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Related issue: #61

Description

after the raft library update, the old function
normalizeRaftHostnameIP ended up storing
node's IP addresses as ServerIDs in the
raft store. This becomes a problem in
emphemeral environments like kubernetes
where hostnames remain stable but IPs
may change at any point.

The problem: quorum is lost when nodes
of a cluster restart and change IP addresses.

Repro steps:

  1. Stand up orchestrator with raft on, 3+ pods, hostnames (not IPs) in RaftAdvertise/RaftNodes.
  2. Check raft state, confirm everyone's happy and in quorum.
  3. kubectl delete pod orchestrator-1: same hostname comes back, different IP.
  4. Check raft state again, that pod can't rejoin, the old IP is still stuck in the member list;
  5. restart a few more pods and the whole quorum falls apart.

Fastest way to see the actual bug without spinning up k8s: just call normalizeRaftHostnameIP("localhost");
it comes back as ::1 instead of localhost.
In some cases that even blows up the address string outright (too many colons in address) before you get anywhere near a quorum problem.

Bonus fix: handle IPv6 normalization

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Raft server addresses now preserve the hostname or IPv6 address as originally provided instead of replacing it with a resolved IP.
    • Host and port formatting is handled consistently, including bracketed IPv6 addresses.
    • Addresses without a port now use the configured default Raft port when available.
    • Invalid or unresolved hostnames continue to surface resolution errors.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for hostname, IPv4, IPv6, explicit-port, and default-port configurations.

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Raft node normalization now preserves supplied hostnames and IP addresses, supports IPv6 formatting, and appends a configured default port. New tests verify normalization and persisted store server identity.

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Raft identity preservation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Normalize Raft addresses
go/raft/raft.go, go/raft/raft_test.go
normalizeRaftNode uses host-port parsing, preserves the supplied host, logs DNS lookup errors, formats IPv6 addresses, and appends the default port when needed. Unit tests cover hostname, IPv4, and IPv6 inputs.
Verify store server identity
go/raft/store_test.go
Store tests bootstrap single-node Raft instances and verify that localhost and ::1 remain unchanged in the persisted server identity and address.

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Change: Bug fix

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IPv6 Raft advertisements can publish a malformed leader URI after election. Correct the leader-URI host parsing before merge.

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A rabbit hops where hostnames stay
IPv6 wears brackets on its way
Ports appear when none are found
Raft keeps each address sound
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after the raft library update, the old function
normalizeRaftHostnameIP ended up storing
node's IP addresses as ServerIDs in the
raft store. This becomes a problem in
emphemeral environments like kubernetes
where hostnames remain stable but IPs
may change at any point.

The problem: quorum is lost when nodes
of a cluster restart and change IP addresses.

Repro steps:
  1. Stand up orchestrator with raft on, 3+ pods,
  hostnames (not IPs) in RaftAdvertise/RaftNodes.
  2. Check raft state, confirm everyone's happy and in quorum.
  3. kubectl delete pod orchestrator-1:
     same hostname comes back, different IP.
  4. Check raft state again, that pod can't rejoin,
  the old IP is still stuck in the member list;
  5. restart a few more pods and the whole quorum falls apart.

Fastest way to see the actual bug without spinning up k8s:
just call normalizeRaftHostnameIP("localhost");
it comes back as ::1 instead of localhost.
In some cases that even blows up the address string outright (too many colons
in address) before you get anywhere near a quorum problem.

Bonus fix: handle IPv6 normalization

Signed-off-by: Artem Vovk <artemavovk@gmail.com>

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🟠 Major · Parse the normalized RaftAdvertise host before building the URI. · raft.go:108-115

go/raft/raft.go:108-115
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Parse the normalized RaftAdvertise host before building the URI.

normalizeRaftNode returns a local value and does not update config.Config.RaftAdvertise. For [::1]:10008, computeLeaderURI therefore splits the raw value and gets "[", then publishes a malformed leader URI after election. Pass the normalized raftAdvertise to computeLeaderURI, extract the host with net.SplitHostPort, and build the authority with net.JoinHostPort while preserving the existing ListenAddress port.

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In `@go/raft/raft.go` around lines 108 - 115, Update the computeLeaderURI call
flow to pass the normalized raftAdvertise value returned by normalizeRaftNode
instead of rereading config.Config.RaftAdvertise. In computeLeaderURI, parse the
advertised host with net.SplitHostPort and construct the authority using
net.JoinHostPort, while continuing to obtain and preserve the port from
ListenAddress.

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In `@go/raft/raft.go`:
- Around line 108-115: Update the computeLeaderURI call flow to pass the
normalized raftAdvertise value returned by normalizeRaftNode instead of
rereading config.Config.RaftAdvertise. In computeLeaderURI, parse the advertised
host with net.SplitHostPort and construct the authority using net.JoinHostPort,
while continuing to obtain and preserve the port from ListenAddress.

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Signed-off-by: Artem Vovk <artemavovk@gmail.com>

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