
• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground get mysqlfailovergroup playground -o yaml
  └ apiVersion: shipstream.io/v1alpha1
    kind: MysqlFailoverGroup
    … +182 lines (ctrl + t to view transcript)
        name: pdx
        state: writable

• Explored
  └ Read info.go
    Search func CandidateSyncReady|CandidateSyncReady in dragonfly
    Read siterole.go

• Ran which nc
  └ (no output)

• Ran which redis-cli
  └ (no output)

• Waited for background terminal · ./bin/playground-chaos run 27-dragonfly-rolling-image-update

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

• The controller appears to be waiting for CandidateSyncReady before promoting the updated replica. I’m going to query Dragonfly’s INFO
  replication directly through port-forwards to see which readiness gate is false.

• Ran printf '*2\r\n$4\r\nINFO\r\n$11\r\nreplication\r\n' >/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6380
  └ /usr/bin/bash: socket: Operation not permitted
    /usr/bin/bash: line 1: /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6380: Operation not permitted

• Ran printf '*2\r\n$4\r\nINFO\r\n$11\r\nreplication\r\n' >/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6381
  └ /usr/bin/bash: socket: Operation not permitted
    /usr/bin/bash: line 1: /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6381: Operation not permitted

• Context compacted

• Waited for background terminal · ./bin/playground-chaos run 27-dragonfly-rolling-image-update

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

• I’m picking up from the latest-code rebuild. Scenario 27 was still in progress at compaction, so I’ll first let that runner report its
  real result, then I’ll inspect the Dragonfly state before changing code.

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground get pod playground-dragonfly-iad-0 playground-dragonfly-pdx-0 -o
  │ jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.spec.containers[0].image}{"\t"}{.status.phase}{"\t"}{range .status.conditions[?
  │ (@.type=="Ready")]}{.status}{end}{"\n"}{end}'
  └ playground-dragonfly-iad-0
    docker.dragonflydb.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly@sha256:243bf004df5e137d9432c35367d7c86e6d2b5bcb6700be4b6397fcb9306b794b    Running
    True
    playground-dragonfly-pdx-0    docker.dragonflydb.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly:v1.38.0    Running    True

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground get mfg playground -o jsonpath='{.metadata.generation}{"\t"}
  │ {.status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].observedGeneration}{"\t"}{.status.dragonfly.activeSite}{"\t"}{.status.dragonfly.phase}
  │ {"\t"}{range .status.dragonfly.sites[*]}{.site}:{.role}:{.linkStatus}:{.ready}:{.reachable} {end}{"\n"}'
  └ error: the server doesn't have a resource type "mfg"

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground get sts playground-dragonfly-iad playground-dragonfly-pdx -o
  │ jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].image}{"\t"}{.status.readyReplicas}{"/"}
  │ {.status.replicas}{"\t"}{.status.updateRevision}{"\t"}{.status.currentRevision}{"\n"}{end}'
  └ playground-dragonfly-iad
    docker.dragonflydb.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly@sha256:243bf004df5e137d9432c35367d7c86e6d2b5bcb6700be4b6397fcb9306b794b    1/1
    playground-dragonfly-iad-c65948bc7    playground-dragonfly-iad-c65948bc7
    playground-dragonfly-pdx    docker.dragonflydb.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly:v1.38.0    1/1    playground-dragonfly-pdx-856c4b9d8d
    playground-dragonfly-pdx-856c4b9d8d

• Waited for background terminal · ./bin/playground-chaos run 27-dragonfly-rolling-image-update

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

• The runner is still waiting, and Kubernetes shows the classic half-rolled state: IAD has the digest image, PDX is still on the tag,
  both pods are Ready. I’ll query the CR using the full resource name and then inspect Dragonfly replication info directly.

