apptest/tests: add test to verify sparse cache usage

Sparse cache is only used for "final merges" - merge of data of previous months, so tests verify that.

Signed-off-by: Zakhar Bessarab <z.bessarab@victoriametrics.com>

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: go-artifacts-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.scenario }}-
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: make ${{ matrix.scenario}}
+        run: GOGC=10 make ${{ matrix.scenario}}
 
       - name: Publish coverage
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5

LICENSE

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 
    END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 
-   Copyright 2019-2024 VictoriaMetrics, Inc.
+   Copyright 2019-2025 VictoriaMetrics, Inc.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

Makefile

@@ -513,19 +513,19 @@ check-all: fmt vet golangci-lint govulncheck
 clean-checkers: remove-golangci-lint remove-govulncheck
 
 test:
-	DISABLE_FSYNC_FOR_TESTING=1 go test ./lib/... ./app/...
+	go test ./lib/... ./app/...
 
 test-race:
-	DISABLE_FSYNC_FOR_TESTING=1 go test -race ./lib/... ./app/...
+	go test -race ./lib/... ./app/...
 
 test-pure:
-	DISABLE_FSYNC_FOR_TESTING=1 CGO_ENABLED=0 go test ./lib/... ./app/...
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go test ./lib/... ./app/...
 
 test-full:
-	DISABLE_FSYNC_FOR_TESTING=1 go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./lib/... ./app/...
+	go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./lib/... ./app/...
 
 test-full-386:
-	DISABLE_FSYNC_FOR_TESTING=1 GOARCH=386 go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./lib/... ./app/...
+	GOARCH=386 go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./lib/... ./app/...
 
 integration-test: victoria-metrics vmagent vmalert vmauth
 	go test ./apptest/... -skip="^TestCluster.*"
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ golangci-lint: install-golangci-lint
 	golangci-lint run
 
 install-golangci-lint:
-	which golangci-lint || curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin v1.60.3
+	which golangci-lint || curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin v1.63.4
 
 remove-golangci-lint:
 	rm -rf `which golangci-lint`

README.md

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # VictoriaMetrics
 
-[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/latest)
-[![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/victoriametrics/victoria-metrics.svg?maxAge=604800)](https://hub.docker.com/r/victoriametrics/victoria-metrics)
-[![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/join%20slack-%23victoriametrics-brightgreen.svg)](https://slack.victoriametrics.com/)
-[![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics.svg)](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/LICENSE)
-[![Go Report](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics)
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/workflows/main/badge.svg)](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/actions)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics)
+![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics?sort=semver&label=&filter=!*-victorialogs&logo=github&labelColor=gray&color=gray&link=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FVictoriaMetrics%2FVictoriaMetrics%2Freleases%2Flatest)
+![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/victoriametrics/victoria-metrics?label=&logo=docker&logoColor=white&labelColor=2496ED&color=2496ED&link=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Fr%2Fvictoriametrics%2Fvictoria-metrics)
+![Go Report](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics?link=https%3A%2F%2Fgoreportcard.com%2Freport%2Fgithub.com%2FVictoriaMetrics%2FVictoriaMetrics)
+![Build Status](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/workflows/main/badge.svg?link=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FVictoriaMetrics%2FVictoriaMetrics%2Factions)
+![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?link=https%3A%2F%2Fcodecov.io%2Fgh%2FVictoriaMetrics%2FVictoriaMetrics)
+![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics?labelColor=green&label=&link=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FVictoriaMetrics%2FVictoriaMetrics%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2FLICENSE)
+![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/Join-4A154B?logo=slack&link=https%3A%2F%2Fslack.victoriametrics.com)
+![X](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/VictoriaMetrics?style=flat&label=Follow&color=black&logo=x&labelColor=black&link=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FVictoriaMetrics)
+![Reddit](https://img.shields.io/reddit/subreddit-subscribers/VictoriaMetrics?style=flat&label=Join&labelColor=red&logoColor=white&logo=reddit&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FVictoriaMetrics)
 
 <picture>
   <source srcset="docs/logo_white.webp" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)">

app/victoria-metrics/main.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmselect/promql"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmstorage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/buildinfo"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/cgroup"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/envflag"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
@@ -39,9 +40,24 @@ var (
 		"The saved data survives unclean shutdowns such as OOM crash, hardware reset, SIGKILL, etc. "+
 		"Bigger intervals may help increase the lifetime of flash storage with limited write cycles (e.g. Raspberry PI). "+
 		"Smaller intervals increase disk IO load. Minimum supported value is 1s")
+	maxIngestionRate = flag.Int("maxIngestionRate", 0, "The maximum number of samples vmsingle can receive per second. Data ingestion is paused when the limit is exceeded. "+
+		"By default there are no limits on samples ingestion rate.")
+	finalDedupScheduleInterval = flag.Duration("storage.finalDedupScheduleCheckInterval", time.Hour, "The interval for checking when final deduplication process should be started."+
+		"Storage unconditionally adds 25% jitter to the interval value on each check evaluation."+
+		" Changing the interval to the bigger values may delay downsampling, deduplication for historical data."+
+		" See also https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#deduplication")
 )
 
 func main() {
+	// VictoriaMetrics is optimized for reduced memory allocations,
+	// so it can run with the reduced GOGC in order to reduce the used memory,
+	// while keeping CPU usage spent in GC at low levels.
+	//
+	// Some workloads may need increased GOGC values. Then such values can be set via GOGC environment variable.
+	// It is recommended increasing GOGC if go_memstats_gc_cpu_fraction metric exposed at /metrics page
+	// exceeds 0.05 for extended periods of time.
+	cgroup.SetGOGC(30)
+
 	// Write flags and help message to stdout, since it is easier to grep or pipe.
 	flag.CommandLine.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
 	flag.Usage = usage
@@ -74,8 +90,13 @@ func main() {
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	storage.SetDedupInterval(*minScrapeInterval)
 	storage.SetDataFlushInterval(*inmemoryDataFlushInterval)
+	if *finalDedupScheduleInterval < time.Hour {
+		logger.Fatalf("-dedup.finalDedupScheduleCheckInterval cannot be smaller than 1 hour; got %s", *finalDedupScheduleInterval)
+	}
+	storage.SetFinalDedupScheduleInterval(*finalDedupScheduleInterval)
 	vmstorage.Init(promql.ResetRollupResultCacheIfNeeded)
 	vmselect.Init()
+	vminsertcommon.StartIngestionRateLimiter(*maxIngestionRate)
 	vminsert.Init()
 
 	startSelfScraper()
@@ -97,6 +118,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	logger.Infof("successfully shut down the webservice in %.3f seconds", time.Since(startTime).Seconds())
 	vminsert.Stop()
+	vminsertcommon.StopIngestionRateLimiter()
 
 	vmstorage.Stop()
 	vmselect.Stop()

app/victoria-metrics/self_scraper.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/prometheus"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/storage"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timeserieslimits"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ func selfScraper(scrapeInterval time.Duration) {
 				t := &r.Tags[j]
 				labels = addLabel(labels, t.Key, t.Value)
 			}
+			if timeserieslimits.IsExceeding(labels) {
+				// Skip metric with exceeding labels.
+				continue
+			}
 			if len(mrs) < cap(mrs) {
 				mrs = mrs[:len(mrs)+1]
 			} else {

app/vlinsert/datadog/datadog.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/insertutils"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlstorage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logstorage"
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter"
 )
 
+var (
+	datadogStreamFields = flagutil.NewArrayString("datadog.streamFields", "Datadog tags to be used as stream fields.")
+	datadogIgnoreFields = flagutil.NewArrayString("datadog.ignoreFields", "Datadog tags to ignore.")
+)
+
 var parserPool fastjson.ParserPool
 
 // RequestHandler processes Datadog insert requests
@@ -79,17 +85,21 @@ func datadogLogsIngestion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
+	if len(cp.StreamFields) == 0 {
+		cp.StreamFields = *datadogStreamFields
+	}
+	if len(cp.IgnoreFields) == 0 {
+		cp.IgnoreFields = *datadogIgnoreFields
+	}
+
 	if err := vlstorage.CanWriteData(); err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
 		return true
 	}
 
 	lmp := cp.NewLogMessageProcessor("datadog")
-	n, err := readLogsRequest(ts, data, lmp.AddRow)
+	err = readLogsRequest(ts, data, lmp)
 	lmp.MustClose()
-	if n > 0 {
-		rowsIngestedTotal.Add(n)
-	}
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Warnf("cannot decode log message in /api/v2/logs request: %s, stream fields: %s", err, cp.StreamFields)
 		return true
@@ -105,47 +115,118 @@ func datadogLogsIngestion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 
 var (
 	v2LogsRequestsTotal   = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/datadog/api/v2/logs"}`)
-	rowsIngestedTotal     = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="datadog"}`)
 	v2LogsRequestDuration = metrics.NewHistogram(`vl_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/insert/datadog/api/v2/logs"}`)
 )
 
+// datadog message field has two formats:
+//   - regular log message with string text
+//   - nested json format for serverless plugins
+//     which has folowing format:
+//     {"message": {"message": "text","lamdba": {"arn": "string","requestID": "string"}, "timestamp": int64} }
+//
+// See https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-lambda-extension/blob/28b90c7e4e985b72d60b5f5a5147c69c7ac693c4/bottlecap/src/logs/lambda/mod.rs#L24
+func appendMsgFields(fields []logstorage.Field, v *fastjson.Value) ([]logstorage.Field, error) {
+	switch v.Type() {
+	case fastjson.TypeString:
+		val := v.GetStringBytes()
+		fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+			Name:  "_msg",
+			Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(val),
+		})
+	case fastjson.TypeObject:
+		var firstErr error
+		v.GetObject().Visit(func(k []byte, v *fastjson.Value) {
+			if firstErr != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			switch bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(k) {
+			case "message":
+				val := v.GetStringBytes()
+				fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+					Name:  "_msg",
+					Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(val),
+				})
+			case "status":
+				val := v.GetStringBytes()
+				fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+					Name:  "status",
+					Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(val),
+				})
+			case "lamdba":
+				obj, err := v.Object()
+				if err != nil {
+					firstErr = err
+					firstErr = fmt.Errorf("unexpected lambda value type for %q:%q; want object", k, v)
+					return
+				}
+				obj.Visit(func(k []byte, v *fastjson.Value) {
+					if firstErr != nil {
+						return
+					}
+					val, err := v.StringBytes()
+					if err != nil {
+						firstErr = fmt.Errorf("unexpected lambda label value type for %q:%q; want string", k, v)
+						return
+					}
+					fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+						Name:  bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(k),
+						Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(val),
+					})
+				})
+
+			}
+		})
+	default:
+		return fields, fmt.Errorf("unsupported message type %q", v.Type().String())
+	}
+	return fields, nil
+}
+
 // readLogsRequest parses data according to DataDog logs format
 // https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/logs/#send-logs
-func readLogsRequest(ts int64, data []byte, processLogMessage func(int64, []logstorage.Field)) (int, error) {
+func readLogsRequest(ts int64, data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) error {
 	p := parserPool.Get()
 	defer parserPool.Put(p)
 	v, err := p.ParseBytes(data)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse JSON request body: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse JSON request body: %w", err)
 	}
 	records, err := v.Array()
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot extract array from parsed JSON: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot extract array from parsed JSON: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	var fields []logstorage.Field
-	for m, r := range records {
+	for _, r := range records {
 		o, err := r.Object()
 		if err != nil {
-			return m + 1, fmt.Errorf("could not extract log record: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not extract log record: %w", err)
 		}
 		o.Visit(func(k []byte, v *fastjson.Value) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			val, e := v.StringBytes()
-			if e != nil {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected label value type for %q:%q; want string", k, v)
-				return
-			}
-			switch string(k) {
+			switch bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(k) {
 			case "message":
-				fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
-					Name:  "_msg",
-					Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(val),
-				})
+				fields, err = appendMsgFields(fields, v)
+				if err != nil {
+					return
+				}
+			case "timestamp":
+				val, e := v.Int64()
+				if e != nil {
+					err = fmt.Errorf("failed to parse timestamp for %q:%q", k, v)
+				}
+				if val > 0 {
+					ts = val * 1e6
+				}
 			case "ddtags":
 				// https://docs.datadoghq.com/getting_started/tagging/
+				val, e := v.StringBytes()
+				if e != nil {
+					err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected label value type for %q:%q; want string", k, v)
+					return
+				}
 				var pair []byte
 				idx := 0
 				for idx >= 0 {
@@ -172,14 +253,22 @@ func readLogsRequest(ts int64, data []byte, processLogMessage func(int64, []logs
 					}
 				}
 			default:
+				val, e := v.StringBytes()
+				if e != nil {
+					err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected label value type for %q:%q; want string", k, v)
+					return
+				}
 				fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
 					Name:  bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(k),
 					Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(val),
 				})
 			}
 		})
-		processLogMessage(ts, fields)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		lmp.AddRow(ts, fields, nil)
 		fields = fields[:0]
 	}
-	return len(records), nil
+	return nil
 }

app/vlinsert/datadog/datadog_test.go

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package datadog
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logstorage"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/insertutils"
 )
 
 func TestReadLogsRequestFailure(t *testing.T) {
@@ -15,16 +13,12 @@ func TestReadLogsRequestFailure(t *testing.T) {
 
 		ts := time.Now().UnixNano()
 
