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stroblme bfaaa7cd03 Alerts: cooldowns survive a restart, and a connection must stay down a minute before it alerts
The alert manager kept its cooldowns and its ceiling per hour in memory, so a
node that stayed down was announced again by every restart. Each delivered
alert is now a row in the new alert_sent table (additive migration), loaded
for the last seven days when the manager starts and pruned as new ones come
in. A ledger that fails never stops an alert. The manager's clock is wall
time for the same reason.

A node_health "down" alert also waits 60 s (HEALTH_GRACE_S) in a pending task
per node; a later event that is not "down" cancels it, as does stopping the
manager, so a broker restarting with the stack alerts nobody.

The cooldown used to be stamped before the ceiling per hour was checked, so
an alert the ceiling held back still spent its cooldown. It is stamped only
once the alert is sent now.
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"""Alerting: failing loudly once, not thirty-six thousand times."""
import asyncio
import re
from pathlib import Path
import pytest
from fluksio.flow.alerts import (
ALERTING_EVENTS,
FLAP_THRESHOLD,
LEDGER_RETAIN_S,
RATE_LIMIT,
Alert,
AlertManager,
AlertsConfig,
Channel,
Rule,
describe,
)
from fluksio.flow.events import EventBus
class Ledger:
"""What the database holds, without one."""
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.rows: list[tuple[str, float]] = []
def load(self, since: float) -> list[tuple[str, float]]:
return [row for row in self.rows if row[1] >= since]
def add(self, key: str, ts: float, keep_since: float) -> None:
self.rows = [row for row in self.rows if row[1] >= keep_since]
self.rows.append((key, ts))
class Clock:
"""A hand-wound clock, so cooldowns take no real time."""
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.now = 0.0
def __call__(self) -> float:
return self.now
def advance(self, seconds: float) -> None:
self.now += seconds
def manager(clock: Clock) -> tuple[AlertManager, list[Alert]]:
sent: list[Alert] = []
config = AlertsConfig(
channels=[Channel(name="phone", kind="ntfy", config={"topic": "t"})],
rules=[Rule(events=[], channels=["phone"], cooldown_s=900)],
)
# No grace: these tests are about what is sent, not how long a connection
# has to stay down first.
alerts = AlertManager(EventBus(), config=config, now=clock, grace_s=0)
async def capture(channel, alert):
sent.append(alert)
alerts.send = capture # type: ignore[method-assign]
return alerts, sent
def error_event(node: str = "heating.pump") -> dict:
return {"type": "node_error", "flow": "heating", "node": node, "error": "boom"}
def test_a_failure_reaches_the_channel():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
asyncio.run(alerts.handle(error_event()))
assert [a.title for a in sent] == ["heating.pump failed"]
assert sent[0].body == "boom"
def test_ordinary_traffic_is_not_an_alert():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
asyncio.run(alerts.handle({"type": "message_value", "name": "heating.temp"}))
asyncio.run(alerts.handle({"type": "node_executed", "node": "heating.pump"}))
assert sent == []
def test_the_same_failure_repeating_is_one_alert():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
async def scenario():
for _ in range(50):
await alerts.handle(error_event())
clock.advance(1)
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert len(sent) == 1
def test_the_cooldown_ends_and_says_what_was_missed():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
async def scenario():
await alerts.handle(error_event())
for _ in range(4):
clock.advance(10)
await alerts.handle(error_event())
clock.advance(1000)
await alerts.handle(error_event())
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert len(sent) == 2
assert "4 more since the last alert" in sent[1].body
def test_different_nodes_alert_separately():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
async def scenario():
await alerts.handle(error_event("heating.pump"))
await alerts.handle(error_event("heating.valve"))
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert len(sent) == 2
def test_a_flapping_connection_goes_quiet():
"""A device dropping every few seconds is one story, not one alert each."""
