maintainer: quiesce control plane during remove handoff

maintainer/maintainer.go

@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ func (m *Maintainer) HandleEvent(event *Event) bool {
 }
 
 func (m *Maintainer) checkNodeChanged() {
+	if m.removing.Load() {
+		return
+	}
 	m.nodeChanged.Lock()
 	defer m.nodeChanged.Unlock()
 	if m.nodeChanged.changed {
@@ -502,6 +505,13 @@ func (m *Maintainer) onRemoveMaintainer(cascade, changefeedRemoved bool) {
 	m.removing.Store(true)
 	m.cascadeRemoving.Store(cascade)
 	m.changefeedRemoved.Store(changefeedRemoved)
+	// Freeze ordinary scheduling on the old maintainer before we start the close flow.
+	// Only the DDL trigger close operator is allowed to keep running.
+	allowedDispatcherIDs := []common.DispatcherID{m.ddlSpan.ID}
+	if m.enableRedo {
+		allowedDispatcherIDs = append(allowedDispatcherIDs, m.redoDDLSpan.ID)
+	}
+	m.controller.EnterRemovingMode(allowedDispatcherIDs...)
 	closed := m.tryCloseChangefeed()
 	if closed {
 		m.removed.Store(true)
@@ -812,6 +822,14 @@ func (m *Maintainer) onHeartbeatRequest(msg *messaging.TargetMessage) {
 	// Process operator status updates AFTER checkpointTsByCapture is updated
 	// This ensures when operators complete, checkpointTsByCapture already contains the complete heartbeat
 	// Works with calCheckpointTs constraint ordering to prevent checkpoint advancing past new dispatcher startTs
+	if m.removing.Load() {
+		// Once RemoveMaintainer starts, we still need status updates for the close flow itself
+		// (for example DDL-trigger close operators reaching terminal states), but we must not run
+		// failover self-healing. A late Stopped/Working heartbeat from a closing dispatcher manager
+		// would otherwise mark spans absent or remove/recreate dispatchers after shutdown has begun.
+		m.controller.handleStatus(msg.From, req.Statuses, false)
+		return
+	}
 	m.controller.HandleStatus(msg.From, req.Statuses)
 }
 
@@ -828,7 +846,7 @@ func (m *Maintainer) onError(from node.ID, err *heartbeatpb.RunningError) {
 
 func (m *Maintainer) onBlockStateRequest(msg *messaging.TargetMessage) {
 	// the barrier is not initialized
-	if !m.initialized.Load() {
+	if !m.initialized.Load() || m.removing.Load() {
 		return
 	}
 	req := msg.Message[0].(*heartbeatpb.BlockStatusRequest)
@@ -961,8 +979,12 @@ func (m *Maintainer) onMaintainerCloseResponse(from node.ID, response *heartbeat
 
 func (m *Maintainer) handleResendMessage() {
 	// resend closing message
-	if m.removing.Load() && m.cascadeRemoving.Load() {
-		m.trySendMaintainerCloseRequestToAllNode()
+	if m.removing.Load() {
+		// After RemoveMaintainer starts, the old maintainer must stop resending bootstrap/barrier
+		// traffic. Otherwise stale control-plane messages can race with the new maintainer.
+		if m.cascadeRemoving.Load() {
+			m.trySendMaintainerCloseRequestToAllNode()
+		}
 		return
 	}
 	// resend bootstrap message

maintainer/maintainer_controller.go

@@ -138,8 +138,12 @@ func NewController(changefeedID common.ChangeFeedID,
 	}
 }
 
-// HandleStatus handle the status report from the node
+// HandleStatus handles the status report from the node.
 func (c *Controller) HandleStatus(from node.ID, statusList []*heartbeatpb.TableSpanStatus) {
+	c.handleStatus(from, statusList, true)
+}
+
+func (c *Controller) handleStatus(from node.ID, statusList []*heartbeatpb.TableSpanStatus, allowSelfHealing bool) {
 	// HandleStatus reconciles runtime dispatcher reports with maintainer-side state.
 	//
 	// In the steady state, spanController (desired tasks), operatorController (in-flight scheduling),
@@ -151,6 +155,10 @@ func (c *Controller) HandleStatus(from node.ID, statusList []*heartbeatpb.TableS
 	// The rules below make the system converge:
 	//   1) Orphan Working dispatcher without an operator => actively remove it to avoid leaks.
 	//   2) Non-working dispatcher without an operator => mark the span absent so scheduler can recreate it.
+	//
+	// During maintainer removal we still need status bookkeeping so close/remove can observe terminal
+	// states, but we must disable the self-healing branches. Otherwise a late Stopped/Working heartbeat
+	// can recreate dispatchers for a changefeed that is already shutting down.
 	for _, status := range statusList {
 		dispatcherID := common.NewDispatcherIDFromPB(status.ID)
 		operatorController := c.getOperatorController(status.Mode)
@@ -159,6 +167,9 @@ func (c *Controller) HandleStatus(from node.ID, statusList []*heartbeatpb.TableS
 		operatorController.UpdateOperatorStatus(dispatcherID, from, status)
 		stm := spanController.GetTaskByID(dispatcherID)
 		if stm == nil {
+			if !allowSelfHealing {
+				continue
+			}
 			// If maintainer doesn't know this dispatcherID, most statuses are late/outdated and can be ignored.
 			// We only need to act when the runtime says the dispatcher is Working, because that implies there's
 			// still an active dispatcher consuming resources and potentially producing output.
@@ -189,6 +200,10 @@ func (c *Controller) HandleStatus(from node.ID, statusList []*heartbeatpb.TableS
 		}
 		spanController.UpdateStatus(stm, status)
 
