// Copyright 2018 Prometheus Team // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package dispatch import ( "context" "errors" "fmt" "log/slog" "sort" "sync" "time" "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus" "github.com/prometheus/common/model" "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/notify" "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/provider" "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/store" "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/types" ) // DispatcherMetrics represents metrics associated to a dispatcher. type DispatcherMetrics struct { aggrGroups prometheus.Gauge processingDuration prometheus.Summary aggrGroupLimitReached prometheus.Counter } // NewDispatcherMetrics returns a new registered DispatchMetrics. func NewDispatcherMetrics(registerLimitMetrics bool, r prometheus.Registerer) *DispatcherMetrics { m := DispatcherMetrics{ aggrGroups: prometheus.NewGauge( prometheus.GaugeOpts{ Name: "alertmanager_dispatcher_aggregation_groups", Help: "Number of active aggregation groups", }, ), processingDuration: prometheus.NewSummary( prometheus.SummaryOpts{ Name: "alertmanager_dispatcher_alert_processing_duration_seconds", Help: "Summary of latencies for the processing of alerts.", }, ), aggrGroupLimitReached: prometheus.NewCounter( prometheus.CounterOpts{ Name: "alertmanager_dispatcher_aggregation_group_limit_reached_total", Help: "Number of times when dispatcher failed to create new aggregation group due to limit.", }, ), } if r != nil { r.MustRegister(m.aggrGroups, m.processingDuration) if registerLimitMetrics { r.MustRegister(m.aggrGroupLimitReached) } } return &m } // Dispatcher sorts incoming alerts into aggregation groups and // assigns the correct notifiers to each. type Dispatcher struct { route *Route alerts provider.Alerts stage notify.Stage marker types.GroupMarker metrics *DispatcherMetrics limits Limits timeout func(time.Duration) time.Duration mtx sync.RWMutex aggrGroupsPerRoute map[*Route]map[model.Fingerprint]*aggrGroup aggrGroupsNum int done chan struct{} ctx context.Context cancel func() logger *slog.Logger } // Limits describes limits used by Dispatcher. type Limits interface { // MaxNumberOfAggregationGroups returns max number of aggregation groups that dispatcher can have. // 0 or negative value = unlimited. // If dispatcher hits this limit, it will not create additional groups, but will log an error instead. MaxNumberOfAggregationGroups() int } // NewDispatcher returns a new Dispatcher. func NewDispatcher( ap provider.Alerts, r *Route, s notify.Stage, mk types.GroupMarker, to func(time.Duration) time.Duration, lim Limits, l *slog.Logger, m *DispatcherMetrics, ) *Dispatcher { if lim == nil { lim = nilLimits{} } disp := &Dispatcher{ alerts: ap, stage: s, route: r, marker: mk, timeout: to, logger: l.With("component", "dispatcher"), metrics: m, limits: lim, } return disp } // Run starts dispatching alerts incoming via the updates channel. func (d *Dispatcher) Run() { d.done = make(chan struct{}) d.mtx.Lock() d.aggrGroupsPerRoute = map[*Route]map[model.Fingerprint]*aggrGroup{} d.aggrGroupsNum = 0 d.metrics.aggrGroups.Set(0) d.ctx, d.cancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background()) d.mtx.Unlock() d.run(d.alerts.Subscribe()) close(d.done) } func (d *Dispatcher) run(it provider.AlertIterator) { maintenance := time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second) defer maintenance.Stop() defer it.Close() for { select { case alert, ok := <-it.Next(): if !ok { // Iterator exhausted for some reason. if err := it.Err(); err != nil { d.logger.Error("Error on alert update", "err", err) } return } d.logger.Debug("Received alert", "alert", alert) // Log errors but keep trying. if err := it.Err(); err != nil { d.logger.Error("Error on alert update", "err", err) continue } now := time.Now() for _, r := range d.route.Match(alert.Labels) { d.processAlert(alert, r) } d.metrics.processingDuration.Observe(time.Since(now).Seconds()) case <-maintenance.C: d.doMaintenance() case <-d.ctx.Done(): return } } } func (d *Dispatcher) doMaintenance() { d.mtx.Lock() defer d.mtx.Unlock() for _, groups := range d.aggrGroupsPerRoute { for _, ag := range groups { if ag.empty() { ag.stop() d.marker.DeleteByGroupKey(ag.routeID, ag.GroupKey()) delete(groups, ag.fingerprint()) d.aggrGroupsNum-- d.metrics.aggrGroups.Dec() } } } } // AlertGroup represents how alerts