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snapshotCache.DeleteResources has been a silent no-op since commit 3ca8faf (2025-01-16, "Concurrency"). That refactor moved the cache to getSnapshot/putSnapshot and a per-snapshot Mu. The old ClusterType-only body was commented out instead of being ported, and the function returns nil.

xlr8 publishes delete events when a service config, port or subset goes away, and when a gateway route stops referencing a backend. All of them have been dropped, so removed clusters stay in the snapshot and in Envoy until the proxy reconnects. We confirmed this live:

  • Waypoints: a stale, unrouted real-time-dispatcher/default cluster is on 62/62 zone-b waypoints connected to older xlr8 replicas, and on 0/8 connected to younger ones.
  • Gateway: removing a gateway backend left its cluster in xlr8's snapshot and in Envoy.

Changes

  1. DeleteResources is restored for all resource types.
    • It uses the same locking pattern as UpsertResources: getSnapshot, Snapshot.Mu, delete the items, bump the type version, putSnapshot, unlock, then info.mu and respondDeltaWatches.
    • Unknown names, nodes without a snapshot and unknown type URLs are no-ops, with no version bump and no watch response.
    • VersionMap needs no patching, because respondDeltaWatches/CreateDeltaWatch rebuild it through ConstructVersionMap.
  2. CreateDeltaWatch reports the removal of a type's last resource.
    • exists required the type to be non-empty. So if the last resource was deleted while the stream had no parked watch, a re-subscribing client with that version in its state got a parked watch and never received removed_resources.
    • exists now also holds when the client state has versions.
    • respondDelta still sends only when there are resources or removals, so there are no empty responses. A fresh stream on an empty type still parks.
  3. A type the snapshot has never populated does not cause removals (8f5c8a59f, 768484b33, tag v0.12.0-v3.2.3-beta.24).
    • Bug introduced by change 2 (tag beta.23): after an xlr8 restart the cache fills one type at a time (CDS first). A reconnecting Envoy's LDS request carries the listener version it holds; the CDS-only snapshot has no LDS items, so CreateDeltaWatch answered removed=[listener]. LDS was re-added moments later, so every gateway drained and re-added its listener on every xlr8 roll (seen live on the shadow gateway).
    • respondDelta now returns no response when the snapshot's map for the type is nil (never populated) and the client holds versions, so the watch stays parked until the type is set. The check sits in respondDelta, so the respondDeltaWatches path (an upsert of another type re-checking parked watches) is covered too.
    • A real delete of the last resource still reports the removal: DeleteResources leaves a non-nil empty map.
    • Verified live: two xlr8 restarts with xlr8 pinned to beta.24 left gateway listener_added/removed/modified, cluster_added/removed and listener last_updated unchanged.

Tests (pkg/cache/v3/delete_resources_test.go)

Each test failed against the old code first.

  • A parked wildcard CDS watch receives RemovedResources == ["b"].
  • A parked named (EDS-style) watch receives the removal of its CLA.
  • The last resource is deleted between watches, and the re-subscribe is answered immediately with the removal. A fresh stream still parks.
  • No-op cases: missing node, unknown name, unknown type. No version bump, and a parked watch stays silent.
  • A never-populated type parks on re-subscribe (ADS and non-ADS), including when another type is upserted, and answers without removals once the type is set.
  • An emptied type (last resource deleted) still answers the re-subscribe with the removal.

go test -race ./pkg/cache/v3/... -count=1: no data races and no new failures. 13 tests fail identically on nexus (e47cc846b), for example TestDeltaRemoveResources and TestSnapshotCacheDeltaWatch failing with "failed to get resource version". Those fixtures build resources without a Version, and ConstructVersionMap rejects that. This PR does not touch that.

Rollout note

This makes removals real fleet-wide after 8+ months of no-ops. The xlr8 side, a separate PR, gates delete events behind XDS_DELETE_MODE=off|log|on (default log), so we can audit what would be removed in preprod before turning deletes on. Please don't tag a release consumed by xlr8 prod until that xlr8 change lands.

Semantics differing from upstream

A caller that builds a full snapshot with SetSnapshot and omits a type to mean "none of this type" no longer triggers removals for clients holding that type; they stay parked. Pass the type with an empty slice to mean empty. xlr8 only uses UpsertResources/BatchUpsertResources/DeleteResources, so it is unaffected.

