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fix(core): stop log rotation from overwriting backups in the same millisecond #9871

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23 changes: 19 additions & 4 deletions x/log_writer.go
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Expand Up @@ -307,10 +307,25 @@ func (l *LogWriter) open() error {
}

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

// nextBackupName returns the backup path for name stamped with ts. backupTimeFormat only has millisecond resolution,
// so two rotations can land on the same stamp; renaming onto an existing backup (or compressing over its .gz) would
// silently drop the older one. On a collision the stamp is pushed forward until neither form exists, which keeps the
// name parseable by processOldLogFiles and the backups ordered.
func nextBackupName(name string, ts time.Time) string {
dir := filepath.Dir(name)
prefix, ext := prefixAndExt(name)
timestamp := time.Now().UTC().Format(backupTimeFormat)
return filepath.Join(dir, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s%s", prefix, timestamp, ext))
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
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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

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

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
an error matching os.ErrNotExist; propagate any other Lstat error. Update
backupName and its caller in rotate to return and propagate the error while
preserving the existing search for occupied names.

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}
ts = ts.Add(time.Millisecond)
}
}

func compress(src string) error {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -424,8 +439,8 @@ func processOldLogFiles(fp string, maxAge int64) ([]string, []string, error) {
continue
}

_, e := prefixAndExt(fp)
tsString := f.Name()[len(defPrefix) : len(f.Name())-len(e)]
name := strings.TrimSuffix(f.Name(), ".gz")
tsString := name[len(defPrefix) : len(name)-len(defExt)]
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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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ts, err := time.Parse(backupTimeFormat, tsString)
if err != nil {
continue
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43 changes: 35 additions & 8 deletions x/log_writer_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ import (
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"sync"
"testing"
"time"

"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -73,7 +75,6 @@ func TestLogWriterWithEncryption(t *testing.T) {
require.Equal(t, n, len(msg)+20, "write length is not equal")
}

time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
require.NoError(t, lw.Close())
file, err := os.Open(path)
require.NoError(t, err)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -120,23 +121,26 @@ func writeToLogWriterAndVerify(t *testing.T, lw *LogWriter, path string) {
msg := []byte("abcd")
msg = bytes.Repeat(msg, 256)
msg[1023] = '\n'
var wg sync.WaitGroup
for range 10 {
go func() {
wg.Go(func() {
for range 1000 {
n, err := lw.Write(msg)
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Equal(t, n, len(msg), "write length is not equal")
assert.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, len(msg), n, "write length is not equal")
}
}()
})
}
time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
wg.Wait()
require.NoError(t, lw.Close())
files, err := os.ReadDir("./log_test")
require.NoError(t, err)

lineCount := 0
for _, f := range files {
file, _ := os.Open(filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), f.Name()))
file, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), f.Name()))
require.NoError(t, err)
defer file.Close()

var fileScanner *bufio.Scanner
if strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".gz") {
Expand All @@ -154,5 +158,28 @@ func writeToLogWriterAndVerify(t *testing.T, lw *LogWriter, path string) {
}
}

require.Equal(t, lineCount, 10000)
require.Equal(t, 10000, lineCount)
}

func TestNextBackupName(t *testing.T) {
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "audit.log")
ts := time.Date(2026, 10, 27, 9, 40, 12, 682_000_000, time.UTC)

first := nextBackupName(path, ts)
require.Equal(t, filepath.Join(dir, "audit-2026-10-27T09-40-12.682.log"), first)

// A backup already rotated within the same millisecond must not be overwritten.
require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(first, nil, 0600))
second := nextBackupName(path, ts)
require.Equal(t, filepath.Join(dir, "audit-2026-10-27T09-40-12.683.log"), second)

// Nor may one that has already been compressed, since compress() truncates the .gz.
require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(second+".gz", nil, 0600))
require.Equal(t, filepath.Join(dir, "audit-2026-10-27T09-40-12.684.log"), nextBackupName(path, ts))

// Bumped names, plain or compressed, must stay parseable so they still age out.
toRemove, toKeep, err := processOldLogFiles(path, 1)
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Len(t, append(toRemove, toKeep...), 2)
}
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