exist within an aggrGroup. type AlertGroup struct { Alerts types.AlertSlice Labels model.LabelSet Receiver string GroupKey string RouteID string } type AlertGroups []*AlertGroup func (ag AlertGroups) Swap(i, j int) { ag[i], ag[j] = ag[j], ag[i] } func (ag AlertGroups) Less(i, j int) bool { if ag[i].Labels.Equal(ag[j].Labels) { return ag[i].Receiver < ag[j].Receiver } return ag[i].Labels.Before(ag[j].Labels) } func (ag AlertGroups) Len() int { return len(ag) } // Groups returns a slice of AlertGroups from the dispatcher's internal state. func (d *Dispatcher) Groups(routeFilter func(*Route) bool, alertFilter func(*types.Alert, time.Time) bool) (AlertGroups, map[model.Fingerprint][]string) { groups := AlertGroups{} d.mtx.RLock() defer d.mtx.RUnlock() // Keep a list of receivers for an alert to prevent checking each alert // again against all routes. The alert has already matched against this // route on ingestion. receivers := map[model.Fingerprint][]string{} now := time.Now() for route, ags := range d.aggrGroupsPerRoute { if !routeFilter(route) { continue } for _, ag := range ags { receiver := route.RouteOpts.Receiver alertGroup := &AlertGroup{ Labels: ag.labels, Receiver: receiver, GroupKey: ag.GroupKey(), RouteID: ag.routeID, } alerts := ag.alerts.List() filteredAlerts := make([]*types.Alert, 0, len(alerts)) for _, a := range alerts { if !alertFilter(a, now) { continue } fp := a.Fingerprint() if r, ok := receivers[fp]; ok { // Receivers slice already exists. Add // the current receiver to the slice. receivers[fp] = append(r, receiver) } else { // First time we've seen this alert fingerprint. // Initialize a new receivers slice. receivers[fp] = []string{receiver} } filteredAlerts = append(filteredAlerts, a) } if len(filteredAlerts) == 0 { continue } alertGroup.Alerts = filteredAlerts groups = append(groups, alertGroup) } } sort.Sort(groups) for i := range groups { sort.Sort(groups[i].Alerts) } for i := range receivers { sort.Strings(receivers[i]) } return groups, receivers } // Stop the dispatcher. func (d *Dispatcher) Stop() { if d == nil { return } d.mtx.Lock() if d.cancel == nil { d.mtx.Unlock() return } d.cancel() d.cancel = nil d.mtx.Unlock() <-d.done } // notifyFunc is a function that performs notification for the alert // with the given fingerprint. It aborts on context cancelation. // Returns false iff notifying failed. type notifyFunc func(context.Context, ...*types.Alert) bool // processAlert determines in which aggregation group the alert falls // and inserts it. func (d *Dispatcher) processAlert(alert *types.Alert, route *Route) { groupLabels := getGroupLabels(alert, route) fp := groupLabels.Fingerprint() d.mtx.Lock() defer d.mtx.Unlock() routeGroups, ok := d.aggrGroupsPerRoute[route] if !ok { routeGroups = map[model.Fingerprint]*aggrGroup{} d.aggrGroupsPerRoute[route] = routeGroups } ag, ok := routeGroups[fp] if ok { ag.insert(alert) return } // If the group does not exist, create it. But check the limit first. if limit := d.limits.MaxNumberOfAggregationGroups(); limit > 0 && d.aggrGroupsNum >= limit { d.metrics.aggrGroupLimitReached.Inc() d.logger.Error("Too many aggregation groups, cannot create new group for alert", "groups", d.aggrGroupsNum, "limit", limit, "alert", alert.Name()) return } ag = newAggrGroup(d.ctx, groupLabels, route, d.timeout, d.logger) routeGroups[fp] = ag d.aggrGroupsNum++ d.metrics.aggrGroups.Inc() // Insert the 1st alert in the group before starting the group's run() // function, to make sure that when the run() will be executed the 1st // alert is already there. ag.insert(alert) go ag.run(func(ctx context.Context, alerts ...*types.Alert) bool { _, _, err := d.stage.Exec(ctx, d.logger, alerts...) if err != nil { logger := d.logger.With("num_alerts", len(alerts), "err", err) if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.Canceled) { // It is expected for the context to be canceled on // configuration reload or shutdown. In this case, the // message should only be logged at the debug level. logger.Debug("Notify for alerts failed") } else { logger.Error("Notify for alerts failed") } } return err == nil }) } func getGroupLabels(alert *types.Alert, route *Route) model.LabelSet { groupLabels := model.LabelSet{} for ln, lv := range alert.Labels { if _, ok := route.RouteOpts.GroupBy[ln]; ok || route.RouteOpts.GroupByAll { groupLabels[ln] = lv } } return groupLabels } // aggrGroup aggregates alert fingerprints