[zeromq-dev] ROUTER not routing?

[Justin Karneges]

Here's an even simpler example using REQ/ROUTER:
https://gist.github.com/jkarneges/1fa64e9763561f53daef

It doesn't demonstrate the routing problem but it does demonstrate the 
identity binding oddity. You can see the ROUTER side that the envelope 
id is always the first id it has ever seen, even if the id printed by 
the REQ side is different every time.

On 02/07/2014 02:33 PM, Justin Karneges wrote:
> Here's some small sample code to reproduce the issue:
> https://gist.github.com/jkarneges/ab2b1abea1ee4cfc1332
>
> A (ztest1.py) creates REQ and ROUTER sockets. B (ztest2.py) creates REP
> and ROUTER sockets. B binds and provides a random identity to its ROUTER
> socket. A connects its sockets to B. A queries for B's id using the REQ
> socket, and then attempts to send a message via the ROUTER socket right
> after that. This is repeated every 2 seconds.
>
> A and B can be started in any order. A can be restarted and things will
> still work. If B is restarted, then A's ROUTER socket will never work
> again until A is restarted also.
>
> A uses ZMQ_ROUTER_MANDATORY to show that the failures are on A's side.
>
> On 02/07/2014 02:16 PM, Justin Karneges wrote:
>> It is my understanding that being able to route requires the socket to
>> have an identity mapping in its routing table for the peer.
>>
>> For peers that do not explicitly specify their own identity, then I
>> believe you are correct that routing is not possible until at least one
>> message has been received from the peer. It is at this point that the
>> ROUTER socket will make up an identity for this peer and store it in its
>> routing table.
>>
>> However, for peers that *do* explicitly specify their own identity (as I
>> am doing), then this identity information is delivered immediately after
>> the connection is established, allowing routing to the peer even if the
>> peer has not sent a message yet.
>>
>> I should have been more clear in my original message. The B program is
>> explicitly specifying a random UUID as the identity of its socket before
>> binding.
>>
>> On 02/07/2014 02:06 PM, Panu Wetterstrand wrote:
>>> I did not quite get the problem but could this be because (I think)
>>> router is not able to route messages to socket from which it has not
>>> reveived data first...
>>>
>>> 7.2.2014 22.51 kirjoitti "Justin Karneges" <justin at affinix.com
>>> <mailto:justin at affinix.com>>:
>>>
>>>       Hi,
>>>
>>>       1) ROUTER in program A is set to connect to a bind socket in program B.
>>>       2) Both programs are started, and the connection is established.
>>>       3) A determines B's socket identity out-of-band, and is able to send
>>>       messages to B.
>>>       3) B is terminated and the connection is lost.
>>>       4) B is started again, and the connection is re-established.
>>>       5) A determines B's socket identity out-of-band, and is no longer able
>>>       to send messages to B.
>>>
>>>       It seems this problem does not happen if B retains the same socket
>>>       identity across reconnects. However, if it uses a random identity (to be
>>>       discovered out-of-band by A), then routing will never work again after
>>>       the first restart of B. The A program must be restarted in order to make
>>>       things right again.
>>>
>>>       My guess is that each connect queue on a ROUTER socket is somehow bound
>>>       for life against the first identity it sees. Is this intentional
>>>       behavior?
>>>
>>>       Thanks,
>>>       Justin
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