etherpad-lite/src/node
John McLear 986f139a61
feat(metrics): 3 Prometheus counters for scaling dive (#7756) (#7762)
* feat(metrics): expose 3 Prometheus counters for the scaling dive

Per the spec section 6 of #7756: enables the load-test harness to
attribute *where* time goes on the server, not just the gauge headline
(CPU / event-loop / memory) the dive doc starts from.

New /stats/prometheus rows:

- etherpad_pad_users{padId} — gauge, derived from sessioninfos on
  each scrape. Lets the harness confirm the pad it points at actually
  has the expected concurrency.

- etherpad_changeset_apply_duration_seconds — histogram observed
  inside handleUserChanges. Separates "apply path is slow" from
  "fan-out is slow" when latency rises.

- etherpad_socket_emits_total{type} — counter at the broadcast
  emit sites (handleCustomObjectMessage, handleCustomMessage,
  sendChatMessageToPadClients) and inside the NEW_CHANGES per-socket
  loop in updatePadClients. Bucketed by message type so the harness
  can measure the amplification factor of each lever (especially the
  fan-out batching lever).

Metric handles live in a new prom-instruments.ts module rather than
in prometheus.ts itself, so PadMessageHandler can import the
recording helpers without creating a circular dependency
(prometheus.ts already requires PadMessageHandler).

Tests: smoke test verifies recordSocketEmit + recordChangesetApply
move the underlying counters/histogram.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(metrics): address Qodo review — flag-gate, scope histogram, bound label cardinality

Three issues raised on the initial PR:

1. **Feature flag.** Per project compliance rule, new features must
   be behind a flag and disabled by default. Adds
   `settings.scalingDiveMetrics` (default `false`). When off,
   recordSocketEmit() / recordChangesetApply() short-circuit to
   no-ops and the metrics are never even registered with the
   Prometheus register. Enable only when running the
   ether/etherpad-load-test scaling-dive harness.

2. **Histogram scope.** Previously the
   etherpad_changeset_apply_duration_seconds timer wrapped the
   whole handleUserChanges() body — including
   `await exports.updatePadClients(pad)` — so the histogram
   measured apply+fan-out, defeating its stated purpose. Now
   stopped immediately after the apply work (`assert.equal(...rev,
   r)`), before the ACCEPT_COMMIT socket emit and the
   updatePadClients call. Failed applies deliberately don't observe
   so the success-path distribution stays clean.

3. **Label cardinality.** handleCustomMessage was passing the
   user-supplied msgString (an HTTP-API param) directly as the
   `type` label value. A misbehaving API caller could grow
   prom-client's internal label map until OOM. Now bucketed against
   a known-types allowlist; anything outside it lands in `other`.

Tests updated: 5/5 — covers happy path, "other" bucketing of
unknown/unsafe labels, and that the flag-disabled state is a true
no-op.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-15 19:54:42 +01:00
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db feat(gdpr): admin UI for author erasure (follow-up to #7550) (#7667) 2026-05-14 08:11:48 +01:00
eejs
handler feat(metrics): 3 Prometheus counters for scaling dive (#7756) (#7762) 2026-05-15 19:54:42 +01:00
hooks admin: parsed JSONC settings editor (takes over #7666, closes #7603) (#7709) 2026-05-15 10:41:37 +01:00
security
types feat(api): clean up published OpenAPI spec for downstream codegens (#7714) 2026-05-10 13:02:05 +01:00
updater feat(updater): tier 3 — auto update with grace window (#7607) (#7720) 2026-05-12 20:50:06 +01:00
utils feat(metrics): 3 Prometheus counters for scaling dive (#7756) (#7762) 2026-05-15 19:54:42 +01:00
metrics.ts
padaccess.ts
prom-instruments.ts feat(metrics): 3 Prometheus counters for scaling dive (#7756) (#7762) 2026-05-15 19:54:42 +01:00
prometheus.ts feat(metrics): 3 Prometheus counters for scaling dive (#7756) (#7762) 2026-05-15 19:54:42 +01:00
README.md
server.ts feat(updater): tier 2 — manual-click update from /admin/update (#7607) (#7704) 2026-05-10 09:00:07 +01:00
stats.ts

About the folder structure

  • db - all modules that are accessing the data structure and are communicating directly to the database
  • handler - all modules that respond directly to requests/messages of the browser
  • utils - helper modules

Module name conventions

Module file names start with a capital letter and uses camelCase

Where does it start?

server.ts is started directly