NRG: empty snapshots dir if memory WAL

server/raft.go

@@ -424,20 +424,20 @@ func (s *Server) initRaftNode(accName string, cfg *RaftConfig, labels pprofLabel
 		n.vote = vote
 	}
 
-	// Make sure that the snapshots directory exists.
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(n.sd, snapshotsDir), defaultDirPerms); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create snapshots directory - %v", err)
-	}
-
 	// Can't recover snapshots if memory based since wal will be reset.
 	// We will inherit from the current leader.
 	if _, ok := n.wal.(*memStore); ok {
-		os.Remove(filepath.Join(n.sd, snapshotsDir, "*"))
+		_ = os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(n.sd, snapshotsDir))
 	} else {
 		// See if we have any snapshots and if so load and process on startup.
 		n.setupLastSnapshot()
 	}
 
+	// Make sure that the snapshots directory exists.
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(n.sd, snapshotsDir), defaultDirPerms); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create snapshots directory - %v", err)
+	}
+
 	truncateAndErr := func(index uint64) {
 		if err := n.wal.Truncate(index); err != nil {
 			n.setWriteErr(err)

server/raft_helpers_test.go

@@ -319,6 +319,15 @@ func newStateAdder(s *Server, cfg *RaftConfig, n RaftNode) stateMachine {
 }
 
 func initSingleMemRaftNode(t *testing.T) (*raft, func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+	n, c := initSingleMemRaftNodeWithCluster(t)
+	cleanup := func() {
+		c.shutdown()
+	}
+	return n, cleanup
+}
+
+func initSingleMemRaftNodeWithCluster(t *testing.T) (*raft, *cluster) {
 	t.Helper()
 	c := createJetStreamClusterExplicit(t, "R3S", 3)
 	s := c.servers[0] // RunBasicJetStreamServer not available
@@ -332,10 +341,7 @@ func initSingleMemRaftNode(t *testing.T) (*raft, func()) {
 	n, err := s.initRaftNode(globalAccountName, cfg, pprofLabels{})
 	require_NoError(t, err)
 
-	cleanup := func() {
-		c.shutdown()
-	}
-	return n, cleanup
+	return n, c
 }
 
 // Encode an AppendEntry.

server/raft_test.go

@@ -1654,3 +1654,48 @@ func TestNRGForwardProposalResponse(t *testing.T) {
 
 	rg.waitOnTotal(t, 123)
 }
+
+func TestNRGMemoryWALEmptiesSnapshotsDir(t *testing.T) {
+	n, c := initSingleMemRaftNodeWithCluster(t)
+	defer c.shutdown()
+
+	// Create a sample entry, the content doesn't matter, just that it's stored.
+	esm := encodeStreamMsgAllowCompress("foo", "_INBOX.foo", nil, nil, 0, 0, true)
+	entries := []*Entry{newEntry(EntryNormal, esm)}
+
+	nats0 := "S1Nunr6R" // "nats-0"
+
+	// Timeline
+	aeMsg := encode(t, &appendEntry{leader: nats0, term: 1, commit: 0, pterm: 0, pindex: 0, entries: entries})
+	aeHeartbeat := encode(t, &appendEntry{leader: nats0, term: 1, commit: 1, pterm: 1, pindex: 1, entries: nil})
+
+	// Simply receive first message.
+	n.processAppendEntry(aeMsg, n.aesub)
+	require_Equal(t, n.pindex, 1)
+	require_Equal(t, n.commit, 0)
+
+	// Heartbeat moves commit up.
+	n.processAppendEntry(aeHeartbeat, n.aesub)
+	require_Equal(t, n.commit, 1)
+
+	// Manually call back down to applied, and then snapshot.
+	n.Applied(1)
+	err := n.InstallSnapshot(nil)
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Stop current node and restart it.
+	n.Stop()
+	n.WaitForStop()
+
+	s := c.servers[0]
+	ms, err := newMemStore(&StreamConfig{Name: "TEST", Storage: MemoryStorage})
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+	cfg := &RaftConfig{Name: "TEST", Store: n.sd, Log: ms}
+	n, err = s.initRaftNode(globalAccountName, cfg, pprofLabels{})
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Since the WAL is in-memory, the snapshots dir should've been emptied upon restart.
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(n.sd, snapshotsDir))
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+	require_Len(t, len(files), 0)
+}