balancer/pickfirstleaf: Avoid reading Address.Metadata

balancer/pickfirst/pickfirstleaf/pickfirstleaf.go

@@ -923,6 +923,5 @@ func (al *addressList) hasNext() bool {
 // fields that are meaningful to the SubConn.
 func equalAddressIgnoringBalAttributes(a, b *resolver.Address) bool {
 	return a.Addr == b.Addr && a.ServerName == b.ServerName &&
-		a.Attributes.Equal(b.Attributes) &&
-		a.Metadata == b.Metadata
+		a.Attributes.Equal(b.Attributes)
 }

balancer/pickfirst/pickfirstleaf/pickfirstleaf_ext_test.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/internal/testutils"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/internal/testutils/pickfirst"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/internal/testutils/stats"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/resolver"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/resolver/manual"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
@@ -1424,6 +1425,85 @@ func (s) TestPickFirstLeaf_HealthUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, cc, connectivity.TransientFailure)
 }
 
+// Tests the case where an address update received by the pick_first LB policy
+// differs in metadata which should be ignored by the LB policy. In this case,
+// the test verifies that new connections are not created when the address
+// update only changes the metadata.
+func (s) TestPickFirstLeaf_AddressUpdateWithMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	dialer := testutils.NewBlockingDialer()
+	dopts := []grpc.DialOption{
+		grpc.WithDefaultServiceConfig(fmt.Sprintf(`{"loadBalancingConfig": [{"%s":{}}]}`, pickfirstleaf.Name)),
+		grpc.WithContextDialer(dialer.DialContext),
+	}
+	cc, r, backends := setupPickFirstLeaf(t, 2, dopts...)
+
+	// Add a metadata to the addresses before pushing them to the pick_first LB
+	// policy through the manual resolver.
+	addrs := backends.resolverAddrs()
+	for i := range addrs {
+		addrs[i].Metadata = &metadata.MD{
+			"test-metadata-1": []string{fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)},
+		}
+	}
+	r.UpdateState(resolver.State{Addresses: addrs})
+
+	// Ensure that RPCs succeed to the expected backend.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTestTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	if err := pickfirst.CheckRPCsToBackend(ctx, cc, addrs[0]); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Create holds for each backend. This will be used to verify the connection
+	// is not re-established.
+	holds := backends.holds(dialer)
+
+	// Add metadata to the addresses before pushing them to the pick_first LB
+	// policy through the manual resolver. Leave the order of the addresses
+	// unchanged.
+	for i := range addrs {
+		addrs[i].Metadata = &metadata.MD{
+			"test-metadata-2": []string{fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)},
+		}
+	}
+	r.UpdateState(resolver.State{Addresses: addrs})
+
+	// Ensure that no new connection is established.
+	for i := range holds {
+		sCtx, sCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, defaultTestShortTimeout)
+		defer sCancel()
+		if holds[i].Wait(sCtx) {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected connection attempt to backend: %s", addrs[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := pickfirst.CheckRPCsToBackend(ctx, cc, addrs[0]); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Add metadata to the addresses before pushing them to the pick_first LB
+	// policy through the manual resolver. Reverse of the order of addresses.
+	for i := range addrs {
+		addrs[i].Metadata = &metadata.MD{
+			"test-metadata-3": []string{fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)},
+		}
+	}
+	addrs[0], addrs[1] = addrs[1], addrs[0]
+	r.UpdateState(resolver.State{Addresses: addrs})
+
+	// Ensure that no new connection is established.
+	for i := range holds {
+		sCtx, sCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, defaultTestShortTimeout)
+		defer sCancel()
+		if holds[i].Wait(sCtx) {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected connection attempt to backend: %s", addrs[i])
+		}
+	}
+	if err := pickfirst.CheckRPCsToBackend(ctx, cc, addrs[1]); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 // healthListenerCapturingCCWrapper is used to capture the health listener so
 // that health updates can be mocked for testing.
 type healthListenerCapturingCCWrapper struct {