fix(router): add configurable SSE server write timeout - #3172
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WalkthroughChangesThis change adds configurable SSE write deadlines. The deadlines cover initial responses, data writes, heartbeats, completion frames, and flushes. Tests cover configuration validation, writer errors, disabled timeouts, and Kafka subscription recovery. SSE write timeout
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to This PR adds an opt-in SSE write timeout to prevent stalled clients from blocking subscription delivery. The remaining merge-readiness concern is limited to an integration test that can wait on initial reads until the outer timeout; this is bounded test fragility requiring owner awareness or follow-up, not a demonstrated production failure. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@router-tests/events/kafka_sse_write_timeout_test.go`:
- Around line 186-206: In the recovery sequence, move
xEnv.WaitForSubscriptionCount(1, EventWaitTimeout) before publishing the
recovery event, then publish that first post-wait event with
KafkaPublishUntilReceived instead of ProduceKafkaMessage. Keep the existing SSE
read and validation logic unchanged.
In `@router/pkg/config/config.schema.json`:
- Around line 4154-4159: Reject negative values for sse_server_write_timeout by
adding a zero-duration minimum to its schema and updating duration.Validate to
enforce minimum values when configured as zero. Ensure the
ENGINE_SSE_SERVER_WRITE_TIMEOUT environment-variable path also applies the same
duration validation instead of bypassing schema constraints.
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| "sse_server_write_timeout": { | ||
| "type": "string", | ||
| "format": "go-duration", | ||
| "default": "0s", |
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should we set this default to 10s like ws?
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In `@router-tests/events/kafka_sse_write_timeout_test.go`:
- Around line 212-214: Update the initial healthy-reader assertions around
readSSEData to perform reads through a buffered result channel, fail locally
after EventWaitTimeout, and close each response body when the test exits so
blocked reader goroutines and network resources are released.
Apply the same fix in `@router-tests/events/kafka_sse_write_timeout_test.go` at
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Bound the initial SSE reads.
readSSEData blocks in bufio.Reader.ReadString without a local timeout. If a healthy subscription does not receive id:1, Line 213 blocks until the outer test timeout.
Read through a buffered result channel and fail after EventWaitTimeout. Close the response body when the test exits to release the reader goroutine.
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+ type readResult struct {
+ data string
+ err error
+ blockedWriteHadReturned bool
+ }
for _, reader := range healthyReaders {
- require.Contains(t, readSSEData(t, reader), `"id":1`)
+ resultCh := make(chan readResult, 1)
+ go func(reader *bufio.Reader) {
+ data, err := readSSEDataLine(reader)
+ resultCh <- readResult{data: data, err: err}
+ }(reader)
+
+ select {
+ case result := <-resultCh:
+ require.NoError(t, result.err)
+ require.Contains(t, result.data, `"id":1`)
+ case <-time.After(EventWaitTimeout):
+ t.Fatal("healthy subscription did not receive the initial event")
+ }
}
- type readResult struct {
- data string
- err error
- blockedWriteHadReturned bool
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In `@router-tests/events/kafka_sse_write_timeout_test.go` around lines 212 - 214,
Update the initial healthy-reader assertions around readSSEData to perform reads
through a buffered result channel, fail locally after EventWaitTimeout, and
close each response body when the test exits so blocked reader goroutines and
network resources are released.
Apply the same fix in `@router-tests/events/kafka_sse_write_timeout_test.go` at
line 193.
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Closes #3175.
Summary
Extract the downstream SSE write-deadline portion of #3163 into a focused change without hydration recovery, retry handling, metrics, or pub/sub cleanup.
This brings SSE delivery conceptually in line with the existing
engine.websocket_server_write_timeout: both bound individual downstream writes so a stalled client cannot indefinitely block subscription delivery. SSE remains separately configurable and disabled by default for backward compatibility.The Kafka integration regression test reproduces the shared-trigger failure directly: one blocked SSE subscriber holds the current dispatch while a second event is queued, preventing that event from reaching two healthy subscribers. With the SSE timeout disabled, the test fails because the blocked write never returns. With the timeout enabled, the write expires, the stalled subscriber is removed, and both healthy subscribers receive the queued event.
engine.sse_server_write_timeoutandENGINE_SSE_SERVER_WRITE_TIMEOUT, disabled by defaultHow to test
go test -race ./core ./pkg/configinrouter/.go test ./...andgo vet ./...inrouter/.go test -run '^$' ./eventsinrouter-tests/to compile the integration package.go test -run TestKafkaSubscriptionRecoversAfterSSEWriteTimeout ./eventsinrouter-tests/. The test queues a second provider event while one SSE subscriber is blocked, verifies two healthy subscribers do not receive it before the deadline releases shared-trigger dispatch, and then verifies both receive it.Summary by CodeRabbit
sse_server_write_timeoutorENGINE_SSE_SERVER_WRITE_TIMEOUT.0s).Checklist
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