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Introduces VALKEYMODULE_EVENT_CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE, a module server event fired when the local view of the cluster topology changes — a slot's owner is assigned/unassigned, or a node is added to/removed from the cluster.

Resolves #2558.

Motivation

Modules that maintain slot-derived state (e.g. valkey-search partitions index work by slot ownership) currently have to poll CLUSTER SLOTS/CLUSTER SHARDS to detect topology changes. Polling is laggy (reaction is delayed up to a poll interval) and wasteful (constant background cost even when the topology is stable). This event lets a module react the same event-loop tick a change lands, and do nothing when nothing changes.

Design

  • New event id VALKEYMODULE_EVENT_CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE with the static handle ValkeyModuleEvent_ClusterTopologyChange. _VALKEYMODULE_EVENT_NEXT bumped accordingly.
  • No subevent (always 0) and no data payload (always NULL). The module is expected to query current topology when handling the event rather than diffing a payload. This keeps the ABI trivial/future-proof (moduleEventVersions[] entry is -1, no data struct) and matches how a consumer actually uses it (it re-reads the full slot map anyway).
  • Coalescing. Topology mutators are called in bursts (one gossip packet or MIGRATESLOTS can touch many slots/nodes in one iteration). Rather than firing per change, the mutators (clusterAddSlot, clusterDelSlot, clusterAddNode, clusterDelNode) record intent via a new CLUSTER_TODO_FIRE_MODULE_TOPOLOGY_EVENT flag, and clusterBeforeSleep() fires the event once per iteration. This mirrors the existing CLUSTER_TODO_* batching pattern.

Node role changes (primary↔replica) and link up/down are intentionally out of scope — already covered by ValkeyModuleEvent_ReplicationRoleChanged and ValkeyModuleEvent_PrimaryLinkChange.

Tests

tests/modules/hooks.c subscribes and counts the event; tests/unit/moduleapi/hooks.tcl asserts every node fires it during cluster formation (which exercises both the slot-assignment and node-add paths). Full moduleapi hooks suite passes.


Draft for early feedback — happy to adjust the event semantics (payload vs. notification-only), naming, or coalescing point.

Introduce VALKEYMODULE_EVENT_CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE, fired when a slot's
owner changes or a node is added to or removed from the cluster view.

Topology mutators (clusterAddSlot/clusterDelSlot/clusterAddNode/clusterDelNode)
set a new CLUSTER_TODO_FIRE_MODULE_TOPOLOGY_EVENT flag; clusterBeforeSleep fires
the event once per event-loop iteration, coalescing bursts of changes from
gossip or slot migration into a single notification. The event carries no
subevent and no data payload; modules query current topology when handling it.

Resolves valkey-io#2558.

Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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The change adds VALKEYMODULE_EVENT_CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE. Cluster mutations schedule the event for clusterBeforeSleep, which dispatches it once per before-sleep cycle. Hook tests verify delivery during cluster formation and node reparenting.

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Cluster topology event

Layer / File(s) Summary
Module event contract
src/valkeymodule.h, src/module.c
Defines event 24 and its descriptor. Registers its version and documents subevent 0 with NULL data.
Topology mutation dispatch
src/cluster_legacy.h, src/cluster_legacy.c
Replica, node, and slot mutations set a before-sleep flag. clusterBeforeSleep fires the event when the flag is set.
Hook subscription and validation
tests/modules/hooks.c, tests/unit/moduleapi/hooks.tcl
The hooks module subscribes to the event and records it. Tests verify events during cluster formation and node reparenting across all six nodes.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ClusterMutation
  participant clusterBeforeSleep
  participant ModuleHook
  ClusterMutation->>clusterBeforeSleep: Schedule topology event
  clusterBeforeSleep->>ModuleHook: Fire VALKEYMODULE_EVENT_CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE
  ModuleHook-->>clusterBeforeSleep: Record cluster-topology-change
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The event wiring misses a topology change that is directly observable through the module cluster APIs.

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retval = dictAdd(server.cluster->nodes, sdsnewlen(node->name, CLUSTER_NAMELEN), node);
serverAssert(retval == DICT_OK);
clusterDoBeforeSleep(CLUSTER_TODO_FIRE_MODULE_TOPOLOGY_EVENT);

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This fires for inserting/removing a clusterNode, but not when an existing node changes its primary. The gossip path updates sender->replicaof via clusterNodeRemoveReplica/clusterNodeAddReplica at src/cluster_legacy.c:4595-4602, and ValkeyModule_GetClusterNodeInfo() exposes that primary ID at src/module.c:9942-9945, so a module that re-reads topology only on this event keeps a stale node-to-shard mapping after CLUSTER REPLICATE or replica migration when no slot owner or node membership changes. Schedule the event when the replication relationship changes too (ideally from the relationship mutators), and add a test that clears the count, reparents an existing replica, and waits for a notification.

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Fire CLUSTER_TODO_FIRE_MODULE_TOPOLOGY_EVENT from clusterNodeAddReplica
and clusterNodeRemoveReplica so a change in a node's replication
relationship (reparenting a replica) also notifies modules, not just
slot-ownership and node-membership changes.

Split the cluster hook test into a formation assertion (runs first, so
its count is attributable to formation) and a reparent assertion that
baselines each node's count before triggering CLUSTER REPLICATE and waits
for a fresh event, avoiding dependence on absolute counts.

Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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