out_azure_logs_ingestion: defer and batch engine chunks - #12400
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Azure Logs Ingestion output plugin adds optional deferred batching. It validates batch settings, combines event chunks, sends them with size and timeout controls, records payload metrics, handles shutdown and reload states, and adds integration coverage. ChangesAzure Logs deferred batching
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant EventChunk
participant az_li_batch_flush
participant batch_wakeup
participant az_li_send_payload
participant AzureLogsEndpoint
EventChunk->>az_li_batch_flush: queue event chunk
az_li_batch_flush->>batch_wakeup: schedule timeout wakeup
batch_wakeup->>az_li_batch_flush: close batch and resume leader
az_li_batch_flush->>az_li_send_payload: send concatenated payload
az_li_send_payload->>AzureLogsEndpoint: HTTP request
AzureLogsEndpoint-->>az_li_send_payload: response result
az_li_batch_flush-->>EventChunk: shared result
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Under scheduler load, partial Azure batches may remain pending beyond the configured timeout. This timing contract should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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| if (ctx->batch->draining == FLB_TRUE && | ||
| ctx->batch->drain_attempted == FLB_TRUE && | ||
| config->shutdown_by_hot_reloading == FLB_FALSE) { | ||
| return FLB_RETRY; |
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When a normal shutdown drain makes one unsuccessful request, drain_attempted is set and every subsequent flush returns FLB_RETRY here without making another request. In-memory chunks therefore cannot recover from a transient failure before grace expires, and with grace -1 the service can remain alive indefinitely while repeatedly scheduling retries that this guard prevents from sending. Allow shutdown retries to perform another drain attempt.
AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L276-L280
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| result = az_li_send_payload(ctx, buffer, size, config); | ||
| flb_free(buffer); | ||
| if (result != FLB_OK) { | ||
| return FLB_RETRY; |
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When az_li_send_payload() returns FLB_ERROR, such as when the concatenated MessagePack cannot be decoded, this wrapper converts it to FLB_RETRY. Unlike the non-batched path, a permanently malformed chunk then retries indefinitely and can repeatedly poison valid chunks grouped with it; return the original status so permanent failures follow the drop path.
AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L276-L280
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| batch->waited_ms += batch->timer_delay_ms; | ||
| remaining_ms = ctx->batch_timeout * 1000 - batch->waited_ms; |
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If the event loop is busy or blocked and these 100 ms timer callbacks run late, adding only the requested timer delay substantially undercounts real elapsed time. An underfilled batch configured with a three-second maximum can consequently remain queued far longer than three seconds; record a monotonic deadline when the batch is created and calculate the remaining delay from current time.
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In `@plugins/out_azure_logs_ingestion/azure_logs_ingestion_batch.c`:
- Around line 159-160: Update the batch timeout logic around waited_ms so it
uses a monotonic start time or deadline captured when the batch is created,
rather than accumulating requested timer delays. At each wakeup, obtain the
current monotonic time and compute remaining_ms from the actual elapsed time,
preserving timeout behavior while preventing late callbacks from extending the
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plugins/out_azure_logs_ingestion/CMakeLists.txtplugins/out_azure_logs_ingestion/azure_logs_ingestion.cplugins/out_azure_logs_ingestion/azure_logs_ingestion.hplugins/out_azure_logs_ingestion/azure_logs_ingestion_batch.cplugins/out_azure_logs_ingestion/azure_logs_ingestion_batch.hplugins/out_azure_logs_ingestion/azure_logs_ingestion_conf.ctests/integration/scenarios/out_azure_logs_ingestion/config/out_azure_logs_ingestion_batching.yamltests/integration/scenarios/out_azure_logs_ingestion/config/out_azure_logs_ingestion_batching_filesystem.yamltests/integration/scenarios/out_azure_logs_ingestion/config/out_azure_logs_ingestion_batching_hot_reload.yamltests/integration/scenarios/out_azure_logs_ingestion/config/out_azure_logs_ingestion_batching_short_timeout.yamltests/integration/scenarios/out_azure_logs_ingestion/config/out_azure_logs_ingestion_batching_two_outputs.yamltests/integration/scenarios/out_azure_logs_ingestion/config/out_azure_logs_ingestion_batching_workers.yamltests/integration/scenarios/out_azure_logs_ingestion/tests/test_out_azure_logs_ingestion_001.py
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| batch->waited_ms += batch->timer_delay_ms; | ||
| remaining_ms = ctx->batch_timeout * 1000 - batch->waited_ms; |
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Measure the timeout with a monotonic deadline.
