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BountiesService.expireOverdue() overwrites concurrently-advanced bounties to EXPIRED — read-then-save with no status re-check and no assertTransition #460

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@chonilius

Problem

BountiesService.expireOverdue(), run hourly by BountyExpiryScheduler, loads every overdue OPEN, FUNDED or CLAIMED bounty and then saves them one at a time:

const overdue = await this.bountyRepo.createQueryBuilder('bounty')
  .where('bounty.deadline IS NOT NULL AND bounty.deadline < :now', { now: new Date() })
  .andWhere('bounty.status IN (:...statuses)', { statuses: [OPEN, FUNDED, CLAIMED] })
  .getMany();

for (const bounty of overdue) {
  bounty.status = BountyStatus.EXPIRED;
  await this.bountyRepo.save(bounty);
}

The status filter only applies at read time. Between the SELECT and each save(), and across a loop of per-row awaits that can take a while on a large backlog, a webhook can move the same bounty forward: CLAIMED → IN_REVIEW when a PR opens (#168), or on to MERGED and PAID. The save() then issues UPDATE ... SET status='expired' WHERE id=... from the stale in-memory copy and clobbers the newer status.

  • The loop also skips assertTransition(), unlike every other status change in BountiesService, so it doesn't consult the state machine (IN_REVIEW → EXPIRED isn't a valid transition).
  • A bounty that has just been merged and paid can be flipped to EXPIRED. Since EXPIRED → REFUNDED is allowed, the sponsor can then also refund a bounty that was already paid out.

Suggested fix

Replace the loop with one conditional update, so the status check and the write are atomic:

const result = await this.bountyRepo.createQueryBuilder()
  .update(Bounty)
  .set({ status: BountyStatus.EXPIRED })
  .where('deadline IS NOT NULL AND deadline < :now', { now })
  .andWhere('status IN (:...statuses)', { statuses: [OPEN, FUNDED, CLAIMED] })
  .execute();
return result.affected ?? 0;

Or, per row: update({ id, status: In([...]) }, { status: EXPIRED }) and count affected. Add a test where the bounty's status changes between the read and the write, and it isn't expired.

Related: #152, #266, #337, #347.

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