[madhavramesh]

What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #6711

What is changed and how it works?

removeDispatcherOperator.Check now records the dispatcher's Stopped/Removed status with a new SpanReplication.UpdateRemovedStatus. It applies the state even when the reported checkpoint is behind the stored one, and keeps the higher checkpoint. UpdateStatus is unchanged, so moves are still protected from a delayed status from the origin node.

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Questions

Will it cause performance regression or break compatibility?

No.

Do you need to update user documentation, design documentation or monitoring documentation?

No.

Release note

Fix an issue that a changefeed might stop advancing after a maintainer move while a sync point was in progress.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed handling of stopped or removed dispatcher statuses reported with checkpoints behind the current checkpoint. The terminal status is recorded while preserving the current checkpoint, preventing it from moving backward.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for stopped and removed status updates, including cases where the reported checkpoint is older than, equal to, or newer than the current checkpoint.

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Walkthrough

The remove operator now applies Stopped or Removed status even when the reported checkpoint is behind the span checkpoint. The span preserves its current checkpoint, and new tests cover the status update and remove-operator behavior.

Changes: Terminal status handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Store terminal status without checkpoint regression maintainer/replica/replication_span.go, maintainer/operator/operator_remove.go, maintainer/replica/replication_span_test.go, maintainer/operator/operator_remove_test.go	UpdateRemovedStatus applies terminal status while retaining the higher stored checkpoint. The remove operator uses this method for matching dispatchers that report Stopped or Removed. Tests cover lower and higher incoming checkpoints and the remove operator’s stopped-status path.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• pingcap/ticdc#6711: This change applies a lower-checkpoint terminal status without lowering the stored span checkpoint, addressing the issue’s described failure.

Suggested reviewers: wk989898

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 90252

The change is mergeable with no identified blocking risk.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the main change: applying a removed dispatcher's Stopped status when its checkpoint is behind blockTs.
Description check		The description includes the issue number, problem statement, implementation details, unit-test coverage, compatibility and documentation answers, and a release note.
Linked Issues check		Issue [#6711] requires the remove operator to apply a terminal dispatcher status when its checkpoint is lower than the stored checkpoint, without lowering the stored checkpoint. `removeDispatcherOpera…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to the remove operator, the span status helper, and focused unit tests. These changes directly support issue [#6711]. No unrelated change is shown.

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Explanation

Issue [#6711] requires the remove operator to apply a terminal dispatcher status when its checkpoint is lower than the stored checkpoint, without lowering the stored checkpoint. removeDispatcherOperator.Check now uses UpdateRemovedStatus for matching-node Stopped and Removed statuses. The helper preserves the higher checkpoint and stores the terminal status. Unit tests cover the lower-checkpoint Stopped case and the helper behavior for both terminal states.

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

maintainer/operator/operator_remove_test.go: 1

121-121: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Rename the test function without an underscore.

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-func TestRemoveOperator_StoppedStatusBehindBlockTs(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRemoveOperatorStoppedStatusBehindBlockTs(t *testing.T) {

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Review comment at @maintainer/operator/operator_remove_test.go at line 121:
Rename TestRemoveOperator_StoppedStatusBehindBlockTs to
TestRemoveOperatorStoppedStatusBehindBlockTs, removing the underscore while
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pull-cdc-storage-integration-light	0240d0e	link	true	/test pull-cdc-storage-integration-light
pull-cdc-kafka-integration-heavy	0240d0e	link	true	/test pull-cdc-kafka-integration-heavy
pull-cdc-mysql-integration-heavy	0240d0e	link	true	/test pull-cdc-mysql-integration-heavy

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