fix(v4.0/MCP): LOAD MCP <X> FROM DISK must not install to runtime - #6172
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Fixes #6171. All three genai FROM DISK verbs copied disk. -> main. and then installed into the runtime; two of them additionally called mcp_start_listener_if_enabled(). Since "LOAD MCP <X> TO MEMORY" is registered as an alias of FROM DISK, the verb whose entire purpose is "stage this without applying it" applied it -- and for variables could reopen the MCP port on a node where the listener had been deliberately stopped. Given that the MCP endpoints expose backend query execution, that is not a cosmetic difference. This broke the contract the rest of ProxySQL obeys. Core's FlushCommandWrapper(..., "disk_to_memory") is a pure table copy, and the mysqlx plugin's load_*_from_disk callbacks call disk_to_memory() and nothing else. genai was the outlier. All three are now pure disk. -> main. copies, and their replies name the TO RUNTIME verb needed to apply the staged config. LOAD MCP <X> TO RUNTIME remains the only verb that touches the runtime and the only one that may start or restart the listener. The TAP suite had grown to depend on the old behaviour: eleven call sites used "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK" as a restore-the-runtime idiom, four of them inside helpers literally named restore_mcp_runtime(). Each now issues the explicit TO RUNTIME counterpart. That every one of those call sites read as "restore the runtime" is itself evidence the old semantics were surprising -- the suite adopted the shortcut precisely because the verb did more than its name said. Note this also removes the shortcut that made the #6167 workaround appear to work: on a build without the startup restore, the correct sequence is now LOAD ... FROM DISK followed by LOAD ... TO RUNTIME. Tests: genai_plugin_load_unit-t gains staged-workflow coverage for all three verb families -- FROM DISK repopulates main. while the runtime keeps its previous contents, the TO MEMORY alias behaves identically, and only TO RUNTIME makes the staged config live. The variables case seeds a complete mcp-* set on disk, since LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME rejects a partial set and a single-row fixture would test that guard instead of the staging contract. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018Jx9yffNfnSZDvC6WvGxgw
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to MCP disk loads now stage configuration until an explicit TO RUNTIME command, but the variables command documentation still describes the old implicit reload behavior. The stopped-listener staging case is also not protected by a regression assertion, so an unintended listener start could return unnoticed. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Admin as Admin SQL
participant Commands as MCP command handlers
participant Memory as Main MCP tables
participant Runtime as MCP runtime
Admin->>Commands: LOAD MCP ... FROM DISK
Commands->>Memory: Copy disk data to main
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Admin->>Commands: LOAD MCP ... TO RUNTIME
Commands->>Runtime: Apply staged configuration
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| | `SAVE MCP VARIABLES TO MEMORY` / `... TO DISK` | reverse direction | | ||
| | `LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME` | atomic install of `main.mcp_auth_profiles` + `main.mcp_target_profiles` into the in-memory snapshot, rebuilds joined `target_auth_map` | | ||
| | `LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME` | atomic install of `main.mcp_auth_profiles` + `main.mcp_target_profiles` into the in-memory snapshot, rebuilds joined `target_auth_map`. The only verb that applies profiles, and the only one that may start the listener | | ||
| | `LOAD MCP PROFILES FROM DISK` / `TO MEMORY` | `disk.` → `main.` only; the runtime is untouched until `TO RUNTIME` | |
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Extend this correction to the variables row above: the same table still says LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK performs an “implicit reload,” although the callback now returns immediately after copying disk.global_variables into main.global_variables. An operator relying on this admin-command reference may omit LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME and unknowingly leave the listener using its previous settings.
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This statement is broader than the implementation: LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM CONFIG still reaches load_variables_from_config(), which calls mcp_start_listener_if_enabled() and can therefore start or restart the listener when the handler is enabled. Operators should not be told that only a TO RUNTIME command can do so unless that config-loading behavior is also changed; otherwise qualify the guarantee as applying only to the disk-to-memory command family.
