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Summary

Implements comprehensive memory leak detection tests for Asherah's critical components, addressing the final testing recommendation from the remediation guide.

Memory Leak Detection Coverage

Key Areas Tested:

  • Key Cache Operations: GetOrLoad, GetOrLoadLatest with same/unique keys
  • Reference Counting: Cached crypto key lifecycle management and edge cases
  • Session Management: Factory and session creation/cleanup cycles
  • Encrypt/Decrypt Operations: Various payload sizes including memory pressure testing
  • Concurrent Operations: Session caching behavior under concurrent load
  • Goroutine Management: Detection of goroutine leaks in async operations

Test Features

Automatic GC Management: Forces garbage collection for accurate measurements
Configurable Tolerance: 5MB memory growth tolerance with overflow protection
Goroutine Detection: Tracks goroutine leaks with background tolerance
Edge Case Testing: Double close, increment after close, concurrent access
Race Condition Safe: All tests pass with go test -race
Fast Execution: Most tests complete in <1 second
Validation Tests: Intentional leak tests to verify detection works (skipped by default)

Sample Test Results

=== RUN   TestKeyCache_MemoryLeaks/GetOrLoad_SameKey
    memory_leak_test.go:113:   Alloc growth: 0.00 MB
    memory_leak_test.go:114:   TotalAlloc growth: 0.04 MB
    memory_leak_test.go:115:   Sys growth: 0.00 MB
    memory_leak_test.go:116:   GC runs: 2
--- PASS: TestKeyCache_MemoryLeaks/GetOrLoad_SameKey (0.00s)

=== RUN   TestGoroutineLeaks/SessionFactory_Creation_Cleanup
    memory_leak_test.go:410: Goroutine growth: 0 (before: 4, after: 4)
--- PASS: TestGoroutineLeaks/SessionFactory_Creation_Cleanup (0.10s)

Usage

go test -run "MemoryLeaks" -v                 # Run all memory leak tests
go test -race -run "MemoryLeaks" -v          # Run with race detection  
go test -run TestKeyCache_MemoryLeaks -v     # Run specific test category
go test -run TestGoroutineLeaks -v           # Run goroutine leak tests

Implementation Details

  • Memory Tracking: Uses runtime.ReadMemStats() with double GC for accuracy
  • Leak Detection: Compares before/after stats with configurable tolerance
  • Mock Infrastructure: Self-contained test implementations avoid import cycles
  • Edge Case Coverage: Tests reference counting failures, double cleanup, etc.
  • Production Patterns: Realistic workloads mirror actual usage scenarios

Testing

  • ✅ All existing tests pass
  • ✅ New memory leak tests execute successfully
  • ✅ Race detector verification completed
  • ✅ Validation tests confirm leak detection works
  • ✅ Edge cases handled without false positives

Test plan

  • Run go test -run "MemoryLeaks" -v to verify all memory leak tests
  • Run go test -race -run "MemoryLeaks" -v for race condition testing
  • Run go test ./... to ensure no regressions
  • Verify memory allocation tracking provides meaningful data
  • Test both normal operations and edge cases

Completes the final testing recommendation from REMEDIATION.md

Generated with Claude Code

jgowdy-godaddy and others added 2 commits August 3, 2025 10:10
This implements comprehensive memory leak detection for Asherah's critical components:

**Memory Leak Detection Tests:**
- Key cache operations (GetOrLoad, GetOrLoadLatest, unique vs same keys)
- Cached crypto key reference counting (increment/decrement cycles, edge cases)
- Session factory and session lifecycle management
- Encrypt/decrypt operations with various payload sizes
- Session caching behavior under load
- Large payload operations for memory pressure testing

**Goroutine Leak Detection:**
- Session factory creation/cleanup cycles
- Concurrent key cache access patterns
- Background goroutine management
- Tolerance for expected system goroutines

**Key Features:**
- Automatic garbage collection before/after measurements
- Configurable memory growth tolerance (5MB default)
- Comprehensive edge case testing (double close, increment after close)
- Race-condition safe (all tests pass with -race)
- Validation tests to verify leak detection works (skipped by default)
- Fast execution (most tests complete in <1 second)

**Test Coverage:**
- Reference counting correctness
- Cache eviction behavior
- Session lifecycle management
- Memory growth tracking with GC awareness
- Goroutine lifecycle management

These tests enable early detection of memory leaks during development
and provide confidence in production memory stability.

Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>
- Fix gci import ordering issues
- Fix gofumpt formatting for var declarations
- Split long functions to satisfy funlen linter
- Extract helper functions for test execution
- Add nolint directive for test case definition function
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