[nexus] make the external API versioned

Cargo.toml

@@ -441,9 +441,9 @@ dns-server = { path = "dns-server" }
 dns-server-api = { path = "dns-server-api" }
 dns-service-client = { path = "clients/dns-service-client" }
 dpd-client = { git = "https://github.com/oxidecomputer/dendrite", rev = "cc8e02a0800034c431c8cf96b889ea638da3d194" }
-dropshot = { version = "0.16.3", features = [ "usdt-probes" ] }
-dropshot-api-manager = "0.2.3"
-dropshot-api-manager-types = "0.2.3"
+dropshot = { version = "0.16.5", features = [ "usdt-probes" ] }
+dropshot-api-manager = "0.2.4"
+dropshot-api-manager-types = "0.2.4"
 dyn-clone = "1.0.20"
 either = "1.15.0"
 ereport-types = { path = "ereport/types" }

clients/oxide-client/src/lib.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 progenitor::generate_api!(
-    spec = "../../openapi/nexus.json",
+    spec = "../../openapi/nexus/nexus-latest.json",
     interface = Builder,
     tags = Separate,
 );

dev-tools/dropshot-apis/src/main.rs

@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ fn all_apis() -> anyhow::Result<ManagedApis> {
         },
         ManagedApiConfig {
             title: "Oxide Region API",
-            versions: Versions::new_lockstep(semver::Version::new(
-                20251208, 0, 0,
-            )),
+            versions: Versions::new_versioned(
+                nexus_external_api::supported_versions(),
+            ),
             metadata: ManagedApiMetadata {
                 description: Some(
                     "API for interacting with the Oxide control plane",

nexus/external-api/src/lib.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use dropshot::{
     Query, RequestContext, ResultsPage, StreamingBody, TypedBody,
     WebsocketChannelResult, WebsocketConnection,
 };
-use dropshot_api_manager_types::ValidationContext;
+use dropshot_api_manager_types::{ValidationContext, api_versions};
 use http::Response;
 use ipnetwork::IpNetwork;
 use nexus_types::{
@@ -33,7 +33,48 @@ use omicron_common::api::external::{
 };
 use openapiv3::OpenAPI;
 
-pub const API_VERSION: &str = "20251208.0.0";
+api_versions!([
+    // API versions are in the format YYYYMMDDNN.0.0, defined below as
+    // YYYYMMDDNN. Here, NN is a two-digit number starting at 00 for a
+    // particular date.
+    //
+    // WHEN CHANGING THE API (part 1 of 2):
+    //
+    // +- First, determine the next API version number to use.
+    // |
+    // |  * On the main branch: Take today's date in YYYYMMDD format, e.g. 20251112.
+    // |    Find the smallest NN that isn't already defined in the list below. In
+    // |    most cases, that is 00, but if 00 is already taken, use 01, 02, etc.
+    // |
+    // |  * On a release branch, don't alter the date. Instead, always bump the NN.
+    // |
+    // |  Duplicate this line, uncomment the *second* copy, update that copy for
+    // |  your new API version, and leave the first copy commented out as an
+    // |  example for the next person.
+    // |
+    // |  If there's a merge conflict, update the version number to the current
+    // |  date. Otherwise, it is okay to leave the version number unchanged even
+    // |  if you land your change on a different day from the one you make it on.
+    // |
+    // |  Ensure that version numbers are sorted in descending order. (This macro
+    // |  will panic at runtime if they're not in descending order.) The newest
+    // |  date-based version should be at the top of the list.
+    // v
+    // (next_yyyymmddnn, IDENT),
+    (2025112000, INITIAL),
+]);
+
+// WHEN CHANGING THE API (part 2 of 2):
+//
+// The call to `api_versions!` above defines constants of type
+// `semver::Version` that you can use in your Dropshot API definition to specify
+// the version when a particular endpoint was added or removed.  For example, if
+// you used:
+//
+//     (2025120100, ADD_FOOBAR)
+//
+// Then you could use `VERSION_ADD_FOOBAR` as the version in which endpoints
+// were added or removed.
 
 const MIB: usize = 1024 * 1024;
 const GIB: usize = 1024 * MIB;
@@ -4366,32 +4407,31 @@ pub trait NexusExternalApi {
 
 /// Perform extra validations on the OpenAPI spec.
 pub fn validate_api(spec: &OpenAPI, mut cx: ValidationContext<'_>) {
-    if spec.openapi != "3.0.3" {
-        cx.report_error(anyhow!(
-            "Expected OpenAPI version to be 3.0.3, found {}",
-            spec.openapi,
-        ));
-    }
-    if spec.info.title != "Oxide Region API" {
-        cx.report_error(anyhow!(
-            "Expected OpenAPI version to be 'Oxide Region API', found '{}'",
-            spec.info.title,
-        ));
-    }
-    if spec.info.version != API_VERSION {
-        cx.report_error(anyhow!(
-            "Expected OpenAPI version to be '{}', found '{}'",
-            API_VERSION,
-            spec.info.version,
-        ));
-    }
+    let is_blessed = cx
+        .is_blessed()
+        .expect("this is a versioned API so is_blessed should always be Some");
 
-    // Spot check a couple of items.
-    if spec.paths.paths.is_empty() {
-        cx.report_error(anyhow!("Expected at least one path in the spec"));
-    }
-    if spec.paths.paths.get("/v1/projects").is_none() {
-        cx.report_error(anyhow!("Expected a path for /v1/projects"));
+    if !is_blessed {
+        if spec.openapi != "3.0.3" {
+            cx.report_error(anyhow!(
+                "Expected OpenAPI version to be 3.0.3, found {}",
+                spec.openapi,
+            ));
+        }
+        if spec.info.title != "Oxide Region API" {
+            cx.report_error(anyhow!(
+                "Expected OpenAPI version to be 'Oxide Region API', found '{}'",
+                spec.info.title,
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // Spot check a couple of items.
+        if spec.paths.paths.is_empty() {
+            cx.report_error(anyhow!("Expected at least one path in the spec"));
+        }
+        if spec.paths.paths.get("/v1/projects").is_none() {
+            cx.report_error(anyhow!("Expected a path for /v1/projects"));
+        }
     }
 
