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feat(redis): opt-in persistent connections via REDIS_PERSISTENT - #173

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Summary

Every php-fpm request opens a new TLS connection to Valkey for each redis connection it uses (predis, no persistence; 5 named connections: default, cache, session, worker, doctrine_cache). In prod that is about 3 new TLS connections per IDP request. During the 2026-10-09 17:55 UTC burst (about 880 IDP requests in 30 s), Valkey took about 104 new connections/s and the host reached 44.5% CPU on 2 vCPU, while the Valkey process itself used at most 0.08 cores: the CPU goes into TLS handshakes, not commands.

This adds an opt-in REDIS_PERSISTENT flag. When true, each redis connection keeps one persistent socket per php-fpm worker, so later requests reuse the TLS session and only resend AUTH and SELECT.

Each connection gets its own persistent id (openstackid_<name>). The connections share host:port, and with a shared id PHP hands the same socket to all of them within a request: one connection's SELECT then switches the database of the others.

Default is off; nothing changes until the env var is set.

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Throwaway Redis with TLS, predis v2.2.2 from this repo's vendor, PHP 8.3 CLI, 200 simulated requests that each write through a db0 connection and a db1 connection:

  • Persistent off (current behavior): 400 new TLS connections, data in the right databases.
  • Persistent with one shared id: 1 connection, but the db0 write landed in db1 (db0 value NULL).
  • Persistent with distinct ids (this change): 2 connections in total, data in the right databases.

php -l config/database.php passes.

Rollout

Enable on stage first (separate argocd-apps PR), run the login, 2FA, OTP, logout, refresh and introspection flows, and compare rate(redis_total_connections_received) and Valkey CPU under a burst before and after.

Risks

  • After a Valkey restart or failover, the first command on each worker fails once on the dead socket.
  • A request killed mid-response can leave an unread reply on its worker's socket. php-fpm pm.max_requests recycles workers.
  • Open clients become roughly workers x 5 per pod, held for the worker's lifetime; check against maxclients.

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  • New Features
    • Redis connection persistence can now be enabled through configuration. It remains disabled by default, preserving the existing connection behavior unless explicitly turned on.
    • When enabled, Redis connections use separate persistent identifiers, allowing connections to the same server to maintain distinct settings.

Each php-fpm request opens a new TLS connection per redis connection it
uses, and the TLS handshakes saturate the Valkey CPU during token bursts.

With REDIS_PERSISTENT=true every redis connection keeps one persistent
socket per worker, under its own persistent id. The connections share
host:port, so a shared id would let one connection's SELECT switch the
database of another within the same request. Defaults to off.

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The Redis configuration now supports optional persistent connections. When REDIS_PERSISTENT is truthy, each of the five Redis connections receives a distinct persistent ID.

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Redis persistence configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure persistent Redis connections
config/database.php
Each Redis connection uses a distinct persistent ID when REDIS_PERSISTENT is truthy, and false otherwise. A comment describes the distinct-ID requirement.

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The new setting is off by default, so merging does not change current behavior. Before enabling it on any environment that uses the phpredis client, add a separate persistent_id for each connection. Otherwise sessions, cache, and queue data could be written to the wrong Redis database.

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- Line 119: Update the Redis connection entries’ persistent configuration so
Predis retains its existing string IDs, while PhpRedis uses persistent=true and
a distinct persistent_id for each connection. Apply this to every affected
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Laravel's PhpRedisConnector reads 'persistent' only as a flag and takes
the socket id from 'persistent_id'. predis ignores the key.

Signed-off-by: smarcet <smarcet@gmail.com>
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* feat(redis): opt-in persistent connections via REDIS_PERSISTENT

Each php-fpm request opens a new TLS connection per redis connection it
uses, and the TLS handshakes saturate the Valkey CPU during token bursts.

With REDIS_PERSISTENT=true every redis connection keeps one persistent
socket per worker, under its own persistent id. The connections share
host:port, so a shared id would let one connection's SELECT switch the
database of another within the same request. Defaults to off.

Signed-off-by: smarcet <smarcet@gmail.com>

* fix(redis): set persistent_id so phpredis also keeps one socket per connection

Laravel's PhpRedisConnector reads 'persistent' only as a flag and takes
the socket id from 'persistent_id'. predis ignores the key.

Signed-off-by: smarcet <smarcet@gmail.com>

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Signed-off-by: smarcet <smarcet@gmail.com>
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