feat(llm-api-gateway): cache invocation auth responses - #1430
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Auth traffic to NVCF API scaled 1:1 with request arrival rate because every request with a routing key made a blocking AuthLlmInvocation call, each running function lookup queries on the control plane database and adding its full latency to time-to-first-token. Add a caching decorator around the nvcf client that stores positive auth responses for 60s, keyed by a hash of the bearer token plus the routing key, bounded to 1024 entries, with singleflight collapsing concurrent identical misses. Errors and denials are never cached, so revocations take effect within one TTL and failures retry immediately. Cache hits return a copy so no two requests share mutable state. Wiring in main.go now passes a nil interface when NVCF_GRPC_ADDR is unset, so the auth middleware disables itself as documented instead of receiving a typed-nil client. Closes #1427 Signed-off-by: along <along@nvidia.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe gateway now wraps its NVCF authentication client with a bounded 60-second cache. Successful responses are cloned before return, concurrent misses are coalesced, and errors or denials are not cached. Tests cover expiry, isolation, concurrency, copying, pass-through, and eviction. ChangesInvocation authorization cache
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change reuses successful authorization decisions for up to 60 seconds and coalesces concurrent authorization requests. A revoked credential may remain usable during that window, and cancellation of one request can currently cause other matching requests to fail; these bounded security and availability risks require fixes or explicit owner acceptance before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Gateway as llm-api-gateway
participant Cache as cachedClient
participant NVCF as NVCF API
Gateway->>Cache: AuthorizeInvocation(token, functionID)
Cache->>Cache: Check cache and coalesce misses
Cache->>NVCF: AuthorizeInvocation on miss
NVCF-->>Cache: Authorization response
Cache-->>Gateway: Cloned authorization response
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In `@src/invocation-plane-services/llm-api-gateway/nvcf/auth_cache.go`:
- Line 107: Update the singleflight closure in AuthorizeInvocation to recheck
c.entries for flightKey before calling inner.AuthorizeInvocation, returning the
cached entry when present; add a deterministic regression test covering a
delayed caller entering after the first caller stores the response and completes
the flight.
- Line 108: The cachedClient.AuthorizeInvocation singleflight path must prevent
a canceled leader context from failing valid waiters. Replace the direct
Group.Do flow with a bounded shared context and Group.DoChan, have the
underlying inner.AuthorizeInvocation use that shared context, and let each
waiter select using its own context; add a regression test covering leader
cancellation while another waiter remains active.
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Recheck the cache inside the singleflight closure.
AuthorizeInvocation checks c.entries before c.group.Do. A delayed caller can enter Do after another caller stores the response and finishes its flight. The closure then calls inner.AuthorizeInvocation again because it does not recheck c.entries. Add a deterministic regression test for this interleaving.
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In `@src/invocation-plane-services/llm-api-gateway/nvcf/auth_cache.go` at line
107, Update the singleflight closure in AuthorizeInvocation to recheck c.entries
for flightKey before calling inner.AuthorizeInvocation, returning the cached
entry when present; add a deterministic regression test covering a delayed
caller entering after the first caller stores the response and completes the
flight.
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| value, err, _ := c.group.Do(flightKey, func() (any, error) { | ||
| resp, err := c.inner.AuthorizeInvocation(ctx, clientAuthorizationToken, functionID) |
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Do not let the leader context fail all waiters.
cachedClient.AuthorizeInvocation passes the first caller's context to inner.AuthorizeInvocation inside singleflight.Group.Do. If that context is canceled, Do returns the resulting cancellation error to every same-key waiter, including waiters with valid contexts. Use a bounded shared context and singleflight.Group.DoChan so each waiter can select on its own context. Add a regression test for leader cancellation with a live waiter.
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In `@src/invocation-plane-services/llm-api-gateway/nvcf/auth_cache.go` at line
108, The cachedClient.AuthorizeInvocation singleflight path must prevent a
canceled leader context from failing valid waiters. Replace the direct Group.Do
flow with a bounded shared context and Group.DoChan, have the underlying
inner.AuthorizeInvocation use that shared context, and let each waiter select
using its own context; add a regression test covering leader cancellation while
another waiter remains active.
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Why
llm-api-gateway calls NVCF API (
AuthLlmInvocation) on every request thatcarries a routing key, with no caching of the result. Auth traffic scales 1:1
with request arrival rate, each call runs function lookup queries on the
control plane database, and the blocking call adds its full latency to
time-to-first-token on every streaming request. Under load, auth latency
inflates first and requests fail once the call exceeds its timeout.
What changed
A caching decorator around the nvcf client stores positive auth responses for
60s, keyed by a hash of the bearer token plus the routing key, bounded to 1024
entries. Concurrent identical misses collapse into one upstream call via
singleflight. Errors and denials are never cached, so revocations take effect
within one TTL and failures retry immediately. Hits return a copy so no two
requests share mutable state. The middleware and gRPC client are unchanged;
main.go wraps the client at wiring time.
Wiring now passes a nil interface when
NVCF_GRPC_ADDRis unset, so the authmiddleware disables itself as intended instead of receiving a typed-nil
client.
Customer Release Notes
Repeated invocations with the same API key and function reuse the
authorization result for up to 60 seconds, reducing per-request latency.
Token revocations take up to 60 seconds to apply.
Plan Summary
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Usage
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Testing
go test ./...andgo test -race ./nvcf/...pass locally;bazel test //src/invocation-plane-services/llm-api-gateway/nvcf/...passes.New tests cover cache hits, TTL expiry, error passthrough, concurrent miss
collapsing, key isolation, mutation isolation, and the entry cap.
Notes
Cache hit/miss metrics land in a follow-up PR. TTL and capacity are package
constants, matching the existing outbound token cache in the same package.
References
Closes #1427
Related Pull Requests
None
Dependencies
None (golang.org/x/sync was already a direct dependency)
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