oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/steno

SEC seems to stop handling requests while inside SecStore

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Rust
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Description

While working on oxidecomputer/omicron#6215, I ran into a bug (in my code) that caused the Nexus impl of SecStore to hang inside saga_update. While that was going on, requests to Nexus to list sagas hung. That was surprising. SecStore functions can be talking to storage over the network and the SEC should not become unresponsive while that's happening.

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Research direction

Start with the SecStore::saga_update entry point and the Nexus path for listing sagas. Reproduce a blocked storage call, then trace how SEC request handling is affected. Done means requests to list sagas remain responsive while SecStore operations are waiting on network storage.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
distributed-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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