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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds a pluggable quorum interface with configurable none, etcd, pgraft, and pgBully providers. It adds per-tick fail-safe snapshots, optional libcurl support, cluster-provider implementations, GUCs, and the ChangesQuorum provider layer
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to This PR adds provider-backed quorum decisions, but the current implementation can treat an isolated cluster leader as having quorum and allow it to act for the cluster from a minority partition. Additional provider, build, state-consistency, namespace, connection-mapping, and dependency issues remain unresolved, so the PR is not merge-ready until these risks are fixed or explicitly accepted. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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src/spock_quorum_etcd.c (1)
177-185: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy liftAdd etcd authentication and TLS options.
etcd_postsets no credentials and no CA or certificate options. The provider writes the membership and leader keys, so any reachable client can register a fake node or steal the leader key when etcd runs without authentication. Anhttps://endpoint also uses only the system trust store, with no way to pin a private cluster CA.Consider GUCs for an etcd username and password or token, plus a CA file and client certificate, and map them to
CURLOPT_USERPWD,CURLOPT_CAINFO,CURLOPT_SSLCERTandCURLOPT_SSLKEY. etcd supports TLS for client-server and peer communication, along with certificate-based authentication and RBAC.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@sql/spock--6.0.0.sql`:
- Line 496: Change the volatility declaration for spock.quorum_status(), which
maps to spock_quorum_status_sql, from STABLE to VOLATILE so each call performs a
fresh quorum-state read without statement-level result reuse.
In `@src/spock_quorum_etcd.c`:
- Around line 590-598: Update etcd_is_leader to return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN
whenever etcd_self_name is NULL before either strcmp call, including the lease
and non-lease paths. In etcd_startup, release the existing etcd_self_name before
assigning a newly resolved identity so repeated startup does not leak memory.
- Around line 458-473: Replace the /v3/maintenance/status leader check in
etcd_have_quorum with a linearizable /v3/kv/range request, reusing the existing
range-read behavior from etcd_members and leaving serializable mode disabled.
Return SPOCK_QUORUM_YES only when that read succeeds, map a failed request to
SPOCK_QUORUM_NO or the established error outcome as appropriate, and preserve
errdetail propagation.
- Around line 41-43: Rename the libcurl preprocessor guards in
spock_quorum_etcd.c from HAVE_LIBCURL to SPOCK_HAVE_LIBCURL, and update the
Makefile to define SPOCK_HAVE_LIBCURL only when the corresponding curl link
flags are enabled. Ensure curl includes and calls are excluded whenever
NO_LIBCURL=1 or curl-config is unavailable.
In `@src/spock_quorum_pgbully.c`:
- Line 286: Update pgbully_members() to read column 3 from PGBULLY_MEMBERS_SQL,
convert its non-NULL value to TimestampTz, and assign it to
SpockQuorumMember.last_seen; preserve SQL NULL as zero instead of
unconditionally resetting the field.
- Around line 57-60: Update PGBULLY_MEMBERS_SQL and its surrounding
implementation to parse both if_dsn and conninfo with PQconninfoParse(), rather
than extracting raw host and port values via regular expressions. Compare the
parsed, normalized host and port values while preserving the existing default
port behavior, and ensure pgbully_leader_name() still matches the leader when
DSNs use URI or keyword/value syntax.
In `@src/spock_quorum_pgraft.c`:
- Line 228: The pgraft_have_quorum() result must not infer current quorum solely
from a nonzero leader ID, since stale leader state can persist on an isolated
follower. Replace the leader-ID comparison with an existing recent-contact or
majority-reachability signal, returning SPOCK_QUORUM_YES only when current
majority reachability is confirmed and SPOCK_QUORUM_NO otherwise.
In `@src/spock_quorum.c`:
- Line 267: Update the code after the active->is_leader(&detail) call to invoke
note_error(detail) whenever it returns SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN, preserving the
existing leader-state assignment and ensuring the provider failure is recorded.
