xds: ensure that all connect timeout configs can apply equally to tproxy direct dial connections (#12711)

Just like standard upstreams the order of applicability in descending precedence:

1. caller's `service-defaults` upstream override for destination
2. caller's `service-defaults` upstream defaults
3. destination's `service-resolver` ConnectTimeout
4. system default of 5s

Co-authored-by: mrspanishviking <kcardenas@hashicorp.com>

.changelog/12711.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+xds: ensure that all connect timeout configs can apply equally to tproxy direct dial connections
+```

agent/consul/discovery_chain_endpoint_test.go

@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ func TestDiscoveryChainEndpoint_Get(t *testing.T) {
 		t := structs.NewDiscoveryTarget(service, serviceSubset, namespace, partition, datacenter)
 		t.SNI = connect.TargetSNI(t, connect.TestClusterID+".consul")
 		t.Name = t.SNI
+		t.ConnectTimeout = 5 * time.Second // default
+		return t
+	}
+
+	targetWithConnectTimeout := func(t *structs.DiscoveryTarget, connectTimeout time.Duration) *structs.DiscoveryTarget {
+		t.ConnectTimeout = connectTimeout
 		return t
 	}
 
@@ -237,7 +243,10 @@ func TestDiscoveryChainEndpoint_Get(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Targets: map[string]*structs.DiscoveryTarget{
-					"web.default.default.dc1": newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc1"),
+					"web.default.default.dc1": targetWithConnectTimeout(
+						newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc1"),
+						33*time.Second,
+					),
 				},
 			},
 		}

agent/consul/discoverychain/compile.go

@@ -928,6 +928,9 @@ RESOLVE_AGAIN:
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Expose a copy of this on the targets for ease of access.
+	target.ConnectTimeout = connectTimeout
+
 	// Build node.
 	node := &structs.DiscoveryGraphNode{
 		Type: structs.DiscoveryGraphNodeTypeResolver,

agent/consul/discoverychain/compile_test.go

@@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ func testcase_RouterWithDefaults_NoSplit_WithResolver() compileTestCase {
 			},
 		},
 		Targets: map[string]*structs.DiscoveryTarget{
-			"main.default.default.dc1": newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc1", nil),
+			"main.default.default.dc1": targetWithConnectTimeout(
+				newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc1", nil),
+				33*time.Second,
+			),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -494,7 +497,10 @@ func testcase_RouterWithDefaults_WithNoopSplit_WithResolver() compileTestCase {
 			},
 		},
 		Targets: map[string]*structs.DiscoveryTarget{
-			"main.default.default.dc1": newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc1", nil),
+			"main.default.default.dc1": targetWithConnectTimeout(
+				newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc1", nil),
+				33*time.Second,
+			),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -687,7 +693,10 @@ func testcase_NoopSplit_WithResolver() compileTestCase {
 			},
 		},
 		Targets: map[string]*structs.DiscoveryTarget{
-			"main.default.default.dc1": newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc1", nil),
+			"main.default.default.dc1": targetWithConnectTimeout(
+				newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc1", nil),
+				33*time.Second,
+			),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1847,8 +1856,14 @@ func testcase_MultiDatacenterCanary() compileTestCase {
 			},
 		},
 		Targets: map[string]*structs.DiscoveryTarget{
-			"main.default.default.dc2": newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc2", nil),
-			"main.default.default.dc3": newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc3", nil),
+			"main.default.default.dc2": targetWithConnectTimeout(
+				newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc2", nil),
+				33*time.Second,
+			),
+			"main.default.default.dc3": targetWithConnectTimeout(
+				newTarget("main", "", "default", "default", "dc3", nil),
+				33*time.Second,
+			),
 		},
 	}
 	return compileTestCase{entries: entries, expect: expect}
@@ -2780,8 +2795,14 @@ func newTarget(service, serviceSubset, namespace, partition, datacenter string,
 	t := structs.NewDiscoveryTarget(service, serviceSubset, namespace, partition, datacenter)
 	t.SNI = connect.TargetSNI(t, "trustdomain.consul")
 	t.Name = t.SNI
+	t.ConnectTimeout = 5 * time.Second // default
 	if modFn != nil {
 		modFn(t)
 	}
 	return t
 }
+
+func targetWithConnectTimeout(t *structs.DiscoveryTarget, connectTimeout time.Duration) *structs.DiscoveryTarget {
+	t.ConnectTimeout = connectTimeout
+	return t
+}

