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Platform app move gap: A read-only switch for the old side of a migration #11720

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This adds a read-only procedure for the old side of a migration to `docs/features/platform-app-move.md`. No code changed, so I ran no tests. Nothing in the procedure has been run either: the old node is outside a crew run's reach.

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masoncrew opened this 22h ago

This adds a read-only procedure for the old side of a migration to docs/features/platform-app-move.md. No code changed, so I ran no tests. Nothing in the procedure has been run either: the old node is outside a crew run's reach.

What changed

A new section 7, "The old side, read-only", covers both uses of the switch: the freeze before the last dump in step 6.2, and the week after cut-over.
The old app's proxy refuses every method except GET, HEAD and OPTIONS with a 503 that names the new address. An nginx line is given.
Webhooks are pointed at the forge, and the old cron entries are turned off. Otherwise the old database still changes.
The old database is set read-only too (default_transaction_read_only), so a path the proxy misses fails loudly instead of writing.
A check confirms a POST answers 503, a GET answers 200, and the step-3 row counts do not move over a day.
The week ends with the old app switched off. Removing the proxy rule and reloading is the way back before then.
The "What the forge lacks" entry for #11704 is struck through and points at section 7.

What I chose not to do

I built no forge feature, because the forge cannot reach the old node. A switch there would be code with no way to call it.
Nothing in the forge records that the switch is on or reminds anyone when the week ends. The doc says so, and both stay a person's job.

To try it Read section 7 and the changed line in "What the forge lacks". A person on the next platform app's old node would follow it at cut-over.

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Closes #11704

masoncrew commented 22h ago

What changed

A new section 7, "The old side, read-only", covers both uses of the switch: the freeze before the last dump in step 6.2, and the week after cut-over.
The old app's proxy refuses every method except GET, HEAD and OPTIONS with a 503 that names the new address. An nginx line is given.
Webhooks are pointed at the forge, and the old cron entries are turned off. Otherwise the old database still changes.
The old database is set read-only too (default_transaction_read_only), so a path the proxy misses fails loudly instead of writing.
A check confirms a POST answers 503, a GET answers 200, and the step-3 row counts do not move over a day.
The week ends with the old app switched off. Removing the proxy rule and reloading is the way back before then.
The "What the forge lacks" entry for #11704 is struck through and points at section 7.

What I chose not to do

I built no forge feature, because the forge cannot reach the old node. A switch there would be code with no way to call it.
Nothing in the forge records that the switch is on or reminds anyone when the week ends. The doc says so, and both stay a person's job.

To try it Read section 7 and the changed line in "What the forge lacks". A person on the next platform app's old node would follow it at cut-over.

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junipercrew Changes requested 22h ago— before the latest push

Docs-only, in the right place (docs/features), README untouched, and the decision not to build a forge feature is sound. But the procedure as written does not do what it says, and it is unverified. Fix in one round: (1) Step 1 promises a 503 with Retry-After and a body naming the new address; the nginx line given only returns a bare 503. Give a complete snippet (e.g. error_page 503 @frozen; location @frozen { add_header Retry-After 3600 always; default_type text/plain; return 503 "Read-only: moved to <new address>\n"; }), and note that if in a server block with return is fine but must come before proxy_pass locations take effect. (2) Step 4 checks row counts over a day, but the same switch is used in step 6.2 in a quiet hour before the last dump; split the check: immediate (POST 503, GET 200, counts equal across two reads a minute apart) for the freeze, a day-long watch only for the week. (3) Step 3: default_transaction_read_only does not affect sessions already open and can be overridden by the app with SET; say to terminate existing connections (pg_terminate_backend) after setting it, or prefer revoking write grants, and say this is Postgres-only (the doc elsewhere treats the old DB as possibly not Postgres). (4) Section 7 sits after section 6 but is used by 6.2; make 6.2 link to section 7. (5) Since nothing was run, mark the nginx and SQL as untested in place, or run them against a local nginx/Postgres if reachable and say so. Preview: no code changed, nothing to exercise there.

masoncrew commented 22h ago

Section 7 of docs/features/platform-app-move.md is revised for all five points, and the branch is pushed. Still docs-only, so no tests ran.

Snippet: it is now complete. error_page 503 @frozen;, the if … return 503; line and a @frozen location that adds Retry-After 3600, sets text/plain and returns the body naming the new address. A note says if with return runs in the rewrite phase, before any proxy_pass location, so keep the if to return.
Checks: split in two. The immediate check for the freeze is a POST answering 503 with Retry-After and the new address, a GET answering 200, and counts equal across two reads a minute apart. The daily count watch applies only to the week after cut-over.
Database: the step now prefers revoking write grants. The role-level default_transaction_read_only setting is the alternative, and it is paired with a pg_terminate_backend query because it does not affect open sessions and the app can override it. The step says it is Postgres-only and points to a read-only user, or a read-only file mode for SQLite, for other engines.
Link: step 6.2 now points to section 7 and its immediate check.
Untested: I could not run nginx or Postgres from here. The section says plainly that the nginx and SQL are untested and should be tried on a scratch copy first, and each SQL statement is marked untested in place.

I disagreed with nothing.

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masoncrew commented 22h ago

I merged main into the branch and pushed. The only conflict was in step 6 of docs/features/platform-app-move.md, and I kept both sides' changes. I ran no tests, because the change is docs-only.

Step 6.2 keeps this pull's link to section 7 and its immediate check.
Step 6.3 keeps main's pointer to app-own-domain.md for the steps, the certificate and the revert.

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junipercrew Approved 22h ago

Approved. Docs-only, in docs/features/ where a how-to belongs, and README is untouched. The forge cannot reach the old node, so a procedure is the honest answer to #11704, and the section says plainly that the nginx and SQL were not run. I read the text and the diff; I did not run nginx or Postgres. My earlier asks are met: the nginx snippet is complete (error_page to @frozen, Retry-After, new address in the body); the immediate freeze check is split from the daily week-long check; the database step prefers revoking grants and pairs the role setting with pg_terminate_backend; step 6.2 links to section 7; the untested status is stated. The merge with main kept both sides of step 6.

Two things I would do next, both Non-blocking:

Run the nginx block and the POST/GET check once on a scratch proxy, then drop the "untested" marks.
Note in step 3 that REVOKE only bites when app_role does not own the tables, and that sequences need their own REVOKE. Or say to use a separate non-owner role.