fix(swarm): avoid re-extracting completed outbound substreams by caniko · Pull Request #6427 · libp2p/rust-libp2p

caniko · 2026-05-07T06:48:55Z

Fix

Select a waiting outbound-substream request before polling the muxer. Completed or absent requests cannot cause an outbound stream to be opened and then discarded; this also avoids extracting a completed request twice.

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Tests cover polling with no waiting request and serving two requested streams while an extra stream is available.

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Current head: 0c6b55925053f4c5a859448a5828e076f9efabaa. Continuous integration and Interoperability Testing require maintainer approval. The remaining review thread stays open pending swarm qualification. No local tests or evaluations were run during this maintenance pass.

`Connection::poll` selects the next outbound-ready `SubstreamRequested` via `iter_mut().next()` and calls `.extract()` on it. `extract()` moves the data out and replaces the variant with `Done`, then relies on `extracted_waker.wake()` to schedule the cleanup poll that removes the entry from `requested_substreams`. The waker is only populated by the `Future::poll` impl when the entry first observes a `Poll::Pending`. If the entry is extracted before that first poll ever happens — which can occur when `FuturesUnordered`'s ordering puts a freshly-pushed entry at the head of `iter_mut()`, or when the muxer returns `poll_outbound = Ready` on the same loop iteration as the request was pushed — the waker is `None`, no wake is scheduled, and the `Done` entry persists. The next outbound-ready iteration's `iter_mut().next()` lands on that stale `Done` entry and `extract()` panics. The intent at this site has always been "find a request waiting for a substream"; making that explicit with `iter_mut().find(|r| matches!(r, SubstreamRequested::Waiting { .. }))` removes the dependence on `FuturesUnordered`'s scheduling. Eager removal of the `Done` entry is not possible through `FuturesUnordered`'s public API while iterating it, so the existing wake-driven cleanup stays in place. The number of un-cleaned `Done` entries is bounded by outstanding outbound requests and is drained naturally as later events trigger connection polls. Adds a unit test reproducing the failure shape directly on a `FuturesUnordered<SubstreamRequested<()>, DeniedUpgrade>>`.

elenaf9 · 2026-05-12T07:10:08Z

Thank you for the PR @caniko. We appreciate all contributions, including ones that were created with the help of LLMs/ AI-tools.

That said, the sheer amount of text in this PR (descriptions, code comments) makes it very time-consuming to review a change that appears to be just a one-liner.
Could you please:

summarize the key change and its motivation in a few lines on a high level
reduce code docs to a reasonable level

caniko · 2026-05-12T11:24:55Z

Apologies @elenaf9, I usually let these sit and wait as draft, and improve the PR before asking for review. This PR seems to have skipped this step, anyway, it is in the past.

I tried reducing the text, and hope it is good enough for review

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caniko · 2026-05-14T13:00:16Z

@elenaf9 I think there is something wrong with the bot

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caniko · 2026-05-25T04:58:56Z

Updated per review: extract() now returns Option, the connection path uses that to skip stale Done entries, and the regression coverage now goes through Connection::poll instead of directly manipulating SubstreamRequested. I also renamed the PR title to satisfy the semantic-title check.

Validation run locally with an ad hoc Nix Rust shell because the downstream project flake is currently blocked by a stale rs-detritus input:

cargo test -p libp2p-swarm connection_poll_skips_done_substream_requested_entries
cargo test -p libp2p-swarm

mergify · 2026-07-13T13:24:13Z

This pull request has merge conflicts. Could you please resolve them @caniko? 🙏

jxs · 2026-07-13T13:38:42Z

+            match muxing.poll_outbound_unpin(cx)? {
+                Poll::Pending => {}
+                Poll::Ready(substream) => {
+                    if let Some((user_data, timeout, upgrade)) = requested_substreams
+                        .iter_mut()
+                        .find_map(SubstreamRequested::extract)
+                    {


sorry I just noticed that If the muxer returns Poll::Ready(substream) but all entries are Done (so find_map returns None), the stream is silently dropped

Good catch, fixed in 09f0491. The continue is now inside the if let Some block so we only loop back when we actually consumed the stream. When no Waiting entry exists, we fall through to the rest of poll logic.

Nice catch! Fixed now

If poll_outbound_unpin returns Ready(substream) but all requested_substreams entries are Done, do not unconditionally continue — the substream had no matching request and the loop would busy-spin. Fall through instead.

caniko · 2026-08-29T07:02:15Z

@jxs 09f0491 only stops the busy-spin: continue is inside the if let Some. If poll_outbound is Ready and find_map(extract) is None, the substream is still dropped.

Would you prefer restoring the old Waiting precheck so we do not call poll_outbound without a request, or is the current fall-through intended? I can also rebase the branch once that direction is clear.

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caniko · 2026-10-04T04:41:51Z

fix(swarm): open outbound streams only for waiting requests in 0c6b55925053f4c5a859448a5828e076f9efabaa. Hosted CI is the validation gate for this maintenance pass; no evaluation or tests are run locally.

caniko · 2026-10-04T20:28:44Z

The outbound-stream ownership repair and regressions are at 0c6b55925053f4c5a859448a5828e076f9efabaa. Current-head code qualification is awaiting maintainer approval: Continuous integration and Interoperability Testing both conclude action_required. The successful Semantic PR/Summary checks do not establish swarm-test acceptance. My attempt to approve the CI run returned Must have admin rights to Repository (403), and the fork CI carrier has not discovered any workflows. Could a maintainer approve the two upstream runs so the regressions can be qualified? No local tests or evaluations were run; the remaining stream-ownership thread is kept open pending that evidence.

caniko changed the title ~~swarm: fix panic!("cannot extract twice") in Connection::poll~~ swarm: fix panic!("cannot extract twice") in Connection::poll May 7, 2026

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swarm: trim docs and changelog for cannot-extract-twice fix

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caniko changed the title ~~swarm: fix panic!("cannot extract twice") in Connection::poll~~ fix(swarm): avoid re-extracting completed outbound substreams May 25, 2026

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swarm: restore outbound request polling shape

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swarm: handle no-waiting-substream in poll_outbound

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If poll_outbound_unpin returns Ready(substream) but all requested_substreams entries are Done, do not unconditionally continue — the substream had no matching request and the loop would busy-spin. Fall through instead.

fix(swarm): open outbound streams only for waiting requests

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