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internal/dataplane/kong_client.go

@@ -413,30 +413,32 @@ func (c *KongClient) Update(ctx context.Context) error {
 		formatVersion = "3.0"
 	}
 
-	configStatus := new(ConfigStatus)
-	*configStatus = ConfigStatusOK
-	defer func(status *ConfigStatus) {
-		c.configStatusNotifier.NotifyConfigStatus(*status)
-	}(configStatus)
-
 	// parse the Kubernetes objects from the storer into Kong configuration
 	kongstate, translationFailures := p.Build()
 	if failuresCount := len(translationFailures); failuresCount > 0 {
 		c.prometheusMetrics.RecordTranslationFailure()
 		c.recordResourceFailureEvents(translationFailures, KongConfigurationTranslationFailedEventReason)
 		c.logger.Debugf("%d translation failures have occurred when building data-plane configuration", failuresCount)
-		*configStatus = ConfigStatusTranslationErrorHappened
 	} else {
 		c.prometheusMetrics.RecordTranslationSuccess()
 		c.logger.Debug("successfully built data-plane configuration")
 	}
 
 	shas, err := c.sendOutToClients(ctx, kongstate, formatVersion, c.kongConfig)
 	if err != nil {
-		*configStatus = ConfigStatusApplyFailed
+		c.configStatusNotifier.NotifyConfigStatus(ConfigStatusApplyFailed)
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// succeeded to apply configuration to Kong gateway.
+	// notify the receiver of config status that translation error happened when there are translation errors,
+	// otherwise notify that config status is OK.
+	if len(translationFailures) > 0 {
+		c.configStatusNotifier.NotifyConfigStatus(ConfigStatusTranslationErrorHappened)
+	} else {
+		c.configStatusNotifier.NotifyConfigStatus(ConfigStatusOK)
+	}
+
 	// report on configured Kubernetes objects if enabled
 	if c.AreKubernetesObjectReportsEnabled() {
 		// if the configuration SHAs that have just been pushed are different than
@@ -535,6 +537,8 @@ func handleSendToClientResult(client sendconfig.KonnectAwareClient, logger logru
 	return newSHA, nil
 }
 
+// SetConfigStatusNotifier sets a notifier notifies configurations to subscribers
+// Currently it is used for uploading the node status to konnect runtime group.
 func (c *KongClient) SetConfigStatusNotifier(n ConfigStatusNotifier) {
 	c.lock.Lock()
 	defer c.lock.Unlock()

internal/konnect/node_agent.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package konnect
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ type NodeAgent struct {
 	konnectClient *NodeAPIClient
 	refreshPeriod time.Duration
 
-	configStatus           dataplane.ConfigStatus
+	configStatus           atomic.Uint32
 	configStatusSubscriber dataplane.ConfigStatusSubscriber
 }
 
@@ -42,16 +43,17 @@ func NewNodeAgent(
 	if refreshPeriod < MinRefreshNodePeriod {
 		refreshPeriod = MinRefreshNodePeriod
 	}
-	return &NodeAgent{
+	a := &NodeAgent{
 		Hostname: hostname,
 		Version:  version,
 		Logger: logger.
 			WithName("konnect-node").WithValues("runtime_group_id", client.RuntimeGroupID),
 		konnectClient:          client,
 		refreshPeriod:          refreshPeriod,
-		configStatus:           dataplane.ConfigStatusOK,
 		configStatusSubscriber: configStatusSubscriber,
 	}
+	a.configStatus.Store(uint32(dataplane.ConfigStatusOK))
+	return a
 }
 
 func (a *NodeAgent) createNode() error {
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ func (a *NodeAgent) subscribeConfigStatus(ctx context.Context) {
 			err := ctx.Err()
 			a.Logger.Info("subscribe loop stopped", "message", err.Error())
 			return
-		case a.configStatus = <-a.configStatusSubscriber.SubscribeConfigStatus():
+		case configStatus := <-a.configStatusSubscriber.SubscribeConfigStatus():
+			a.configStatus.Store(uint32(configStatus))
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -125,7 +128,8 @@ func (a *NodeAgent) updateNode() error {
 	}
 
 	var ingressControllerStatus IngressControllerState
-	switch a.configStatus {
+	configStatus := int(a.configStatus.Load())
+	switch dataplane.ConfigStatus(configStatus) {
 	case dataplane.ConfigStatusOK:
 		ingressControllerStatus = IngressControllerStateOperational
 	case dataplane.ConfigStatusTranslationErrorHappened: