fix(server): propagate blocking pops outside MULTI (#827) by TinDang97 · Pull Request #828 · pilotspace/moon

TinDang97 · 2026-09-04T09:16:26Z

Closes #827.

The bug

A blocking pop that actually pops mutates the keyspace and acks the client — but the blocking path is an intercept: it short-circuits the dispatch exit where every other write meets the AOF and the replication stream. Nothing fed them. The pop was applied on the master, undone by the next restart, and never happened on a replica.

Measured across all eight commands on both the immediately-satisfiable and the parked-then-woken path — sixteen cases, sixteen losses. The incremental AOF held the sixteen setup records and not one pop.

RPUSH q a b c
BLPOP q 0        -> "q","a"      LRANGE q 0 -1 = b,c
[restart]
                                 LRANGE q 0 -1 = a,b,c   <- "a" is back

For a queue consumer on BLPOP — the overwhelmingly common use — this redelivered every message already consumed after a master restart or on failover.

The A/B that localised it

Same server, same command; the only variable is MULTI:

BLPOP standalone 0            -> AOF: (nothing)
MULTI / BLPOP intxn 0 / EXEC  -> AOF: *2 $4 LPOP $5 intxn

moon already knew the rule and already implemented it — blocking_txn.rs, reached from shared.rs:503 — but only for the queued-in-MULTI path.

The fix

blocking_effect_record(cmd, args, reply) -> Option<Frame>, wired at both runtime handlers beside the moon#644 tracking invalidation, which closed the same structural gap on the same path for the same reason.

Three properties worth reviewing specifically:

The record is synthesised, never the command. A replica applying a literal BLPOP would park its apply loop; an AOF replaying one would stall recovery. BLPOP -> LPOP, BZPOPMIN -> ZPOPMIN, BLMOVE -> LMOVE, and so on.
It is derived from the REPLY, not the arguments. A blocking pop takes many keys and only the reply says which one served. This also collapses the two completion paths into one case: the inline pop returns from immediate_scan, the parked pop completes inside the wakeup machinery, but both converge on the same reply frame — so neither path had to be taught about propagation.
BLMPOP/BZMPOP record the count ACTUALLY popped. A COUNT 10 that popped 3 must not replay as 10 against a replica that has since received more elements.

Verification

Red first, on both runtimes: 8/8 immediate and 8/8 parked failing on the data-loss assertion. Green after.

The sharded wiring was mutation-tested. Disabling only that site turns all sixteen cases red again on the tokio leg, so both sites are genuinely exercised rather than one covering for the other.

Checked against the AOF bytes that the fix does not over-propagate:

BLPOP ok                      -> LPOP ok
BLMPOP 1 1 mp LEFT COUNT 10   -> LPOP mp 3      (3 present, not the requested 10)
BLPOP first second            -> LPOP second    (the key that served, not the first named)
BLPOP nosuchkey 1  (timeout)  -> (nothing)
BLPOP wrong 1      (WRONGTYPE)-> (nothing)

The moon#539 phantom-key guard is unaffected (EXISTS phantom = 0 after a BLPOP on an absent key).

7 unit tests + 2 restart e2e tests. cargo fmt and cargo clippy --all-targets clean on both runtimes.

CI note

The GCE Linux gate flagged g2_bail_out_fires_under_pressure_shards1 (55 of 2000 inlined against a 40 ceiling) during the concurrent full-suite run. That is the moon#738 class, not this change:

10/10 green re-running the same binary in isolation on the same host;
src/server/conn/blocking.rs, which owns try_inline_dispatch and the inline write path that test measures, has zero lines of diff in this PR.

Same signature as the bsr14 threshold failure logged on #738 earlier today. Re-running the gate for a clean verdict.

Summary by CodeRabbit

Bug Fixes
- Fixed blocking pop operations so successful writes are reliably recorded in the append-only file and replicated.
- Prevented popped elements from reappearing after restart.
- Ensured blocking operations that modify data remain consistent across replicas.
- Preserved existing behavior for timeouts, errors, and operations that do not modify data.

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Blocking pop completions now produce synthesized non-blocking records for replication and AOF persistence. Both runtime handlers persist successful writes, while tests cover immediate and parked-then-woken operations across restart.

