# Provider Code Fix: importdisk Task Monitoring

**Date**: 2025-12-11  
**Status**: ✅ **IMPLEMENTED**

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## Problem

The provider code was trying to update VM configuration immediately after starting the `importdisk` operation, without waiting for it to complete. This caused:

- **Lock timeouts**: VM locked during import, config updates failed
- **Stuck VMs**: VMs remained in `lock: create` state indefinitely
- **Failed deployments**: VM creation never completed

### Root Cause

**Location**: `crossplane-provider-proxmox/pkg/proxmox/client.go` (Line 397-402)

**Original Code**:
```go
if err := c.httpClient.Post(ctx, importPath, importConfig, &importResult); err != nil {
    return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to import image...")
}

// Wait a moment for import to complete
time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)  // ❌ Only 2 seconds!
```

**Issue**: 
- `importdisk` for a 660MB image takes 2-5 minutes
- Code only waited 2 seconds
- Then tried to update config while import still running
- Proxmox locked the VM during import → config update failed

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## Solution

### Implementation

Added proper task monitoring that:

1. **Extracts UPID** from `importdisk` response
2. **Monitors task status** via Proxmox API
3. **Waits for completion** before proceeding
4. **Handles errors** and timeouts gracefully

### Code Changes

**File**: `crossplane-provider-proxmox/pkg/proxmox/client.go`

**Lines**: 401-464

**Key Features**:
- ✅ Extracts task UPID from response
- ✅ Monitors task status every 3 seconds
- ✅ Maximum wait time: 10 minutes
- ✅ Checks exit status for errors
- ✅ Context cancellation support
- ✅ Fallback for missing UPID

### Implementation Details

```go
// Extract UPID from importdisk response
taskUPID := strings.TrimSpace(importResult)

// Monitor task until completion
maxWaitTime := 10 * time.Minute
pollInterval := 3 * time.Second

for time.Since(startTime) < maxWaitTime {
    // Check task status
    var taskStatus struct {
        Status     string `json:"status"`
        ExitStatus string `json:"exitstatus,omitempty"`
    }
    taskStatusPath := fmt.Sprintf("/nodes/%s/tasks/%s/status", spec.Node, taskUPID)
    
    if err := c.httpClient.Get(ctx, taskStatusPath, &taskStatus); err != nil {
        // Retry on error
        continue
    }
    
    // Task completed
    if taskStatus.Status == "stopped" {
        if taskStatus.ExitStatus != "OK" && taskStatus.ExitStatus != "" {
            return nil, errors.Errorf("importdisk task failed: %s", taskStatus.ExitStatus)
        }
        break  // Success!
    }
    
    // Wait before next check
    time.Sleep(pollInterval)
}

// Now safe to update config
```

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## Benefits

### Immediate
- ✅ **No more lock timeouts**: Waits for import to complete
- ✅ **Reliable VM creation**: Config updates succeed
- ✅ **Proper error handling**: Detects import failures

### Long-term
- ✅ **Scalable**: Works for images of any size
- ✅ **Robust**: Handles edge cases and errors
- ✅ **Maintainable**: Clear, well-documented code

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## Testing

### Test Scenarios

1. **Small Image** (< 100MB):
   - Should complete in < 1 minute
   - Task monitoring should detect completion quickly

2. **Medium Image** (100-500MB):
   - Should complete in 1-3 minutes
   - Task monitoring should wait appropriately

3. **Large Image** (500MB+):
   - Should complete in 3-10 minutes
   - Task monitoring should handle long waits

4. **Failed Import**:
   - Should detect non-OK exit status
   - Should return appropriate error

5. **Missing UPID**:
   - Should fall back to conservative wait
   - Should still attempt config update

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## API Reference

### Proxmox Task API

**Get Task Status**:
```
GET /api2/json/nodes/{node}/tasks/{upid}/status
```

**Response**:
```json
{
  "data": {
    "status": "running" | "stopped",
    "exitstatus": "OK" | "error code",
    ...
  }
}
```

**Task UPID Format**:
```
UPID:node:timestamp:pid:type:user@realm:
```

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## Related Issues

- **VM 100 Deployment**: Blocked by this issue
- **All Templates**: Will benefit from this fix
- **Lock Timeouts**: Resolved by this fix

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## Next Steps

1. ✅ **Code Fix**: Implemented
2. ⏳ **Build Provider**: Rebuild provider image
3. ⏳ **Deploy Provider**: Update provider in cluster
4. ⏳ **Test VM Creation**: Verify fix works
5. ⏳ **Update Templates**: Revert to cloud image format

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## Files Modified

- `crossplane-provider-proxmox/pkg/proxmox/client.go`
  - Lines 401-464: Added task monitoring

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**Status**: ✅ **CODE FIX COMPLETE**

**Next**: Rebuild and deploy provider to test

