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feat(alerts): silence is alertable — agent offline and no-data (#5062)
Agent offline is an ordinary rule now. The host_agent scheduler records
host_agent/<host>/seconds_since_seen every minute (from last_seen_at, or
registration time for an agent that never reported), replacing the task
that only logged stale agents. The catalog offers the metric, and picking
it on a new rule fills "> 180".

No data: each rule's state tracks its last sample and its usual gap,
smoothed so that an outage counts as at most three gaps. A core task,
alert_silence_check, runs every 60s and marks a rule no_data_since once its
series has had no sample for three usual gaps (at least 5 minutes; an hour
while the cadence is unknown). A never-sampled rule counts from when it
started watching. The mark sits beside the state, so a firing alert that
goes silent stays firing. Each silence records one event and sends one
notification (rule option notify_no_data, default on; muted in maintenance
windows). The next sample clears it with a "data resumed" event and
notification. Creating, changing, disabling or re-enabling a rule restarts
its watch.

Migration 0029 adds the columns and seeds each existing rule's last sample
and gap from its last day of data, so an upgrade does not flag every rule.

Shown on the Alerts page (a NO DATA badge with its start time), in MCP
list_alerts, list_alert_rules and get_host (state "no_data", no_data_since),
in get_overview findings (alert_no_data, or a firing alert marked silent)
and in the weekly report. The rule form has the notify option, and its
metric reference now matches what traefik records and lists host_agent.
Emails say "no data" and carry the event's note.

The metric-catalog guard also reads positional MetricBatch.add arguments.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-06 13:06:54 -04:00

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from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
import logging
import uuid
from dataclasses import dataclass
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
from sqlalchemy import select
from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
from steward.models.alerts import (
AlertEvent,
AlertOperator,
AlertRule,
AlertState,
AlertStateEnum,
MaintenanceWindow,
)
from steward.models.metrics import PluginMetric
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from quart import Quart
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
_app: "Quart | None" = None
def init_alerts(app: "Quart") -> None:
"""Store app reference for use in notification dispatch tasks."""
global _app
_app = app
def alert_extra_vars(rule: AlertRule, value: float) -> list[str]:
"""Ansible extra-vars describing the alert that fired, as `key=value` strings.
Injected into every alert-triggered playbook run so the playbook can target
the exact resource/metric that fired without templating. Pure function.
"""
return [
f"steward_alert_rule={rule.name}",
f"steward_alert_source={rule.source_module}",
f"steward_alert_resource={rule.resource_name}",
f"steward_alert_metric={rule.metric_name}",
f"steward_alert_value={value}",
f"steward_alert_threshold={rule.threshold}",
f"steward_alert_operator={rule.operator.value}",
]
async def record_metric(
session: AsyncSession,
source_module: str,
resource_name: str,
metric_name: str,
value: float,
) -> None:
"""One metric sample: record_metrics with a single row."""
await record_metrics(session, [PluginMetric(
source_module=source_module, resource_name=resource_name,
metric_name=metric_name, value=value)])
class MetricBatch:
"""Gathers one transaction's samples so they are recorded, and their alert
rules evaluated, in a single record_metrics call:
batch = MetricBatch()
batch.add(source_module="unifi", resource_name="wan", metric_name="is_up", value=1.0)
await batch.record(session)
"""
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.rows: list[PluginMetric] = []
def add(self, source_module: str, resource_name: str, metric_name: str, value: float,
recorded_at: datetime | None = None) -> None:
self.rows.append(PluginMetric(source_module=source_module, resource_name=resource_name,
metric_name=metric_name, value=float(value),
recorded_at=recorded_at))
async def record(self, session: AsyncSession) -> None:
rows, self.rows = self.rows, []
await record_metrics(session, rows)
def _in_window(w: MaintenanceWindow, source_module: str, resource_name: str) -> bool:
if w.scope_source is None:
return True
return w.scope_source == source_module and w.scope_resource in (None, resource_name)
async def record_metrics(session: AsyncSession, rows: list[PluginMetric]) -> None:
"""Write metric rows and evaluate the alert rules that watch them.
Every ingest path comes through here, so a rule on any metric Steward
records can fire. Must be called inside an active transaction:
async with session.begin():
await record_metrics(session, rows)
Maintenance windows, rules and their states are read once per batch, not
once per row. Each rule sees its key's samples oldest first, so a backlog
(an agent catching up after an outage) counts consecutive checks as they
happened. Notification I/O is deferred via asyncio.create_task() so no
network calls occur while the transaction is open.
"""
if not rows:
return
now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
for row in rows:
if row.recorded_at is None:
row.recorded_at = now
session.add_all(rows)
await session.flush()
by_key: dict[tuple[str, str, str], list[PluginMetric]] = {}
for row in rows:
by_key.setdefault((row.source_module, row.resource_name, row.metric_name), []).append(row)
sources = {k[0] for k in by_key}
metric_names = {k[2] for k in by_key}
rules = (await session.execute(
select(AlertRule).where(
AlertRule.source_module.in_(sources),
AlertRule.metric_name.in_(metric_names),
AlertRule.enabled.is_(True),
)
)).scalars().all()
rules = [r for r in rules if (r.source_module, r.resource_name, r.metric_name) in by_key]
if not rules:
return
windows = (await session.execute(
select(MaintenanceWindow).where(
MaintenanceWindow.start_at <= now, MaintenanceWindow.end_at >= now)
)).scalars().all()
states = {st.rule_id: st for st in (await session.execute(
select(AlertState).where(AlertState.rule_id.in_([r.id for r in rules]))
)).scalars()}
for rule in rules:
alert_state = states.get(rule.id)
if alert_state is None:
logger.warning("No alert_state row for rule %s, skipping", rule.id)
continue
samples = sorted(by_key[(rule.source_module, rule.resource_name, rule.metric_name)],
key=lambda r: r.recorded_at)
muted = any(_in_window(w, rule.source_module, rule.resource_name) for w in windows)
resumed = _track_samples(session, rule, alert_state, samples, now)
if resumed and rule.notify_no_data and not muted and _app is not None:
event_id, value, note = resumed
asyncio.create_task(
_dispatch_notification(_app, "data_resumed", rule, value, event_id, note))
if muted:
continue # suppressed by maintenance window
for sample in samples:
notifications = await _evaluate_rule(session, rule, alert_state, sample.value,
sample.recorded_at)
for notif_type, event_id in notifications:
if _app is not None:
asyncio.create_task(
_dispatch_notification(_app, notif_type, rule, sample.value, event_id))
# Admin-configured Ansible action runs only on transition-to-firing.
if notif_type == "firing" and rule.ansible_action:
asyncio.create_task(
_run_ansible_action(_app, rule, sample.value, event_id))
# A series is silent once it has gone this long without a sample, or three of
# its usual gaps if that is longer. Until its cadence is known (fewer than two
# samples seen), it gets an hour: a monitor may check only every ten minutes.
NO_DATA_FLOOR_S = 300.0
NO_DATA_GAPS = 3
NO_DATA_UNKNOWN_S = 3600.0
def next_interval(interval: float | None, gap: float) -> float:
"""A series' usual gap between samples, updated with one more gap.
A smoothed average, so one late sample barely moves it. A gap longer than
the silence threshold counts only as that threshold: an outage is not the
series' cadence. A real change of cadence still gets learned, a step at a
time (each step at most 1.5x).
"""
gap = max(0.0, gap)
if interval is None or interval <= 0:
return gap
return 0.75 * interval + 0.25 * min(gap, NO_DATA_GAPS * interval)
def no_data_after(interval: float | None) -> float:
"""Seconds without a sample before a series counts as silent."""
if not interval:
return NO_DATA_UNKNOWN_S
return max(NO_DATA_FLOOR_S, NO_DATA_GAPS * interval)
def silent_since(last_sample_at: datetime | None, interval: float | None,
watching_since: datetime, now: datetime) -> datetime | None:
"""When a series went silent, or None while it is still reporting.
A series that has never had a sample counts from when the rule started
watching it (created, changed or re-enabled).
"""
last = last_sample_at or watching_since
limit = timedelta(seconds=no_data_after(interval))
return last + limit if now - last > limit else None
def _duration(seconds: float) -> str:
seconds = int(seconds)
if seconds < 120:
return f"{seconds}s"
if seconds < 7200:
return f"{seconds // 60}m"
return f"{seconds // 3600}h{(seconds % 3600) // 60:02d}m"
def _track_samples(session: AsyncSession, rule: AlertRule, state: AlertState,
samples: list[PluginMetric], now: datetime
) -> tuple[str, float, str] | None:
"""Note a rule's new samples (oldest first) for silence tracking. When the
series had been marked no_data, clear it and record a resume event,
returned as (event_id, value, note) for the caller to notify."""