- Line 249: Update the tick logic around snap_quorum and the related snap_*
assignments to obtain quorum, leadership, and membership through one provider
callback returning a consistent snapshot. Cache that callback result for the
tick and derive all snap_* fields from it, removing the separate provider calls.
- Around line 397-398: Move provider interactions out of the SQL-facing path
around spock_quorum_invalidate and snapshot_take into the group-slot worker.
Publish the worker’s observed snapshot through shared memory, and update
spock.quorum_status() to return that shared snapshot without invoking provider
callbacks, including any additional leader() read.
- Line 202: Update the refresh-failure path in the quorum tick to mark the
snapshot unavailable and return immediately when refresh() fails; do not call
snapshot_take() or query quorum afterward. Preserve normal snapshot_take()
processing when refresh() succeeds.
In `@src/spock.c`:
- Line 1220: Remove the default cluster ID value "spock" from the cluster
configuration in spock.c. Require an explicit cluster ID for providers using
this namespace, or derive it from immutable cluster identity, ensuring
independently configured clusters cannot share membership or quorum namespaces.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/spock_quorum_etcd.c`:
- Around line 177-185: The etcd request path in etcd_post lacks configurable
authentication and TLS credentials. Add the provider’s established
configuration/GUC plumbing for an etcd username/password or token, CA file,
client certificate, and private key, then apply them with CURLOPT_USERPWD,
CURLOPT_CAINFO, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, and CURLOPT_SSLKEY alongside the existing curl
options.
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| OUT leader text, | ||
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| RETURNS record STABLE LANGUAGE c AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'spock_quorum_status_sql'; |
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According to the PostgreSQL documentation for the version used by this project, what result-stability guarantees does a STABLE C function have within one SQL statement, and should a function that performs a new external quorum read be declared VOLATILE?
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According to the PostgreSQL documentation, a STABLE function is guaranteed to return the same results given the same arguments for all rows within a single SQL statement [1][2]. The optimizer relies on this guarantee to potentially optimize multiple calls of the function into a single execution [1][2]. Additionally, because STABLE functions use the snapshot established at the start of the calling query, they maintain a consistent view of the database throughout the statement, even if concurrent modifications occur [1][2]. Whether a function that performs a new external quorum read should be declared VOLATILE depends on how that external read is executed: 1. If the external read is performed in a way that respects the transaction's snapshot or is purely a deterministic lookup that does not have side effects on the database, it may be acceptable to label it STABLE [1][3]. 2. However, if the external read involves establishing a new, independent connection or context that does not share the snapshot of the calling query, it can return different results even within a single SQL statement [3]. In such cases, or if the operation has side effects, it must be marked VOLATILE to prevent the optimizer from making incorrect assumptions about result stability, which could lead to optimization errors such as excessive caching [1][3]. In practice, any function that performs external I/O or operations whose results could vary independently of the PostgreSQL transaction's snapshot state is generally safer and more appropriately classified as VOLATILE [3].
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- 1: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/xfunc-volatility.html
- 2: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/xfunc-volatility.html
- 3: https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/185044/postgresql-immutable-volatile-stable
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Declare spock.quorum_status() as VOLATILE.
spock_quorum_status_sql() invalidates cached state and performs a fresh provider read. Its STABLE declaration allows PostgreSQL to reuse the result within one statement, so repeated calls can report stale quorum state. Change the declaration to VOLATILE.
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In `@sql/spock--6.0.0.sql` at line 496, Change the volatility declaration for
spock.quorum_status(), which maps to spock_quorum_status_sql, from STABLE to
VOLATILE so each call performs a fresh quorum-state read without statement-level
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Use a Spock-owned libcurl macro.
When PostgreSQL defines HAVE_LIBCURL but NO_LIBCURL=1 or missing curl-config prevents this Makefile from adding -lcurl, src/spock_quorum_etcd.c still compiles its curl calls and can fail with unresolved curl_* symbols. Rename the guards to SPOCK_HAVE_LIBCURL and define it only with the matching link flags.