agent/discovery_chain_endpoint_test.go

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ func TestDiscoveryChainRead(t *testing.T) {
 		t := structs.NewDiscoveryTarget(service, serviceSubset, namespace, partition, datacenter)
 		t.SNI = connect.TargetSNI(t, connect.TestClusterID+".consul")
 		t.Name = t.SNI
+		t.ConnectTimeout = 5 * time.Second // default
+		return t
+	}
+
+	targetWithConnectTimeout := func(t *structs.DiscoveryTarget, connectTimeout time.Duration) *structs.DiscoveryTarget {
+		t.ConnectTimeout = connectTimeout
 		return t
 	}
 
@@ -258,8 +264,14 @@ func TestDiscoveryChainRead(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Targets: map[string]*structs.DiscoveryTarget{
-					"web.default.default.dc1": newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc1"),
-					"web.default.default.dc2": newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc2"),
+					"web.default.default.dc1": targetWithConnectTimeout(
+						newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc1"),
+						33*time.Second,
+					),
+					"web.default.default.dc2": targetWithConnectTimeout(
+						newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc2"),
+						33*time.Second,
+					),
 				},
 			}
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(expect, value.Chain) {
@@ -268,12 +280,18 @@ func TestDiscoveryChainRead(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}))
 
-	expectTarget_DC1 := newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc1")
+	expectTarget_DC1 := targetWithConnectTimeout(
+		newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc1"),
+		33*time.Second,
+	)
 	expectTarget_DC1.MeshGateway = structs.MeshGatewayConfig{
 		Mode: structs.MeshGatewayModeLocal,
 	}
 
-	expectTarget_DC2 := newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc2")
+	expectTarget_DC2 := targetWithConnectTimeout(
+		newTarget("web", "", "default", "default", "dc2"),
+		33*time.Second,
+	)
 	expectTarget_DC2.MeshGateway = structs.MeshGatewayConfig{
 		Mode: structs.MeshGatewayModeLocal,
 	}

agent/proxycfg/connect_proxy.go

@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ func (s *handlerConnectProxy) initialize(ctx context.Context) (ConfigSnapshot, e
 			continue
 		}
 
+		snap.ConnectProxy.UpstreamConfig[uid] = &u
 		// This can be true if the upstream is a synthetic entry populated from centralized upstream config.
 		// Watches should not be created for them.
 		if u.CentrallyConfigured {
 			continue
 		}
-		snap.ConnectProxy.UpstreamConfig[uid] = &u
 
 		dc := s.source.Datacenter
 		if u.Datacenter != "" {

agent/proxycfg/testing_tproxy.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package proxycfg
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/cache"
@@ -322,7 +324,11 @@ func TestConfigSnapshotTransparentProxyDialDirectly(t testing.T) *ConfigSnapshot
 
 		mongo      = structs.NewServiceName("mongo", nil)
 		mongoUID   = NewUpstreamIDFromServiceName(mongo)
-		mongoChain = discoverychain.TestCompileConfigEntries(t, "mongo", "default", "default", "dc1", connect.TestClusterID+".consul", nil)
+		mongoChain = discoverychain.TestCompileConfigEntries(t, "mongo", "default", "default", "dc1", connect.TestClusterID+".consul", nil, &structs.ServiceResolverConfigEntry{
+			Kind:           structs.ServiceResolver,
+			Name:           "mongo",
+			ConnectTimeout: 33 * time.Second,
+		})
 
 		db = structs.NewServiceName("db", nil)
 	)

agent/structs/discovery_chain.go

@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ type DiscoveryTarget struct {
 	MeshGateway MeshGatewayConfig     `json:",omitempty"`
 	Subset      ServiceResolverSubset `json:",omitempty"`
 
+	ConnectTimeout time.Duration `json:",omitempty"`
+
 	// External is true if this target is outside of this consul cluster.
 	External bool `json:",omitempty"`
 
