in_tail: add processed and abandoned raw byte metrics - #12361
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 8 included reviews per hour; 7 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe tail input adds CMT counters for processed source bytes and abandoned unread bytes. It updates these counters during offset processing, truncation, deletion, and rotation. Runtime and integration tests validate counter values and Prometheus output. ChangesTail byte metrics
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant tail_fs_stat
participant tail_fs_inotify
participant flb_tail_file
participant CMT_counters
participant Prometheus
tail_fs_stat->>flb_tail_file: detect truncation or deletion
tail_fs_inotify->>flb_tail_file: detect deleted or rotated file
flb_tail_file->>CMT_counters: update processed or abandoned bytes
CMT_counters->>Prometheus: expose input metric values
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In `@plugins/in_tail/tail_file.c`:
- Around line 267-268: Update the unread_before_trunc calculation in
flb_tail_file_reset_on_truncate to derive the pre-truncation file size as
file->size minus size_delta before comparing with prev_db_offset; preserve the
existing abandoned-byte accounting using that derived size.
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In `@plugins/in_tail/tail_config.c`:
- Around line 501-502: Move the declarations of ts and name to the beginning of
flb_tail_config_create, before other executable statements, while preserving
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Summary of Changes
This PR adds two cumulative raw source-file byte counters to
in_tail:fluentbit_input_files_processed_bytes_total0flb_tail_file_db_offset).fluentbit_input_files_abandoned_bytes_total0Motivation & Problem Statement
Why?
High sustained log volume and sudden bursts can rotate files faster than
in_tailcan drain them. Downstream backpressure may eventually fill Fluent Bit’s buffers and pause the input, while CPU contention may makein_tailfall behind without entering the paused state.If this lag persists until
Rotate_Waitexpires,in_tailcan stop tracking a rotated file before reaching end-of-file. Deletion or truncation can cause the same loss. Any unread bytes are then permanently lost before becoming Fluent Bit records.Existing observability cannot quantify this loss. File removal is generally logged at debug level, while rotation expiry produces a warning only when unread data remain and ingestion is paused at that moment. Neither reports how many bytes were lost. The existing
fluentbit_input_bytes_totalmetric measures encoded pipeline data, not raw source-file bytes, so it cannot be compared with file sizes and offsets.How?
This PR adds two raw source-file byte counters without changing existing tailing or rotation behaviour:
fluentbit_input_files_processed_bytes_totalrecords bytes advanced past the resumable file offset.fluentbit_input_files_abandoned_bytes_totalrecords unread bytes lost through rotation expiry, deletion, or truncation.Together, they let developers quantify tracked-file loss, tune
Rotate_Wait, buffering, and resource limits, and calculate:When calculating completeness over an observation window, use the increase in both counters over that same window.
A temporary pause is not loss and does not reduce the ratio. The ratio falls only when unread tracked bytes are actually abandoned, avoiding false loss signals caused by ordinary queueing delay.
This measures file-drain completeness for files discovered and tracked by
in_tail. It does not cover files lost before discovery, records skipped by input policies, or failures later in the output pipeline.Upstream Context
This is a challenge across the Fluent Bit community
Rotate_Waitcan drain, causing hundreds of megabytes of logs to be dropped without metric visibility.in_tail: Expose Metrics to Track Skipped Long Lines"): Established the direct precedent of adding dedicatedcmetricscounters (fluentbit_input_long_line_skipped_total) to give operators visibility into silent edge loss.This pull request addresses this gap by introducing two raw-byte counters that measure bytes successfully advanced past the resumable offset versus unread bytes permanently abandoned upon terminal file removal.
Key Implementation Details
0at plugin start so zero-valued series exist before the first read or rotation.flb_tail_file_db_offset()viaupdate_resumable_offset_state(), preventing double-counting on restart.max(0, st_size - flb_tail_file_db_offset())usingfstat(2)atflb_tail_file_purge(),check_purge_deleted_file(), backend deletion handlers, andflb_tail_file_reset_on_truncate().Testing
Before we can approve your change; please submit the following in a comment:
Verbatim Fluent Bit debug log output during rotation and terminal purge:
Metrics scraped from
/api/v2/metrics/prometheus:Runtime test verification:
tests/runtime/in_tail.c(flb-rt-in_tailpasses all test cases)ok-package-testlabel to test for all targets (requires maintainer to do).Documentation
docs: pipeline: inputs: tail: document byte completeness metrics fluent-bit-docs#2693
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