fix(controller): rebuild Envoy xDS snapshot after wiring transformers - #3223
fix(controller): rebuild Envoy xDS snapshot after wiring transformers#3223renuka-fernando wants to merge 1 commit into
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The initial Envoy snapshot was generated before SetTransformers ran, so
it fell back to the legacy translation path — naming clusters
"cluster_<scheme>_<host>" and routes without the header-hash
discriminator. The policy engine's resources are built from the
transformer path ("upstream_<name>_<host>_<port>" clusters, header-hashed
route names), so the two disagreed until the first redeploy: cluster-header
APIs failed with cluster_not_found and header-matched routes returned 500
"policy chain not found".
- Regenerate the Envoy snapshot after transformers are wired and runtime
configs are loaded, before the policy snapshot is built
- Warn when TranslateConfigs silently falls back to the legacy path
because no transformer is registered for a non-WebSub kind
Signed-off-by: Renuka Fernando <renukapiyumal@gmail.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe controller now regenerates the Envoy xDS snapshot after transformer setup and runtime configuration loading. The translator logs warnings when it uses legacy translation because no transformer is registered. ChangesTransformer-aware xDS flow
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to After a controller restart, Envoy may briefly receive the legacy snapshot, and a failed refresh can leave routing resources inconsistent with policy resources, causing existing APIs to return errors such as cluster-not-found or 500 responses. Merge should wait for the startup ordering or failure-handling path to be addressed or explicitly accepted. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@gateway/gateway-controller/cmd/controller/main.go`:
- Around line 472-487: Ensure transformer-aware snapshot generation completes
successfully before the xDS server starts serving connections: reorder the
initial snapshot generation and xDS startup around transformer wiring and
runtime loading, or retry the refresh and fail startup if it cannot succeed.
Update the startup flow around SnapshotManager.UpdateSnapshot and the xDS server
initialization, and add a regression test covering refresh failure without
allowing a legacy snapshot to be served.
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gateway/gateway-controller/cmd/controller/main.gogateway/gateway-controller/pkg/xds/translator.go
| // Regenerate the Envoy xDS snapshot now that the transformers are wired (above) | ||
| // and runtime configs are loaded. The initial snapshot generated earlier ran | ||
| // before SetTransformers, so it fell back to the legacy translation path — naming | ||
| // clusters "cluster_<scheme>_<host>" and routes without the header-hash | ||
| // discriminator. The policy engine's resources are keyed off the transformer path | ||
| // ("upstream_<name>_<host>_<port>" clusters, header-hashed route names), so without | ||
| // this rebuild Envoy and the policy engine disagree: cluster-header APIs fail with | ||
| // cluster_not_found and header-matched routes 500 with "policy chain not found" | ||
| // until the first redeploy happens to re-run the transformer path. | ||
| log.Info("Regenerating xDS snapshot via transformer path after wiring transformers") | ||
| ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second) | ||
| if err := snapshotManager.UpdateSnapshot(ctx, ""); err != nil { | ||
| log.Warn("Failed to regenerate xDS snapshot after transformer init", slog.Any("error", err)) | ||
| } | ||
| cancel() | ||
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Install the transformer-aware snapshot before serving xDS.
The xDS server starts at Line 391, before this refresh. Envoy can connect during that interval and receive the legacy snapshot created before translator.SetTransformers. If UpdateSnapshot times out or fails, SnapshotManager.UpdateSnapshot leaves the existing snapshot unchanged, while the policy snapshot below still uses transformer-derived resources. The controller can therefore start with the route and cluster mismatch this PR is intended to remove.
Move the first snapshot generation and xDS server startup after transformer wiring and runtime loading, or retry and fail startup until this refresh succeeds. Add a regression test for the failed-refresh path.
This follows the supplied gateway/gateway-controller/pkg/xds/snapshot.go implementation and the PR objective that Envoy and policy resources use the same transformer-derived names.
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In `@gateway/gateway-controller/cmd/controller/main.go` around lines 472 - 487,
Ensure transformer-aware snapshot generation completes successfully before the
xDS server starts serving connections: reorder the initial snapshot generation
and xDS startup around transformer wiring and runtime loading, or retry the
refresh and fail startup if it cannot succeed. Update the startup flow around
SnapshotManager.UpdateSnapshot and the xDS server initialization, and add a
regression test covering refresh failure without allowing a legacy snapshot to
be served.
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Purpose
On controller startup the initial Envoy xDS snapshot is generated before
translator.SetTransformers(...)runs, so it falls back to the legacy translation path.The legacy path names clusters
cluster_<scheme>_<host>and names routes without the header-hash discriminator, while the policy engine's resources are built from the transformer path (upstream_<name>_<host>_<port>clusters and header-hashed route names).The two subsystems therefore disagree until the first redeploy happens to re-run the transformer path: cluster-header APIs (those with named upstream definitions or a sandbox) fail with
cluster_not_found, and header-matched routes return500with "policy chain not found".A restart silently reintroduces the broken state, and it persists until the next deploy/event rebuilds the snapshot.
Goals
Approach
cmd/controller/main.goafter the transformers are wired and the runtime configs are loaded, immediately before the initial policy snapshot is built. The earlier snapshot ran beforeSetTransformers, so this secondsnapshotManager.UpdateSnapshot(ctx, "")rebuilds Envoy resources through the transformer path, matching the cluster and route names the policy engine references.TranslateConfigs(pkg/xds/translator.go) when a non-WebSub kind falls back to the legacy path because no transformer is registered. A nil or unwired transformer map returnsok=falsewith no error, so this previously happened silently; a transformer that errored is already logged separately.User stories
As a gateway operator, after the controller restarts I expect existing APIs to keep routing correctly without having to redeploy them.
Documentation
N/A — internal control-plane startup-ordering fix with no user-facing API or configuration change.
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Related PRs
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Test environment
Go toolchain build/vet/test on macOS (darwin/arm64).
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