Update LastActivity on connect for routes

Signed-off-by: Waldemar Quevedo <wally@nats.io>

server/route.go

@@ -1905,6 +1905,9 @@ func (s *Server) addRoute(c *client, didSolicit bool, info *Info, accName string
 			c.mu.Lock()
 			idHash := c.route.idHash
 			cid := c.cid
+			if c.last.IsZero() {
+				c.last = time.Now()
+			}
 			c.mu.Unlock()
 
 			// Store this route with key being the route id hash + account name
@@ -1980,10 +1983,13 @@ func (s *Server) addRoute(c *client, didSolicit bool, info *Info, accName string
 		rHash := c.route.hash
 		rn := c.route.remoteName
 		url := c.route.url
-		// For solicited routes, we need now to send the INFO protocol
+		// For solicited routes, we need now to send the INFO protocol.
 		if didSolicit {
 			c.enqueueProto(s.generateRouteInitialInfoJSON(_EMPTY_, c.route.compression, idx))
 		}
+		if c.last.IsZero() {
+			c.last = time.Now()
+		}
 		c.mu.Unlock()
 
 		// Add to the slice and bump the count of connections for this remote

server/routes_test.go

@@ -1153,7 +1153,18 @@ func TestRouteNoCrashOnAddingSubToRoute(t *testing.T) {
 		defer rs.Shutdown()
 		servers = append(servers, rs)
 
-		// Create a sub on each routed server
+		// Confirm routes are active before clients connect.
+		for _, srv := range servers {
+			rz, err := srv.Routez(nil)
+			require_NoError(t, err)
+			for i, route := range rz.Routes {
+				if route.LastActivity.IsZero() {
+					t.Errorf("Expected LastActivity to be valid (%d)", i)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Create a sub on each routed server.
 		nc := natsConnect(t, fmt.Sprintf("nats://%s:%d", ropts.Host, ropts.Port))
 		defer nc.Close()
 		natsSub(t, nc, "foo", cb)

test/route_discovery_test.go

@@ -183,9 +183,14 @@ func TestSeedSolicitWorks(t *testing.T) {
 	// Wait for a bit for graph to connect
 	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 
-	// Grab Routez from monitor ports, make sure we are fully connected
+	// Grab Routez from monitor ports, make sure we are fully connected.
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/", opts.Host, opts.HTTPPort)
 	rz := readHTTPRoutez(t, url)
+	for _, route := range rz.Routes {
+		if route.LastActivity.IsZero() {
+			t.Error("Expected LastActivity to be valid\n")
+		}
+	}
 	ris := expectRids(t, rz, []string{s2.ID(), s3.ID()})
 	if ris[s2.ID()].IsConfigured {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected server not to be configured\n")
@@ -194,8 +199,14 @@ func TestSeedSolicitWorks(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected server not to be configured\n")
 	}
 
+	// Server 2 did solicit routes to Server 1.
 	url = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/", s2Opts.Host, s2Opts.HTTPPort)
 	rz = readHTTPRoutez(t, url)
+	for _, route := range rz.Routes {
+		if route.LastActivity.IsZero() {
+			t.Error("Expected LastActivity to be valid")
+		}
+	}
 	ris = expectRids(t, rz, []string{s1.ID(), s3.ID()})
 	if !ris[s1.ID()].IsConfigured {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected seed server to be configured\n")
@@ -206,6 +217,11 @@ func TestSeedSolicitWorks(t *testing.T) {
 
 	url = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/", s3Opts.Host, s3Opts.HTTPPort)
 	rz = readHTTPRoutez(t, url)
+	for _, route := range rz.Routes {
+		if route.LastActivity.IsZero() {
+			t.Error("Expected LastActivity to be valid")
+		}
+	}
 	ris = expectRids(t, rz, []string{s1.ID(), s2.ID()})
 	if !ris[s1.ID()].IsConfigured {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected seed server to be configured\n")