fix(symlinkguard): deliver alerts beside the scan, not inside it (#164) (#180)
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Co-authored-by: Mathias <mthbqv@gmail.com>
This commit was merged in pull request #180.
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2026-10-05 14:48:16 +00:00
committed by mathias
parent c0be5c473c
commit 8c48e2e343
2 changed files with 372 additions and 3 deletions
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
package symlinkguard
import (
"bytes"
"context"
"errors"
"fmt"
"os"
"log/slog"
"path/filepath"
"strconv"
"strings"
@@ -345,13 +347,19 @@ func TestWatchDropsAMessageThatNeverSendsSoLaterAlertsFlow(t *testing.T) {
}, 3*time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond, "a later alert is delivered despite a poison message")
}
// toggleNotifier fails while down is set.
// toggleNotifier fails while down is set. Like the real audit.NtfyNotifier
// (http.NewRequestWithContext), it also fails, without recording, when its
// ctx is already done (PR #180 round 2: notifiers that ignored ctx let a
// final flush on the cancelled ctx pass).
type toggleNotifier struct {
recNotifier
down atomic.Bool
}
func (r *toggleNotifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, m string) error {
if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
return err
}
if r.down.Load() {
return errors.New("ntfy down")
}
@@ -496,3 +504,271 @@ func TestWatchDropsAPoisonMessageAndCountsIt(t *testing.T) {
return false
}, 3*time.Second, 5*time.Millisecond, "the dropped poison alert is counted in a summary")
}
// hungNotifier answers every Notify only after latency (or when ctx ends),
// with an outage error: an ntfy that accepts connections but never responds
// until its timeout.
type hungNotifier struct{ latency time.Duration }
func (h hungNotifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, _ string) error {
select {
case <-time.After(h.latency):
case <-ctx.Done():
}
return errors.New("ntfy timeout")
}
func waitGone(t *testing.T, link string) {
t.Helper()
require.Eventually(t, func() bool { _, err := os.Lstat(link); return os.IsNotExist(err) }, 10*time.Second, time.Millisecond)
}
// hyperguild#164: alerts were flushed in the scan goroutine, so with a hung
// ntfy and a full queue one flush (6 x notify timeout) delayed the next scan.
// The notifier here is slower than the interval, as in production (10 s
// timeout vs 30 s interval with 6 messages), so the alert handoff is full:
// a scan that waited on it would keep a link for seconds.
func TestWatchLinkLifetimeStaysNearOneIntervalWithANotifierSlowerThanTheInterval(t *testing.T) {
const interval = 100 * time.Millisecond
brain := t.TempDir()
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
defer cancel()
go Watch(ctx, brain, interval, hungNotifier{latency: 400 * time.Millisecond})
for i := 0; i < 2*maxPending+3; i++ { // overfill queue and handoff
link := filepath.Join(brain, "fill"+strconv.Itoa(i))
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(t.TempDir(), link))
waitGone(t, link)
}
var worst time.Duration
for i := 0; i < 6; i++ {
link := filepath.Join(brain, "probe"+strconv.Itoa(i))
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(t.TempDir(), link))
planted := time.Now()
waitGone(t, link)
worst = max(worst, time.Since(planted))
}
assert.LessOrEqual(t, worst, interval+interval/2, "worst link lifetime %v with a hung notifier", worst)
}
// Review of PR #180: delivery waited for its own tick, about one interval
// after the removal. An alert is now flushed as soon as it is handed over.
func TestWatchDeliversARemovalAlertWellWithinOneInterval(t *testing.T) {
const interval = 400 * time.Millisecond
brain := t.TempDir()
n := &recNotifier{}
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
defer cancel()
go Watch(ctx, brain, interval, n)
link := filepath.Join(brain, "prompt")
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(t.TempDir(), link))
waitGone(t, link)
removed := time.Now()
require.Eventually(t, func() bool { return n.count() == 1 }, 2*time.Second, time.Millisecond)
assert.Less(t, time.Since(removed), interval/4)
}
// Review of PR #180: on ctx end, deliver returned without draining what the
// scan had handed over, so a removal just before shutdown was neither
// delivered nor counted. Watch now drains and flushes before returning.
func TestWatchDeliversAnAlertHandedOverJustBeforeShutdown(t *testing.T) {
for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
brain := t.TempDir()
n := &recNotifier{}
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
done := make(chan struct{})
go func() { Watch(ctx, brain, 5*time.Millisecond, n); close(done) }()
link := filepath.Join(brain, "late")
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(t.TempDir(), link))
waitGone(t, link)
cancel()
<-done
require.Equal(t, 1, n.count(), "iteration %d: the removal alert was lost at shutdown", i)
}
}
// blockingNotifier holds every Notify until its ctx ends, tracking calls in
// flight.
type blockingNotifier struct{ inFlight atomic.Int32 }
func (b *blockingNotifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, _ string) error {
b.inFlight.Add(1)
defer b.inFlight.Add(-1)
<-ctx.Done()
return ctx.Err()
}
// Watch does not return while its delivery goroutine is still notifying.
func TestWatchReturnsOnlyAfterDeliveryHasStopped(t *testing.T) {
prev := shutdownFlushTimeout
shutdownFlushTimeout = 50 * time.Millisecond
t.Cleanup(func() { shutdownFlushTimeout = prev })
brain := t.TempDir()
n := &blockingNotifier{}
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
done := make(chan struct{})
go func() { Watch(ctx, brain, 5*time.Millisecond, n); close(done) }()
link := filepath.Join(brain, "x")
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(t.TempDir(), link))
waitGone(t, link)
require.Eventually(t, func() bool { return n.inFlight.Load() == 1 }, 2*time.Second, time.Millisecond)
cancel()
select {
case <-done:
case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
t.Fatal("Watch did not return after cancel")
}
assert.Zero(t, n.inFlight.Load(), "Notify still running after Watch returned")
}
// slowToggleNotifier fails slowly (a hung ntfy) while down, then records.