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In `@src/spock_quorum_etcd.c` around lines 41 - 43, Rename the libcurl
preprocessor guards in spock_quorum_etcd.c from HAVE_LIBCURL to
SPOCK_HAVE_LIBCURL, and update the Makefile to define SPOCK_HAVE_LIBCURL only
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| static SpockQuorumAnswer | ||
| etcd_have_quorum(char **errdetail) | ||
| { | ||
| char *resp = etcd_post("/v3/maintenance/status", "{}", errdetail); | ||
| char *leader; | ||
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| if (resp == NULL) | ||
| return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN; | ||
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| leader = json_field(resp, "leader"); | ||
| if (leader == NULL) | ||
| return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN; | ||
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| /* etcd reports leader "0" precisely when it has none. */ | ||
| return strcmp(leader, "0") == 0 ? SPOCK_QUORUM_NO : SPOCK_QUORUM_YES; | ||
| } |
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/v3/maintenance/status does not prove quorum.
The Status RPC is answered from the local member's own state. It is not a linearizable read. A member that is isolated in a minority partition can still report a non-zero leader from its stale local view, so etcd_have_quorum returns SPOCK_QUORUM_YES while the cluster has no quorum from that member's position. A node can still believe it is leader while the remaining nodes have elected a new leader, which violates linearizable reads.
Use an actual linearizable read instead. A /v3/kv/range request without the serializable flag goes through the read-index path, so it only succeeds when a quorum confirms the read. Linearized requests must go through the Raft consensus process, while the serializable mode may access stale data with respect to quorum. The provider already issues such a range read in etcd_members, so the quorum answer can reuse that result.
♻️ Proposed approach
static SpockQuorumAnswer
etcd_have_quorum(char **errdetail)
{
- char *resp = etcd_post("/v3/maintenance/status", "{}", errdetail);
- char *leader;
+ char *prefix = nodes_prefix();
+ char *body = psprintf("{\"key\":\"%s\",\"range_end\":\"%s\"}",
+ b64(prefix), b64(prefix_end(prefix)));
+ char *resp;
- if (resp == NULL)
+ /*
+ * A range read without "serializable" is linearizable, so a successful
+ * reply is itself proof that a quorum confirmed the read.
+ */
+ resp = etcd_post("/v3/kv/range", body, errdetail);
+ if (resp == NULL)
return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN;
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- leader = json_field(resp, "leader");
- if (leader == NULL)
- return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN;
-
- /* etcd reports leader "0" precisely when it has none. */
- return strcmp(leader, "0") == 0 ? SPOCK_QUORUM_NO : SPOCK_QUORUM_YES;
+ return SPOCK_QUORUM_YES;
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| static SpockQuorumAnswer | |
| etcd_have_quorum(char **errdetail) | |
| { | |
| char *resp = etcd_post("/v3/maintenance/status", "{}", errdetail); | |
| char *leader; | |
| if (resp == NULL) | |
| return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN; | |
| leader = json_field(resp, "leader"); | |
| if (leader == NULL) | |
| return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN; | |
| /* etcd reports leader "0" precisely when it has none. */ | |
| return strcmp(leader, "0") == 0 ? SPOCK_QUORUM_NO : SPOCK_QUORUM_YES; | |
| } | |
| static SpockQuorumAnswer | |
| etcd_have_quorum(char **errdetail) | |
| { | |
| char *prefix = nodes_prefix(); | |
| char *body = psprintf("{\"key\":\"%s\",\"range_end\":\"%s\"}", | |
| b64(prefix), b64(prefix_end(prefix))); | |
| char *resp; | |
| /* | |
| * A range read without "serializable" is linearizable, so a successful | |
| * reply is itself proof that a quorum confirmed the read. | |
| */ | |
| resp = etcd_post("/v3/kv/range", body, errdetail); | |
| if (resp == NULL) | |
| return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN; | |
| return SPOCK_QUORUM_YES; | |
| } |
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In `@src/spock_quorum_etcd.c` around lines 458 - 473, Replace the
/v3/maintenance/status leader check in etcd_have_quorum with a linearizable
/v3/kv/range request, reusing the existing range-read behavior from etcd_members
and leaving serializable mode disabled. Return SPOCK_QUORUM_YES only when that
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| if (etcd_lease_id == 0) | ||
| { | ||
| char *who = etcd_leader_name(errdetail); | ||
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| if (who == NULL) | ||
| return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN; | ||
| return strcmp(who, etcd_self_name) == 0 | ||
| ? SPOCK_QUORUM_YES : SPOCK_QUORUM_NO; | ||
| } |
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Guard etcd_self_name against NULL before strcmp.
