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Description

This PR fixes the flaky TestLogWriterWithCompression (example failure). The flake is a real data-loss bug in LogWriter rotation, not a test problem.

log_writer_test.go:157:
    Error:      Not equal:
                expected: 8977
                actual  : 10000

The args are swapped there, so 8977 is the line count the test found. Each rotated 1MB file holds exactly 1023 lines, so one whole backup went missing.

backupName stamps backups with 2006-01-02T15-04-05.000. When two rotations land in the same millisecond:

• os.Rename silently replaces the earlier backup.
• With Compress on, compress() opens <name>.gz with O_TRUNC and wipes the earlier compressed backup.

Either way a file of audit log lines is gone. On a fast disk, 1MB of buffered writes plus an fsync fits in a millisecond.

Changes

• backupName now calls nextBackupName, which bumps the stamp a millisecond at a time until neither <name> nor <name>.gz exists. The format is unchanged, so names still parse and still sort in rotation order.
• processOldLogFiles cut len(".log") off audit-<ts>.log.gz and got <ts>.lo, which doesn't parse, so compressed backups were never removed past MaxAge. It now strips .gz first. Heads up: with compression on, old .gz audit logs will now actually age out as configured.
• The LogWriter tests wait on a sync.WaitGroup instead of time.Sleep(10s), use assert inside goroutines instead of require, and pass expected/actual in the right order. Each test drops from ~10s to ~0.1s.
• New TestNextBackupName covers both collision cases and the .gz age-out parsing.

Testing

I ran TestLogWriter and TestLogWriterWithCompression -count=300 in a golang:1.27 container with the log dir on tmpfs to mimic a fast runner disk:

	Failed runs
main	559 / 600, short by multiples of 1023 lines (8977 showed up 96 times)
this PR	0 / 600

The full x package passes, and the LogWriter tests pass under -race.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Log backups now avoid filename conflicts with existing plain or compressed backups, reducing the risk of overwriting saved logs.
  • Compressed backup files are now correctly recognized during old-log processing, helping log cleanup handle them consistently.

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Walkthrough

Backup names now avoid collisions with existing plain or compressed files. Old-log processing parses timestamps from compressed backup names. The tests cover these cases and use a WaitGroup to coordinate concurrent writes.

Changes: Log backup handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Backup naming and timestamp parsing x/log_writer.go, x/log_writer_test.go	nextBackupName advances the timestamp when a plain or .gz backup already exists. Old-log processing removes a trailing .gz before parsing the timestamp. Tests check collision handling and timestamp parsing.
Concurrent log-writer tests x/log_writer_test.go	The concurrent write test waits for all ten writers and checks write results and file-open errors. The encryption test no longer waits for a fixed ten seconds before closing.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested labels: area/core, area/testing, go

Suggested reviewers: mlwelles

Merge Risk: Low · up to 99a16

The change fixes same-millisecond backup overwrites in log rotation. Two minor edge cases remain: transient filesystem errors are treated as "file not found" when choosing a backup name, and logs configured with a .gz extension would not have their old backups cleaned up. Neither affects normal configurations, so this is mergeable with small follow-ups.

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Review comments at @x/log_writer.go:
- Around line 442-443: Update the filename handling in the backup timestamp
parsing flow so `.gz` is removed only when the name ends in `defExt+".gz"`.
Preserve `.gz` when it is part of the configured `defExt`, allowing the
timestamp slice to parse and the backup to participate in `MaxAge` cleanup.
- Around line 322-325: Update nextBackupName to treat a candidate as absent only
when os.Lstat returns an error matching os.ErrNotExist; propagate any other
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Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n 280,345p x/log_writer.go
grep -n 'backupName\|func (l \*LogWriter) rotate' x/log_writer.go

Repository: dgraph-io/dgraph

Length of output: 2283

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Treat only a missing backup as a free name.

nextBackupName treats every os.Lstat error as proof that a candidate is absent. If os.Lstat fails with a transient error other than non-existence, such as an I/O error, for an existing backup, the loop can return that occupied name. The later os.Rename or compress can then replace the backup. Only os.ErrNotExist should count as absent. Other errors should stop the search and return to the caller.

backupName can return that error to rotate. rotate already returns error, so the call at line 209 can return it as well.

🐛 Suggested fix

-func backupName(name string) string {
+func backupName(name string) (string, error) {
 	return nextBackupName(name, time.Now().UTC())
 }

-func nextBackupName(name string, ts time.Time) string {
+func nextBackupName(name string, ts time.Time) (string, error) {
 	dir := filepath.Dir(name)
 	prefix, ext := prefixAndExt(name)
 	for {
 		candidate := filepath.Join(dir, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s%s", prefix, ts.Format(backupTimeFormat), ext))
-		_, errPlain := os.Lstat(candidate)
-		_, errGz := os.Lstat(candidate + ".gz")
-		if errPlain != nil && errGz != nil {
-			return candidate
+		plainAbsent, err := lstatAbsent(candidate)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		gzAbsent, err := lstatAbsent(candidate + ".gz")
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		if plainAbsent && gzAbsent {
+			return candidate, nil
 		}
 		ts = ts.Add(time.Millisecond)
 	}
 }
+
+// lstatAbsent reports whether path does not exist. Any other lstat error is returned.
+func lstatAbsent(path string) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := os.Lstat(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	return false, err
+}

Add errors to the imports if it is not already present. Update the backupName call in rotate to check the returned error.

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Review comment at @x/log_writer.go around lines 322 - 325:
Update nextBackupName to treat a candidate as absent only when os.Lstat returns
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Preserve the extension of an uncompressed .gz log.

If FilePath is audit.gz, an uncompressed backup also ends in .gz. TrimSuffix removes its configured extension, so the timestamp slice is incomplete and time.Parse skips the backup. Those backups never reach MaxAge cleanup. Remove .gz only when the filename ends in defExt+".gz". (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @x/log_writer.go around lines 442 - 443:
Update the filename handling in the backup timestamp parsing flow so `.gz` is
removed only when the name ends in `defExt+".gz"`. Preserve `.gz` when it is
part of the configured `defExt`, allowing the timestamp slice to parse and the
backup to participate in `MaxAge` cleanup.

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