fix(connector-corda): contract deployment SSH reconnect race condition

When deploying multiple contracts on multiple nodes, there are multiple SSH connections being established. When this all happens on the same host (because you are running the all-in-one image for example) then the closing and opening of the same SSH port is not instant between disconnect and connect operations of the SSH client and connectivity problems come up. Due to lack of time I quickly fixed this by adding a 5 second wait between the disconnect and connect operations. Retries would be a much better solution long term especially since race conditions can never truly be fixed with hardcoded wait times that will sooner or later become too short or too long depending on the exact nature of the problem. [skip ci] Signed-off-by: Peter Somogyvari <[email protected]>
hyperledger-cacti · Nov 20, 2023 · 0af2eb1 · 0af2eb1
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diff --git a/...tus/plugin/ledger/connector/corda/server/impl/ApiPluginLedgerConnectorCordaServiceImpl.kt b/...tus/plugin/ledger/connector/corda/server/impl/ApiPluginLedgerConnectorCordaServiceImpl.kt
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ class ApiPluginLedgerConnectorCordaServiceImpl(
                     try {
                         ssh.disconnect()
                         logger.debug("Disconnected OK from SSH host ${cred.hostname}:${cred.port}")
+                        // This is a hack to force the code to wait for the OS to close down the port. Without it, deployments
+                        // can fail intermittently because it'll try to reconnect too fast. The right way to fix it is
+                        // to make it probe the port openness and have retries with exponential backoff.
+                        // TODO: Implement the proper fix as described above.
+                        Thread.sleep(5000)
                     } catch (ex: Exception) {
                         logger.warn("Disconnect failed from SSH host ${cred.hostname}:${cred.port}. Ignoring since we are done anyway...")
                     }