Close querier in remote read handler to fix querier leak

[anxkhn]

What this PR does:

The Prometheus remote read handler (pkg/querier/remote_read.go) handles each
sub-query in its own goroutine. Each goroutine obtains a storage.Querier via
q.Querier(from, to) but never closes it, so every remote read sub-query leaks
its querier and the resources that querier holds (inflight-query trackers,
store-gateway clients, index readers) for the lifetime of the process. A client
that issues many remote reads (for example Prometheus federation, a Thanos
sidecar's remote_read, or Grafana) steadily accumulates leaked queriers.

storage.Querier embeds storage.LabelQuerier, whose Close() "releases the
resources of the Querier", and every other Querier(...) call site in the
codebase pairs the acquisition with a close (for example the ingester's query
path and the tenant-federation merge queryable). The remote read handler was the
sole call site that omitted it.

This PR adds defer querier.Close() inside the goroutine, immediately after the
querier is successfully created, so it runs on both the success path and the
Select/SeriesSetToQueryResponse error path. It is a one-line behavioral fix
(the querier is now released) with no API, flag, or config change. It also adds a
regression test that asserts the handler closes every querier it creates.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

No existing issue; this leak was found by code inspection. (Happy to open a
tracking issue first if maintainers prefer.)

Checklist

• Tests updated
• Documentation added (n/a - no user-facing docs/flags changed)
• CHANGELOG.md updated - the order of entries should be [CHANGE], [FEATURE], [ENHANCEMENT], [BUGFIX]
• docs/configuration/v1-guarantees.md updated if this PR introduces experimental flags (n/a - no flags)

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AI assistance disclosure (per the repo's GENAI_POLICY.md - keep this line in the
PR): This change was prepared with AI coding-assistant help (bug localization,
drafting, and test scaffolding). I reviewed every line, confirmed the fix against
the storage.Querier interface and the other querier call sites, and validated
it with the tests and linters below. I take full responsibility for the
contribution.

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Commit (already on the branch, DCO-signed)

Title: Close querier in remote read handler to fix querier leak
Signed-off-by: Anas Khan 83116240+anxkhn@users.noreply.github.com
True PR diff (origin/master...HEAD): 3 files, +42 / -0

• pkg/querier/remote_read.go (+1: defer querier.Close())
• pkg/querier/remote_read_test.go (+40: TestRemoteReadHandler_Closes_Querier + closeCountingQuerier)
• CHANGELOG.md (+1: BUGFIX entry)

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Validation run in this phase (draft)

• go build -tags "netgo slicelabels" ./pkg/querier/... -> ok
• go test -count=1 -tags "netgo slicelabels" ./pkg/querier/ -run RemoteRead -> ok (1.627s)
  (full-package + -race + vet + golangci-lint v2.7.2 + goimports + misspell + gofmt
  were all green in verify; re-confirmed the targeted subset here after the amend)
• Leak scan of the diff + commit message for local paths / workspace layout /
  "loop" / task ids / "opencode" -> none (only the DCO noreply email matches anxkhn).

[siddarth2810]

Good catch, seems good to me.

One minor thing in the description, in tenant-federation merge queryable Close() returns just nil, so I'm thinking if its a weak example for "releases the resources of the Querier" ?