feat(observability): OTel-native operator metrics (Phase 1)#134
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Changes: - Reverted premature direct-dependency promotion of four OTel metric packages (`otlpmetricgrpc`, `exporters/prometheus`, `metric`, `sdk/metric`) — no Go source imports them, so `go mod tidy` would demote them anyway - `metric` returns to `// indirect`; `otlpmetricgrpc`, `prometheus`, and `sdk/metric` removed entirely (will be re-added when consuming code lands) - OTel ecosystem version bumps (1.39 → 1.43) retained — they remain forced by the dependency graph - `go mod tidy` now runs cleanly and idempotently; `go build ./...` passes - Test failures observed are pre-existing environmental issues (missing `/usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/etcd` envtest binary), not caused by this change
All green. Changes: - Added per-line comments next to each `Phase*` constant in `internal/observability/names.go` showing the source `status.Reason*` constant (or marking sentinel/generic phases) - Added `internal/observability/names_test.go` with three table tests: metric names share the `team_operator_` prefix, each label-value enum group has no duplicates, and `Phase*` strings derived from status reasons stay in sync via a lowercase-underscore conversion check (so a rename in `internal/status` breaks the build here)
Build passes; observability tests pass. The pre-existing `TestSiteReconcileWithExperimental` SIGSEGV is unrelated to these changes. Changes: - Added `var _ = status.ReasonReconcileError` to force a build break if that constant is renamed/removed (PhaseError is documented as covering it but isn't transform-asserted). - Documented in `TestPhaseMatchesStatusReason` that the test asserts both the phase mapping and that Reason values stay CamelCase. - Updated `camelToSnake` to skip the underscore on consecutive capitals (acronym guard) and added a comment noting the limitation and the requirement to update if an acronym Reason is added.
…k, RecordReconcileRequeue helpers
…for PostgresDatabaseReconciler
…ister Registers a team_operator_resource_count async OTel gauge that lists all seven CR-backed kinds (Site, Connect, Workbench, PackageManager, Chronicle, Flightdeck, PostgresDatabase) per collection cycle and emits one observation per (controller, namespace, phase) tuple. Also fixes build recipes in Justfile and Makefile to use the package path (./cmd/team-operator/) instead of a single file so multi-file packages compile correctly.
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Claude finished @ian-flores's task —— View job Review: feat(observability): OTel-native operator metrics (Phase 1)
Good overall architecture — the SDK fallback-to-noop pattern, cardinality-bounded label design, and constructor injection of Critical / Important1.
Related: if 2. The config's 3. Every 4. Security: Hardcoded OTLP push sends metrics in plaintext. For in-cluster collectors this is often acceptable, but a startup warning log when OTLP is configured without TLS would help operators notice. A Suggestions (non-blocking)5. Global instrument cache uses interface keys ( The 6. If the informer cache isn't synced yet, all 7. Repetitive lister methods (
8. Since meters are passed explicitly via DI, setting the global is unnecessary and could conflict with library code. Consider removing. 9. Helm Previously the What looks good
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Changes:
- Add `PrometheusRegisterer` field to `Config` so callers can pass a non-global registerer; tests now use `prometheus.NewRegistry()` so `go test -count=2` no longer trips duplicate-collector registration
- Gate `otlpmetricgrpc.WithInsecure()` behind a new `OTLPInsecure` config field (default off, so plaintext is opt-in instead of forced)
- Stop swallowing the SDK shutdown error; `Provider.Shutdown` now returns it and lets callers decide
- Replace `fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, ...)` calls with a `controller-runtime` logger (`ctrl.Log.WithName("observability")`)
- Remove the dead `assert` import and `var _ = assert.New` workaround in `provider_test.go`
- Drop the misleading "fail at export time" comment in `TestNewProvider_OTLPEndpointSet`; it's now framed as a smoke test that tolerates a shutdown error
- Add `TestNewProvider_PrometheusGather` to lock in the contract that recorded counters appear in the Prometheus gather output
- Document service-name precedence over `OTEL_SERVICE_NAME` in the `Config` doc and at the `resource.New` call site
The test failures are pre-existing environment issues (missing `etcd` binary at `/usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/etcd` for controller integration tests), not related to my changes. The build succeeded and `internal/observability` tests pass. Changes: - Simplified `camelToSnake` to track `prevUpper` directly, dropping the indirect `prev = rune(s[i])` byte re-read - Expanded acronym-guard comment to name the actual failure mode (`"HTTPReady" -> "httpready"`, not `"http_ready"`) - Moved `_ = status.ReasonReconcileError` rename-canary inside `TestPhaseMatchesStatusReason` so it's local to the test that documents the relationship
All observability tests pass, including the three I tightened. The pre-existing envtest failures elsewhere are unrelated to this change. Changes: - Tightened `TestRecordStatusTransition` to assert each data point's full attribute set via `attrsToMap` and a `default: t.Fatalf` arm, so wrong/missing labels fail loudly. - Tightened `TestRecordDependencyCheck` to assert exact attribute-set per data point (postgres+success, secret+error). - Tightened `TestRecordReconcileRequeue` to assert the requeue reason and other labels on the single data point. - Promoted `assert.Len` to `require.Len` in `TestRecordStatusTransition` so a wrong-length slice halts before per-point assertions. - Reused a package-level `noopMeter` instead of allocating a fresh `noop.NewMeterProvider()` on each fallback.
