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Start sandbox creation before the image pull / checkpoint download completes #968

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@milantracy

ateom doesn't hear anything until all of atelet's prep is done, so sentry startup is serialized after the image pull (cold start) or the checkpoint download (restore).

  • Restore: download and bundle prep run concurrently, but g.Wait() gates the RestoreWorkload RPC on both.
  • Cold start: prepareOCIBundles completes before RunWorkload is sent

Nothing about the sandbox itself depends on the actor image or the checkpoint. The sandbox could be booting while those are still downloading.

Proposal

Split sandbox creation out of RunWorkload / RestoreWorkload into its own RPC that atelet can send as soon as the sandbox-level config is ready, then have the existing RPC start the containers.

It helps cold start and DATA-scope restore. Does not help FULL / DATA_ON_GOLDEN restore, where the sentry comes from the memory image.

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