feat: ship RabbitMQ 4.2.9 instead of end-of-life 3.13.6 - #304
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RabbitMQ 3.x is end-of-life and no longer receives security updates, so both charts now default to rabbitmq:4.2.9-management-alpine. 4.2 and not 4.3 deliberately: RabbitMQ does not support a direct 3.13 -> 4.3 upgrade (see the version upgradability table), and 4.2 is the supported hop from 3.13. Jumping this default straight to 4.3 would break in-place upgrades for every existing self-host install. A later release moves to 4.3, once installs have landed on 4.2. Two further things break on 4.3 but not on 4.2, which is the other reason to stage it: Celery's control/event queues are declared transient and non-exclusive, which 4.3 denies (fixed application-side in plane-ee by CELERY_CONTROL_QUEUE_EXCLUSIVE / CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE_EXCLUSIVE), and x-consumer-timeout is rejected on classic queues. Both READMEs gain an "Upgrading RabbitMQ from 3.13 to 4.2" section, because a chart upgrade restarts the broker against the existing volume and RabbitMQ requires all stable feature flags to be enabled BEFORE a major upgrade -- without that the 4.2 node refuses to start. It also records that khepri_db must stay disabled, that downgrades do not work, and that an externally managed broker is upgraded on the provider side. Verified on a live 3.13.6 -> 4.2.9 in-place upgrade of a full Plane deployment carrying pre-existing 3.x-era queues: every consumer reattached, queue arguments and durable messages survived, and no service logged a single AMQP error. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
WalkthroughBoth Helm charts now use RabbitMQ 4.2.9 as the default image. Their chart versions increase, and their README files document the RabbitMQ 3.13-to-4.2 upgrade process. ChangesRabbitMQ chart upgrade
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The chart defaults now perform a major RabbitMQ upgrade, but the accompanying guides omit a required post-upgrade feature-flag step and contain an inaccurate rollback warning. These gaps can leave operators unable to perform the next upgrade or recover with the old image, so the documentation should be corrected before merge. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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In `@charts/plane-ce/README.md`:
- Line 46: Update the rollback warnings in charts/plane-ce/README.md at line 46
and charts/plane-enterprise/README.md at line 333 to state that RabbitMQ
downgrades are unsupported, a 3.x node may not start after a 4.x data-directory
upgrade, and rollback requires restoring a pre-upgrade volume snapshot or using
blue-green migration.
- Around line 39-40: After the RabbitMQ status check in
charts/plane-ce/README.md at lines 39-40 and charts/plane-enterprise/README.md
at lines 326-327, add commands to run rabbitmqctl enable_feature_flag all
followed by rabbitmqctl list_feature_flags, with guidance to confirm khepri_db
is enabled; make the same documentation change in both guides.
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| # 3. Now run the chart upgrade, then confirm the broker came back. | ||
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rg -n -C 3 'enable_feature_flag|list_feature_flags|khepri_db|RabbitMQ version|4\.2|4\.3|upgrade' charts/plane-ce/README.md charts/plane-enterprise/README.mdRepository: makeplane/helm-charts
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In RabbitMQ 4.2, the khepri_db feature flag is considered stable [1]. While Khepri is the default metadata store for new deployments starting with RabbitMQ 4.2.0, existing clusters upgraded to 4.2.x will continue to use their previous metadata store (typically Mnesia) until the khepri_db feature flag is explicitly enabled by an administrator [2][3]. For RabbitMQ 4.2 and subsequent upgrades: 1. Feature Flag Best Practices: After a successful version upgrade to 4.2.x, it is standard practice to enable all stable feature flags using the command rabbitmqctl enable_feature_flag all [4][1]. Running this command will also enable khepri_db if it was not already active, transitioning the cluster to Khepri [1]. 2. Upgrade Path Requirements: - RabbitMQ 4.2 requires all feature flags introduced in the 3.13 series to be enabled prior to upgrading to 4.2 [5][6]. - RabbitMQ 4.3 requires all feature flags from 4.2 (including khepri_db) to be enabled [6]. - If you are upgrading from 3.13.x, you must follow the supported path: upgrade to 4.2.x first, then to 4.3.x [7]. 3. Khepri Specifics: - Once Khepri is enabled, it cannot be disabled; reverting to Mnesia is not supported [8]. - If Khepri was enabled on a 3.13.x cluster, that cluster cannot be upgraded in-place to 4.0 or higher; a blue-green deployment is required in such cases [5][8]. - For standard upgrades where Khepri is not yet enabled, you may enable it after the nodes are running on the new version [9][2]. As of RabbitMQ 4.3.0, Khepri is the only supported metadata store [10]. Always ensure your cluster is healthy and has no pending synchronizations before enabling feature flags or performing version upgrades [7].
Citations:
- 1: https://www.rabbitmq.com/blog/2025/09/01/6-khepri-default
- 2: https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.0
- 3: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/4.2/metadata-store
- 4: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/rolling-upgrade
- 5: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/4.2/feature-flags
- 6: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/next/feature-flags
- 7: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/upgrade
- 8: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/4.2/metadata-store/khepri-faq
- 9: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/4.2/metadata-store/how-to-enable-khepri
- 10: https://github.com/rabbitmq/khepri/
Complete the post-upgrade RabbitMQ feature-flag step in both guides.
After RabbitMQ 4.2 starts, run rabbitmqctl enable_feature_flag all, then run rabbitmqctl list_feature_flags and confirm that khepri_db is enabled. The current pre-upgrade step correctly leaves khepri_db disabled on 3.13, but the guides never enable it on 4.2. RabbitMQ 4.3 requires the 4.2 feature flags, including khepri_db; without this step, the next upgrade can fail. Add these commands after the status check in charts/plane-ce/README.md and charts/plane-enterprise/README.md.
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In `@charts/plane-ce/README.md` around lines 39 - 40, After the RabbitMQ status
check in charts/plane-ce/README.md at lines 39-40 and
charts/plane-enterprise/README.md at lines 326-327, add commands to run
rabbitmqctl enable_feature_flag all followed by rabbitmqctl list_feature_flags,
with guidance to confirm khepri_db is enabled; make the same documentation
change in both guides.
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| - **Do not jump straight to 4.3.** RabbitMQ does not support a direct 3.13 → 4.3 upgrade ([version upgradability](https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/upgrade#rabbitmq-version-upgradability)); 4.2 is the supported hop, and a later chart release will move to 4.3. Two further things break on 4.3 but not on 4.2: Celery's control/event queues (fixed in the application by `CELERY_CONTROL_QUEUE_EXCLUSIVE` / `CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE_EXCLUSIVE`), and `x-consumer-timeout` on classic queues. | ||
| - **Downgrades do not work.** A 4.x node will not start on a data directory it has already upgraded, so keep a volume snapshot if you need a way back. |
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RabbitMQ does not officially support downgrades between major or minor versions [1][2][3]. Because RabbitMQ upgrades frequently involve automatic and irreversible changes to the data directory, downgrading to a previous version is not tested and should not be relied upon [1][2]. If you are performing an upgrade from RabbitMQ 3.x to 4.x, the official guidance regarding your data directory and rollback is as follows: 1. Mandatory Backup: You are strongly advised to back up the node's data directory before beginning any upgrade [1][2][3]. If an upgrade fails or you need to revert, restoring from this backup is the only reliable way to return to the previous state [2]. 2. Unsupported Downgrades: Attempting to start a node with a data directory that has been upgraded to a newer version (e.g., 4.x) using an older version (e.g., 3.x) will likely fail or cause data corruption. 3. Blue-Green Deployment: For production environments requiring high availability and a safe rollback mechanism, the official recommendation is to use a Blue-Green deployment strategy [1][2][3]. This allows you to maintain your original (Blue) cluster running the old version while spinning up a new (Green) cluster with the target version. If issues occur in the new cluster, you can redirect traffic back to the old one without needing to downgrade the data directory [1][4]. 4. Experimental Features: Note that RabbitMQ 3.13 included experimental Khepri support which is incompatible with 4.x; upgrading a node with Khepri enabled will result in failure, and these cases strictly require a migration to a fresh cluster rather than an in-place upgrade [5][6]. In summary, do not attempt to downgrade your existing data directory after it has been upgraded. Always rely on a full backup of your data directory or a Blue-Green deployment strategy to manage risks during major version transitions [1][2][3].
Citations:
- 1: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/4.1/upgrade
- 2: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/3.13/upgrade
- 3: https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-website/blob/main/versioned_docs/version-4.0/upgrade.md
- 4: https://groups.google.com/g/rabbitmq-users/c/nJHEoTMJf7g
- 5: https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/upgrade
- 6: https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-website/blob/main/versioned_docs/version-4.3/upgrade.md
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RabbitMQ does not officially support downgrades, as they are not tested and should not be relied upon [1]. While downgrades may technically function between certain versions—particularly within the same patch release series—this is not guaranteed, and even some patch releases cannot be downgraded to their immediate predecessor [1]. Because data directory structures can change during an upgrade, a node that has been upgraded to a newer version may write data in a format that an older version cannot read [1]. Consequently, attempting to use an upgraded data directory with an older version of RabbitMQ is high-risk and generally unsupported. To mitigate this risk, the recommended approach is to use a blue-green deployment strategy [1]. In a blue-green setup, the "green" environment (the new version) is deployed alongside the "blue" environment (the old version). This allows you to switch traffic back to the original, unmodified "blue" environment if issues arise, rather than attempting to downgrade the data directory of the upgraded nodes [1]. If you are performing an upgrade and wish to ensure maximum safety, you should always back up the node's data directory before beginning the process [1]. In development or test environments where data persistence is not required, the safest path is often to delete the data directory and perform a fresh installation of the target version [1].
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Correct the rollback warning in both guides.
RabbitMQ does not officially support downgrades. If a 4.x node upgrades the data directory, a 3.x node may not start with it. Document restoring a pre-upgrade volume snapshot or using blue-green migration.
charts/plane-ce/README.md#L46charts/plane-enterprise/README.md#L333
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In `@charts/plane-ce/README.md` at line 46, Update the rollback warnings in
charts/plane-ce/README.md at line 46 and charts/plane-enterprise/README.md at
line 333 to state that RabbitMQ downgrades are unsupported, a 3.x node may not
start after a 4.x data-directory upgrade, and rollback requires restoring a
pre-upgrade volume snapshot or using blue-green migration.
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RabbitMQ 3.x is end-of-life and no longer receives security updates. A customer raised it, and both charts still shipped
rabbitmq:3.13.6-management-alpine, so every Kubernetes install was getting an unsupported broker. This changes the default torabbitmq:4.2.9-management-alpine.Companion to makeplane/plane-ee#9162, which makes the application 4.x-compatible and pins the compose files. Without this chart change, that PR does nothing for Helm users.
Why 4.2 and not 4.3
Deliberate. RabbitMQ does not support a direct 3.13 → 4.3 upgrade — per the version upgradability table, 3.13.x users must go to 4.2.x first. Bumping this default straight to 4.3 would hand every existing self-host install an unsupported in-place upgrade. A later release moves to 4.3 once installs have landed on 4.2.
Two further things break on 4.3 but not on 4.2, which is the other reason to stage it:
kombu.pidbox.Mailbox(mingle at worker startup,celery inspect/control) andcelery.events.receiver(gossip, Flower) both declaredurable=False+exclusive=False+auto_delete=True. RabbitMQ 4.3 deniestransient_nonexcl_queuesby default and rejects that with a 541 INTERNAL_ERROR, which is connection-level — so the worker's connection is torn down mid-mingle and it retries forever with zero consumers on the task queue. Fixed application-side in plane-ee#9162 viaCELERY_CONTROL_QUEUE_EXCLUSIVE/CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE_EXCLUSIVE.x-consumer-timeouton classic queues, which 4.3 made quorum-only.Neither bites on 4.2, which is why 4.2 is a safe landing point today.
Upgrade documentation
Both READMEs gain an "Upgrading RabbitMQ from 3.13 to 4.2" section. This is the part that matters most: a chart upgrade restarts the broker StatefulSet against the existing volume, and RabbitMQ requires all stable feature flags to be enabled before a major upgrade. Skip that and the 4.2 node refuses to start, leaving queues unreachable until you roll back. The section also records that:
khepri_dbmust stay disabled — a 3.13 node with Khepri enabled cannot be upgraded to 4.x at all and needs blue-green instead.local_setup: false+external_rabbitmq_url) is upgraded on the provider side, with the same feature-flag prerequisite.Type of Change
Test Scenarios
Verified on a live in-place 3.13.6 → 4.2.9 upgrade of a full Plane deployment in the
plane-eks-devcluster, not just a template render:plane-exportscarriedx-consumer-timeout: 1800000and no queue carriedx-queue-type. Seeded 5 persistent messages in a canary queue.celery,silo-api,silo-integrations,plane.event_stream.automations,plane-exports,plane.webhook, plus Celery'sceleryevandpidboxqueues.rabbitmqctl enable_feature_flag all— 23 stable flags enabled,khepri_dbleft disabled.Result: broker came up as 4.2.9, every consumer reattached, queue arguments were preserved unchanged (including the
x-consumer-timeoutthat 4.3 would reject), all 5 durable canary messages survived, and all ten AMQP-speaking workloads logged zero AMQP errors (api,worker,beat-worker,live,live-exporter,silo,webhook-consumer,agent-consumer,automation-consumer,outbox-poller).Also confirmed along the way, as negative results worth recording:
{timeout,{rabbit,start,...}}).celeryconsumers: 3.13.6 → 1, 4.2.9 → 1, 4.3.5 → 0), which is what pinned the boundary at 4.3 rather than 4.x generally.helm lintpasses for both charts, andhelm templaterendersrabbitmq:4.2.9-management-alpinein both.Notes for reviewers
plane-enterprise3.5.2 → 3.6.0,plane-ce1.7.0 → 1.8.0) because this changes a shipped dependency's major version and adds an operator prerequisite.values.yaml,questions.ymlandREADME.mdall carried the old pin; all three are updated in each chart so the Rancher UI default matches.plane-cloudchart,services.agent_consumer.envs.queue_nameis set toplane.webhook— identical towebhook_consumer— so when both consumers are enabled they compete for the same queue and each drops roughly half the other's messages. The chart template's own fallback isplane.agentwhile the application default isplane.agents, so those disagree too. Worth a separate fix by whoever owns that chart.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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