-		processLogMessage := func(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Field) {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected call to processLogMessage with timestamp=%d, fields=%s", timestamp, fields)
-		}
-
-		rows, err := readLogsRequest(ts, []byte(data), processLogMessage)
-		if err == nil {
+		lmp := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
+		if err := readLogsRequest(ts, []byte(data), lmp); err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expecting non-empty error")
 		}
-		if rows != 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected non-zero rows=%d", rows)
+		if err := lmp.Verify(nil, ""); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 	f("foobar")
@@ -39,30 +33,16 @@ func TestReadLogsRequestSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		ts := time.Now().UnixNano()
-		var result string
-		processLogMessage := func(_ int64, fields []logstorage.Field) {
-			a := make([]string, len(fields))
-			for i, f := range fields {
-				a[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q:%q", f.Name, f.Value)
-			}
-			if len(result) > 0 {
-				result = result + "\n"
-			}
-			s := "{" + strings.Join(a, ",") + "}"
-			result += s
+		var timestampsExpected []int64
+		for i := 0; i < rowsExpected; i++ {
+			timestampsExpected = append(timestampsExpected, ts)
 		}
-
-		// Read the request without compression
-		rows, err := readLogsRequest(ts, []byte(data), processLogMessage)
-		if err != nil {
+		lmp := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
+		if err := readLogsRequest(ts, []byte(data), lmp); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
-		if rows != rowsExpected {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected rows read; got %d; want %d", rows, rowsExpected)
-		}
-
-		if result != resultExpected {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected result;\ngot\n%s\nwant\n%s", result, resultExpected)
+		if err := lmp.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -74,6 +54,12 @@ func TestReadLogsRequestSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			"hostname":"127.0.0.1",
 			"message":"bar",
 			"service":"test"
+		}, {
+			"ddsource":"nginx",
+                        "ddtags":"tag1:value1,tag2:value2",
+                        "hostname":"127.0.0.1",
+                        "message":{"message": "nested"},
+                        "service":"test"
 		}, {
 			"ddsource":"nginx",
 			"ddtags":"tag1:value1,tag2:value2",
@@ -106,8 +92,9 @@ func TestReadLogsRequestSuccess(t *testing.T) {
                         "service":"test"
 		}
 	]`
-	rowsExpected := 6
+	rowsExpected := 7
 	resultExpected := `{"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"bar","service":"test"}
+{"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"nested","service":"test"}
 {"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"foobar","service":"test"}
 {"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"baz","service":"test"}
 {"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"xyz","service":"test"}

app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package elasticsearch
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -103,7 +101,8 @@ func RequestHandler(path string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		}
 		lmp := cp.NewLogMessageProcessor("elasticsearch_bulk")
 		isGzip := r.Header.Get("Content-Encoding") == "gzip"
-		n, err := readBulkRequest(r.Body, isGzip, cp.TimeField, cp.MsgFields, lmp)
+		streamName := fmt.Sprintf("remoteAddr=%s, requestURI=%q", httpserver.GetQuotedRemoteAddr(r), r.RequestURI)
+		n, err := readBulkRequest(streamName, r.Body, isGzip, cp.TimeField, cp.MsgFields, lmp)
 		lmp.MustClose()
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Warnf("cannot decode log message #%d in /_bulk request: %s, stream fields: %s", n, err, cp.StreamFields)
@@ -129,11 +128,10 @@ func RequestHandler(path string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 
 var (
 	bulkRequestsTotal   = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/elasticsearch/_bulk"}`)
-	rowsIngestedTotal   = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="elasticsearch_bulk"}`)
 	bulkRequestDuration = metrics.NewHistogram(`vl_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/insert/elasticsearch/_bulk"}`)
 )
 
-func readBulkRequest(r io.Reader, isGzip bool, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, error) {
+func readBulkRequest(streamName string, r io.Reader, isGzip bool, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, error) {
 	// See https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-bulk.html
 
 	if isGzip {
@@ -148,48 +146,29 @@ func readBulkRequest(r io.Reader, isGzip bool, timeField string, msgFields []str
 	wcr := writeconcurrencylimiter.GetReader(r)
 	defer writeconcurrencylimiter.PutReader(wcr)
 
-	lb := lineBufferPool.Get()
-	defer lineBufferPool.Put(lb)
-
-	lb.B = bytesutil.ResizeNoCopyNoOverallocate(lb.B, insertutils.MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN())
-	sc := bufio.NewScanner(wcr)
-	sc.Buffer(lb.B, len(lb.B))
+	lr := insertutils.NewLineReader(streamName, wcr)
 
 	n := 0
-	nCheckpoint := 0
 	for {
-		ok, err := readBulkLine(sc, timeField, msgFields, lmp)
+		ok, err := readBulkLine(lr, timeField, msgFields, lmp)
 		wcr.DecConcurrency()
 		if err != nil || !ok {
-			rowsIngestedTotal.Add(n - nCheckpoint)
 			return n, err
 		}
 		n++
-		if batchSize := n - nCheckpoint; n >= 1000 {
-			rowsIngestedTotal.Add(batchSize)
-			nCheckpoint = n
-		}
 	}
 }
 
-var lineBufferPool bytesutil.ByteBufferPool
-
-func readBulkLine(sc *bufio.Scanner, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (bool, error) {
+func readBulkLine(lr *insertutils.LineReader, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (bool, error) {
 	var line []byte
 
 	// Read the command, must be "create" or "index"
 	for len(line) == 0 {
-		if !sc.Scan() {
-			if err := sc.Err(); err != nil {
-				if errors.Is(err, bufio.ErrTooLong) {
-					return false, fmt.Errorf(`cannot read "create" or "index" command, since its size exceeds -insert.maxLineSizeBytes=%d`,
-						insertutils.MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN())
-				}
-				return false, err
-			}
-			return false, nil
+		if !lr.NextLine() {
+			err := lr.Err()
+			return false, err
 		}
-		line = sc.Bytes()
+		line = lr.Line
 	}
 	lineStr := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(line)
 	if !strings.Contains(lineStr, `"create"`) && !strings.Contains(lineStr, `"index"`) {
@@ -197,16 +176,18 @@ func readBulkLine(sc *bufio.Scanner, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp i
 	}
 
 	// Decode log message
-	if !sc.Scan() {
-		if err := sc.Err(); err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, bufio.ErrTooLong) {
-				return false, fmt.Errorf("cannot read log message, since its size exceeds -insert.maxLineSizeBytes=%d", insertutils.MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN())
-			}
+	if !lr.NextLine() {
+		if err := lr.Err(); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
 		return false, fmt.Errorf(`missing log message after the "create" or "index" command`)
 	}
-	line = sc.Bytes()
+	line = lr.Line
+	if len(line) == 0 {
+		// Special case - the line could be too long, so it was skipped.
+		// Continue parsing next lines.
+		return true, nil
+	}
 	p := logstorage.GetJSONParser()
 	if err := p.ParseLogMessage(line); err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse json-encoded log entry: %w", err)
@@ -220,7 +201,7 @@ func readBulkLine(sc *bufio.Scanner, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp i
 		ts = time.Now().UnixNano()
 	}
 	logstorage.RenameField(p.Fields, msgFields, "_msg")
-	lmp.AddRow(ts, p.Fields)
+	lmp.AddRow(ts, p.Fields, nil)
 	logstorage.PutJSONParser(p)
 
 	return true, nil

app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestReadBulkRequest_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 
 		tlp := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
 		r := bytes.NewBufferString(data)
-		rows, err := readBulkRequest(r, false, "_time", []string{"_msg"}, tlp)
+		rows, err := readBulkRequest("test", r, false, "_time", []string{"_msg"}, tlp)
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expecting non-empty error")
 		}
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ foobar`)
 }
 
 func TestReadBulkRequest_Success(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(data, timeField, msgField string, rowsExpected int, timestampsExpected []int64, resultExpected string) {
+	f := func(data, timeField, msgField string, timestampsExpected []int64, resultExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		msgFields := []string{"non_existing_foo", msgField, "non_exiting_bar"}
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ func TestReadBulkRequest_Success(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Read the request without compression
 		r := bytes.NewBufferString(data)
-		rows, err := readBulkRequest(r, false, timeField, msgFields, tlp)
+		rows, err := readBulkRequest("test", r, false, timeField, msgFields, tlp)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
-		if rows != rowsExpected {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected rows read; got %d; want %d", rows, rowsExpected)
+		if rows != len(timestampsExpected) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected rows read; got %d; want %d", rows, len(timestampsExpected))
 		}
-		if err := tlp.Verify(rowsExpected, timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+		if err := tlp.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
@@ -56,22 +56,22 @@ func TestReadBulkRequest_Success(t *testing.T) {
 		tlp = &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
 		compressedData := compressData(data)
 		r = bytes.NewBufferString(compressedData)
-		rows, err = readBulkRequest(r, true, timeField, msgFields, tlp)
+		rows, err = readBulkRequest("test", r, true, timeField, msgFields, tlp)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
-		if rows != rowsExpected {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected rows read; got %d; want %d", rows, rowsExpected)
+		if rows != len(timestampsExpected) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected rows read; got %d; want %d", rows, len(timestampsExpected))
 		}
-		if err := tlp.Verify(rowsExpected, timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+		if err := tlp.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("verification failure after compression: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Verify an empty data
-	f("", "_time", "_msg", 0, nil, "")
-	f("\n", "_time", "_msg", 0, nil, "")
-	f("\n\n", "_time", "_msg", 0, nil, "")
+	f("", "_time", "_msg", nil, "")
+	f("\n", "_time", "_msg", nil, "")
+	f("\n\n", "_time", "_msg", nil, "")
 
 	// Verify non-empty data
 	data := `{"create":{"_index":"filebeat-8.8.0"}}
@@ -85,13 +85,12 @@ func TestReadBulkRequest_Success(t *testing.T) {
 `
 	timeField := "@timestamp"
 	msgField := "message"
-	rowsExpected := 4
 	timestampsExpected := []int64{1686026891735000000, 1686023292735000000, 1686026893735000000, 1686026893000000000}
 	resultExpected := `{"log.offset":"71770","log.file.path":"/var/log/auth.log","_msg":"foobar"}
 {"_msg":"baz"}
 {"_msg":"xyz","x":"y"}
 {"_msg":"qwe rty"}`
-	f(data, timeField, msgField, rowsExpected, timestampsExpected, resultExpected)
+	f(data, timeField, msgField, timestampsExpected, resultExpected)
 }
 
 func compressData(s string) string {

app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_timing_test.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func benchmarkReadBulkRequest(b *testing.B, isGzip bool) {
 		r := &bytes.Reader{}
 		for pb.Next() {
 			r.Reset(dataBytes)
-			_, err := readBulkRequest(r, isGzip, timeField, msgFields, blp)
+			_, err := readBulkRequest("test", r, isGzip, timeField, msgFields, blp)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected error: %w", err))
 			}

app/vlinsert/insertutils/common_params.go

@@ -137,10 +137,12 @@ func GetCommonParamsForSyslog(tenantID logstorage.TenantID, streamFields, ignore
 
 // LogMessageProcessor is an interface for log message processors.
 type LogMessageProcessor interface {
-	// AddRow must add row to the LogMessageProcessor with the given timestamp and the given fields.
+	// AddRow must add row to the LogMessageProcessor with the given timestamp and fields.
+	//
+	// If streamFields is non-nil, then the given streamFields must be used as log stream fields instead of pre-configured fields.
 	//
 	// The LogMessageProcessor implementation cannot hold references to fields, since the caller can re-use them.
-	AddRow(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Field)
+	AddRow(timestamp int64, fields, streamFields []logstorage.Field)
 
 	// MustClose() must flush all the remaining fields and free up resources occupied by LogMessageProcessor.
 	MustClose()
@@ -155,7 +157,8 @@ type logMessageProcessor struct {
 	cp *CommonParams
 	lr *logstorage.LogRows
 
-	processedBytesTotal *metrics.Counter
+	rowsIngestedTotal  *metrics.Counter
+	bytesIngestedTotal *metrics.Counter
 }
 
 func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) initPeriodicFlush() {
@@ -185,21 +188,24 @@ func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) initPeriodicFlush() {
 }
 
 // AddRow adds new log message to lmp with the given timestamp and fields.
-func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Field) {
+//
+// If streamFields is non-nil, then it is used as log stream fields instead of the pre-configured stream fields.
+func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields, streamFields []logstorage.Field) {
 	lmp.mu.Lock()
 	defer lmp.mu.Unlock()
 
-	n := getApproxJSONRowLen(fields)
-	lmp.processedBytesTotal.Add(n)
+	lmp.rowsIngestedTotal.Inc()
+	n := logstorage.EstimatedJSONRowLen(fields)
+	lmp.bytesIngestedTotal.Add(n)
 
 	if len(fields) > *MaxFieldsPerLine {
-		rf := logstorage.RowFormatter(fields)
-		logger.Warnf("dropping log line with %d fields; it exceeds -insert.maxFieldsPerLine=%d; %s", len(fields), *MaxFieldsPerLine, rf)
+		line := logstorage.MarshalFieldsToJSON(nil, fields)
+		logger.Warnf("dropping log line with %d fields; it exceeds -insert.maxFieldsPerLine=%d; %s", len(fields), *MaxFieldsPerLine, line)
 		rowsDroppedTotalTooManyFields.Inc()
 		return
 	}
 
-	lmp.lr.MustAdd(lmp.cp.TenantID, timestamp, fields)
+	lmp.lr.MustAdd(lmp.cp.TenantID, timestamp, fields, streamFields)
 	if lmp.cp.Debug {
 		s := lmp.lr.GetRowString(0)
 		lmp.lr.ResetKeepSettings()
@@ -212,16 +218,6 @@ func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Fiel
 	}
 }
 
-// getApproxJSONRowLen returns an approximate length of the log entry with the given fields if represented as JSON.
-func getApproxJSONRowLen(fields []logstorage.Field) int {
-	n := len("{}\n")
-	n += len(`"_time":""`) + len(time.RFC3339Nano)
-	for _, f := range fields {
-		n += len(`,"":""`) + len(f.Name) + len(f.Value)
-	}
-	return n
-}
-
 // flushLocked must be called under locked lmp.mu.
 func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) flushLocked() {
 	lmp.lastFlushTime = time.Now()
@@ -244,12 +240,14 @@ func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) MustClose() {
 // MustClose() must be called on the returned LogMessageProcessor when it is no longer needed.
 func (cp *CommonParams) NewLogMessageProcessor(protocolName string) LogMessageProcessor {
 	lr := logstorage.GetLogRows(cp.StreamFields, cp.IgnoreFields, cp.ExtraFields, *defaultMsgValue)
-	processedBytesTotal := metrics.GetOrCreateCounter(fmt.Sprintf("vl_bytes_ingested_total{type=%q}", protocolName))
+	rowsIngestedTotal := metrics.GetOrCreateCounter(fmt.Sprintf("vl_rows_ingested_total{type=%q}", protocolName))
+	bytesIngestedTotal := metrics.GetOrCreateCounter(fmt.Sprintf("vl_bytes_ingested_total{type=%q}", protocolName))
 	lmp := &logMessageProcessor{
 		cp: cp,
 		lr: lr,
 
-		processedBytesTotal: processedBytesTotal,
+		rowsIngestedTotal:  rowsIngestedTotal,
+		bytesIngestedTotal: bytesIngestedTotal,
 
 		stopCh: make(chan struct{}),
 	}

app/vlinsert/insertutils/flags.go

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	// MaxLineSizeBytes is the maximum length of a single line for /insert/* handlers
-	MaxLineSizeBytes = flagutil.NewBytes("insert.maxLineSizeBytes", 256*1024, "The maximum size of a single line, which can be read by /insert/* handlers")
+	MaxLineSizeBytes = flagutil.NewBytes("insert.maxLineSizeBytes", 256*1024, "The maximum size of a single line, which can be read by /insert/* handlers; "+
+		"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/faq/#what-length-a-log-record-is-expected-to-have")
 
