fix(admin): answer background-heal/status partially when peers are unreachable (#5862)

crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs

@@ -431,4 +431,104 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .into())
     }
+
+    /// Issue #5850: `background-heal/status` must answer while a peer is down.
+    ///
+    /// Exercises the production path in `read_cluster_heal_status` end to end,
+    /// which the unit tests around `merge_peer_heal_statuses` cannot: with one
+    /// node stopped, the endpoint must return 200 with
+    /// `clusterStatusComplete: false` and an explicit `degraded` (or, when
+    /// heal work is known active, `active`) state — never the previous
+    /// cluster-wide 500 — and must return to a complete, non-degraded answer
+    /// once the node rejoins. Reverting either all-or-nothing gate (the
+    /// topology early-return or the merge hard-fail) turns the down-window
+    /// response into a 500 and fails this test.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn test_background_heal_status_degrades_while_peer_down_and_recovers_after_rejoin()
+    -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+        info!("Issue #5850: background-heal/status must degrade, not 500, while a peer is down");
+
+        let mut cluster = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_UNSAFE_BYPASS_DISK_CHECK", "true");
+        cluster.start().await?;
+
+        let status_url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/background-heal/status", cluster.nodes[0].url);
+        // Owned copies: the closure must not borrow `cluster`, which
+        // stop_node/start_node need mutably between polls.
+        let access_key = cluster.access_key.clone();
+        let secret_key = cluster.secret_key.clone();
+        let fetch_status = || async {
+            let body = signed_admin_post(&status_url, None, &access_key, &secret_key).await?;
+            let json: serde_json::Value =
+                serde_json::from_str(&body).map_err(|err| format!("heal status response is not JSON ({err}): {body}"))?;
+            Ok::<serde_json::Value, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>(json)
+        };
+
+        // Healthy cluster: the answer must be definitive. Poll briefly — the
+        // peer grid may still be settling right after start().
+        let mut healthy = fetch_status().await?;
+        for _ in 0..30 {
+            if healthy["clusterStatusComplete"] == serde_json::Value::Bool(true) {
+                break;
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+            healthy = fetch_status().await?;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            healthy["clusterStatusComplete"],
+            serde_json::Value::Bool(true),
+            "healthy cluster should report a complete heal status: {healthy}"
+        );
+
+        cluster.stop_node(1)?;
+
+        // While the peer is down every response must stay 200 (signed_admin_post
+        // fails on any non-2xx, so the old 500 fails the test immediately) and
+        // must degrade to an explicitly-partial answer. The peer query timeout
+        // is 5 s, so a couple of polls are enough for the dead peer to surface.
+        let mut degraded = serde_json::Value::Null;
+        for _ in 0..30 {
+            degraded = fetch_status().await?;
+            if degraded["clusterStatusComplete"] == serde_json::Value::Bool(false) {
+                break;
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            degraded["clusterStatusComplete"],
+            serde_json::Value::Bool(false),
+            "heal status must mark itself partial while a peer is down: {degraded}"
+        );
+        let state = degraded["state"].as_str().unwrap_or_default();
+        assert!(
+            state == "degraded" || state == "active",
+            "a partial answer must be labeled degraded (or active for known work), got {state:?}: {degraded}"
+        );
+
+        cluster.start_node(1).await?;
+
+        // After the rejoin the endpoint must return to a definitive answer.
+        let mut recovered = serde_json::Value::Null;
+        for _ in 0..60 {
+            recovered = fetch_status().await?;
+            if recovered["clusterStatusComplete"] == serde_json::Value::Bool(true) {
+                break;
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            recovered["clusterStatusComplete"],
+            serde_json::Value::Bool(true),
+            "heal status should be complete again after the node rejoined: {recovered}"
+        );
+        assert_ne!(
+            recovered["state"].as_str().unwrap_or_default(),
+            "degraded",
+            "a complete answer must not be labeled degraded: {recovered}"
+        );
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }

rustfs/src/admin/handlers/heal.rs

@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ enum HealRuntimeState {
     Uninitialized,
     Idle,
     Active,
+    /// One or more nodes were unreachable and the reachable ones report no
+    /// active work, so no definitive cluster verdict exists. Distinct from
+    /// `Idle` on purpose: an unreachable peer might be healing, and a partial
+    /// answer must not read as "nothing is running".
+    Degraded,
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -386,6 +391,7 @@ fn merge_peer_heal_statuses(
     mut snapshots: Vec<NodeHealStatusSnapshot>,
     peer_statuses: Vec<Result<Option<NodeHealStatusSnapshot>, String>>,
     expected_nodes: usize,
+    topology_complete: bool,
 ) -> S3Result<ClusterHealStatusSnapshot> {
     for peer_status in peer_statuses {
         match peer_status {
@@ -407,20 +413,36 @@ fn merge_peer_heal_statuses(
                     component = LOG_COMPONENT_ADMIN_API,
                     subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_HEAL_ADMIN,
                     operation = "background_heal_status",
-                    result = "failed",
+                    result = "degraded",
                     reason = "peer_status_unavailable",
                     error = %err,
                     "cluster heal peer status unavailable"
                 );
-                return Err(cluster_heal_status_unavailable("peer_status_unavailable"));
             }
         }
     }
-    let complete = snapshots.len() == expected_nodes;
+    if snapshots.is_empty() {
+        return Err(cluster_heal_status_unavailable("no_node_status_available"));
+    }
+    // Completeness requires every condition, not just the snapshot count: the
+    // peer queries iterate `peer_clients` while the topology check also
+    // examines `all_peer_clients`, and the two are populated independently —
+    // so during a reconfiguration the count can equal `expected_nodes` while
+    // the topology is known-incomplete. Counting alone would report a
+    // definitive answer precisely when the membership itself is in doubt.
+    let complete = topology_complete && snapshots.len() == expected_nodes;
     let mut status = aggregate_cluster_heal_status(snapshots);
     status.complete = complete;
+    // A partial answer must never be mistakable for a definitive verdict: an
+    // unreachable peer might be mid-heal, so reporting the reachable nodes'
+    // "idle" (or disabled/uninitialized) as the cluster state would falsely
+    // reassure. Known-active work is safe to report as-is — it cannot
+    // reassure. Everything else degrades to an explicit Degraded state so the
+    // caller still gets the reachable nodes' data (queue depths, progress,
+    // bitrot cycle) with an honest label, instead of the previous cluster-wide
+    // 500 that carried no information at all (issue #5850).
     if !complete && status.state != HealRuntimeState::Active {
-        return Err(cluster_heal_status_unavailable("peer_status_unsupported_without_known_active_work"));
+        status.state = HealRuntimeState::Degraded;
     }
     Ok(status)
 }
@@ -455,7 +477,12 @@ async fn read_cluster_heal_status(
     let Some(notification_system) = notification_system else {
         return Err(cluster_heal_status_unavailable("notification_system_unavailable"));
     };
-    if !peer_topology_complete(
+    // An incomplete peer topology (a down member's client slot, a rolling
+    // upgrade) previously failed the whole endpoint here, before any peer was
+    // queried. Proceed instead: the per-peer query below reports unavailable
+    // slots as errors, and merge_peer_heal_statuses folds them into an
+    // explicit partial answer (issue #5850).
+    let topology_complete = peer_topology_complete(
         expected_nodes,
         notification_system.peer_clients.len(),
         notification_system
@@ -469,8 +496,17 @@ async fn read_cluster_heal_status(
             .iter()
             .filter(|client| client.is_some())
             .count(),
-    ) {
+    );
-        return Err(cluster_heal_status_unavailable("peer_topology_incomplete"));
+    if !topology_complete {
+        warn!(
+            event = EVENT_ADMIN_REQUEST_FAILED,
+            component = LOG_COMPONENT_ADMIN_API,
+            subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_HEAL_ADMIN,
+            operation = "background_heal_status",
+            result = "degraded",
+            reason = "peer_topology_incomplete",
+            "cluster heal status will be partial"
+        );
     }
 
     let peer_statuses = join_all(notification_system.peer_clients.iter().map(|client| async move {
@@ -482,7 +518,7 @@ async fn read_cluster_heal_status(
     }))
     .await;
 