into groups to which a // common set of routing options applies. // It emits notifications in the specified intervals. type aggrGroup struct { labels model.LabelSet opts *RouteOpts logger *slog.Logger routeID string routeKey string alerts *store.Alerts ctx context.Context cancel func() done chan struct{} next *time.Timer timeout func(time.Duration) time.Duration mtx sync.RWMutex hasFlushed bool } // newAggrGroup returns a new aggregation group. func newAggrGroup(ctx context.Context, labels model.LabelSet, r *Route, to func(time.Duration) time.Duration, logger *slog.Logger) *aggrGroup { if to == nil { to = func(d time.Duration) time.Duration { return d } } ag := &aggrGroup{ labels: labels, routeID: r.ID(), routeKey: r.Key(), opts: &r.RouteOpts, timeout: to, alerts: store.NewAlerts(), done: make(chan struct{}), } ag.ctx, ag.cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx) ag.logger = logger.With("aggrGroup", ag) // Set an initial one-time wait before flushing // the first batch of notifications. ag.next = time.NewTimer(ag.opts.GroupWait) return ag } func (ag *aggrGroup) fingerprint() model.Fingerprint { return ag.labels.Fingerprint() } func (ag *aggrGroup) GroupKey() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", ag.routeKey, ag.labels) } func (ag *aggrGroup) String() string { return ag.GroupKey() } func (ag *aggrGroup) run(nf notifyFunc) { defer close(ag.done) defer ag.next.Stop() for { select { case now := <-ag.next.C: // Give the notifications time until the next flush to // finish before terminating them. ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ag.ctx, ag.timeout(ag.opts.GroupInterval)) // The now time we retrieve from the ticker is the only reliable // point of time reference for the subsequent notification pipeline. // Calculating the current time directly is prone to flaky behavior, // which usually only becomes apparent in tests. ctx = notify.WithNow(ctx, now) // Populate context with information needed along the pipeline. ctx = notify.WithGroupKey(ctx, ag.GroupKey()) ctx = notify.WithGroupLabels(ctx, ag.labels) ctx = notify.WithReceiverName(ctx, ag.opts.Receiver) ctx = notify.WithRepeatInterval(ctx, ag.opts.RepeatInterval) ctx = notify.WithMuteTimeIntervals(ctx, ag.opts.MuteTimeIntervals) ctx = notify.WithActiveTimeIntervals(ctx, ag.opts.ActiveTimeIntervals) ctx = notify.WithRouteID(ctx, ag.routeID) // Wait the configured interval before calling flush again. ag.mtx.Lock() ag.next.Reset(ag.opts.GroupInterval) ag.hasFlushed = true ag.mtx.Unlock() ag.flush(func(alerts ...*types.Alert) bool { return nf(ctx, alerts...) }) cancel() case <-ag.ctx.Done(): return } } } func (ag *aggrGroup) stop() { // Calling cancel will terminate all in-process notifications // and the run() loop. ag.cancel() <-ag.done } // insert inserts the alert into the aggregation group. func (ag *aggrGroup) insert(alert *types.Alert) { if err := ag.alerts.Set(alert); err != nil { ag.logger.Error("error on set alert", "err", err) } // Immediately trigger a flush if the wait duration for this // alert is already over. ag.mtx.Lock() defer ag.mtx.Unlock() if !ag.hasFlushed && alert.StartsAt.Add(ag.opts.GroupWait).Before(time.Now()) { ag.next.Reset(0) } } func (ag *aggrGroup) empty() bool { return ag.alerts.Empty() } // flush sends notifications for all new alerts. func (ag *aggrGroup) flush(notify func(...*types.Alert) bool) { if ag.empty() { return } var ( alerts = ag.alerts.List() alertsSlice = make(types.AlertSlice, 0, len(alerts)) resolvedSlice = make(types.AlertSlice, 0, len(alerts)) now = time.Now() ) for _, alert := range alerts { a := *alert // Ensure that alerts don't resolve as time move forwards. if a.ResolvedAt(now) { resolvedSlice = append(resolvedSlice, &a) } else { a.EndsAt = time.Time{} } alertsSlice = append(alertsSlice, &a) } sort.Stable(alertsSlice) ag.logger.Debug("flushing", "alerts", fmt.Sprintf("%v", alertsSlice)) if notify(alertsSlice...) { // Delete all resolved alerts as we just sent a notification for them, // and we don't want to send another one. However, we need to make sure // that each resolved alert has not fired again during the flush as then // we would delete an active alert thinking it was resolved. if err := ag.alerts.DeleteIfNotModified(resolvedSlice); err != nil { ag.logger.Error("error on delete alerts", "err", err) } } } type nilLimits struct{} func (n nilLimits) MaxNumberOfAggregationGroups() int { return 0 }