 	// MaxFieldsPerLine is the maximum number of fields per line for /insert/* handlers
-	MaxFieldsPerLine = flag.Int("insert.maxFieldsPerLine", 1000, "The maximum number of log fields per line, which can be read by /insert/* handlers")
+	MaxFieldsPerLine = flag.Int("insert.maxFieldsPerLine", 1000, "The maximum number of log fields per line, which can be read by /insert/* handlers; "+
+		"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/faq/#how-many-fields-a-single-log-entry-may-contain")
 )

app/vlinsert/insertutils/line_reader.go

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+package insertutils
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/slicesutil"
+)
+
+// LineReader reads newline-delimited lines from the underlying reader
+type LineReader struct {
+	// Line contains the next line read after the call to NextLine
+	//
+	// The Line contents is valid until the next call to NextLine.
+	Line []byte
+
+	// name is the LineReader name
+	name string
+
+	// r is the underlying reader to read data from
+	r io.Reader
+
+	// buf is a buffer for reading the next line
+	buf []byte
+
+	// bufOffset is the offset at buf to read the next line from
+	bufOffset int
+
+	// err is the last error when reading data from r
+	err error
+
+	// eofReached is set to true when all the data is read from r
+	eofReached bool
+}
+
+// NewLineReader returns LineReader for r.
+func NewLineReader(name string, r io.Reader) *LineReader {
+	return &LineReader{
+		name: name,
+		r:    r,
+	}
+}
+
+// NextLine reads the next line from the underlying reader.
+//
+// It returns true if the next line is successfully read into Line.
+// If the line length exceeds MaxLineSizeBytes, then this line is skipped
+// and an empty line is returned instead.
+//
+// If false is returned, then no more lines left to read from r.
+// Check for Err in this case.
+func (lr *LineReader) NextLine() bool {
+	for {
+		if lr.bufOffset >= len(lr.buf) {
+			if lr.err != nil || lr.eofReached {
+				return false
+			}
+			if !lr.readMoreData() {
+				return false
+			}
+			if lr.bufOffset >= len(lr.buf) && lr.eofReached {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+
+		buf := lr.buf[lr.bufOffset:]
+		if n := bytes.IndexByte(buf, '\n'); n >= 0 {
+			lr.Line = buf[:n]
+			lr.bufOffset += n + 1
+			return true
+		}
+		if lr.eofReached {
+			lr.Line = buf
+			lr.bufOffset += len(buf)
+			return true
+		}
+		if !lr.readMoreData() {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Err returns the last error after NextLine call.
+func (lr *LineReader) Err() error {
+	if lr.err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", lr.name, lr.err)
+}
+
+func (lr *LineReader) readMoreData() bool {
+	if lr.bufOffset > 0 {
+		lr.buf = append(lr.buf[:0], lr.buf[lr.bufOffset:]...)
+		lr.bufOffset = 0
+	}
+
+	bufLen := len(lr.buf)
+	if bufLen >= MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN() {
+		logger.Warnf("%s: the line length exceeds -insert.maxLineSizeBytes=%d; skipping it; line contents=%q", lr.name, MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN(), lr.buf)
+		tooLongLinesSkipped.Inc()
+		return lr.skipUntilNextLine()
+	}
+
+	lr.buf = slicesutil.SetLength(lr.buf, MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN())
+	n, err := lr.r.Read(lr.buf[bufLen:])
+	lr.buf = lr.buf[:bufLen+n]
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+			lr.eofReached = true
+			return true
+		}
+		lr.err = fmt.Errorf("cannot read the next line: %s", err)
+	}
+	return n > 0
+}
+
+var tooLongLinesSkipped = metrics.NewCounter("vl_too_long_lines_skipped_total")
+
+func (lr *LineReader) skipUntilNextLine() bool {
+	for {
+		lr.buf = slicesutil.SetLength(lr.buf, MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN())
+		n, err := lr.r.Read(lr.buf)
+		lr.buf = lr.buf[:n]
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				lr.eofReached = true
+				lr.buf = lr.buf[:0]
+				return true
+			}
+			lr.err = fmt.Errorf("cannot skip the current line: %s", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		if n := bytes.IndexByte(lr.buf, '\n'); n >= 0 {
+			// Include \n in the buf, so too long line is replaced with an empty line.
+			// This is needed for maintaining synchorinzation consistency between lines
+			// in protocols such as Elasticsearch bulk import.
+			lr.buf = append(lr.buf[:0], lr.buf[n:]...)
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+}

app/vlinsert/insertutils/line_reader_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+package insertutils
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLineReader_Success(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(data string, linesExpected []string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		r := bytes.NewBufferString(data)
+		lr := NewLineReader("foo", r)
+		var lines []string
+		for lr.NextLine() {
+			lines = append(lines, string(lr.Line))
+		}
+		if err := lr.Err(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		if lr.NextLine() {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting error on the second call to NextLine()")
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(lines, linesExpected) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected lines\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", lines, linesExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	f("", nil)
+	f("\n", []string{""})
+	f("\n\n", []string{"", ""})
+	f("foo", []string{"foo"})
+	f("foo\n", []string{"foo"})
+	f("\nfoo", []string{"", "foo"})
+	f("foo\n\n", []string{"foo", ""})
+	f("foo\nbar", []string{"foo", "bar"})
+	f("foo\nbar\n", []string{"foo", "bar"})
+	f("\nfoo\n\nbar\n\n", []string{"", "foo", "", "bar", ""})
+}
+
+func TestLineReader_SkipUntilNextLine(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(data string, linesExpected []string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		r := bytes.NewBufferString(data)
+		lr := NewLineReader("foo", r)
+		var lines []string
+		for lr.NextLine() {
+			lines = append(lines, string(lr.Line))
+		}
+		if err := lr.Err(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error for data=%q: %s", data, err)
+		}
+		if lr.NextLine() {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting error on the second call to NextLine()")
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(lines, linesExpected) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected lines for data=%q\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", data, lines, linesExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, overflow := range []int{0, 100, MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN(), MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN() + 1, 2 * MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN()} {
+		longLineLen := MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN() + overflow
+		longLine := string(make([]byte, longLineLen))
+
+		// Single long line
+		data := longLine
+		f(data, nil)
+
+		// Multiple long lines
+		data = longLine + "\n" + longLine
+		f(data, []string{""})
+
+		data = longLine + "\n" + longLine + "\n"
+		f(data, []string{"", ""})
+
+		// Long line in the middle
+		data = "foo\n" + longLine + "\nbar"
+		f(data, []string{"foo", "", "bar"})
+
+		// Multiple long lines in the middle
+		data = "foo\n" + longLine + "\n" + longLine + "\nbar"
+		f(data, []string{"foo", "", "", "bar"})
+
+		// Long line in the end
+		data = "foo\n" + longLine
+		f(data, []string{"foo"})
+
+		// Long line in the end
+		data = "foo\n" + longLine + "\n"
+		f(data, []string{"foo", ""})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLineReader_Failure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(data string, linesExpected []string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		fr := &failureReader{
+			r: bytes.NewBufferString(data),
+		}
+		lr := NewLineReader("foo", fr)
+		var lines []string
+		for lr.NextLine() {
+			lines = append(lines, string(lr.Line))
+		}
+		if err := lr.Err(); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error")
+		}
+		if lr.NextLine() {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting error on the second call to NextLine()")
+		}
+		if err := lr.Err(); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error on the second call")
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(lines, linesExpected) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected lines\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", lines, linesExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	f("", nil)
+	f("foo", nil)
+	f("foo\n", []string{"foo"})
+	f("\n", []string{""})
+	f("foo\nbar", []string{"foo"})
+	f("foo\nbar\n", []string{"foo", "bar"})
+	f("\nfoo\nbar\n\n", []string{"", "foo", "bar", ""})
+
+	// long line
+	longLineLen := MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN()
+	for _, overflow := range []int{0, 100, MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN(), MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN() + 1, 2 * MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN()} {
+		longLine := string(make([]byte, longLineLen+overflow))
+
+		data := longLine
+		f(data, nil)
+
+		data = "foo\n" + longLine
+		f(data, []string{"foo"})
+
+		data = longLine + "\nfoo"
+		f(data, []string{""})
+
+		data = longLine + "\nfoo\n"
+		f(data, []string{"", "foo"})
+	}
+}
+
+type failureReader struct {
+	r io.Reader
+}
+
+func (r *failureReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	n, _ := r.r.Read(p)
+	if n > 0 {
+		return n, nil
+	}
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("some error")
+}

app/vlinsert/insertutils/testutils.go

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ type TestLogMessageProcessor struct {
 }
 
 // AddRow adds row with the given timestamp and fields to tlp
-func (tlp *TestLogMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Field) {
+func (tlp *TestLogMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields, streamFields []logstorage.Field) {
+	if streamFields != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("BUG: streamFields must be nil; got %v", streamFields))
+	}
 	tlp.timestamps = append(tlp.timestamps, timestamp)
 	tlp.rows = append(tlp.rows, string(logstorage.MarshalFieldsToJSON(nil, fields)))
 }
@@ -25,10 +28,10 @@ func (tlp *TestLogMessageProcessor) MustClose() {
 }
 
 // Verify verifies the number of rows, timestamps and results after AddRow calls.
-func (tlp *TestLogMessageProcessor) Verify(rowsExpected int, timestampsExpected []int64, resultExpected string) error {
+func (tlp *TestLogMessageProcessor) Verify(timestampsExpected []int64, resultExpected string) error {
 	result := strings.Join(tlp.rows, "\n")
-	if len(tlp.rows) != rowsExpected {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected rows read; got %d; want %d;\nrows read:\n%s\nrows wanted\n%s", len(tlp.rows), rowsExpected, result, resultExpected)
+	if len(tlp.rows) != len(timestampsExpected) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected rows read; got %d; want %d;\nrows read:\n%s\nrows wanted\n%s", len(tlp.rows), len(timestampsExpected), result, resultExpected)
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(tlp.timestamps, timestampsExpected) {
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ func (tlp *TestLogMessageProcessor) Verify(rowsExpected int, timestampsExpected
 type BenchmarkLogMessageProcessor struct{}
 
 // AddRow implements LogMessageProcessor interface.
-func (blp *BenchmarkLogMessageProcessor) AddRow(_ int64, _ []logstorage.Field) {
+func (blp *BenchmarkLogMessageProcessor) AddRow(_ int64, _, _ []logstorage.Field) {
 }
 
 // MustClose implements LogMessageProcessor interface.

app/vlinsert/journald/journald.go

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func handleJournald(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 	}
 
 	lmp := cp.NewLogMessageProcessor("journald")
-	n, err := parseJournaldRequest(data, lmp, cp)
+	err = parseJournaldRequest(data, lmp, cp)
 	lmp.MustClose()
 	if err != nil {
 		errorsTotal.Inc()
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ func handleJournald(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	rowsIngestedJournaldTotal.Add(n)
-
 	// update requestJournaldDuration only for successfully parsed requests
 	// There is no need in updating requestJournaldDuration for request errors,
 	// since their timings are usually much smaller than the timing for successful request parsing.
@@ -138,8 +136,6 @@ func handleJournald(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 }
 
 var (
-	rowsIngestedJournaldTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="journald"}`)
-
 	requestsJournaldTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/journald/upload"}`)
 	errorsTotal           = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_errors_total{path="/insert/journald/upload"}`)
 
@@ -147,7 +143,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // See https://systemd.io/JOURNAL_EXPORT_FORMATS/#journal-export-format
-func parseJournaldRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, cp *insertutils.CommonParams) (rowsIngested int, err error) {
+func parseJournaldRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, cp *insertutils.CommonParams) error {
 	var fields []logstorage.Field
 	var ts int64
 	var size uint64
@@ -170,15 +166,14 @@ func parseJournaldRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, cp *
 				if ts == 0 {
 					ts = currentTimestamp
 				}
-				lmp.AddRow(ts, fields)
-				rowsIngested++
+				lmp.AddRow(ts, fields, nil)
 				fields = fields[:0]
 			}
 			// skip newline separator
 			data = data[1:]
 			continue
 		case idx < 0:
-			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("missing new line separator, unread data left=%d", len(data))
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing new line separator, unread data left=%d", len(data))
 		}
 
 		idx = bytes.IndexByte(line, '=')
@@ -191,46 +186,46 @@ func parseJournaldRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, cp *
 		} else {
 			name = bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(line)
 			if len(data) == 0 {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected zero data for binary field value of key=%s", name)
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected zero data for binary field value of key=%s", name)
 			}
 			// size of binary data encoded as le i64 at the begging
 			idx, err := binary.Decode(data, binary.LittleEndian, &size)
 			if err != nil {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("failed to extract binary field %q value size: %w", name, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to extract binary field %q value size: %w", name, err)
 			}
 			// skip binary data sise
 			data = data[idx:]
 			if size == 0 {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected zero binary data size decoded %d", size)
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected zero binary data size decoded %d", size)
 			}
 			if int(size) > len(data) {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("binary data size=%d cannot exceed size of the data at buffer=%d", size, len(data))
+				return fmt.Errorf("binary data size=%d cannot exceed size of the data at buffer=%d", size, len(data))
 			}
 			value = bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(data[:size])
 			data = data[int(size):]
 			// binary data must has new line separator for the new line or next field
 			if len(data) == 0 {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected empty buffer after binary field=%s read", name)
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected empty buffer after binary field=%s read", name)
 			}
 			lastB := data[0]
 			if lastB != '\n' {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("expected new line separator after binary field=%s, got=%s", name, string(lastB))
+				return fmt.Errorf("expected new line separator after binary field=%s, got=%s", name, string(lastB))
 			}
 			data = data[1:]
 		}
 		// https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c#L1703
 		if len(name) > journaldEntryMaxNameLen {
-			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("journald entry name should not exceed %d symbols, got: %q", journaldEntryMaxNameLen, name)
+			return fmt.Errorf("journald entry name should not exceed %d symbols, got: %q", journaldEntryMaxNameLen, name)
 		}
 		if !allowedJournaldEntryNameChars.MatchString(name) {
-			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("journald entry name should consist of `A-Z0-9_` characters and must start from non-digit symbol")
+			return fmt.Errorf("journald entry name should consist of `A-Z0-9_` characters and must start from non-digit symbol")
 		}
 		if name == cp.TimeField {
-			ts, err = strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
+			n, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
-				return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse Journald timestamp, %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse Journald timestamp, %w", err)
 			}
-			ts *= 1e3
+			ts = n * 1e3
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -249,8 +244,7 @@ func parseJournaldRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, cp *
 		if ts == 0 {
 			ts = currentTimestamp
 		}
-		lmp.AddRow(ts, fields)
-		rowsIngested++
+		lmp.AddRow(ts, fields, nil)
 	}
-	return rowsIngested, nil
+	return nil
 }

app/vlinsert/journald/journald_test.go

@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ func TestPushJournaldOk(t *testing.T) {
 			TimeField: "__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP",
 			MsgFields: []string{"MESSAGE"},
 		}
-		n, err := parseJournaldRequest([]byte(src), tlp, cp)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := parseJournaldRequest([]byte(src), tlp, cp); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 
-		if err := tlp.Verify(n, timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+		if err := tlp.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ func TestPushJournald_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 			TimeField: "__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP",
 			MsgFields: []string{"MESSAGE"},
 		}
-		_, err := parseJournaldRequest([]byte(data), tlp, cp)
-		if err == nil {
+		if err := parseJournaldRequest([]byte(data), tlp, cp); err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expected non nil error")
 		}
 	}

app/vlinsert/jsonline/jsonline.go

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package jsonline
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -10,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/insertutils"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlstorage"
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logstorage"
@@ -53,7 +50,8 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	lmp := cp.NewLogMessageProcessor("jsonline")
-	err = processStreamInternal(reader, cp.TimeField, cp.MsgFields, lmp)
+	streamName := fmt.Sprintf("remoteAddr=%s, requestURI=%q", httpserver.GetQuotedRemoteAddr(r), r.RequestURI)
+	err = processStreamInternal(streamName, reader, cp.TimeField, cp.MsgFields, lmp)
 	lmp.MustClose()
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -66,20 +64,15 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-func processStreamInternal(r io.Reader, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) error {
+func processStreamInternal(streamName string, r io.Reader, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) error {
 	wcr := writeconcurrencylimiter.GetReader(r)
 	defer writeconcurrencylimiter.PutReader(wcr)
 
