pass Akka.Cluster.Cluster into IDowningProvider directly

src/core/Akka.API.Tests/CoreAPISpec.ApproveCluster.verified.txt

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Akka.Cluster
 {
     public sealed class AutoDowning : Akka.Cluster.IDowningProvider
     {
-        public AutoDowning(Akka.Actor.ActorSystem system) { }
+        public AutoDowning(Akka.Actor.ActorSystem system, Akka.Cluster.Cluster cluster) { }
         public System.TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin { get; }
         public Akka.Actor.Props DowningActorProps { get; }
     }
@@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ namespace Akka.Cluster
     }
     public sealed class NoDowning : Akka.Cluster.IDowningProvider
     {
-        public NoDowning(Akka.Actor.ActorSystem system) { }
+        public NoDowning(Akka.Actor.ActorSystem system, Akka.Cluster.Cluster cluster) { }
         public System.TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin { get; }
         public Akka.Actor.Props DowningActorProps { get; }
     }
     public sealed class SplitBrainResolver : Akka.Cluster.IDowningProvider
     {
-        public SplitBrainResolver(Akka.Actor.ActorSystem system) { }
+        public SplitBrainResolver(Akka.Actor.ActorSystem system, Akka.Cluster.Cluster cluster) { }
         public System.TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin { get; }
         public Akka.Actor.Props DowningActorProps { get; }
         public System.TimeSpan StableAfter { get; }
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ namespace Akka.Cluster.SBR
     }
     public class SplitBrainResolverProvider : Akka.Cluster.IDowningProvider
     {
-        public SplitBrainResolverProvider(Akka.Actor.ActorSystem system) { }
+        public SplitBrainResolverProvider(Akka.Actor.ActorSystem system, Akka.Cluster.Cluster cluster) { }
         public System.TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin { get; }
         public Akka.Actor.Props DowningActorProps { get; }
     }

src/core/Akka.Cluster.Tests/Bugfix5962Spec.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// // <copyright file="Bugfix5962Spec.cs" company="Akka.NET Project">
+// //     Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Lightbend Inc. <http://www.lightbend.com>
+// //     Copyright (C) 2013-2022 .NET Foundation <https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net>
+// // </copyright>
+// //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Akka.Configuration;
+using Akka.TestKit;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using FluentAssertions.Extensions;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+using static FluentAssertions.FluentActions;
+
+
+namespace Akka.Cluster.Tests
+{
+     public class Bugfix5962Spec : TestKit.Xunit2.TestKit
+    {
+        private static readonly Config Config = ConfigurationFactory.ParseString(@"
+akka {
+    loglevel = INFO
+    actor {
+        provider = cluster
+        default-dispatcher = {
+            executor = channel-executor
+            channel-executor.priority = normal
+        }
+        # Adding this part in combination with the SplitBrainResolverProvider causes the error
+        internal-dispatcher = {
+            executor = channel-executor
+            channel-executor.priority = high
+        }
+    }
+    remote {
+        dot-netty.tcp {
+            port = 15508
+            hostname = ""127.0.0.1""
+        }
+        default-remote-dispatcher {
+            executor = channel-executor
+            channel-executor.priority = high
+        }
+        backoff-remote-dispatcher {
+            executor = channel-executor
+            channel-executor.priority = low
+        }
+    }
+    cluster {
+        seed-nodes = [""akka.tcp://Bugfix5962Spec@127.0.0.1:15508""]
+        downing-provider-class = ""Akka.Cluster.SBR.SplitBrainResolverProvider, Akka.Cluster""
+    }
+}");
+
+        private readonly Type _timerMsgType;
+
+        public Bugfix5962Spec(ITestOutputHelper output): base(Config, nameof(Bugfix5962Spec), output)
+        {
+            _timerMsgType = Type.GetType("Akka.Actor.Scheduler.TimerScheduler+TimerMsg, Akka");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SBR_Should_work_with_channel_executor()
+        {
+            var latch = new TestLatch(1);
+            var cluster = Cluster.Get(Sys);
+            cluster.RegisterOnMemberUp(() =>
+            {
+                latch.CountDown();
+            });
+
+            var selection = Sys.ActorSelection("akka://Bugfix5962Spec/system/cluster/core/daemon/downingProvider");
+
+            await Awaiting(() => selection.ResolveOne(1.Seconds()))
+                .Should().NotThrowAsync("Downing provider should be alive. ActorSelection will throw an ActorNotFoundException if this fails");
+
+            // There should be no TimerMsg being sent to dead letter, this signals that the downing provider is dead
+            await EventFilter.DeadLetter(_timerMsgType).ExpectAsync(0, async () =>
+            {
+                latch.Ready(1.Seconds());
+                await Task.Delay(2.Seconds());
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}

