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What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #1200

Problem Summary:
When the VIP owner rejects connections because of high memory usage, the client can't connect to the database.

What is changed and how it works:
The vipManager reads from the healthManager periodically. When the instance rejects connections, resign the owner. When the instance accepts connections again, recompete the owner.

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Mock the TiProxy code to test VIP. Logs:

21:26:22  adding VIP success                          # start process
21:28:17  resign VIP owner because the instance rejects new connections  # mock high memory
21:28:17  deleting VIP success                          # release VIP
21:30:17  recompete for VIP because the instance accepts new connections # mock low memory
21:30:17  adding VIP success                            # bind VIP again
21:31:31  deleting VIP success            # PreClose releases VIP
21:31:31  SQL server prepares for shutdown
21:31:31  SQL server is shutting down (conn_count=0)
21:31:31  force closing connections (conn_count=0)
21:31:31  HTTP closed
exit_code: 0   status: succeeded          # no errors

Notable changes

  • Has configuration change
  • Has HTTP API interfaces change
  • Has tiproxyctl change
  • Other user behavior changes

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • VIP ownership now responds to connection rejection status.
    • When an instance begins rejecting connections, it releases the VIP so a healthy instance can take over.
    • VIP ownership is restored automatically after connection rejection clears.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved shutdown handling to ensure VIP monitoring stops cleanly before election resources close.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified connection-rejection and graceful-shutdown behavior.

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Walkthrough

The VIP manager now monitors connection rejection through the health manager. It resigns the VIP during rejection and recompetes after recovery. Startup, shutdown, election creation, and watcher behavior are covered by tests.

Changes

VIP rejection failover

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rejection contract and server wiring
pkg/manager/vip/manager.go, pkg/server/server.go, pkg/manager/health/health.go
The VIP manager accepts a ConnRejecter. NewServer registers the health manager. Documentation describes the caller and shutdown behavior.
Rejecter watcher and election lifecycle
pkg/manager/vip/manager.go
The manager polls rejection state, resigns during rejection, recompetes after recovery, and waits for watcher termination during shutdown.
Watcher behavior validation
pkg/manager/vip/manager_test.go, pkg/manager/vip/mock_test.go
Tests use controllable rejecter and election mocks to verify VIP release, recompete, and clean shutdown.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Server
  participant HealthManager
  participant VIPManager
  participant Election
  Server->>VIPManager: SetConnRejecter(HealthManager)
  VIPManager->>HealthManager: RejectConns()
  HealthManager-->>VIPManager: rejecting
  VIPManager->>Election: Close election
  Election-->>VIPManager: VIP released
  VIPManager->>HealthManager: RejectConns()
  HealthManager-->>VIPManager: accepting
  VIPManager->>Election: Create and start election
  Election-->>VIPManager: VIP rebound
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 28908

A memory-constrained instance can acquire the VIP at startup and reject client connections before health monitoring releases it. The initial rejection state should be handled before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 5 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1200 requires the VIP to leave an instance that rejects connections. server.go registers healthMgr as the VIP ConnRejecter. vipManager.watchRejecter polls RejectConns, resigns the ele…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within issue #1200. The health documentation update, injectable election and timing controls, shutdown handling, and unit-test mocks support the connection-rejection failover behavior…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: switching VIP ownership when the current owner rejects connections.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the issue number, problem summary, implementation details, unit-test coverage, manual-test evidence, and release-note section. The release note remains set to None and the use…
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Inline comments:
In `@pkg/manager/vip/manager_test.go`:
- Around line 333-334: Update the test’s watchRejecter setup to use vm.startCtx
instead of an independently created cancellable context, and remove the manual
watchCancel call. Keep shutdown driven through PreClose so it validates
cancellation of vm.startCtx and waiting for watchWG.

In `@pkg/manager/vip/manager.go`:
- Line 138: Update Start and the watchRejecter initialization around vm.election
= vm.newElection() to synchronously read ConnRejecter.RejectConns before
creating or starting the election, and initialize the watcher’s wasRejecting
state from that result so a rejecting server cannot acquire the VIP during the
first servingCheckInterval. Add a test covering startup with rejection enabled
and verify no election begins until recovery.

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VIP doesn't switch when a TiProxy instance rejects connections

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