oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/omicron

Sled Agent inventory should use some concurrency

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Rust
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Description

As of oxidecomputer/omicron#4727, we collect inventory from sled agents. But we do it sequentially. The latency is not a huge deal, but if one sled doesn't respond for a while, it'll cork up inventory collection until it times out. If multiple don't respond, we'll wait sequentially for them to time out.

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Research direction

Start by locating the inventory collection path introduced by oxidecomputer/omicron#4727 and trace how it queries sled agents. Check how timeouts are handled when one or more agents do not respond. Done means inventory collection no longer waits for each sled agent sequentially, while preserving the existing inventory results and timeout behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend, distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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