src/core/Akka.Cluster.Tests/DowningProviderSpec.cs

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 namespace Akka.Cluster.Tests
 {
-    class FailingDowningProvider : IDowningProvider
+    internal class FailingDowningProvider : IDowningProvider
     {
-        public FailingDowningProvider(ActorSystem system)
+        public FailingDowningProvider(ActorSystem system, Cluster cluster)
         {
         }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public Props DowningActorProps
     class DummyDowningProvider : IDowningProvider
     {
         public readonly AtomicBoolean ActorPropsAccessed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-        public DummyDowningProvider(ActorSystem system)
+        public DummyDowningProvider(ActorSystem system, Cluster cluster)
         {
         }
 

src/core/Akka.Cluster.Tests/StartupWithOneThreadSpec.cs

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Akka.Actor;
 using Akka.Actor.Dsl;
 using Akka.Configuration;
 using Akka.Event;
 using Akka.TestKit;
 using Akka.Util;
 using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
 
 namespace Akka.Cluster.Tests
 {
@@ -25,12 +27,13 @@ public class StartupWithOneThreadSpec : AkkaSpec
             akka.actor.default-dispatcher.dedicated-thread-pool.thread-count = 1
             akka.actor.provider = ""Akka.Cluster.ClusterActorRefProvider, Akka.Cluster""
             akka.remote.dot-netty.tcp.port = 0
+            akka.cluster.downing-provider-class = ""Akka.Cluster.SBR.SplitBrainResolverProvider, Akka.Cluster""
+            akka.cluster.split-brain-resolver.active-strategy = keep-majority
         ");
 
         private long _startTime;
 
-        public StartupWithOneThreadSpec() : base(Configuration)
-        {
+        public StartupWithOneThreadSpec(ITestOutputHelper output) : base(Configuration, output) {
             _startTime = MonotonicClock.GetTicks();
         }
 
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ private Props TestProps
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public void A_cluster_must_startup_with_one_dispatcher_thread()
+        public async Task A_cluster_must_startup_with_one_dispatcher_thread()
         {
             // This test failed before fixing https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/1959 when adding a sleep before the
             // Await of GetClusterCoreRef in the Cluster extension constructor.
@@ -75,6 +78,11 @@ public void A_cluster_must_startup_with_one_dispatcher_thread()
             ExpectMsg("hello");
             ExpectMsg("hello");
             ExpectMsg("hello");
+
+            // perform a self-join
+            var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds((3)));
+            var selfAddress = cluster.SelfAddress;
+            await cluster.JoinSeedNodesAsync(new[] { selfAddress }, cts.Token);
         }
     }
 }

src/core/Akka.Cluster/AutoDown.cs

@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ internal sealed class AutoDown : AutoDownBase
         /// TBD
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="autoDownUnreachableAfter">TBD</param>
+        /// <param name="cluster"></param>
         /// <returns>TBD</returns>
-        public static Props Props(TimeSpan autoDownUnreachableAfter)
+        public static Props Props(TimeSpan autoDownUnreachableAfter, Cluster cluster)
         {
-            return Actor.Props.Create<AutoDown>(autoDownUnreachableAfter);
+            return Actor.Props.Create(() => new AutoDown(autoDownUnreachableAfter, cluster));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -76,14 +77,10 @@ public override int GetHashCode()
         }
 