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In `@plugins/genai/README.md`:
- Line 95: Update the `LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK` entry in the command table
to remove the claim of an implicit reload and state that it only copies
`disk.global_variables` to `main.global_variables` for the mcp-* slice,
requiring `LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME` afterward.
In `@test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp`:
- Around line 663-666: Update the staging-command tests to configure enabled MCP
variables with a deliberately stopped listener and assert it remains stopped
after LOAD MCP PROFILES FROM DISK
(test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp lines 585-588), LOAD MCP
PROFILES TO MEMORY (lines 625-627), LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK (lines
663-666), and LOAD MCP QUERY RULES FROM DISK (lines 699-702); each site requires
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Update the variables command description.
Line 95 still says that LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK performs an implicit reload. load_mcp_variables_from_disk now only copies disk.global_variables to main.global_variables and requires LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME.
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| | `LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK` | sync `disk.global_variables` → `main.global_variables` (mcp-* slice), then implicit reload | | |
| | `LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK` | sync `disk.global_variables` → `main.global_variables` (mcp-* slice); runtime remains unchanged until `TO RUNTIME` | |
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In `@plugins/genai/README.md` at line 95, Update the `LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM
DISK` entry in the command table to remove the claim of an implicit reload and
state that it only copies `disk.global_variables` to `main.global_variables` for
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| ok(mgr.dispatch_admin_command(cmd_ctx, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK", var_disk_result) && | ||
| var_disk_result.error_code == 0, | ||
| "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK dispatches (rc=%d, msg=%s)", | ||
| var_disk_result.error_code, var_disk_result.message.c_str()); |
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Add listener-state assertions for staging commands.
The new cases only verify main.* and runtime tables. They do not prove that staging leaves a deliberately stopped MCP listener stopped. A callback that still invokes mcp_start_listener_if_enabled() without publishing a runtime snapshot would pass these tests.
test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp#L663-L666: configure enabled MCP variables with a stopped listener, then assertLOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISKdoes not start it.test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp#L585-L588: assertLOAD MCP PROFILES FROM DISKdoes not start the listener.test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp#L625-L627: assert theLOAD MCP PROFILES TO MEMORYalias has the same result.test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp#L699-L702: assertLOAD MCP QUERY RULES FROM DISKdoes not start the listener.
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In `@test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp` around lines 663 - 666,
Update the staging-command tests to configure enabled MCP variables with a
deliberately stopped listener and assert it remains stopped after LOAD MCP
PROFILES FROM DISK (test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp lines
585-588), LOAD MCP PROFILES TO MEMORY (lines 625-627), LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM
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<file name="test/tap/tests/mcp_pgsql_concurrency_stress-t.cpp">
<violation number="1" location="test/tap/tests/mcp_pgsql_concurrency_stress-t.cpp:215">
P2: restore_mcp_runtime is a restore helper that issues mysql_query calls, but it ignores the return value of run_q and emits no diagnostic on failure. If `LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME` fails here, the runtime listener is left with the test's modified MCP variables and the shared configuration stays corrupted for later TAP tests, silently. Check the run_q return value for each query and call diag() on failure.</violation>
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<file name="test/tap/tests/mcp_show_connections_commands_inmemory-t.cpp">
<violation number="1" location="test/tap/tests/mcp_show_connections_commands_inmemory-t.cpp:119">
P3: restore_mcp_runtime() ignores the return value of both run_q() calls, so a failed `LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME` (or FROM DISK) silently leaves the MCP listener/config unrestored. Check each result and emit a diag() on failure so a restore problem is visible instead of contaminating later tests.</violation>
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<file name="test/tap/tests/mcp_mysql_concurrency_stress-t.cpp">
<violation number="1" location="test/tap/tests/mcp_mysql_concurrency_stress-t.cpp:219">
P3: restore_mcp_runtime() ignores the return value of both run_q() calls. If LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK fails, the helper still issues LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME, which applies whatever is currently staged in main rather than the restored baseline. Check the return of each run_q() and return early (with a diag()) when the restore query fails.</violation>
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<file name="test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp">
