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Summary

Fix critical VFS bugs that prevented production use and add comprehensive testing infrastructure to ensure reliability.

Critical Bug Fixes

Page Size Support

  • Fix hardcoded 4096-byte page size assumption in ReadAt() cache offset calculation (vfs.go:517)
  • Now dynamically detects and respects page size from database header
  • Supports all 8 SQLite page sizes: 512B, 1024B, 2048B, 4096B, 8192B, 16384B, 32768B, 65536B
  • Impact: Previous implementation would corrupt data or panic on non-4KB databases

Temp File Handling

  • Implement comprehensive temp file support (temp DBs, journals, sub-journals, DeleteOnClose)
  • Fix SQLITE_IOERR_DELETE errors from SQLite's duplicate deletion attempts (vfs.go:86-100)
  • Track temp file names separately from paths to tolerate already-deleted files
  • Add proper temp directory lifecycle management with cleanup
  • Impact: VFS now handles queries requiring temp tables, sorting, and complex operations

Lock State Tracking

  • Fix CheckReservedLock() to report true when file holds at least a reserved lock (vfs.go:625-678)
  • Previously always returned false; now correctly reflects current lock state
  • Note: localTempFile helper uses atomic lock-type storage (vfs.go:252-321), but VFSFile uses direct state checking
  • Impact: Prevents transaction isolation issues and incorrect lock state reporting

Network Resilience

  • Add retry logic with exponential backoff for transient network errors (vfs.go:568-620)
  • 6 retry attempts with 15ms base delay for page fetches
  • Distinguishes retryable errors (timeouts, connection issues) from permanent failures
  • Impact: VFS survives transient network failures gracefully in production

Commit Rollback Detection

  • Add commit tracking and pendingReplace logic to detect database shrinkage (vfs.go:300-320)
  • Supports auto-vacuum operations that reduce database size
  • Impact: FileSize() returns accurate values after vacuuming, trimmed pages disappear correctly

Testing Infrastructure

New Test Files

  • cmd/litestream-vfs/main_test.go - Integration tests expanded to 31 scenarios (+1874 lines)
  • vfs_test.go - Unit tests for VFS internals (987 lines)
  • cmd/litestream-vfs/chaos_test.go - Chaos engineering with network failure injection (230 lines)
  • cmd/litestream-vfs/fuzz_test.go - Fuzzing harness for replica read patterns (162 lines)
  • cmd/litestream-vfs/stress_test.go - Race detector stress tests (96 lines)
  • cmd/litestream-vfs/vfs_soak_test.go - Long-running stability tests (140 lines)
  • docs/VFS_TEST_PLAN.md - Comprehensive test plan with 34 scenarios (1068 lines)

Test Coverage

  • Page sizes: All 8 SQLite page sizes with lock page boundary handling at 1GB
  • Concurrency: 100+ concurrent readers and writers with overlapping transactions
  • Storage failures: Timeouts, partial reads, corruption, eventual consistency simulation
  • Network conditions: Latency injection, connection scaling, failure recovery
  • Temp files: Delete-on-close semantics, lifecycle management, cleanup verification
  • Lock states: State machine transitions, pending index isolation, reserved lock detection
  • Cache: Hit/miss behavior, invalidation during commits, memory management
  • PRAGMA queries: Query behavior validation, page count accuracy

Production Readiness

These fixes enable VFS to:

  • ✅ Work with any SQLite page size (not just 4KB)
  • ✅ Handle temp files correctly (queries using temp tables, sorting, complex operations)
  • ✅ Survive transient network failures gracefully
  • ✅ Support databases with auto-vacuum enabled
  • ✅ Maintain correct lock state for SQLite's transaction isolation requirements
  • ✅ Operate reliably under concurrent workloads and high load

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@corylanou corylanou changed the title feat(vfs): add comprehensive integration tests test(vfs): add comprehensive integration and unit tests Nov 13, 2025
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benbjohnson commented Nov 13, 2025

High-concurrency scenarios (100+ readers, continuous writes)

One issue we may have with the existing implementation is that I'm not sure if continuous read transactions will block updates indefinitely. It's not something we need to fix before release but it's good to know. The VFS is not meant for high volume or high performance usage so it's unlikely to be a big issue.

corylanou and others added 12 commits November 19, 2025 10:12
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feat(vfs): add comprehensive integration tests for VFS functionality
c204643 
Add extensive integration tests covering high-load scenarios, concurrent
reads/writes, long-running soak tests, and large result set sorting.
Includes temp file support infrastructure for SQLite operations.