waited_ms counts requested timer delays instead of actual elapsed time. If the scheduler runs a 100 ms callback one second late, this code adds only 100 ms and schedules more polling cycles. A batch can remain pending well after batch_timeout.
Store a monotonic start time or deadline when the batch is created. At each wakeup, compare the current monotonic time with that deadline.
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In `@plugins/out_azure_logs_ingestion/azure_logs_ingestion_batch.c` around lines
159 - 160, Update the batch timeout logic around waited_ms so it uses a
monotonic start time or deadline captured when the batch is created, rather than
accumulating requested timer delays. At each wakeup, obtain the current
monotonic time and compute remaining_ms from the actual elapsed time, preserving
timeout behavior while preventing late callbacks from extending the batch
lifetime.
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Summary
Add opt-in, fixed-count batching of complete Fluent Bit engine chunks to
out_azure_logs_ingestion.Each participating output callback remains pending while the plugin borrows its engine-owned chunk. When the configured count or timeout is reached, one callback concatenates the still-owned MessagePack chunks, formats and compresses the combined payload, and sends one Azure request. Every member then returns the same result.
This is deliberately stacked on the request payload metrics in #12392 and supersedes the plugin-owned SQLite design in #12374.
Batching-only diff
GitHub cannot use a fork branch as the base of a PR targeting
fluent/fluent-bit. Until #12392 merges, review the one-commit batching comparison:azure-logs-ingestion-request-metrics...nourdouf/azure-logs-ingestion-deferred-batching
The batching commit is
6177671d1; its parent is the current #12392 head (07de56883). After #12392 merges, this branch will be rebased ontomaster.Scope
The final diff is plugin-only:
plugins/out_azure_logs_ingestionplus its integration scenario. It does not modify Fluent Bit core, routing, storage, scheduler, reload, or native-plugin APIs.The implementation combines the strongest parts of two independent prototypes:
No per-chunk payload copy is retained by the plugin. A transient combined buffer exists only while an actual request is being built and sent.
Delivery contract
FLB_OKuntil Azure responds with 2xx.FLB_RETRYto every member.Delivery remains at-least-once. Azure acceptance followed by a lost response can produce duplicates.
Lifecycle
workers=0, default thread-safe hot reload, and pre-reload dry-run validation in deployment tooling.macOS library stop cancels the engine worker before it can prove lifecycle drain; Linux-only lifecycle tests are skipped on macOS rather than adding unrelated core changes to this PR.
Metrics compatibility
The #12392 histograms continue to represent actual HTTP attempts:
fluentbit_azure_logs_ingestion_uncompressed_payload_size_bytesfluentbit_azure_logs_ingestion_http_payload_size_bytesA batched attempt records the combined formatted JSON size and compressed request size once. Retries record another observation. A batch rejected before HTTP creation is not counted as an HTTP attempt.
batch_chunk_count 1preserves the legacy path.Configuration
Batching is disabled by default:
Batched mode requires:
batch_chunk_countfrom 2 through 8;batch_timeout, shorter than finiteGrace;workers 0; andExisting network timeout defaults are unchanged. Filesystem engine storage is recommended for restart durability.
Validation
Current macOS validation:
Real development-DCR validation using an Azure CLI forwarding shim:
Linux lifecycle tests cover partial and in-flight shutdown, hot-reload drain, retrying hot reload, and filesystem restart. They are required before promoting beyond draft/canary.
Rollout
After Linux CI validation, this is intended for a narrow supervised canary using
batch_chunk_count 3,batch_timeout 3s,workers 0, and filesystem storage. Monitor request rate, request size, retries, oversize warnings, RSS, shutdown duration, and filesystem backlog before widening.Summary by CodeRabbit
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