Add Policy Lifecycle Close Method for Resource Cleanup
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Area/PolicyEngine
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 71
- Forks
- 111
- Avg merge
- 1d 14h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 110
Description
Problem
When APIs are deleted or updated via xDS, the ApplyWholeRoutes method replaces the entire routes map without calling any cleanup on existing policy instances:
Proposed Solution
Discussion: https://github.com/wso2/api-platform/discussions/734
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating ApplyWholeRoutes and tracing how xDS updates replace the routes map and retain existing policy instances. Read discussion #734 for the intended lifecycle behavior; the work is done when replaced policies receive the new close cleanup path without disrupting route updates.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100