Handles ns to ms conversion for event loop delay metrics

src/core/server/metrics/event_loop_delays/event_loop_delays_monitor.mocks.ts

@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import type { EventLoopDelaysMonitor } from './event_loop_delays_monitor';
 import type { IntervalHistogram } from '../types';
 
-function createMockHistogram(overwrites: Partial<IntervalHistogram> = {}): IntervalHistogram {
+function createMockRawNsDataHistogram(
+  overwrites: Partial<IntervalHistogram> = {}
+): IntervalHistogram {
   const now = Date.now();
 
-  return {
+  const mockedRawCollectedDataInNs = {
     min: 9093120,
     max: 53247999,
-    mean: 11993238.600747818,
+    mean: 11993238,
     exceeds: 0,
-    stddev: 1168191.9357543814,
+    stddev: 1168191,
     fromTimestamp: moment(now).toISOString(),
     lastUpdatedAt: moment(now).toISOString(),
     percentiles: {
@@ -28,6 +30,31 @@ function createMockHistogram(overwrites: Partial<IntervalHistogram> = {}): Inter
     },
     ...overwrites,
   };
+  return mockedRawCollectedDataInNs;
+}
+
+function createMockMonitorDataMsHistogram(
+  overwrites: Partial<IntervalHistogram> = {}
+): IntervalHistogram {
+  const now = Date.now();
+
+  const mockedRawCollectedDataInMs = {
+    min: 9.09312,
+    max: 53.247999,
+    mean: 11.993238,
+    exceeds: 0,
+    stddev: 1.168191,
+    fromTimestamp: moment(now).toISOString(),
+    lastUpdatedAt: moment(now).toISOString(),
+    percentiles: {
+      '50': 12.607487,
+      '75': 12.615679,
+      '95': 12.648447,
+      '99': 12.713983,
+    },
+    ...overwrites,
+  };
+  return mockedRawCollectedDataInMs;
 }
 
 function createMockEventLoopDelaysMonitor() {
@@ -40,12 +67,12 @@ function createMockEventLoopDelaysMonitor() {
       stop: jest.fn(),
     });
 
-  mockCollect.mockReturnValue(createMockHistogram());
+  mockCollect.mockReturnValue(createMockMonitorDataMsHistogram()); // this must mock the return value of the public collect method from this monitor.
 
   return new MockEventLoopDelaysMonitor();
 }
 
 export const mocked = {
-  createHistogram: createMockHistogram,
+  createHistogram: createMockRawNsDataHistogram, // raw data as received from Node.js perf_hooks.monitorEventLoopDelay([options])
   createEventLoopDelaysMonitor: createMockEventLoopDelaysMonitor,
 };

src/core/server/metrics/event_loop_delays/event_loop_delays_monitor.test.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable dot-notation */
 jest.mock('perf_hooks');
 import { monitorEventLoopDelay } from 'perf_hooks';
-import { EventLoopDelaysMonitor } from './event_loop_delays_monitor';
+import { EventLoopDelaysMonitor, nsToMs } from './event_loop_delays_monitor';
 import { mocked } from './event_loop_delays_monitor.mocks';
 
 describe('EventLoopDelaysMonitor', () => {
@@ -39,10 +39,20 @@ describe('EventLoopDelaysMonitor', () => {
     expect(eventLoopDelaysMonitor['loopMonitor'].percentile).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, 95);
     expect(eventLoopDelaysMonitor['loopMonitor'].percentile).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(4, 99);
 
-    // mocked perf_hook returns `mocked.createHistogram()`.
+    // mocked perf_hook returns `mocked.createNsHistogram()` that returns data in ns.
+    // The `collect` function returns the data in ms.
     // This ensures that the wiring of the `collect` function is correct.
     const mockedHistogram = mocked.createHistogram();
-    expect(histogramData).toEqual(mockedHistogram);
+
+    expect(histogramData.min).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.min));
+    expect(histogramData.max).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.max));
+    expect(histogramData.mean).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.mean));
+    expect(histogramData.stddev).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.stddev));
+    expect(histogramData.exceeds).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.exceeds));
+    expect(histogramData.percentiles['50']).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.percentiles['50']));
+    expect(histogramData.percentiles['75']).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.percentiles['75']));
+    expect(histogramData.percentiles['95']).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.percentiles['95']));
+    expect(histogramData.percentiles['99']).toEqual(nsToMs(mockedHistogram.percentiles['99']));
   });
 
   test('#reset resets histogram data', () => {

src/core/server/metrics/event_loop_delays/event_loop_delays_monitor.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,23 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
+import moment from 'moment';
 import type { IntervalHistogram as PerfIntervalHistogram } from 'perf_hooks';
 import { monitorEventLoopDelay } from 'perf_hooks';
 import type { IntervalHistogram } from '../types';
 
