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[FIXED] MsgsTimeout iterator yields spurious (nil, nil) after a timeout - #2099
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NextMsg timeout returns ErrTimeout, which is not fatal, so a consumer is allowed to keep ranging over MsgsTimeout. After yielding (nil, ErrTimeout) the loop fell through to yield(msg, nil) with msg == nil and err == nil, delivering a spurious (nil, nil) pair after every timeout. A consumer that treats err == nil as a valid message then operates on a nil *Msg. Add a continue after the non-fatal timeout branch so the iterator loops back to NextMsg instead. Matches the Msgs() iterator, which returns after any error. Adds a regression test that keeps iterating across timeouts; it failed before the fix (got nil msg with nil error) and passes after. Signed-off-by: Sueun Cho <sueun.dev@gmail.com>
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Resolved test conflicts by porting main's new embedded-server tests to the testservice helpers: - test/kv_test.go, jetstream/test/kv_test.go: added TestKeyValueUpdateRevisionMismatch and TestKeyValueDeleteRevisionMismatch, plus the new ErrKeyRevisionMismatch guard in TestKeyValueCreate (#2097/#2098). - test/nats_iter_test.go: folded main's two phantom-nil MsgsTimeout subtests (#2093/#2099) into the migrated TestSubscribeIterator. Signed-off-by: Piotr Piotrowski <piotr@synadia.com>
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MsgsTimeoutreturns a range-over-func iterator. WhenNextMsgtimes out ityields
(nil, ErrTimeout).ErrTimeoutis not fatal, so a consumer is allowedto keep iterating (e.g. to wait for more messages or do periodic work between
batches). In that case the loop falls through to
yield(msg, nil)withmsg == nilanderr == nil, so the consumer gets a spurious(nil, nil)pairafter every timeout. Code that treats
err == nilas "got a message" thenoperates on a nil
*Msg.The
Msgs()iterator returns after any error and doesn't have this. The fix isa
continueafter the non-fatal timeout branch so it loops back toNextMsginstead of falling through.
The existing
with timeouttest didn't catch it because it breaks on the firsttimeout, so the iterator returns before reaching the second yield. The added
test keeps iterating across timeouts:
TestSubscribeIteratorandTestQueueSubscribeIteratorpass with-race.AI assistance disclosure: this fix and test were prepared with the help of an AI
coding assistant; I reviewed and verified the change and tests myself.
Signed-off-by: Sueun Cho sueun.dev@gmail.com