-	lb := lineBufferPool.Get()
-	defer lineBufferPool.Put(lb)
-
-	lb.B = bytesutil.ResizeNoCopyNoOverallocate(lb.B, insertutils.MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN())
-	sc := bufio.NewScanner(wcr)
-	sc.Buffer(lb.B, len(lb.B))
+	lr := insertutils.NewLineReader(streamName, wcr)
 
 	n := 0
 	for {
-		ok, err := readLine(sc, timeField, msgFields, lmp)
+		ok, err := readLine(lr, timeField, msgFields, lmp)
 		wcr.DecConcurrency()
 		if err != nil {
 			errorsTotal.Inc()
@@ -89,23 +82,17 @@ func processStreamInternal(r io.Reader, timeField string, msgFields []string, lm
 			return nil
 		}
 		n++
-		rowsIngestedTotal.Inc()
 	}
 }
 
-func readLine(sc *bufio.Scanner, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (bool, error) {
+func readLine(lr *insertutils.LineReader, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (bool, error) {
 	var line []byte
 	for len(line) == 0 {
-		if !sc.Scan() {
-			if err := sc.Err(); err != nil {
-				if errors.Is(err, bufio.ErrTooLong) {
-					return false, fmt.Errorf(`cannot read json line, since its size exceeds -insert.maxLineSizeBytes=%d`, insertutils.MaxLineSizeBytes.IntN())
-				}
-				return false, err
-			}
-			return false, nil
+		if !lr.NextLine() {
+			err := lr.Err()
+			return false, err
 		}
-		line = sc.Bytes()
+		line = lr.Line
 	}
 
 	p := logstorage.GetJSONParser()
@@ -117,17 +104,13 @@ func readLine(sc *bufio.Scanner, timeField string, msgFields []string, lmp inser
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("cannot get timestamp: %w", err)
 	}
 	logstorage.RenameField(p.Fields, msgFields, "_msg")
-	lmp.AddRow(ts, p.Fields)
+	lmp.AddRow(ts, p.Fields, nil)
 	logstorage.PutJSONParser(p)
 
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-var lineBufferPool bytesutil.ByteBufferPool
-
 var (
-	rowsIngestedTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="jsonline"}`)
-
 	requestsTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/jsonline"}`)
 	errorsTotal   = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_errors_total{path="/insert/jsonline"}`)
 

app/vlinsert/jsonline/jsonline_test.go

@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestProcessStreamInternal_Success(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(data, timeField, msgField string, rowsExpected int, timestampsExpected []int64, resultExpected string) {
+	f := func(data, timeField, msgField string, timestampsExpected []int64, resultExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		msgFields := []string{msgField}
 		tlp := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
 		r := bytes.NewBufferString(data)
-		if err := processStreamInternal(r, timeField, msgFields, tlp); err != nil {
+		if err := processStreamInternal("test", r, timeField, msgFields, tlp); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 
-		if err := tlp.Verify(rowsExpected, timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+		if err := tlp.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ func TestProcessStreamInternal_Success(t *testing.T) {
 `
 	timeField := "@timestamp"
 	msgField := "message"
-	rowsExpected := 3
 	timestampsExpected := []int64{1686026891735000000, 1686023292735000000, 1686026893735000000}
 	resultExpected := `{"log.offset":"71770","log.file.path":"/var/log/auth.log","_msg":"foobar"}
 {"_msg":"baz"}
 {"_msg":"xyz","x":"y"}`
-	f(data, timeField, msgField, rowsExpected, timestampsExpected, resultExpected)
+	f(data, timeField, msgField, timestampsExpected, resultExpected)
 
 	// Non-existing msgField
 	data = `{"@timestamp":"2023-06-06T04:48:11.735Z","log":{"offset":71770,"file":{"path":"/var/log/auth.log"}},"message":"foobar"}
@@ -42,11 +41,10 @@ func TestProcessStreamInternal_Success(t *testing.T) {
 `
 	timeField = "@timestamp"
 	msgField = "foobar"
-	rowsExpected = 2
 	timestampsExpected = []int64{1686026891735000000, 1686023292735000000}
 	resultExpected = `{"log.offset":"71770","log.file.path":"/var/log/auth.log","message":"foobar"}
 {"message":"baz"}`
-	f(data, timeField, msgField, rowsExpected, timestampsExpected, resultExpected)
+	f(data, timeField, msgField, timestampsExpected, resultExpected)
 }
 
 func TestProcessStreamInternal_Failure(t *testing.T) {
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ func TestProcessStreamInternal_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 
 		tlp := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
 		r := bytes.NewBufferString(data)
-		if err := processStreamInternal(r, "time", nil, tlp); err == nil {
+		if err := processStreamInternal("test", r, "time", nil, tlp); err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error")
 		}
 	}

app/vlinsert/loki/loki_json.go

@@ -54,15 +54,14 @@ func handleJSON(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 		return
 	}
 	lmp := cp.NewLogMessageProcessor("loki_json")
-	n, err := parseJSONRequest(data, lmp)
+	useDefaultStreamFields := len(cp.StreamFields) == 0
+	err = parseJSONRequest(data, lmp, useDefaultStreamFields)
 	lmp.MustClose()
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot parse Loki json request: %s; data=%s", err, data)
 		return
 	}
 
-	rowsIngestedJSONTotal.Add(n)
-
 	// update requestJSONDuration only for successfully parsed requests
 	// There is no need in updating requestJSONDuration for request errors,
 	// since their timings are usually much smaller than the timing for successful request parsing.
@@ -70,31 +69,29 @@ func handleJSON(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 }
 
 var (
-	requestsJSONTotal     = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/loki/api/v1/push",format="json"}`)
-	rowsIngestedJSONTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="loki_json"}`)
-	requestJSONDuration   = metrics.NewHistogram(`vl_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/insert/loki/api/v1/push",format="json"}`)
+	requestsJSONTotal   = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/loki/api/v1/push",format="json"}`)
+	requestJSONDuration = metrics.NewHistogram(`vl_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/insert/loki/api/v1/push",format="json"}`)
 )
 
-func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, error) {
+func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, useDefaultStreamFields bool) error {
 	p := parserPool.Get()
 	defer parserPool.Put(p)
 	v, err := p.ParseBytes(data)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse JSON request body: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse JSON request body: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	streamsV := v.Get("streams")
 	if streamsV == nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("missing `streams` item in the parsed JSON")
+		return fmt.Errorf("missing `streams` item in the parsed JSON")
 	}
 	streams, err := streamsV.Array()
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("`streams` item in the parsed JSON must contain an array; got %q", streamsV)
+		return fmt.Errorf("`streams` item in the parsed JSON must contain an array; got %q", streamsV)
 	}
 
 	currentTimestamp := time.Now().UnixNano()
 	var commonFields []logstorage.Field
-	rowsIngested := 0
 	for _, stream := range streams {
 		// populate common labels from `stream` dict
 		commonFields = commonFields[:0]
@@ -103,7 +100,7 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 		if labelsV != nil {
 			o, err := labelsV.Object()
 			if err != nil {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("`stream` item in the parsed JSON must contain an object; got %q", labelsV)
+				return fmt.Errorf("`stream` item in the parsed JSON must contain an object; got %q", labelsV)
 			}
 			labels = o
 		}
@@ -119,37 +116,37 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 			})
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("error when parsing `stream` object: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("error when parsing `stream` object: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		// populate messages from `values` array
 		linesV := stream.Get("values")
 		if linesV == nil {
-			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("missing `values` item in the parsed `stream` object %q", stream)
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing `values` item in the parsed `stream` object %q", stream)
 		}
 		lines, err := linesV.Array()
 		if err != nil {
-			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("`values` item in the parsed JSON must contain an array; got %q", linesV)
+			return fmt.Errorf("`values` item in the parsed JSON must contain an array; got %q", linesV)
 		}
 
 		fields := commonFields
 		for _, line := range lines {
 			lineA, err := line.Array()
 			if err != nil {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected contents of `values` item; want array; got %q", line)
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected contents of `values` item; want array; got %q", line)
 			}
 			if len(lineA) < 2 || len(lineA) > 3 {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of values in `values` item array %q; got %d want 2 or 3", line, len(lineA))
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of values in `values` item array %q; got %d want 2 or 3", line, len(lineA))
 			}
 
 			// parse timestamp
 			timestamp, err := lineA[0].StringBytes()
 			if err != nil {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected log timestamp type for %q; want string", lineA[0])
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected log timestamp type for %q; want string", lineA[0])
 			}
 			ts, err := parseLokiTimestamp(bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(timestamp))
 			if err != nil {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse log timestamp %q: %w", timestamp, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse log timestamp %q: %w", timestamp, err)
 			}
 			if ts == 0 {
 				ts = currentTimestamp
@@ -158,7 +155,7 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 			// parse log message
 			msg, err := lineA[1].StringBytes()
 			if err != nil {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected log message type for %q; want string", lineA[1])
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected log message type for %q; want string", lineA[1])
 			}
 
 			fields = append(fields[:len(commonFields)], logstorage.Field{
@@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 			if len(lineA) > 2 {
 				structuredMetadata, err := lineA[2].Object()
 				if err != nil {
-					return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected structured metadata type for %q; want JSON object", lineA[2])
+					return fmt.Errorf("unexpected structured metadata type for %q; want JSON object", lineA[2])
 				}
 
 				structuredMetadata.Visit(func(k []byte, v *fastjson.Value) {
@@ -186,15 +183,18 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 					})
 				})
 				if err != nil {
-					return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("error when parsing `structuredMetadata` object: %w", err)
+					return fmt.Errorf("error when parsing `structuredMetadata` object: %w", err)
 				}
 			}
-			lmp.AddRow(ts, fields)
+			var streamFields []logstorage.Field
+			if useDefaultStreamFields {
+				streamFields = commonFields
+			}
+			lmp.AddRow(ts, fields, streamFields)
 		}
-		rowsIngested += len(lines)
 	}
 
-	return rowsIngested, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func parseLokiTimestamp(s string) (int64, error) {

app/vlinsert/loki/loki_json_test.go

@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ func TestParseJSONRequest_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		tlp := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
-		n, err := parseJSONRequest([]byte(s), tlp)
-		if err == nil {
+		if err := parseJSONRequest([]byte(s), tlp, false); err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error")
 		}
-		if n != 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected number of parsed lines: %d; want 0", n)
+		if err := tlp.Verify(nil, ""); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 	f(``)
@@ -66,11 +65,10 @@ func TestParseJSONRequest_Success(t *testing.T) {
 
 		tlp := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
 
-		n, err := parseJSONRequest([]byte(s), tlp)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := parseJSONRequest([]byte(s), tlp, false); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
-		if err := tlp.Verify(n, timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+		if err := tlp.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}

app/vlinsert/loki/loki_json_timing_test.go

@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ func benchmarkParseJSONRequest(b *testing.B, streams, rows, labels int) {
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		data := getJSONBody(streams, rows, labels)
 		for pb.Next() {
-			_, err := parseJSONRequest(data, blp)
-			if err != nil {
+			if err := parseJSONRequest(data, blp, false); err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected error: %w", err))
 			}
 		}

app/vlinsert/loki/loki_protobuf.go

@@ -45,15 +45,14 @@ func handleProtobuf(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 		return
 	}
 	lmp := cp.NewLogMessageProcessor("loki_protobuf")
-	n, err := parseProtobufRequest(data, lmp)
+	useDefaultStreamFields := len(cp.StreamFields) == 0
+	err = parseProtobufRequest(data, lmp, useDefaultStreamFields)
 	lmp.MustClose()
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot parse Loki protobuf request: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	rowsIngestedProtobufTotal.Add(n)
-
 	// update requestProtobufDuration only for successfully parsed requests
 	// There is no need in updating requestProtobufDuration for request errors,
 	// since their timings are usually much smaller than the timing for successful request parsing.
@@ -61,18 +60,17 @@ func handleProtobuf(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 }
 
 var (
-	requestsProtobufTotal     = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/loki/api/v1/push",format="protobuf"}`)
-	rowsIngestedProtobufTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="loki_protobuf"}`)
-	requestProtobufDuration   = metrics.NewHistogram(`vl_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/insert/loki/api/v1/push",format="protobuf"}`)
+	requestsProtobufTotal   = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/loki/api/v1/push",format="protobuf"}`)
+	requestProtobufDuration = metrics.NewHistogram(`vl_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/insert/loki/api/v1/push",format="protobuf"}`)
 )
 
-func parseProtobufRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, error) {
+func parseProtobufRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, useDefaultStreamFields bool) error {
 	bb := bytesBufPool.Get()
 	defer bytesBufPool.Put(bb)
 
 	buf, err := snappy.Decode(bb.B[:cap(bb.B)], data)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot decode snappy-encoded request body: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot decode snappy-encoded request body: %w", err)
 	}
 	bb.B = buf
 
