feat(sentinel): expose aclfile in SENTINEL CONFIG GET (#4865) by ronitgupta138 · Pull Request #4897 · valkey-io/valkey

ronitgupta138 · 2026-10-15T19:43:31Z

Problem

In sentinel mode, ACL SAVE is supported when an aclfile is configured, but there is no CONFIG GET available in sentinel mode, and SENTINEL CONFIG GET did not expose aclfile. Automation and monitoring tools (such as Ansible modules) have no way to discover the configured ACL file path.

Solution

Added read-only aclfile support to sentinelConfigGetCommand in src/sentinel.c, returning server.acl_filename ? server.acl_filename : "" when matched.
Maintained the restriction forbidding SENTINEL CONFIG SET aclfile (runtime changes to the ACL file path in sentinel remain disallowed).
Added test coverage in:
- tests/unit/sentinel.tcl verifying SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile returns an empty string when unconfigured, the file path when configured, wildcard pattern matching, and rejection of SENTINEL CONFIG SET aclfile.
- tests/sentinel/tests/16-config-set-config-get.tcl verifying SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile and rejection of SENTINEL CONFIG SET aclfile.
Added TEST target argument support in src/Makefile for single-unit invocation via make test TEST="unit/sentinel".

Testing

make test TEST="unit/sentinel" passes: 2 passed, 0 failed.
./runtest-sentinel --single 16-config-set-config-get passes cleanly.

In sentinel mode, ACL SAVE is supported when an aclfile is configured, but there is no CONFIG GET available in sentinel mode, and SENTINEL CONFIG GET did not expose aclfile. Add read-only aclfile support to SENTINEL CONFIG GET so automation and monitoring tools can discover the configured ACL file path. Runtime ACL path changes via SENTINEL CONFIG SET aclfile remain disallowed. Fixes valkey-io#4865. Signed-off-by: Ronit Gupta <[email protected]>

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SENTINEL CONFIG GET now returns the ACL filename when a query matches aclfile. The reply schema includes aclfile. Tests cover unset and configured values, pattern matching, and rejection of SENTINEL CONFIG SET aclfile.

Changes: Sentinel ACL filename reporting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Report aclfile from Sentinel CONFIG GET `src/commands/sentinel-config.json`, `src/sentinel.c`, `tests/sentinel/tests/16-config-set-config-get.tcl`	The reply schema adds `aclfile` as a string. Matching queries return the configured ACL filename, or an empty string when unset. Tests check exact and wildcard queries and verify that setting `aclfile` fails.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: exposing `aclfile` through `SENTINEL CONFIG GET`.
Description check		The description is directly related to the changeset. It explains the problem, solution, tests, and retained restriction on `SENTINEL CONFIG SET aclfile`.
Linked Issues check		Issue `#4865` requires a way to discover the ACL file path in Sentinel mode. `SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile` now returns `server.acl_filename`, or an empty string when unset. The command schema and Sentin…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue `#4865`. The source and schema changes expose only the Sentinel ACL file path. The test changes verify the requested read-only behavior and its cleanup.
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 …

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valkey-review-bot · 2026-10-15T19:45:05Z

        }
+        if (stringmatch(pattern, "aclfile", 1) && !dictFind(d, "aclfile")) {
+            addReplyBulkCString(c, "aclfile");
+            addReplyBulkCString(c, server.acl_filename ? server.acl_filename : "");


The reply schema for SENTINEL CONFIG in src/commands/sentinel-config.json lists every key GET can return and sets "additionalProperties": false (line 82). The reply-schemas-validator job in .github/workflows/daily.yml runs ./runtest-sentinel --log-req-res and then checks each logged reply against that schema with utils/req-res-log-validator.py. The new SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile / acl* / *file calls in 16-config-set-config-get.tcl will return a map with an aclfile key, and the validator will reject it.

Add the key to the schema next to loglevel:

"aclfile": { "type": "string" }

commands.def does not need regenerating. Reply schemas only go into commands_with_reply_schema.def, which is generated at build time.

valkey-review-bot · 2026-10-15T19:45:05Z

+    }
+
+    set sc [valkey 127.0.0.1 $port 0 $::tls]
+    $sc reconnect 1


This file sits in tests/unit, so the main ./runtest suite picks it up. The tests have no tags, and the helper starts a plain-TCP sentinel (only port goes into the config). Under --tls, which ci.yml uses for PR CI (./build-release/runtest --verbose --tags -slow --dump-logs --tls) and which the daily TLS jobs also use, server_is_up -> ping_server opens a ::tls::socket to that plain port. The sentinel is never seen as up, so both tests fail with "Failed to start sentinel instance". The client created here with $::tls would fail the same way. The tests also spawn their own process, which external-server runs cannot do.

