api: report the actual fork mode on Instance

cmd/api/api/instances.go

@@ -1209,6 +1209,11 @@ func instanceToOAPI(inst instances.Instance) oapi.Instance {
 	if inst.Platform != "" {
  oapiInst.Platform = lo.ToPtr(inst.Platform)
 	}
+
+	if inst.ForkMode != "" {
+ oapiInst.ForkMode = lo.ToPtr(oapi.InstanceForkMode(inst.ForkMode))
+	}
+
 	if inst.ExitMessage != "" {
  oapiInst.ExitMessage = lo.ToPtr(inst.ExitMessage)
 	}

cmd/api/api/snapshots.go

@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ func (s *ApiService) ForkSnapshot(ctx context.Context, request oapi.ForkSnapshot
 	}
 
 	domainReq := instances.ForkSnapshotRequest{Name: request.Body.Name}
+	if request.Body.Tags != nil {
+ domainReq.Tags = toMapTags(request.Body.Tags)
+	}
 	if request.Body.TargetState != nil {
  domainReq.TargetState = instances.State(*request.Body.TargetState)
 	}

lib/instances/fork.go

@@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ func (m *manager) forkInstanceFromStoppedOrStandby(ctx context.Context, id strin
 	forkMeta.FirecrackerUFFDSessionID = ""
 	forkMeta.FirecrackerUFFDPagerVersion = ""
 	forkMeta.FirecrackerUseUFFDOnNextRestore = useFirecrackerUFFDOnNextRestore(forkMeta.HypervisorType, source.State == StateStandby, targetState)
+	// Record the actual fork mode so the API can report it rather than have a
+	// caller infer it: a shared mem-file is copy-on-write, anything else is a
+	// full copy. Mirrors the shareMemFile decision above exactly.
+	if shareMemFile {
+ forkMeta.ForkMode = ForkModeShared
+	} else {
+ forkMeta.ForkMode = ForkModeCopied
+	}
 	if source.State != StateStandby {
  forkMeta.FirecrackerSnapshotCacheKey = ""
 	}

lib/instances/fork_test.go

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ func TestForkInstance_VZStoppedSourceSupported(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, StateStopped, forked.State)
 	assert.Equal(t, hypervisor.TypeVZ, forked.HypervisorType)
 	assert.NotEqual(t, sourceID, forked.Id)
+	// A VZ stopped-source fork copies memory rather than sharing it, and the
+	// instance reports that measured mode (barista-046 §3.4 consumes this).
+	assert.Equal(t, ForkModeCopied, forked.ForkMode)
 }
 
 func TestResolveForkTargetState_DefaultsToSourceState(t *testing.T) {

lib/instances/snapshot.go

@@ -422,6 +422,24 @@ func (m *manager) forkSnapshot(ctx context.Context, snapshotID string, req ForkS
 	forkMeta := cloneStoredMetadataWithoutPendingStandbyCompression(rec.StoredMetadata)
 	forkMeta.Id = forkID
 	forkMeta.Name = req.Name
+	// Caller-supplied tags override the cloned source tags (request wins per
+	// key), so a fork can be re-identified rather than inherit the source's
+	// identity labels. Unrelated source tags are preserved.
+	if len(req.Tags) > 0 {
+ if forkMeta.Tags == nil {
+ forkMeta.Tags = make(map[string]string, len(req.Tags))
+ }
+ for k, v := range req.Tags {
+ forkMeta.Tags[k] = v
+ }
+	}
+	// Record the measured fork mode, mirroring the instance-fork path: a shared
+	// mem-file is copy-on-write, anything else is a full copy.
+	if shareMemFile {
+ forkMeta.ForkMode = ForkModeShared
+	} else {
+ forkMeta.ForkMode = ForkModeCopied
+	}
 	forkMeta.CreatedAt = now
 	forkMeta.ExpiresAt = nil
 	forkMeta.StartedAt = nil
@@ -589,6 +607,12 @@ func validateForkSnapshotRequest(req ForkSnapshotRequest) error {
 	if req.TargetState != "" && req.TargetState != StateStopped && req.TargetState != StateStandby && req.TargetState != StateRunning {
  return fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid target_state %q", ErrInvalidRequest, req.TargetState)
 	}
+	// Caller-supplied tags are written into instance metadata below, so they must
+	// clear the same validation as create-instance and create-snapshot — the
+	// OpenAPI layer does not guard this direct manager path.
+	if err := tags.Validate(req.Tags); err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrInvalidRequest, err)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 

lib/instances/snapshot_test.go

@@ -463,3 +463,21 @@ func createStandbySnapshotSourceFixture(t *testing.T, mgr *manager, id, name str
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(snapshotDir, 0755))
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(snapshotDir, "state"), []byte("snapshot"), 0644))
 }
+
+// A fork-snapshot request carries caller-supplied tags that get written into
+// instance metadata, so it must reject invalid tags exactly like the create
+// paths — the OpenAPI layer does not guard this direct manager entry point.
+func TestValidateForkSnapshotRequestValidatesTags(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	require.NoError(t, validateForkSnapshotRequest(ForkSnapshotRequest{
+ Name: "fork-ok",
+ Tags: map[string]string{"env": "prod"},
+	}), "a well-formed tag set must pass")
+
+	err := validateForkSnapshotRequest(ForkSnapshotRequest{
+ Name: "fork-bad",
+ Tags: map[string]string{"bad!key": "v"}, // "!" is not an allowed key char
+	})
+	require.Error(t, err, "an invalid tag key must be refused")
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrInvalidRequest)
+}

lib/instances/types.go

@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ const (
 	StateUnknown State = "Unknown" // Failed to determine state (VMM query failed)
 )
 
+// Fork mode values reported on Instance.ForkMode (see StoredMetadata.ForkMode).
+const (
+	// ForkModeShared: the fork attaches to the source's memory copy-on-write via
+	// a shared mem-file. Firecracker forks from a Standby source (including the
+	// standby cycle of a Running-source fork).
+	ForkModeShared = "shared"
+	// ForkModeCopied: the fork was given a full private copy of the source's
+	// memory image (stopped-source forks, or hypervisors without shared-memory
+	// fork).
+	ForkModeCopied = "copied"
+)
+
 type EgressEnforcementMode string
 
 const (
@@ -137,6 +149,13 @@ type StoredMetadata struct {
 	FirecrackerUFFDSessionID string
 	FirecrackerUFFDPagerVersion string
 
+	// ForkMode records how this instance's memory image was produced when it
+	// was created by a fork: ForkModeShared (copy-on-write via a shared mem-file)
+	// or ForkModeCopied (a full private copy). Empty for instances that were not
+	// created by a fork. Read-only; echoed on the instance API so a caller can
+	// record the actual mode rather than infer it from the hypervisor.
+	ForkMode string
+
 	// Paths
 	SocketPath string // Path to API socket
 	DataDir string // Instance data directory
@@ -346,6 +365,11 @@ type ForkSnapshotRequest struct {
 	Name string // Required: name for the new instance
 	TargetState State // Optional
 	TargetHypervisor hypervisor.Type // Optional, allowed only for Stopped snapshots
+	// Tags override the tags cloned from the snapshot's source onto the fork
+	// (request wins per key; unrelated source tags are kept). A consumer forks
+	// many instances from one source and needs to re-identify each fork rather
+	// than inherit the source's identity labels.
+	Tags map[string]string
 }
 
 // SnapshotPolicy defines default snapshot behavior for an instance.