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Per-plugin semaphore_size and inject_timeout are now configurable via PluginConfig, replacing the hardcoded tracer-wide defaults. A hung observability connector's Inject call is now bounded by a timeout, so it releases its concurrency slot instead of holding it indefinitely.

What changed?

  • PluginConfig gains two new optional fields: semaphore_size (integer) and inject_timeout (Go duration string, e.g. "5s"). These are generic plugin-level fields, not part of each plugin's own Config block, for the same reason enabled lives outside plugin config — the tracer owns the budget, not the plugin.
  • A new ObservabilityLimits struct carries the resolved semaphore size and inject timeout for a single plugin. SetObservabilityPlugins now accepts a map[string]ObservabilityLimits alongside the plugin slice; absent or zero fields fall back to the tracer defaults (10000 / 5s).
  • resolveObservabilityLimits applies those defaults, treating zero as "unset" rather than a valid value.
  • Each obsPluginSlot now stores its own injectTimeout. CompleteAndFlushTrace wraps each Inject call in a context.WithTimeout derived from that value instead of passing a bare context.Background(). DeadlineExceeded errors are logged distinctly from other failures.
  • CollectObservabilityLimits on BifrostHTTPServer builds the limits map from PluginConfig entries, parsing the duration string and warning on malformed values. Both Bootstrap and reloadObservabilityPlugins pass this map through.
  • The hardcoded maxConcurrentInjectsPerPlugin = 1024 constant is replaced by defaultSemaphoreSize = 10000 and defaultInjectTimeout = 5s.
  • Helm chart templates, values.yaml, values.schema.json, and config.schema.json are updated to expose semaphore_size and inject_timeout for the otel, logging, and custom plugin shapes.

How to test?

  • TestSetObservabilityPlugins_HonoursDeclaredLimits — verifies a plugin with explicit limits in the map gets a semaphore and timeout sized from those limits rather than the defaults.
  • TestSetObservabilityPlugins_DefaultsWhenLimitsNotDeclared — verifies a plugin absent from the limits map gets defaultSemaphoreSize and defaultInjectTimeout.
  • TestCompleteAndFlushTrace_InjectTimeoutReleasesSlot — verifies that a context-aware plugin whose Inject blocks has its call cancelled after the configured timeout, freeing the semaphore slot so a subsequent flush can acquire it without being dropped.
  • Existing isolation tests (TestCompleteAndFlushTrace_BoundsInjectsPerPlugin, TestWaitForFlushes_TimesOutOnHungPlugin, etc.) continue to pass with the updated signatures.

Why make this change?

The previous design gave every observability plugin the same hardcoded concurrency cap and passed a bare context.Background() to Inject. A well-behaved connector that propagates context into its HTTP/gRPC client had no way to be unblocked when a backend hung — the semaphore limited how many calls could pile up, but each held its slot until the backend responded or the process shut down. Operators running against unreliable or misconfigured collectors needed a way to tune both the cap and the per-call deadline without recompiling. Exposing these as generic PluginConfig fields (rather than per-plugin config) keeps the contract consistent: the tracer decides resource limits, the same way it decides enabled state.

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  • New Features

    • Added configurable per-plugin observability injection concurrency limits and timeouts.
    • Added support for logging, OpenTelemetry, and custom plugins.
    • Added defaults of 10,000 concurrent injections and five-second timeouts.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of trace injections that exceed configured timeouts.
    • Ensured injection capacity is released after timeout cancellation.
  • Documentation

    • Updated configuration schemas, Helm values, examples, and changelog guidance.

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Observability plugins now support configurable per-plugin concurrency limits and injection timeouts. The tracer applies timeout contexts and releases semaphore slots after cancellation. Transport schemas and Helm configuration support logging and OTEL settings.

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Observability limits

Layer / File(s) Summary
Tracer limit resolution and enforcement
core/schemas/plugin.go, framework/tracing/tracer.go
PluginConfig and ObservabilityLimits define semaphore and timeout settings. SetObservabilityPlugins resolves defaults and stores per-plugin limits. Injection uses timeout contexts and reports deadline failures separately.
Tracer isolation validation
framework/tracing/obsisolation_test.go, framework/tracing/tracer_test.go, transports/bifrost-http/handlers/middlewares_test.go
Tests cover configured limits, default fallbacks, timeout cancellation, semaphore release, and the updated registration signatures.
Schema, collection, and Helm configuration
transports/config.schema.json, transports/bifrost-http/server/*, transports/bifrost-http/handlers/middlewares.go, helm-charts/bifrost/*
Transport and Helm schemas, configuration collection, server wiring, templates, example values, and documentation define and forward logging and OTEL semaphore and timeout settings.