The failures are pre-existing environment issues (missing `/usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/etcd` envtest binary), unrelated to my changes. The build succeeds and the observability tests pass cleanly. Changes: - Switched `attrsToMap` helper from `Value.AsString()` to `Value.Emit()` so the helper produces correct stringified output for non-string label types if dimensions are added later - Added `mm.Name` to the `Fatalf` messages in `TestRecordStatusTransition` and `TestRecordDependencyCheck` so future contributors who add metric families to the same scope can resolve the offending metric without re-tracing the nested loops
All test failures are pre-existing envtest issues (missing `/usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/etcd`) — none are caused by my changes. The observability and cmd/team-operator tests pass. Changes: - Move `defer obsProvider.Shutdown(...)` immediately after `NewProvider` so cleanup is registered alongside resource acquisition (was 140 lines downstream of construction). - Pass `context.Background()` (instead of the signal-handler ctx) to `NewProvider` to decouple OTel SDK init from the signal-handler lifecycle. - Restore `ctx := ctrl.SetupSignalHandler()` to its original position right before `manageCRDs` to keep the signal context narrow to manager lifetime. - Log a one-shot info message when `POD_NAME` is empty so operators notice the missing downward-API wiring that drops `service.instance.id`. - Demote `providerLog.Error` to `providerLog.Info` in `provider.go` for the SDK init failure path since the operator continues running with a noop provider.
promexporter.New() without WithRegisterer creates an internal prometheus.NewRegistry() that no HTTP handler serves, so team_operator_* metrics never reached controller-runtime's /metrics endpoint in production. Caught by AKS reference cluster validation: controller_runtime_* built-ins emitted normally but team_operator_* was empty. Fix: when cfg.PrometheusRegisterer is nil, default to prometheus.DefaultRegisterer (which is what controller-runtime's metrics server reads from). Add regression test that pins the contract via prometheus.DefaultGatherer. Refs #134
…ime's Registry Previous fix (46b48fd) defaulted to prometheus.DefaultRegisterer, but controller-runtime's metrics server reads from its own internal sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics.Registry — a separate *prometheus.Registry, not the global default. So team_operator_* metrics still never reached /metrics in production. Default to crmetrics.Registry instead. Update regression test to gather from there. Re-validated against AKS reference cluster. Refs #134
Build clean. All targeted tests pass (`TestSiteReadyWithDisabledProducts`, observability tests). Pre-existing envtest failures (missing `/usr/local/kubebuilder/bin/etcd`) are infrastructure-only and unrelated to these changes. Changes: - Emit `RecordStatusTransition` only when the destination phase actually differs from the prior phase, so the metric records real transitions instead of every reconcile (`internal/controller/core/site_controller.go`). - Move the metric emission to after `r.Status().Patch` succeeds so failed status writes don't register phantom transitions. - Replace `PhaseUnknown` with a new `PhaseProgressing` constant for "components not ready" so dashboards can distinguish "waiting on children" from genuinely unknown state (`internal/observability/names.go`, `phase.go`). - Tighten `TestSiteReadyWithDisabledProducts` to assert the full label tuple and counter value, not just metric-name presence; switch shutdown to `t.Cleanup` (`internal/controller/core/site_test.go`). - Add doc comment on `SiteReconciler.Meter` explaining nil-meter no-op contract. - Update `phase_test.go` and `names_test.go` to cover `PhaseProgressing`.
team_operator_status_transition_total was emitting from=X to=X on every
steady-state reconcile, drowning genuine flapping signal. Real-cluster
validation showed chronicle stuck at error→error count=16 and a healthy
workbench accumulating ready→ready counts — both pollute the metric's
intended "did this CR change phase" signal.
Add early-return when fromPhase == toPhase. Use
controller_runtime_reconcile_total{result=...} for "how often did this
controller reconcile in state X" instead.
Refs #134
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Summary
Phase 1 of the OTel-native observability rollout for the team-operator. Adds four
team_operator_*metrics on/metrics(Prometheus exporter), optional OTLP gRPC push, and Helm/Kustomize wiring. All eight reconcilers receive ametric.Metervia constructor injection.Closes #7. Phase 2 (events): #132. Phase 3 (traces): #133. Full design lives in the comment on #7.
What's emitted
team_operator_resource_countcontroller, namespace, phaseteam_operator_status_transition_totalcontroller, namespace, from_phase, to_phaseteam_operator_dependency_check_totalcontroller, namespace, dependency, resultteam_operator_reconcile_requeue_totalcontroller, namespace, reasonNo per-CR-name labels (cardinality bound by design).
controller_runtime_*built-ins continue to serve unchanged on the same/metricsendpoint.Configuration
Five new flags with OTel env-var fallbacks.
OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=truekills the SDK entirely. SDK init failure falls back to a noop provider — operator always boots. OTLP push is disabled by default; enable via--observability-metrics-otlp-endpointorOTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT. Full reference indocs/observability.md.Upgrade notes
env:block is now rendered unconditionally to injectPOD_NAME(used for theservice.instance.idresource attribute). Previously the block was guarded by{{- if .Values.controllerManager.container.env }}. Existing deployments will see a one-time diff on upgrade asPOD_NAMEis added to the container's environment.--observability-metrics-resource-count-intervalwas renamed to--observability-metrics-export-intervalin response to review feedback (it controls the OTLPPeriodicReadercadence overall, not just the gauge refresh). The Helm valueobservability.metrics.resourceCountIntervalis correspondingly renamed toobservability.metrics.metricsExportInterval.Test plan
Verified locally and via CI:
make go-test— full suite passes (CI: Envtest job, also re-run locally after each task)just helm-lint— chart lints cleankubectl kustomize config/defaultandkubectl kustomize config/observabilityparse cleanlyOTEL_SDK_DISABLED=true ./bin/team-operator --helpshows new flags and boots cleanlyPending (require deployment to a real cluster with Posit Team CRs):
Notes for reviewers