<violation number="1" location="test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp:663">
P2: Add stopped-listener assertions to the new staging tests. Verify that `FROM DISK` and the `TO MEMORY` alias leave an intentionally stopped MCP listener stopped for profiles, variables, and query rules.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp:711">
P3: The query-rules block never populates the runtime before staging, so 'the staged rule is NOT live before TO RUNTIME' is trivially true: runtime_mcp_query_rules starts empty and no prior TO RUNTIME/refresh ran for query rules. Unlike the profiles and variables blocks, which establish a prior live set and assert FROM DISK leaves it intact, this block only proves a newly staged rule is not live, not that FROM DISK preserves an already-live query-rule runtime. Live a rule via TO RUNTIME first, then stage a different disk set and assert the live rule survives FROM DISK.</violation>
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<file name="test/tap/tests/mcp_stats_refresh-t.cpp">
<violation number="1" location="test/tap/tests/mcp_stats_refresh-t.cpp:358">
P2: This restore statement in the test's cleanup block ignores the return value of run_q, so a failed `LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME` would silently leave the runtime config unrestored for subsequent tests. Check the return value and emit a diag() on failure, matching the convention that restore/cleanup statements report errors.</violation>
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<violation number="1" location="test/tap/tests/mcp_mixed_mysql_pgsql_concurrency_stress-t.cpp:303">
P3: This restore helper issues two admin queries through run_q without checking either return value. run_q only prints an error to stderr on failure (and returns EXIT_FAILURE, which is discarded here) and never emits a diag(), so a failed restore during teardown passes silently in TAP output. Check the return of the TO RUNTIME call (and the FROM DISK call) and emit a diag() on failure, per the TAP restore-helper convention.</violation>
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<file name="doc/MCP/VARIABLES.md">
<violation number="1" location="doc/MCP/VARIABLES.md:273">
P3: The new paragraph claims `LOAD MCP <X> TO RUNTIME` is "the only verb that applies configuration, and the only one that may start or restart the MCP listener". That is inaccurate: `LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM CONFIG` also applies config and starts the listener, because `load_variables_from_config` in plugins/genai/src/plugin_commands.cpp calls `mcp_start_listener_if_enabled(ctx)` for the `mcp` prefix (line 213). `LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME` (line 239) and `LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME` (line 421) do too. Scope the statement to the staging verbs (`FROM DISK`/`TO MEMORY`/`TO RUNTIME`) or add the FROM CONFIG caveat so the doc doesn't promise behavior the code does not have.</violation>
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P3: The Admin SQL table still documents `LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK` as "sync `disk.global_variables` → `main.global_variables` (mcp-* slice), then implicit reload". This PR removes exactly that implicit reload (the runtime install and `mcp_start_listener_if_enabled` are gone from `load_mcp_variables_from_disk`), so the row now contradicts the new behavior and misleads operators into expecting FROM DISK to apply the values. Update that row to match the new staging-only semantics shown on the added PROFILES row ("disk. → main. only; the runtime is untouched until TO RUNTIME").</violation>
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| // FROM DISK is disk->memory only (issue #6171); TO RUNTIME is what | ||
| // actually restores the running listener. | ||
| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK"); | ||
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P2: restore_mcp_runtime is a restore helper that issues mysql_query calls, but it ignores the return value of run_q and emits no diagnostic on failure. If LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME fails here, the runtime listener is left with the test's modified MCP variables and the shared configuration stays corrupted for later TAP tests, silently. Check the run_q return value for each query and call diag() on failure.
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<comment>restore_mcp_runtime is a restore helper that issues mysql_query calls, but it ignores the return value of run_q and emits no diagnostic on failure. If `LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME` fails here, the runtime listener is left with the test's modified MCP variables and the shared configuration stays corrupted for later TAP tests, silently. Check the run_q return value for each query and call diag() on failure.</comment>
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@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ void restore_mcp_runtime(MYSQL* admin) {
+ // FROM DISK is disk->memory only (issue #6171); TO RUNTIME is what
+ // actually restores the running listener.
run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK");
+ run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
}
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P2: This restore statement in the test's cleanup block ignores the return value of run_q, so a failed LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME would silently leave the runtime config unrestored for subsequent tests. Check the return value and emit a diag() on failure, matching the convention that restore/cleanup statements report errors.