     // Construct a string that helps us identify the organization of tags and
@@ -4417,10 +4457,12 @@ pub fn validate_api(spec: &OpenAPI, mut cx: ValidationContext<'_>) {
         // Every non-hidden endpoint must have a summary
         if op.tags.contains(&"console-auth".to_string()) && op.summary.is_none()
         {
-            cx.report_error(anyhow!(
-                "operation '{}' is missing a summary doc comment",
-                op.operation_id.as_ref().unwrap()
-            ));
+            if !is_blessed {
+                cx.report_error(anyhow!(
+                    "operation '{}' is missing a summary doc comment",
+                    op.operation_id.as_ref().unwrap()
+                ));
+            }
             // This error does not prevent `ops_by_tag` from being populated
             // correctly, so we can continue.
         }
@@ -4435,7 +4477,9 @@ pub fn validate_api(spec: &OpenAPI, mut cx: ValidationContext<'_>) {
             ));
     }
 
-    if ops_by_tag_valid {
+    // nexus_tags.txt is unversioned, so only write it out for the latest
+    // version.
+    if cx.is_latest() && ops_by_tag_valid {
         let mut tags = String::new();
         for (tag, mut ops) in ops_by_tag {
             ops.sort();

nexus/src/lib.rs

@@ -225,6 +225,18 @@ impl Server {
                 log.new(o!("component" => "dropshot_external")),
             )
             .config(config.deployment.dropshot_external.dropshot.clone())
+            .version_policy(dropshot::VersionPolicy::Dynamic(Box::new(
+                dropshot::ClientSpecifiesVersionInHeader::new(
+                    omicron_common::api::VERSION_HEADER,
+                    nexus_external_api::latest_version(),
+                )
+                // Since we don't have control over all clients to the external
+                // API, we allow the api-version header to not be specified
+                // (picking the latest version in that case). However, all
+                // clients that *are* under our control should specify the
+                // api-version header.
+                .on_missing(nexus_external_api::latest_version()),
+            )))
             .tls(tls_config.clone().map(dropshot::ConfigTls::Dynamic))
             .start()
             .map_err(|error| {

nexus/test-utils/src/http_testing.rs

@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ impl<'a> RequestBuilder<'a> {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Return the current header map.
+    pub fn headers(&self) -> &http::HeaderMap {
+        &self.headers
+    }
+
     /// Set the outgoing request body
     ///
     /// If `body` is `None`, the request body will be empty.

nexus/tests/integration_tests/unauthorized_coverage.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 #[test]
 fn test_unauthorized_coverage() {
     // Load the OpenAPI schema for Nexus's public API.
-    let schema_path = "../openapi/nexus.json";
+    let schema_path = "../openapi/nexus/nexus-latest.json";
     let schema_contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&schema_path)
         .expect("failed to read Nexus OpenAPI spec");
     let spec: OpenAPI = serde_json::from_str(&schema_contents)

nexus/tests/integration_tests/updates.rs

@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ use camino::Utf8Path;
 use camino_tempfile::{Builder, Utf8TempPath};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, Timelike, Utc};
 use dropshot::ResultsPage;
+use dropshot::test_util::ClientTestContext;
 use http::{Method, StatusCode};
 use nexus_db_model::SemverVersion;
 use nexus_db_queries::context::OpContext;
 use nexus_db_queries::db::pub_test_utils::helpers::insert_test_tuf_repo;
+use nexus_test_interface::NexusServer;
 use nexus_test_utils::background::activate_background_task;
 use nexus_test_utils::background::run_tuf_artifact_replication_step;
 use nexus_test_utils::background::wait_tuf_artifact_replication_step;
@@ -1037,3 +1039,31 @@ async fn test_repo_list() -> Result<()> {
     cptestctx.teardown().await;
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// Test that a request without an API version header still succeeds.
+///
+/// Unlike internal APIs, we don't control all clients for our external API, so
+/// we make the api-version header optional. This test ensures that a request
+/// without the header succeeds.
+#[nexus_test]
+async fn test_request_without_api_version(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
+    // We can't use cptestctx.external_client directly since it always sets the
+    // header. Instead, construct a NexusRequest by hand.
+    let server_addr = cptestctx.server.get_http_server_external_address();
+    let test_cx =
+        ClientTestContext::new(server_addr, cptestctx.logctx.log.clone());
+    let req_builder = RequestBuilder::new(
+        &test_cx,
+        http::Method::GET,
+        "/v1/system/update/status",
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        req_builder.headers().get(&omicron_common::api::VERSION_HEADER),
+        None,
+        "api-version header is not set"
+    );
+    let req =
+        NexusRequest::new(req_builder).authn_as(AuthnMode::PrivilegedUser);
+    let status: views::UpdateStatus = req.execute_and_parse_unwrap().await;
+    assert_eq!(status.target_release.0, None);
+}

openapi/nexus.json → openapi/nexus/nexus-2025112000.0.0-53f3c8.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       "url": "https://oxide.computer",
       "email": "[email protected]"
     },
-    "version": "20251208.0.0"
+    "version": "2025112000.0.0"
   },
   "paths": {
     "/device/auth": {

openapi/nexus/nexus-latest.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nexus-2025112000.0.0-53f3c8.json