etcd_startup leaves etcd_self_name as NULL when get_local_node(false, true) returns NULL, and get_local_node returns NULL for a missing local node record (src/spock_node.c lines 705-770). etcd_startup also requires an open transaction, because get_local_node asserts IsTransactionState(). Any caller that reaches etcd_is_leader without a successful startup therefore passes NULL to strcmp at line 596 and at line 622, which crashes the backend. A provider entry point must not crash.
Return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN when the identity is not resolved. Also free the previous string before the re-assignment at line 400, because a repeated startup leaks it in TopMemoryContext.
🛡️ Proposed fix
if (etcd_lease_id == 0)
{
- char *who = etcd_leader_name(errdetail);
+ char *who;
+
+ if (etcd_self_name == NULL)
+ {
+ *errdetail = pstrdup("local node identity is not resolved");
+ return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN;
+ }
+
+ who = etcd_leader_name(errdetail);
if (who == NULL)
return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN;
return strcmp(who, etcd_self_name) == 0
? SPOCK_QUORUM_YES : SPOCK_QUORUM_NO;
}At line 399-401:
old = MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopMemoryContext);
+ if (etcd_self_name != NULL)
+ pfree(etcd_self_name);
etcd_self_name = pstrdup(local->node->name);
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In `@src/spock_quorum_etcd.c` around lines 590 - 598, Update etcd_is_leader to
return SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN whenever etcd_self_name is NULL before either strcmp
call, including the lease and non-lease paths. In etcd_startup, release the
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PostgreSQL libpq supports two distinct formats for connection strings: plain keyword/value strings and URIs [1][2]. The PQconninfoParse function is used to parse either of these string formats into an array of PQconninfoOption structures [2]. Keyword/Value Format In this format, parameters are specified as keyword=value pairs separated by whitespace [1][2]. - Whitespace: Spaces between settings are required [1][2]. Spaces around the equals sign are optional (e.g., keyword = value or keyword=value) [1][2]. - Quoted Values: To include spaces or to define an empty value, the value must be enclosed in single quotes [1][2]. - Escaping: Within a quoted value, single quotes (') and backslashes () must be escaped with a backslash, resulting in ' and \ respectively [1][2]. URI Format Connection URIs follow the general RFC 3986 standard, with support for multi-host specifications [1][2]. - Syntax: The general form is postgresql://[userspec@][hostspec][/dbname][?paramspec] [1][2]. - Encoding: Symbols with special meaning within any part of the URI must be percent-encoded (e.g., = as %3D, space as %20) [1][2]. - Parameters: Named parameters (paramspec) are provided in name=value[&...] format [1][2]. PQconninfoParse Function This function takes a connection string and returns a PQconninfoOption array [2]. - Behavior: It parses the string into connection options; options not present in the string have their val field set to NULL (default values are not inserted) [2]. - Error Handling: It returns NULL if there is a problem, and if the errmsg argument is provided, it will be populated with a malloc'd error string explaining the issue [2]. - Memory Management: The returned array must be freed using PQconninfoFree [2]. If an error occurs, any allocated error string must be freed using PQfreemem [2].
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Parse both DSNs before comparison.