-    merge_peer_heal_statuses(snapshots, peer_statuses, expected_nodes)
+    merge_peer_heal_statuses(snapshots, peer_statuses, expected_nodes, topology_complete)
 }
 
 fn cluster_heal_control_unavailable(reason: &str) -> s3s::S3Error {
@@ -1936,7 +1972,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_peer_status_merge_fails_closed_but_degrades_for_older_peers() {
+    fn test_peer_status_merge_degrades_explicitly_and_never_claims_idle() {
         let local = || {
             NodeHealStatusSnapshot::for_test(
                 true,
@@ -1946,11 +1982,19 @@ mod tests {
                 None,
             )
         };
-        let error = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local()], vec![Err("peer timeout".to_string())], 2)
+        // An unreachable peer must not fail the whole endpoint (issue #5850) —
-            .expect_err("peer failure must fail closed");
+        // but the safety property of the previous fail-closed behaviour is
-        assert_eq!(error.message(), Some("cluster heal status unavailable"));
+        // preserved: the partial answer is labelled Degraded, never Idle, so
+        // unknown peer work cannot be mistaken for "nothing is running".
+        let partial = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local()], vec![Err("peer timeout".to_string())], 2, true)
+            .expect("an unreachable peer degrades the answer instead of destroying it");
+        assert!(!partial.complete);
+        assert_eq!(partial.state, HealRuntimeState::Degraded);
 
-        merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local()], vec![Ok(None)], 2).expect_err("unknown peer work must not be reported as idle");
+        let older_peer = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local()], vec![Ok(None)], 2, true)
+            .expect("an older peer degrades the answer instead of destroying it");
+        assert!(!older_peer.complete);
+        assert_eq!(older_peer.state, HealRuntimeState::Degraded);
 
         let known_active = NodeHealStatusSnapshot::for_test(
             true,
@@ -1962,9 +2006,56 @@ mod tests {
             },
             None,
         );
-        let partial = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![known_active], vec![Ok(None)], 2)
+        let partial_active = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![known_active], vec![Ok(None)], 2, true)
             .expect("known active work may be reported as an explicit partial status");
-        assert!(!partial.complete);
+        assert!(!partial_active.complete);
+        assert_eq!(partial_active.state, HealRuntimeState::Active);
+
+        merge_peer_heal_statuses(Vec::new(), vec![Err("peer timeout".to_string())], 2, true)
+            .expect_err("no snapshot at all still fails closed");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_incomplete_topology_forces_partial_even_with_full_snapshot_count() {
+        // peer_clients and all_peer_clients are populated independently, so
+        // during a reconfiguration every queried peer can answer — snapshot
+        // count == expected_nodes — while the topology check knows the
+        // membership itself is in doubt. Completeness must AND in the
+        // topology verdict or the answer looks definitive exactly when it
+        // is not.
+        let snapshot = || {
+            NodeHealStatusSnapshot::for_test(
+                true,
+                true,
+                BackgroundHealInfo::default(),
+                rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot::default(),
+                None,
+            )
+        };
+        let full_count_incomplete_topology = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![snapshot()], vec![Ok(Some(snapshot()))], 2, false)
+            .expect("incomplete topology degrades the answer instead of destroying it");
+        assert!(!full_count_incomplete_topology.complete);
+        assert_eq!(full_count_incomplete_topology.state, HealRuntimeState::Degraded);
+
+        let full_count_complete_topology = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![snapshot()], vec![Ok(Some(snapshot()))], 2, true)
+            .expect("complete topology and full count is a definitive answer");
+        assert!(full_count_complete_topology.complete);
+        assert_eq!(full_count_complete_topology.state, HealRuntimeState::Idle);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_degraded_state_serializes_distinctly_from_idle() {
+        let encoded = encode_background_heal_status(
+            &BackgroundHealInfo::default(),
+            HealRuntimeState::Degraded,
+            rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot::default(),
+            None,
+            false,
+        )
+        .expect("degraded status must serialize");
+        let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&encoded).expect("valid json");
+        assert_eq!(json["state"], "degraded");
+        assert_eq!(json["clusterStatusComplete"], false);
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]