Known gap (follow-up in xlr8)

If a node's last resource of a type is deleted while xlr8 is down, the reconnecting client is not told to remove it: xlr8 never writes an empty type for a node whose generation returns nothing. Planned xlr8 fix: upsert an empty map when a full wildcard generation succeeds with zero resources.

Commit 3ca8faf disabled DeleteResources (body commented out, returns nil) during the getSnapshot/putSnapshot concurrency refactor. Deletes have been silent no-ops since: resources stayed in the snapshot and delta watches never received removed_resources.

Reimplement it for every resource type using the UpsertResources locking pattern (getSnapshot, Snapshot.Mu, putSnapshot, unlock, then info.mu and respondDeltaWatches). Unknown names and nodes without a snapshot are silent no-ops with no version bump. The VersionMap needs no patching because respondDeltaWatches rebuilds it via ConstructVersionMap.
…unknown type

CreateDeltaWatch treated a type with no resources as nothing to answer, so a client re-subscribing with versions after the last resource was deleted parked without removed_resources. Answer whenever the client still holds versions. DeleteResources also returns early for an unknown type URL instead of indexing out of range. The no-op test now asserts a parked watch gets no response.
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DeleteResources removes existing resources and notifies delta watches. Delta-watch handling distinguishes an emptied type from a type that was never populated. Tests cover removal notifications, resubscription, and no-op cases.

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Delta resource deletion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove resources and notify watches
pkg/cache/v3/simple.go, pkg/cache/v3/delete_resources_test.go
DeleteResources removes existing named resources, updates the snapshot version, and responds to delta watches. Tests cover wildcard and named watches, and no-op cases.
Handle watches for empty types
pkg/cache/v3/simple.go, pkg/cache/v3/delete_resources_test.go
CreateDeltaWatch considers client resource versions when the current resource set is empty. respondDelta parks watches for never-populated types and processes non-nil empty maps. Tests cover both behaviors.

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Deleting a resource can leave connected clients serving it until another update or reconnect, and concurrent deletion can crash the cache process. Resolve these risks before merging.

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- Line 598: Protect the resource-map length check in CreateDeltaWatch with
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Comment thread pkg/cache/v3/simple.go
removed := 0
for _, name := range resourcesToDeleted {
if _, ok := currentResources.Items[name]; ok {
delete(currentResources.Items, name)

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Protect the resource-map length check with Snapshot.Mu.

GetResourcesAndTTL returns the shared Items map. CreateDeltaWatch reads its length without Snapshot.Mu, while DeleteResources can delete from the same map under that mutex. Concurrent access can cause a data race. Protect the length check with Snapshot.Mu.

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Protect the resource-map length check in CreateDeltaWatch with Snapshot.Mu,
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After a control-plane restart the cache builds types one at a time. A client reconnecting with versions for a type the snapshot has never populated (nil Items) was answered with removed_resources for everything it held, so Envoy drained and re-added its listeners on every roll. respondDelta now parks such a watch until the type is set. A type emptied by deleting its last resource keeps a non-nil empty map and still reports the removal.
@krhitesh7 krhitesh7 changed the title cache: restore DeleteResources (silent no-op since 3ca8faf7); report last-resource removal on re-subscribe cache: restore DeleteResources; report last-resource removal on re-subscribe; never remove a never-populated type Oct 5, 2026

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🟠 Major · Notify SotW watches when DeleteResources changes the snapshot. · simple.go:611-617

pkg/cache/v3/simple.go:611-617
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Notify SotW watches when DeleteResources changes the snapshot.

DeleteResources increments the resource version and removes the resource, but this path calls only respondDeltaWatches. A parked SotW client therefore keeps serving the deleted resource until another update or reconnect. Call respondSOTWWatches before respondDeltaWatches, as SetSnapshot does.

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 		info.mu.Lock()
 		defer info.mu.Unlock()
+		if err := cache.respondSOTWWatches(ctx, info, snapshot); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		return cache.respondDeltaWatches(ctx, info, snapshot)
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In DeleteResources, notify parked SotW watches after locking info and before
calling respondDeltaWatches, using the updated snapshot. Return any error from
respondSOTWWatches so delta watches are only notified if the SotW notification
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- Around line 611-617: In DeleteResources, notify parked SotW watches after
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Also noticed (minor or nit, not blocking, not raised inline):