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground get mysqlfailovergroup playground -o jsonpath='{.metadata.generation}{"\t"}
  │ {.status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].observedGeneration}{"\t"}{.status.dragonfly.activeSite}{"\t"}{.status.dragonfly.phase}
  │ {"\t"}{range .status.dragonfly.sites[*]}{.site}:{.role}:{.linkStatus}:{.ready}:{.reachable}:{.replicationState} {end}{"\n"}'
  └ 11    10    pdx    Ready    :replica:up:true:true:slave :master::true:true:master

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground get events --sort-by=.lastTimestamp | rg -i 'dragonfly|bloodraven' | tail
  │ -60
  └ Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp 0.0.0.0:35707: socket: operation not permitted

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground logs deploy/bloodraven --since=20m | rg -i 'dragonfly|rollout|promot|stale|
  │ reconfig|replica'
  └ Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp 0.0.0.0:35707: socket: operation not permitted

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground get events --sort-by=.lastTimestamp
  └ LAST SEEN   TYPE      REASON                         OBJECT                                         MESSAGE
    5m12s       Normal    Scheduled                      pod/bloodraven-8649ccf79d-m5prg                Successfully assigned
    … +38 lines (ctrl + t to view transcript)
    4m21s       Warning   DragonflyStaleMasterDetected   mysqlfailovergroup/playground                  stale Dragonfly master detected
    on site "iad" (active="pdx"); auto-rejoin attempted only when connected_slaves=0 AND master_repl_offset=0

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground get mysqlfailovergroup playground -o yaml
  └ apiVersion: shipstream.io/v1alpha1
    kind: MysqlFailoverGroup
    … +182 lines (ctrl + t to view transcript)
        name: pdx
        state: writable

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground logs deploy/bloodraven --since=20m
  └ {"time":"2026-05-22T07:53:30.182088536Z","level":"INFO","msg":"starting bloodraven manager"}
    {"level":"info","ts":"2026-05-22T07:53:30Z","msg":"Starting
    … +457 lines (ctrl + t to view transcript)
    {"name":"playground","namespace":"bloodraven-playground"},"namespace":"bloodraven-playground","name":"playground","reconcileID":"c67
    e3ed8-a4f1-491c-8f5a-2d19a0de1010","name":"playground"}

• Waited for background terminal · ./bin/playground-chaos run 27-dragonfly-rolling-image-update

• Waited for background terminal · kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground port-forward svc/playground-dragonfly-iad
6380:6379

• Running bash -lc 'exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6380; printf "*2\r\n\$4\r\nINFO\r\n\$11\r\nreplication\r\n" >&3; timeout 2 cat <&3'

• Running bash -lc 'exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6381; printf "*2\r\n\$4\r\nINFO\r\n\$11\r\nreplication\r\n" >&3; timeout 2 cat <&3'

• Ran ./bin/playground-chaos run 27-dragonfly-rolling-image-update
  └ time=2026-05-22T08:00:17.448Z level=ERROR msg="step failed" phase=observe name="Dragonfly rollout stays one pod at a time"
    elapsed=6m0.001s err="get MysqlFailoverGroup: client rate limiter Wait returned an error: context deadline exceeded"
    … +10 lines (ctrl + t to view transcript)
           get MysqlFailoverGroup: client rate limiter Wait returned an error: context deadline exceeded
           forensics: playground/chaos-results/20260522T075417Z/27-dragonfly-rolling-image-update

✔ You approved codex to always run commands that start with exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6380; printf "*2\r\n\$4\r\nINFO\r\n\
  $11\r\nreplica...

• Ran bash -lc 'exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6380; printf "*2\r\n\$4\r\nINFO\r\n\$11\r\nreplication\r\n" >&3; timeout 2 cat <&3'
  └ (no output)

• Ran kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground port-forward svc/playground-dragonfly-iad 6380:6379
  └ Handling connection for 6380
    E0522 08:08:11.047858 2306923 portforward.go:522] "Unhandled Error" err="an error occurred forwarding 6380 -> 6379: error forwarding
    port 6379 to pod 047b0f74610028643f4bd8c25d855796c3e22c3becb1d15fd54ee088a826c576, uid : failed to find sandbox
    \"047b0f74610028643f4bd8c25d855796c3e22c3becb1d15fd54ee088a826c576\" in store: not found"
    error: lost connection to pod

✔ You approved codex to always run commands that start with exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6380; printf "*2\r\n\$4\r\nINFO\r\n\
  $11\r\npersist...

