prometheus.remote_write: mark component unhealthy if sending samples fails

internal/component/prometheus/remotewrite/remote_write.go

@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ type Component struct {
 	log  log.Logger
 	opts component.Options
 
-	walStore    *wal.Storage
-	remoteStore *remote.Storage
-	storage     storage.Storage
-	exited      atomic.Bool
+	walStore      *wal.Storage
+	remoteStore   *remote.Storage
+	storage       storage.Storage
+	exited        atomic.Bool
+	statusWatcher *statusWatcher
 
 	mut sync.RWMutex
 	cfg Arguments
@@ -80,9 +81,9 @@ func New(o component.Options, c Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	remoteLogger := log.With(o.Logger, "subcomponent", "rw")
-	remoteStore := remote.NewStorage(remoteLogger, o.Registerer, startTime, o.DataPath, remoteFlushDeadline, nil)
+	statusWatcher := &statusWatcher{logger: remoteLogger}
+	remoteStore := remote.NewStorage(statusWatcher, o.Registerer, startTime, o.DataPath, remoteFlushDeadline, nil)
 
 	walStorage.SetNotifier(remoteStore)
 
@@ -93,11 +94,12 @@ func New(o component.Options, c Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 	ls := service.(labelstore.LabelStore)
 
 	res := &Component{
-		log:         o.Logger,
-		opts:        o,
-		walStore:    walStorage,
-		remoteStore: remoteStore,
-		storage:     storage.NewFanout(o.Logger, walStorage, remoteStore),
+		log:           o.Logger,
+		opts:          o,
+		walStore:      walStorage,
+		remoteStore:   remoteStore,
+		storage:       storage.NewFanout(o.Logger, walStorage, remoteStore),
+		statusWatcher: statusWatcher,
 	}
 	res.receiver = prometheus.NewInterceptor(
 		res.storage,
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ func (c *Component) truncateFrequency() time.Duration {
 // Update implements Component.
 func (c *Component) Update(newConfig component.Arguments) error {
 	cfg := newConfig.(Arguments)
-
+	c.statusWatcher.reset()
 	c.mut.Lock()
 	defer c.mut.Unlock()
 
@@ -275,3 +277,7 @@ func (c *Component) Update(newConfig component.Arguments) error {
 	c.cfg = cfg
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *Component) CurrentHealth() component.Health {
+	return c.statusWatcher.CurrentHealth()
+}

internal/component/prometheus/remotewrite/status.go

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package remotewrite
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component"
+)
+
+type statusWatcher struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+
+	lastChange    time.Time
+	lastMessage   string
+	currentHealth component.HealthType
+
+	mut sync.Mutex
+}
+
+// Log intercepts log messages to the remote write to check component status
+func (s *statusWatcher) Log(keyvals ...interface{}) error {
+
+	msg, err := "", ""
+	// look specifically for msg = "non-recoverable error"
+	for i := 0; i < len(keyvals)-1; i += 2 {
+		k := fmt.Sprint(keyvals[i])
+		v := fmt.Sprint(keyvals[i+1])
+		switch k {
+		case "msg":
+			msg = v
+		case "err":
+			err = v
+		}
+	}
+	if msg == "non-recoverable error" {
+		s.mut.Lock()
+		s.lastChange = time.Now()
+		s.lastMessage = err
+		s.currentHealth = component.HealthTypeUnhealthy
+		s.mut.Unlock()
+	}
+	// pass through to real logger no matter what
+	return s.logger.Log(keyvals...)
+}
+
+func (s *statusWatcher) CurrentHealth() component.Health {
+	// time after wich we assume we are healthy if no more errors have happened
+	// its hard to get a clear signal things are fully working, so this is an ok substitute.
+	// TODO: perhaps this could be heuristically inferred from the frequency of failures, or by observing various metrics
+	// as they pass through the remote write component's append hook
+	const resetTime = 2 * time.Minute
+	// time on startup we take to go from unknown to healthy
+	const initTime = 10 * time.Second
+	s.mut.Lock()
+	defer s.mut.Unlock()
+	if (s.currentHealth == component.HealthTypeUnhealthy && time.Since(s.lastChange) > resetTime) ||
+		(s.currentHealth == component.HealthTypeUnknown && time.Since(s.lastChange) > initTime) {
+		s.currentHealth = component.HealthTypeHealthy
+		s.lastChange = time.Now()
+		s.lastMessage = "Healthy"
+	}
+	fmt.Println(s.currentHealth, s.lastChange)
+	return component.Health{
+		Health:     s.currentHealth,
+		Message:    s.lastMessage,
+		UpdateTime: s.lastChange,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *statusWatcher) reset() {
+	s.mut.Lock()
+	defer s.mut.Unlock()
+	s.currentHealth = component.HealthTypeUnknown
+	s.lastChange = time.Now()
+	s.lastMessage = "reloaded"
+}