  • pkg/cache/v3/simple.go:963: CreateDeltaWatch reads the snapshot (line 963) and computes exists (line 968, the line this change edits) before it takes info.mu (line 982). If SetSnapshot or UpsertResources runs in that gap, its respondDeltaWatches pass finishes before this watch is registered. The watch is then parked (delayedResponse = !exists) even though the snapshot now has the data, and it stays unanswered until the next upsert of any type for that node. The comment at 975-981 says the 'up to date' decision and the watch registration are one atomic step. The new || len(state.GetResourceVersions()) > 0 clause closes the gap only for re-subscribers that hold versions and whose snapshot already exists. It stays open when the snapshot is nil (a reconnect before the first post-restart upsert, which creates the snapshot through SetSnapshot) and for fresh streams on an empty type. (minor)

Comment thread pkg/cache/v3/simple.go
snapshot.(*Snapshot).Mu.Unlock()

// VersionMap needs no patching: respondDeltaWatches rebuilds it via ConstructVersionMap.
if info := cache.getStatus(node); info != nil {

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major · Confirmed by a failing test

DeleteResources leaves parked SOTW clients serving deleted clusters and listeners.

Evidence: CreateWatch parks current-version SOTW requests in info.watches (simple.go:864-870), but DeleteResources only calls respondDeltaWatches, which returns immediately when no delta watches exist (689-695). The shared cache serves both protocols (pkg/server/v3/server.go:168-172). Consequently, deleting a cluster or listener changes the snapshot without notifying an existing SOTW stream. Those clients require a replacement response to observe deletion, per the xDS deletion contract.

Suggestion: In go-control-plane#21, call respondSOTWWatches under info.mu before respondDeltaWatches and propagate its error, as SetSnapshot does. Add a parked SOTW CDS/LDS deletion test; this belongs in the cache rather than the nexus#946 caller.

Found independently by 1 of 4 reviewers.

Verified: TestDeleteResources_NotifiesParkedSOTWWatch in pkg/cache/v3/delete_resources_sotw_test.go fails at this head. Its input comes from running the production writer.

--- FAIL: TestDeleteResources_NotifiesParkedSOTWWatch (0.00s)
    delete_resources_sotw_test.go:55: parked SOTW watch was not notified of the cluster deletion
FAIL
FAIL	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/cache/v3	0.916s
FAIL
test
package cache_test

import (
	"context"
	"testing"

	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"

	clusterv3 "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/config/cluster/v3"
	core "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/config/core/v3"
	"github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/cache/types"
	"github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/cache/v3"
	rsrc "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/resource/v3"
	"github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/server/stream/v3"
)

// A SOTW CDS client that is up to date parks its watch in the shared cache. Deleting a
// cluster changes the snapshot; the parked SOTW watch must receive a replacement
// state-of-the-world response without the deleted cluster.
func TestDeleteResources_NotifiesParkedSOTWWatch(t *testing.T) {
	ctx := context.Background()
	c := cache.NewSnapshotCache(true, group{}, nil)
	const node = "n1"
	require.NoError(t, c.UpsertResources(ctx, node, rsrc.ClusterType, map[string]*types.ResourceWithTTL{
		"a": {Resource: &clusterv3.Cluster{Name: "a"}, Version: "1"},
		"b": {Resource: &clusterv3.Cluster{Name: "b"}, Version: "1"},
	}))

	snap, err := c.GetSnapshot(node)
	require.NoError(t, err)
	version := snap.GetVersion(rsrc.ClusterType)

	// Wildcard SOTW CDS request at the current version: the client already holds a+b.
	req := &cache.Request{TypeUrl: rsrc.ClusterType, Node: &core.Node{Id: node}, VersionInfo: version}
	ch := make(chan cache.Response, 1)
	cancel := c.CreateWatch(req, stream.NewStreamState(true, nil), ch)
	require.NotNil(t, cancel)
	defer cancel()
	require.Empty(t, ch, "up-to-date SOTW request must park")

	require.NoError(t, c.DeleteResources(ctx, node, rsrc.ClusterType, []string{"b"}))

	select {
	case r := <-ch:
		raw, ok := r.(*cache.RawResponse)
		require.True(t, ok)
		names := make([]string, 0, len(raw.Resources))
		for _, res := range raw.Resources {
			names = append(names, res.Name)
		}
		assert.Equal(t, []string{"a"}, names, "replacement response must omit the deleted cluster")
		assert.NotEqual(t, version, raw.Version)
	default:
		t.Fatal("parked SOTW watch was not notified of the cluster deletion")
	}
}

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