@@ -81,13 +79,12 @@ func parseProtobufRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int
 
 	err = req.UnmarshalProtobuf(bb.B)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse request body: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse request body: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	fields := getFields()
 	defer putFields(fields)
 
-	rowsIngested := 0
 	streams := req.Streams
 	currentTimestamp := time.Now().UnixNano()
 	for i := range streams {
@@ -96,7 +93,7 @@ func parseProtobufRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int
 		// Labels are same for all entries in the stream.
 		fields.fields, err = parsePromLabels(fields.fields[:0], stream.Labels)
 		if err != nil {
-			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse stream labels %q: %w", stream.Labels, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse stream labels %q: %w", stream.Labels, err)
 		}
 		commonFieldsLen := len(fields.fields)
 
@@ -122,11 +119,14 @@ func parseProtobufRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int
 				ts = currentTimestamp
 			}
 
-			lmp.AddRow(ts, fields.fields)
+			var streamFields []logstorage.Field
+			if useDefaultStreamFields {
+				streamFields = fields.fields[:commonFieldsLen]
+			}
+			lmp.AddRow(ts, fields.fields, streamFields)
 		}
-		rowsIngested += len(stream.Entries)
 	}
-	return rowsIngested, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func getFields() *fields {

app/vlinsert/loki/loki_protobuf_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ type testLogMessageProcessor struct {
 	pr PushRequest
 }
 
-func (tlp *testLogMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Field) {
+func (tlp *testLogMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields, streamFields []logstorage.Field) {
+	if streamFields != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected non-nil streamFields: %v", streamFields))
+	}
 	msg := ""
 	for _, f := range fields {
 		if f.Name == "_msg" {
@@ -50,23 +53,21 @@ func TestParseProtobufRequest_Success(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		tlp := &testLogMessageProcessor{}
-		n, err := parseJSONRequest([]byte(s), tlp)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := parseJSONRequest([]byte(s), tlp, false); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
-		if n != len(tlp.pr.Streams) {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected number of streams; got %d; want %d", len(tlp.pr.Streams), n)
+		if len(tlp.pr.Streams) != len(timestampsExpected) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected number of streams; got %d; want %d", len(tlp.pr.Streams), len(timestampsExpected))
 		}
 
 		data := tlp.pr.MarshalProtobuf(nil)
 		encodedData := snappy.Encode(nil, data)
 
 		tlp2 := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
-		n, err = parseProtobufRequest(encodedData, tlp2)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := parseProtobufRequest(encodedData, tlp2, false); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
-		if err := tlp2.Verify(n, timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+		if err := tlp2.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}

app/vlinsert/loki/loki_protobuf_timing_test.go

@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ func benchmarkParseProtobufRequest(b *testing.B, streams, rows, labels int) {
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		body := getProtobufBody(streams, rows, labels)
 		for pb.Next() {
-			_, err := parseProtobufRequest(body, blp)
-			if err != nil {
+			if err := parseProtobufRequest(body, blp, false); err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected error: %w", err))
 			}
 		}

app/vlinsert/main.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package vlinsert
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -34,9 +35,15 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "/insert")
 	path = strings.ReplaceAll(path, "//", "/")
 
-	if path == "/jsonline" {
+	switch path {
+	case "/jsonline":
 		jsonline.RequestHandler(w, r)
 		return true
+	case "/ready":
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"status":"ok"}`)
+		return true
 	}
 	switch {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(path, "/elasticsearch/"):

app/vlinsert/opentelemetry/opentelemetry.go

@@ -67,15 +67,14 @@ func handleProtobuf(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 	}
 
 	lmp := cp.NewLogMessageProcessor("opentelelemtry_protobuf")
-	n, err := pushProtobufRequest(data, lmp)
+	useDefaultStreamFields := len(cp.StreamFields) == 0
+	err = pushProtobufRequest(data, lmp, useDefaultStreamFields)
 	lmp.MustClose()
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot parse OpenTelemetry protobuf request: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	rowsIngestedProtobufTotal.Add(n)
-
 	// update requestProtobufDuration only for successfully parsed requests
 	// There is no need in updating requestProtobufDuration for request errors,
 	// since their timings are usually much smaller than the timing for successful request parsing.
@@ -83,22 +82,19 @@ func handleProtobuf(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 }
 
 var (
-	rowsIngestedProtobufTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="opentelemetry_protobuf"}`)
-
 	requestsProtobufTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/opentelemetry/v1/logs",format="protobuf"}`)
 	errorsTotal           = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_errors_total{path="/insert/opentelemetry/v1/logs",format="protobuf"}`)
 
 	requestProtobufDuration = metrics.NewHistogram(`vl_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/insert/opentelemetry/v1/logs",format="protobuf"}`)
 )
 
-func pushProtobufRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, error) {
+func pushProtobufRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, useDefaultStreamFields bool) error {
 	var req pb.ExportLogsServiceRequest
 	if err := req.UnmarshalProtobuf(data); err != nil {
 		errorsTotal.Inc()
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal request from %d bytes: %w", len(data), err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal request from %d bytes: %w", len(data), err)
 	}
 
-	var rowsIngested int
 	var commonFields []logstorage.Field
 	for _, rl := range req.ResourceLogs {
 		attributes := rl.Resource.Attributes
@@ -109,16 +105,14 @@ func pushProtobufRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int,
 		}
 		commonFieldsLen := len(commonFields)
 		for _, sc := range rl.ScopeLogs {
-			var scopeIngested int
-			commonFields, scopeIngested = pushFieldsFromScopeLogs(&sc, commonFields[:commonFieldsLen], lmp)
-			rowsIngested += scopeIngested
+			commonFields = pushFieldsFromScopeLogs(&sc, commonFields[:commonFieldsLen], lmp, useDefaultStreamFields)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return rowsIngested, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
-func pushFieldsFromScopeLogs(sc *pb.ScopeLogs, commonFields []logstorage.Field, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) ([]logstorage.Field, int) {
+func pushFieldsFromScopeLogs(sc *pb.ScopeLogs, commonFields []logstorage.Field, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor, useDefaultStreamFields bool) []logstorage.Field {
 	fields := commonFields
 	for _, lr := range sc.LogRecords {
 		fields = fields[:len(commonFields)]
@@ -137,7 +131,11 @@ func pushFieldsFromScopeLogs(sc *pb.ScopeLogs, commonFields []logstorage.Field,
 			Value: lr.FormatSeverity(),
 		})
 
-		lmp.AddRow(lr.ExtractTimestampNano(), fields)
+		var streamFields []logstorage.Field
+		if useDefaultStreamFields {
+			streamFields = commonFields
+		}
+		lmp.AddRow(lr.ExtractTimestampNano(), fields, streamFields)
 	}
-	return fields, len(sc.LogRecords)
+	return fields
 }

app/vlinsert/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go

@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@ func TestPushProtoOk(t *testing.T) {
 
 		pData := lr.MarshalProtobuf(nil)
 		tlp := &insertutils.TestLogMessageProcessor{}
-		n, err := pushProtobufRequest(pData, tlp)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := pushProtobufRequest(pData, tlp, false); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 
-		if err := tlp.Verify(n, timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+		if err := tlp.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}

app/vlinsert/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_timing_test.go

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ func benchmarkParseProtobufRequest(b *testing.B, streams, rows, labels int) {
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		body := getProtobufBody(streams, rows, labels)
 		for pb.Next() {
-			_, err := pushProtobufRequest(body, blp)
-			if err != nil {
+			if err := pushProtobufRequest(body, blp, false); err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected error: %w", err))
 			}
 		}

app/vlinsert/syslog/syslog.go

@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ func processUncompressedStream(r io.Reader, useLocalTimestamp bool, lmp insertut
 			return fmt.Errorf("cannot read line #%d: %s", n, err)
 		}
 		n++
-		rowsIngestedTotal.Inc()
 	}
 	return slr.Error()
 }
@@ -568,7 +567,7 @@ func processLine(line []byte, currentYear int, timezone *time.Location, useLocal
 		ts = nsecs
 	}
 	logstorage.RenameField(p.Fields, msgFields, "_msg")
-	lmp.AddRow(ts, p.Fields)
+	lmp.AddRow(ts, p.Fields, nil)
 	logstorage.PutSyslogParser(p)
 
 	return nil
@@ -577,8 +576,6 @@ func processLine(line []byte, currentYear int, timezone *time.Location, useLocal
 var msgFields = []string{"message"}
 
 var (
-	rowsIngestedTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="syslog"}`)
-
 	errorsTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_errors_total{type="syslog"}`)
 
 	udpRequestsTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_udp_reqests_total{type="syslog"}`)

app/vlinsert/syslog/syslog_test.go

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestSyslogLineReader_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestProcessStreamInternal_Success(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(data string, currentYear, rowsExpected int, timestampsExpected []int64, resultExpected string) {
+	f := func(data string, currentYear int, timestampsExpected []int64, resultExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		MustInit()
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestProcessStreamInternal_Success(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := processStreamInternal(r, "", false, tlp); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
-		if err := tlp.Verify(rowsExpected, timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
+		if err := tlp.Verify(timestampsExpected, resultExpected); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -99,12 +99,11 @@ func TestProcessStreamInternal_Success(t *testing.T) {
 48 <165>Jun  4 12:08:33 abcd systemd[345]: abc defg<123>1 2023-06-03T17:42:12.345Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 [exampleSDID@32473 iut="3" eventSource="Application 123 = ] 56" eventID="11211"] This is a test message with structured data.
 `
 	currentYear := 2023
-	rowsExpected := 3
 	timestampsExpected := []int64{1685794113000000000, 1685880513000000000, 1685814132345000000}
 	resultExpected := `{"format":"rfc3164","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"systemd","_msg":"Starting Update the local ESM caches..."}
 {"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","format":"rfc3164","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"systemd","proc_id":"345","_msg":"abc defg"}
 {"priority":"123","facility":"15","severity":"3","format":"rfc5424","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname","proc_id":"12345","msg_id":"ID47","exampleSDID@32473.iut":"3","exampleSDID@32473.eventSource":"Application 123 = ] 56","exampleSDID@32473.eventID":"11211","_msg":"This is a test message with structured data."}`
-	f(data, currentYear, rowsExpected, timestampsExpected, resultExpected)
+	f(data, currentYear, timestampsExpected, resultExpected)
 }
 
 func TestProcessStreamInternal_Failure(t *testing.T) {

app/vlogscli/json_prettifier.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logstorage"
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ func writeCompactObject(w io.Writer, fields []logstorage.Field) error {
 		_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", fields[0].Value)
 		return err
 	}
-	if len(fields) == 2 && fields[0].Name == "_time" || fields[1].Name == "_time" {
+	if len(fields) == 2 && (fields[0].Name == "_time" || fields[1].Name == "_time") {
 		// Write _time\tfieldValue as is
 		if fields[0].Name == "_time" {
 			_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\n", fields[0].Value, fields[1].Value)
@@ -234,5 +235,11 @@ func getJSONString(s string) string {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected error when marshaling string to JSON: %w", err))
 	}
-	return string(data)
+	return jsonHTMLReplacer.Replace(string(data))
 }
+
+var jsonHTMLReplacer = strings.NewReplacer(
+	`\u003c`, "\u003c",
+	`\u003e`, "\u003e",
+	`\u0026`, "\u0026",
+)

app/vlogscli/main.go

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func printCommandsHelp(w io.Writer) {
 \h - show this help
 \s - singleline json output mode
 \m - multiline json output mode
-\c - compact output
+\c - compact output mode
 \logfmt - logfmt output mode
 \wrap_long_lines - toggles wrapping long lines
 \tail <query> - live tail <query> results

app/vlogsgenerator/main.go

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ var (
 		"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model")
 	u64FieldsPerLog = flag.Int("u64FieldsPerLog", 1, "The number of fields with uint64 values to generate per each log entry; "+
 		"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model")
+	i64FieldsPerLog = flag.Int("i64FieldsPerLog", 1, "The number of fields with int64 values to generate per each log entry; "+
+		"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model")
 	floatFieldsPerLog = flag.Int("floatFieldsPerLog", 1, "The number of fields with float64 values to generate per each log entry; "+
 		"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model")
 	ipFieldsPerLog = flag.Int("ipFieldsPerLog", 1, "The number of fields with IPv4 values to generate per each log entry; "+
@@ -254,6 +256,9 @@ func generateLogsAtTimestamp(bw *bufio.Writer, workerID int, ts int64, firstStre
 		for j := 0; j < *u64FieldsPerLog; j++ {
 			fmt.Fprintf(bw, `,"u64_%d":"%d"`, j, rand.Uint64())
 		}
+		for j := 0; j < *i64FieldsPerLog; j++ {
+			fmt.Fprintf(bw, `,"i64_%d":"%d"`, j, int64(rand.Uint64()))
+		}
 		for j := 0; j < *floatFieldsPerLog; j++ {
 			fmt.Fprintf(bw, `,"float_%d":"%v"`, j, math.Round(10_000*rand.Float64())/1000)
 		}

app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{% import (
+	"slices"
+) %}
+
+{% stripspace %}
+
+{% func FacetsResponse(m map[string][]facetEntry) %}
+{
+	{% code
+		sortedKeys := make([]string, 0, len(m))
+		for k := range m {
+			sortedKeys = append(sortedKeys, k)
+		}
+		slices.Sort(sortedKeys)
+	%}
+	"facets":[
+		{% if len(sortedKeys) > 0 %}
+			{%= facetsLine(m, sortedKeys[0]) %}
+			{% for _, k := range sortedKeys[1:] %}
+				,{%= facetsLine(m, k) %}
+			{% endfor %}
+		{% endif %}
+	]
+}
+{% endfunc %}
+
+{% func facetsLine(m map[string][]facetEntry, k string) %}
+{
+	"field_name":{%q= k %},
+	"values":[
+		{% code	fes := m[k] %}
+		{% if len(fes) > 0 %}
+			{%= facetLine(fes[0]) %}
+			{% for _, fe := range fes[1:] %}
+				,{%= facetLine(fe) %}
+			{% endfor %}
+		{% endif %}
+	]
+}
+{% endfunc %}
+
+{% func facetLine(fe facetEntry) %}
+{
+	"field_value":{%q= fe.value %},
+	"hits":{%s= fe.hits %}
+}
+{% endfunc %}
+
+{% endstripspace %}

