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Preserve the rack maintenance access token when an NVOS system-image update submission returns a retryable Internal or RejectedBeforeDispatch error. The next NVOSUpdate(Start) iteration can reload the token and resubmit the ApplySwitchSystemImage request.

The token is deleted after successful submission, before transitioning to NVOSUpdate(WaitForComplete). A non-retryable InvalidArgument error deletes the token before transitioning the rack to RackState::Error.

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Resolves #5616

Type of Change

  • Add - New feature or capability
  • Change - Changes in existing functionality
  • Fix - Bug fixes
  • Remove - Removed features or deprecated functionality
  • Internal - Internal changes (refactoring, tests, docs, etc.)

Breaking Changes

  • This PR contains breaking changes

Testing

  • Unit tests added/updated
  • Integration tests added/updated
  • Manual testing performed
  • No testing required (docs, internal refactor, etc.)

Simulation Testing

Method:

  • Built the PR revision and deployed it to a simulation cluster with RMS.
  • Submitted NVOS system-image updates using nico-admin-cli.
  • Inspected rack state history, NICo logs, RMS jobs, artifact transfer, and final rack state.

Coverage:

  • One simulated GB200 rack and two NVSwitches.
  • NVOS image submission retry after an RMS transport failure.
  • Successful submission, artifact download, SFTP transfer, installation, polling, and rack state recovery.

Steps:

  1. Scaled RMS to zero and submitted an NVOS image update for one switch. NICo logged repeated ApplySwitchSystemImage submission failures while the rack remained in NVOSUpdate(Start).

  2. Restored RMS. A later controller iteration resubmitted the request and transitioned the rack to NVOSUpdate(WaitForComplete) without a missing-token error.

  3. Submitted the image update to another switch. RMS completed the parent and child jobs.

  4. Confirmed the successful update transitioned through:

    Maintenance(NVOSUpdate(Start))
    Maintenance(NVOSUpdate(WaitForComplete))
    Maintenance(Completed)
    Validating(Pending)
    Ready
    

Results:

  • The NVOS image submission was retried successfully after RMS recovery, confirming that the access token remained available.
  • The baseline test with a separate switch completed the NVOS image update workflow.

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@jayzhudev jayzhudev added the rack lifecycle Issues that relate to managing the lifecycle of a full rack (compute, switches and powershelves) label Sep 1, 2026
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved NVOS maintenance update retries after temporary backend submission failures.
    • Preserved access credentials during retryable failures so subsequent attempts can succeed.
    • Ensured successful submissions transition correctly to job monitoring, while invalid requests still report an error.
    • Improved error classification for invalid NVOS update requests while preserving backend error details.

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The NVOS update flow now classifies RMS submission failures and preserves the maintenance access token after retryable failures. Invalid arguments remove the token and enter Error. Successful retries remove the token, create the job, and enter WaitForComplete.

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NVOS submission retry

Layer / File(s) Summary
Submission error classification
crates/component-manager/src/rms.rs, crates/component-manager/src/nvos_update_manager.rs
RMS InvalidArgument responses now map to ComponentManagerError::InvalidArgument. Other submission failures remain Internal. The error contract and tests reflect these classifications.
Submission outcome token handling
crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs
Retryable submission failures preserve the maintenance access token. Invalid arguments remove the token before entering Error. Successful submissions remove the token before job persistence.
Retry workflow validation
crates/api-core/src/tests/rack_state_controller/handler.rs
The test verifies that the first rejected submission remains in Start without creating a job, and that the next submission succeeds, clears the token, creates the job, and enters WaitForComplete.

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The change enables NVOS image submissions to retry after transient RMS failures, but it still deletes the maintenance token before recording the accepted job. If the controller or persistence layer fails in that window, the update may continue without recoverable local ownership, creating a bounded merge-readiness risk that requires owner awareness or follow-up.

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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the primary fix: preserving the rack maintenance token for NVOS image submission retries.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the token-retention behavior, error classification, state transitions, and testing for the changeset.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation satisfies issue #5616 by retaining the token for retryable submission errors, deleting it after successful submission, and deleting it before transitioning to RackState::Error for I…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed All changes support issue #5616. The maintenance logic, error classification, documentation, and integration tests are directly related to NVOS submission retry and token cleanup behavior.
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The implementation satisfies issue #5616 by retaining the token for retryable submission errors, deleting it after successful submission, and deleting it before transitioning to RackState::Error for InvalidArgument errors. Tests cover the required classifications and retry behavior.

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In `@crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs`:
- Around line 2766-2770: Update the maintenance submission paths surrounding
delete_rack_maintenance_access_token so a durable submitted or cleanup-pending
outcome is persisted before token deletion. Ensure begin,
clear_nvos_update_statuses, and update_nvos_update_job failures remain
recoverable from that persisted state, then reconcile token cleanup only after
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Comment on lines +2766 to +2770
delete_rack_maintenance_access_token(
ctx.services.credential_manager.as_ref(),
id,
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Persist a recoverable submission outcome before token cleanup.

These paths delete the token before an errorable state operation. If RMS accepts the request and begin, clear_nvos_update_statuses, or update_nvos_update_job fails, this handler returns without a persisted job or WaitForComplete outcome. The next iteration cannot reload the token, and restoring it can submit a second RMS job.

Record a durable submitted or cleanup-pending state before deleting the token. Reconcile token cleanup after that state commits.

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In `@crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs` around lines 2766 - 2770, Update
the maintenance submission paths surrounding
delete_rack_maintenance_access_token so a durable submitted or cleanup-pending
outcome is persisted before token deletion. Ensure begin,
clear_nvos_update_statuses, and update_nvos_update_job failures remain
recoverable from that persisted state, then reconcile token cleanup only after
the state commit succeeds.

Retain the rack maintenance access token when NVOS submission returns a
retryable Internal or RejectedBeforeDispatch error so the next Start
iteration can resubmit. Delete the token after successful submission or
before an InvalidArgument transition to RackState::Error.

Signed-off-by: Jay Zhu <jayzhu@nvidia.com>
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jayzhudev force-pushed the rms/preserve-nvos-retry-token branch from 563b3b5 to b87999d Compare September 2, 2026 02:02
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