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@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
if (admin) {
run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK");
+ run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
mysql_close(admin);
}
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P2: Add stopped-listener assertions to the new staging tests. Verify that FROM DISK and the TO MEMORY alias leave an intentionally stopped MCP listener stopped for profiles, variables, and query rules.
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@@ -516,6 +549,178 @@ int main() {
+ ok(runtime_had == 0, "runtime does not have the disk value yet (got %d)", runtime_had);
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+ ProxySQL_PluginCommandResult var_disk_result;
+ ok(mgr.dispatch_admin_command(cmd_ctx, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK", var_disk_result) &&
+ var_disk_result.error_code == 0,
+ "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK dispatches (rc=%d, msg=%s)",
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| // FROM DISK is disk->memory only (issue #6171); TO RUNTIME is what | ||
| // actually restores the running listener. | ||
| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK"); | ||
| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME"); |
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P3: restore_mcp_runtime() ignores the return value of both run_q() calls, so a failed LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME (or FROM DISK) silently leaves the MCP listener/config unrestored. Check each result and emit a diag() on failure so a restore problem is visible instead of contaminating later tests.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At test/tap/tests/mcp_show_connections_commands_inmemory-t.cpp, line 119:
<comment>restore_mcp_runtime() ignores the return value of both run_q() calls, so a failed `LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME` (or FROM DISK) silently leaves the MCP listener/config unrestored. Check each result and emit a diag() on failure so a restore problem is visible instead of contaminating later tests.</comment>
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@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ void restore_mcp_runtime(MYSQL* admin) {
+ // FROM DISK is disk->memory only (issue #6171); TO RUNTIME is what
+ // actually restores the running listener.
run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK");
+ run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
}
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| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME"); | |
| if (run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME") != 0) { | |
| diag("Failed to restore MCP runtime variables: %s", mysql_error(admin)); | |
| } |
| // FROM DISK is disk->memory only (issue #6171); TO RUNTIME is what | ||
| // actually restores the running listener. | ||
| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK"); | ||
| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME"); |
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P3: restore_mcp_runtime() ignores the return value of both run_q() calls. If LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK fails, the helper still issues LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME, which applies whatever is currently staged in main rather than the restored baseline. Check the return of each run_q() and return early (with a diag()) when the restore query fails.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At test/tap/tests/mcp_mysql_concurrency_stress-t.cpp, line 219:
<comment>restore_mcp_runtime() ignores the return value of both run_q() calls. If LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK fails, the helper still issues LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME, which applies whatever is currently staged in main rather than the restored baseline. Check the return of each run_q() and return early (with a diag()) when the restore query fails.</comment>
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@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@ void restore_mcp_runtime(MYSQL* admin) {
+ // FROM DISK is disk->memory only (issue #6171); TO RUNTIME is what
+ // actually restores the running listener.