+		if !allowSelfHealing {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		// Fallback: dispatcher becomes non-working without an operator.
 		//
 		// In normal scheduling flow, a dispatcher should transition to Stopped/Removed as part of a maintainer
@@ -256,6 +271,15 @@ func (c *Controller) RemoveNode(id node.ID) {
 	c.operatorController.OnNodeRemoved(id)
 }
 
+// EnterRemovingMode freezes normal scheduling on the old maintainer while keeping the
+// DDL trigger dispatcher close path alive.
+func (c *Controller) EnterRemovingMode(allowedDispatcherIDs ...common.DispatcherID) {
+	c.operatorController.QuiesceExcept(allowedDispatcherIDs...)
+	if c.redoOperatorController != nil {
+		c.redoOperatorController.QuiesceExcept(allowedDispatcherIDs...)
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Controller) GetMinRedoCheckpointTs(minCheckpointTs uint64) uint64 {
 	minCheckpointTsForOperator := c.redoOperatorController.GetMinCheckpointTs(minCheckpointTs)
 	minCheckpointTsForSpan := c.redoSpanController.GetMinCheckpointTsForNonReplicatingSpans(minCheckpointTs)

maintainer/maintainer_test.go

@@ -395,3 +395,156 @@ func TestMaintainer_GetMaintainerStatusUsesCommittedCheckpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(20), status.CheckpointTs)
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(50), status.LastSyncedTs)
 }
+
+func TestMaintainerHeartbeatDuringRemovingSkipsFailoverRecovery(t *testing.T) {
+	buildMaintainer := func(t *testing.T) (*Maintainer, *replica.SpanReplication, node.ID) {
+		t.Helper()
+		testutil.SetUpTestServices(t)
+
+		nodeManager := appcontext.GetService[*watcher.NodeManager](watcher.NodeManagerName)
+		captureID := node.ID("node1")
+		nodeManager.GetAliveNodes()[captureID] = &node.Info{ID: captureID}
+
+		cfID := common.NewChangeFeedIDWithName("test", common.DefaultKeyspaceName)
+		ddlDispatcherID := common.NewDispatcherID()
+		ddlSpan := replica.NewWorkingSpanReplication(cfID, ddlDispatcherID,
+			common.DDLSpanSchemaID,
+			common.KeyspaceDDLSpan(common.DefaultKeyspaceID), &heartbeatpb.TableSpanStatus{
+				ID:              ddlDispatcherID.ToPB(),
+				ComponentStatus: heartbeatpb.ComponentState_Working,
+				CheckpointTs:    10,
+				Mode:            common.DefaultMode,
+			}, captureID, false)
+		refresher := replica.NewRegionCountRefresher(cfID, time.Minute)
+		controller := NewController(cfID, 10, &mockThreadPool{},
+			config.GetDefaultReplicaConfig(), ddlSpan, nil, 1000, 0, refresher, common.DefaultKeyspace, false)
+
+		totalSpan := common.TableIDToComparableSpan(common.DefaultKeyspaceID, 1)
+		dispatcherID := common.NewDispatcherID()
+		workingSpan := replica.NewWorkingSpanReplication(cfID, dispatcherID,
+			1,
+			&heartbeatpb.TableSpan{
+				TableID:    totalSpan.TableID,
+				StartKey:   totalSpan.StartKey,
+				EndKey:     totalSpan.EndKey,
+				KeyspaceID: common.DefaultKeyspaceID,
+			}, &heartbeatpb.TableSpanStatus{
+				ID:              dispatcherID.ToPB(),
+				ComponentStatus: heartbeatpb.ComponentState_Working,
+				CheckpointTs:    10,
+				Mode:            common.DefaultMode,
+			}, captureID, false)
+		controller.spanController.AddReplicatingSpan(workingSpan)
+
+		m := &Maintainer{
+			changefeedID:          cfID,
+			controller:            controller,
+			checkpointTsByCapture: newWatermarkCaptureMap(),
+			redoTsByCapture:       newWatermarkCaptureMap(),
+			statusChanged:         atomic.NewBool(false),
+		}
+		m.watermark.Watermark = &heartbeatpb.Watermark{}
+		m.runningErrors.m = make(map[node.ID]*heartbeatpb.RunningError)
+		m.initialized.Store(true)
+		return m, workingSpan, captureID
+	}
+
+	makeHeartbeat := func(dispatcherID common.DispatcherID, from node.ID) *messaging.TargetMessage {
+		req := &heartbeatpb.HeartBeatRequest{
+			Watermark: &heartbeatpb.Watermark{
+				CheckpointTs: 20,
+				ResolvedTs:   20,
+			},
+			Statuses: []*heartbeatpb.TableSpanStatus{
+				{
+					ID:              dispatcherID.ToPB(),
+					ComponentStatus: heartbeatpb.ComponentState_Stopped,
+					CheckpointTs:    20,
+					Mode:            common.DefaultMode,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		return &messaging.TargetMessage{
+			From:    from,
+			Type:    messaging.TypeHeartBeatRequest,
+			Message: []messaging.IOTypeT{req},
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Normal failover recovery should still mark a non-working span absent when the runtime
+	// reports Stopped but maintainer has no operator for it.
+	t.Run("normal maintainer still self heals", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m, workingSpan, captureID := buildMaintainer(t)
+
+		m.onHeartbeatRequest(makeHeartbeat(workingSpan.ID, captureID))
+
+		require.Equal(t, 1, m.controller.spanController.GetAbsentSize())
+		require.Equal(t, heartbeatpb.ComponentState_Stopped, workingSpan.GetStatus().ComponentStatus)
+		require.Equal(t, node.ID(""), workingSpan.GetNodeID())
+	})
+
+	// When RemoveMaintainer has started, the same late Stopped heartbeat must only update runtime
+	// status bookkeeping. Re-marking the span absent here would let the scheduler recreate a
+	// dispatcher while the changefeed is shutting down.
+	t.Run("removing maintainer skips self healing", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m, workingSpan, captureID := buildMaintainer(t)
+		m.removing.Store(true)
+
+		m.onHeartbeatRequest(makeHeartbeat(workingSpan.ID, captureID))
+
+		require.Equal(t, 0, m.controller.spanController.GetAbsentSize())
+		require.Equal(t, heartbeatpb.ComponentState_Stopped, workingSpan.GetStatus().ComponentStatus)
+		require.Equal(t, captureID, workingSpan.GetNodeID())
+		require.Zero(t, m.controller.operatorController.OperatorSize())
+	})
+}
+
+func TestMaintainerRemovingSuppressesLegacyControlPlaneActions(t *testing.T) {
+	mockMC := messaging.NewMockMessageCenter()
+	nodeManager := watcher.NewNodeManager(nil, nil)
+	nodeManager.GetAliveNodes()["node1"] = &node.Info{ID: "node1"}
+	nodeManager.GetAliveNodes()["node2"] = &node.Info{ID: "node2"}
+
+	cfID := common.NewChangeFeedIDWithName("test", common.DefaultKeyspaceName)
+	m := &Maintainer{
+		changefeedID:  cfID,
+		mc:            mockMC,
+		nodeManager:   nodeManager,
+		closedNodes:   make(map[node.ID]struct{}),
+		statusChanged: atomic.NewBool(false),
+		postBootstrapMsg: &heartbeatpb.MaintainerPostBootstrapRequest{
+			ChangefeedID: cfID.ToPB(),
+		},
+	}
+	m.watermark.Watermark = &heartbeatpb.Watermark{CheckpointTs: 100, ResolvedTs: 100}
+	m.runningErrors.m = make(map[node.ID]*heartbeatpb.RunningError)
+	m.initialized.Store(true)
+	m.removing.Store(true)
+
+	// Removing maintainer must not keep resending bootstrap/post-bootstrap or barrier traffic.
+	// The only remaining control-plane action should be cascade close requests.
+	m.handleResendMessage()
+	require.Len(t, mockMC.GetMessageChannel(), 0)
+
+	// Block status handling must also stop once removal starts, otherwise the old maintainer
+	// can still schedule DDL-driven add/remove operations after handoff begins.
+	m.onBlockStateRequest(&messaging.TargetMessage{
+		From: "node1",
+		Type: messaging.TypeBlockStatusRequest,
+		Message: []messaging.IOTypeT{&heartbeatpb.BlockStatusRequest{
+			ChangefeedID: cfID.ToPB(),
+			Mode:         common.DefaultMode,
+		}},
+	})
+	require.Len(t, mockMC.GetMessageChannel(), 0)
+
+	m.cascadeRemoving.Store(true)
+	m.handleResendMessage()
+	require.Len(t, mockMC.GetMessageChannel(), 2)
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		msg := <-mockMC.GetMessageChannel()
+		require.Equal(t, messaging.TypeMaintainerCloseRequest, msg.Type)
+		req := msg.Message[0].(*heartbeatpb.MaintainerCloseRequest)
+		require.Equal(t, cfID.ToPB(), req.ChangefeedID)
+	}
+}