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fix(rack-controller): recover power-blocked firmware updates - #5031

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Rack firmware maintenance can leave a rack permanently stuck in Maintenance(FirmwareUpgrade(WaitForComplete)) when a scoped machine is Ready with desired_power_state == Off. The rack writes host_reprovisioning_requested, but the machine power-manager gate prevents the machine state controller from consuming it, so the rack waits forever and rejects subsequent maintenance requests.

This change rejects that condition before submitting work to RMS. It also recovers racks already stuck by the reported condition: the rack firmware job is marked failed, maintenance_requested and credentials are cleared, unconsumed rack-owned host requests are conditionally removed, and the rack transitions to Error. Requests belonging to machines that already entered reprovisioning are retained so their controllers can unwind after observing the rack error. Wait outcomes now include sorted pending machine, switch, and power-shelf IDs for diagnosis.

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Signed-off-by: Kun Zhao <kunzhao@nvidia.com>
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Firmware upgrade progress now includes power shelves alongside machines and switches.
    • Upgrade checks prevent processing machines that are powered off.
    • Wait messages identify pending devices and show the remaining count.
    • Reprovisioning requests are cleared only when the machine state and request initiator match.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preserved active reprovisioning requests for unaffected machines during firmware completion.
    • Prevented maintenance credentials from being retained when upgrades are rejected.

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Rack firmware progress now includes power shelves and sorted pending device IDs. Firmware upgrades reject machines with desired power Off before submission and during polling. Recovery clears only matching ready-state reprovision requests. Tests cover blocked and active machines.

Changes

Rack firmware power-state handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Firmware progress and pending-device tracking
crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs
Firmware progress includes power shelves and returns sorted pending identifiers for machines, switches, and power shelves.
Conditional reprovision request clearing
crates/api-db/src/host_machine_update.rs
clear_ready_host_reprovisioning_request clears a matching request only when the machine remains in ready state.
Firmware submission and polling recovery
crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs
Firmware submission rejects powered-off machines. Polling recovery fails blocked jobs, clears matching requests and credentials, and transitions the rack to Error.
Firmware lifecycle test coverage
crates/api-core/src/tests/rack_state_controller/handler.rs
Tests cover pre-submission rejection, completion recovery, request preservation, and detailed wait-state reporting.

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The PR addresses recovery of firmware updates blocked by powered-off machines and adds integration coverage; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains based on the current evidence.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant RackController
  participant HostMachineDatabase
  participant RMS
  RackController->>HostMachineDatabase: check desired machine power state
  alt Desired power is Off
    RackController->>HostMachineDatabase: clear matching ready reprovisioning request
    RackController-->>RackController: fail firmware job and transition rack to Error
  else Desired power is not Off
    RackController->>RMS: submit or poll firmware upgrade
    RMS-->>RackController: return firmware progress
  end
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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)
crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs (2)

2319-2327: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Rename the local binding to avoid shadowing the helper function.

The local desired_off_machine_ids shadows the free function desired_off_machine_ids declared at Line 193. The call on Line 2326 still resolves correctly because the binding is not yet in scope, but the duplicate name obscures the data flow for later readers.

♻️ Proposed rename
-                let desired_off_machine_ids = {
+                let blocked_machine_ids = {
                     let mut conn = ctx.services.db_pool.acquire().await?;
                     let machine_ids = load_scoped_machines(conn.as_mut(), id, scope)
                         .await?
                         .into_iter()
                         .map(|machine| machine.id)
                         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
                     desired_off_machine_ids(conn.as_mut(), &machine_ids).await?
                 };
-                if !desired_off_machine_ids.is_empty() {
+                if !blocked_machine_ids.is_empty() {

Update the format_machine_ids(&desired_off_machine_ids) call on Line 2341 accordingly.

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In `@crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs` around lines 2319 - 2327, Rename
the local binding in the maintenance flow around load_scoped_machines and
desired_off_machine_ids to avoid shadowing the helper function, and update the
later format_machine_ids call to use the new binding.

2528-2543: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Replace the unwrap() on the persisted firmware job with a binding guard.

Line 2536 calls unwrap() on state.firmware_upgrade_job, which is persisted data. The guard on Line 2523 makes this unreachable today, but the branch is long and the guard is far from the use site. Bind the job once at the top of the branch instead. This also removes the second unwrap() on Line 2587.

♻️ Proposed restructure
-                if state.firmware_upgrade_job.is_none() {
+                let Some(current_job) = state.firmware_upgrade_job.clone() else {
                     return Ok(StateHandlerOutcome::wait(
                         "firmware upgrade: no job recorded yet".into(),
                     ));
-                }
+                };
-                    let mut job = state.firmware_upgrade_job.clone().unwrap();
+                    let mut job = current_job.clone();

Then use &current_job on Line 2587 in place of state.firmware_upgrade_job.as_ref().unwrap().

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In `@crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs` around lines 2528 - 2543, In the
branch handling power-blocked machines, bind state.firmware_upgrade_job once
with a guard before using it, returning or following the existing safe path when
it is absent. Use the bound job for the failure update and state assignment, and
replace the later state.firmware_upgrade_job.as_ref().unwrap() use with a
reference to that binding, removing both persisted-data unwraps.

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In `@crates/rack-controller/src/maintenance.rs`:
- Around line 2319-2327: Rename the local binding in the maintenance flow around
load_scoped_machines and desired_off_machine_ids to avoid shadowing the helper
function, and update the later format_machine_ids call to use the new binding.
- Around line 2528-2543: In the branch handling power-blocked machines, bind
state.firmware_upgrade_job once with a guard before using it, returning or
following the existing safe path when it is absent. Use the bound job for the
failure update and state assignment, and replace the later
state.firmware_upgrade_job.as_ref().unwrap() use with a reference to that
binding, removing both persisted-data unwraps.

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Signed-off-by: Kun Zhao <kunzhao@nvidia.com>

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LGTM, some nits.

if !power_blocked_machine_ids.is_empty() {
let mut recovery_txn = ctx.services.db_pool.begin().await?;
let now = chrono::Utc::now();
let mut job = state.firmware_upgrade_job.clone().unwrap();

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nit: firmware_upgrade_job is checked for None earlier but maybe this unwrap could be removed with let...else to replace the early None check.

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Will address in a follow PR and include in the rc patch PR.

scope: &MaintenanceScope,
) -> Result<Vec<carbide_uuid::machine::MachineId>, StateHandlerError> {
let machines = load_scoped_machines(txn, rack_id, scope).await?;
let initiator = format!("rack-{rack_id}");

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nit: this formatting is used more than once as an identifier, could move this to a function to prevent format drift.

.filter(|options| options.desired_power_state == model::power_manager::PowerState::Off)
.map(|options| options.host_id)
.collect::<Vec<_>>();
machine_ids.sort_by_key(ToString::to_string);

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perf: maybe replace this with sort_by_cached_key

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kunzhao-nv merged commit 067ef48 into NVIDIA:main Aug 17, 2026
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