	waitDone       chan struct{} // closed when cmd.Wait() completes
+	logger         *zap.Logger
 }
 
 // InstanceConfig holds configuration for spawning an Olric instance
 type InstanceConfig struct {
-	Namespace       string   // Namespace name (e.g., "alice")
+	Namespace      string   // Namespace name (e.g., "alice")
-	NodeID          string   // Physical node ID
+	NodeID         string   // Physical node ID
-	HTTPPort        int      // HTTP API port
+	HTTPPort       int      // HTTP API port
-	MemberlistPort  int      // Memberlist gossip port
+	MemberlistPort int      // Memberlist gossip port
-	BindAddr        string   // Address to bind (e.g., "0.0.0.0")
+	BindAddr       string   // Address to bind (e.g., "0.0.0.0")
-	AdvertiseAddr   string   // Address to advertise (e.g., "192.168.1.10")
+	AdvertiseAddr  string   // Address to advertise (e.g., "192.168.1.10")
-	PeerAddresses   []string // Memberlist peer addresses for initial cluster join
+	PeerAddresses  []string // Memberlist peer addresses for initial cluster join
 }
 
 // OlricConfig represents the Olric YAML configuration structure
@@ -117,19 +119,21 @@ func instanceKey(namespace, nodeID string) string {
 }
 
 // SpawnInstance starts a new Olric instance for a namespace on a specific node.
-// Returns the instance info or an error if spawning fails.
+// The process is decoupled from the caller's context — it runs independently until
+// explicitly stopped. Only returns an error if the process fails to start or the
+// memberlist port doesn't open within the timeout.
+// Note: The memberlist port opening does NOT mean the cluster has formed — peers may
+// still be joining. Use WaitForProcessRunning() after spawning all instances to verify.
 func (is *InstanceSpawner) SpawnInstance(ctx context.Context, cfg InstanceConfig) (*OlricInstance, error) {
 	key := instanceKey(cfg.Namespace, cfg.NodeID)
 
 	is.mu.Lock()
 	if existing, ok := is.instances[key]; ok {
-		is.mu.Unlock()
+		if existing.Status == InstanceStatusRunning || existing.Status == InstanceStatusStarting {
-		// Instance already exists, return it if running
+			is.mu.Unlock()
-		if existing.Status == InstanceStatusRunning {
 			return existing, nil
 		}
-		// Otherwise, remove it and start fresh
+		// Remove stale instance
-		is.mu.Lock()
 		delete(is.instances, key)
 	}
 	is.mu.Unlock()
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) SpawnInstance(ctx context.Context, cfg InstanceConfig
 		ConfigPath:     configPath,
 		DataDir:        dataDir,
 		Status:         InstanceStatusStarting,
+		waitDone:       make(chan struct{}),
 		logger:         is.logger.With(zap.String("namespace", cfg.Namespace), zap.String("node_id", cfg.NodeID)),
 	}
 
@@ -174,12 +179,14 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) SpawnInstance(ctx context.Context, cfg InstanceConfig
 		zap.Strings("peers", cfg.PeerAddresses),
 	)
 
-	// Create command with config environment variable
+	// Use exec.Command (NOT exec.CommandContext) so the process is NOT killed
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "olric-server")
+	// when the HTTP request context or provisioning context is cancelled.
+	// The process lives until explicitly stopped via StopInstance().
+	cmd := exec.Command("olric-server")
 	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), fmt.Sprintf("OLRIC_SERVER_CONFIG=%s", configPath))
 	instance.cmd = cmd
 
-	// Setup logging
+	// Setup logging — keep the file open for the process lifetime
 	logPath := filepath.Join(logsDir, fmt.Sprintf("olric-%s.log", cfg.NodeID))
 	logFile, err := os.OpenFile(logPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -188,6 +195,7 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) SpawnInstance(ctx context.Context, cfg InstanceConfig
 			Cause:   err,
 		}
 	}
+	instance.logFile = logFile
 
 	cmd.Stdout = logFile
 	cmd.Stderr = logFile
@@ -201,18 +209,26 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) SpawnInstance(ctx context.Context, cfg InstanceConfig
 		}
 	}
 
-	logFile.Close()
-
 	instance.PID = cmd.Process.Pid
 	instance.StartedAt = time.Now()
 
+	// Reap the child process in a background goroutine to prevent zombies.
+	// This goroutine closes the log file and signals via waitDone when the process exits.
+	go func() {
+		_ = cmd.Wait()
+		logFile.Close()
+		close(instance.waitDone)
+	}()
+
 	// Store instance
 	is.mu.Lock()
 	is.instances[key] = instance
 	is.mu.Unlock()
 
-	// Wait for instance to be ready
+	// Wait for the memberlist port to accept TCP connections.
-	if err := is.waitForInstanceReady(ctx, instance); err != nil {
+	// This confirms the process started and Olric initialized its network layer.
+	// It does NOT guarantee peers have joined — that happens asynchronously.
+	if err := is.waitForPortReady(ctx, instance); err != nil {
 		// Kill the process on failure
 		if cmd.Process != nil {
 			_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
@@ -295,20 +311,17 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) StopInstance(ctx context.Context, ns, nodeID string)
 			_ = instance.cmd.Process.Kill()
 		}
 
