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This pull request introduces a shared Redis client utility to the gateway SDK and integrates it into the policy-engine service, enabling efficient and consistent Redis usage across policies and the gateway infrastructure. The main changes include adding a new redisclient package to manage shared Redis connections, updating dependencies, and wiring the shared client initialization into the policy-engine startup.

Sample configuration

policy engine level

  [redis]
  host                = "redis"    # default: "localhost"
  port                = 6379       # default: 6379
  username            = ""         # default: "" (no ACL username)
  password            = "{{ secret "redis-password" }}"  # default: "" - use {{ secret "handle" }}, never a literal secret in a real deployment
  db                  = 0          # default: 0
  pool_size           = 0          # default: 0 (go-redis library default pool sizing)
  connection_timeout  = "5s"       # default: 5s
  write_timeout       = "3s"       # default: 3s
  read_timeout        = "3s"       # default: 3s

policy level

  [policy_configurations.oauth2_generator_v1.redis]
  host                = "policy-redis"   # no default - must be set to actually enable an override
  port                = 6379              # default: 6379
  username            = ""                # default: ""
  password            = "{{ secret "oauth2-redis-password" }}"  # default: ""
  db                  = 1                 # default: 0
  pool_size           = 0                 # default: 0 (go-redis default)
  connection_timeout  = "5s"              # default: 5s
  read_timeout        = "3s"              # default: 3s
  write_timeout       = "3s"              # default: 3s
  key_prefix          = "oauth2-generator:token:v1:"  # default: "oauth2-generator:token:v1:"
  failure_mode        = "open"            # default: "open" ("open" | "closed")

Key changes:

Redis client infrastructure

  • Added a new package sdk/core/utils/redisclient that provides process-wide shared Redis clients, including helpers for configuration, client reuse, and fallback logic for policy-level overrides. This package ensures that only one client per unique connection config is created and reused, improving performance and resource usage.
  • Added SetSharedForTesting in sdk/core/utils/redisclient/testing.go to support test isolation by allowing tests to override the shared client safely.

Gateway policy-engine integration

  • Updated gateway/gateway-runtime/policy-engine/cmd/policy-engine/main.go to initialize the shared Redis client at startup using the top-level "redis" config section, ensuring the client is ready before any policy chain is built. [1] [2]

Dependency management

  • Added new dependencies to go.mod files, including github.com/redis/go-redis/v9, github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2, and go.uber.org/atomic to support the Redis client and configuration decoding.

These changes lay the foundation for consistent, efficient Redis usage across the gateway, supporting both global and per-policy connections.

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Dependency Validation Results

Dependency name: github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2
Version: v2.38.0
Approved: ❌ No - Module not found in dependency registry

Dependency name: github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2
Version: v2.5.0
Allowed range: >=v2.4.0
Approved: ✅ Yes

Dependency name: github.com/redis/go-redis/v9
Version: v9.22.0
Allowed range: >=v9.17.3
Approved: ✅ Yes


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The PR adds a shared Redis client utility with configuration parsing, client reuse, policy overrides, and test helpers. The policy-engine initializes the shared client during startup and exits when initialization fails.

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Shared Redis client integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared client registry and ping lifecycle
sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go, sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient_test.go
The package shares clients by connection configuration, handles bypass rules, performs bounded pings, and tests registry behavior.
Configuration and policy resolution
sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go, sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient_test.go, sdk/core/utils/redisclient/testing.go
The package parses and validates Redis settings, extracts nested or flattened policy overrides, resolves clients, and restores shared state in tests.
Policy-engine startup wiring
gateway/gateway-runtime/policy-engine/cmd/policy-engine/main.go, gateway/gateway-runtime/policy-engine/go.mod, sdk/core/go.mod
The policy-engine initializes Redis from PolicyEngine.RawConfig. Module dependencies and the local SDK replacement are added.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b63bf

The shared Redis client currently accepts a blank global host and does not validate policy-level override values. Invalid configuration can create malformed or unintended Redis endpoints, while non-positive timeout values can disable socket deadlines and cause runtime failures; merge should wait for these validation gaps to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PolicyEngine as policy-engine startup
  participant RedisClient as redisclient.InitFromConfig
  participant Redis as Redis server
  PolicyEngine->>RedisClient: initialize from PolicyEngine.RawConfig
  RedisClient->>Redis: ping shared Redis client
  Redis-->>RedisClient: ping result
  RedisClient-->>PolicyEngine: initialization success or error
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Possibly related PRs

  • wso2/api-platform#3172: Extends the shared Redis client utility with gateway initialization, policy overrides, and related tests.

Suggested reviewers: krishanx92, malinthaprasan, pubudu538

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Actionable comments posted: 4

🧹 Nitpick comments (3)
sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient_test.go (1)

228-235: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider replacing the wall-clock assertion with an ordering assertion.

The 300ms budget assumes the CI runner is not stalled. A scheduling pause or a GC pause during this window fails the test even though the lock behavior is correct. The test then becomes an intermittent failure that reviewers learn to ignore.

An alternative is to signal from the slow goroutine after it enters the ping, then assert that the fast GetOrCreate returns before the slow one completes. This asserts the same invariant without a fixed time budget.

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In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient_test.go` around lines 228 - 235,
Replace the wall-clock duration assertion around the fast GetOrCreate call with
synchronization-based ordering. Have the slow goroutine signal after entering
its ping, then assert the fast GetOrCreate returns before the slow operation
completes, preserving the test’s verification that the registry lock is not held
during another call’s ping.
sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go (1)

65-71: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use a guideline-approved hash for the password fingerprint.

