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inspired by osc commits: 9228111 9aed3b2 logic for route drifting detection.

This PR proposes that, instead of trying to hot-fix drifting which might be caused by upper layer reconciliation error, such drifting should be detected and reported in the log for further investigation. Additionally, performing such drifting detection make the cost of route installation operation from O(1) to O(n), thus makes it as an optional feature.

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  • New Features

    • Added optional route drift detection for load-balancer targets and neighboring NAT routes.
    • Added a --route-drift-detection command-line option, disabled by default.
    • When enabled, the system compares configured routes with observed network state and reports unexpected or missing paths in logs.
  • Tests

    • Updated test configuration to cover route drift detection while retaining the existing network preference settings.

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byteocean force-pushed the feat/route-drift-detection branch from 3e53aaf to d9e16a8 Compare August 27, 2026 15:00
@hardikdr hardikdr added the area/networking Networking-related tasks and improvements. label Aug 28, 2026
@hardikdr hardikdr added this to Roadmap Aug 28, 2026

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Overall, this change looks reasonable to me. I left couple of suggestions in-line, none of them are blockers.

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Thanks for the updates @byteocean. The PR LGTM.

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The change adds a disabled-by-default route drift detection option. The CLI passes this option to the Metalbond client, which compares dpservice routes with expected Metalbond hops after creating load-balancer targets or neighbor NATs.

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Route drift detection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detection configuration and wiring
metalbond/metalbond_client.go, main.go, controllers/suite_test.go, go.mod
ClientOptions and the CLI now expose RouteDriftDetection. The suite test enables it. Metalbond and protobuf dependencies are updated.
Route drift checks
metalbond/metalbond_client.go
Route creation invokes checks for load-balancer targets and neighbor NATs. The checks compare dpservice entries with expected hops and report unexpected or missing routes.
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) ~45 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant addLocalRoute
  participant dpservice
  participant metalbond
  addLocalRoute->>dpservice: Create LB target or neighbor NAT
  addLocalRoute->>metalbond: Run drift detection
  metalbond->>dpservice: List configured routes
  metalbond->>metalbond: Fetch expected hops
  metalbond-->>addLocalRoute: Return joined drift errors
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Suggested reviewers: adracus

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 56d39

When enabled, route-drift detection can panic in client setups that do not bind the Metalbond instance and can misreport neighbor-NAT routes shared across VNIs; it also adds synchronous comparison work and detailed topology logging. The PR is not merge-ready until the two correctness issues are fixed and the bounded runtime and logging risks are explicitly accepted.

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In `@controllers/suite_test.go`:
- Line 141: Initialize the Metalnet client’s MetalBond instance by calling
SetMetalBond with mbInstance immediately after mb.NewMetalBond, before enabling
RouteDriftDetection-dependent paths, matching the setup used in main.go.

In `@metalbond/metalbond_client.go`:
- Line 538: Update both loops processing ListNeighborNats results to skip
entries whose n.Spec.Vni does not equal uint32(vni) before calling natMatch or
performing related checks; preserve processing for matching VNI entries.
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Comment thread controllers/suite_test.go
metalnetMBClient = metalbond.NewMetalnetClient(&logger, dpdkClient, metalnetCache, &defaultRouterAddr, metalbond.ClientOptions{
PreferredNetwork: nil,
PreferredNetwork: nil,
RouteDriftDetection: true,

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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sed -n '110,165p' controllers/suite_test.go
printf '%s\n' '--- main.go references ---'
rg -n -C 6 'NewMetalnetClient|SetMetalBond|NewMetalBond|RouteDriftDetection' --glob '*.go' .
printf '%s\n' '--- candidate definitions ---'
rg -n 'func NewMetalnetClient|type MetalnetClient|func \(.*\) SetMetalBond|mbInstance|GetNextHopByVniAndDestination' --glob '*.go' .

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printf '%s\n' '--- MetalBond constructor and callback setup ---'
rg -n -C 12 'func NewMetalBond|SetMetalnet|Metalnet|NewMetalBond' "$moddir/metalbond.go" "$moddir" --glob '*.go' | head -160

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Set mbInstance on the Metalnet client.

NewMetalnetClient leaves mbInstance nil, and mb.NewMetalBond does not initialize it. With RouteDriftDetection enabled, LB-target and neighboring-NAT paths call c.mbInstance.GetNextHopByVniAndDestination, which can panic. Call metalnetMBClient.SetMetalBond(mbInstance) immediately after mb.NewMetalBond, as main.go does.

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In `@controllers/suite_test.go` at line 141, Initialize the Metalnet client’s
MetalBond instance by calling SetMetalBond with mbInstance immediately after
mb.NewMetalBond, before enabling RouteDriftDetection-dependent paths, matching
the setup used in main.go.

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addLocalRoute(), which calls c.mbInstance.GetNextHopByVniAndDestination, is activated when a route received from the peer. so, you have to add peer first.

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printf '%s\n' '--- local client setup and route callback ---'
ast-grep outline metalbond/metalbond_client.go --items all --type function --match 'addLocalRoute|SetMetalBond|NewMetalnetClient'
rg -n -C 8 'func \(.*\) addLocalRoute|func \(.*\) SetMetalBond|func NewMetalnetClient|mbInstance' metalbond/metalbond_client.go

printf '%s\n' '--- resolved Metalbond module source ---'
module_dir="$(go env GOMODCACHE)/github.com/ironcore-dev/metalbond@v0.5.1-0.20260826141731-d6f06ca4b7d3"
if [ -d "$module_dir" ]; then
  rg -n -C 10 'func \(.*\) AddPeer|func NewMetalBond|addLocalRoute|SetMetalnet|Metalnet' "$module_dir" --glob '*.go'
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gh api "repos/${repo}/git/trees/${ref}?recursive=1" --paginate \
  --jq '.tree[] | select(.type == "blob" and (.path | endswith(".go"))) | .path' \
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          ;;
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printf '%s\n' '--- search pinned dependency source for constructor and AddPeer ---'
gh api "repos/${repo}/git/trees/${ref}?recursive=1" --paginate --jq '.tree[] | select(.type == "blob" and (.path | endswith(".go"))) | .path' \
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for path in peer.go metalbond.go; do
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@byteocean, AddPeer starts peer.handle() in a goroutine before AddPeer returns. That goroutine can connect, receive an UPDATE, and call addLocalRoute() concurrently.

Therefore, calling SetMetalBond after AddPeer leaves a race window. Please call it immediately after mb.NewMetalBond and before mbInstance.AddPeer:

mbInstance := mb.NewMetalBond(config, metalnetMBClient)
metalnetMBClient.SetMetalBond(mbInstance)
metalbondRouteUtil = metalbond.NewMBRouteUtil(mbInstance)

err = mbInstance.AddPeer("[::1]:4711", "")

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Comment thread metalbond/metalbond_client.go
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@byteocean byteocean moved this to In Progress in Networking Sep 7, 2026
Detect if drifts exist between installed ones in dpservice and received ones
by metalbond client for LBTargets and NATNeighboringRoute.

Bump github.com/ironcore-dev/metalbond to pull in
GetNextHopByVniAndDestination (ironcore-dev/metalbond#221), which the drift
detectors use to read metalbond's expected next hops for a (vni, destination)
and diff them against the entries installed in dpservice.

Signed-off-by: Tao Li <tao.li06@sap.com>
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@byteocean There are unresolved merge conflicts (only in the go.{mod,sum}) files. Once those are resolved, I'm happy to merge this.

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