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In the context of #1536 I tried to disable hot-reloading configuration
and that is currently causing the main Reloader object to be dropped and
closing all its watch::Senders, which in turn causes all receiver ends
to constantly return errors that are ignored by all components listening
on them and flooding the logs with messages of configuration being
reloaded.

This is fixed by using preconditions on the tokio::select! macro of
all watch::Receiver consumers. If the channel is closed (when
hot-reloading is disabled), the future for the branches (the call to
.changed()) is still created, but they are not polled for completion,
effectively removing the branch from the tokio::select!.
The .has_changed() method is synchronous and doesn't mark the latest
value in the channel as seen, which means calling it in the loop of the
consumers will not lead to them missing events. The cost of calling
.has_changed() is a single atomic load operation, since this is
monitoring configuration changes and these happen spuriously, the value
should rarely change and the call should be negligible. That said,
configuration checks in tight loops use a local variable for caching the
state of the channel.

Of note, this has been broken since the original implementation, it is
only noticeable now because there are some components that become noisy
when the channels are dropped.

Checklist

  • Patch has a change log entry OR does not need one.
  • Investigated and inspected CI test results
  • Updated documentation accordingly

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  • Added unit tests
  • Added integration tests
  • Added regression tests

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Testing Performed

Manually disabled hot-reloading with --no-hotreload and checked no log messages occur and CPU usage stays low.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved configuration reload handling when monitoring stops or becomes unavailable.
    • Prevented repeated reload attempts and errors after configuration updates are no longer available.
    • Improved event tracking and metric accuracy for ignored, mounted, symlinked, and directory changes.
    • Added targeted rescanning for mount and symlink changes to improve responsiveness.
    • Improved metrics and inode information requests, including clearer failure responses.
    • Improved service stability when configuration or monitoring channels close unexpectedly.

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The PR adds typed host-scanner introspection requests, makes metrics handling asynchronous, and updates configuration watch handling. Valid updates still trigger reloads. Closed channels disable further polling.

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Configuration and host scanning

Layer / File(s) Summary
Host scanner configuration handling
fact/src/host_scanner.rs
The host scanner reloads valid path updates and stops polling after configuration or scan interval channels close.
Endpoint introspection integration
fact/src/endpoints.rs
Endpoints use typed host-scanner requests. Metrics handling awaits inode-map-size responses. Request and response failures return HTTP 500 responses.
Configuration reload guards
fact/src/bpf/mod.rs, fact/src/endpoints.rs, fact/src/output/grpc.rs, fact/src/output/otel.rs, fact/src/rate_limiter.rs
Workers and endpoint loops process configuration changes only while channels remain valid. Closed channels no longer cause repeated reloads or errors.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8d957

The change stops configuration consumers from repeatedly reacting to intentionally closed channels, reducing log noise and unnecessary CPU use, but it may skip a final configuration update and the host scanner still has an unresolved path-tracking correctness concern; these bounded risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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  participant EndpointServer
  participant HostScanner
  participant MetricsEncoder
  EndpointServer->>HostScanner: Send InodeMapSize request
  HostScanner-->>EndpointServer: Return typed inode-map-size response
  EndpointServer->>MetricsEncoder: Encode metrics
  EndpointServer->>HostScanner: Send InodeMap request
  HostScanner-->>EndpointServer: Return typed inode-map response
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Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the hot-reload channel closure problem, the implementation approach, and the manual testing performed. The required sections are present. Documentation and automated test chec…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: consumers now ignore dropped configuration channels during hot-reload handling.
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The description explains the hot-reload channel closure problem, the implementation approach, and the manual testing performed. The required sections are present. Documentation and automated test checklist items are not selected, but these omissions are non-critical and the description states that manual testing was completed.

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In `@fact/src/config/reloader/mod.rs`:
- Around line 46-52: Update the start method documentation to reflect that a
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❌ Patch coverage is 0% with 24 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 33.09%. Comparing base (ac1fc74) to head (8d9578e).

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fact/src/host_scanner.rs 0.00% 7 Missing ⚠️
fact/src/bpf/mod.rs 0.00% 5 Missing ⚠️
fact/src/endpoints.rs 0.00% 5 Missing ⚠️
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fact/src/output/grpc.rs 0.00% 2 Missing ⚠️
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That sounds hacky. Is it possible instead to check for self.config.has_changed().is_err(), where has_changed will return RecvError only of the channel is closed? And based on the result ignore the change channel?

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Molter73 force-pushed the mauro/fix/disable-hotreload branch from c87f9fd to ad2a4e4 Compare August 31, 2026 13:07
@Molter73 Molter73 changed the title fix(hotreload): disabling hotreloading preserves watch channels fix(hotreload): dropping configuration channels is ignored by consumers Aug 31, 2026
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In `@fact/src/endpoints.rs`:
- Line 73: Update the configuration watchers in fact/src/endpoints.rs lines
73-73 and 97-97, fact/src/output/grpc.rs lines 265-265 and 277-277, and
fact/src/output/otel.rs line 133-133 so watch::Receiver::changed() triggers
reload only on Ok(()); on Err, mark the configuration channel closed and disable
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That sounds hacky. Is it possible instead to check for self.config.has_changed().is_err(), where has_changed will return RecvError only of the channel is closed? And based on the result ignore the change channel?

TIL, tokio::select! accepts a precondition per branch exactly for this reason. I should've known about it before, I guess when I initially put together fact I didn't pay much attention to it. Anyways, this is the actual fix I wanted to put together initially, so I've changed the PR to fit this approach.

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304-304: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Select patterns when the event path is below or above the pattern base.

For /watched/*/file and an event at /watched/dir, GlobSet::matches does not select the pattern because the directory does not match the glob. The prefix check also does not select it because it tests only whether the pattern base starts with the event path. scan_partial can therefore select no pattern, and the mount-event branch consumes the event without forwarding it. New matching files can remain unscanned until a full scan.

Use Path::starts_with for both path-component directions, keep both operands in the same host-mount path space, and add a regression test for a mount below a glob base path.

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In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs` at line 304, Update the pattern-selection logic in
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- Line 305: Initialize config_is_closed to false in the Bpf startup path instead
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remains enabled until changed() confirms channel closure and can process any
unseen value.

In `@fact/src/host_scanner.rs`:
- Line 581: Update fact/src/host_scanner.rs lines 581-581 and 614-614 to await
watch receiver changed() results without has_changed() guards, so the final
unseen value is processed before closure is detected. Track scan-interval
closure only when changed() returns Err, and initialize config_is_closed to
false; add regression tests covering both the scan-interval and paths-update
receivers.

Apply the same fix in `@fact/src/endpoints.rs` at line 77.

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- Line 304: Update the pattern-selection logic in scan_partial to treat paths as
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In the context of #1536 I tried to disable hot-reloading configuration
and that is currently causing the main Reloader object to be dropped and
closing all its watch::Senders, which in turn causes all receiver ends
to constantly return errors that are ignored by all components listening
on them and flooding the logs with messages of configuration being
reloaded.

This is fixed by using preconditions on the `tokio::select!` macro of
all `watch::Receiver` consumers. If the channel is closed (when
hot-reloading is disabled), the future for the branches (the call to
`.changed()`) is still created, but they are not polled for completion,
effectively removing the branch from the `tokio::select!`.
The `.has_changed()` method is synchronous and doesn't mark the latest
value in the channel as seen, which means calling it in the loop of the
consumers will not lead to them missing events. The cost of calling
`.has_changed()` is a single atomic load operation, since this is
monitoring configuration changes and these happen spuriously, the value
should rarely change and the call should be negligible. That said,
configuration checks in tight loops use a local variable for caching the
state of the channel.

Of note, this has been broken since the original implementation, it is
only noticeable now because there are some components that become noisy
when the channels are dropped.
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142-152: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Bound host-scanner introspection waits.

When tokio::select! selects an event and self.tx.send(event).await blocks because the bounded queue is full, the host-scanner task does not poll self.introspection. handle_metrics and handle_inodes can then wait indefinitely for their oneshot responses. Add a timeout or decouple introspection handling, then return a bounded error response.

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In `@fact/src/endpoints.rs` around lines 142 - 152, Bound the host-scanner
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including the host_scanner_intro.send and rx.await operations in the shown flow.
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