-		// Wait for process to exit with timeout
+		// Wait for process to exit via the reaper goroutine
-		done := make(chan error, 1)
-		go func() {
-			done <- instance.cmd.Wait()
-		}()
-
 		select {
-		case <-done:
+		case <-instance.waitDone:
 			instance.logger.Info("Olric instance stopped gracefully")
 		case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
 			instance.logger.Warn("Olric instance did not stop gracefully, killing")
 			_ = instance.cmd.Process.Kill()
+			<-instance.waitDone // wait for reaper to finish
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			_ = instance.cmd.Process.Kill()
+			<-instance.waitDone
 			return ctx.Err()
 		}
 	}
@@ -379,31 +392,29 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) HealthCheck(ctx context.Context, ns, nodeID string) (
 	return healthy, err
 }
 
-// waitForInstanceReady waits for the Olric instance to be ready
+// waitForPortReady waits for the Olric memberlist port to accept TCP connections.
-func (is *InstanceSpawner) waitForInstanceReady(ctx context.Context, instance *OlricInstance) error {
+// This is a lightweight check — it confirms the process started but does NOT
-	// Olric doesn't have a standard /ready endpoint, so we check if the process
+// guarantee that peers have joined the cluster.
-	// is running and the memberlist port is accepting connections
+func (is *InstanceSpawner) waitForPortReady(ctx context.Context, instance *OlricInstance) error {
+	// Use BindAddr for the health check — this is the address the process actually listens on.
+	// AdvertiseAddr may differ from BindAddr (e.g., 0.0.0.0 resolves to IPv6 on some hosts).
+	checkAddr := instance.BindAddr
+	if checkAddr == "" || checkAddr == "0.0.0.0" {
+		checkAddr = "localhost"
+	}
+	addr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", checkAddr, instance.MemberlistPort)
 
-	maxAttempts := 30 // 30 seconds
+	maxAttempts := 30
 	for i := 0; i < maxAttempts; i++ {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return ctx.Err()
+		case <-instance.waitDone:
+			// Process exited before becoming ready
+			return fmt.Errorf("Olric process exited unexpectedly (pid %d)", instance.PID)
 		case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
 		}
 
-		// Check if the process is still running
-		if instance.cmd != nil && instance.cmd.ProcessState != nil && instance.cmd.ProcessState.Exited() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Olric process exited unexpectedly")
-		}
-
-		// Try to connect to the memberlist port to verify it's accepting connections
-		// Use the advertise address since Olric may bind to a specific IP
-		addr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", instance.AdvertiseAddr, instance.MemberlistPort)
-		if instance.AdvertiseAddr == "" {
-			addr = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", instance.MemberlistPort)
-		}
-
 		conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", addr, 2*time.Second)
 		if err != nil {
 			instance.logger.Debug("Waiting for Olric memberlist",
@@ -415,7 +426,7 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) waitForInstanceReady(ctx context.Context, instance *O
 		}
 		conn.Close()
 
-		instance.logger.Debug("Olric instance ready",
+		instance.logger.Debug("Olric memberlist port ready",
 			zap.Int("attempts", i+1),
 			zap.String("addr", addr),
 		)
@@ -430,14 +441,27 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) monitorInstance(instance *OlricInstance) {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
-	for range ticker.C {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-instance.waitDone:
+			// Process exited — update status and stop monitoring
+			is.mu.Lock()
+			key := instanceKey(instance.Namespace, instance.NodeID)
+			if _, exists := is.instances[key]; exists {
+				instance.Status = InstanceStatusStopped
+				instance.logger.Warn("Olric instance process exited unexpectedly")
+			}
+			is.mu.Unlock()
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+		}
+
 		is.mu.RLock()
 		key := instanceKey(instance.Namespace, instance.NodeID)
 		_, exists := is.instances[key]
 		is.mu.RUnlock()
 
 		if !exists {
-			// Instance was removed
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -454,21 +478,18 @@ func (is *InstanceSpawner) monitorInstance(instance *OlricInstance) {
 			instance.logger.Warn("Olric instance health check failed")
 		}
 		is.mu.Unlock()
-
-		// Check if process is still running
-		if instance.cmd != nil && instance.cmd.ProcessState != nil && instance.cmd.ProcessState.Exited() {
-			is.mu.Lock()
-			instance.Status = InstanceStatusStopped
-			is.mu.Unlock()
-			instance.logger.Warn("Olric instance process exited unexpectedly")
-			return
-		}
 	}
 }
 
 // IsHealthy checks if the Olric instance is healthy by verifying the memberlist port is accepting connections
 func (oi *OlricInstance) IsHealthy(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-	// Olric doesn't have a standard /ready HTTP endpoint, so we check memberlist connectivity
+	// Check if process has exited first
+	select {
+	case <-oi.waitDone:
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("process has exited")
+	default:
+	}
+
 	addr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", oi.AdvertiseAddr, oi.MemberlistPort)
 	if oi.AdvertiseAddr == "" || oi.AdvertiseAddr == "0.0.0.0" {
 		addr = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", oi.MemberlistPort)

pkg/rqlite/scanner.go

@@ -318,8 +318,16 @@ func setReflectValue(field reflect.Value, raw any) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 		fallthrough
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		// Handle pointer types (e.g. *time.Time, *string, *int)
+		// nil raw is already handled above (leaves zero/nil pointer)
+		elem := reflect.New(field.Type().Elem())
+		if err := setReflectValue(elem.Elem(), raw); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		field.Set(elem)
+		return nil
 	default:
-		// Not supported yet
 		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported dest field kind: %s", field.Kind())
 	}
 	return nil