Tests:
- TestVFS_HighLoadConcurrentReads: 8 concurrent readers with continuous
  write operations (inserts/updates/deletes) at 50ms sync intervals
- TestVFS_LongRunningSoak: Sustained 5-10 minute test with 2 writers
  and 4 readers at aggressive 75ms intervals
- TestVFS_SortingLargeResultSet: 25,000 row sorting test with PRAGMA
  temp_store=FILE to verify temp file handling

Implementation:
- Add localTempFile implementation for SQLite temp/transient files
- Add VFS temp file management (tracking, deletion, access control)
- Add test helpers for data seeding and replica synchronization
- Use build tag 'soak' for long-running tests

Addresses comprehensive VFS testing requirements including edge cases,
performance under load, and SQLite temp file operations.

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test(vfs): add comprehensive integration and unit tests
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Add extensive test coverage for VFS functionality including:

Integration tests (cmd/litestream-vfs/main_test.go):
- High-load concurrent read/write scenarios with 8+ concurrent readers
- Long-running transaction stress tests validating snapshot isolation
- Overlapping transaction commit storms with rapid BEGIN/COMMIT cycles
- Storage backend failure injection (timeout, server errors, partial reads)
- Multiple page size support (512B-65KB) with data integrity validation
- Polling thread recovery from transient backend failures
- Rapid update coalescing with millisecond-level synchronization
- Poll interval edge cases (fast 5ms and slow 200ms intervals)
- Initial snapshot blocking behavior

Unit tests (vfs_lock_test.go):
- SQLite lock state machine validation (NONE→SHARED→RESERVED→EXCLUSIVE)
- Pending index race conditions with concurrent index updates
- Index memory leak detection ensuring bounded growth
- Auto-vacuum shrinking with commit size reduction
- Database header journal mode rewriting to DELETE
- Lock page boundary handling at 1GB offset for all page sizes
- Temp file lifecycle stress with 400 concurrent operations
- Temp file collision handling and delete-on-close cleanup
- Temp directory exhaustion error propagation
- Context cancellation propagation to blocked polling threads

Production improvements:
- Add full temp file support in VFS for SQLite temp databases/journals
- Fix VFS.Close() to properly cancel context and wait for goroutines
- Add FetchLTXHeader() helper for retrieving LTX file metadata

Documentation:
- Add comprehensive VFS test plan (docs/VFS_TEST_PLAN.md)
- Document 34 test scenarios with 62% completion (21/34 tests)
- Track known issues including hardcoded page size assumption

These tests exercise critical VFS functionality including transaction
isolation, concurrent access patterns, failure recovery, and SQLite-specific
behaviors like lock pages and temp file management.

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test(vfs): add advanced integration tests for edge cases and failure …
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…modes

Expand VFS test coverage from 65% to 91% with 9 new integration tests
targeting production edge cases:

Integration tests (main_test.go):
- TestVFS_CacheMissStorm: Behavior under cache pressure (5KB cache)
- TestVFS_NetworkLatencySensitivity: Replica behavior with network latency
- TestVFS_ConcurrentConnectionScaling: 32 concurrent connections under load
- TestVFS_PartialLTXUpload: Recovery from incomplete LTX file uploads
- TestVFS_S3EventualConsistency: Behavior with eventual consistency delays
- TestVFS_FileDescriptorBudget: FD management under ulimit constraints
- TestVFS_PageIndexOOM: Handling OOM during page index loading
- TestVFS_PageIndexCorruptionRecovery: Recovery from corrupted index data
- BenchmarkVFS_LargeDatabase: Performance benchmarking on 20k row database