PGBULLY_MEMBERS_SQL applies raw host= and port= regular expressions to spock.node_interface.if_dsn and pgbully.peers().conninfo. These expressions do not parse valid URI forms or keyword/value forms with spacing or quoted values. If either DSN uses such a form, the join can omit the peer, and pgbully_leader_name() can return NULL even when p.is_leader is true. Use PQconninfoParse() for both DSNs, then compare normalized host and port values.
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In `@src/spock_quorum_pgbully.c` around lines 57 - 60, Update PGBULLY_MEMBERS_SQL
and its surrounding implementation to parse both if_dsn and conninfo with
PQconninfoParse(), rather than extracting raw host and port values via regular
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| * Take the tick's single reading now, so everything decided below this | ||
| * point sees one consistent picture of the cluster. | ||
| */ | ||
| (void) snapshot_take(); |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Do not query quorum after refresh() fails.
When lease renewal or heartbeat refresh fails, this code still calls snapshot_take(). A later have_quorum() result can become YES and clear the refresh error, despite the fail-safe contract requiring refresh failure to produce no quorum information for this tick.
Mark the invalidated snapshot as unavailable and return when refresh() fails.
Proposed fix
if (active->refresh(&detail))
{
note_error(NULL);
last_consulted = GetCurrentTimestamp();
}
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+ {
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+ snap_valid = true;
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In `@src/spock_quorum.c` at line 202, Update the refresh-failure path in the
quorum tick to mark the snapshot unavailable and return immediately when
refresh() fails; do not call snapshot_take() or query quorum afterward. Preserve
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Take one provider-level snapshot per tick.
These calls obtain quorum, leadership, and membership through separate provider callbacks. The provider can change state between calls, so snap_* can combine facts that never existed together.
Add one provider callback that returns all required fields from one provider revision or transaction. Cache that result for the tick.
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In `@src/spock_quorum.c` at line 249, Update the tick logic around snap_quorum and
the related snap_* assignments to obtain quorum, leadership, and membership
through one provider callback returning a consistent snapshot. Cache that
callback result for the tick and derive all snap_* fields from it, removing the
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| if (snap_quorum == SPOCK_QUORUM_YES) | ||
| { | ||
| detail = NULL; | ||
| snap_leader = active->is_leader(&detail); |
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Record is_leader() failures.
If is_leader() returns SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN with an error detail, the detail is discarded. spock.quorum_status() can then show a null leader state without the provider failure that caused it.
Call note_error(detail) when this callback returns SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN.
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In `@src/spock_quorum.c` at line 267, Update the code after the
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SPOCK_QUORUM_UNKNOWN, preserving the existing leader-state assignment and
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| spock_quorum_invalidate(); | ||
| (void) snapshot_take(); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Keep provider calls in the group-slot worker.
This SQL function invalidates backend-local state and calls the provider directly. It therefore does not expose the worker's observed snapshot. It also violates the provider contract that prevents provider calls from blocking client-facing paths. The additional leader() call can produce a fourth, later reading.
Publish the worker snapshot through shared memory and have spock.quorum_status() read that snapshot without invoking provider callbacks.
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In `@src/spock_quorum.c` around lines 397 - 398, Move provider interactions out of
the SQL-facing path around spock_quorum_invalidate and snapshot_take into the
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| "share this value, or each will count the other's " | ||
| "nodes as its own members."), | ||
| &spock_quorum_cluster_id, | ||
| "spock", |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Remove the shared cluster ID default.
The default "spock" makes two independently configured clusters share a quorum namespace when they use the same provider. This can mix membership and quorum decisions across clusters.
Require an explicit cluster ID for providers that use this namespace, or derive a unique ID from immutable cluster identity.
