[joechenrh]

What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #12907

Upstream next-gen TiDB rejects local sort for index backfill. DM next-gen integration tests start TiDB without a global-sort storage URI, so handle_error fails while replicating ALTER TABLE ... ADD PRIMARY KEY with error 1235: add index or modify column with local sort.

This is a test-environment adaptation, observed in #12885 (Jenkins build 99).

What is changed and how it works?

Configure tidb_cloud_storage_uri during non-TLS next-gen TiDB startup using the existing MinIO bucket and a dedicated dm-global-sort/ prefix, with the MinIO provider. The URI is built inline from the MINIO_* variables exported by env_variables, as the other next-gen setup scripts already use them verbatim. Fail setup if configuring the URI fails.

Keep fast reorg and DXF enabled. Reapply the setting on normal TiDB restarts; TLS restarts reuse the value persisted in TiKV. Existing DDL integration cases exercise the adapted environment without changing their assertions.

Check List

Tests

• Manual checks passed: sh -n dm/tests/_utils/run_tidb_server, shfmt -d dm/tests/_utils/run_tidb_server, and git diff --check.
• Formatting: make fmt FILES='dm/syncer/dbconn/db.go dm/syncer/dbconn/db_test.go' passed in the PR dbconn(dm): redact arguments when retrying connection resets #12885 checkout with the identical shell patch, including repository-wide shfmt and log-style checks.
• Mock startup checks passed for classic and next-gen paths, setup failure propagation, and skipping reconfiguration on TLS restart. These do not validate live-cluster persistence or DDL execution.
• After simplifying the URI setup in 52f7dafab: sh -n, shfmt -d, and git diff --check passed, and the expanded default URI parses with Go net/url into the expected bucket, prefix, endpoint, credentials, and provider.
• Integration tests passed on the previous commit a2e2793e5a95f6163699c900b45727e9c5246260 (before the URI simplification; to be rerun on 52f7dafab): next-gen build 105, including handle_error; classic build 134; and compatibility build 97. pull-build, pull-check, pull-verify, pull-unit-test-cdc, and pull-syncdiff-integration-test also passed.

Questions

Will it cause performance regression or break compatibility?

No production behavior changes. Only next-gen test setup changes to use the upstream-supported global-sort path. Classic setup is unchanged.

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

No. This only adapts the integration-test environment.

Release note

None

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated the TiDB test environment configuration: next-gen TiDB now uses an S3-compatible MinIO storage URI configured with environment-provided bucket, address, and credentials.
  • Classic TiDB continues to run with fast reorganization and distributed tasks disabled.

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📝 Walkthrough

When NEXT_GEN is 1, the startup script configures tidb_cloud_storage_uri with an S3-compatible MinIO URI assembled from environment variables. The existing classic TiDB settings remain unchanged.

Changes: Next-gen DDL storage configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure global-sort storage dm/tests/_utils/run_tidb_server	The next-gen branch builds an S3-compatible URI from MinIO bucket, address, access key, and secret key environment variables, then sets tidb_cloud_storage_uri. The classic branch retains its fast-reorg and distributed-task settings.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• pingcap/tiflow#12907 — This change configures MinIO global-sort storage in the next-gen test startup helper, matching the issue’s stated objective.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: configuring global sort for next-generation DM integration tests.
Description check		The description includes the required issue reference, problem, implementation details, test coverage, compatibility assessment, documentation assessment, and release note.
Linked Issues check		Issue #12907 requires global-sort storage in the next-gen DM test startup helper and setup failure when configuration fails. The reviewed helper sets tidb_cloud_storage_uri only for NEXT_GEN=1 and…
Out of Scope Changes check		The reviewed change is limited to dm/tests/_utils/run_tidb_server. It configures test-environment storage for the directly linked issue. It does not change production DM behavior, test assertions, o…
Docstring Coverage		No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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Explanation

Issue #12907 requires global-sort storage in the next-gen DM test startup helper and setup failure when configuration fails. The reviewed helper sets tidb_cloud_storage_uri only for NEXT_GEN=1 and non-TLS startup. The URI uses the exported MinIO bucket, endpoint, credentials, provider=minio, and the dedicated dm-global-sort prefix. The command has no error suppression, and set -e makes setup fail when it fails. The classic path remains unchanged. The helper keeps fast reorg and DXF enabled for next-gen.

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Explanation

The reviewed change is limited to dm/tests/_utils/run_tidb_server. It configures test-environment storage for the directly linked issue. It does not change production DM behavior, test assertions, or unrelated components.

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Review comments at @dm/tests/_utils/run_tidb_server:
- Line 101: Update the `tidb_cloud_storage_uri` construction in the MySQL
command to percent-encode each query parameter value, including
`MINIO_SECRET_KEY`, and then escape the completed URI for a SQL string literal
before passing it to `mysql -e`. Preserve the existing endpoint and credential
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