run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK");
+ run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
}
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| "SELECT * FROM runtime_mcp_query_rules", g_admindb, nullptr, nullptr); | ||
| ok(g_admindb->return_one_int( | ||
| "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM runtime_mcp_query_rules WHERE rule_id=4242") == 0, | ||
| "the staged rule is NOT live before LOAD MCP QUERY RULES TO RUNTIME"); |
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P3: The query-rules block never populates the runtime before staging, so 'the staged rule is NOT live before TO RUNTIME' is trivially true: runtime_mcp_query_rules starts empty and no prior TO RUNTIME/refresh ran for query rules. Unlike the profiles and variables blocks, which establish a prior live set and assert FROM DISK leaves it intact, this block only proves a newly staged rule is not live, not that FROM DISK preserves an already-live query-rule runtime. Live a rule via TO RUNTIME first, then stage a different disk set and assert the live rule survives FROM DISK.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At test/tap/tests/unit/genai_plugin_load_unit-t.cpp, line 711:
<comment>The query-rules block never populates the runtime before staging, so 'the staged rule is NOT live before TO RUNTIME' is trivially true: runtime_mcp_query_rules starts empty and no prior TO RUNTIME/refresh ran for query rules. Unlike the profiles and variables blocks, which establish a prior live set and assert FROM DISK leaves it intact, this block only proves a newly staged rule is not live, not that FROM DISK preserves an already-live query-rule runtime. Live a rule via TO RUNTIME first, then stage a different disk set and assert the live rule survives FROM DISK.</comment>
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@@ -516,6 +549,178 @@ int main() {
+ "SELECT * FROM runtime_mcp_query_rules", g_admindb, nullptr, nullptr);
+ ok(g_admindb->return_one_int(
+ "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM runtime_mcp_query_rules WHERE rule_id=4242") == 0,
+ "the staged rule is NOT live before LOAD MCP QUERY RULES TO RUNTIME");
+
+ ProxySQL_PluginCommandResult rules_apply_result;
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| // FROM DISK is disk->memory only (issue #6171); TO RUNTIME is what | ||
| // actually restores the running listener. | ||
| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK"); | ||
| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME"); |
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P3: This restore helper issues two admin queries through run_q without checking either return value. run_q only prints an error to stderr on failure (and returns EXIT_FAILURE, which is discarded here) and never emits a diag(), so a failed restore during teardown passes silently in TAP output. Check the return of the TO RUNTIME call (and the FROM DISK call) and emit a diag() on failure, per the TAP restore-helper convention.
Prompt for AI agents
Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At test/tap/tests/mcp_mixed_mysql_pgsql_concurrency_stress-t.cpp, line 303:
<comment>This restore helper issues two admin queries through run_q without checking either return value. run_q only prints an error to stderr on failure (and returns EXIT_FAILURE, which is discarded here) and never emits a diag(), so a failed restore during teardown passes silently in TAP output. Check the return of the TO RUNTIME call (and the FROM DISK call) and emit a diag() on failure, per the TAP restore-helper convention.</comment>
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@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ void restore_mcp_runtime(MYSQL* admin) {
+ // FROM DISK is disk->memory only (issue #6171); TO RUNTIME is what
+ // actually restores the running listener.
run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK");
+ run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
}
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| run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME"); | |
| if (run_q(admin, "LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME")) { | |
| diag("LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME failed: %s", mysql_error(admin)); | |
| } |
| `LOAD MCP <X> FROM DISK` (and its `TO MEMORY` alias) moves disk → memory and | ||
| nothing else, so you can stage an on-disk configuration and review or edit it | ||
| in `main.` before committing to it. `LOAD MCP <X> TO RUNTIME` is the only verb | ||
| that applies configuration, and the only one that may start or restart the MCP |
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P3: The new paragraph claims LOAD MCP <X> TO RUNTIME is "the only verb that applies configuration, and the only one that may start or restart the MCP listener". That is inaccurate: LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM CONFIG also applies config and starts the listener, because load_variables_from_config in plugins/genai/src/plugin_commands.cpp calls mcp_start_listener_if_enabled(ctx) for the mcp prefix (line 213). LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME (line 239) and LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME (line 421) do too. Scope the statement to the staging verbs (FROM DISK/TO MEMORY/TO RUNTIME) or add the FROM CONFIG caveat so the doc doesn't promise behavior the code does not have.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At doc/MCP/VARIABLES.md, line 273:
<comment>The new paragraph claims `LOAD MCP <X> TO RUNTIME` is "the only verb that applies configuration, and the only one that may start or restart the MCP listener". That is inaccurate: `LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM CONFIG` also applies config and starts the listener, because `load_variables_from_config` in plugins/genai/src/plugin_commands.cpp calls `mcp_start_listener_if_enabled(ctx)` for the `mcp` prefix (line 213). `LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIME` (line 239) and `LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME` (line 421) do too. Scope the statement to the staging verbs (`FROM DISK`/`TO MEMORY`/`TO RUNTIME`) or add the FROM CONFIG caveat so the doc doesn't promise behavior the code does not have.</comment>
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@@ -267,6 +267,18 @@ At startup Admin copies the on-disk copies back into `main.` before the genai
+`LOAD MCP <X> FROM DISK` (and its `TO MEMORY` alias) moves disk → memory and
+nothing else, so you can stage an on-disk configuration and review or edit it
+in `main.` before committing to it. `LOAD MCP <X> TO RUNTIME` is the only verb
+that applies configuration, and the only one that may start or restart the MCP
+listener:
+
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| | `SAVE MCP VARIABLES TO MEMORY` / `... TO DISK` | reverse direction | | ||
| | `LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME` | atomic install of `main.mcp_auth_profiles` + `main.mcp_target_profiles` into the in-memory snapshot, rebuilds joined `target_auth_map` | | ||
| | `LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME` | atomic install of `main.mcp_auth_profiles` + `main.mcp_target_profiles` into the in-memory snapshot, rebuilds joined `target_auth_map`. The only verb that applies profiles, and the only one that may start the listener | | ||
| | `LOAD MCP PROFILES FROM DISK` / `TO MEMORY` | `disk.` → `main.` only; the runtime is untouched until `TO RUNTIME` | |
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P3: The Admin SQL table still documents LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK as "sync disk.global_variables → main.global_variables (mcp-* slice), then implicit reload". This PR removes exactly that implicit reload (the runtime install and mcp_start_listener_if_enabled are gone from load_mcp_variables_from_disk), so the row now contradicts the new behavior and misleads operators into expecting FROM DISK to apply the values. Update that row to match the new staging-only semantics shown on the added PROFILES row ("disk. → main. only; the runtime is untouched until TO RUNTIME").
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At plugins/genai/README.md, line 99:
<comment>The Admin SQL table still documents `LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISK` as "sync `disk.global_variables` → `main.global_variables` (mcp-* slice), then implicit reload". This PR removes exactly that implicit reload (the runtime install and `mcp_start_listener_if_enabled` are gone from `load_mcp_variables_from_disk`), so the row now contradicts the new behavior and misleads operators into expecting FROM DISK to apply the values. Update that row to match the new staging-only semantics shown on the added PROFILES row ("disk. → main. only; the runtime is untouched until TO RUNTIME").</comment>
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@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ dispatcher routes by canonical name + alias.
| `SAVE MCP VARIABLES TO MEMORY` / `... TO DISK` | reverse direction |
-| `LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME` | atomic install of `main.mcp_auth_profiles` + `main.mcp_target_profiles` into the in-memory snapshot, rebuilds joined `target_auth_map` |
+| `LOAD MCP PROFILES TO RUNTIME` | atomic install of `main.mcp_auth_profiles` + `main.mcp_target_profiles` into the in-memory snapshot, rebuilds joined `target_auth_map`. The only verb that applies profiles, and the only one that may start the listener |
+| `LOAD MCP PROFILES FROM DISK` / `TO MEMORY` | `disk.` → `main.` only; the runtime is untouched until `TO RUNTIME` |
| `SAVE MCP PROFILES TO MEMORY` | atomic dump of in-memory snapshot back to both editable tables in one transaction |
| `LOAD MCP QUERY RULES TO RUNTIME` | install `main.mcp_query_rules` snapshot, attach to `Discovery_Schema` if listener up |
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Fixes #6171.
