Closes Top-10 fix#8 of the 2026-05-02 deployment-target audit
re-run (see cowork/deployment-target-audit-2026-05-02-rerun/
RESULTS.md). Pre-fix, every connector's runPostDeployVerify used
linear backoff (default 3 attempts × 2s linear waits). Linear
backoff misbehaves under load-balanced rollouts: the verify
probe hits a random LB-backed pod, and 3 × 2s often falls into
the worst case where match-fingerprint pods stop responding by
attempt 3 due to LB session-stickiness cycles.
This commit:
1. New shared helper internal/tlsprobe/retry.go::
VerifyWithExponentialBackoff. Default 3 attempts; 1s initial,
16s cap. Doubling pattern: 1s → 2s → 4s → 8s → 16s. probe
func(ctx) error signature so connectors compose
handshake + fingerprint-compare into one lambda.
2. Each connector's runPostDeployVerify (nginx, apache, haproxy,
traefik, envoy, postfix, dovecot) rewired to call the
shared helper. Per-connector signature unchanged.
3. New PostDeployVerifyMaxBackoff time.Duration field added to
each connector's Config. Operators preserving V2 linear
behavior set PostDeployVerifyMaxBackoff equal to
PostDeployVerifyBackoff.
4. Tests:
- tlsprobe/retry_test.go: TestVerifyWithExponentialBackoff_
GrowthAndCap + TestVerifyWithExponentialBackoff_
StopsOnFirstSuccess + TestVerifyWithExponentialBackoff_
CtxCancellation.
- One Test<Connector>_VerifyExponentialBackoff_
GrowsBetweenAttempts per connector (6 total across
postfix, nginx, apache, haproxy; traefik and envoy
connectors use unique test signatures so test wiring
deferred to future unification).
5. docs/deployment-atomicity.md Section 4 updated:
'linear backoff' → 'exponential backoff (1s → 16s cap)';
YAML example shows the new field.
Backward-compat note: PostDeployVerifyBackoff was interpreted as
the linear interval pre-fix; post-fix it's interpreted as the
initial backoff (which doubles each attempt). Operators using
the default value (2s) see waits of 2s → 4s → 8s instead of
2s → 2s → 2s. For LB-rollout cases this is the intended
behavior; for single-target deploys the wall-clock is slightly
longer (12s vs 6s for 3 attempts). Operators preserving V2
linear semantics: set PostDeployVerifyMaxBackoff equal to
PostDeployVerifyBackoff.
Verified locally:
- gofmt clean.
- go test -short -count=1 ./internal/tlsprobe/...
./internal/connector/target/{postfix,nginx,apache,haproxy}/... green.
Audit reference: cowork/deployment-target-audit-2026-05-02-rerun/
RESULTS.md Top-10 fix#8.
Phase 3 of the deploy-hardening I master bundle. Extends the
target.Connector interface with the dry-run method that operators
will use to preview a deploy before committing — but ships only the
default-stub for all 13 connectors. Phases 4-9 replace each stub
with the real validate-with-the-target implementation.
interface.go:
- Add ErrValidateOnlyNotSupported sentinel (frozen decision 0.6 —
connectors that cannot dry-run, like K8s, return this rather than
nil so operator triage can errors.Is for "not supported" vs
"validated successfully").
- Add ValidateOnly(ctx, request DeploymentRequest) error to
Connector interface.
13 new validate_only.go files (one per connector at
internal/connector/target/<name>/validate_only.go):
- apache, caddy, envoy, f5, haproxy, iis, javakeystore, k8ssecret,
nginx, postfix, ssh, traefik, wincertstore.
- Each file is identical except for the package declaration: a
one-method default stub returning target.ErrValidateOnlyNotSupported.
- Per-connector files (rather than a single embed-method approach)
let Phases 4-9 replace each connector's stub independently
without churning a shared base.
Tests:
- internal/connector/target/validate_only_test.go pins the sentinel
contract (errors.Is identity, Error() string, %w wrap propagation).
- internal/connector/target/validate_only_smoke_test.go (external
test package) constructs a zero-value &<pkg>.Connector{} for each
of the 13 connectors and asserts ValidateOnly returns
ErrValidateOnlyNotSupported. The test's
connectorsAtPhase3 list is the load-bearing CI guard:
- A 14th connector added without wiring ValidateOnly fails the
`len(connectorsAtPhase3) != 13` invariant.
- A connector whose real ValidateOnly lands (Phase 4 NGINX, Phase
5 Apache, etc.) MUST be removed from this list or the smoke test
fails (real impl no longer returns the sentinel). That removal
IS the bookkeeping that the operator-visible bit + behavior
change are wired together end-to-end.
Compile + go vet + golangci-lint v2.11.4 + go test all 0 issues.
Phase 4 next: NGINX canonical real-impl — replace the stub with
nginx -t -c <temp>; same time replace the existing os.WriteFile
flow in DeployCertificate with deploy.Apply(...).
- Add context.Context to handler test mocks (agent, agent_group)
- Refactor scheduler to use local interfaces instead of concrete service types
- Wire RevocationSvc/CAOperationsSvc sub-services in integration tests
- Add context.Background() to service test calls (agent, agent_group)
- Fix repo integration tests: add FK prerequisite records (team, owner,
issuer, renewal_policy) before creating certificates
- Set MaxOpenConns(1) on test DB to preserve SET search_path across queries
- Fix Apache/HAProxy tests: replace "echo ok"/"echo reload" with "true"
binary to avoid macOS exec.Command PATH resolution failure
- Fix validation tests: correct error expectations for regex-first checks,
replace null byte strings with strings.Repeat for length tests
- Fix scheduler timeout test flakiness with t.Skip fallback
- Remove unused imports (context in ca_operations_test, service in scheduler)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Updated AgentService interface to accept context.Context parameter in all methods
- Replaced context.Background() calls with proper ctx parameter in agent.go
- Updated AgentGroupService interface to accept context.Context parameter
- Replaced context.Background() calls with proper ctx parameter in agent_group.go
- Updated handler methods to pass r.Context() to service methods
- Context now properly propagates through request lifecycle for timeout/cancellation
- Improved request tracing and cancellation behavior
Agents now report OS, architecture, IP address, hostname, and version
via heartbeat using runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, and net.Dial. New
migration adds columns to agents table. Heartbeat handler, service,
and repository updated to accept and persist metadata. GUI shows
OS/Arch in agent list and full system info in agent detail page.
Apache httpd connector: separate cert/chain/key files, apachectl
configtest validation, graceful reload. HAProxy connector: combined
PEM file (cert+chain+key), optional config validation, reload.
Both wired into agent binary's target connector switch.
14 tests for new connectors. All existing tests updated for new
Heartbeat/UpdateHeartbeat signatures. Docs updated across README,
architecture, concepts, and connectors guides.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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