+/**
+ * Nanosecond to milisecond conversion unit
+ */
+export const ONE_MILLISECOND_AS_NANOSECONDS = 1000000;
+
+/**
+ * Converts time metric from ns to ms
+ **/
+export function nsToMs(metric: number) {
+  return moment.duration(metric / ONE_MILLISECOND_AS_NANOSECONDS).asMilliseconds();
+}
+
 export class EventLoopDelaysMonitor {
   private readonly loopMonitor: PerfIntervalHistogram;
   private fromTimestamp: Date;
@@ -28,31 +41,41 @@ export class EventLoopDelaysMonitor {
    * Collect gathers event loop delays metrics from nodejs perf_hooks.monitorEventLoopDelay
    * the histogram calculations start from the last time `reset` was called or this
    * EventLoopDelaysMonitor instance was created.
+   *
+   * Returns metrics in milliseconds.
+
    * @returns {IntervalHistogram}
    */
+
   public collect(): IntervalHistogram {
     const lastUpdated = new Date();
     this.loopMonitor.disable();
-    const { min, max, mean, exceeds, stddev } = this.loopMonitor;
+    const {
+      min: minNs,
+      max: maxNs,
+      mean: meanNs,
+      exceeds: exceedsNs,
+      stddev: stddevNs,
+    } = this.loopMonitor;
 
-    const collectedData: IntervalHistogram = {
-      min,
-      max,
-      mean,
-      exceeds,
-      stddev,
+    const collectedDataMs: IntervalHistogram = {
+      min: nsToMs(minNs),
+      max: nsToMs(maxNs),
+      mean: nsToMs(meanNs),
+      exceeds: nsToMs(exceedsNs),
+      stddev: nsToMs(stddevNs),
       fromTimestamp: this.fromTimestamp.toISOString(),
       lastUpdatedAt: lastUpdated.toISOString(),
       percentiles: {
-        50: this.loopMonitor.percentile(50),
-        75: this.loopMonitor.percentile(75),
-        95: this.loopMonitor.percentile(95),
-        99: this.loopMonitor.percentile(99),
+        50: nsToMs(this.loopMonitor.percentile(50)),
+        75: nsToMs(this.loopMonitor.percentile(75)),
+        95: nsToMs(this.loopMonitor.percentile(95)),
+        99: nsToMs(this.loopMonitor.percentile(99)),
       },
     };
 
     this.loopMonitor.enable();
-    return collectedData;
+    return collectedDataMs;
   }
 
   /**

src/core/server/metrics/types.ts

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export interface OpsMetrics {
 
 /**
  * an IntervalHistogram object that samples and reports the event loop delay over time.
- * The delays will be reported in nanoseconds.
+ * The delays will be reported in milliseconds.
  *
  * @public
  */

src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/constants.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const MONITOR_EVENT_LOOP_DELAYS_RESET = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 export const MONITOR_EVENT_LOOP_DELAYS_START = 1 * 60 * 1000;
 
 /**
- * Mean event loop delay threshold for logging a warning.
+ * Mean event loop delay threshold in ms for logging a warning.
  */
 export const MONITOR_EVENT_LOOP_WARN_THRESHOLD = 350;
 
@@ -45,8 +45,3 @@ export const MONITOR_EVENT_LOOP_THRESHOLD_START = 1 * 60 * 1000;
  * Check the event loop utilization every 30 seconds
  */
 export const MONITOR_EVENT_LOOP_THRESHOLD_INTERVAL = 30 * 1000;
-
-/**
- * Nanosecond to milisecond conversion unit
- */
-export const ONE_MILLISECOND_AS_NANOSECONDS = 1000000;

src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/schema.ts

@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ export const eventLoopDelaysUsageSchema: MakeSchemaFrom<EventLoopDelaysUsageRepo
       min: {
         type: 'long',
         _meta: {
-          description: 'The minimum recorded event loop delay.',
+          description: 'The minimum recorded event loop delay in ms.',
         },
       },
       max: {
         type: 'long',
         _meta: {
-          description: 'The maximum recorded event loop delay.',
+          description: 'The maximum recorded event loop delay in ms.',
         },
       },
       mean: {
         type: 'long',
         _meta: {
-          description: 'The mean of the recorded event loop delays.',
+          description: 'The mean of the recorded event loop delays in ms.',
         },
       },
       exceeds: {
@@ -84,32 +84,32 @@ export const eventLoopDelaysUsageSchema: MakeSchemaFrom<EventLoopDelaysUsageRepo
       stddev: {
         type: 'long',
         _meta: {
-          description: 'The standard deviation of the recorded event loop delays.',
+          description: 'The standard deviation of the recorded event loop delays  in ms.',
         },
       },
       percentiles: {
         '50': {
           type: 'long',
           _meta: {
-            description: 'The 50th accumulated percentile distribution',
+            description: 'The 50th accumulated percentile distribution in ms',
           },
         },
         '75': {
           type: 'long',
           _meta: {
-            description: 'The 75th accumulated percentile distribution',
+            description: 'The 75th accumulated percentile distribution in ms',
           },
         },
         '95': {
           type: 'long',
           _meta: {
-            description: 'The 95th accumulated percentile distribution',
+            description: 'The 95th accumulated percentile distribution in ms',
           },
         },
         '99': {
           type: 'long',
           _meta: {
-            description: 'The 99th accumulated percentile distribution',
+            description: 'The 99th accumulated percentile distribution in ms',
           },
         },
       },

