Bazel build files are now maintained primarily with `bazel run
gazelle`. This will analyze and merge changes into the build files as
necessitated by certain code changes (e.g. the introduction of new
modules).
In some cases there hints to gazelle in the build files, such as `#
gazelle:erlang...` or `# keep` comments. xref checks on plugins that
depend on the cli are a good example.
- Use the same base .plt everywhere, so there is no need to list
standard apps everywhere
- Fix typespecs: some typos and the use of not-exported types
Since 4.10.0 was released specifically to address an issue we
encountered in RabbitMQ integration with prometheus.erl, new test was
added to validate this functionality in the future.
Also rework elixir dependency handling, so we no longer rely on mix to
fetch the rabbitmq_cli deps
Also:
- Specify ra version with a commit rather than a branch
- Fixup compilation options for erlang 23
- Add missing ra reference in MODULE.bazel
- Add missing flag in oci.yaml
- Reduce bazel rbe jobs to try to save memory
- Use bazel built erlang for erlang git master tests
- Use the same cache for all the workflows but windows
- Avoid using `mix local.hex --force` in elixir rules
- Fetching seems blocked in CI, and this should reduce hex api usage in
all builds, which is always nice
- Remove xref and dialyze tags since rules_erlang 3 includes them in
the defaults
It is already exposed via rabbitmqctl and the API. It is also exposed by
old or unofficial prometheus plugins and other monitoring
integrations (DataDog).
Currently, the quorum queue state machine updates counters via mod_call effects
which are not guaranteed to be executed.
They are updated via mod_call effects such that only the leader
increments the counter (and not the followers).
In certain failure scenarios when dead-lettering lots of messages
at the same time, these mod_call effects might not be executed.
Hence, one shouldn't rely that counters for dead lettered messages
and dead lettered confirmed messages match up 100% even though all
dead-lettered messages were confirmed eventually.
> curl -s localhost:15692/metrics | grep rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered
\# TYPE rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_delivery_limit_total counter
\# HELP rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_delivery_limit_total Total number of messages dead-lettered due to delivery-limit exceeded
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_delivery_limit_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_least_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_delivery_limit_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_most_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_delivery_limit_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="disabled"} 0
\# TYPE rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_expired_total counter
\# HELP rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_expired_total Total number of messages dead-lettered due to message TTL exceeded
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_expired_total{queue_type="rabbit_classic_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_most_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_expired_total{queue_type="rabbit_classic_queue",dead_letter_strategy="disabled"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_expired_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_least_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_expired_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_most_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_expired_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="disabled"} 0
\# TYPE rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_rejected_total counter
\# HELP rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_rejected_total Total number of messages dead-lettered due to basic.reject or basic.nack
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_rejected_total{queue_type="rabbit_classic_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_most_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_rejected_total{queue_type="rabbit_classic_queue",dead_letter_strategy="disabled"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_rejected_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_least_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_rejected_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_most_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_rejected_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="disabled"} 0
\# TYPE rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_confirmed_total counter
\# HELP rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_confirmed_total Total number of messages dead-lettered and confirmed by target queues
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_confirmed_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_least_once"} 0
\# TYPE rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_maxlen_total counter
\# HELP rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_maxlen_total Total number of messages dead-lettered due to overflow drop-head or reject-publish-dlx
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_maxlen_total{queue_type="rabbit_classic_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_most_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_maxlen_total{queue_type="rabbit_classic_queue",dead_letter_strategy="disabled"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_maxlen_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="at_most_once"} 0
rabbitmq_global_messages_dead_lettered_maxlen_total{queue_type="rabbit_quorum_queue",dead_letter_strategy="disabled"} 0
A few notes:
* dead_letter_strategy 'disabled' means either user did not configure
dead-letter-exchange or configured dead-letter-exchange does not
exist.
* Only time series that make sense get output.
Example 1: Combination of 'at_least_once' and 'maxlen' will always be 0.
Hence, we omit that time series.
Example 2: 'confirmed' makes only sense with quorum queues and
'at_least_once'.
Example 3: 'delivery_limit' makes only sense with quorum queues.
* Users get to know *why* messages were dead-lettered.
* Before this commit, there was no possibilities for users to alert
based on messages being dropped from the head of the queue when
overflow=drop-head.
* Users can now easily create alerts:
Example 1: Message gets silently dropped (i.e.
dead_letter_strategy='disabled') instead of actually dead-lettered.
Example 2: Detect dead-letter topology misconfigurations.
Example 3: Messages expire
Example 4: Messages overflow
Example 5: Messages requeued too often
* Stream queues by definition do not dead-letter.