[pdm-devel] [RFC PATCH datacenter-manager 3/3] api/ui: pve: get cluster resources from cache if remote is unreachable

Dominik Csapak d.csapak at proxmox.com
Mon Oct 13 10:33:34 CEST 2025


so that the last cached data can be shown instead of an error.
This now means that we'll always use the full api call here and filter
on the PDM side to get a fresh version in the cache.

The 'kind' parameter is not sent to the pve backend anymore but it's
filtered on the pdm side.

To show a notice in the ui that it was loaded from the cache, we need to
add a marker property in the result, and need to extract that in the
pdm-client so the gui has access to that.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com>
---
sending as rfc because
* it changes how we handle the 'kind' parameter
* we may want to opt in to that behaviour?
* not sure if a result side channel is the best way to convey the
  'from-cache' state.

 lib/pdm-client/src/lib.rs   | 10 ++++++--
 server/src/api/pve/mod.rs   | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 server/src/api/resources.rs | 20 ++++++++++++++++
 ui/src/pve/mod.rs           | 14 +++++++----
 4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/pdm-client/src/lib.rs b/lib/pdm-client/src/lib.rs
index 2f36fab1..3ebb1c35 100644
--- a/lib/pdm-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/pdm-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -408,11 +408,17 @@ impl<T: HttpApiClient> PdmClient<T> {
         &self,
         remote: &str,
         kind: Option<pve_api_types::ClusterResourceKind>,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<PveResource>, Error> {
+    ) -> Result<(bool, Vec<PveResource>), Error> {
         let query = ApiPathBuilder::new(format!("/api2/extjs/pve/remotes/{remote}/resources"))
             .maybe_arg("kind", &kind)
             .build();
-        Ok(self.0.get(&query).await?.expect_json()?.data)
+        let api_response_data = self.0.get(&query).await?.expect_json()?;
+        let from_cache = api_response_data
+            .attribs
+            .get("from-cache")
+            .and_then(|val| val.as_bool())
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        Ok((from_cache, api_response_data.data))
     }
 
     pub async fn pve_cluster_status(
diff --git a/server/src/api/pve/mod.rs b/server/src/api/pve/mod.rs
index 0de82323..c16d6de5 100644
--- a/server/src/api/pve/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/pve/mod.rs
@@ -16,19 +16,18 @@ use proxmox_sortable_macro::sortable;
 use pdm_api_types::remotes::{
     NodeUrl, Remote, RemoteListEntry, RemoteType, TlsProbeOutcome, REMOTE_ID_SCHEMA,
 };
-use pdm_api_types::resource::PveResource;
+use pdm_api_types::resource::{PveResource, Resource};
 use pdm_api_types::{
     Authid, RemoteUpid, HOST_OPTIONAL_PORT_FORMAT, PRIV_RESOURCE_AUDIT, PRIV_RESOURCE_DELETE,
     PRIV_SYS_MODIFY,
 };
 
 use pve_api_types::ClusterNodeStatus;
+use pve_api_types::ClusterResourceKind;
 use pve_api_types::ListRealm;
 use pve_api_types::PveUpid;
-use pve_api_types::{ClusterResourceKind, ClusterResourceType};
-
-use super::resources::{map_pve_lxc, map_pve_node, map_pve_qemu, map_pve_storage};
 
+use crate::api::resources::get_updated_resources_or_cache;
 use crate::connection::PveClient;
 use crate::connection::{self, probe_tls_connection};
 use crate::remote_tasks;
@@ -202,13 +201,29 @@ pub async fn cluster_resources(
         http_bail!(UNAUTHORIZED, "user has no access to resource list");
     }
 
-    let cluster_resources = connect_to_remote(&remotes, &remote)?
-        .cluster_resources(kind)
-        .await?
+    let remote = get_remote(&remotes, &remote)?;
+
+    let (from_cache, cluster_resources) = get_updated_resources_or_cache(remote).await?;
+
+    rpcenv.result_attrib_mut()["from-cache"] = from_cache.into();
+
+    let cluster_resources = cluster_resources
         .into_iter()
-        .filter_map(|r| map_pve_resource(&remote, r));
+        .filter(|res| match kind {
+            Some(kind) => matches!(
+                (kind, res),
+                (ClusterResourceKind::Vm, Resource::PveQemu(_))
+                    | (ClusterResourceKind::Vm, Resource::PveLxc(_))
+                    | (ClusterResourceKind::Storage, Resource::PveStorage(_))
+                    | (ClusterResourceKind::Node, Resource::PveNode(_))
+                    | (ClusterResourceKind::Sdn, Resource::PveSdn(_))
+            ),
+            None => true,
+        })
+        .filter_map(map_pve_resource)
+        .collect();
 