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In `@src/spock.c` at line 1220, Remove the default cluster ID value "spock" from
the cluster configuration in spock.c. Require an explicit cluster ID for
providers using this namespace, or derive it from immutable cluster identity,
ensuring independently configured clusters cannot share membership or quorum
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Spock decides WAL retention from local catalogs alone, so a single unreachable node pins WAL on every survivor indefinitely, and there is no notion of a majority to decide otherwise. Closing that needs agreement between nodes, but not a consensus implementation of Spock's own, and not a permanent marriage to somebody else's. An external system is consulted through one uniform interface and asked only three things: whether this node is in a quorum, which members the cluster considers live, and whether this node should act for the cluster. It is never asked to store anything. Spock keeps its durable state in its own crash-safe catalogs, and dropping storage from the interface is what lets a system with nothing but leader election sit behind the same seven entry points as one with a replicated key space. Providers for etcd, pgraft, and pgBully are included, selected by spock.quorum_provider; with the default of none, nothing is consulted and behaviour is unchanged. Every answer is three-valued, and an unusable one is always resolved conservatively: an error, a timeout, or an unreachable provider yields exactly the behaviour of having no provider at all. Unknown is kept distinct from no so that a cluster which lost quorum can be told apart from a provider that stopped answering, which matters to whoever is reading the status view during an incident. Providers are consulted only from a background worker's timer, never from a path a client waits on, and one reading is taken per tick and decided against, so that a tick cannot reason about a cluster state that never existed at any single instant. Nothing consumes the layer yet. spock.quorum_status() reports what it sees.
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In `@docs/internals-doc/specs/spock-quorum-layer-design.md`:
- Around line 140-144: Update the documentation paragraph to describe pgraft and
pgBully as separate providers with distinct provider IDs, while identifying
spock_quorum_cluster.c as their shared implementation. Replace the “one
provider” wording and preserve the explanation that only the schema differs.
- Around line 170-175: Document the pgraft dependency fix by recording the
minimum pgraft version or commit containing the pgraft_shmem_startup_hook
chaining correction, or enforce use of the patched source when no release
constraint exists. Update the dependency metadata associated with Makefile so
deployments cannot silently select an unpatched pgraft build.
In `@src/spock_quorum_cluster.c`:
- Line 241: The quorum check in cluster_have_quorum must not treat leader_id or
the leader string as proof of quorum. Replace this signal with one that confirms
current majority contact; if pgraft cannot provide such a signal, make the
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| **pgraft and pgBully are now one provider.** They expose the identical | ||
| in-database interface — `get_cluster_status()`, `get_nodes()`, `is_leader()`, | ||
| `kv_put`/`kv_get` — differing only in the schema it lives under. Keeping two | ||
| near-identical files would have guaranteed drift, so `spock_quorum_cluster.c` | ||
| implements both, parameterised by schema name. |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Describe pgraft and pgBully as separate providers.
provider_for() selects spock_quorum_provider_pgraft and spock_quorum_provider_pgbully from different provider IDs. The shared unit is the implementation in src/spock_quorum_cluster.c, not the provider itself. Replace “one provider” with “one shared implementation” to keep this document consistent with spock.quorum_provider.
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In `@docs/internals-doc/specs/spock-quorum-layer-design.md` around lines 140 -
144, Update the documentation paragraph to describe pgraft and pgBully as
separate providers with distinct provider IDs, while identifying
spock_quorum_cluster.c as their shared implementation. Replace the “one
provider” wording and preserve the explanation that only the schema differs.
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| `pgraft_shmem_startup_hook()` never called `prev_shmem_startup_hook`, though | ||
| `_PG_init` saves it and the matching *request* hook chains correctly. With | ||
| `shared_preload_libraries = 'spock,pgraft'`, pgraft's hook became head of the | ||
| chain and silently dropped spock's, so spock's shared memory was never | ||
| initialised and its supervisor segfaulted in a restart loop. This breaks any | ||
| extension loaded before pgraft. Fixed in `pgraft/src/pgraft.c`. |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Document the fixed pgraft dependency
Makefile leaves requires empty, and the repository contains no pgraft version or commit constraint. Deployments can therefore use an unpatched pgraft build and still lose Spock's startup hook. Record the minimum fixed pgraft version or commit, or enforce the patched source.