• Ran bash -lc 'exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6380; printf "*2\r\n\$4\r\nINFO\r\n\$11\r\npersistence\r\n" >&3; timeout 2 cat <&3'
  └ bash: connect: Connection refused
    bash: line 1: /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6380: Connection refused
    bash: line 1: 3: Bad file descriptor
    bash: line 1: 3: Bad file descriptor

✔ You approved codex to always run commands that start with exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6381; printf "*2\r\n\$4\r\nINFO\r\n\
  $11\r\nreplica...

• Ran bash -lc 'exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6381; printf "*2\r\n\$4\r\nINFO\r\n\$11\r\nreplication\r\n" >&3; timeout 2 cat <&3'
  └ (no output)

• Waited for background terminal · kubectl --request-timeout=10s -n bloodraven-playground port-forward svc/playground-dragonfly-pdx
6381:6379

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

• The rerun on latest code did fail in the same place: scenario 27 timed out after 6 minutes with only the replica updated. I’m going
  into the rollout controller path now; the failure is reproducible after rebuild, so this is back to a code fix rather than stale-
  local-code cleanup.

• Explored
  └ Read SKILL.md (chaos-engineer skill)
    Search 27-dragonfly|29-dragonfly|rolling image|snapshot|Dragonfly rollout in PLANS-Dragonfly-Chaos-Scenarios.md
    Read dragonfly_resources.go
    Search CandidateSyncReady|dragonflyRolloutCandidateSyncReady|promoteDragonflyForRollout|lastIOSecondsAgo|MasterLastIO in internal
    Read siterole.go, dragonfly_upgrade.go, dragonfly_resources_test.go, info.go, planned_failover_df.go
    Search type fakeDragonfly|func newFakeConnector|TryEmergencyPromote|SetDragonfly in *test.go
    Read dragonfly_test_helpers_test.go, dragonfly_topology_test.go, dragonfly_topology.go
    Search func \(.*TryEmergencyPromote|TryEmergencyPromote|setDragonflyRole|ReplicaOfNoOne|ReplTakeover in dragonfly_topology.go
    Read dragonfly_topology.go
    Search dragonfly|Dragonfly|promot|takeover|rollout|stale|replica|READY|Degraded in 27-dragonfly-rolling-image-update
    List 27-dragonfly-rolling-image-update
    Read scenario.log, dragonfly_topology.go
    Search func effectiveDragonflyMasterSite|effectiveDragonflyMasterSite|activeDragonflySiteFromObservation in controller
    Read dragonfly_resources.go, dragonfly_topology.go

• Running kubectl --request-timeout=20s -n bloodraven-playground logs deploy/bloodraven --since=30m | rg -i "rollout|emergency|
  │ REPLTAKEOVER|REPLICAOF NO ONE|Promotion|promotion|stale-master|configured replica|status patch"

 
  Would you like to run the following command?
 
  Reason: Allow kubectl logs network access to filter the operator log for Dragonfly rollout and promotion attempts.
 
  $ kubectl --request-timeout=20s -n bloodraven-playground logs deploy/bloodraven --since=30m | rg -i
  "rollout|emergency|REPLTAKEOVER|REPLICAOF NO ONE|Promotion|promotion|stale-master|configured replica|status patch"
 
› 1. Yes, proceed (y)
  2. Yes, and don't ask again for commands that start with `rg -i 'rollout|emergency|REPLTAKEOVER|REPLICAOF NO ONE|Promotion|
     promotion|stale-master|configured replica|status patch'` (p)
  3. No, and tell Codex what to do differently (esc)
 
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