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
async def scenario():
for _ in range(FLAP_THRESHOLD * 2 + 6):
await alerts.handle(
{"type": "node_health", "node": "heating.pump", "health": "down"}
)
clock.advance(5)
await alerts.handle(
{"type": "node_health", "node": "heating.pump", "health": "ok"}
)
clock.advance(5)
asyncio.run(scenario())
# The first drop is worth knowing about; the rest is noise.
assert len(sent) == 1
def test_a_storm_is_capped():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
async def scenario():
for i in range(RATE_LIMIT + 20):
await alerts.handle(error_event(f"heating.n{i}"))
clock.advance(1)
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert len(sent) == RATE_LIMIT
def test_a_cooldown_survives_a_restart():
"""A node that stays down was announced again by every restart."""
clock, ledger = Clock(), Ledger()
async def scenario() -> list[Alert]:
first, sent_before = manager(clock)
first._ledger = ledger
await first.handle(error_event())
clock.advance(120)
second, sent_after = manager(clock)
second._ledger = ledger
await second.restore()
await second.handle(error_event())
assert len(sent_before) == 1
clock.advance(1000)
await second.handle(error_event())
return sent_after
sent_after = asyncio.run(scenario())
# Silent inside the cooldown, and speaking again once it has passed.
assert len(sent_after) == 1
def test_the_ceiling_per_hour_survives_a_restart():
clock, ledger = Clock(), Ledger()
clock.now = 10_000.0
ledger.rows = [
(f"node_error:heating.n{i}", clock.now - 60) for i in range(RATE_LIMIT)
]
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
alerts._ledger = ledger
async def scenario():
await alerts.restore()
await alerts.handle(error_event("heating.new"))
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert sent == []
def test_a_clock_set_back_does_not_hold_a_key_silent():
clock, ledger = Clock(), Ledger()
clock.now = 100.0
ledger.rows = [("node_error:heating.pump", 50_000.0)]
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
alerts._ledger = ledger
async def scenario():
await alerts.restore()
clock.advance(1000)
await alerts.handle(error_event())
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert len(sent) == 1
def test_sent_alerts_are_written_to_the_ledger_and_old_ones_dropped():
clock, ledger = Clock(), Ledger()
clock.now = LEDGER_RETAIN_S * 2
ledger.rows = [("node_error:heating.old", 1.0)]
alerts, _sent = manager(clock)
alerts._ledger = ledger
asyncio.run(alerts.handle(error_event()))
assert ledger.rows == [("node_error:heating.pump", clock.now)]
def test_a_ledger_that_fails_does_not_stop_the_alert():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
class Broken:
def load(self, since):
raise OSError("disk")
def add(self, key, ts, keep_since):
raise OSError("disk")
alerts._ledger = Broken() # type: ignore[assignment]
async def scenario():
await alerts.restore()
await alerts.handle(error_event())
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert len(sent) == 1
def test_an_alert_held_back_by_the_ceiling_does_not_spend_its_cooldown():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
async def scenario():
for i in range(RATE_LIMIT):
await alerts.handle(error_event(f"heating.n{i}"))
await alerts.handle(error_event("heating.late"))