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The current PR head does not compile because newly introduced observability limit types remain unresolved in the framework and plugin modules; it may also misclassify plugin-internal deadline errors as tracer timeout expirations. Merge should be blocked until the build issue is fixed and timeout error classification is clarified.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PluginConfig
  participant BifrostHTTPServer
  participant TracingMiddleware
  participant Tracer
  participant ObservabilityPlugin
  PluginConfig->>BifrostHTTPServer: Provide semaphore_size and inject_timeout
  BifrostHTTPServer->>BifrostHTTPServer: CollectObservabilityLimits
  BifrostHTTPServer->>TracingMiddleware: SetObservabilityPlugins with limits
  TracingMiddleware->>Tracer: Configure plugin limits
  Tracer->>ObservabilityPlugin: Inject with timeout context
  ObservabilityPlugin-->>Tracer: Complete, cancel, or return error
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@BearTS BearTS changed the title feat: tracer to have a configurable timeout and semaphore size feat: add per-plugin semaphore_size and inject_timeout via ObservabilityLimiter with context-bounded Inject calls Aug 20, 2026

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Inline comments:
In `@framework/tracing/obsisolation_test.go`:
- Around line 295-305: Update the test around ctxAwareObsPlugin and
ObservabilityLimits to configure SemaphoreSize as 1, wait for the first flush’s
inject timeout to complete before submitting the second trace, then assert that
the plugin’s Inject starts again for the second flush, verifying cancellation
releases the occupied semaphore slot.

In `@framework/tracing/tracer.go`:
- Line 6: Update the injectCtx error classification around the warning at line
909 to identify slot.injectTimeout expiration using injectCtx.Err() ==
context.DeadlineExceeded, rather than classifying any returned
context.DeadlineExceeded error; treat plugin-originated deadline errors as
generic injection failures, and remove the now-unused errors import.

In `@plugins/logging/main.go`:
- Around line 554-555: Publish a core revision exporting
schemas.ObservabilityLimits and schemas.ObservabilityLimiter, then update the
core dependency and go.sum entries in plugins/logging/go.mod
(plugins/logging/main.go:554-555) and plugins/otel/go.mod
(plugins/otel/main.go:493-500) so both plugin modules use that revision.

In `@plugins/otel/main.go`:
- Around line 726-729: Update the inject_timeout validation in the configuration
flow to reject values greater than the maximum whole-second value representable
by time.Duration before assigning limits.InjectTimeout. Preserve the existing
rejection of negative values and only perform the seconds-to-duration conversion
after both bounds are validated.
- Around line 241-244: Update observabilityLimitsFrom to return both the decoded
observabilityLimitsCarrier and any sonic.Unmarshal error, then propagate that
error through Config.UnmarshalJSON so invalid limit values such as string
durations are rejected instead of silently producing zero values and tracer
defaults.

In `@transports/config.schema.json`:
- Around line 3451-3461: Separate the multi-profile item schema from the legacy
top-level profile schema so otel_profiles_config rejects plugin-level
semaphore_size and inject_timeout settings that plugins/otel/main.go does not
support; retain both fields only on the legacy top-level shape. Apply this
change in transports/config.schema.json at lines 3451-3461 and mirror the same
separation in helm-charts/bifrost/values.schema.json at lines 5158-5168.
- Around line 2431-2435: Update the inject_timeout schema pattern for the
inject_timeout configuration key to accept all positive Go duration strings
supported by time.ParseDuration, including compound values such as minutes plus
seconds and fractional values, while retaining rejection of zero or invalid
durations.
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2431-2435: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep configuration validation aligned with runtime handling.

Two schema paths currently accept configuration that the plugins do not handle consistently:

  • Logging accepts zero-valued inject_timeout strings such as "0s", while initialization rejects non-positive durations. Require a non-zero duration in the schema.
  • OTEL profiles items accept semaphore_size and inject_timeout, but runtime parsing reads these only from the plugin-level configuration, so nested values can be silently ignored. Use a profile-item definition that excludes these fields or align parsing with the schema.

Otherwise configuration may validate successfully while being rejected or ineffective at runtime.

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In `@transports/config.schema.json` around lines 2431 - 2435, Update the
inject_timeout schema definition to reject zero-valued durations while
preserving the existing Go-duration pattern and default. Add a schema condition
requiring at least one non-zero digit, consistent with plugins/logging/main.go
accepting only parsed durations greater than zero.

Apply the same fix in `@transports/config.schema.json` around lines 3451 - 3461:
The consolidated comment preserves the separate OTEL profile-schema issue and
its required remediation.

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framework/tracing/obsisolation_test.go (1)

112-124: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use a small declared semaphore limit for this saturation test.

This test starts 10,000 blocked Inject goroutines and 250 additional flushes. This fixed workload can consume excessive CI resources.

Use limitedObsPlugin with a small SemaphoreSize for saturation behavior. Keep TestSetObservabilityPlugins_DefaultsWhenLimiterNotImplemented as the default-value check.

As per coding guidelines, Go changes must use bounded goroutines and channels.

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In `@framework/tracing/obsisolation_test.go` around lines 112 - 124, Update the
saturation test around CompleteAndFlushTrace to use limitedObsPlugin with a
small explicitly declared SemaphoreSize instead of the default limit and large
fixed workload. Reduce the number of blocked injections and excess flushes
proportionally while preserving verification that excess traces are dropped and
maxInFlight never exceeds the configured limit; leave
TestSetObservabilityPlugins_DefaultsWhenLimiterNotImplemented responsible for
default-value coverage and use bounded goroutines/channels.

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Duplicate comments:
In `@transports/config.schema.json`:
- Around line 2431-2435: Update the inject_timeout schema definition to reject
zero-valued durations while preserving the existing Go-duration pattern and
default. Add a schema condition requiring at least one non-zero digit,
consistent with plugins/logging/main.go accepting only parsed durations greater
than zero.

Apply the same fix in `@transports/config.schema.json` around lines 3451 - 3461:
The consolidated comment preserves the separate OTEL profile-schema issue and
its required remediation.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@framework/tracing/obsisolation_test.go`:
- Around line 112-124: Update the saturation test around CompleteAndFlushTrace
to use limitedObsPlugin with a small explicitly declared SemaphoreSize instead
of the default limit and large fixed workload. Reduce the number of blocked
injections and excess flushes proportionally while preserving verification that
excess traces are dropped and maxInFlight never exceeds the configured limit;
leave TestSetObservabilityPlugins_DefaultsWhenLimiterNotImplemented responsible
for default-value coverage and use bounded goroutines/channels.

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250-273: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover explicit zero-valued limits.

This test covers an absent limits map. It does not cover a present entry with SemaphoreSize: 0 and InjectTimeout: 0. Add a table case for map[string]schemas.ObservabilityLimits{"plain-connector": {}} and assert the same defaults. This protects the zero-means-unset contract.

As per coding guidelines, “table-driven coverage for behavior changes” is required. Based on learnings, zero-valued SemaphoreSize and InjectTimeout must fall back to tracer defaults.

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In `@framework/tracing/obsisolation_test.go` around lines 250 - 273, Extend
TestSetObservabilityPlugins_DefaultsWhenLimitsNotDeclared into table-driven
coverage with both a nil limits map and a map containing plain-connector with
zero-valued schemas.ObservabilityLimits; assert that each case uses
defaultSemaphoreSize and defaultInjectTimeout.

Sources: Coding guidelines, Learnings

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Inline comments:
In `@framework/tracing/tracer.go`:
- Around line 54-62: Publish or use a core dependency version that exports
schemas.ObservabilityLimits, then update the framework module’s core requirement
to that version before relying on resolveObservabilityLimits. Ensure the
dependency update also allows obsisolation_test.go and the framework package to
compile without a go.work replacement.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@framework/tracing/obsisolation_test.go`:
- Around line 250-273: Extend
TestSetObservabilityPlugins_DefaultsWhenLimitsNotDeclared into table-driven
coverage with both a nil limits map and a map containing plain-connector with
zero-valued schemas.ObservabilityLimits; assert that each case uses
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