Specialized test suites (require build tags):
- chaos_test.go: Random 5% failure injection with 16 concurrent readers
- fuzz_test.go: Fuzzing harness for read pattern validation
- stress_test.go: Race detector stress test with 64 readers

Test infrastructure improvements:
- Enhanced error detection for sqlite3.Error types and "SQL logic error"
- New mock clients: latencyReplicaClient, eventualConsistencyClient,
  fdLimitedReplicaClient, oomPageIndexClient, corruptingPageIndexClient
- Added waitForTableRowCount() helper for table-specific synchronization
- Timing adjustments in existing tests for improved reliability

Unit tests (vfs_lock_test.go):
- TestVFSFile_CorruptedPageIndexRecovery: Corrupted index data handling

Documentation:
- Update VFS_TEST_PLAN.md progress tracking (31/34 tests, 91% complete)
- Add Ben's guidance note on high-concurrency test expectations

These tests validate production readiness by exercising critical failure
scenarios: network conditions, resource exhaustion, data corruption, and
eventual consistency behaviors.

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fix(vfs): integrate dual-polling with resilient page fetch and enhanc…
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…ed error handling

Merges Ben's dual-level polling architecture (PR #837) with resilient error
handling for production stability:

- Add retry logic to ReadAt() with exponential backoff (6 attempts, 15ms base delay)
- Implement isRetryablePageError() for transient failures (EOF, context timeout, NotExist)
- Preserve L0/L1 dual polling with maxTXID1 tracking and gap detection
- Add commit rollback detection via baseCommit/replaceIndex logic
- Extend isBusyError() to handle "converting NULL to int" scan errors
- Fix chaos_test.go to retry on busy errors in rows.Scan() and rows.Err() paths

Tests passing:
- TestVFS_PageIndexCorruptionRecovery
- TestVFS_MultiplePageSizes
- TestVFS_FuzzSeedCorpus
- TestVFS_S3EventualConsistency
- TestVFS_FileDescriptorBudget
- TestVFS_LongRunningTxnStress
- TestVFS_ChaosEngineering (with chaos tag)

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refactor(vfs): simplify failure injection with per-read error hooks
888a6d8 
Replace wrapper-based failure injection with direct error injection
mechanism for cleaner, more deterministic testing.

Changes:
- Add per-read context markers (IsVFSPageFetchContext, PageFetchFileName)
- Add InjectNextVFSReadError() for test failure injection
- Add pendingReplace flag to handle full index replacement during locks
- Simplify TestVFS_StorageFailureInjection and TestVFS_PartialLTXUpload
- Fix TestVFSFile_NonContiguousTXIDError to verify gap behavior
- Add TestVFSFile_PendingIndexReplacementRemovesStalePages

The new injection mechanism eliminates the need for wrapper clients,
making tests more focused and easier to understand. Context markers
enable future observability features.

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refactor(vfs): replace global error injection with interceptor pattern
26c5c01 
Replace global pageReadFailures map and InjectNextVFSReadError() with
VFSReadInterceptor interface. This eliminates global mutable state and
enables per-VFS instance interceptors for improved testability and
concurrent usage.

Changes:
- Add VFSReadInterceptor interface for observing page reads
- Add SetReadInterceptor() methods on VFS and VFSFile
- Remove global pageReadFailures map and associated mutex
- Update tests to use local vfsReadErrorInjector instances

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test(vfs): add comprehensive integration tests with failure injection
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Add extensive VFS test coverage using wrapper-based failure injection.

Test infrastructure:
- testVFS wrapper with per-database error injection
- injectingFile for ReadAt() interception
- faultInjectingReplicaClient for storage-level failures

Test coverage (31 integration tests):
- Concurrent access (100+ readers, 32 connections)
- Stress scenarios (high load, 20K rows)
- Failure injection (storage errors, partial reads)
- Edge cases (long txns, empty DBs)
- L1 compaction support

Additional test suites:
- Chaos tests (5% random failures)
- Fuzz tests (random read patterns)
- Stress tests (memory pressure)
- Lock unit tests (state machine)

Production enhancements:
- Dual L0/L1 polling
- Resilient page fetch (retry logic)
- Temp file support
- Context helpers for testing

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refactor(vfs): simplify error injection to use direct function calls
67c78b2 
Replace context-based error injection with direct InjectNextVFSReadError()
function. The new approach stores failures in a global map keyed by database
path, eliminating the need to thread context through ReplicaClient calls.

