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Summary

This PR ensures that a scheduled restart task remains open until the restart actually completes and can be cancelled while waiting, instead of being marked complete as soon as Patroni acknowledges the scheduling request.

Changes

  • restart_instance.go (workflow): after requesting the restart, sleep
    until scheduled_at (if set), then poll the instance via a new activity
    until the restart is confirmed complete, before marking the task done.
  • activities/restart_instance.go: capture a baseline
    pg_postmaster_start_time before scheduling; add WaitForRestartComplete
    (cancellable poll loop, using the same task-watcher pattern as
    ApplyEvent) and CancelRestart (calls Patroni's DELETE /restart)
    activities.
  • Workflow cancellation cleanup now also calls CancelRestart against
    Patroni, so cancelling the task actually drops the schedule instead of
    only updating local task bookkeeping.
  • e2e/restart_instance_scheduled_test.go (new): covers a scheduled
    restart staying open until completion, and being cancellable mid-wait.

Testing

Verified:

  1. Create Cluster
  2. Create DB
cp1-req create-database '{
  "id": "restart-test",
  "spec": {
    "database_name": "restart_test",
    "database_users": [{"username": "admin", "password": "password", "attributes": ["SUPERUSER", "LOGIN"]}],
    "port": 0, "patroni_port": 0,
    "nodes": [{"name": "n1", "host_ids": ["host-1"]}]
  }
}' 
  1. Read Instance ID - INSTANCE_ID=$(cp1-req get-database restart-test | jq -r '.instances[0].id')
  2. Restart instance
 cp1-req restart-instance restart-test "${INSTANCE_ID}" \
    "$(jq -n --arg t "${SCHEDULED_AT}" '{scheduled_at: $t}')" | cp-follow-task
{
  "task": {
    "created_at": "2026-09-18T05:04:38Z",
    "status": "pending",
    "task_id": "01a0b2e7-0228-7071-a158-7212a7f57971",
    "type": "restart_instance"
  }
}

database entity restart-test task 01a0b2e7-0228-7071-a158-7212a7f57971 completed
  1. Before scheduling and after task completion
$ echo 'select pg_postmaster_start_time();' | cp-psql -i "${INSTANCE_ID}" -U admin
# before scheduling:
   pg_postmaster_start_time
-------------------------------
 2026-09-18 05:03:40.251655+00

# after the task reported completed:
   pg_postmaster_start_time
-------------------------------
 2026-09-18 05:05:24.440611+00
  1. Task stayed open through the scheduled wait, and Postgres genuinely restarted before it completed.
$ cp1-req restart-instance restart-test "${INSTANCE_ID}" '{"scheduled_at":"<5 min out>"}'
$ cp1-req cancel-database-task restart-test "${TASK_ID}"
{
  "status": "canceling",
  "task_id": "01a0b2e8-448d-75da-a8e8-6e5d9b05b6b2",
  "type": "restart_instance"
}

$ cp1-req get-database-task restart-test "${TASK_ID}"
{
  "completed_at": "2026-09-18T05:06:02Z",
  "status": "canceled",
  "task_id": "01a0b2e8-448d-75da-a8e8-6e5d9b05b6b2"
}

$ echo 'select pg_postmaster_start_time();' | cp-psql -i "${INSTANCE_ID}" -U admin
   pg_postmaster_start_time
-------------------------------
 2026-09-18 05:05:24.440611+00  

Checklist

  • Tests added or updated (unit and/or e2e, as needed)

PLAT-203

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The restart workflow captures a baseline postmaster start time, checks restart completion against the scheduled time, and attempts to cancel a scheduled restart during workflow cancellation. End-to-end tests check completion and cancellation.

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Scheduled restart workflow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Restart activity contracts and Patroni integration
server/internal/patroni/client.go, server/internal/workflows/activities/...
Activities retry baseline status retrieval, record the baseline postmaster start time, and poll Patroni for restart completion. Scheduled restart checks compare the observed start time with the scheduled time. The worker registers the cancellation and completion activities.
Scheduled restart workflow orchestration
api/apiv1/design/api.go, server/internal/workflows/restart_instance.go
The workflow passes the baseline start time and scheduled time to the completion activity. If workflow cancellation occurs after scheduling, the workflow attempts to cancel the restart. If cancellation fails, it attempts to mark the task failed. The restart-instance HTTP mapping no longer explicitly maps database_id, instance_id, or scheduled_at.
Scheduled restart end-to-end validation
e2e/restart_instance_scheduled_test.go
The test checks that the postmaster start time advances after restart completion and remains unchanged after cancellation and the scheduled time.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 226a6

A task can report a scheduled restart complete after a different restart, and the cancellation test may miss a retained schedule. Resolve these risks before merging.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: restart-instance tasks remain open until the restart completes.
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The restart waits, then carries on.
A baseline marks the starting place,
New timestamps show the changed state.
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In `@server/internal/workflows/activities/restart_instance.go`:
- Around line 166-173: Reset errCount to zero after a successful
patroniClient.GetInstanceStatus call in the restart polling flow, before
processing the returned status. Preserve the existing consecutive-error
threshold and failure behavior for repeated unsuccessful requests.
- Around line 64-68: Update the baseline status handling in the restart activity
around GetInstanceStatus: return the wrapped retrieval error when the call
fails, and return an error when PostmasterStartTime is nil instead of proceeding
with an empty baseline. Only schedule the restart and invoke
WaitForRestartComplete after assigning a valid baselinePostmasterStartTime.

In `@server/internal/workflows/restart_instance.go`:
- Around line 37-42: Track whether this workflow successfully created a
scheduled restart by setting a restartScheduled flag after
ExecuteRestartInstance succeeds, based on input.ScheduledAt being non-zero. In
the cancellation cleanup defer, construct and dispatch CancelRestart only when
restartScheduled is true; preserve the existing warning on cancellation
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if !status.InRunningState() || status.PostmasterStartTime == nil {
continue
}
if *status.PostmasterStartTime == input.BaselinePostmasterStartTime {

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To know when the restart finished, the code notes the database start time before scheduling, then waits for that value to change. But any restart changes it. If the database restarts for another reason while waiting, a failover for example, the code thinks our scheduled restart is done when it has not happened.

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PostmasterStartTime is actually the "before" value, but the name sounds like the current one. BaselinePostmasterStartTime would read better.

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The waiting step runs for every restart, not only scheduled ones. So a normal restart now also keeps its task open until the database is properly back. That is arguably better, but the PR title only mentions scheduled restarts, and anyone relying on the old quick finish will notice.

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tsivaprasad merged commit 15de932 into main Sep 24, 2026
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