Superuser route to flush the metrics collector now

POST /observability/flush handles what the collector has queued and writes
it, so the soak harness no longer sleeps FLUSH_INTERVAL_S before clearing
its own rows.

backend/tests/api/routes/test_observability.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import time
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
 
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
-from sqlmodel import Session
+from sqlmodel import Session, select
 
 from fluksio.core.config import settings
+from fluksio.flow.events import event_bus
 from fluksio.models import EngineEvent, FlowRun, MetricBucket
 
 PREFIX = f"{settings.API_V1_STR}/observability"
@@ -482,3 +484,31 @@ def test_a_node_failing_on_every_call_makes_the_summary_degraded(
     assert body["nodes"]["failing"] == 1
     (problem,) = [p for p in body["problems"] if "failing" in p]
     assert "house.calc" in problem and "house.old" not in problem
+
+
+def test_a_superuser_can_flush_the_collector_now(
+    client: TestClient,
+    superuser_token_headers: dict[str, str],
+    normal_user_token_headers: dict[str, str],
+    db: Session,
+) -> None:
+    """Whoever reads or clears the tables need not wait out the interval."""
+    event_bus.publish(
+        {
+            "type": "audit",
+            "action": "flushed",
+            "flow": FLOW,
+            "user": "a@example.com",
+            "ts": time.time(),
+        }
+    )
+    url = f"{PREFIX}/flush"
+    assert client.post(url, headers=normal_user_token_headers).status_code == 403
+    assert client.post(url, headers=superuser_token_headers).status_code == 200
+
+    written = db.exec(
+        select(EngineEvent).where(
+            EngineEvent.flow == FLOW, EngineEvent.detail == "flushed"
+        )
+    ).all()
+    assert len(written) == 1