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Implements the Shutdown lifecycle method on both connection-pool implementations (ChannelDbConnectionPool and WaitHandleDbConnectionPool) so callers can deterministically stop a pool, drain its idle connections, and wake any parked waiters.

Compatibility and behavior:

• No public API surface change for end users — Shutdown() is an internal pool lifecycle method exposed via IDbConnectionPool. Existing pooling behavior is unchanged until Shutdown()is invoked. •Shutdown() is idempotent and terminal: repeated calls are no-ops and the pool cannot be restarted (Startup()afterShutdown()does not resurrect the pool). • Active checked-out connections are not aborted; they are destroyed instead of pooled when their owners return them. • Parked waiters (syncWaitHandle.WaitAny` and async channel readers) are woken with a non-blocking failure signal rather than left to time out.

Additional changes:

• ChannelDbConnectionPool: adds an Interlocked.CompareExchange-guarded Shutdown() that completes the idle channel writer, drains buffered idle connections, and routes in-flight returners through RemoveConnection via a
race-window guard in ReturnInternalConnection.
• WaitHandleDbConnectionPool: adds Shutdown() that disposes the cleanup and error timers, releases the pool semaphore to wake parked waiters (using Volatile.Read(ref _waitCount) so unlimited pools — MaxPoolSize == 0
— work correctly), and drains _stackNew/_stackOld. Cleanup-callback, error-callback, and the TryGetConnection wait loop now short-circuit when the pool is shutting down. The wait-loop short-circuit also releases the
semaphore slot it consumed so accounting stays balanced.
• IdleConnectionChannel: adds a Complete() helper wrapping ChannelWriter.TryComplete() so the pool can close its idle channel without exposing the raw writer.
• Adds 16 deterministic xUnit tests (7 channel + 9 wait-handle) covering state transition, idle drain, in-flight-returner destruction, timer disposal, callback no-op, idempotency, and waiter wake-up. All unit tests pass on net8.0/net9.0/net10.0/net462.

Out of scope (deferred to a follow-up):

• Transaction-root stasis on shutdown for the channel pool — connections enlisted in active distributed transactions still need to be staked to the transaction so the transaction-end callback can destroy them deterministically.

…ndleDbConnectionPool shutdown (AB#44828)

ChannelDbConnectionPool:
- Shutdown() now transitions State to ShuttingDown (FR-001), completes the idle
  channel writer to unblock async waiters (FR-002, FR-007), and drains and
  destroys buffered idle connections (FR-003). Implementation is idempotent via
  Interlocked.CompareExchange (FR-006).
- Startup() emits a trace and is a structural counterpart to Shutdown.
- ReturnInternalConnection no longer asserts on TryWrite; if the channel was
  completed by a concurrent shutdown, the returning connection is destroyed
  (FR-004 race-window guard).
- IdleConnectionChannel.Complete() exposes channel completion to the pool.

WaitHandleDbConnectionPool:
- Shutdown() is now idempotent (FR-006), disposes both _cleanupTimer and
  _errorTimer (FR-005), wakes threads parked in WaitHandle.WaitAny by releasing
  the pool semaphore (FR-007), and drains _stackNew/_stackOld (FR-003).
- CleanupCallback and ErrorCallback short-circuit when State == ShuttingDown so
  an in-flight callback racing with Shutdown does not re-arm work.
- The private TryGetConnection wait loop re-checks State after WaitHandle.WaitAny
  and bails out, so waiters cannot spin against a drained pool.

Tests:
- ChannelDbConnectionPoolShutdownTest (7 tests) covers state transition, drain,
  return-after-shutdown, idempotency, async waiter unblock, post-shutdown return,
  and Startup-after-Shutdown.
- WaitHandleDbConnectionPoolShutdownTest (9 tests) covers state transition,
  cleanup/error timer disposal, drain, idempotency, callback no-op after
  shutdown, sync TryGetConnection short-circuit, and sync waiter unblock.

Verified by running targeted suite: 340 tests passing across net8.0, net9.0,
net10.0, and net462.

Spec: specs/004-pool-shutdown.
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Pull request overview

This PR implements the “pool shutdown” contract (spec 004-pool-shutdown) across both connection pool implementations so that retiring a pool (via SqlConnectionFactory.QueuePoolForRelease) reliably stops background work, unblocks waiters, and destroys idle/returning connections.

Changes:

  • Implement ChannelDbConnectionPool.Shutdown() by transitioning to ShuttingDown, completing/draining the idle channel, and making shutdown idempotent.
  • Harden WaitHandleDbConnectionPool.Shutdown() by making it idempotent, disposing timers, draining idle stacks, and attempting to wake blocked synchronous waiters; guard timer callbacks during shutdown.
  • Add unit tests covering shutdown behavior for both pool types.

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src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/ConnectionPool/ChannelDbConnectionPool.cs Implements real shutdown behavior (state transition, channel completion/drain, safer return-on-shutdown) and traces Startup().
src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/ConnectionPool/IdleConnectionChannel.cs Adds Complete() to allow the pool to terminate the channel writer on shutdown.
src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/ConnectionPool/WaitHandleDbConnectionPool.cs Adds shutdown idempotency, disposes both timers, drains idle stacks, attempts to unblock sync waiters, and guards timer callbacks during shutdown.
src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/UnitTests/ConnectionPool/ChannelDbConnectionPoolShutdownTest.cs Adds unit coverage for channel-pool shutdown semantics (drain, idempotency, unblock waiters, destroy-on-return).
src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/UnitTests/ConnectionPool/WaitHandleDbConnectionPoolShutdownTest.cs Adds unit coverage for wait-handle-pool shutdown semantics (timer disposal, drain, idempotency, unblock waiter, callback no-op).

@priyankatiwari08 priyankatiwari08 added this to the 7.1.0-preview2 milestone May 21, 2026
@priyankatiwari08 priyankatiwari08 marked this pull request as ready for review May 29, 2026 10:12
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  Code review fixes (WaitHandleDbConnectionPool):
  - TryGetConnection shutdown short-circuit now releases the PoolSemaphore
    slot when WaitAny was woken by SEMAPHORE_HANDLE (or
    WAIT_ABANDONED+SEMAPHORE_HANDLE), preventing a semaphore-slot leak that
    would starve future waiters.
  - Shutdown() releases Volatile.Read(ref _waitCount) slots instead of
    MaxPoolSize, fixing ArgumentOutOfRangeException when MaxPoolSize == 0
    (unlimited pool) and ensuring every parked waiter is woken under high
    contention. Kept SemaphoreFullException guard.

  Test fix:
  - Shutdown_UnblocksSyncWaiter replaces Thread.Sleep(200) with a bounded
    poll on the private _waitCount field (via the existing reflection
    helper) so the test is deterministic on slow CI agents.

  Documentation cleanup:
  - Removed inline 'FR-00x' spec-traceability labels from comments and test
    section banners across both pool implementations and both shutdown
    test files. Explanatory text is preserved; the spec coverage will live
    in the PR description instead of the source.
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