The bug
All three genai
FROM DISKverbs copieddisk.→main.and then installed into the runtime; two of them also calledmcp_start_listener_if_enabled().Because
LOAD MCP <X> TO MEMORYis registered as an alias ofFROM DISK, the verb whose entire purpose is stage this without applying it applied it — and for variables, could reopen the MCP port on a node where the listener had been deliberately stopped. The MCP endpoints expose backend query execution, so that isn't cosmetic.This broke the contract the rest of ProxySQL obeys:
LOAD <X> FROM DISK/TO MEMORYLOAD <X> TO RUNTIME/FROM MEMORYSAVE <X> TO DISK/FROM MEMORYSAVE <X> TO MEMORY/FROM RUNTIMEgenai was the outlier. Core's
FlushCommandWrapper(..., "disk_to_memory")(Admin_Handler.cpp:571) is a pure table copy, and mysqlx'sload_*_from_diskcallbacks calldisk_to_memory()and nothing else (mysqlx_admin_schema.cpp:323).The change
All three are now pure
disk.→main.copies, and their replies name the verb that applies the staged config:LOAD MCP <X> TO RUNTIMEremains the only verb that touches the runtime, and the only one that may start or restart the listener. The staged workflow now works as it does everywhere else in ProxySQL:The test suite depended on the old behaviour
Eleven call sites used
LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISKas a restore-the-runtime idiom — four of them inside helpers literally namedrestore_mcp_runtime(). Each now issues the explicitTO RUNTIMEcounterpart:mcp_show_connections_commands_inmemory-t·mcp_mysql_concurrency_stress-t·mcp_pgsql_concurrency_stress-t·mcp_mixed_mysql_pgsql_concurrency_stress-t·mcp_query_rules-t·mcp_query_run_sql_readonly-t·mcp_query_run_sql_readonly_bypass-t·mcp_show_queries_topk-t·mcp_stats_refresh-t·test_stats_mcp_tables-t·mcp_rules_testing/mcp_test_helpers.sh(restore_mcp_group_baseline)That every one of those reads as "restore the runtime" is itself evidence the old semantics were surprising: the suite adopted the shortcut precisely because the verb did more than its name said.
mcp_module-t's two call sites are deliberately left alone — both assert on memory values (SELECT @@mcp-<var>readsmain.global_variables), so they keep testing what they were written to test, and now do so without a runtime side effect.Interaction with #6167
This removes the shortcut that made the #6167 workaround appear to work. On a build without the startup restore, the correct sequence is now:
Once #6170 lands, none of this is needed at startup at all.
Testing
Verified on a full
PROXYSQL40=1 make debugbuild (linux/arm64,proxysql/packaging:build-debian13-v4.0.0):genai_plugin_load_unit-tplugin_runtime_views_unit-t-fsyntax-only)New coverage in
genai_plugin_load_unit-t, for all three verb families:FROM DISKreplacesmain.with the disk copy while the runtime keeps its previous contents;TO RUNTIME, and is after it;TO MEMORYalias behaves identically (it resolves to the same callback — which is exactly why the old behaviour was dangerous);LOAD MCP VARIABLES FROM DISKdoes not publish toruntime_global_variables.The fixture attaches an in-memory
diskschema to the test admindb, mirroring__attach_db(admindb, configdb, "disk")in real Admin bootstrap, since theFROM DISKcallbacks issueSELECT * FROM disk.<table>.One fixture subtlety worth knowing: the variables case seeds a complete
mcp-*set on disk.LOAD MCP VARIABLES TO RUNTIMErejects a partial set (desired.size() != previous.size()inmcp_load_variables_from_admindb), so a single-row disk fixture tests that guard rather than the staging contract. Real disk state is always a fullSAVE MCP VARIABLES TO DISKsnapshot.https://claude.ai/code/session_018Jx9yffNfnSZDvC6WvGxgw
Summary by cubic
Fixes #6171 by making all
LOAD MCP <X> FROM DISKcommands stagediskintomainwithout changing the runtime. Previously, these commands also installed the configuration and could restart the MCP listener; callers that need the configuration live must now run the matchingTO RUNTIMEcommand.Changes
TO MEMORYaliases.TO RUNTIMEcommands.Written for commit 7abddc2. Summary will update on new commits.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Behavior Changes
LOAD MCP ... FROM DISKandTO MEMORYnow stage configuration in memory without changing the running MCP runtime.LOAD MCP ... TO RUNTIMEto apply staged variables, profiles, and query rules and to start or restart the MCP listener when required.Documentation