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fix(ratelimiter): set TTL on creating write to prevent immortal keys (#1571) - #1942

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Problem

Store.Get in the Olric-backed rate limiter wrote a new or expired key in
two separate steps: an initial Put with no TTL, followed by a second
Put to attach the TTL. If anything interrupted that second write (or the
reset path for an expired key), the key was left permanently in the store
with no expiry — an "immortal" key that never gets cleaned up.

Fix

Both the new-key path and the expired-key reset path now issue a single
Put call that already carries the TTL option, so a key is never
observable in a state where it exists but has no TTL. The unbounded-tier
case (Rate.Period == 0) is unchanged: it still writes with no TTL option,
matching prior behavior for limiters with no expiry by design.

Fixes #1571

Testing

Added olric_store_test.go, a regression test built against a minimal
fake of olric.DMap. It asserts, for each of the three cases above, that
Store.Get performs exactly one Put call and that the call's TTL option
count matches expectations:

  • TestGet_NewKey_SetsTTLOnCreatingWrite
  • TestGet_NewKey_UnboundedTier_NoTTLOption
  • TestGet_ExpiredKey_ResetGetsTTLOnSameWrite

All three pass locally (go test ./... -run TestGet -v), and go build ./... / go vet ./... are clean.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Rate limits with a defined period now expire correctly when retrieved, created, or reset.
    • Very short positive rate-limit periods receive the minimum supported expiration instead of remaining unbounded.
    • Rate limits without a positive period continue without expiration.
    • Expiration is applied consistently during operations that create or reset a rate-limit key.

Ayana Sarkar added 2 commits September 17, 2026 02:07
Store.Get created new/reset rate-limit keys with a Put that set no
TTL, then applied the TTL in a separate follow-up write. Any of the
following left that window open and the key permanently immortal,
since nothing else in the store ever re-applies a TTL to a key that
already lacks one:

- rate.Period == 0 for a limiter tier, so the TTL-setting write
  never ran
- the follow-up write's ErrKeyNotFound error was silently ignored
- a crash/restart landed between the two writes

Fold the TTL into the same Put that creates/resets the key instead,
removing the second write (and its round trip) entirely.

Fixes NVIDIA#1571

Signed-off-by: Ayana Sarkar <ayanasarkar.tech@gmail.com>
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The rate limiter applies TTLs during initial and reset writes. It converts Olric TTL values from absolute Unix-millisecond expirations. Regression tests cover bounded, unbounded, reset, sub-millisecond, and expiration behavior.

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Rate limiter TTL handling

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Single-write TTL handling
src/invocation-plane-services/ratelimiter/olric_store.go
Key creation and expired-key resets apply TTL options in the same Put. Positive periods use olric.PX, sub-millisecond periods round up to one millisecond, and non-positive periods use no TTL option. TTL values are interpreted as absolute Unix-millisecond expirations.
TTL write regression coverage
src/invocation-plane-services/ratelimiter/olric_store_test.go
A fake olric.DMap records writes. Tests verify bounded, unbounded, expired-key, and sub-millisecond behavior, plus absolute expiration conversion.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

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The rate-limiter TTL changes preserve bounded-key expiration while retaining unbounded-tier behavior, with targeted regression coverage. The change is ready to merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title uses the required Conventional Commits format with the scoped type fix(ratelimiter). It accurately describes the primary bug fix: applying TTL during key creation to prevent immortal keys.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1571 requires TTL application in the initial creation or reset write. Store.Get now passes newKeyPutOptions(rate) to the Put call for new keys and expired-key resets. The follow-up TTL wr…
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- Line 161: The TTL guard in newKeyPutOptions must preserve expiration for any
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🟡 Minor · Use result.TTL() as an absolute expiry. · olric_store.go:135-150

src/invocation-plane-services/ratelimiter/olric_store.go:135-150
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use result.TTL() as an absolute expiry. Store.Get reaches this branch through rateEntry.Limiter.Get. Olric's result.TTL() is an absolute Unix timestamp in milliseconds, but the code treats it as a duration. This produces an incorrect Context.Reset timestamp for callers that consume it.

Set expiration with time.UnixMilli(result.TTL()) instead.

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In `@src/invocation-plane-services/ratelimiter/olric_store.go` around lines 135 -
150, Update the expiration calculation in the rate-entry retrieval flow around
result.TTL() to interpret the value as an absolute Unix millisecond timestamp by
using time.UnixMilli(result.TTL()), while preserving the existing positive-TTL
guard and fallback behavior.
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In `@src/invocation-plane-services/ratelimiter/olric_store.go`:
- Around line 135-150: Update the expiration calculation in the rate-entry
retrieval flow around result.TTL() to interpret the value as an absolute Unix
millisecond timestamp by using time.UnixMilli(result.TTL()), while preserving
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