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Summary

This PR fixes a state consistency issue in the Ground Control config reload flow.

During a config hot reload, satellite group state could be rebuilt without properly preserving the previous valid state. This could leave satellites with stale or incomplete group assignments after a reload.

This change adds a small in-memory cache for satellite group state and reconciles the cached state with the newly calculated state before publishing the updated artifact.

Problem

When the configuration changes, the reload flow can lose the previous valid group-state information. If the new reload result is empty or incomplete, there is no reliable way to recover the last known state.

This can cause:

  • Stale or incorrect group membership
  • Inconsistent replication state
  • Incorrect artifact rollout behavior
  • Additional manual recovery in edge deployments

There was also an existing TODO in the config handler about keeping groupStates in memory across hot reloads.

What Changed

  • Added an in-memory cache for each satellite's group state.
  • Reconciled cached state with the newly calculated state during config reloads.
  • Preserved the latest valid non-empty group state when a reload produces an empty result.
  • Removed stale entries when they are no longer present in the current configuration.
  • Deduplicated group-state entries and ignored empty values.
  • Added a regression test covering the fallback and reconciliation behavior.

Why This Matters

Satellite group membership is important for reliable artifact distribution and replication.

By keeping the last known valid state and reconciling it during reloads, the system is less likely to drift into an inconsistent state when configurations are updated or reloaded.

This is especially important in edge environments, where configuration changes and hot reloads are common.

Validation

The change is intentionally limited to the config reload and group-state reconciliation flow. It does not change unrelated behavior or expand the scope of the project.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Preserved previously known satellite group states when configuration reloads provide incomplete data.
    • Removed duplicate or empty group-state entries during satellite configuration updates.
    • Improved consistency of satellite state artifacts across hot reloads.

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  • internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go
  • internal/groundcontrol/server/helpers_test.go
  • internal/groundcontrol/server/satellite_handlers.go
  • internal/groundcontrol/server/server.go
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Ground Control now maintains cached satellite group states. Configuration updates reconcile current states with cached values before publishing satellite state artifacts. Tests cover preservation of cached states and replacement by non-empty updates.

Changes

Satellite group-state reconciliation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Group-state cache and server wiring
internal/groundcontrol/server/server.go, internal/groundcontrol/server/helpers_test.go
Added a mutex-protected cache with defensive copies and reconciliation rules. Initialized the cache in Server and added tests for preservation and replacement behavior.
Configuration update reconciliation
internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go
SetSatelliteConfig reconciles assembled group states before generating or updating the satellite state artifact. Removed the obsolete persistence TODO.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 75d0b

The reload reconciliation can publish state from a failed transaction and can erase the last valid state when recalculated values filter to empty. This may leave satellite group assignments and artifact rollout state stale or incomplete, so the PR is not merge-ready until both paths are corrected.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SetSatelliteConfig
  participant satelliteGroupStateCache
  participant StateArtifact
  SetSatelliteConfig->>satelliteGroupStateCache: reconcile satellite group states
  satelliteGroupStateCache-->>SetSatelliteConfig: return reconciled states
  SetSatelliteConfig->>StateArtifact: generate or update satellite state artifact
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Signed-off-by: Deepshikha Singh <singhriyashikha@gmail.com>

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In `@internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go`:
- Line 504: Make group-state reconciliation read-only by updating reconcile in
the groupStateCache implementation to return the reconciled state without
writing it. In the configuration reload flow around
createOrUpdateSatStateArtifact and tx.Commit, call groupStateCache.set only
after the commit succeeds, and update the related cache tests to verify failed
transactions do not publish state.

In `@internal/groundcontrol/server/server.go`:
- Around line 69-83: Update the state-merging logic around merged and c.set so
that, after filtering empty and duplicate values, an empty merged result returns
the available cachedStates without calling c.set. Preserve the existing behavior
of storing and returning merged when it contains at least one non-empty state.
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  • internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go
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  • internal/groundcontrol/server/server.go

groupStates = append(groupStates, utils.AssembleGroupState(grp.GroupName))
}

groupStates = s.groupStateCache.reconcile(sat.Name, groupStates)

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Update the cache only after the transaction succeeds.

reconcile writes groupStates into the cache before createOrUpdateSatStateArtifact and tx.Commit. If either operation fails, the transaction rolls back but the cache retains state from the failed update. A later empty reload can then publish that uncommitted state.

Make reconciliation read-only. Call groupStateCache.set only after tx.Commit succeeds. Update the cache tests for the new write point.

Based on the PR objective, cached group state must remain consistent with successful configuration reloads.