This simplifies the testing infrastructure by removing:
- faultInjectingReplicaClient wrapper
- Context value propagation through OpenLTXFile
- 68 lines of test scaffolding

The new approach uses a single injection point in VFSFile.ReadAt() that
checks for injected errors before each page read.

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fix(vfs): improve temp file deletion and level-1 position initialization
2cc044b 
- Refactor Delete() error handling for clearer control flow
- Ignore ErrNotExist when removing temp files from disk
- Seed maxTXID1 during Open() based on restore plan for correct dual-polling
- Add tests for Open() position seeding and Delete() edge cases

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fix(vfs): correct temp file lock state tracking
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Replace counter-based lock tracking with actual lock type storage in
localTempFile. CheckReservedLock() now accurately reflects whether the
lock is at Reserved level or higher, rather than just checking if any
lock operation occurred.

Add TestLocalTempFileLocking to validate lock state transitions and
CheckReservedLock behavior.

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docs(replica): add documentation comment for FetchLTXHeader
3cca58c 
Add missing documentation comment for the FetchLTXHeader helper function
to improve code clarity.

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refactor(vfs): consolidate temp file tests into vfs_test.go
3428aad 
Move all VFS unit tests from vfs_lock_test.go into vfs_test.go for
better organization alongside the integration tests. Inline the
localTempFile implementation directly in vfs.go using sync/atomic
for lock state tracking, removing the need for vfs_temp_file.go.

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fix: remove leftover merge conflict marker
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refactor(vfs): remove unused page fetch context functions
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Removes contextWithPageFetch, IsVFSPageFetchContext, and PageFetchFileName
which are no longer needed. Simplifies ReadAt to use f.ctx directly.

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fix(vfs): handle temp file deletion and page size in cache
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Fix two critical VFS bugs:

1. Temp file deletion: Track temp file names separately from paths to
   tolerate SQLite cleanup of already-deleted files. SQLite may attempt
   to delete temp/journal files multiple times; we now return success
   (os.ErrNotExist) for known temp files even if already unlinked,
   preventing SQLITE_IOERR_DELETE errors while still protecting the
   main replica from deletion.

2. Cache page offset: Use actual negotiated page size instead of
   hardcoded 4096 bytes when calculating offsets in cached pages.
   Previous implementation panicked on sub-4KB pages and returned
   corrupt data on larger page sizes.

Changes:
- Add tempNames map to remember all temp files ever created
- Refactor Delete() to distinguish missing temp files from protected files
- Add wasTempFileName() and unregisterTempFile() helpers
- Fix ReadAt cache hit to use pageSize instead of magic number

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@corylanou corylanou changed the title test(vfs): add comprehensive integration and unit tests fix(vfs): critical bug fixes and comprehensive testing infrastructure Nov 19, 2025
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fix(vfs): prevent temp file collisions for same basename in different…
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… directories

Previously, temp files like "foo/shared.db" and "bar/shared.db" would
collide because canonicalTempName() used filepath.Base(), discarding
directory information. This caused the second file to overwrite or
interfere with the first.

Changes:
- Use filepath.Clean() instead of filepath.Base() in canonicalTempName
  to preserve full path information
- Add tempFilenameFromCanonical() to generate unique filesystem names
  by hashing the canonical path and appending to basename (e.g.,
  "shared.db-1234567890abcdef")
- Update trackTempFile() to accept pre-computed canonical name
- Add test TestVFS_TempFileSameBasenameDifferentDirs verifying unique
  paths and independent lifecycle management

This ensures temp files with identical basenames but different parent
directories are stored and tracked separately, preventing data
corruption and registration conflicts.

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