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tarantool-etcd-7e5 Malformed Txn compare enum leaves a dangling box transaction — poisons the JSON keep-alive connection Lined Up

status: open P1 bug etcd-changelog-sweep
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Created byEugene Blikh
Ownerbigbes@gmail.com
Created2026-07-17T13:19:07Z
Updated2026-07-17T13:19:07Z
Description
app/etcd/txn.lua:280 runs evaluate_compares AFTER box.begin() (:278) but OUTSIDE the pcall/rollback guard (:285-289). pb.json.decode accepts an out-of-range Compare.target (e.g. {"target":99}), which raises unknown_compare_target (txn.lua:70) and leaves box.is_in_txn() == true.

The JSON gateway serves keep-alive requests on ONE per-connection fiber (lib/http1/server.lua:495), so every subsequent request on that connection then fails with INTERNAL 'Operation is not permitted when there is an active transaction'. One malformed request kills the connection permanently. gRPC self-heals (fresh fiber per request, lib/nghttp2/grpc.lua:551).

etcd returns InvalidArgument and the connection is unaffected.

This is the one finding in the sweep that was reproduced in-process rather than argued from reading. Tarantool EE config.etcd clients ride this gateway.
Design
Validate compare target/result enums before box.begin, or move evaluate_compares + revision.next inside the pcall-with-rollback. Belt and braces: a box.rollback safety net in the wire adapters so no handler can ever leak a transaction into the next request on a pooled fiber.
Acceptance criteria
POST /v3/kv/txn with {"target":99} returns InvalidArgument and the SAME connection serves the next request normally; box.is_in_txn() is false after the error; a Lua test pins it; the adapter-level rollback net is covered.

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  • Eugene Blikh created the issue · 2026-07-17T16:19:07Z
  • Eugene Blikh added label etcd-changelog-sweep · 2026-07-17T16:19:07Z
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title Malformed Txn compare enum leaves a dangling box transaction — poisons the JSON keep-alive connection
description app/etcd/txn.lua:280 runs evaluate_compares AFTER box.begin() (:278) but OUTSIDE the pcall/rollback guard (:285-289). pb.json.decode accepts an out-of-range Compare.target (e.g. {"target":99}), which raises unknown_compare_target (txn.lua:70) and leaves box.is_in_txn() == true. The JSON gateway serves keep-alive requests on ONE per-connection fiber (lib/http1/server.lua:495), so every subsequent request on that connection then fails with INTERNAL 'Operation is not permitted when there is an active transaction'. One malformed request kills the connection permanently. gRPC self-heals (fresh fiber per request, lib/nghttp2/grpc.lua:551). etcd returns InvalidArgument and the connection is unaffected. This is the one finding in the sweep that was reproduced in-process rather than argued from reading. Tarantool EE config.etcd clients ride this gateway.
design Validate compare target/result enums before box.begin, or move evaluate_compares + revision.next inside the pcall-with-rollback. Belt and braces: a box.rollback safety net in the wire adapters so no handler can ever leak a transaction into the next request on a pooled fiber.
acceptance_criteria POST /v3/kv/txn with {"target":99} returns InvalidArgument and the SAME connection serves the next request normally; box.is_in_txn() is false after the error; a Lua test pins it; the adapter-level rollback net is covered.
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