The coding guidelines list SHA-3-256/512 or BLAKE3 as the approved hashing algorithms and require preferring them over lower-strength alternatives. This use is an in-process map key rather than a stored credential digest, so the risk is low, but SHA-256 is not on the approved list. crypto/sha3 in the standard library provides a drop-in replacement.

♻️ Proposed change
-	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(p))
+	sum := sha3.Sum256([]byte(p))
 	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])

Update the import from crypto/sha256 to crypto/sha3. Update wantSecretSHA256 in sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient_test.go accordingly.

As per coding guidelines: "Use the approved post-quantum algorithms and packages: ... SHA-3-256/512 or BLAKE3 for hashing."

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In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go` around lines 65 - 71, Update
hashRedisPassword to use the guideline-approved SHA-3-256 implementation from
crypto/sha3 instead of SHA-256, preserving the empty-password behavior and hex
encoding. Update the wantSecretSHA256 expectation in the redisclient tests to
match the new digest.

Source: Coding guidelines

sdk/core/utils/redisclient/testing.go (1)

19-43: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Rename testing.go to testing_test.go.

SetSharedForTesting is used only by redisclient_test.go. The current filename adds testing and a test-only exported helper to normal package builds. Keep the helper in the same package. Its locking and cleanup logic is correct.

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In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/testing.go` around lines 19 - 43, Rename
testing.go to testing_test.go while keeping SetSharedForTesting in the same
package; do not change its locking or t.Cleanup behavior.
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Inline comments:
In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient_test.go`:
- Around line 107-122: Add a test-only helper near the existing registry
utilities that snapshots and replaces the process-wide redisClients map, then
restores the original map via t.Cleanup; invoke this helper at the start of
every test that calls GetOrCreate, including
TestGetOrCreateClient_ReuseSkipsPing.
- Line 186: Replace the net.Listen call in the test setup with a
net.ListenConfig.Listen invocation, preserving the TCP network and loopback
address while supplying the required context so the noctx linter passes.

In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go`:
- Around line 355-371: Update paramInt’s float64 branch to validate n before
converting it to int: reject NaN, positive or negative infinity, and values
outside the representable int range, returning def for those malformed values.
Preserve direct conversion for finite, in-range values and the existing handling
of other types.
- Around line 241-297: Validate the decoded fields immediately after
decoder.Decode in the Redis configuration path before constructing
redis.Options: require Host port to be 1–65535, DB and PoolSize to be
non-negative, and ConnectionTimeout, ReadTimeout, and WriteTimeout to be at
least 1ms. Update rejectNonIntegralFloatHookFunc to cover time.Duration’s
reflect.Int64 target so numeric duration inputs are interpreted or validated
consistently rather than becoming nanoseconds, and return descriptive
configuration errors for invalid values.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient_test.go`:
- Around line 228-235: Replace the wall-clock duration assertion around the fast
GetOrCreate call with synchronization-based ordering. Have the slow goroutine
signal after entering its ping, then assert the fast GetOrCreate returns before
the slow operation completes, preserving the test’s verification that the
registry lock is not held during another call’s ping.

In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go`:
- Around line 65-71: Update hashRedisPassword to use the guideline-approved
SHA-3-256 implementation from crypto/sha3 instead of SHA-256, preserving the
empty-password behavior and hex encoding. Update the wantSecretSHA256
expectation in the redisclient tests to match the new digest.

In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/testing.go`:
- Around line 19-43: Rename testing.go to testing_test.go while keeping
SetSharedForTesting in the same package; do not change its locking or t.Cleanup
behavior.
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Dependency Validation Results

Dependency name: github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2
Version: v2.38.0
Approved: ❌ No - Module not found in dependency registry

Dependency name: github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2
Version: v2.5.0
Allowed range: >=v2.4.0
Approved: ✅ Yes

Dependency name: github.com/redis/go-redis/v9
Version: v9.22.0
Allowed range: >=v9.17.3
Approved: ✅ Yes


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sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go (1)

391-402: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Apply Redis field validation to policy overrides.

ExtractOverrideFromParams bypasses validateRedisSectionFields. paramInt accepts invalid port, DB, and pool-size values, and paramDuration accepts non-positive or sub-millisecond timeouts. Negative read or write timeouts can disable go-redis socket deadlines. Reject invalid overrides before creating the client, and add boundary tests.

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In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go` around lines 391 - 402, Update
ExtractOverrideFromParams to validate Redis policy override fields with
validateRedisSectionFields before creating the client, including port, DB,
pool-size, and timeout constraints. Tighten paramInt and paramDuration so
invalid values, non-positive durations, and sub-millisecond timeouts are
rejected rather than applied, preventing negative read/write timeouts from
disabling socket deadlines. Add boundary tests covering these invalid override
values.
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In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go`:
- Around line 278-308: Update validateRedisSectionFields to reject f.Host when
it is empty or contains only whitespace, before redis.Options construction;
return a validation error and preserve the existing validation for nonblank
hosts.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@sdk/core/utils/redisclient/redisclient.go`:
- Around line 391-402: Update ExtractOverrideFromParams to validate Redis policy
override fields with validateRedisSectionFields before creating the client,
including port, DB, pool-size, and timeout constraints. Tighten paramInt and
paramDuration so invalid values, non-positive durations, and sub-millisecond
timeouts are rejected rather than applied, preventing negative read/write
timeouts from disabling socket deadlines. Add boundary tests covering these
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Dependency name: github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2
Version: v2.38.0
Approved: ❌ No - Module not found in dependency registry

Dependency name: github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2
Version: v2.5.0
Allowed range: >=v2.4.0
Approved: ✅ Yes

Dependency name: github.com/redis/go-redis/v9
Version: v9.22.0
Allowed range: >=v9.17.3
Approved: ✅ Yes


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