Changes

Blocking pop propagation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Blocking effect synthesis `src/server/conn/blocking_effect.rs`, `src/server/conn/mod.rs`	Adds `blocking_effect_record`, which maps blocking commands to non-blocking siblings and derives served keys, directions, and actual pop counts from replies. Unit tests cover successful and non-writing cases.
Runtime AOF and replication wiring `src/server/conn/handler_monoio/dispatch.rs`, `src/server/conn/handler_sharded/mod.rs`	Both handlers propagate synthesized records, append them to AOF, wait for required fsync barriers, and return AOF errors when persistence fails.
Restart regression coverage `tests/blocking_pop_propagation_827.rs`, `CHANGELOG.md`	Integration tests cover all eight blocking pop commands on immediate and parked-then-woken paths. The changelog records the fix and its propagation behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 89581

This change can persist or replicate the wrong pop direction for valid BLMPOP/BZMPOP requests whose keys resemble selector names, causing data to diverge after replay or on replicas. The selector parsing must be corrected before merge, and parked-wakeup coverage should be made deterministic.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant BlockingHandler
  participant blocking_effect_record
  participant AOFPool
  Client->>BlockingHandler: Execute blocking pop
  BlockingHandler->>blocking_effect_record: Command, arguments, and reply
  blocking_effect_record-->>BlockingHandler: Synthetic non-blocking record
  BlockingHandler->>AOFPool: Append record and fsync when required
  AOFPool-->>BlockingHandler: Persistence result
  BlockingHandler-->>Client: Original response or AOF error

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: propagating blocking pops outside MULTI.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description provides a detailed summary, root cause, implementation approach, verification results, and CI context. It does not use the template headings or include the requested checklist and per…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation satisfies issue `#827`. It propagates successful blocking pops outside MULTI using synthesized non-blocking records, handles immediate and parked completions, records actual multi-pop…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within scope for issue `#827`. The helper, runtime wiring, module declaration, changelog, and regression tests all support blocking-pop propagation and its validation.
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A blocking pop that actually pops mutates the keyspace and acks the client, but the blocking path is an INTERCEPT: it short-circuits the dispatch exit where every other write meets the AOF and the replication stream. Nothing fed them. The pop was applied on the master, undone by the next restart, and never happened on a replica. Measured across all eight commands (BLPOP, BRPOP, BLMOVE, BRPOPLPUSH, BZPOPMIN, BZPOPMAX, BLMPOP, BZMPOP) on both the immediately-satisfiable and the parked-then-woken path — sixteen cases, sixteen losses. The incremental AOF held the sixteen setup records and not one pop. For a queue consumer on BLPOP, the overwhelmingly common use, this redelivered every message already consumed after a master restart or on failover. The propagated record is the synthesised non-blocking sibling, never the command itself: a replica applying a literal BLPOP would park its apply loop and an AOF replaying one would stall recovery. It is derived from the REPLY rather than the arguments — a blocking pop takes many keys and only the reply says which one served — which also collapses the two completion paths into one case, since the inline pop and the wakeup-machinery pop converge on the same reply frame. For BLMPOP/BZMPOP the record carries the count ACTUALLY popped: a COUNT 10 that popped 3 must not replay as 10 against a replica that has since received more elements. moon already knew this rule and already implemented it, but only for the queued-in-MULTI path (blocking_txn.rs). The A/B that localised it — same server, same command, only MULTI differs: BLPOP standalone 0 -> AOF: (nothing) MULTI / BLPOP intxn 0 / EXEC -> AOF: *2 $4 LPOP $5 intxn Wired at both runtime handlers, beside the moon#644 tracking invalidation that closed the same structural gap on the same path and for the same reason. Verified against the AOF bytes: successful pops propagate, and timeouts, WRONGTYPE errors and misses still reach neither plane. The moon#539 phantom-key guard is unaffected. The sharded (tokio) wiring was mutation- tested — disabling it alone turns all sixteen cases red again — so both sites are genuinely exercised rather than one covering for the other. Refs #827 author: Tin Dang

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In `@src/server/conn/blocking_effect.rs`:
- Line 65: Update the argument parsing in the blocking command handling around
the loop over args to read numkeys and inspect only the required MPOP selector
at args[2 + numkeys], rather than treating any RIGHT, LEFT, MIN, or MAX argument
as the selector. Preserve the correct pop direction or score ordering for BLMPOP
and BZMPOP, and add regression coverage where keys use selector-like names.

In `@tests/blocking_pop_propagation_827.rs`:
- Line 272: Replace the fixed Duration sleep in the blocking registration test
with synchronization that observes confirmed waiter registration or uses an
appropriate test hook before allowing the producer write. Ensure the write
occurs only after the waiter is parked, preserving the parked-then-woken
regression path without relying on timing.

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coderabbitai · 2026-09-04T09:51:41Z

+/// it rather than by index. `COUNT`'s own value can never be mistaken for one:
+/// it is a number.
+fn mpop_direction(args: &[Frame], a: &'static [u8], b: &'static [u8]) -> Option<&'static [u8]> {
+    for arg in args {


🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Parse the MPOP selector at its required position.

