The timeout context was created once at function start and reused across
all retry attempts, causing subsequent retries to run with progressively
shorter (or expired) deadlines.
Problem flow:
Line 244: timeoutCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 5s)
defer cancel()
Retry 1, filer 0: client.LookupVolume(timeoutCtx, ...) ← 5s available ✅
Retry 1, filer 1: client.LookupVolume(timeoutCtx, ...) ← 3s left
Retry 1, filer 2: client.LookupVolume(timeoutCtx, ...) ← 0.5s left
Retry 2, filer 0: client.LookupVolume(timeoutCtx, ...) ← EXPIRED! ❌
Result: Retries always fail with DeadlineExceeded, defeating the purpose
of retries.
Fix:
Moved context.WithTimeout inside the per-filer loop, creating a fresh
timeout context for each attempt:
for x := 0; x < n; x++ {
timeoutCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, fc.grpcTimeout)
err := pb.WithGrpcFilerClient(..., func(client) {
resp, err := client.LookupVolume(timeoutCtx, ...)
...
})
cancel() // Clean up immediately after call
}
Benefits:
- Each filer attempt gets full fc.grpcTimeout (default 5s)
- Retries actually have time to complete
- No context leaks (cancel called after each attempt)
- More predictable timeout behavior
Example with fix:
Retry 1, filer 0: fresh 5s timeout ✅
Retry 1, filer 1: fresh 5s timeout ✅
Retry 2, filer 0: fresh 5s timeout ✅
Total max time: 3 retries × 3 filers × 5s = 45s (plus backoff)
Note: The outer ctx (from caller) still provides overall cancellation if
the caller cancels or times out the entire operation.
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