Reuse the old nodes' connections when a cluster topology refresh is b…

…eing done (#2235)

* A fix was made to reuse the old nodes' connections when a cluster topology refresh is being done

* Fixed RedisCluster to immediately raise AuthenticationError

* Updated CHANGES

* Fixed cluster async bgsave test to ignore "bgsave already in progress" error

* Fixed linters

CHANGES

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     * Fix broken connection writer lock-up for asyncio (#2065)
     * Fix auth bug when provided with no username (#2086)
     * Fix missing ClusterPipeline._lock (#2189)
+    * Fix reusing the old nodes' connections when cluster topology refresh is being done
+    * Fix RedisCluster to immediately raise AuthenticationError without a retry
 
 * 4.1.3 (Feb 8, 2022)
     * Fix flushdb and flushall (#1926)

redis/cluster.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from redis.crc import REDIS_CLUSTER_HASH_SLOTS, key_slot
 from redis.exceptions import (
     AskError,
+    AuthenticationError,
     BusyLoadingError,
     ClusterCrossSlotError,
     ClusterDownError,
@@ -1113,7 +1114,7 @@ def _execute_command(self, target_node, *args, **kwargs):
                     )
                 return response
 
-            except (RedisClusterException, BusyLoadingError) as e:
+            except (RedisClusterException, BusyLoadingError, AuthenticationError) as e:
                 log.exception(type(e))
                 raise
             except (ConnectionError, TimeoutError) as e:
@@ -1134,6 +1135,7 @@ def _execute_command(self, target_node, *args, **kwargs):
                 else:
                     # Hard force of reinitialize of the node/slots setup
                     # and try again with the new setup
+                    target_node.redis_connection = None
                     self.nodes_manager.initialize()
                     raise
             except MovedError as e:
@@ -1443,6 +1445,21 @@ def create_redis_node(self, host, port, **kwargs):
             r = Redis(host=host, port=port, **kwargs)
         return r
 
+    def _get_or_create_cluster_node(self, host, port, role, tmp_nodes_cache):
+        node_name = get_node_name(host, port)
+        # check if we already have this node in the tmp_nodes_cache
+        target_node = tmp_nodes_cache.get(node_name)
+        if target_node is None:
+            # before creating a new cluster node, check if the cluster node already
+            # exists in the current nodes cache and has a valid connection so we can
+            # reuse it
+            target_node = self.nodes_cache.get(node_name)
+            if target_node is None or target_node.redis_connection is None:
+                # create new cluster node for this cluster
+                target_node = ClusterNode(host, port, role)
+
+        return target_node
+
     def initialize(self):
         """
         Initializes the nodes cache, slots cache and redis connections.
@@ -1521,14 +1538,14 @@ def initialize(self):
 
             for slot in cluster_slots:
                 primary_node = slot[2]
-                host = primary_node[0]
+                host = str_if_bytes(primary_node[0])
                 if host == "":
                     host = startup_node.host
                 port = int(primary_node[1])
 
-                target_node = tmp_nodes_cache.get(get_node_name(host, port))
-                if target_node is None:
-                    target_node = ClusterNode(host, port, PRIMARY)
+                target_node = self._get_or_create_cluster_node(
+                    host, port, PRIMARY, tmp_nodes_cache
+                )
                 # add this node to the nodes cache
                 tmp_nodes_cache[target_node.name] = target_node
 
@@ -1539,14 +1556,12 @@ def initialize(self):
                         replica_nodes = [slot[j] for j in range(3, len(slot))]
 
                         for replica_node in replica_nodes:
-                            host = replica_node[0]
+                            host = str_if_bytes(replica_node[0])
                             port = replica_node[1]
 
-                            target_replica_node = tmp_nodes_cache.get(
-                                get_node_name(host, port)
+                            target_replica_node = self._get_or_create_cluster_node(
+                                host, port, REPLICA, tmp_nodes_cache
                             )
-                            if target_replica_node is None:
-                                target_replica_node = ClusterNode(host, port, REPLICA)
                             tmp_slots[i].append(target_replica_node)
                             # add this node to the nodes cache
                             tmp_nodes_cache[
@@ -1598,7 +1613,7 @@ def initialize(self):
         # Set the default node
         self.default_node = self.get_nodes_by_server_type(PRIMARY)[0]
         # Populate the startup nodes with all discovered nodes
-        self.populate_startup_nodes(self.nodes_cache.values())
+        self.startup_nodes = tmp_nodes_cache
         # If initialize was called after a MovedError, clear it
         self._moved_exception = None
 

tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py

@@ -1059,9 +1059,13 @@ async def test_readwrite(self) -> None:
 
     @skip_if_redis_enterprise()
     async def test_bgsave(self, r: RedisCluster) -> None:
-        assert await r.bgsave()
-        await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
-        assert await r.bgsave(True)
+        try:
+            assert await r.bgsave()
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
+            assert await r.bgsave(True)
+        except ResponseError as e:
+            if "Background save already in progress" not in e.__str__():
+                raise
 
     async def test_info(self, r: RedisCluster) -> None:
         # Map keys to same slot

tests/test_cluster.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     RedisClusterException,
     RedisError,
     ResponseError,
+    TimeoutError,
 )
 from redis.utils import str_if_bytes
 from tests.test_pubsub import wait_for_message
@@ -651,6 +652,45 @@ def test_not_require_full_coverage_cluster_down_error(self, r):
                 else:
                     raise e
 
+    def test_timeout_error_topology_refresh_reuse_connections(self, r):
+        """
+        By mucking TIMEOUT errors, we'll force the cluster topology to be reinitialized,
+        and then ensure that only the impacted connection is replaced
+        """
+        node = r.get_node_from_key("key")
+        r.set("key", "value")
+        node_conn_origin = {}
+        for n in r.get_nodes():
+            node_conn_origin[n.name] = n.redis_connection
+        real_func = r.get_redis_connection(node).parse_response
+
+        class counter:
+            def __init__(self, val=0):
+                self.val = int(val)
+
+        count = counter(0)
+        with patch.object(Redis, "parse_response") as parse_response:
+
+            def moved_redirect_effect(connection, *args, **options):
+                # raise a timeout for 5 times so we'll need to reinitilize the topology
+                if count.val >= 5:
+                    parse_response.side_effect = real_func
+                count.val += 1
+                raise TimeoutError()
+
+            parse_response.side_effect = moved_redirect_effect
+            assert r.get("key") == b"value"
+            for node_name, conn in node_conn_origin.items():
+                if node_name == node.name:
+                    # The old redis connection of the timed out node should have been
+                    # deleted and replaced
+                    assert conn != r.get_redis_connection(node)
+                else:
+                    # other nodes' redis connection should have been reused during the
+                    # topology refresh
+                    cur_node = r.get_node(node_name=node_name)
+                    assert conn == r.get_redis_connection(cur_node)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.onlycluster
 class TestClusterRedisCommands: