fix: Reconcile on SubscriptionManager init

Instead of always deleting the subscriptions table when
SubscriptionManager starts we:

* warm restarts now re-adopt ETS and re-monitor subscribers
* cold start cleans up the DB

Orphan processes are not a problem because ReplicationPoller simply
broadcasts if it can't find the pid related to the subscription row

Author: edgurgel

lib/extensions/postgres_cdc_rls/subscription_manager.ex

@@ -92,7 +92,19 @@ defmodule Extensions.PostgresCdcRls.SubscriptionManager do
          {:ok, conn} <- Database.connect_db(subscription_manager_settings),
          {:ok, conn_pub} <- Database.connect_db(subscription_manager_pub_settings),
          {:ok, oids} <- Subscriptions.fetch_publication_tables(conn, publication) do
-      Subscriptions.delete_all_if_table_exists(conn)
+      # The subscribers ETS tables are owned by the WorkerSupervisor, so they survive a
+      # SubscriptionManager-only restart. An empty pids table means a cold start (fresh
+      # WorkerSupervisor): clear any stale DB rows and ask still-connected channels to
+      # re-subscribe. A non-empty table means a warm manager restart: the DB + ETS state is
+      # still valid, so re-adopt it by rebuilding the monitors (the only thing lost with the
+      # previous manager) instead of wiping everyone out.
+      case :ets.info(subscribers_pids_table, :size) do
+        0 ->
+          Subscriptions.delete_all_if_table_exists(conn)
+
+        _ ->
+          readopt_monitors(subscribers_pids_table)
+      end
 
       Rls.update_meta(id, self(), conn_pub)
 
@@ -307,6 +319,29 @@ defmodule Extensions.PostgresCdcRls.SubscriptionManager do
 
   ## Internal functions
 
+  # Warm restart: re-adopt the subscribers that survived in ETS.
+  #
+  # The previous manager's monitors died with it, so the new one re-monitors every surviving pid
+  # (refreshing the ref stored in ETS, which the :check_oids path uses to demonitor). A pid that
+  # died during the downtime makes Process.monitor/1 deliver :DOWN immediately, so the existing
+  # :DOWN handler cleans it up — self-healing.
+  #
+  # We deliberately do not reconcile the DB against ETS here: orphan DB rows are hygiene rather
+  # than correctness (the poller falls back to a cluster-wide broadcast on :node_not_found instead
+  # of dropping changes), and any DB-vs-ETS diff would scale with the tenant's total subscription
+  # count on its own database right at restart. Orphans are cleared by the cold-start / OID-change
+  # wipe instead.
+  @spec readopt_monitors(:ets.tid()) :: :ok
+  defp readopt_monitors(subscribers_pids_table) do
+    subscribers_pids_table
+    |> :ets.tab2list()
+    |> Enum.each(fn {pid, id, old_ref, node} ->
+      new_ref = Process.monitor(pid)
+      :ets.delete_object(subscribers_pids_table, {pid, id, old_ref, node})
+      :ets.insert(subscribers_pids_table, {pid, id, new_ref, node})
+    end)
+  end
+
   @spec pop_not_alive_pids([pid()], :ets.tid(), :ets.tid(), binary()) :: [Ecto.UUID.t()]
   def pop_not_alive_pids(pids, subscribers_pids_table, subscribers_nodes_table, tenant_id) do
     Enum.reduce(pids, [], fn pid, acc ->

test/realtime/extensions/cdc_rls/subscription_manager_test.exs

@@ -152,6 +152,152 @@ defmodule Realtime.Extensions.CdcRls.SubscriptionManagerTest do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "warm restart (re-adopt)" do
+    test "keeps DB rows and re-monitors surviving subscribers", %{pid: pid, args: args, publication: publication} do
+      {:ok, ^pid, conn} = PostgresCdcRls.get_manager_conn(args["id"])
+      {uuid, bin_uuid, pg_change_params} = pg_change_params()
+
+      subscriber = spawn(fn -> receive do: (:stop -> :ok) end)
+
+      assert {:ok, _} = Subscriptions.create(conn, publication, [pg_change_params], pid, subscriber)
+      :sys.get_state(pid)
+
+      [{^subscriber, ^uuid, old_ref, _node}] = :ets.lookup(args["subscribers_pids_table"], subscriber)
+
+      # Warm restart: the ETS tables are owned by the test (acting as WorkerSupervisor), so they
+      # survive while only the manager restarts.
+      new_pid = restart_manager(pid, args)
+      {:ok, ^new_pid, conn2} = PostgresCdcRls.get_manager_conn(args["id"])
+
+      # DB rows are untouched
+      assert %{rows: [[count]]} =
+               Postgrex.query!(conn2, "select count(*) from realtime.subscription where subscription_id = $1::uuid", [
+                 bin_uuid
+               ])
+
+      assert count > 0
+
+      # The subscriber is re-adopted with a fresh monitor
+      assert [{^subscriber, ^uuid, new_ref, _node}] = :ets.lookup(args["subscribers_pids_table"], subscriber)
+      assert new_ref != old_ref
+
+      # The fresh monitor actually works: killing the subscriber cleans it up
+      send(subscriber, :stop)
+      Process.monitor(subscriber)
+      assert_receive {:DOWN, _, :process, ^subscriber, _}, 100
+      :sys.get_state(new_pid)
+
+      assert :ets.lookup(args["subscribers_pids_table"], subscriber) == []
+      assert :ets.lookup(args["subscribers_nodes_table"], bin_uuid) == []
+    end
+
+    test "does not touch the DB: orphan rows are left untouched", %{pid: pid, args: args, publication: publication} do
+      {:ok, ^pid, conn} = PostgresCdcRls.get_manager_conn(args["id"])
+
+      # A live subscription (present in both ETS and the DB)
+      live = spawn_link(fn -> receive do: (:stop -> :ok) end)
+      {_uuid_a, bin_a, params_a} = pg_change_params()
+      assert {:ok, _} = Subscriptions.create(conn, publication, [params_a], pid, live)
+      :sys.get_state(pid)
+
+      # A DB orphan: a real row whose ETS entries we drop (mimics a {:subscribed} dropped during
+      # downtime). The warm path must leave it alone — orphan cleanup is not on the restart path.
+      orphan = spawn_link(fn -> receive do: (:stop -> :ok) end)
+      {_uuid_b, bin_b, params_b} = pg_change_params()
+      assert {:ok, _} = Subscriptions.create(conn, publication, [params_b], pid, orphan)
+      :sys.get_state(pid)
+      :ets.delete(args["subscribers_pids_table"], orphan)
+      :ets.delete(args["subscribers_nodes_table"], bin_b)
+
+      new_pid = restart_manager(pid, args)
+      {:ok, ^new_pid, conn2} = PostgresCdcRls.get_manager_conn(args["id"])
+
+      # Both the live subscription and the orphan rows still exist — no reconcile / wipe happened
+      assert %{rows: [[count_a]]} =
+               Postgrex.query!(conn2, "select count(*) from realtime.subscription where subscription_id = $1::uuid", [
+                 bin_a
+               ])
+
+      assert %{rows: [[count_b]]} =
+               Postgrex.query!(conn2, "select count(*) from realtime.subscription where subscription_id = $1::uuid", [
+                 bin_b
+               ])
+
+      assert count_a > 0
+      assert count_b > 0
+    end
+
+    test "the new manager monitors exactly the surviving subscribers", %{
+      pid: pid,
+      args: args,
+      publication: publication
+    } do
+      {:ok, ^pid, conn} = PostgresCdcRls.get_manager_conn(args["id"])
+
+      sub1 = spawn(fn -> receive do: (:stop -> :ok) end)
+      sub2 = spawn_link(fn -> receive do: (:stop -> :ok) end)
+      {_u1, _b1, params1} = pg_change_params()
+      {_u2, _b2, params2} = pg_change_params()
+      assert {:ok, _} = Subscriptions.create(conn, publication, [params1], pid, sub1)
+      assert {:ok, _} = Subscriptions.create(conn, publication, [params2], pid, sub2)
+      :sys.get_state(pid)
+
+      # The original manager monitors both subscribers
+      assert MapSet.subset?(MapSet.new([sub1, sub2]), monitored_pids(pid))
+
+      new_pid = restart_manager(pid, args)
+
+      # After the warm restart the new manager monitors both surviving subscribers, and the old
+      # manager (now dead) no longer holds any monitors
+      assert MapSet.subset?(MapSet.new([sub1, sub2]), monitored_pids(new_pid))
+      refute Process.alive?(pid)
+
+      # The fresh monitors are wired to the new manager: when a subscriber dies, the new manager
+      # drops both its monitor and its ETS entry
+      send(sub1, :stop)
+      Process.monitor(sub1)
+      assert_receive {:DOWN, _, :process, ^sub1, _}, 100
+
+      :sys.get_state(new_pid)
+      monitored = monitored_pids(new_pid)
+      refute MapSet.member?(monitored, sub1)
+      assert MapSet.member?(monitored, sub2)
+      assert :ets.lookup(args["subscribers_pids_table"], sub1) == []
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "cold start (empty ETS)" do
+    test "deletes all subscriptions from the DB", %{pid: pid, args: args, publication: publication} do
+      {:ok, ^pid, conn} = PostgresCdcRls.get_manager_conn(args["id"])
+
+      subscriber = spawn_link(fn -> receive do: (:stop -> :ok) end)
+      {_uuid, _bin, params} = pg_change_params()
+      assert {:ok, _} = Subscriptions.create(conn, publication, [params], pid, subscriber)
+      :sys.get_state(pid)
+
+      assert %{rows: [[seeded]]} = Postgrex.query!(conn, "select count(*) from realtime.subscription", [])
+      assert seeded > 0
+
+      # Simulate a cold start: a fresh WorkerSupervisor hands the manager brand new, empty ETS
+      # tables. The DB rows from the previous run must be wiped.
+      GenServer.stop(pid)
+      empty_pids = :ets.new(__MODULE__, [:public, :bag])
+      empty_nodes = :ets.new(__MODULE__, [:public, :set])
+
+      cold_args = %{
+        args
+        | "subscribers_pids_table" => empty_pids,
+          "subscribers_nodes_table" => empty_nodes
+      }
+
+      {:ok, new_pid} = SubscriptionManager.start_link(cold_args)
+      :sys.get_state(new_pid)
+
+      {:ok, ^new_pid, conn2} = PostgresCdcRls.get_manager_conn(args["id"])
+      assert %{rows: [[0]]} = Postgrex.query!(conn2, "select count(*) from realtime.subscription", [])
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "check no users" do
     test "exit is sent to manager", %{pid: pid} do
       :sys.replace_state(pid, fn state -> %{state | no_users_ts: 0} end)
@@ -452,6 +598,21 @@ defmodule Realtime.Extensions.CdcRls.SubscriptionManagerTest do
     end
   end
 
+  # Simulates a SubscriptionManager-only restart: the ETS tables in `args` are owned by the test
+  # process (acting as the WorkerSupervisor) and survive, so the new manager re-adopts them.
+  defp restart_manager(pid, args) do
+    GenServer.stop(pid)
+    {:ok, new_pid} = SubscriptionManager.start_link(args)
+    :sys.get_state(new_pid)
+    new_pid
+  end
+
+  # The set of processes `pid` is currently monitoring.
+  defp monitored_pids(pid) do
+    {:monitors, monitors} = Process.info(pid, :monitors)
+    for {:process, monitored} <- monitors, into: MapSet.new(), do: monitored
+  end
+
   defp pg_change_params do
     uuid = UUID.uuid1()