type slowToggleNotifier struct {
recNotifier
down atomic.Bool
latency time.Duration
}
func (r *slowToggleNotifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, m string) error {
if r.down.Load() {
select {
case <-time.After(r.latency):
case <-ctx.Done():
}
return errors.New("ntfy timeout")
}
return r.recNotifier.Notify(ctx, m)
}
// Review of PR #180: with a slow notifier the scan's handoff overflows, and
// those alerts exist only in the overflow counter. Every removal is still
// delivered or counted in the summary.
func TestWatchCountsHandoffOverflowWithASlowNotifier(t *testing.T) {
brain := t.TempDir()
n := &slowToggleNotifier{latency: 30 * time.Millisecond}
n.down.Store(true)
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
defer cancel()
go Watch(ctx, brain, 2*time.Millisecond, n)
const plants = 40
for i := 0; i < plants; i++ {
link := filepath.Join(brain, "ov"+strconv.Itoa(i))
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(t.TempDir(), link))
waitGone(t, link)
}
n.down.Store(false)
delivered, counted := 0, 0
require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
n.mu.Lock()
defer n.mu.Unlock()
delivered, counted = 0, 0
for _, m := range n.msgs {
if strings.Contains(m, "removed 1 symlink(s)") {
delivered++
}
if i := strings.Index(m, "): "); i >= 0 && strings.Contains(m, "suppressed") {
var c int
_, _ = fmt.Sscanf(m[i+3:], "%d", &c)
counted += c
}
}
return delivered+counted == plants
}, 5*time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond, "delivered %d + counted %d of %d", delivered, counted, plants)
}
// An alert still queued when Watch stops (its send failed, the notifier has
// since recovered, the retry tick has not come) is flushed once more before
// Watch returns, on a ctx that is not the cancelled one: toggleNotifier fails
// on a done ctx, as the real ntfy notifier does.
func TestWatchFinalFlushSendsAQueuedAlertOnACtxThatOutlivesTheCancel(t *testing.T) {
brain := t.TempDir()
n := &toggleNotifier{}
n.down.Store(true)
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
done := make(chan struct{})
go func() { Watch(ctx, brain, 300*time.Millisecond, n); close(done) }()
link := filepath.Join(brain, "queued")
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(t.TempDir(), link))
waitGone(t, link)
time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond) // let the immediate send fail
n.down.Store(false)
cancel()
<-done
assert.Equal(t, 1, n.count(), "the queued alert was not flushed at shutdown")
}
// lockedBuffer is a goroutine-safe log sink: Watch goroutines of earlier
// tests may still log while one test captures.
type lockedBuffer struct {
mu sync.Mutex
buf bytes.Buffer
}
func (b *lockedBuffer) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
b.mu.Lock()
defer b.mu.Unlock()
return b.buf.Write(p)
}
func (b *lockedBuffer) String() string { b.mu.Lock(); defer b.mu.Unlock(); return b.buf.String() }
func captureLog(t *testing.T) *lockedBuffer {
t.Helper()
b := &lockedBuffer{}
prev := slog.Default()
slog.SetDefault(slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(b, nil)))
t.Cleanup(func() { slog.SetDefault(prev) })
return b
}
// PR #180 round 2: when the final flush fails (ntfy hung at shutdown) the
// undelivered alerts vanished with only "will retry" warnings. Watch now logs
// one error with both counts.
func TestWatchLogsUndeliveredAndSuppressedCountsWhenTheFinalFlushFails(t *testing.T) {
prev := shutdownFlushTimeout
shutdownFlushTimeout = 50 * time.Millisecond
t.Cleanup(func() { shutdownFlushTimeout = prev })
logs := captureLog(t)
brain := t.TempDir()
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
done := make(chan struct{})
go func() { Watch(ctx, brain, 5*time.Millisecond, hungNotifier{latency: time.Hour}); close(done) }()
link := filepath.Join(brain, "lost")
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(t.TempDir(), link))
waitGone(t, link)
cancel()
<-done
out := logs.String()
assert.Contains(t, out, "level=ERROR")
assert.Contains(t, out, `msg="symlink tripwire alerts not delivered at shutdown"`)
assert.Contains(t, out, "undelivered=1")
assert.Contains(t, out, "suppressed=0")
}
// deliver, given a handoff that already holds alerts and is closed, moves them
// into the queue and runs the final flush, even though the ctx is cancelled:
// the drain-on-close path, without depending on when the close lands.
func TestDeliverFlushesAlertsDrainedFromAClosedHandoffOnACancelledCtx(t *testing.T) {
alerts := make(chan string, 3)
alerts <- "a1"
alerts <- "a2"
close(alerts)
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
cancel()
n := &toggleNotifier{}
var overflow atomic.Int64
deliver(ctx, time.Hour, n, alerts, &overflow)
assert.Equal(t, []string{"a1", "a2"}, n.msgs)
}
// PR #180 round 2: when the first receive after close finds the handoff empty,
// overflow counted by the scan was never moved into the summary.
func TestDeliverCountsOverflowWhenTheHandoffIsClosedAndEmpty(t *testing.T) {
alerts := make(chan string)
close(alerts)
n := &recNotifier{}
var overflow atomic.Int64
overflow.Store(3)
deliver(context.Background(), time.Hour, n, alerts, &overflow)
require.Len(t, n.msgs, 1)
assert.Contains(t, n.msgs[0], "3 further alert(s)")
}