app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl.go

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// Code generated by qtc from "facets_response.qtpl". DO NOT EDIT.
+// See https://github.com/valyala/quicktemplate for details.
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:1
+package logsql
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:1
+import (
+	"slices"
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:7
+import (
+	qtio422016 "io"
+
+	qt422016 "github.com/valyala/quicktemplate"
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:7
+var (
+	_ = qtio422016.Copy
+	_ = qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:7
+func StreamFacetsResponse(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, m map[string][]facetEntry) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:7
+	qw422016.N().S(`{`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:10
+	sortedKeys := make([]string, 0, len(m))
+	for k := range m {
+		sortedKeys = append(sortedKeys, k)
+	}
+	slices.Sort(sortedKeys)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:15
+	qw422016.N().S(`"facets":[`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:17
+	if len(sortedKeys) > 0 {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:18
+		streamfacetsLine(qw422016, m, sortedKeys[0])
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:19
+		for _, k := range sortedKeys[1:] {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:19
+			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:20
+			streamfacetsLine(qw422016, m, k)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:21
+		}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:22
+	}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:22
+	qw422016.N().S(`]}`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+func WriteFacetsResponse(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, m map[string][]facetEntry) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+	StreamFacetsResponse(qw422016, m)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+func FacetsResponse(m map[string][]facetEntry) string {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+	WriteFacetsResponse(qb422016, m)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+	return qs422016
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:25
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:27
+func streamfacetsLine(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, m map[string][]facetEntry, k string) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:27
+	qw422016.N().S(`{"field_name":`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:29
+	qw422016.N().Q(k)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:29
+	qw422016.N().S(`,"values":[`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:31
+	fes := m[k]
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:32
+	if len(fes) > 0 {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:33
+		streamfacetLine(qw422016, fes[0])
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:34
+		for _, fe := range fes[1:] {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:34
+			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:35
+			streamfacetLine(qw422016, fe)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:36
+		}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:37
+	}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:37
+	qw422016.N().S(`]}`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+func writefacetsLine(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, m map[string][]facetEntry, k string) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+	streamfacetsLine(qw422016, m, k)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+func facetsLine(m map[string][]facetEntry, k string) string {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+	writefacetsLine(qb422016, m, k)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+	return qs422016
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:40
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:42
+func streamfacetLine(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, fe facetEntry) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:42
+	qw422016.N().S(`{"field_value":`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:44
+	qw422016.N().Q(fe.value)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:44
+	qw422016.N().S(`,"hits":`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:45
+	qw422016.N().S(fe.hits)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:45
+	qw422016.N().S(`}`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+func writefacetLine(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, fe facetEntry) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+	streamfacetLine(qw422016, fe)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+func facetLine(fe facetEntry) string {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+	writefacetLine(qb422016, fe)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+	return qs422016
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/facets_response.qtpl:47
+}

app/vlselect/logsql/logsql.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
+	"regexp"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
+	"github.com/valyala/fastjson"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlstorage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
@@ -23,6 +25,82 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promutils"
 )
 
+// ProcessFacetsRequest handles /select/logsql/facets request.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-facets
+func ProcessFacetsRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	q, tenantIDs, err := parseCommonArgs(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	limit, err := httputils.GetInt(r, "limit")
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	maxValuesPerField, err := httputils.GetInt(r, "max_values_per_field")
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	maxValueLen, err := httputils.GetInt(r, "max_value_len")
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	keepConstFields := httputils.GetBool(r, "keep_const_fields")
+
+	q.DropAllPipes()
+	q.AddFacetsPipe(limit, maxValuesPerField, maxValueLen, keepConstFields)
+
+	var mLock sync.Mutex
+	m := make(map[string][]facetEntry)
+	writeBlock := func(_ uint, _ []int64, columns []logstorage.BlockColumn) {
+		if len(columns) == 0 || len(columns[0].Values) == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+		if len(columns) != 3 {
+			logger.Panicf("BUG: expecting 3 columns; got %d columns", len(columns))
+		}
+
+		fieldNames := columns[0].Values
+		fieldValues := columns[1].Values
+		hits := columns[2].Values
+
+		bb := blockResultPool.Get()
+		for i := range fieldNames {
+			fieldName := strings.Clone(fieldNames[i])
+			fieldValue := strings.Clone(fieldValues[i])
+			hitsStr := strings.Clone(hits[i])
+
+			mLock.Lock()
+			m[fieldName] = append(m[fieldName], facetEntry{
+				value: fieldValue,
+				hits:  hitsStr,
+			})
+			mLock.Unlock()
+		}
+		blockResultPool.Put(bb)
+	}
+
+	// Execute the query
+	if err := vlstorage.RunQuery(ctx, tenantIDs, q, writeBlock); err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot execute query [%s]: %s", q, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Write response
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	WriteFacetsResponse(w, m)
+}
+
+type facetEntry struct {
+	value string
+	hits  string
+}
+
 // ProcessHitsRequest handles /select/logsql/hits request.
 //
 // See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-hits-stats
@@ -610,13 +688,13 @@ func ProcessStatsQueryRangeRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	m := make(map[string]*statsSeries)
 	var mLock sync.Mutex
 
+	timestamp := q.GetTimestamp()
 	writeBlock := func(_ uint, timestamps []int64, columns []logstorage.BlockColumn) {
 		clonedColumnNames := make([]string, len(columns))
 		for i, c := range columns {
 			clonedColumnNames[i] = strings.Clone(c.Name)
 		}
 		for i := range timestamps {
-			timestamp := q.GetTimestamp()
 			labels := make([]logstorage.Field, 0, len(byFields))
 			for j, c := range columns {
 				if c.Name == "_time" {
@@ -1017,18 +1095,20 @@ func parseCommonArgs(r *http.Request) (*logstorage.Query, []logstorage.TenantID,
 	}
 
 	// Parse optional extra_filters
-	extraFilters, err := getExtraFilters(r, "extra_filters")
+	extraFiltersStr := r.FormValue("extra_filters")
+	extraFilters, err := parseExtraFilters(extraFiltersStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	q.AddExtraFilters(extraFilters)
 
 	// Parse optional extra_stream_filters
-	extraStreamFilters, err := getExtraFilters(r, "extra_stream_filters")
+	extraStreamFiltersStr := r.FormValue("extra_stream_filters")
+	extraStreamFilters, err := parseExtraStreamFilters(extraStreamFiltersStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	q.AddExtraStreamFilters(extraStreamFilters)
+	q.AddExtraFilters(extraStreamFilters)
 
 	return q, tenantIDs, nil
 }
@@ -1046,15 +1126,114 @@ func getTimeNsec(r *http.Request, argName string) (int64, bool, error) {
 	return nsecs, true, nil
 }
 
-func getExtraFilters(r *http.Request, argName string) ([]logstorage.Field, error) {
-	s := r.FormValue(argName)
+func parseExtraFilters(s string) (*logstorage.Filter, error) {
 	if s == "" {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-
-	var p logstorage.JSONParser
-	if err := p.ParseLogMessage([]byte(s)); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", argName, err)
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, `{"`) {
+		return logstorage.ParseFilter(s)
 	}
-	return p.Fields, nil
+
+	// Extra filters in the form {"field":"value",...}.
+	kvs, err := parseExtraFiltersJSON(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	filters := make([]string, len(kvs))
+	for i, kv := range kvs {
+		if len(kv.values) == 1 {
+			filters[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q:=%q", kv.key, kv.values[0])
+		} else {
+			orValues := make([]string, len(kv.values))
+			for j, v := range kv.values {
+				orValues[j] = fmt.Sprintf("%q", v)
+			}
+			filters[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q:in(%s)", kv.key, strings.Join(orValues, ","))
+		}
+	}
+	s = strings.Join(filters, " ")
+	return logstorage.ParseFilter(s)
+}
+
+func parseExtraStreamFilters(s string) (*logstorage.Filter, error) {
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, `{"`) {
+		return logstorage.ParseFilter(s)
+	}
+
+	// Extra stream filters in the form {"field":"value",...}.
+	kvs, err := parseExtraFiltersJSON(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	filters := make([]string, len(kvs))
+	for i, kv := range kvs {
+		if len(kv.values) == 1 {
+			filters[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q=%q", kv.key, kv.values[0])
+		} else {
+			orValues := make([]string, len(kv.values))
+			for j, v := range kv.values {
+				orValues[j] = regexp.QuoteMeta(v)
+			}
+			filters[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q=~%q", kv.key, strings.Join(orValues, "|"))
+		}
+	}
+	s = "{" + strings.Join(filters, ",") + "}"
+	return logstorage.ParseFilter(s)
+}
+
+type extraFilter struct {
+	key    string
+	values []string
+}
+
+func parseExtraFiltersJSON(s string) ([]extraFilter, error) {
+	v, err := fastjson.Parse(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	o := v.GetObject()
+
+	var errOuter error
+	var filters []extraFilter
+	o.Visit(func(k []byte, v *fastjson.Value) {
+		if errOuter != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		switch v.Type() {
+		case fastjson.TypeString:
+			filters = append(filters, extraFilter{
+				key:    string(k),
+				values: []string{string(v.GetStringBytes())},
+			})
+		case fastjson.TypeArray:
+			a := v.GetArray()
+			if len(a) == 0 {
+				return
+			}
+			orValues := make([]string, len(a))
+			for i, av := range a {
+				ov, err := av.StringBytes()
+				if err != nil {
+					errOuter = fmt.Errorf("cannot obtain string item at the array for key %q; item: %s", k, av)
+					return
+				}
+				orValues[i] = string(ov)
+			}
+			filters = append(filters, extraFilter{
+				key:    string(k),
+				values: orValues,
+			})
+		default:
+			errOuter = fmt.Errorf("unexpected type of value for key %q: %s; value: %s", k, v.Type(), v)
+		}
+	})
+	if errOuter != nil {
+		return nil, errOuter
+	}
+	return filters, nil
 }

app/vlselect/logsql/logsql_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package logsql
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseExtraFilters_Success(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s, resultExpected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		f, err := parseExtraFilters(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in parseExtraFilters: %s", err)
+		}
+		result := f.String()
+		if result != resultExpected {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result\ngot\n%s\nwant\n%s", result, resultExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	f("", "")
+
+	// JSON string
+	f(`{"foo":"bar"}`, `foo:=bar`)
+	f(`{"foo":["bar","baz"]}`, `foo:in(bar,baz)`)
+	f(`{"z":"=b ","c":["d","e,"],"a":[],"_msg":"x"}`, `z:="=b " c:in(d,"e,") =x`)
+
+	// LogsQL filter
+	f(`foobar`, `foobar`)
+	f(`foo:bar`, `foo:bar`)
+	f(`foo:(bar or baz) error _time:5m {"foo"=bar,baz="z"}`, `{foo="bar",baz="z"} (foo:bar or foo:baz) error _time:5m`)
+}
+
+func TestParseExtraFilters_Failure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		_, err := parseExtraFilters(s)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Invalid JSON
+	f(`{"foo"}`)
+	f(`[1,2]`)
+	f(`{"foo":[1]}`)
+
+	// Invliad LogsQL filter
+	f(`foo:(bar`)
+
+	// excess pipe
+	f(`foo | count()`)
+}
+
+func TestParseExtraStreamFilters_Success(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s, resultExpected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		f, err := parseExtraStreamFilters(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in parseExtraStreamFilters: %s", err)
+		}
+		result := f.String()
+		if result != resultExpected {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result;\ngot\n%s\nwant\n%s", result, resultExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	f("", "")
+
+	// JSON string
+	f(`{"foo":"bar"}`, `{foo="bar"}`)
+	f(`{"foo":["bar","baz"]}`, `{foo=~"bar|baz"}`)
+	f(`{"z":"b","c":["d","e|\""],"a":[],"_msg":"x"}`, `{z="b",c=~"d|e\\|\"",_msg="x"}`)
+
+	// LogsQL filter
+	f(`foobar`, `foobar`)
+	f(`foo:bar`, `foo:bar`)
+	f(`foo:(bar or baz) error _time:5m {"foo"=bar,baz="z"}`, `{foo="bar",baz="z"} (foo:bar or foo:baz) error _time:5m`)
+}
+
+func TestParseExtraStreamFilters_Failure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		_, err := parseExtraStreamFilters(s)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Invalid JSON
+	f(`{"foo"}`)
+	f(`[1,2]`)
+	f(`{"foo":[1]}`)
+
+	// Invliad LogsQL filter
+	f(`foo:(bar`)
+
+	// excess pipe
+	f(`foo | count()`)
+}

app/vlselect/main.go

@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 func processSelectRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, path string) bool {
 	httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
 	switch path {
+	case "/select/logsql/facets":
+		logsqlFacetsRequests.Inc()
+		logsql.ProcessFacetsRequest(ctx, w, r)
+		return true
 	case "/select/logsql/field_names":
 		logsqlFieldNamesRequests.Inc()
 		logsql.ProcessFieldNamesRequest(ctx, w, r)
@@ -236,6 +240,7 @@ func getMaxQueryDuration(r *http.Request) time.Duration {
 }
 
 var (
+	logsqlFacetsRequests            = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/facets"}`)
 	logsqlFieldNamesRequests        = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/field_names"}`)
 	logsqlFieldValuesRequests       = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/field_values"}`)
 	logsqlHitsRequests              = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/hits"}`)

app/vlselect/vmui/asset-manifest.json

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 {
   "files": {
-    "main.css": "./static/css/main.faf86aa5.css",
-    "main.js": "./static/js/main.b204330a.js",
+    "main.css": "./static/css/main.02a1c6cb.css",
+    "main.js": "./static/js/main.55c8060b.js",
     "static/js/685.f772060c.chunk.js": "./static/js/685.f772060c.chunk.js",
-    "static/media/MetricsQL.md": "./static/media/MetricsQL.a00044c91d9781cf8557.md",
     "index.html": "./index.html"
   },
   "entrypoints": [
-    "static/css/main.faf86aa5.css",
-    "static/js/main.b204330a.js"
+    "static/css/main.02a1c6cb.css",
+    "static/js/main.55c8060b.js"
   ]
 }

app/vlselect/vmui/index.html

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><link rel="icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="mask-icon" href="./favicon.svg" color="#000000"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=5"/><meta name="theme-color" content="#000000"/><meta name="description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"/><link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.json"/><title>UI for VictoriaLogs</title><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta name="twitter:title" content="UI for VictoriaLogs"><meta name="twitter:site" content="@https://victoriametrics.com/products/victorialogs/"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"><meta name="twitter:image" content="./preview.jpg"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:title" content="UI for VictoriaLogs"><meta property="og:url" content="https://victoriametrics.com/products/victorialogs/"><meta property="og:description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"><script defer="defer" src="./static/js/main.b204330a.js"></script><link href="./static/css/main.faf86aa5.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript><div id="root"></div></body></html>
+<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><link rel="icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="mask-icon" href="./favicon.svg" color="#000000"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=5"/><meta name="theme-color" content="#000000"/><meta name="description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"/><link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.json"/><title>UI for VictoriaLogs</title><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta name="twitter:title" content="UI for VictoriaLogs"><meta name="twitter:site" content="@https://victoriametrics.com/products/victorialogs/"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"><meta name="twitter:image" content="./preview.jpg"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:title" content="UI for VictoriaLogs"><meta property="og:url" content="https://victoriametrics.com/products/victorialogs/"><meta property="og:description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"><script defer="defer" src="./static/js/main.55c8060b.js"></script><link href="./static/css/main.02a1c6cb.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript><div id="root"></div></body></html>

