Retry well-known lookup before expiry.

This gives a bit of a grace period where we can attempt to refetch a
remote `well-known`, while still using the cached result if that fails.

Hopefully this will make the well-known resolution a bit more torelant
of failures, rather than it immediately treating failures as "no result"
and caching that for an hour.

Author: erikjohnston

synapse/http/federation/well_known_resolver.py

@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 # lower bound for .well-known cache period
 WELL_KNOWN_MIN_CACHE_PERIOD = 5 * 60
 
+# Attempt to refetch a cached well-known N% of the TTL before it expires.
+# e.g. if set to 0.2 and we have a cached entry with a TTL of 5mins, then
+# we'll start trying to refetch 1 minute before it expires.
+WELL_KNOWN_GRACE_PERIOD_FACTOR = 0.2
+
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -80,15 +86,38 @@ def get_well_known(self, server_name):
             Deferred[WellKnownLookupResult]: The result of the lookup
         """
         try:
-            result = self._well_known_cache[server_name]
+            prev_result, expiry, ttl = self._well_known_cache.get_with_expiry(
+                server_name
+            )
+
+            now = self._clock.time()
+            if now < expiry - WELL_KNOWN_GRACE_PERIOD_FACTOR * ttl:
+                return WellKnownLookupResult(delegated_server=prev_result)
         except KeyError:
-            # TODO: should we linearise so that we don't end up doing two .well-known
-            # requests for the same server in parallel?
+            prev_result = None
+
+        # TODO: should we linearise so that we don't end up doing two .well-known
+        # requests for the same server in parallel?
+        try:
             with Measure(self._clock, "get_well_known"):
                 result, cache_period = yield self._do_get_well_known(server_name)
 
-            if cache_period > 0:
-                self._well_known_cache.set(server_name, result, cache_period)
+        except _FetchWellKnownFailure as e:
+            if prev_result and e.temporary:
+                # This is a temporary failure and we have a still valid cached
+                # result, so lets return that. Hopefully the next time we ask
+                # the remote will be back up again.
+                return WellKnownLookupResult(delegated_server=prev_result)
+
+            result = None
+
+            # add some randomness to the TTL to avoid a stampeding herd every hour
+            # after startup
+            cache_period = WELL_KNOWN_INVALID_CACHE_PERIOD
+            cache_period += random.uniform(0, WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER)
+
+        if cache_period > 0:
+            self._well_known_cache.set(server_name, result, cache_period)
 
         return WellKnownLookupResult(delegated_server=result)
 
@@ -99,40 +128,42 @@ def _do_get_well_known(self, server_name):
         Args:
             server_name (bytes): name of the server, from the requested url
 
+        Raises:
+            _FetchWellKnownFailure if we fail to lookup a result
+
         Returns:
-            Deferred[Tuple[bytes|None|object],int]:
-                result, cache period, where result is one of:
-                 - the new server name from the .well-known (as a `bytes`)
-                 - None if there was no .well-known file.
-                 - INVALID_WELL_KNOWN if the .well-known was invalid
+            Deferred[Tuple[bytes,int]]: The lookup result and cache period.
         """
         uri = b"https://%s/.well-known/matrix/server" % (server_name,)
         uri_str = uri.decode("ascii")
         logger.info("Fetching %s", uri_str)
+
+        # We do this in two steps to differentiate between possibly transient
+        # errors (e.g. can't connect to host, 503 response) and more permenant
+        # errors (such as getting a 404 response).
         try:
             response = yield make_deferred_yieldable(
                 self._well_known_agent.request(b"GET", uri)
             )
             body = yield make_deferred_yieldable(readBody(response))
+
+            if 500 <= response.code < 600:
+                raise Exception("Non-200 response %s" % (response.code,))
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.info("Error fetching %s: %s", uri_str, e)
+            raise _FetchWellKnownFailure(temporary=True)
+
+        try:
             if response.code != 200:
                 raise Exception("Non-200 response %s" % (response.code,))
 
             parsed_body = json.loads(body.decode("utf-8"))
             logger.info("Response from .well-known: %s", parsed_body)
-            if not isinstance(parsed_body, dict):
-                raise Exception("not a dict")
-            if "m.server" not in parsed_body:
-                raise Exception("Missing key 'm.server'")
+
+            result = parsed_body["m.server"].encode("ascii")
         except Exception as e:
             logger.info("Error fetching %s: %s", uri_str, e)
-
-            # add some randomness to the TTL to avoid a stampeding herd every hour
-            # after startup
-            cache_period = WELL_KNOWN_INVALID_CACHE_PERIOD
-            cache_period += random.uniform(0, WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER)
-            return (None, cache_period)
-
-        result = parsed_body["m.server"].encode("ascii")
+            raise _FetchWellKnownFailure(temporary=False)
 
         cache_period = _cache_period_from_headers(
             response.headers, time_now=self._reactor.seconds
@@ -185,3 +216,10 @@ def _parse_cache_control(headers):
             v = splits[1] if len(splits) > 1 else None
             cache_controls[k] = v
     return cache_controls
+
+
+@attr.s()
+class _FetchWellKnownFailure(Exception):
+    # True if we didn't get a non-5xx HTTP response, i.e. this may or may not be
+    # a temporary failure.
+    temporary = attr.ib()

synapse/util/caches/ttlcache.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def set(self, key, value, ttl):
         if e != SENTINEL:
             self._expiry_list.remove(e)
 