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| return strcmp(leader, "t") == 0 ? SPOCK_QUORUM_YES : SPOCK_QUORUM_NO; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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For the supported pgraft and pgBully releases, does get_cluster_status().leader_id become NULL or 0 when a node loses live contact with a current voting majority? Provide official documentation or source-level tests that cover an isolated former leader and an isolated follower.
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In pgraft, the get_cluster_status.leader_id column (and the related pgraft_get_leader function) does not necessarily become NULL when a node loses contact with a voting majority. Instead, when a cluster fails to elect a leader or loses quorum, pgraft indicates the absence of a leader by returning 0 [1]. Official documentation for pgraft explicitly states that when no leader is elected, pgraft_get_leader returns 0 [1]. Similarly, the pgraft_get_cluster_status function provides the current cluster status including the leader ID [2]. When the cluster is in a state with no active leader due to network issues or insufficient nodes, the leader ID will be reported as 0 [1]. There is no public official documentation or specific test suite available for a tool named pgBully in the context of Raft or PostgreSQL cluster management. It is possible this name refers to a different or non-public project, or was confused with another tool [1][3][4]. For pgraft, isolated nodes (whether former leaders or followers) will typically remain in their last known state or transition to a Candidate state while attempting to start a new election, depending on their ability to receive heartbeats [1]. If they cannot reach a quorum, they will not be able to successfully elect a new leader, and queries to get_cluster_status will continue to report the leader as 0 until communication is restored and a majority quorum is re-established [1].
Citations:
- 1: https://pgelephant.github.io/pgraft/operations/troubleshooting/
- 2: https://github.com/pgelephant/pgraft/blob/main/docs/user-guide/sql-functions.md
- 3: https://pgelephant.github.io/pgraft/user-guide/sql-functions/
- 4: https://pgelephant.github.io/pgraft/operations/monitoring/
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In the context of the pgraft PostgreSQL extension, the functions and concepts related to cluster status, leader identification, and quorum management are handled as follows: Monitoring Cluster Status The pgraft_get_cluster_status function provides comprehensive information about the cluster, including the current leader_id, the current Raft term, the node's state (leader/follower), and the total number of cluster nodes [1][2][3]. Handling Quorum and Network Partitions If a cluster loses its quorum (i.e., a majority of nodes fail or become unreachable due to a network partition), the following occurs: 1. Operations: The cluster enters a read-only state [4][3]. 2. Resolution: You must restore the failed nodes or add new nodes to the cluster until the majority is restored [4][3]. Once quorum is regained, a leader will be automatically elected, and the cluster will resume normal operations [4][3]. 3. Split-Brain: pgraft is designed to prevent split-brain scenarios [4]. During a network partition, you can verify which node is the leader by querying pgraft_is_leader on individual nodes; only the node in the majority partition will return true [4][5]. Troubleshooting Leader Issues If pgraft_get_leader returns 0 or no leader is present: 1. Wait briefly (approximately 10 seconds) for an automatic election [4][3]. 2. Check network connectivity between nodes [5]. 3. Ensure the cluster configuration (cluster_id, node_id, addresses) is consistent and correct across all nodes [5]. 4. Check the background worker state using pgraft_get_worker_state [5][3]. Key diagnostic tools include pgraft_get_cluster_status, pgraft_get_nodes, and pgraft_is_leader [1][4][3]. Always ensure that write-modifying operations are performed on the leader node by checking pgraft_is_leader first [1][3].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/pgelephant/pgraft/blob/main/docs/user-guide/sql-functions.md
- 2: https://github.com/pgelephant/pgraft/blob/main/docs/operations/monitoring.md
- 3: https://github.com/pgelephant/pgraft/blob/main/docs/operations/index.md
- 4: https://github.com/pgelephant/pgraft/blob/main/docs/user-guide/cluster-operations.md
- 5: https://github.com/pgelephant/pgraft/blob/main/docs/operations/troubleshooting.md