# An hour on, the ceiling has cleared and the same fault is still due.
clock.advance(3601)
await alerts.handle(error_event("heating.late"))
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert [a.node for a in sent][-1] == "heating.late"
assert "1 more since the last alert" in sent[-1].body
def down(node: str = "heating.mqtt") -> dict:
return {"type": "node_health", "node": node, "health": "down", "detail": "refused"}
def up(node: str = "heating.mqtt") -> dict:
return {"type": "node_health", "node": node, "health": "ok"}
def with_grace(grace_s: float) -> tuple[AlertManager, list[Alert]]:
alerts, sent = manager(Clock())
alerts.grace_s = grace_s
return alerts, sent
def test_a_connection_that_comes_back_within_the_grace_alerts_nobody():
alerts, sent = with_grace(0.05)
async def scenario():
await alerts.handle(down())
await alerts.handle(up())
await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert sent == []
def test_a_connection_that_stays_down_is_told_after_the_grace():
alerts, sent = with_grace(0.05)
async def scenario():
await alerts.handle(down())
assert sent == []
await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert [a.title for a in sent] == ["heating.mqtt lost its connection"]
def test_a_pending_alert_is_dropped_when_the_manager_stops():
alerts, sent = with_grace(0.05)
async def scenario():
await alerts.handle(down())
runner = asyncio.create_task(alerts.run())
await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
runner.cancel()
await asyncio.gather(runner, return_exceptions=True)
await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
asyncio.run(scenario())
assert sent == []
def test_nothing_is_sent_without_a_rule():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
alerts.config = AlertsConfig(
channels=[Channel(name="phone", kind="ntfy", config={"topic": "t"})],
rules=[Rule(events=["queue_unavailable"], channels=["phone"])],
)
asyncio.run(alerts.handle(error_event()))
assert sent == []
def test_alerting_can_be_switched_off():
clock = Clock()
alerts, sent = manager(clock)
alerts.config = alerts.config.model_copy(update={"enabled": False})
asyncio.run(alerts.handle(error_event()))
assert sent == []
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
("event", "expected"),
[
(
{"type": "flow_quarantined", "flow": "heating"},
"Flow 'heating' was quarantined",
),
(
{"type": "queue_unavailable", "error": "gone"},
"The work queue is unreachable",
),
({"type": "engine_degraded", "reason": "lag"}, "The engine is struggling"),
# Every run ends. Only a failed one is worth a phone buzzing.
(
{"type": "run_finished", "flow": "nightly", "run": 7, "status": "error"},
"A run of 'nightly' failed",
),
({"type": "run_finished", "flow": "nightly", "status": "ok"}, None),
({"type": "run_finished", "flow": "nightly", "status": "cancelled"}, None),
({"type": "node_health", "health": "ok"}, None),
# The engine publishes `health`, not `status`: reading the wrong key
# meant a device dropping never alerted anyone.
(
{"type": "node_health", "node": "heating.pump", "health": "down"},
"heating.pump lost its connection",
),
],
)
def test_every_alerting_event_reads_as_a_sentence(event, expected):
alert = describe(event)
assert (alert.title if alert else None) == expected
def test_a_dashboard_channel_publishes_the_alert_as_a_record():
published: list[tuple[str, dict]] = []
config = AlertsConfig(
channels=[
Channel(name="panel", kind="dashboard", config={"message": "house.notice"})
],
rules=[Rule(events=[], channels=["panel"])],
)
alerts = AlertManager(EventBus(), config=config, now=Clock())
alerts.publish = lambda name, value: published.append((name, value))
asyncio.run(alerts.handle(error_event()))
assert len(published) == 1
name, record = published[0]
assert name == "house.notice"
# Flat named scalars, which is what a notification widget binds.
assert record["title"] == "heating.pump failed"
assert record["severity"] == "error"
assert all(isinstance(v, str) for v in record.values())
def test_a_dashboard_channel_without_a_message_says_so():
alerts = AlertManager(EventBus(), now=Clock())
alerts.publish = lambda name, value: None
channel = Channel(name="panel", kind="dashboard")
with pytest.raises(ValueError):
asyncio.run(
alerts.send(channel, Alert(title="t", body="b"), raise_on_error=True)
)
ALERTS_ROUTE = Path(__file__).parents[3] / "frontend/src/routes/_layout/alerts.tsx"
@pytest.mark.skipif(not ALERTS_ROUTE.exists(), reason="no frontend in this checkout")
def test_the_alerts_screen_offers_every_alerting_event():
"""The chooser lists the events by hand, so it can drift out of this set.
Only the ids have to agree — the labels beside them are UI copy.
"""
block = re.search(r"const EVENTS[^=]*= \[(.*?)\n\]", ALERTS_ROUTE.read_text(), re.S)
assert block, "the EVENTS list moved — this test needs following"
assert set(re.findall(r'\["(\w+)"', block.group(1))) == ALERTING_EVENTS