Add delay to avoid race conditions during VolumeSnapshotContent deletion (velero-io#9700)

* Add delay to avoid race conditions during VolumeSnapshotContent deletion
Signed-off-by: Priyansh Choudhary <im1706@gmail.com>

* updated changelog
Signed-off-by: Priyansh Choudhary <im1706@gmail.com>

* Updated Changelog
Signed-off-by: Priyansh Choudhary <im1706@gmail.com>

Author: priyansh17

changelogs/unreleased/9700-priyansh17

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix issue #9699, add a 2-second gap between temporary CSI VolumeSnapshotContent create and delete operations

internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go

@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ import (
 	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	crclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/client"
 	plugincommon "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/plugin/framework/common"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/plugin/velero"
@@ -44,6 +42,10 @@ type volumeSnapshotContentDeleteItemAction struct {
 	crClient crclient.Client
 }
 
+const tempVSCCreateDeleteGap = 2 * time.Second
+
+var sleepBetweenTempVSCCreateAndDelete = time.Sleep
+
 // AppliesTo returns information indicating
 // VolumeSnapshotContentRestoreItemAction action should be invoked
 // while restoring VolumeSnapshotContent.snapshot.storage.k8s.io resources
@@ -115,35 +117,11 @@ func (p *volumeSnapshotContentDeleteItemAction) Execute(
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "fail to create VolumeSnapshotContent %s", snapCont.Name)
 	}
 
-	// Read resource timeout from backup annotation, if not set, use default value.
-	timeout, err := time.ParseDuration(
-		input.Backup.Annotations[velerov1api.ResourceTimeoutAnnotation])
-	if err != nil {
-		p.log.Warnf("fail to parse resource timeout annotation %s: %s",
-			input.Backup.Annotations[velerov1api.ResourceTimeoutAnnotation], err.Error())
-		timeout = 10 * time.Minute
-	}
-	p.log.Debugf("resource timeout is set to %s", timeout.String())
-
-	interval := 5 * time.Second
-
-	// Wait until VSC created and ReadyToUse is true.
-	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(
-		context.Background(),
-		interval,
-		timeout,
-		true,
-		func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-			return checkVSCReadiness(ctx, &snapCont, p.crClient)
-		},
-	); err != nil {
-		// Clean up the VSC we created since it can't become ready
-		if deleteErr := p.crClient.Delete(context.TODO(), &snapCont); deleteErr != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(deleteErr) {
-			p.log.WithError(deleteErr).Errorf("Failed to clean up VolumeSnapshotContent %s", snapCont.Name)
-		}
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "fail to wait VolumeSnapshotContent %s becomes ready.", snapCont.Name)
-	}
+	// Add a small delay before delete to avoid create/delete race conditions in CSI controllers.
+	sleepBetweenTempVSCCreateAndDelete(tempVSCCreateDeleteGap)
 
+	// Delete the temp VSC immediately to trigger cloud snapshot removal.
+	// The CSI driver will handle the actual cloud snapshot deletion.
 	if err := p.crClient.Delete(
 		context.TODO(),
 		&snapCont,

internal/delete/actions/csi/volumesnapshotcontent_action_test.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	snapshotv1api "github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v8/apis/volumesnapshot/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -37,6 +38,50 @@ import (
 	velerotest "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/test"
 )
 
+// fakeClientWithErrors wraps a real client and injects errors for specific operations.
+type fakeClientWithErrors struct {
+	crclient.Client
+	getError    error
+	patchError  error
+	deleteError error
+}
+
+type fakeClientWithCallTracking struct {
+	crclient.Client
+	events *[]string
+}
+
+func (c *fakeClientWithCallTracking) Create(ctx context.Context, obj crclient.Object, opts ...crclient.CreateOption) error {
+	*c.events = append(*c.events, "create")
+	return c.Client.Create(ctx, obj, opts...)
+}
+
+func (c *fakeClientWithCallTracking) Delete(ctx context.Context, obj crclient.Object, opts ...crclient.DeleteOption) error {
+	*c.events = append(*c.events, "delete")
+	return c.Client.Delete(ctx, obj, opts...)
+}
+
+func (c *fakeClientWithErrors) Get(ctx context.Context, key crclient.ObjectKey, obj crclient.Object, opts ...crclient.GetOption) error {
+	if c.getError != nil {
+		return c.getError
+	}
+	return c.Client.Get(ctx, key, obj, opts...)
+}
+
+func (c *fakeClientWithErrors) Patch(ctx context.Context, obj crclient.Object, patch crclient.Patch, opts ...crclient.PatchOption) error {
+	if c.patchError != nil {
+		return c.patchError
+	}
+	return c.Client.Patch(ctx, obj, patch, opts...)
+}
+
+func (c *fakeClientWithErrors) Delete(ctx context.Context, obj crclient.Object, opts ...crclient.DeleteOption) error {
+	if c.deleteError != nil {
+		return c.deleteError
+	}
+	return c.Client.Delete(ctx, obj, opts...)
+}
+
 func TestVSCExecute(t *testing.T) {
 	snapshotHandleStr := "test"
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -239,6 +284,39 @@ func TestCheckVSCReadiness(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestVSCExecute_CreateSleepDeleteOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	snapshotHandleStr := "test"
+	vsc := builder.ForVolumeSnapshotContent("bar").
+		ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabelsMap(map[string]string{velerov1api.BackupNameLabel: "backup"})).
+		Status(&snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContentStatus{SnapshotHandle: &snapshotHandleStr}).
+		Result()
+
+	vscMap, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(vsc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	events := make([]string, 0, 3)
+	realClient := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t)
+	trackingClient := &fakeClientWithCallTracking{Client: realClient, events: &events}
+
+	originalSleep := sleepBetweenTempVSCCreateAndDelete
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		sleepBetweenTempVSCCreateAndDelete = originalSleep
+	})
+
+	sleepBetweenTempVSCCreateAndDelete = func(d time.Duration) {
+		require.Equal(t, tempVSCCreateDeleteGap, d)
+		events = append(events, "sleep")
+	}
+
+	p := volumeSnapshotContentDeleteItemAction{log: logrus.StandardLogger(), crClient: trackingClient}
+	err = p.Execute(&velero.DeleteItemActionExecuteInput{
+		Item:   &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: vscMap},
+		Backup: builder.ForBackup("velero", "backup").Result(),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"create", "sleep", "delete"}, events)
+}
+
 func boolPtr(b bool) *bool {
 	return &b
 }