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There is no software tool or widely recognized library named pgBully associated with the specific parameters "get_cluster_status", "leader_id", or "quorum". The terms you mentioned appear to be conflations or partial matches from unrelated PostgreSQL-related projects: 1. Bully Algorithm: This is a well-known distributed systems algorithm used for leader election [1]. Some distributed systems implemented on top of PostgreSQL (such as notifelect) utilize this algorithm to manage cluster leadership [1]. 2. get_cluster_status: This is a common function name used in various tools and APIs to retrieve cluster health or metadata [2][3]. For example, it appears in Proxmox MCP tools for querying Proxmox VE cluster state [3] and in Ray autoscaler tests [2]. 3. Leader_id and Quorum: These are standard concepts in High Availability (HA) systems for PostgreSQL, such as Patroni [4][5]. Patroni, a common HA solution, manages leader election and synchronous replication quorum states [4]. 4. PGBuddy: There is a project named PgBuddy, which is a small, type-safe query builder for postgres.js, but it is unrelated to cluster status or quorum management [6]. If you are working with a specific internal tool, a custom script, or a less-documented project, it is likely that the command or function you are referencing is specific to that codebase's implementation of a cluster management agent or HA sidecar. If you have the specific repository or project name, I would be happy to help you analyze that source code directly.
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/janbjorge/notifelect
- 2: https://github.com/ray-project/ray/blob/bf129559/python/ray/autoscaler/v2/tests/test_sdk.py
- 3: https://github.com/akmalovaa/proxmox-mcp/blob/main/src/proxmox_mcp/tools/cluster.py
- 4: https://github.com/patroni/patroni/blob/v4.1.2/patroni/ha.py
- 5: https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/pg_hardstorage/blob/main/internal/patroni/client.go
- 6: https://github.com/kiranojhanp/pgbuddy/
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Do not use leader_id as the quorum signal.
cluster_have_quorum() returns SPOCK_QUORUM_YES for any nonzero leader_id. The pgraft implementation leaves CheckQuorum disabled, so an isolated leader can remain in StateLeader; processReady() then continues to publish its own nonzero ID. snapshot_take() can therefore accept quorum on a minority partition.
Use a signal that proves current majority contact, or make this provider fail safe when pgraft cannot provide one.
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In `@src/spock_quorum_cluster.c` at line 241, The quorum check in
cluster_have_quorum must not treat leader_id or the leader string as proof of
quorum. Replace this signal with one that confirms current majority contact; if
pgraft cannot provide such a signal, make the provider return SPOCK_QUORUM_NO so
snapshot_take cannot accept quorum on an isolated leader.
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Spock decides WAL retention from local catalogs alone, so a single unreachable node pins WAL on every survivor indefinitely, and there is no notion of a majority to decide otherwise. Closing that needs agreement between nodes, but not a consensus implementation of Spock's own, and not a permanent marriage to somebody else's.
An external system is consulted through one uniform interface and asked only three things: whether this node is in a quorum, which members the cluster considers live, and whether this node should act for the cluster. It is never asked to store anything. Spock keeps its durable state in its own crash-safe catalogs, and dropping storage from the interface is what lets a system with nothing but leader election sit behind the same seven entry points as one with a replicated key space. Providers for etcd, pgraft, and pgBully are included, selected by spock.quorum_provider; with the default of none, nothing is consulted and behaviour is unchanged.
Every answer is three-valued, and an unusable one is always resolved conservatively: an error, a timeout, or an unreachable provider yields exactly the behaviour of having no provider at all. Unknown is kept distinct from no so that a cluster which lost quorum can be told apart from a provider that stopped answering, which matters to whoever is reading the status view during an incident. Providers are consulted only from a background worker's timer, never from a path a client waits on, and one reading is taken per tick and decided against, so that a tick cannot reason about a cluster state that never existed at any single instant.
Nothing consumes the layer yet. spock.quorum_status() reports what it sees.