app/vmagent/main.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/auth"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/buildinfo"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/cgroup"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/envflag"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/opentelemetry/firehose"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/pushmetrics"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/stringsutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timeserieslimits"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ var (
 	dryRun        = flag.Bool("dryRun", false, "Whether to check config files without running vmagent. The following files are checked: "+
 		"-promscrape.config, -remoteWrite.relabelConfig, -remoteWrite.urlRelabelConfig, -remoteWrite.streamAggr.config . "+
 		"Unknown config entries aren't allowed in -promscrape.config by default. This can be changed by passing -promscrape.config.strictParse=false command-line flag")
+	maxLabelsPerTimeseries = flag.Int("maxLabelsPerTimeseries", 0, "The maximum number of labels per time series to be accepted. Series with superfluous labels are ignored. In this case the vm_rows_ignored_total{reason=\"too_many_labels\"} metric at /metrics page is incremented")
+	maxLabelNameLen        = flag.Int("maxLabelNameLen", 0, "The maximum length of label names in the accepted time series. Series with longer label name are ignored. In this case the vm_rows_ignored_total{reason=\"too_long_label_name\"} metric at /metrics page is incremented")
+	maxLabelValueLen       = flag.Int("maxLabelValueLen", 0, "The maximum length of label values in the accepted time series. Series with longer label value are ignored. In this case the vm_rows_ignored_total{reason=\"too_long_label_value\"} metric at /metrics page is incremented")
 )
 
 var (
@@ -93,6 +98,15 @@ var (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	// vmagent is optimized for reduced memory allocations,
+	// so it can run with the reduced GOGC in order to reduce the used memory,
+	// while keeping CPU usage spent in GC at low levels.
+	//
+	// Some workloads may need increased GOGC values. Then such values can be set via GOGC environment variable.
+	// It is recommended increasing GOGC if go_memstats_gc_cpu_fraction metric exposed at /metrics page
+	// exceeds 0.05 for extended periods of time.
+	cgroup.SetGOGC(30)
+
 	// Write flags and help message to stdout, since it is easier to grep or pipe.
 	flag.CommandLine.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
 	flag.Usage = usage
@@ -100,6 +114,7 @@ func main() {
 	remotewrite.InitSecretFlags()
 	buildinfo.Init()
 	logger.Init()
+	timeserieslimits.Init(*maxLabelsPerTimeseries, *maxLabelNameLen, *maxLabelValueLen)
 
 	if promscrape.IsDryRun() {
 		if err := promscrape.CheckConfig(); err != nil {

app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go

@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
-	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
-
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/auth"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bloomfilter"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
@@ -21,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/persistentqueue"
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promutils"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/ratelimiter"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/streamaggr"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timeserieslimits"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
 )
@@ -472,6 +471,15 @@ func tryPush(at *auth.Token, wr *prompbmarshal.WriteRequest, forceDropSamplesOnF
 			rowsCountAfterRelabel := getRowsCount(tssBlock)
 			rowsDroppedByGlobalRelabel.Add(rowsCountBeforeRelabel - rowsCountAfterRelabel)
 		}
+		if timeserieslimits.Enabled() {
+			tmpBlock := tssBlock[:0]
+			for _, ts := range tssBlock {
+				if !timeserieslimits.IsExceeding(ts.Labels) {
+					tmpBlock = append(tmpBlock, ts)
+				}
+			}
+			tssBlock = tmpBlock
+		}
 		sortLabelsIfNeeded(tssBlock)
 		tssBlock = limitSeriesCardinality(tssBlock)
 		if sas.IsEnabled() {
@@ -716,29 +724,14 @@ func logSkippedSeries(labels []prompbmarshal.Label, flagName string, flagValue i
 	select {
 	case <-logSkippedSeriesTicker.C:
 		// Do not use logger.WithThrottler() here, since this will increase CPU usage
-		// because every call to logSkippedSeries will result to a call to labelsToString.
-		logger.Warnf("skip series %s because %s=%d reached", labelsToString(labels), flagName, flagValue)
+		// because every call to logSkippedSeries will result to a call to prompbmarshal.LabelsToString.
+		logger.Warnf("skip series %s because %s=%d reached", prompbmarshal.LabelsToString(labels), flagName, flagValue)
 	default:
 	}
 }
 
 var logSkippedSeriesTicker = time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
 
-func labelsToString(labels []prompbmarshal.Label) string {
-	var b []byte
-	b = append(b, '{')
-	for i, label := range labels {
-		b = append(b, label.Name...)
-		b = append(b, '=')
-		b = strconv.AppendQuote(b, label.Value)
-		if i+1 < len(labels) {
-			b = append(b, ',')
-		}
-	}
-	b = append(b, '}')
-	return string(b)
-}
-
 var (
 	globalRowsPushedBeforeRelabel = metrics.NewCounter("vmagent_remotewrite_global_rows_pushed_before_relabel_total")
 	rowsDroppedByGlobalRelabel    = metrics.NewCounter("vmagent_remotewrite_global_relabel_metrics_dropped_total")

app/vmalert-tool/main.go

@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ Examples:
 						Usage:    `Optional external URL to template in rule's labels or annotations.`,
 						Required: false,
 					},
+					&cli.StringFlag{
+						Name:     "loggerLevel",
+						Usage:    `Minimum level of errors to log. Possible values: INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL, PANIC (default "ERROR").`,
+						Required: false,
+					},
 				},
 				Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-					if failed := unittest.UnitTest(c.StringSlice("files"), c.Bool("disableAlertgroupLabel"), c.StringSlice("external.label"), c.String("external.url")); failed {
+					if failed := unittest.UnitTest(c.StringSlice("files"), c.Bool("disableAlertgroupLabel"), c.StringSlice("external.label"), c.String("external.url"), c.String("loggerLevel")); failed {
 						return fmt.Errorf("unittest failed")
 					}
 					return nil

app/vmalert-tool/unittest/unittest.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -46,17 +47,24 @@ var (
 	testRemoteWritePath   = "http://127.0.0.1" + httpListenAddr
 	testHealthHTTPPath    = "http://127.0.0.1" + httpListenAddr + "/health"
 
+	testLogLevel           = "ERROR"
 	disableAlertgroupLabel bool
 )
 
 const (
 	testStoragePath = "vmalert-unittest"
-	testLogLevel    = "ERROR"
 )
 
 // UnitTest runs unittest for files
-func UnitTest(files []string, disableGroupLabel bool, externalLabels []string, externalURL string) bool {
-	if err := templates.Load([]string{}, true); err != nil {
+func UnitTest(files []string, disableGroupLabel bool, externalLabels []string, externalURL, logLevel string) bool {
+	if logLevel != "" {
+		testLogLevel = logLevel
+	}
+	eu, err := url.Parse(externalURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("failed to parse external URL: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := templates.Load([]string{}, *eu); err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("failed to load template: %v", err)
 	}
 	storagePath = filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), testStoragePath)

app/vmalert-tool/unittest/unittest_test.go

@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
 package unittest
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/templates"
 )
 
-func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	if err := templates.Load([]string{}, true); err != nil {
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	os.Exit(m.Run())
-}
-
 func TestUnitTest_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(files []string) {
 		t.Helper()
 
-		failed := UnitTest(files, false, nil, "")
+		failed := UnitTest(files, false, nil, "", "")
 		if !failed {
 			t.Fatalf("expecting failed test")
 		}
@@ -33,7 +23,7 @@ func TestUnitTest_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(disableGroupLabel bool, files []string, externalLabels []string, externalURL string) {
 		t.Helper()
 
-		failed := UnitTest(files, disableGroupLabel, externalLabels, externalURL)
+		failed := UnitTest(files, disableGroupLabel, externalLabels, externalURL, "")
 		if failed {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected failed test")
 		}

app/vmalert/config/config_test.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	if err := templates.Load([]string{"testdata/templates/*good.tmpl"}, true); err != nil {
+	if err := templates.Load([]string{"testdata/templates/*good.tmpl"}, url.URL{}); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	os.Exit(m.Run())

app/vmalert/config/testdata/dir/rules0-bad.rules

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ groups:
         labels:
           label: bar
         annotations:
-          summary: "{{ $value }"
+          summary: "{{ }}"
           description: "{{$labels}}"
       - alert: UnkownAnnotationsFunction
         for: 5m

app/vmalert/main.go

@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ absolute path to all .tpl files in root.
 	dryRun = flag.Bool("dryRun", false, "Whether to check only config files without running vmalert. The rules file are validated. The -rule flag must be specified.")
 )
 
-var alertURLGeneratorFn notifier.AlertURLGenerator
+var (
+	alertURLGeneratorFn notifier.AlertURLGenerator
+	extURL              *url.URL
+)
 
 func main() {
 	// Write flags and help message to stdout, since it is easier to grep or pipe.
@@ -95,9 +98,15 @@ func main() {
 	buildinfo.Init()
 	logger.Init()
 
-	err := templates.Load(*ruleTemplatesPath, true)
+	var err error
+	extURL, err = getExternalURL(*externalURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("failed to parse %q: %s", *ruleTemplatesPath, err)
+		logger.Fatalf("failed to init external.url %q: %s", *externalURL, err)
+	}
+
+	err = templates.Load(*ruleTemplatesPath, *extURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("failed to load template %q: %s", *ruleTemplatesPath, err)
 	}
 
 	if *dryRun {
@@ -111,12 +120,7 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	eu, err := getExternalURL(*externalURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("failed to init `-external.url`: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	alertURLGeneratorFn, err = getAlertURLGenerator(eu, *externalAlertSource, *validateTemplates)
+	alertURLGeneratorFn, err = getAlertURLGenerator(extURL, *externalAlertSource, *validateTemplates)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("failed to init `external.alert.source`: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -304,7 +308,7 @@ func getAlertURLGenerator(externalURL *url.URL, externalAlertSource string, vali
 		}
 		templated, err := alert.ExecTemplate(qFn, alert.Labels, m)
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Errorf("can not exec source template %s", err)
+			logger.Errorf("cannot template alert source: %s", err)
 		}
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", externalURL, templated["tpl"])
 	}, nil
@@ -359,7 +363,7 @@ func configReload(ctx context.Context, m *manager, groupsCfg []config.Group, sig
 			logger.Errorf("failed to reload notifier config: %s", err)
 			continue
 		}
-		err := templates.Load(*ruleTemplatesPath, false)
+		err := templates.Load(*ruleTemplatesPath, *extURL)
 		if err != nil {
 			setConfigError(err)
 			logger.Errorf("failed to load new templates: %s", err)

app/vmalert/main_test.go

@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ func TestGetAlertURLGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConfigReload(t *testing.T) {
 	originalRulePath := *rulePath
+	originalExternalURL := extURL
+	extURL = &url.URL{}
 	defer func() {
+		extURL = originalExternalURL
 		*rulePath = originalRulePath
 	}()
 

app/vmalert/manager.go

@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ func (m *manager) update(ctx context.Context, groupsCfg []config.Group, restore
 			// it is important to call InterruptEval before the update, because cancel fn
 			// can be re-assigned during the update.
 			item.old.InterruptEval()
-			go func(old *rule.Group, new *rule.Group) {
-				old.UpdateWith(new)
+			go func(oldGroup *rule.Group, newGroup *rule.Group) {
+				oldGroup.UpdateWith(newGroup)
 				wg.Done()
 			}(item.old, item.new)
 		}

app/vmalert/manager_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"math/rand"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	if err := templates.Load([]string{"testdata/templates/*good.tmpl"}, true); err != nil {
+	if err := templates.Load([]string{"testdata/templates/*good.tmpl"}, url.URL{}); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	os.Exit(m.Run())

app/vmalert/notifier/alert.go

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func ExecTemplate(q templates.QueryFn, annotations map[string]string, tplData Al
 
 // ValidateTemplates validate annotations for possible template error, uses empty data for template population
 func ValidateTemplates(annotations map[string]string) error {
-	tmpl, err := templates.Get()
+	tmpl, err := templates.GetWithFuncs(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -146,12 +146,21 @@ func templateAnnotations(annotations map[string]string, data AlertTplData, tmpl
 	tData := tplData{data, externalLabels, externalURL}
 	header := strings.Join(tplHeaders, "")
 	for key, text := range annotations {
+		// simple check to skip text without template
+		if !strings.Contains(text, "{{") || !strings.Contains(text, "}}") {
+			r[key] = text
+			continue
+		}
+
 		buf.Reset()
 		builder.Reset()
 		builder.Grow(len(header) + len(text))
 		builder.WriteString(header)
 		builder.WriteString(text)
-		if err := templateAnnotation(&buf, builder.String(), tData, tmpl, execute); err != nil {
+		// clone a new template for each parse to avoid collision
+		ctmpl, _ := tmpl.Clone()
+		ctmpl = ctmpl.Option("missingkey=zero")
+		if err := templateAnnotation(&buf, builder.String(), tData, ctmpl, execute); err != nil {
 			r[key] = text
 			eg.Add(fmt.Errorf("key %q, template %q: %w", key, text, err))
 			continue

app/vmalert/notifier/alert_test.go

@@ -75,7 +75,13 @@ func TestAlertExecTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		Labels: map[string]string{
 			"instance": "localhost",
 		},
-	}, map[string]string{}, map[string]string{})
+	}, map[string]string{
+		"summary":     "it's a test summary",
+		"description": "it's a test description",
+	}, map[string]string{
+		"summary":     "it's a test summary",
+		"description": "it's a test description",
+	})
 
 	// label-template
 	f(&Alert{
@@ -93,6 +99,19 @@ func TestAlertExecTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		"description": "It is 10000 connections for localhost for more than 5m0s",
 	})
 
+	// label template override
+	f(&Alert{
+		Value: 1e4,
+	}, map[string]string{
+		"summary":     `{{- define "default.template" -}} {{ printf "summary" }} {{- end -}} {{ template "default.template" . }}`,
+		"description": `{{ template "default.template" . }}`,
+		"value":       `{{$value }}`,
+	}, map[string]string{
+		"summary":     "summary",
+		"description": "",
+		"value":       "10000",
+	})
+
 	// expression-template
 	f(&Alert{
 		Expr: `vm_rows{"label"="bar"}<0`,

app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/utils"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httputils"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promauth"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promrelabel"
 )
 