The simplest fix is to drop this file and cover the configured-path case in tests/sentinel/tests/, where the sentinel instances already get set up for TLS. If it stays in tests/unit, tag both tests external:skip and either add the TLS port and cert settings to the generated config or skip when $::tls is set.

valkey-review-bot · 2026-10-15T19:45:05Z


 test: $(ALL_BUILD_PREREQUISITES)
-	@(cd ..; VALKEY_PROG_SUFFIX="$(PROG_SUFFIX)" ./runtest)
+	@(cd ..; VALKEY_PROG_SUFFIX="$(PROG_SUFFIX)" ./runtest $(if $(TEST),--single $(TEST),))


This TEST= passthrough for make test has nothing to do with exposing aclfile, and it changes a build target every contributor uses. ./runtest --single unit/sentinel already does the same thing. Please move it to a separate PR, or drop it.

valkey-review-bot · 2026-10-15T19:45:07Z

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All three earlier findings are still fixed at this head. The new test restarts sentinel 1 with an aclfile path, checks the reply, and restores the original config in a finally block. I found nothing new.

Risk: Low. The change only adds a read-only key to the SENTINEL CONFIG GET reply, so a bug would only affect sentinel config introspection.

Open findings: none.

Resolved (3)

src/sentinel.c:3297 The sentinel-config.json reply_schema had additionalProperties false and no aclfile key, so the reply-schema validator would reject the new reply.
tests/unit/sentinel.tcl:23 Untagged unit tests started a plain-TCP sentinel, so they would fail under --tls and spawn processes in external mode.
(minor) src/Makefile:856 An unrelated make test TEST= passthrough was bundled into a sentinel feature PR.

Backport: Not needed. This is a new feature that exposes aclfile in SENTINEL CONFIG GET, not a bug fix.

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…lkey-io#4865) - Add aclfile string property to sentinel-config.json reply_schema - Remove untagged tests/unit/sentinel.tcl in favor of standard sentinel test suite - Revert unrelated make test passthrough in src/Makefile Signed-off-by: Ronit Gupta <[email protected]>

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22-33: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for configured ACL filenames.

The test checks only the unset value. It does not configure a nonempty ACL filename or compare the returned value with that filename. A regression that returns an empty or incorrect value for configured paths can therefore pass. Add a test case that starts Sentinel with a nonempty ACL filename and asserts the exact SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile result.
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Extend the `SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile` coverage to start Sentinel with a
nonempty ACL filename and assert that the returned value exactly matches the
configured filename. Keep the existing unset-value and pattern-match checks
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- Around line 22-33: Extend the `SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile` coverage to start
Sentinel with a nonempty ACL filename and assert that the returned value exactly
matches the configured filename. Keep the existing unset-value and pattern-match
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…valkey-io#4865) Add test coverage verifying that when Sentinel is configured with an ACL filename, SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile returns the exact configured path, and wildcard patterns match the returned value. Signed-off-by: Ronit Gupta <[email protected]>

ronitgupta138 · 2026-10-15T20:59:49Z

Extended test coverage in tests/sentinel/tests/16-config-set-config-get.tcl:

Added a test case restarting Sentinel with a configured nonempty aclfile path and asserting that SENTINEL CONFIG GET aclfile returns the exact configured path, along with wildcard pattern matching (acl* and *file).
Cleanly restores Sentinel's original configuration in a finally block after asserting.
Verified all tests pass with ./runtest-sentinel --single 16-config-set-config-get.

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- Around line 45-46: Update the setup around kill_instance and restart_instance
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valkey-io#4865) Wrap the sentinel.conf modification, restart, and assertions in a try/finally block to ensure the backup configuration is always restored and Sentinel is restarted on setup or assertion failure. Signed-off-by: Ronit Gupta <[email protected]>

… timeout (valkey-io#4865) Hook abort_sentinel_test using Tcl rename before modifying sentinel.conf and restarting Sentinel. If restart_instance times out and calls abort_sentinel_test (which calls exit 1 bypassing finally), the hook restores sentinel.conf from backup and cleans up test.acl before delegating to abort_sentinel_test_orig. The hook is unhooked in the finally block. Signed-off-by: Ronit Gupta <[email protected]>

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Merge branch 'unstable' into feat/sentinel-config-get-aclfile

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