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query_processor::prepare() could race with prepared statement invalidation: after loading from the prepared cache, we converted the cached object to a checked weak pointer and then continued asynchronous work (including error-injection waitpoints). If invalidation happened in that window, the weak handle could no longer be promoted and the prepare path could fail nondeterministically.
This change keeps a strong cache entry reference alive across the whole critical section in prepare() by using a pinned cache accessor (get_pinned()), and only deriving the weak handle while the entry is pinned. This removes the lifetime gap without adding retry loops.
Test coverage was extended in test/cluster/test_prepare_race.py:
- reproduces the invalidation-during-prepare window with injection,
- verifies prepare completes successfully,
- then invalidates again and executes the same stale client prepared object,
- confirms the driver transparently re-requests/re-prepares and execution succeeds.
This change introduces:
- no behavior change for normal prepare flow besides stronger lifetime guarantees,
- no new protocol semantics,
- preserves existing cache invalidation logic,
- adds explicit cluster-level regression coverage for both the race and driver reprepare path.
- pushes the re prepare operation twards the driver, the server will return unprepared error for the first time and the driver will have to re prepare during execution stage
Fixes: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/27657
Backport to active branches recommended: No node crash, but user-visible PREPARE failures under rare schema-invalidation race; low-risk timeout-bounded retry improves robustness.
Closes scylladb/scylladb#28952
* github.com:scylladb/scylladb:
transport/messages: hold pinned prepared entry in PREPARE result
cql3: pin prepared cache entry in prepare() to avoid invalid weak handle race
(cherry picked from commit d9a277453e)
Closes scylladb/scylladb#29001
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