backend: graceful shutdown

The processing tick is not interrupted even if the context is canceled.
However, the next tick will not be executed, which is a graceful shutdown process.

backend.go

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ func (b *Backend) AddMatchFunction(profile *pb.MatchProfile, mmf MatchFunction)
 	b.mmfs[profile] = newMatchFunctionWithMetrics(mmf, b.metrics)
 }
 
+// ctx is used to stop the backend, preferably one triggered by SIGTERM.
+// After stopping, it returns a context.Canceled error.
 func (b *Backend) Start(ctx context.Context, tickRate time.Duration) error {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(tickRate)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
@@ -123,7 +125,9 @@ func (b *Backend) Start(ctx context.Context, tickRate time.Duration) error {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return ctx.Err()
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			if err := b.Tick(ctx); err != nil {
+			// The processing tick is not interrupted even if the context is canceled.
+			// However, the next tick will not be executed, which is a graceful shutdown process.
+			if err := b.Tick(context.Background()); err != nil {
 				b.options.logger.With("error", err).Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to tick backend: %+v", err))
 			}
 		}

backend_test.go

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"log"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bojand/hri"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	"open-match.dev/open-match/pkg/pb"
 
 	"github.com/castaneai/minimatch/pkg/statestore"
@@ -94,6 +96,42 @@ func TestValidateTicketExistenceBeforeAssign(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestGracefulShutdown(t *testing.T) {
+	frontStore, backStore, _ := NewStateStoreWithMiniRedis(t)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	backend, err := NewBackend(backStore, AssignerFunc(func(ctx context.Context, matches []*pb.Match) ([]*pb.AssignmentGroup, error) {
+		time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+		return dummyAssign(ctx, matches)
+	}))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	backend.AddMatchFunction(anyProfile, MatchFunctionSimple1vs1)
+
+	err = frontStore.CreateTicket(ctx, &pb.Ticket{Id: "t1"}, defaultTicketTTL)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = frontStore.CreateTicket(ctx, &pb.Ticket{Id: "t2"}, defaultTicketTTL)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	eg, egCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	eg.Go(func() error {
+		return backend.Start(egCtx, 10*time.Millisecond)
+	})
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	cancel() // stop backend
+	require.ErrorIs(t, eg.Wait(), context.Canceled)
+
+	// Even if backend stops, the tick being processed will be completed.
+	ctx = context.Background()
+	as1, err := frontStore.GetAssignment(ctx, "t1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, as1)
+	as2, err := frontStore.GetAssignment(ctx, "t2")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, as2)
+	require.Equal(t, as1.Connection, as2.Connection)
+}
+
 var anyProfile = &pb.MatchProfile{
 	Name: "test-profile",
 	Pools: []*pb.Pool{