fix(llm-request-router): fail in-flight requests fast on backend loss - #1643
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When a worker dies, the relay reports the broken registration stream
within seconds and the router drops the worker's routing targets, but
requests already in flight on its QUIC tunnel kept waiting until the QUIC
idle timeout (about 40 s observed) and then failed as 502. A staging chaos
test that force-killed a single worker measured a 39 s error window.
Retiring a registration generation that ended with an error now closes
its tunnel connections with a dedicated application close code, so every
in-flight stream fails at once. Before response headers the failure is a
retryable proxy error handled by the existing retry ladder (failed-backend
exclusion, replay readiness, retry budget); after headers the client
stream ends immediately and is never retried. Router shutdown keeps the
plain retire so the HTTP drain still completes in-flight requests.
Observability: backend_loss_cancellations_total{routing_key,model,outcome}
with outcomes re_dispatched, no_alternative, terminated and failed;
proxy_retries_total gains reason=backend_lost; the deregistration log
carries the number of connections closed; failure logs carry
source=backend_lost.
Tests: proxy_contract cases for the direct RawQuic, Http3, WebTransport
and reverse RawQuic matrix, mid-stream termination, no alternative
backend, exhausted retry budget, incomplete upload, untouched neighbor,
and router shutdown drain; tunnel tests cover both the keep and close
retirement paths.
Relates to #1533
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughBackend registration loss now closes affected tunnels, retries eligible requests, classifies terminated and failed requests, and records cancellation outcomes. Normal router shutdown continues to drain in-flight requests. Tests and API metrics documentation cover the new behavior. ChangesBackend registration loss
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The implementation appears mergeable, but the new backend-loss coverage may be flaky and should wait for routing-state propagation. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant BackendRegistration
participant RegistrationSession
participant ProxyAttempt
participant AlternateBackend
participant StargateMetrics
BackendRegistration->>RegistrationSession: report registration loss
RegistrationSession->>BackendRegistration: close affected tunnel connections
ProxyAttempt->>ProxyAttempt: detect inactive backend
ProxyAttempt->>AlternateBackend: redispatch eligible request
ProxyAttempt->>StargateMetrics: record cancellation outcome
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In `@src/libraries/rust/stargate/crates/stargate/tests/suite/proxy_contract.rs`:
- Around line 3199-3201: The test setup around set_model_queue and
wait_for_active_servers must also wait until both queue-statistics updates are
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Wait for queue statistics to reach the routing snapshot before sending the request.
set_model_queue changes only the local PylonRuntimeState. The registration stream publishes that change later. wait_for_active_servers checks only the active-server gauge, so it can succeed before the router receives either queued_input_size update.
If the router still sees equal queue depths, it can select sibling-backend first. The request can then complete without reaching lost-backend, causing lose_backend_mid_request to panic with "request finished before the backend was lost". The lost.hits() == 1 assertion has the same ordering dependency.
Gate the request on a signal that confirms the queue statistics reached the routing snapshot, or add a helper that waits for this propagation.
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In `@src/libraries/rust/stargate/crates/stargate/tests/suite/proxy_contract.rs`
around lines 3199 - 3201, The test setup around set_model_queue and
wait_for_active_servers must also wait until both queue-statistics updates are
propagated into the router’s routing snapshot before sending the request. Add or
reuse a propagation-wait helper or signal that confirms the updated
queued_input_size values are visible, while preserving the existing
active-server wait and request assertions.
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When a worker dies, the relay reports the broken registration stream within seconds and the router drops the worker's routing targets, but requests already in flight on its QUIC tunnel kept waiting until the QUIC idle timeout (about 40 s observed) and then failed as 502. A staging chaos test that force-killed a single worker measured a 39 s error window.
Retiring a registration generation that ended with an error now closes its tunnel connections with a dedicated application close code, so every in-flight stream fails at once. Before response headers the failure is a retryable proxy error handled by the existing retry ladder (failed-backend exclusion, replay readiness, retry budget); after headers the client stream ends immediately and is never retried. Router shutdown keeps the plain retire so the HTTP drain still completes in-flight requests.
Observability: backend_loss_cancellations_total{routing_key,model,outcome} with outcomes re_dispatched, no_alternative, terminated and failed; proxy_retries_total gains reason=backend_lost; the deregistration log carries the number of connections closed; failure logs carry source=backend_lost.
Tests: proxy_contract cases for the direct RawQuic, Http3, WebTransport and reverse RawQuic matrix, mid-stream termination, no alternative backend, exhausted retry budget, incomplete upload, untouched neighbor, and router shutdown drain; tunnel tests cover both the keep and close retirement paths.
Relates to #1533
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