From ceef70dbc5543436b04a5f70749be18582f35403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Holt <mholt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 10:57:55 -0700
Subject: core: Retry dynamic config load if error or no-op (#4603)

Also fix ineffectual assignment (unrelated)
---
 caddy.go | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

(limited to 'caddy.go')

diff --git a/caddy.go b/caddy.go
index 3643924..661d0b0 100644
--- a/caddy.go
+++ b/caddy.go
@@ -504,20 +504,29 @@ func finishSettingUp(ctx Context, cfg *Config) error {
 
 		if cfg.Admin.Config.LoadDelay > 0 {
 			go func() {
-				timer := time.NewTimer(time.Duration(cfg.Admin.Config.LoadDelay))
-				select {
-				case <-timer.C:
-					loadedConfig, err := val.(ConfigLoader).LoadConfig(ctx)
-					if err != nil {
-						Log().Error("loading dynamic config failed", zap.Error(err))
-						return
+				// the loop is here only to iterate if there is an error or a no-op config load,
+				// in which case we simply wait the delay and try again
+				for {
+					timer := time.NewTimer(time.Duration(cfg.Admin.Config.LoadDelay))
+					select {
+					case <-timer.C:
+						loadedConfig, err := val.(ConfigLoader).LoadConfig(ctx)
+						if err != nil {
+							Log().Error("failed loading dynamic config; will retry", zap.Error(err))
+							continue
+						}
+						if loadedConfig == nil {
+							Log().Info("dynamically-loaded config was nil; will retry")
+							continue
+						}
+						runLoadedConfig(loadedConfig)
+					case <-ctx.Done():
+						if !timer.Stop() {
+							<-timer.C
+						}
+						Log().Info("stopping dynamic config loading")
 					}
-					runLoadedConfig(loadedConfig)
-				case <-ctx.Done():
-					if !timer.Stop() {
-						<-timer.C
-					}
-					Log().Info("stopping dynamic config loading")
+					break
 				}
 			}()
 		} else {
@@ -534,8 +543,10 @@ func finishSettingUp(ctx Context, cfg *Config) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// ConfigLoader is a type that can load a Caddy config. The
-// returned config must be valid Caddy JSON.
+// ConfigLoader is a type that can load a Caddy config. If
+// the return value is non-nil, it must be valid Caddy JSON;
+// if nil or with non-nil error, it is considered to be a
+// no-op load and may be retried later.
 type ConfigLoader interface {
 	LoadConfig(Context) ([]byte, error)
 }
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