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In `@internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go` at line 504, Make
group-state reconciliation read-only by updating reconcile in the
groupStateCache implementation to return the reconciled state without writing
it. In the configuration reload flow around createOrUpdateSatStateArtifact and
tx.Commit, call groupStateCache.set only after the commit succeeds, and update
the related cache tests to verify failed transactions do not publish state.

Comment thread internal/groundcontrol/server/server.go

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1 issue found and verified against the latest diff

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<file name="internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go">

<violation number="1" location="internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go:504">
P2: When a satellite is deleted and later recreated with the same name, this call can restore the deleted satellite's groups because the name-keyed cache survives deletion. Remove the cache entry as part of successful satellite deletion and recreate handling.</violation>
</file>

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groupStates = append(groupStates, utils.AssembleGroupState(grp.GroupName))
}

groupStates = s.groupStateCache.reconcile(sat.Name, groupStates)

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P2: When a satellite is deleted and later recreated with the same name, this call can restore the deleted satellite's groups because the name-keyed cache survives deletion. Remove the cache entry as part of successful satellite deletion and recreate handling.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go, line 504:

<comment>When a satellite is deleted and later recreated with the same name, this call can restore the deleted satellite's groups because the name-keyed cache survives deletion. Remove the cache entry as part of successful satellite deletion and recreate handling.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -502,6 +501,8 @@ func (s *Server) SetSatelliteConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		groupStates = append(groupStates, utils.AssembleGroupState(grp.GroupName))
 	}
 
+	groupStates = s.groupStateCache.reconcile(sat.Name, groupStates)
+
 	err = createOrUpdateSatStateArtifact(r.Context(), sat.Name, groupStates, req.ConfigName)
</file context>

Comment thread internal/groundcontrol/server/helpers_test.go
Comment thread internal/groundcontrol/server/server.go
Comment thread internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go
Comment thread internal/groundcontrol/server/config_handlers.go
Signed-off-by: Deepshikha Singh <singhriyashikha@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Deepshikha Singh <singhriyashikha@gmail.com>

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1 issue found across 3 files (changes from recent commits).

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<file name="internal/groundcontrol/server/helpers_test.go">

<violation number="1" location="internal/groundcontrol/server/helpers_test.go:65">
P3: The diff removes the source-of-truth assertion (the old `removed := []string{"group:c"}` case) that verified `reconcile` returns a complete, valid reload result even when it differs from the cached state, while `get` still returns the prior cached value until `set`. The replacement dedup case reconciles `{"group:a","group:b"}` against an identical cached value, so it cannot distinguish reconcile's merged result from the preserved cache and leaves the 'current result replaces the cache' path untested. Consider re-adding an assertion where a valid non-empty `current` differs from the cache, e.g. reconcile `{"group:c"}` returns `{"group:c"}` and `get` still returns `{"group:a","group:b"}`.</violation>
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require.Equal(t, []string{"group:a", "group:b"}, cache.reconcile("edge-sat-1", nil))
require.Equal(t, []string{"group:a", "group:b"}, cache.get("edge-sat-1"))

duplicates := []string{"group:a", "group:a", "", "group:b"}

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P3: The diff removes the source-of-truth assertion (the old removed := []string{"group:c"} case) that verified reconcile returns a complete, valid reload result even when it differs from the cached state, while get still returns the prior cached value until set. The replacement dedup case reconciles {"group:a","group:b"} against an identical cached value, so it cannot distinguish reconcile's merged result from the preserved cache and leaves the 'current result replaces the cache' path untested. Consider re-adding an assertion where a valid non-empty current differs from the cache, e.g. reconcile {"group:c"} returns {"group:c"} and get still returns {"group:a","group:b"}.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At internal/groundcontrol/server/helpers_test.go, line 65:

<comment>The diff removes the source-of-truth assertion (the old `removed := []string{"group:c"}` case) that verified `reconcile` returns a complete, valid reload result even when it differs from the cached state, while `get` still returns the prior cached value until `set`. The replacement dedup case reconciles `{"group:a","group:b"}` against an identical cached value, so it cannot distinguish reconcile's merged result from the preserved cache and leaves the 'current result replaces the cache' path untested. Consider re-adding an assertion where a valid non-empty `current` differs from the cache, e.g. reconcile `{"group:c"}` returns `{"group:c"}` and `get` still returns `{"group:a","group:b"}`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -62,17 +62,22 @@ func TestServerGroupStateCache_ReconcilePreservesLastKnownState(t *testing.T) {
 
-	updated := []string{"group:b"}
-	require.Equal(t, updated, cache.reconcile("edge-sat-1", updated))
+	duplicates := []string{"group:a", "group:a", "", "group:b"}
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"group:a", "group:b"}, cache.reconcile("edge-sat-1", duplicates))
 	require.Equal(t, []string{"group:a", "group:b"}, cache.get("edge-sat-1"))
</file context>

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