         private readonly Cluster _cluster;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// TBD
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="autoDownUnreachableAfter">TBD</param>
-        public AutoDown(TimeSpan autoDownUnreachableAfter) : base(autoDownUnreachableAfter)
+
+        public AutoDown(TimeSpan autoDownUnreachableAfter, Cluster cluster) : base(autoDownUnreachableAfter)
         {
-            _cluster = Cluster.Get(Context.System);
+            _cluster = cluster;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -276,20 +273,18 @@ private void Remove(UniqueAddress node)
     public sealed class AutoDowning : IDowningProvider
     {
         private readonly ActorSystem _system;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// TBD
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="system">TBD</param>
-        public AutoDowning(ActorSystem system)
+        private readonly Cluster _cluster;
+
+        public AutoDowning(ActorSystem system, Cluster cluster)
         {
             _system = system;
+            _cluster = cluster;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// TBD
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin => Cluster.Get(_system).Settings.DownRemovalMargin;
+        public TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin => _cluster.Settings.DownRemovalMargin;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// TBD
@@ -301,11 +296,11 @@ public Props DowningActorProps
         {
             get
             {
-                var autoDownUnreachableAfter = Cluster.Get(_system).Settings.AutoDownUnreachableAfter;
+                var autoDownUnreachableAfter = _cluster.Settings.AutoDownUnreachableAfter;
                 if (!autoDownUnreachableAfter.HasValue)
                     throw new ConfigurationException("AutoDowning downing provider selected but 'akka.cluster.auto-down-unreachable-after' not set");
 
-                return AutoDown.Props(autoDownUnreachableAfter.Value);                    
+                return AutoDown.Props(autoDownUnreachableAfter.Value, _cluster);                    
             }
         }
     }

src/core/Akka.Cluster/Cluster.cs

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public Cluster(ActorSystemImpl system)
             Scheduler = CreateScheduler(system);
 
             // it has to be lazy - otherwise if downing provider will init a cluster itself, it will deadlock
-            _downingProvider = new Lazy<IDowningProvider>(() => Akka.Cluster.DowningProvider.Load(Settings.DowningProviderType, system), LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication);
+            _downingProvider = new Lazy<IDowningProvider>(() => Akka.Cluster.DowningProvider.Load(Settings.DowningProviderType, system, this), LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication);
 
             //create supervisor for daemons under path "/system/cluster"
             _clusterDaemons = system.SystemActorOf(Props.Create(() => new ClusterDaemon(Settings)).WithDeploy(Deploy.Local), "cluster");

src/core/Akka.Cluster/Configuration/Cluster.conf

@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ akka {
     # * if it is 'off' the `NoDowning` provider is used and no automatic downing will be performed
     # * if it is set to a duration the `AutoDowning` provider is with the configured downing duration
     #
-    # If specified the value must be the fully qualified class name of a subclass of
-    # `akka.cluster.DowningProvider` having a public one argument constructor accepting an `ActorSystem`
+    # If specified the value must be the fully qualified class name of an implementation of
+    # `Akka.Cluster.IDowningProvider` having two argument constructor:
+    #   - argument 1: accepting an `ActorSystem`
+    #   - argument 2: accepting an `Akka.Cluster.Cluster`
     downing-provider-class = ""
 