-    Ok(cluster_resources.collect())
+    Ok(cluster_resources)
 }
 
 #[api(
@@ -245,13 +260,14 @@ pub async fn cluster_status(
     Ok(status)
 }
 
-fn map_pve_resource(remote: &str, resource: pve_api_types::ClusterResource) -> Option<PveResource> {
-    match resource.ty {
-        ClusterResourceType::Node => map_pve_node(remote, resource).map(PveResource::Node),
-        ClusterResourceType::Lxc => map_pve_lxc(remote, resource).map(PveResource::Lxc),
-        ClusterResourceType::Qemu => map_pve_qemu(remote, resource).map(PveResource::Qemu),
-        ClusterResourceType::Storage => map_pve_storage(remote, resource).map(PveResource::Storage),
-        _ => None,
+fn map_pve_resource(resource: Resource) -> Option<PveResource> {
+    match resource {
+        Resource::PveStorage(storage) => Some(PveResource::Storage(storage)),
+        Resource::PveQemu(qemu) => Some(PveResource::Qemu(qemu)),
+        Resource::PveLxc(lxc) => Some(PveResource::Lxc(lxc)),
+        Resource::PveNode(node) => Some(PveResource::Node(node)),
+        Resource::PveSdn(sdn) => Some(PveResource::Sdn(sdn)),
+        Resource::PbsNode(_) | Resource::PbsDatastore(_) => None,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/api/resources.rs b/server/src/api/resources.rs
index 5b7ac524..5b876998 100644
--- a/server/src/api/resources.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/resources.rs
@@ -645,6 +645,26 @@ async fn get_resources_for_remote(remote: &Remote, max_age: u64) -> Result<Vec<R
         .await
 }
 
+/// Tries to update the resources and returns data from the cache if it was not
+/// possible to reach the remote. This is indacted in the return value when
+/// `(true, data)` is returned.
+pub async fn get_updated_resources_or_cache(
+    remote: &Remote,
+) -> Result<(bool, Vec<Resource>), Error> {
+    match CACHE
+        .get_updated_value(&remote.id, 0, |_| async move {
+            fetch_remote_resource(remote).await
+        })
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(data) => Ok((false, data)),
+        Err(err) => match CACHE.get_cached_value(&remote.id, i64::MAX) {
+            Some(data) => Ok((true, data)),
+            None => Err(err.context("cache was empty and could not update")),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
 /// Read cached resource data from the cache
 pub fn get_cached_resources(remote: &str, max_age: u64) -> Option<Vec<Resource>> {
     CACHE.get_cached_value(remote, max_age as i64)
diff --git a/ui/src/pve/mod.rs b/ui/src/pve/mod.rs
index 058424a9..2cdc99f7 100644
--- a/ui/src/pve/mod.rs
+++ b/ui/src/pve/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use yew::{
 use pwt::{
     css::AlignItems,
     state::NavigationContainer,
-    widget::{Button, Container, Fa},
+    widget::{error_message, Button, Container, Fa},
 };
 use pwt::{
     css::FlexFit,
@@ -122,13 +122,14 @@ impl GuestInfo {
 
 pub enum Msg {
     SelectedView(tree::PveTreeNode),
-    ResourcesList(Result<Vec<PveResource>, Error>),
+    ResourcesList(Result<(bool, Vec<PveResource>), Error>),
 }
 
 pub struct PveRemoteComp {
     view: tree::PveTreeNode,
     resources: Rc<Vec<PveResource>>,
     last_error: Option<String>,
+    from_cache: bool,
 }
 
 impl LoadableComponent for PveRemoteComp {
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ impl LoadableComponent for PveRemoteComp {
             view: PveTreeNode::Root,
             resources: Rc::new(Vec::new()),
             last_error: None,
+            from_cache: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -151,8 +153,9 @@ impl LoadableComponent for PveRemoteComp {
                 self.view = node;
             }
             Msg::ResourcesList(res) => match res {
-                Ok(res) => {
+                Ok((from_cache, res)) => {
                     self.last_error = None;
+                    self.from_cache = from_cache;
                     self.resources = Rc::new(res);
                 }
                 Err(err) => {
@@ -245,7 +248,10 @@ impl LoadableComponent for PveRemoteComp {
                                     let link = link.clone();
                                     move |_| link.send_reload()
                                 },
-                            )),
+                            ))
+                            .with_optional_child(self.from_cache.then_some(error_message(&tr!(
+                                "Could not reach remote, data shown from cache."
+                            )))),
                     ),
             )
             .with_child(
-- 
2.47.3





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