src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_delays.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { storeHistogram } from './saved_objects';
  * The monitoring of the event loop starts immediately.
  * The first collection of the histogram happens after 1 minute.
  * The daily histogram data is updated every 1 hour.
+ * The histogram metrics are in milliseconds.
  */
 export function startTrackingEventLoopDelaysUsage(
   internalRepository: ISavedObjectsRepository,

src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/event_loop_delays/track_threshold.ts

@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@
 import { takeUntil, finalize } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Observable, timer } from 'rxjs';
 import type { Logger } from 'kibana/server';
-import moment from 'moment';
 import type { UsageCounter } from '../../../../usage_collection/server';
 import {
   MONITOR_EVENT_LOOP_THRESHOLD_START,
   MONITOR_EVENT_LOOP_THRESHOLD_INTERVAL,
   MONITOR_EVENT_LOOP_WARN_THRESHOLD,
-  ONE_MILLISECOND_AS_NANOSECONDS,
 } from './constants';
 import type { EventLoopDelaysMonitor } from '../../../../../core/server';
 
@@ -48,14 +46,11 @@ export function startTrackingEventLoopDelaysThreshold(
       finalize(() => eventLoopDelaysMonitor.stop())
     )
     .subscribe(async () => {
-      const { mean } = eventLoopDelaysMonitor.collect();
-      const meanDurationMs = moment
-        .duration(mean / ONE_MILLISECOND_AS_NANOSECONDS)
-        .asMilliseconds();
+      const { mean: meanMS } = eventLoopDelaysMonitor.collect();
 
-      if (meanDurationMs > warnThreshold) {
+      if (meanMS > warnThreshold) {
         logger.warn(
-          `Average event loop delay threshold exceeded ${warnThreshold}ms. Received ${meanDurationMs}ms. ` +
+          `Average event loop delay threshold exceeded ${warnThreshold}ms. Received ${meanMS}ms. ` +
             `See https://ela.st/kibana-scaling-considerations for more information about scaling Kibana.`
         );
 

src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json

@@ -6944,19 +6944,19 @@
               "min": {
                 "type": "long",
                 "_meta": {
-                  "description": "The minimum recorded event loop delay."
+                  "description": "The minimum recorded event loop delay in ms."
                 }
               },
               "max": {
                 "type": "long",
                 "_meta": {
-                  "description": "The maximum recorded event loop delay."
+                  "description": "The maximum recorded event loop delay in ms."
                 }
               },
               "mean": {
                 "type": "long",
                 "_meta": {
-                  "description": "The mean of the recorded event loop delays."
+                  "description": "The mean of the recorded event loop delays in ms."
                 }
               },
               "exceeds": {
@@ -6968,33 +6968,33 @@
               "stddev": {
                 "type": "long",
                 "_meta": {
-                  "description": "The standard deviation of the recorded event loop delays."
+                  "description": "The standard deviation of the recorded event loop delays  in ms."
                 }
               },
               "percentiles": {
                 "properties": {
                   "50": {
                     "type": "long",
                     "_meta": {
-                      "description": "The 50th accumulated percentile distribution"
+                      "description": "The 50th accumulated percentile distribution in ms"
                     }
                   },
                   "75": {
                     "type": "long",
                     "_meta": {
-                      "description": "The 75th accumulated percentile distribution"
+                      "description": "The 75th accumulated percentile distribution in ms"
                     }
                   },
                   "95": {
                     "type": "long",
                     "_meta": {
-                      "description": "The 95th accumulated percentile distribution"
+                      "description": "The 95th accumulated percentile distribution in ms"
                     }
                   },
                   "99": {
                     "type": "long",
                     "_meta": {
-                      "description": "The 99th accumulated percentile distribution"
+                      "description": "The 99th accumulated percentile distribution in ms"
                     }
                   }
                 }
@@ -9170,4 +9170,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}