Line 65 searches every argument. A key can validly be named RIGHT, LEFT, MIN, or MAX.

For BLMPOP 0 2 RIGHT q LEFT, if RIGHT is empty and q serves, the master performs LPOP q. This function selects the RIGHT key name first and emits RPOP q. AOF replay and replicas then remove a different element.

Read numkeys and inspect only the selector at args[2 + numkeys]. Add regression cases with selector-like key names for BLMPOP and BZMPOP.

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+        // wakes it. Too short and the push races ahead of the registration,
+        // which the server must also handle but which exercises the IMMEDIATE
+        // path — the one the other test already covers.
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(400));


🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Wait for a confirmed blocked registration.

Line 272 does not prove that the waiter reached the parked state. If connection startup or scheduling takes longer than 400 ms, the producer write can occur first and this test exercises the immediate path again.

Synchronize the producer write with an observable blocked registration or a test hook. This keeps the parked-then-woken regression coverage valid.

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) Patch release rolling up 2 merged PRs closing 3 issues since v0.8.8. One invariant. Propagation is gated on the reply not being an error (`!matches!(resp, Frame::Error(_))`), so any command that mutates and THEN returns an error leaves a write applied on the master, never appended to the AOF and never sent to a replica: silent data loss across restart, permanent replica divergence. CORRECTNESS - `redis.call`/`redis.pcall` turned a Lua nil, boolean or table argument into a frame shape no wire client can produce, which HSET, HMSET, LPUSH, RPUSH, LPUSHX, RPUSHX, ZREM, MSET and MSETNX each discovered from INSIDE their mutation loop. Measured: `EVAL "return redis.pcall('LPUSH','mylist','a','b', true)" 0` answered an arity error with `LLEN mylist = 2` resident, and 0 after restart. Fixed at the boundary, as Redis 8.6.1 refuses it, AND by hoisting validation above the mutation window in all nine commands — defence in depth, because the raw wire reaches the same code with no Lua anywhere (#823, PR #824). - XADD called `get_or_create_stream` before parsing the ID, so all five of `bogus`, `0-0`, `1-1-1`, `abc-1` and `-5` created a charged, DBSIZE-visible stream that was never logged and vanished on restart. 3,000 rejected XADDs cost 1.46 MB nothing credits back (#823, PR #824). - Blocking pops propagated NOTHING outside MULTI. BLPOP, BRPOP, BLMOVE, BRPOPLPUSH, BZPOPMIN, BZPOPMAX, BLMPOP and BZMPOP mutated, acked the client and fed neither plane — sixteen cases across all eight commands on both the immediate and the parked-then-woken path, sixteen losses. For a queue consumer on BLPOP this redelivered every message already consumed after a master restart or on failover (#827, PR #828). The blocking path is an INTERCEPT: it short-circuits the dispatch exit where every other write meets the AOF and the replication stream. That is the same structural gap moon#644 closed for tracking invalidation on the same path in v0.8.7. The new record is the SYNTHESISED non-blocking sibling — a replica applying a literal BLPOP would park its apply loop — derived from the REPLY, since a blocking pop takes many keys and only the reply says which one served. KNOWN DIVERGENCE RIDING THIS RELEASE moon#825: SPOP and `XADD *` propagate their literal bytes, so a replica or AOF replay produces a different result. Deferred to v0.8.10; both blocked fix seams are documented on the issue. VALIDATION GCE Linux gate green on both release heads, all four legs each (monoio with io_uring LIVE 644s, tokio 620s, client-compat vs real redis-server 234s, MSRV 1.94); hosted dispatch matrix green on both. The #827 fix was mutation-tested: disabling only the sharded wiring turns all sixteen cases red again, so both runtime sites are genuinely exercised. Over-propagation was checked against the AOF bytes — timeouts, WRONGTYPE and misses reach neither plane; `BLMPOP … COUNT 10` that popped 3 logs `LPOP mp 3`; multi-key `BLPOP first second` served by `second` logs `LPOP second` — and moon#539's phantom-key guard is unaffected. Also corrects two artefacts of v0.8.8's cut, which was squashed into #785: the README version table had no v0.8.8 row and still marked v0.8.7 current, and CHANGELOG carried a duplicate truncated #788 bullet. Refs #823, #827 author: Tin Dang

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SPOP and XADD * are propagated verbatim: every replica and every restart silently diverges from what the client was told #825

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Blocking-command tests set up their scenario with a sleep, which fails the test under load (moon#737 fixed one of N) #738

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