     # If this is set to "off", the leader will not move 'Joining' members to 'Up' during a network

src/core/Akka.Cluster/DowningProvider.cs

@@ -45,20 +45,18 @@ public interface IDowningProvider
     public sealed class NoDowning : IDowningProvider
     {
         private readonly ActorSystem _system;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// TBD
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="system">TBD</param>
-        public NoDowning(ActorSystem system)
+        private readonly Cluster _cluster;
+
+        public NoDowning(ActorSystem system, Cluster cluster)
         {
             _system = system;
+            _cluster = cluster;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// TBD
         /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin => Cluster.Get(_system).Settings.DownRemovalMargin;
+        public TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin => _cluster.Settings.DownRemovalMargin;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// TBD
@@ -72,20 +70,25 @@ public NoDowning(ActorSystem system)
     internal static class DowningProvider
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// TBD
+        /// Loads the <see cref="IDowningProvider"/> from configuration and instantiates it via reflection.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="downingProviderType">TBD</param>
         /// <param name="system">TBD</param>
+        /// <param name="cluster">The current cluster object.</param>
         /// <exception cref="ConfigurationException">
         /// This exception is thrown when the specified <paramref name="downingProviderType"/> does not implement <see cref="IDowningProvider"/>.
         /// </exception>
-        /// <returns>TBD</returns>
-        public static IDowningProvider Load(Type downingProviderType, ActorSystem system)
+        /// <returns>The activated <see cref="IDowningProvider"/></returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Required to pass in <see cref="Akka.Cluster.Cluster"/> manually here since https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/5962
+        /// can cause the SBR startup to fail when running with the `channel-executor`.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static IDowningProvider Load(Type downingProviderType, ActorSystem system, Cluster cluster)
         {
             var extendedSystem = system as ExtendedActorSystem;
             try
             {
-                return (IDowningProvider)Activator.CreateInstance(downingProviderType, extendedSystem);
+                return (IDowningProvider)Activator.CreateInstance(downingProviderType, extendedSystem, cluster);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {

src/core/Akka.Cluster/SBR/SplitBrainResolver.cs

@@ -27,22 +27,22 @@ internal class SplitBrainResolver : SplitBrainResolverBase
     {
         private Cluster _cluster;
 
-        public SplitBrainResolver(TimeSpan stableAfter, DowningStrategy strategy)
+        public SplitBrainResolver(TimeSpan stableAfter, DowningStrategy strategy, Cluster cluster)
             : base(stableAfter, strategy)
         {
+            _cluster = cluster;
         }
 
         public override UniqueAddress SelfUniqueAddress => _cluster.SelfUniqueAddress;
 
-        public static Props Props2(TimeSpan stableAfter, DowningStrategy strategy)
+        public static Props Props2(TimeSpan stableAfter, DowningStrategy strategy, Cluster cluster)
         {
-            return Props.Create(() => new SplitBrainResolver(stableAfter, strategy));
+            return Props.Create(() => new SplitBrainResolver(stableAfter, strategy, cluster));
         }
 
         // re-subscribe when restart
         protected override void PreStart()
         {
-            _cluster = Cluster.Get(Context.System);
             _cluster.Subscribe(Self, InitialStateAsEvents, typeof(IClusterDomainEvent));
 
             base.PreStart();

src/core/Akka.Cluster/SBR/SplitBrainResolverProvider.cs

@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ public class SplitBrainResolverProvider : IDowningProvider
     {
         private readonly SplitBrainResolverSettings _settings;
         private readonly ActorSystem _system;
+        private readonly Cluster _cluster;
 
-        public SplitBrainResolverProvider(ActorSystem system)
+        public SplitBrainResolverProvider(ActorSystem system, Cluster cluster)
         {
             _system = system;
             _settings = new SplitBrainResolverSettings(system.Settings.Config);
+            _cluster = cluster;
         }
 
         public TimeSpan DownRemovalMargin
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ public Props DowningActorProps
                         throw new InvalidOperationException();
                 }
 
-                return SplitBrainResolver.Props2(_settings.DowningStableAfter, strategy);
+                return SplitBrainResolver.Props2(_settings.DowningStableAfter, strategy, _cluster);
             }
         }
     }