From 12c07641e0e00d27dd5fb29212dceddffaed09e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tdurieux <durieuxthomas@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 09:16:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: persist and recover repository removals for banned
 owners

---
 src/queue/index.ts               | 10 ++++++++++
 src/server/routes/admin.ts       |  8 ++++++--
 test/backend-reliability.test.js | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/queue/index.ts b/src/queue/index.ts
index 474c3ee..76e7bbb 100644
--- a/src/queue/index.ts
+++ b/src/queue/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import UserModel from "../core/model/users/users.model";
 import { JobsOptions, Queue, Worker } from "bullmq";
 import config from "../config";
 import AnonymizedRepositoryModel from "../core/model/anonymizedRepositories/anonymizedRepositories.model";
@@ -152,6 +153,11 @@ export async function recoverStuckRemoving() {
     // Claim the pending removal before queueing it. A restored repository, or
     // an error from a later operation, must not revive an old deletion request.
     const failedJobs = await removeQueue.getJobs(["failed"]);
+    // Older ban jobs could fail before persisting REMOVING. A banned owner
+    // still has a current removal request even if that old job left READY.
+    const bannedOwners = failedJobs.length
+      ? await UserModel.distinct("_id", { status: "banned" }).exec()
+      : [];
     for (const job of failedJobs) {
       const repoId = job.data?.repoId;
       if (!repoId) continue;
@@ -161,6 +167,10 @@ export async function recoverStuckRemoving() {
             repoId,
             $or: [
               { status: RepositoryStatus.REMOVING },
+              ...(bannedOwners.length ? [{
+                owner: { $in: bannedOwners },
+                status: { $ne: RepositoryStatus.REMOVED },
+              }] : []),
               ...(job.timestamp
                 ? [{
                     status: RepositoryStatus.ERROR,
diff --git a/src/server/routes/admin.ts b/src/server/routes/admin.ts
index eede8be..0de025e 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/admin.ts
+++ b/src/server/routes/admin.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import AnonymousError from "../../core/AnonymousError";
 import AnonymizedRepositoryModel from "../../core/model/anonymizedRepositories/anonymizedRepositories.model";
 import ConferenceModel from "../../core/model/conference/conferences.model";
 import UserModel from "../../core/model/users/users.model";
-import { cacheQueue, downloadQueue, removeQueue } from "../../queue";
+import { addRemovalJob, cacheQueue, downloadQueue, removeQueue } from "../../queue";
 import { queryMetrics } from "../../queue/queueMetrics";
 import {
   computeStats,
@@ -1186,7 +1186,11 @@ router.post(
       let queued = 0;
       for (const repo of repos) {
         try {
-          await removeQueue.add(repo.repoId, { repoId: repo.repoId }, { jobId: `repo-${repo.repoId}` });
+          await AnonymizedRepositoryModel.updateOne(
+            { repoId: repo.repoId },
+            { $set: { status: "removing", statusDate: new Date() } }
+          ).exec();
+          await addRemovalJob(repo.repoId);
           queued++;
         } catch {
           // job may already exist in the queue
diff --git a/test/backend-reliability.test.js b/test/backend-reliability.test.js
index 2538f08..b943bb4 100644
--- a/test/backend-reliability.test.js
+++ b/test/backend-reliability.test.js
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ describe("removal recovery", function () {
     routeUtils.handleError = originals.handleError;
   });
 
+  it("retries an older ban job that failed before marking the repository removing", async function () {
+    let queued = false;
+    UserModel.distinct = () => ({ exec: async () => ["banned-owner"] });
+    queueModule.removeQueue = {
+      getJobs: async () => [{ data: { repoId: "repo" }, timestamp: 1000,
+        remove: async () => { throw new Error("must not discard ban"); } }],
+      getJob: async () => undefined,
+      add: async () => { queued = true; },
+    };
+    AnonymizedRepositoryModel.findOneAndUpdate = filter => ({
+      collation() { return this; },
+      exec: async () => require("sift").default(filter)({ repoId: "repo", owner: "banned-owner", status: "ready" }) ? { repoId: "repo" } : null,
+    });
+    AnonymizedRepositoryModel.find = () => ({ lean: async () => [] });
+    await queueModule.recoverStuckRemoving();
+    expect(queued).to.equal(true);
+  });
+
   for (const status of ["ready", "preparing", "removed", "error"]) {
     it(`discards an old failed removal after restoration to ${status}`, async function () {
       let discarded = false;