Ivan, idleTimeout already exists, I don't think we should change the way it works (or did I misunderstand you?)
Of course, enabling heartbeats means that otherwise idle clients will no longer be disconnected by the server. I think we should cross-link those properties in the documentation and explain this behavior. On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 4:39 PM Ivan Daschinsky <ivanda...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>3. Already implemented: when ClientConnectorConfiguration#idleTimeout is > not zero, server disconnects idle clients > >> > But I suppose it would be great to have: > 1. If client supports keep alive, use idleTimeout > 2. If not, do not use it. > > But I am not sure if it is correct or not. > > пн, 7 февр. 2022 г. в 16:01, Maksim Timonin <timoninma...@apache.org>: > > > I believe explicit is better than implicit :) Also in case of dynamic > > calculation of timeout, it can change dynamically, for example > restarting a > > cluster with different configuration should reconfigure clients too. > Looks > > complicated. > > > > My vote for WARN + javadocs with mention of this issue. > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 3:51 PM Pavel Tupitsyn <ptupit...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > WDYT, should we add a WARN message for clients that configure > > > > keepAliveTimeout greater than idleTimeout on the server side? > > > > > > I think we should either log a WARN, or retrieve idleTimeout from > server > > > and configure heartbeatTimeout accordingly (e.g. divide by 2). > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 3:14 PM Maksim Timonin <timoninma...@apache.org > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Pavel, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the links. Yes, I forgot that the flag of changed topology > > is > > > > lazy. Also I missed that the keepAlive setting is configured on the > > > client > > > > side (alternatively to idleTimeout that is on the server side). > > > > > > > > Now I understand, this feature can be helpful then. Every client can > > > > configure itself in case it's possible to be idle sometimes, and > choose > > > > an appropriate timeout by itself too. And by default the feature > should > > > be > > > > disabled. > > > > > > > > WDYT, should we add a WARN message for clients that configure > > > > keepAliveTimeout greater than idleTimeout on the server side? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 1:05 PM Pavel Tupitsyn <ptupit...@apache.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Ivan, > > > > > > > > > > I suggest the following: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Server sends KEEP_ALIVE feature flag, which means it accepts > > > > > OP_KEEP_ALIVE empty message > > > > > 2. Client sends OP_KEEP_ALIVE when the connection is idle for a > > > > > certain period of time > > > > > 3. Already implemented: when > ClientConnectorConfiguration#idleTimeout > > > is > > > > > not zero, server disconnects idle clients > > > > > > > > > > This way we don't need server->client keepalives, as you correctly > > > noted. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 12:43 PM Ivan Daschinsky < > ivanda...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Pavel, I suppose that ideally: > > > > > > 1. Client send in handshake flag, that it supports KEEP_ALIVE > > feature > > > > and > > > > > > server takes it into account. > > > > > > 2. Each request of client can be considered as keep-alive ping. > > > > > > 3. Client send failure should be processed using retry policy. > > > > > > 4. Server should not send keep-alive packets, it is redundant, > but > > > > server > > > > > > should track requests from client and if there is no requests > from > > > > client > > > > > > with KEEP_ALIVE feature, > > > > > > automatically close connection and free resources. > > > > > > > > > > > > Similar approach is used in zookeeper clients. > > > > > > > > > > > > пн, 7 февр. 2022 г. в 12:24, Pavel Tupitsyn < > ptupit...@apache.org > > >: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ivan, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ideally, the check should come from both sides. > > > > > > > - Client periodically sends keepalive to server > > > > > > > - Server periodically sends keepalive to client > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Feature flags will be added accordingly, so it is not necessary > > to > > > > > > > implement this in all thin clients. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 11:43 AM Ivan Daschinsky < > > > ivanda...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I suppose it is great idea, but this functionality can be > hard > > to > > > > > > > implement > > > > > > > > for some platforms. I.e. sync python client or php (there is > no > > > > real > > > > > > > > multithreading for python (GIL) and php is single threaded by > > > > > design). > > > > > > > But > > > > > > > > for async clients it is not very hard to implement. > > Nevertheless, > > > > > this > > > > > > > > feature should be optional, because of possible technical > > > > > limitations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pavel, is this check mostly for client side? Or servers can > do > > > some > > > > > > > actions > > > > > > > > if there is no activity from thin client (i.e. closing > context > > > and > > > > > free > > > > > > > > resources such as queries' handles and so on?) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > пн, 7 февр. 2022 г. в 11:09, Pavel Tupitsyn < > > > ptupit...@apache.org > > > > >: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Maksim, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > half-state is a possible situation when an Ignite node > goes > > > > down > > > > > or > > > > > > > > > somehow removes connection to a thin client > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Half-open state is also possible when, for example, an > > > > intermediate > > > > > > > > router > > > > > > > > > is rebooted [1]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is what we seem to have encountered with one of our > > > > customers > > > > > - > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > > have a stable cluster, and long-living (multiple days) thin > > > > client > > > > > > > > > connections which can be idle for some time. > > > > > > > > > And only when we send some data on such an idle connection > do > > > we > > > > > > > discover > > > > > > > > > that it is broken. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But with enabled (true by default) partitionAwareness > > feature > > > > > > clients > > > > > > > > can > > > > > > > > > be notified about topology changes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Partition awareness is a "lazy" notification in a form of a > > > > > response > > > > > > > > > message flag [2]. > > > > > > > > > You won't get one on an idle connection. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the connections are removed on the server side by client > > idle > > > > > > timeout > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Idle timeout is disabled by default. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is it OK to keep such connections alive for a long time > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think it is up to the user. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in the case of partition awareness features it can lead > to > > > > > wasting > > > > > > > TCP > > > > > > > > > sockets on Ignite nodes, can't it > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you please elaborate? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://blog.stephencleary.com/2009/05/detection-of-half-open-dropped.html > > > > > > > > > [2] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/IGNITE/IEP-23%3A+Best+Effort+Affinity+for+Thin+Clients > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 4:01 PM Maksim Timonin < > > > > > > timoninma...@apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Pavel, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for starting this thread! Can I ask some questions > > > here > > > > to > > > > > > get > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > feature more clearly? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As I understand it correctly, half-state is a possible > > > > situation > > > > > > when > > > > > > > > an > > > > > > > > > > Ignite node goes down or somehow removes connection to a > > thin > > > > > > client. > > > > > > > > But > > > > > > > > > > with enabled (true by default) partitionAwareness feature > > > > clients > > > > > > can > > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > > notified about topology changes. So, there are possible > > > cases: > > > > > > > > > > 1. ThinClient connects to a single node. > > > > > > > > > > 2. Ignite node removes connection from itself. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I like the idea for the case with a single node, as it > > helps > > > > fail > > > > > > > fast. > > > > > > > > > > But is it OK to connect a client to a single node only? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the second one: you mention that a case for the > second > > > > option > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > "Long-living and mostly idle connections are especially > > > > > susceptible > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > this > > > > > > > > > > behavior". If I understand correctly the connections are > > > > removed > > > > > on > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > server side by client idle timeout. Can we just configure > > the > > > > > idle > > > > > > > > > timeout > > > > > > > > > > for cases where we really need keeping alive idle > > > connections? > > > > > Are > > > > > > > > there > > > > > > > > > > any other cases with unexpectedly dropped connections? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm wondering is it OK to keep such connections alive > for a > > > > long > > > > > > > time? > > > > > > > > > > Also in the case of partition awareness features it can > > lead > > > to > > > > > > > wasting > > > > > > > > > TCP > > > > > > > > > > sockets on Ignite nodes, can't it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 2:24 PM Pavel Tupitsyn < > > > > > > ptupit...@apache.org> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Igniters, > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> Please review the proposal to add heartbeat messages to > > the > > > > thin > > > > > > > > client > > > > > > > > > >> protocol (both 2.x and 3.x) and let me know your > thoughts: > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/IGNITE/IEP-83+Thin+Client+Keepalive > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Sincerely yours, Ivan Daschinskiy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Sincerely yours, Ivan Daschinskiy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sincerely yours, Ivan Daschinskiy >