Chore: Avoid stopping plugin (#74654)

pkg/plugins/manager/fakes/fakes.go

@@ -496,13 +496,17 @@ type FakeBackendPlugin struct {
 	Decommissioned bool
 	Running        bool
 
+	// ExitedCheckDoneOrStopped is used to signal that the Exited() or Stop() method has been called.
+	ExitedCheckDoneOrStopped chan struct{}
+
 	mutex sync.RWMutex
 	backendplugin.Plugin
 }
 
 func NewFakeBackendPlugin(managed bool) *FakeBackendPlugin {
 	return &FakeBackendPlugin{
-		Managed: managed,
+		Managed:                  managed,
+		ExitedCheckDoneOrStopped: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -519,6 +523,7 @@ func (p *FakeBackendPlugin) Stop(_ context.Context) error {
 	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
 	p.Running = false
 	p.StopCount++
+	go func() { p.ExitedCheckDoneOrStopped <- struct{}{} }()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -544,6 +549,7 @@ func (p *FakeBackendPlugin) IsManaged() bool {
 func (p *FakeBackendPlugin) Exited() bool {
 	p.mutex.RLock()
 	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
+	go func() { p.ExitedCheckDoneOrStopped <- struct{}{} }()
 	return !p.Running
 }
 

pkg/plugins/manager/process/process.go

@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ package process
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 )
 
+var (
+	keepPluginAliveTickerDuration = time.Second * 1
+)
+
 type Service struct{}
 
 func ProvideService() *Service {
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ func (*Service) Start(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := startPluginAndRestartKilledProcesses(ctx, p); err != nil {
+	if err := startPluginAndKeepItAlive(ctx, p); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ func (*Service) Stop(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func startPluginAndRestartKilledProcesses(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) error {
+func startPluginAndKeepItAlive(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) error {
 	if err := p.Start(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -49,41 +52,35 @@ func startPluginAndRestartKilledProcesses(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	go func(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) {
-		if err := restartKilledProcess(ctx, p); err != nil {
+	go func(p *plugins.Plugin) {
+		if err := keepPluginAlive(p); err != nil {
 			p.Logger().Error("Attempt to restart killed plugin process failed", "error", err)
 		}
-	}(ctx, p)
+	}(p)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func restartKilledProcess(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) error {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * 1)
+// keepPluginAlive will restart the plugin if the process is killed or exits
+func keepPluginAlive(p *plugins.Plugin) error {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(keepPluginAliveTickerDuration)
 
 	for {
-		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-				return err
-			}
-			return p.Stop(ctx)
-		case <-ticker.C:
-			if p.IsDecommissioned() {
-				p.Logger().Debug("Plugin decommissioned")
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			if !p.Exited() {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			p.Logger().Debug("Restarting plugin")
-			if err := p.Start(ctx); err != nil {
-				p.Logger().Error("Failed to restart plugin", "error", err)
-				continue
-			}
-			p.Logger().Debug("Plugin restarted")
+		<-ticker.C
+		if p.IsDecommissioned() {
+			p.Logger().Debug("Plugin decommissioned")
+			return nil
 		}
+
+		if !p.Exited() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		p.Logger().Debug("Restarting plugin")
+		if err := p.Start(context.Background()); err != nil {
+			p.Logger().Error("Failed to restart plugin", "error", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		p.Logger().Debug("Plugin restarted")
 	}
 }

pkg/plugins/manager/process/process_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -71,6 +72,31 @@ func TestProcessManager_Start(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("Won't stop the plugin if the context is cancelled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		bp := fakes.NewFakeBackendPlugin(true)
+		p := createPlugin(t, bp, func(plugin *plugins.Plugin) {
+			plugin.Backend = true
+		})
+
+		tickerDuration := keepPluginAliveTickerDuration
+		keepPluginAliveTickerDuration = 1 * time.Millisecond
+		defer func() {
+			keepPluginAliveTickerDuration = tickerDuration
+		}()
+
+		m := &Service{}
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+		err := m.Start(ctx, p)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, 1, bp.StartCount)
+		cancel()
+
+		<-bp.ExitedCheckDoneOrStopped
+		require.False(t, p.Exited())
+		require.Equal(t, 0, bp.StopCount)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestProcessManager_Stop(t *testing.T) {