Fix Sentinel connection leak and AbortOnConnectFail=false handling - #3187
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On OSS cluster, the direct (NoRedirect) probe messages used during connection setup and keep-alive could target a hash slot the connected node doesn't own, so the server replies MOVED and the probe is dropped instead of following it. - Skip the replica_read_only SET fallback in AutoConfigureAsync once cluster topology already reports our role, since it's both redundant and slot-unsafe there. - Skip the tie-breaker GET fallback in AutoConfigureAsync on cluster, where a tie-breaker key isn't meaningful. - When the ECHO/PING/TIME tracer is unavailable, build the EXISTS fallback key with a hash-tag targeting a slot this endpoint actually owns, reusing the existing hash-tag cache. Fixes StackExchange#2970.
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When connecting via Sentinel with AbortOnConnectFail=false, a failed initial connect (unreachable sentinels, or no primary discovered within ConnectTimeout) threw instead of returning the multiplexer, and leaked the internally-created ConnectionMultiplexer instances (sentinel monitor connection and per-retry primary candidates) since nothing disposed them. This now mirrors the non-Sentinel Connect path: AbortOnConnectFail=false returns a usable, disposed-free multiplexer with LastException set and background retry wired up, while AbortOnConnectFail=true still throws but disposes everything first. Fixes StackExchange#2980
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Summary
Fixes #2980.
When connecting via Sentinel (
ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect/ConnectAsync/SentinelConnect) withAbortOnConnectFail=false, a failed initial connect — sentinels unreachable, or no primary discovered withinConnectTimeout— threw aRedisConnectionExceptioninstead of returning a multiplexer to the caller, and leaked the internally-createdConnectionMultiplexerinstances (the sentinel monitor connection, and per-retry primary candidates inGetSentinelMasterConnection's loop), since nothing disposed them on the failure path.This didn't match the non-Sentinel
Connect/ConnectImplbehavior, which honorsAbortOnConnectFail=falseby returning the muxer (withLastExceptionset) instead of throwing.Changes in
ConnectionMultiplexer.Sentinel.cs:AbortOnConnectFail=false: no longer throws. Returns a usable multiplexer withLastExceptionset, the same event wiring (ConnectionRestored/ConnectionFailed) and background retry (SwitchPrimary/reconnect timer) as the success path, so callers can attach handlers and let it reconnect once sentinels/primary become reachable — mirroring the non-Sentinel path.AbortOnConnectFail=true: preserves today's throwing behavior and exception messages (no breaking change), but now disposes the sentinel connection and any superseded/failed candidate connections before the exception propagates, instead of leaking them.AbortOnConnectFail.No public API changes.
Test plan
dotnet build(Release) — 0 errors, 0 warningsSentinelConfigTests.cscoveringAbortOnConnectFail=false(syncConnect, asyncConnectAsync, andSentinelConnect) returning a non-null, non-throwing, disconnected multiplexer withLastExceptionset against unreachable sentinel endpoints, plus a regression guard thatAbortOnConnectFail=truestill throws — all against closed loopback ports, no live topology requiredStackExchange.Redis.Testssuite (net10.0, Release) against the docker-compose Redis/Sentinel/Cluster topology: 5880 passed, 0 failed (the live Sentinel integration tests are gated[SkipOnWindows], unaffected by this change)🤖 Generated with Claude Code