-        entry = _CacheEntry(expiry_time=expiry, key=key, value=value)
+        entry = _CacheEntry(expiry_time=expiry, ttl=ttl, key=key, value=value)
         self._data[key] = entry
         self._expiry_list.add(entry)
 
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ def get_with_expiry(self, key):
             key: key to look up
 
         Returns:
-            Tuple[Any, float]: the value from the cache, and the expiry time
+            Tuple[Any, float, float]: the value from the cache, the expiry time
+            and the TTL
 
         Raises:
             KeyError if the entry is not found
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ def get_with_expiry(self, key):
             self._metrics.inc_misses()
             raise
         self._metrics.inc_hits()
-        return e.value, e.expiry_time
+        return e.value, e.expiry_time, e.ttl
 
     def pop(self, key, default=SENTINEL):
         """Remove a value from the cache
@@ -158,5 +159,6 @@ class _CacheEntry(object):
 
     # expiry_time is the first attribute, so that entries are sorted by expiry.
     expiry_time = attr.ib()
+    ttl = attr.ib()
     key = attr.ib()
     value = attr.ib()

tests/http/federation/test_matrix_federation_agent.py

@@ -987,6 +987,75 @@ def test_well_known_cache(self):
         r = self.successResultOf(fetch_d)
         self.assertEqual(r.delegated_server, b"other-server")
 
+    def test_well_known_cache_with_temp_failure(self):
+        """Test that we refetch well-known before the cache expires, and that
+        it ignores transient errors.
+        """
+
+        well_known_resolver = WellKnownResolver(
+            self.reactor,
+            Agent(self.reactor, contextFactory=self.tls_factory),
+            well_known_cache=self.well_known_cache,
+        )
+
+        self.reactor.lookups["testserv"] = "1.2.3.4"
+
+        fetch_d = well_known_resolver.get_well_known(b"testserv")
+
+        # there should be an attempt to connect on port 443 for the .well-known
+        clients = self.reactor.tcpClients
+        self.assertEqual(len(clients), 1)
+        (host, port, client_factory, _timeout, _bindAddress) = clients.pop(0)
+        self.assertEqual(host, "1.2.3.4")
+        self.assertEqual(port, 443)
+
+        well_known_server = self._handle_well_known_connection(
+            client_factory,
+            expected_sni=b"testserv",
+            response_headers={b"Cache-Control": b"max-age=1000"},
+            content=b'{ "m.server": "target-server" }',
+        )
+
+        r = self.successResultOf(fetch_d)
+        self.assertEqual(r.delegated_server, b"target-server")
+
+        # close the tcp connection
+        well_known_server.loseConnection()
+
+        # Get close to the cache expiry, this will cause the resolver to do
+        # another lookup.
+        self.reactor.pump((900.0,))
+
+        fetch_d = well_known_resolver.get_well_known(b"testserv")
+        clients = self.reactor.tcpClients
+        (host, port, client_factory, _timeout, _bindAddress) = clients.pop(0)
+
+        # fonx the connection attempt, this will be treated as a temporary
+        # failure.
+        client_factory.clientConnectionFailed(None, Exception("nope"))
+
+        # attemptdelay on the hostnameendpoint is 0.3, so takes that long before the
+        # .well-known request fails.
+        self.reactor.pump((0.4,))
+
+        # Resolver should return cached value, despite the lookup failing.
+        r = self.successResultOf(fetch_d)
+        self.assertEqual(r.delegated_server, b"target-server")
+
+        # Expire the cache and repeat the request
+        self.reactor.pump((100.0,))
+
+        # Repated the request, this time it should fail if the lookup fails.
+        fetch_d = well_known_resolver.get_well_known(b"testserv")
+
+        clients = self.reactor.tcpClients
+        (host, port, client_factory, _timeout, _bindAddress) = clients.pop(0)
+        client_factory.clientConnectionFailed(None, Exception("nope"))
+        self.reactor.pump((0.4,))
+
+        r = self.successResultOf(fetch_d)
+        self.assertEqual(r.delegated_server, None)
+
 
 class TestCachePeriodFromHeaders(TestCase):
     def test_cache_control(self):

tests/util/caches/test_ttlcache.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def test_get(self):
         self.assertTrue("one" in self.cache)
         self.assertEqual(self.cache.get("one"), "1")
         self.assertEqual(self.cache["one"], "1")
-        self.assertEqual(self.cache.get_with_expiry("one"), ("1", 110))
+        self.assertEqual(self.cache.get_with_expiry("one"), ("1", 110, 10))
         self.assertEqual(self.cache._metrics.hits, 3)
         self.assertEqual(self.cache._metrics.misses, 0)
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def test_expiry(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.cache["two"], "2")
         self.assertEqual(self.cache["three"], "3")
 
-        self.assertEqual(self.cache.get_with_expiry("two"), ("2", 120))
+        self.assertEqual(self.cache.get_with_expiry("two"), ("2", 120, 20))
 
         self.assertEqual(self.cache._metrics.hits, 5)
         self.assertEqual(self.cache._metrics.misses, 0)