@@ -221,6 +223,42 @@ type DiscoveryTarget struct {
 	Name string `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
+func (t *DiscoveryTarget) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	type Alias DiscoveryTarget
+	exported := struct {
+		ConnectTimeout string `json:",omitempty"`
+		*Alias
+	}{
+		ConnectTimeout: t.ConnectTimeout.String(),
+		Alias:          (*Alias)(t),
+	}
+	if t.ConnectTimeout == 0 {
+		exported.ConnectTimeout = ""
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(exported)
+}
+
+func (t *DiscoveryTarget) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	type Alias DiscoveryTarget
+	aux := &struct {
+		ConnectTimeout string
+		*Alias
+	}{
+		Alias: (*Alias)(t),
+	}
+	if err := lib.UnmarshalJSON(data, &aux); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var err error
+	if aux.ConnectTimeout != "" {
+		if t.ConnectTimeout, err = time.ParseDuration(aux.ConnectTimeout); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func NewDiscoveryTarget(service, serviceSubset, namespace, partition, datacenter string) *DiscoveryTarget {
 	t := &DiscoveryTarget{
 		Service:       service,

agent/xds/clusters.go

@@ -173,9 +173,15 @@ func makePassthroughClusters(cfgSnap *proxycfg.ConfigSnapshot) ([]proto.Message,
 		})
 	}
 
-	for _, target := range cfgSnap.ConnectProxy.PassthroughUpstreams {
-		for tid := range target {
-			uid := proxycfg.NewUpstreamIDFromTargetID(tid)
+	for uid, chain := range cfgSnap.ConnectProxy.DiscoveryChain {
+		targetMap, ok := cfgSnap.ConnectProxy.PassthroughUpstreams[uid]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for targetID := range targetMap {
+
+			uid := proxycfg.NewUpstreamIDFromTargetID(targetID)
 
 			sni := connect.ServiceSNI(
 				uid.Name, "", uid.NamespaceOrDefault(), uid.PartitionOrDefault(), cfgSnap.Datacenter, cfgSnap.Roots.TrustDomain)
@@ -190,10 +196,13 @@ func makePassthroughClusters(cfgSnap *proxycfg.ConfigSnapshot) ([]proto.Message,
 				},
 				LbPolicy: envoy_cluster_v3.Cluster_CLUSTER_PROVIDED,
 
-				// TODO(tproxy) This should use the connection timeout configured on the upstream's config entry
 				ConnectTimeout: ptypes.DurationProto(5 * time.Second),
 			}
 
+			if discoTarget, ok := chain.Targets[targetID]; ok && discoTarget.ConnectTimeout > 0 {
+				c.ConnectTimeout = ptypes.DurationProto(discoTarget.ConnectTimeout)
+			}
+
 			spiffeID := connect.SpiffeIDService{
 				Host:       cfgSnap.Roots.TrustDomain,
 				Partition:  uid.PartitionOrDefault(),

agent/xds/testdata/clusters/transparent-proxy-dial-instances-directly.envoy-1-20-x.golden

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
           "resourceApiVersion": "V3"
         }
       },
-      "connectTimeout": "5s",
+      "connectTimeout": "33s",
       "circuitBreakers": {
 
       },
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
       "@type": "type.googleapis.com/envoy.config.cluster.v3.Cluster",
       "name": "passthrough~mongo.default.dc1.internal.11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555.consul",
       "type": "ORIGINAL_DST",
-      "connectTimeout": "5s",
+      "connectTimeout": "33s",
       "lbPolicy": "CLUSTER_PROVIDED",
       "transportSocket": {
         "name": "tls",

api/discovery_chain.go

@@ -234,9 +234,46 @@ type DiscoveryTarget struct {
 	Namespace     string
 	Datacenter    string
 
-	MeshGateway MeshGatewayConfig
-	Subset      ServiceResolverSubset
-	External    bool
-	SNI         string
-	Name        string
+	MeshGateway    MeshGatewayConfig
+	Subset         ServiceResolverSubset
+	ConnectTimeout time.Duration
+	External       bool
+	SNI            string
+	Name           string
+}
+
+func (t *DiscoveryTarget) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	type Alias DiscoveryTarget
+	exported := &struct {
+		ConnectTimeout string `json:",omitempty"`
+		*Alias
+	}{
+		ConnectTimeout: t.ConnectTimeout.String(),
+		Alias:          (*Alias)(t),
+	}
+	if t.ConnectTimeout == 0 {
+		exported.ConnectTimeout = ""
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(exported)
+}
+
+func (t *DiscoveryTarget) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	type Alias DiscoveryTarget
+	aux := &struct {
+		ConnectTimeout string
+		*Alias
+	}{
+		Alias: (*Alias)(t),
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &aux); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var err error
+	if aux.ConnectTimeout != "" {
+		if t.ConnectTimeout, err = time.ParseDuration(aux.ConnectTimeout); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }

api/discovery_chain_test.go

@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ func TestAPI_DiscoveryChain_Get(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Targets: map[string]*DiscoveryTarget{
 					"web.default.default.dc1": {
-						ID:         "web.default.default.dc1",
-						Service:    "web",
-						Namespace:  "default",
-						Datacenter: "dc1",
-						SNI:        "web.default.dc1.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
-						Name:       "web.default.dc1.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
+						ID:             "web.default.default.dc1",
+						Service:        "web",
+						Namespace:      "default",
+						Datacenter:     "dc1",
+						ConnectTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
+						SNI:            "web.default.dc1.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
+						Name:           "web.default.dc1.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -88,12 +89,13 @@ func TestAPI_DiscoveryChain_Get(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Targets: map[string]*DiscoveryTarget{
 					"web.default.default.dc2": {
-						ID:         "web.default.default.dc2",
-						Service:    "web",
-						Namespace:  "default",
-						Datacenter: "dc2",
-						SNI:        "web.default.dc2.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
-						Name:       "web.default.dc2.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
+						ID:             "web.default.default.dc2",
+						Service:        "web",
+						Namespace:      "default",
+						Datacenter:     "dc2",
+						ConnectTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
+						SNI:            "web.default.dc2.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
+						Name:           "web.default.dc2.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -134,12 +136,13 @@ func TestAPI_DiscoveryChain_Get(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Targets: map[string]*DiscoveryTarget{
 					"web.default.default.dc1": {
-						ID:         "web.default.default.dc1",
-						Service:    "web",
-						Namespace:  "default",
-						Datacenter: "dc1",
-						SNI:        "web.default.dc1.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
-						Name:       "web.default.dc1.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
+						ID:             "web.default.default.dc1",
+						Service:        "web",
+						Namespace:      "default",
+						Datacenter:     "dc1",
+						ConnectTimeout: 33 * time.Second,
+						SNI:            "web.default.dc1.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
+						Name:           "web.default.dc1.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -186,8 +189,9 @@ func TestAPI_DiscoveryChain_Get(t *testing.T) {
 						MeshGateway: MeshGatewayConfig{
 							Mode: MeshGatewayModeLocal,
 						},
-						SNI:  "web.default.dc2.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
-						Name: "web.default.dc2.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
+						ConnectTimeout: 22 * time.Second,
+						SNI:            "web.default.dc2.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
+						Name:           "web.default.dc2.internal." + testClusterID + ".consul",
 					},
 				},
 			},

website/content/docs/connect/l7-traffic/discovery-chain.mdx

@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ A single node in the compiled discovery chain.
 
 - `External` `(bool: false)` - True if this target is outside of this consul cluster.
 
+- `ConnectTimeout` `(duration)` - Copy of the underlying `service-resolver`
+  [`ConnectTimeout`](/docs/connect/config-entries/service-resolver#connecttimeout)
+  field. If one is not defined the default of `5s` is returned.
+
 - `SNI` `(string)` - This value should be used as the
   [SNI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication) value when
   connecting to this set of endpoints over TLS.

website/content/docs/connect/transparent-proxy.mdx

@@ -169,8 +169,9 @@ transparent proxy's datacenter. Services can also dial explicit upstreams in oth
 in the datacenter `dc2`.
 * In the deployment configuration where a [single Consul datacenter spans multiple Kubernetes clusters](/docs/k8s/installation/deployment-configurations/single-dc-multi-k8s), services in one Kubernetes cluster must explicitly dial a service in another Kubernetes cluster using the [consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams](/docs/k8s/annotations-and-labels#consul-hashicorp-com-connect-service-upstreams) annotation. An example would be
 `"consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams": "my-service:1234"`, where `my-service` is the service that exists in another Kubernetes cluster and is exposed on port `1234`. Although Transparent Proxy is enabled, KubeDNS is not utilized when communicating between services existing on separate Kubernetes clusters.
-* When dialing headless services the request will be proxied using a plain TCP proxy with a 5s connection timeout.
-Currently the upstream's protocol and connection timeout are not considered.
+
+* When dialing headless services, the request will be proxied using a plain TCP
+ proxy. The upstream's protocol is not considered.
 
 ## Using Transparent Proxy