fix(backend): enforce 5s sleep between upstream pulls

Might fix #2888

cmd/karma/main_test.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prymitive/karma/internal/config"
 
@@ -121,3 +122,36 @@ func TestGetViewURL(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPullFromAlertmanager(t *testing.T) {
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.FatalLevel)
+	mockConfig()
+	mockCache()
+	lastPull = time.Time{}
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	pullFromAlertmanager()
+	dur := time.Since(start)
+	if dur > time.Second {
+		t.Errorf("First pullFromAlertmanager took %s, expected <= 1s", dur)
+		return
+	}
+
+	start = time.Now()
+	pullFromAlertmanager()
+	dur = time.Since(start)
+	if dur < time.Second*5 {
+		t.Errorf("Second pullFromAlertmanager took %s, expected >= 5s", dur)
+		return
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Second * 6)
+
+	start = time.Now()
+	pullFromAlertmanager()
+	dur = time.Since(start)
+	if dur > time.Second {
+		t.Errorf("Third pullFromAlertmanager took %s, expected <= 1s", dur)
+		return
+	}
+}

cmd/karma/timer.go

@@ -3,16 +3,30 @@ package main
 import (
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prymitive/karma/internal/alertmanager"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
+var (
+	lastPull time.Time
+)
+
 func pullFromAlertmanager() {
 	// always flush cache once we're done
 	defer apiCache.Flush()
 
+	// Ensure that we're not putting write locks in a tight loop
+	// We need at least 5s since last pull
+	nextPull := lastPull.Add(time.Second * 5)
+	waitNeeded := time.Until(nextPull)
+	if waitNeeded > 0 {
+		log.Warn().Dur("wait", waitNeeded).Msg("Less than 5s since the last pull, will wait before next cycle to process client requests, try increasing alertmanager.interval option if you see this warning too often")
+		time.Sleep(waitNeeded)
+	}
+
 	log.Info().Msg("Pulling latest alerts and silences from Alertmanager")
 
 	upstreams := alertmanager.GetAlertmanagers()
@@ -34,6 +48,8 @@ func pullFromAlertmanager() {
 
 	log.Info().Msg("Collection completed")
 	runtime.GC()
+
+	lastPull = time.Now()
 }
 
 // Tick is the background timer used to call PullFromAlertmanager

cmd/karma/views_test.go

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ func mockAlerts(version string) {
 	mock.RegisterURL("http://localhost/api/v2/silences", version, "api/v2/silences")
 	mock.RegisterURL("http://localhost/api/v2/alerts/groups", version, "api/v2/alerts/groups")
 
+	lastPull = time.Time{}
 	pullFromAlertmanager()
 }
 
@@ -2308,6 +2309,7 @@ func TestUpstreamStatus(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, m := range testCase.mocks {
 				httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", m.uri, httpmock.NewStringResponder(m.code, m.body))
 			}
+			lastPull = time.Time{}
 			pullFromAlertmanager()
 
 			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/alerts.json?q=@receiver=by-cluster-service&q=alertname=HTTP_Probe_Failed&q=instance=web1", nil)
@@ -2550,6 +2552,7 @@ func TestAlertFilters(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
 
+				lastPull = time.Time{}
 				pullFromAlertmanager()
 
 				r := testRouter()