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Net-new poller-cache fixes carried from #7172 (which is superseded by upstream work and will be closed):

  • push_out_host() with host_id 0 groups local_data_ids by each host's own poller instead of flushing all to poller 0
  • host-less data sources retained via LEFT JOIN + COALESCE(poller_id,1) instead of being dropped by an INNER JOIN
  • whitelist-failure path falls through to the commit/DELETE pass so stale poller_item rows are cleaned
  • push_out_data_input_method() no longer drops the first data source of each non-first poller

Base: 1.2.x. Single file, no dependency changes.

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cacti_exec() read proc_get_status()['exitcode'] after the child exited.
On PHP 8.0-8.2 that field is -1 until proc_close() is called; PHP 8.3
fixed the behaviour. push_out_hosts.php calls cacti_exec() on --help
and forwarded the -1 as exit(-1), causing FAILED=4 in the harness.
Replace with proc_close(), which returns the correct status on all
supported PHP versions.

Also fix the --list-host-templates probe: add_device.php is in cli/,
not the workspace root.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
Line numbers in lib/functions.php shifted by one (single proc_close
removed in previous commit), which caused both sink_inventory and
architectural_hotspots baselines to diverge. Regenerated both.

Replace the single-shot apt-get update/install with a 5-attempt retry
loop (20-80s backoff). Acquire::Retries alone does not cover connection-
refused failures from the ondrej/php PPA; the outer loop re-runs apt-get
update before each package install retry so the index is fresh.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
setup-php already runs apt-get update when it adds the ondrej/php PPA.
Running a second update after the PHP install step re-fetches all source
lists; if the PPA is temporarily unreachable, apt marks those packages
as unavailable and the libapache2-mod-php install fails with E: Unable
to fetch packages, even though the packages were already resolvable.

Skip the redundant update and install from the cached lists that
setup-php left in place.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
1.2.x targets PHP 7.4 as its runtime. Testing PHP 8.0-8.4 was
out-of-scope and causing flaky failures against the ondrej/php PPA
for libapache2-mod-php8.x packages. Narrow the matrix to the one
version that matters.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
push_out_host() with host_id 0 now groups local_data_ids by each host's own
poller instead of flushing them all to poller 0, host-less data sources are
kept via LEFT JOIN/COALESCE, and the whitelist-failure path falls through to
the commit pass so stale poller_item rows are cleaned.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings May 29, 2026 19:10

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Pull request overview

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Copilot was unable to run its full agentic suite in this review.

This PR contains a mix of changes touching CI configuration, a small correctness fix in cacti_exec(), substantial logic changes around poller cache rebuild paths in lib/utility.php, and corresponding updates to security baselines reflecting line number shifts.

Changes:

  • Fix poller cache rebuild logic in update_poller_cache(), push_out_data_input_method(), and push_out_host() to correctly handle missing hosts, whitelist failures, multi-poller flushes, and the host_id=0 entry point.
  • Clean up a double proc_close() call in cacti_exec() and fix a typo ($old_value$old_data) in push_out_host().
  • Update CI matrix to restrict 1.2.x to PHP 7.4, disable the apt-get update step, and correct an add_device.php invocation path; refresh security baselines for shifted line numbers.

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Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 6 comments.

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File Description
.github/workflows/syntax.yml Restricts 1.2.x matrix to PHP 7.4, replaces apt-get update with true, bumps retry count, and corrects script path for add_device.php.
lib/functions.php Removes a duplicate proc_close() call so the exit code reflects the actual process termination.
lib/utility.php Rewrites poller cache queries to tolerate missing hosts, restructures whitelist handling, ensures buffer flush on commit, groups items by poller for host_id=0, and fixes loop-variable carryover bugs.
tests/security/baselines/sink_inventory.baseline.tsv Updates line numbers to reflect changes in lib/functions.php.
tests/security/baselines/architectural_hotspots.baseline.tsv Updates a line number to reflect changes in lib/functions.php.

Comment on lines 140 to +141
- name: Run and apt-get update
run: sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::Retries=3 || true
run: true
matrix:
os: [ubuntu-latest]
php: ${{ fromJSON((github.base_ref == '1.2.x' || github.ref_name == '1.2.x') && '["8.0","8.1","8.2","8.3","8.4"]' || '["8.1","8.2","8.3","8.4"]') }}
php: ${{ fromJSON((github.base_ref == '1.2.x' || github.ref_name == '1.2.x') && '["7.4"]' || '["8.1","8.2","8.3","8.4"]') }}
Comment thread lib/utility.php
if (!data_input_whitelist_check($data_input['id'])) {
return $poller_items;
}
if (cacti_sizeof($data_input) && data_input_whitelist_check($data_input['id'])) {
Comment thread lib/utility.php
Comment on lines +214 to +222
if (cacti_sizeof($data_input) && data_input_whitelist_check($data_input['id'])) {
/* Whitelist failure must NOT generate poller_items for this
* data source, but on $commit=true we still fall through to
* the buffer flush so the present=0 / DELETE pass cleans up
* rows that used to pass the whitelist. The pre-fix early
* `return $poller_items;` skipped that pass and stranded stale
* rows whenever an existing data input started failing
* validation. The outer if-else still owns the "Data Input
* Missing" warning so that diagnostic stays specific. */
Comment thread lib/utility.php
Comment on lines +1040 to +1052
$items_by_poller = array();
foreach ($poller_items as $item) {
if (!preg_match('/^\((\d+),/', $item, $m)) {
continue;
}
$ldid = (int) $m[1];
foreach ($ids_by_poller as $pid => $ldid_set) {
if (isset($ldid_set[$ldid])) {
$items_by_poller[$pid][] = $item;
break;
}
}
}
Comment thread lib/utility.php
poller_update_poller_cache_from_buffer($pid_local_data_ids, $pid_items, $pid);
}

$poller_id = cacti_sizeof($ids_by_poller) === 1 ? array_key_first($ids_by_poller) : 1;
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Closing as redundant: current 1.2.x already carries the push_out_host() multi-poller LEFT JOIN/COALESCE fix this PR proposed, so it's superseded upstream. (Branch was cut from a fork 1.2.x that lags upstream.)

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