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What problem does this PR solve?

When TiUP deploys a standalone TiDB Dashboard to a cluster with multiple PD
nodes, it generates a --pd argument containing all PD URLs joined by commas.
TiDB Dashboard treats --pd as a single endpoint and does not split the
comma-separated list, so it cannot connect to PD (e.g.
dial tcp: address ...: too many colons in address).

Ref: pingcap/tidb-dashboard#1920

What is changed and how it works?

Generate the standalone Dashboard startup command with only the first PD URL,
because Dashboard's PD HTTP API client only supports a single baseURL. This
is a workaround until Dashboard supports multiple PD endpoints; once it does,
restore joining all PD URLs.

  • Add dashboardPDEndpoint(pdServers, enableTLS), which returns the first PD's
    advertised client URL (empty when there are no PD servers).
  • Replace strings.Join(pds, ",") in DashboardInstance.InitConfig with the
    helper.
  • After scaling in PD nodes, warn the user when a standalone tidb-dashboard may
    still point to a removed PD endpoint, and show the restart command
    (tiup cluster restart <name> -R tidb-dashboard) to pick up the new endpoint.

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Tests

  • Unit test
  • Integration test
  • Manual test (add detailed scripts or steps below)
  • No code

Manual test steps:

  • Deploy a cluster with multiple PD nodes and a standalone tidb-dashboard, then
    confirm run_tidb-dashboard.sh contains a single --pd URL and Dashboard can
    connect to PD.
  • Scale in the PD node that the standalone tidb-dashboard points to, and confirm
    the scale-in output warns to restart the dashboard.

Code changes

  • Has exported function/method change
  • Has exported variable/fields change
  • Has interface methods change
  • Has persistent data change

Side effects

  • Possible performance regression
  • Increased code complexity
  • Breaking backward compatibility

Related changes

  • Need to cherry-pick to the release branch
  • Need to update the documentation

Release notes:

Fix standalone TiDB Dashboard failing to connect to PD when the cluster has
multiple PD nodes, and warn to restart it after scaling in the PD node it
points to.

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Dashboard configuration no longer joins multiple PD endpoints. It uses the first advertised PD client URL through dashboardPDEndpoint, or an empty endpoint when no PD servers exist.

Changes

Dashboard endpoint selection

Layer / File(s) Summary
PD endpoint helper
pkg/cluster/spec/dashboard.go
dashboardPDEndpoint returns the first advertised PD client URL or an empty string when no PD servers exist.
Dashboard configuration wiring
pkg/cluster/spec/dashboard.go
Dashboard script generation uses the helper and removes comma-separated endpoint construction and the unused import.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fe5db

Dashboard startup configuration now uses only the first PD endpoint. Focused tests for first-endpoint selection and an empty PD list are absent, leaving a bounded regression risk in this configuration behavior.

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TiDB Dashboard treats --pd as a single endpoint and does not split a
comma-separated list, so passing all PD endpoints breaks its PD
connection. Pass only the first PD until Dashboard supports multiple
PD HTTP API endpoints (pingcap/tidb-dashboard#1920).
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pkg/cluster/spec/dashboard.go (1)

250-254: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add focused tests for dashboardPDEndpoint.

No tests cover endpoint selection. Test two PDSpec values with different advertised URLs and assert the first URL. Also test that an empty PDServers list returns "".

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In `@pkg/cluster/spec/dashboard.go` around lines 250 - 254, Add focused tests for
dashboardPDEndpoint covering both endpoint selection and the empty-server case:
create a PDSpec with two PD servers having different advertised URLs and assert
the first URL is returned, then verify an empty PDServers list returns an empty
string.
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In `@pkg/cluster/spec/dashboard.go`:
- Around line 250-254: Add focused tests for dashboardPDEndpoint covering both
endpoint selection and the empty-server case: create a PDSpec with two PD
servers having different advertised URLs and assert the first URL is returned,
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After scaling in PD nodes, the standalone tidb-dashboard may still point to a removed PD endpoint (it passes a single endpoint as a start argument). Warn the user and show the restart command.
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  • 2026-09-10 13:42:12.270409773 +0000 UTC m=+1977967.441503888: ☑️ agreed by kaaaaaaang.

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