for sample in samples:
if state.last_sample_at is not None:
if sample.recorded_at <= state.last_sample_at:
continue # late or duplicate: not a gap
gap = (sample.recorded_at - state.last_sample_at).total_seconds()
state.sample_interval_s = next_interval(state.sample_interval_s, gap)
state.last_sample_at = sample.recorded_at
if state.no_data_since is None or not samples:
return None
note = f"data resumed after {_duration((now - state.no_data_since).total_seconds())} silent"
value = samples[-1].value
event_id = _add_event(session, rule.id, "no_data", state.state.value, value, now, note=note)
state.no_data_since = None
return event_id, value, note
def _is_breached(value: float, operator: AlertOperator, threshold: float) -> bool:
op = operator.value
if op == ">":
return value > threshold
if op == "<":
return value < threshold
if op == ">=":
return value >= threshold
if op == "<=":
return value <= threshold
if op == "==":
return value == threshold
if op == "!=":
return value != threshold
return False
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Step:
"""One sample's effect on an alert: the state after it, the two run
counters, and the event to record ("firing" / "resolved") if any."""
state: AlertStateEnum
fail_count: int
ok_count: int
event: str | None = None
def next_step(state: AlertStateEnum, fail_count: int, ok_count: int, breached: bool,
fail_required: int, ok_required: int) -> Step:
"""The alert state machine, as a pure function of one sample.
inactive → pending → firing when `fail_required` breaching checks run in a
row; a non-breaching check while pending goes back to inactive.
firing and acknowledged resolve (to inactive, with a resolved event) only
after `ok_required` non-breaching checks in a row; a breaching check
resets that run. An acknowledgement holds while the alert is still
breached: only a resolve clears it.
"""
fail_required, ok_required = max(1, fail_required), max(1, ok_required)
S = AlertStateEnum
if state in (S.firing, S.acknowledged):
if breached:
return Step(state, fail_count + 1, 0)
if ok_count + 1 >= ok_required:
return Step(S.inactive, 0, 0, "resolved")
return Step(state, fail_count, ok_count + 1)
# inactive, pending (and the transient resolved, read as inactive)
if not breached:
return Step(S.inactive, 0, 0)
fails = fail_count + 1 if state == S.pending else 1
if fails >= fail_required:
return Step(S.firing, fails, 0, "firing")
return Step(S.pending, fails, 0)
async def _evaluate_rule(
session: AsyncSession,
rule: AlertRule,
state: AlertState,
value: float,
now: datetime,
) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
"""Apply one sample to a rule's state. Returns [(notif_type, event_id)]."""
from_state = state.state
step = next_step(from_state, state.consecutive_failure_count, state.consecutive_ok_count,
_is_breached(value, rule.operator, rule.threshold),
rule.consecutive_failures_required, rule.consecutive_ok_required)
state.consecutive_failure_count = step.fail_count
state.consecutive_ok_count = step.ok_count
notifications: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
if step.state != from_state:
state.state = step.state
state.last_transition_at = now
if step.state == AlertStateEnum.inactive:
state.acknowledged_by = None
state.acknowledged_at = None
if step.event:
event_id = _add_event(session, rule.id, from_state.value, step.event, value, now)
notifications.append((step.event, event_id))
await session.flush()
return notifications
async def reset_rule_state(session: AsyncSession, rule: AlertRule, note: str) -> None:
"""Put a rule's alert back to inactive because the rule itself changed
(what it watches, its threshold, or it was disabled or re-enabled), and
start its silence watch over. An alert that was
firing or acknowledged gets a resolved event carrying `note`; nobody is
notified, since nothing about the watched resource changed."""
state = (await session.execute(
select(AlertState).where(AlertState.rule_id == rule.id))).scalar_one_or_none()
if state is None:
return
now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
if state.state in (AlertStateEnum.firing, AlertStateEnum.acknowledged):
_add_event(session, rule.id, state.state.value, "resolved", None, now, note=note)
# The watch starts over now: silence is measured from here, against the
# cadence of whatever the rule watches from now on.
state.last_transition_at = now
state.last_sample_at = None
state.sample_interval_s = None
state.no_data_since = None
state.state = AlertStateEnum.inactive
state.consecutive_failure_count = 0
state.consecutive_ok_count = 0
state.acknowledged_by = None
state.acknowledged_at = None
def _add_event(
session: AsyncSession,
rule_id: str,
from_state: str,
to_state: str,
value: float | None,
now: datetime,
note: str | None = None,
) -> str:
"""Add an AlertEvent row and return its ID."""
event_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
event = AlertEvent(
id=event_id,
rule_id=rule_id,
from_state=from_state,
to_state=to_state,
metric_value=value,
transitioned_at=now,
note=note,
)
session.add(event)
return event_id
async def _dispatch_notification(
app: "Quart",
notif_type: str,
rule: AlertRule,
value: float | None,
event_id: str,
note: str | None = None,
) -> None:
"""Run after the transaction commits. Sends notifications and updates the event row."""
from steward.core.notifications import dispatch_notifications
alert_data = {
"rule_name": rule.name,
"state": notif_type.upper(),
"metric": rule.metric_name,
"value": value,
"threshold": rule.threshold,
"resource": rule.resource_name,
"source_module": rule.source_module,
"note": note,
"timestamp": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
}
smtp_cfg = app.config.get("SMTP", {})
webhook_cfg = app.config.get("WEBHOOK", {})
results = await dispatch_notifications(smtp_cfg, webhook_cfg, alert_data)
# Update event row with delivery results in a new transaction
async with app.db_sessionmaker() as db:
async with db.begin():
event_result = await db.execute(
select(AlertEvent).where(AlertEvent.id == event_id)
)
event = event_result.scalar_one_or_none()
if event:
email_r = results.get("email")
if email_r:
event.email_sent = email_r["sent"]
event.email_error = email_r.get("error")
webhook_r = results.get("webhook")
if webhook_r:
event.webhook_sent = webhook_r["sent"]
event.webhook_error = webhook_r.get("error")
async def _run_ansible_action(
app: "Quart",
rule: AlertRule,
value: float,
event_id: str,
) -> None:
"""Run the rule's configured Ansible playbook (system-triggered).
Runs after the evaluation transaction commits (scheduled via create_task).
Creates a system-triggered AnsibleRun, links it to the firing AlertEvent,
then executes it with the static params plus injected alert context vars.
"""
from steward.ansible import executor, sources as src_module
from steward.models.ansible import AnsibleRun, AnsibleRunStatus
action = rule.ansible_action or {}
playbook = action.get("playbook")
inventory = action.get("inventory")
if not playbook or not inventory:
logger.error("Ansible action for rule %r missing playbook/inventory", rule.name)
return
try:
srcs = src_module.get_sources(app.config.get("ANSIBLE", {}))
except Exception:
logger.exception("Ansible action for rule %r: could not load sources", rule.name)
return
source = next((s for s in srcs if s["name"] == action.get("source")), None)
if source is None:
logger.error("Ansible action for rule %r: source %r not configured",
rule.name, action.get("source"))
return
# Static params + auto-injected alert context (all argv, never shell).
params: dict = {
"extra_vars": list(action.get("extra_vars") or []) + alert_extra_vars(rule, value),
}
if action.get("limit"):
params["limit"] = action["limit"]
if action.get("tags"):
params["tags"] = action["tags"]
if action.get("check"):
params["check"] = True
run_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
async with app.db_sessionmaker() as db:
async with db.begin():
db.add(AnsibleRun(
id=run_id,
playbook_path=playbook,
inventory_path=inventory,
source_name=source["name"],
triggered_by=None,
status=AnsibleRunStatus.running,
params=params,
))
event = (await db.execute(
select(AlertEvent).where(AlertEvent.id == event_id))).scalar_one_or_none()
if event:
event.ansible_run_id = run_id
await executor.start_run(app, run_id, playbook, inventory, source["path"], params)
async def check_silence(app: "Quart") -> None:
"""Mark the enabled rules whose series has gone silent (no_data).
Run every minute by the core scheduler. A rule is silent once its series
has had no sample for no_data_after(its usual gap); one that never had a
sample counts from when the rule started watching. The mark sits beside
the state, so a firing alert that goes silent stays firing. Each silence
is recorded once, as an event, and notified once (rule.notify_no_data,
outside maintenance windows), after the transaction commits.
"""
now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
notify: list[tuple[AlertRule, str, str]] = []
async with app.db_sessionmaker() as session:
async with session.begin():
rows = (await session.execute(
select(AlertState, AlertRule)
.join(AlertRule, AlertState.rule_id == AlertRule.id)
.where(AlertRule.enabled.is_(True), AlertState.no_data_since.is_(None))
)).all()
if not rows:
return
windows = (await session.execute(
select(MaintenanceWindow).where(
MaintenanceWindow.start_at <= now, MaintenanceWindow.end_at >= now)
)).scalars().all()
for state, rule in rows:
watching_since = max(rule.created_at, state.last_transition_at)
since = silent_since(state.last_sample_at, state.sample_interval_s,
watching_since, now)
if since is None:
continue
state.no_data_since = since
if state.last_sample_at is None:
note = (f"no sample yet, {_duration((now - watching_since).total_seconds())}"
" after the rule started watching")
else:
note = f"no sample for {_duration((now - state.last_sample_at).total_seconds())}"
if state.sample_interval_s:
note += f" (usually every {_duration(state.sample_interval_s)})"
event_id = _add_event(session, rule.id, state.state.value, "no_data", None,
now, note=note)
if rule.notify_no_data and not any(
_in_window(w, rule.source_module, rule.resource_name) for w in windows):
notify.append((rule, event_id, note))
for rule, event_id, note in notify:
asyncio.create_task(_dispatch_notification(app, "no_data", rule, None, event_id, note))