@@ -69,7 +70,17 @@ func (am *AlertManager) Send(ctx context.Context, alerts []Alert, headers map[st
 
 func (am *AlertManager) send(ctx context.Context, alerts []Alert, headers map[string]string) error {
 	b := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	writeamRequest(b, alerts, am.argFunc, am.relabelConfigs)
+	alertsToSend := alerts[:0]
+	lblss := make([][]prompbmarshal.Label, 0, len(alerts))
+	for _, a := range alerts {
+		lbls := a.applyRelabelingIfNeeded(am.relabelConfigs)
+		if len(lbls) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		alertsToSend = append(alertsToSend, a)
+		lblss = append(lblss, lbls)
+	}
+	writeamRequest(b, alertsToSend, am.argFunc, lblss)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, am.addr.String(), b)
 	if err != nil {

app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 {% import (
     "time"
 
-    "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promrelabel"
+    "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
 ) %}
 {% stripspace %}
 
-{% func amRequest(alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(Alert) string, relabelCfg *promrelabel.ParsedConfigs) %}
+{% func amRequest(alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(Alert) string, lblss [][]prompbmarshal.Label) %}
 [
 {% for i, alert := range alerts %}
-{% code lbls := alert.applyRelabelingIfNeeded(relabelCfg) %}
-{% if len(lbls) == 0 %} {% continue %} {% endif %}
+{% code lbls := lblss[i] %}
 {
     "startsAt":{%q= alert.Start.Format(time.RFC3339Nano) %},
     "generatorURL": {%q= generatorURL(alert) %},

app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package notifier
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promrelabel"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
 )
 
 //line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:8
@@ -25,122 +25,116 @@ var (
 )
 
 //line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:8
-func streamamRequest(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(Alert) string, relabelCfg *promrelabel.ParsedConfigs) {
+func streamamRequest(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(Alert) string, lblss [][]prompbmarshal.Label) {
 //line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:8
 	qw422016.N().S(`[`)
 //line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:10
 	for i, alert := range alerts {
 //line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:11
-		lbls := alert.applyRelabelingIfNeeded(relabelCfg)
+		lbls := lblss[i]
 
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:12
-		if len(lbls) == 0 {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:12
-			continue
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:12
-		}
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:12
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:11
 		qw422016.N().S(`{"startsAt":`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:14
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:13
 		qw422016.N().Q(alert.Start.Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:14
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:13
 		qw422016.N().S(`,"generatorURL":`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:15
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:14
 		qw422016.N().Q(generatorURL(alert))
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:15
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:14
 		qw422016.N().S(`,`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:16
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:15
 		if !alert.End.IsZero() {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:16
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:15
 			qw422016.N().S(`"endsAt":`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:17
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:16
 			qw422016.N().Q(alert.End.Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:17
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:16
 			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:18
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:17
 		}
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:18
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:17
 		qw422016.N().S(`"labels": {`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:20
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:19
 		ll := len(lbls)
 
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:21
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:20
 		for idx, l := range lbls {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:22
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:21
 			qw422016.N().Q(l.Name)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:22
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:21
 			qw422016.N().S(`:`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:22
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:21
 			qw422016.N().Q(l.Value)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:22
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:21
 			if idx != ll-1 {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:22
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:21
 				qw422016.N().S(`,`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:22
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:21
 			}
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:23
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:22
 		}
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:23
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:22
 		qw422016.N().S(`},"annotations": {`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:26
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:25
 		c := len(alert.Annotations)
 
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:27
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:26
 		for k, v := range alert.Annotations {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:28
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:27
 			c = c - 1
 
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:29
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:28
 			qw422016.N().Q(k)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:29
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:28
 			qw422016.N().S(`:`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:29
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:28
 			qw422016.N().Q(v)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:29
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:28
 			if c > 0 {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:29
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:28
 				qw422016.N().S(`,`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:29
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:28
 			}
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:30
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:29
 		}
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:30
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:29
 		qw422016.N().S(`}}`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:33
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:32
 		if i != len(alerts)-1 {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:33
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:32
 			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:33
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:32
 		}
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:34
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:33
 	}
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:34
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:33
 	qw422016.N().S(`]`)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 }
 
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
-func writeamRequest(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(Alert) string, relabelCfg *promrelabel.ParsedConfigs) {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
+func writeamRequest(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(Alert) string, lblss [][]prompbmarshal.Label) {
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
-	streamamRequest(qw422016, alerts, generatorURL, relabelCfg)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
+	streamamRequest(qw422016, alerts, generatorURL, lblss)
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 }
 
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
-func amRequest(alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(Alert) string, relabelCfg *promrelabel.ParsedConfigs) string {
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
+func amRequest(alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(Alert) string, lblss [][]prompbmarshal.Label) string {
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
-	writeamRequest(qb422016, alerts, generatorURL, relabelCfg)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
+	writeamRequest(qb422016, alerts, generatorURL, lblss)
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 	return qs422016
-//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:36
+//line app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_request.qtpl:35
 }

app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager_test.go

@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ func TestAlertManager_Send(t *testing.T) {
 			if r.Header.Get(headerKey) != "bar" {
 				t.Fatalf("expected header %q to be set to %q; got %q instead", headerKey, "bar", r.Header.Get(headerKey))
 			}
+		case 4:
+			var a []struct {
+				Labels map[string]string `json:"labels"`
+			}
+			if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&a); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("can not unmarshal data into alert %s", err)
+			}
+			if len(a) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("expected 1 alert in array got %d", len(a))
+			}
 		}
 	})
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(mux)
@@ -168,7 +178,20 @@ func TestAlertManager_Send(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if c != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 3 calls(count from zero) to server got %d", c)
+	if err := am.Send(context.Background(), []Alert{
+		{
+			Name:   "alert1",
+			Labels: map[string]string{"rule": "test"},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "alert2",
+			Labels: map[string]string{},
+		},
+	}, map[string]string{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if c != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 4 calls(count from zero) to server got %d", c)
 	}
 }

app/vmalert/notifier/init.go

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/templates"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promauth"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promutils"
@@ -93,13 +92,11 @@ var (
 func Init(gen AlertURLGenerator, extLabels map[string]string, extURL string) (func() []Notifier, error) {
 	externalURL = extURL
 	externalLabels = extLabels
-	eu, err := url.Parse(externalURL)
+	_, err := url.Parse(externalURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse external URL: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	templates.UpdateWithFuncs(templates.FuncsWithExternalURL(eu))
-
 	if *blackHole {
 		if len(*addrs) > 0 || *configPath != "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("only one of -notifier.blackhole, -notifier.url and -notifier.config flags must be specified")

app/vmalert/notifier/package_test.go

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package notifier
 
 import (
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/templates"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/templates"
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	if err := templates.Load([]string{"testdata/templates/*good.tmpl"}, true); err != nil {
+	if err := templates.Load([]string{"testdata/templates/*good.tmpl"}, url.URL{}); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	os.Exit(m.Run())

app/vmalert/rule/alerting.go

@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ func (ar *AlertingRule) alertToTimeSeries(a *notifier.Alert, timestamp int64) []
 }
 
 func alertToTimeSeries(a *notifier.Alert, timestamp int64) prompbmarshal.TimeSeries {
-	var labels []prompbmarshal.Label
+	labels := make([]prompbmarshal.Label, 0, len(a.Labels)+2)
 	for k, v := range a.Labels {
 		labels = append(labels, prompbmarshal.Label{
 			Name:  k,
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ func alertToTimeSeries(a *notifier.Alert, timestamp int64) prompbmarshal.TimeSer
 // alertForToTimeSeries returns a time series that represents
 // state of active alerts, where value is time when alert become active
 func alertForToTimeSeries(a *notifier.Alert, timestamp int64) prompbmarshal.TimeSeries {
-	var labels []prompbmarshal.Label
+	labels := make([]prompbmarshal.Label, 0, len(a.Labels)+1)
 	for k, v := range a.Labels {
 		labels = append(labels, prompbmarshal.Label{
 			Name:  k,
@@ -650,21 +650,24 @@ func alertForToTimeSeries(a *notifier.Alert, timestamp int64) prompbmarshal.Time
 // for alerts which changed their state from Pending to Inactive or Firing.
 func pendingAlertStaleTimeSeries(ls map[string]string, timestamp int64, includeAlertForState bool) []prompbmarshal.TimeSeries {
 	var result []prompbmarshal.TimeSeries
-	var baseLabels []prompbmarshal.Label
+	baseLabels := make([]prompbmarshal.Label, 0, len(ls)+1)
 	for k, v := range ls {
 		baseLabels = append(baseLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{
 			Name:  k,
 			Value: v,
 		})
 	}
+
+	alertsLabels := make([]prompbmarshal.Label, 0, len(ls)+2)
+	alertsLabels = append(alertsLabels, baseLabels...)
 	// __name__ already been dropped, no need to check duplication
-	alertsLabels := append(baseLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName})
+	alertsLabels = append(alertsLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName})
 	alertsLabels = append(alertsLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: alertStateLabel, Value: notifier.StatePending.String()})
 	result = append(result, newTimeSeries([]float64{decimal.StaleNaN}, []int64{timestamp}, alertsLabels))
 
 	if includeAlertForState {
-		alertsForStateLabels := append(baseLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName})
-		result = append(result, newTimeSeries([]float64{decimal.StaleNaN}, []int64{timestamp}, alertsForStateLabels))
+		baseLabels = append(baseLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName})
+		result = append(result, newTimeSeries([]float64{decimal.StaleNaN}, []int64{timestamp}, baseLabels))
 	}
 	return result
 }
@@ -672,22 +675,25 @@ func pendingAlertStaleTimeSeries(ls map[string]string, timestamp int64, includeA
 // firingAlertStaleTimeSeries returns stale `ALERTS` and `ALERTS_FOR_STATE` time series
 // for alerts which changed their state from Firing to Inactive.
 func firingAlertStaleTimeSeries(ls map[string]string, timestamp int64) []prompbmarshal.TimeSeries {
-	var baseLabels []prompbmarshal.Label
+	baseLabels := make([]prompbmarshal.Label, 0, len(ls)+1)
 	for k, v := range ls {
 		baseLabels = append(baseLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{
 			Name:  k,
 			Value: v,
 		})
 	}
+
+	alertsLabels := make([]prompbmarshal.Label, 0, len(ls)+2)
+	alertsLabels = append(alertsLabels, baseLabels...)
 	// __name__ already been dropped, no need to check duplication
-	alertsLabels := append(baseLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName})
+	alertsLabels = append(alertsLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName})
 	alertsLabels = append(alertsLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: alertStateLabel, Value: notifier.StateFiring.String()})
 
-	alertsForStateLabels := append(baseLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName})
+	baseLabels = append(baseLabels, prompbmarshal.Label{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName})
 
 	return []prompbmarshal.TimeSeries{
 		newTimeSeries([]float64{decimal.StaleNaN}, []int64{timestamp}, alertsLabels),
-		newTimeSeries([]float64{decimal.StaleNaN}, []int64{timestamp}, alertsForStateLabels),
+		newTimeSeries([]float64{decimal.StaleNaN}, []int64{timestamp}, baseLabels),
 	}
 }
 

app/vmalert/rule/alerting_test.go

@@ -252,10 +252,14 @@ func TestAlertingRule_Exec(t *testing.T) {
 	},
 		map[int][]prompbmarshal.TimeSeries{
 			0: {
-				{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "empty_labels"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}},
-					Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-				{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "empty_labels"}},
-					Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+				{
+					Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "empty_labels"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}},
+					Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+				},
+				{
+					Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "empty_labels"}},
+					Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+				},
 			},
 		})
 
@@ -273,22 +277,34 @@ func TestAlertingRule_Exec(t *testing.T) {
 		4: {{labels: []string{"name", "foo"}, alert: &notifier.Alert{State: notifier.StateInactive}}},
 	}, map[int][]prompbmarshal.TimeSeries{
 		0: {
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 		1: {
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 		2: {
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Add(2 * defaultStep).Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "single-firing=>inactive=>firing=>inactive=>inactive"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Add(2 * defaultStep).Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 
@@ -344,34 +360,54 @@ func TestAlertingRule_Exec(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}, map[int][]prompbmarshal.TimeSeries{
 		0: {
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 		1: {
 			// stale time series for foo, `firing -> inactive`
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 			// new time series for foo1
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo1"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo1"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Add(defaultStep).Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo1"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo1"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Add(defaultStep).Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 		2: {
 			// stale time series for foo1
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo1"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo1"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo1"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo1"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 			// new time series for foo2
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo2"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo2"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Add(2 * defaultStep).Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo2"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "multiple-steps-firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo2"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Add(2 * defaultStep).Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 
@@ -389,50 +425,72 @@ func TestAlertingRule_Exec(t *testing.T) {
 		1: {{labels: []string{"name", "foo"}, alert: &notifier.Alert{State: notifier.StateFiring}}},
 	}, map[int][]prompbmarshal.TimeSeries{
 		0: {
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 		1: {
 			// stale time series for `pending -> firing`
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Add(defaultStep).Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "firing"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-fired"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Add(defaultStep).Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 
 	f(newTestAlertingRule("for-pending=>empty", time.Second), [][]datasource.Metric{
-		{metricWithLabels(t, "name", "foo")},
-		{metricWithLabels(t, "name", "foo")},
+		{metricWithLabels(t, "name", "foo", "a1", "b1", "a2", "b2", "a3", "b3")},
+		{metricWithLabels(t, "name", "foo", "a1", "b1", "a2", "b2", "a3", "b3")},
 		// empty step to delete pending alerts
 		{},
 	}, map[int][]testAlert{
-		0: {{labels: []string{"name", "foo"}, alert: &notifier.Alert{State: notifier.StatePending}}},
-		1: {{labels: []string{"name", "foo"}, alert: &notifier.Alert{State: notifier.StatePending}}},
+		0: {{labels: []string{"name", "foo", "a1", "b1", "a2", "b2", "a3", "b3"}, alert: &notifier.Alert{State: notifier.StatePending}}},
+		1: {{labels: []string{"name", "foo", "a1", "b1", "a2", "b2", "a3", "b3"}, alert: &notifier.Alert{State: notifier.StatePending}}},
 		2: {},
 	}, map[int][]prompbmarshal.TimeSeries{
 		0: {
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "a1", Value: "b1"}, {Name: "a2", Value: "b2"}, {Name: "a3", Value: "b3"}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "a1", Value: "b1"}, {Name: "a2", Value: "b2"}, {Name: "a3", Value: "b3"}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 		1: {
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "a1", Value: "b1"}, {Name: "a2", Value: "b2"}, {Name: "a3", Value: "b3"}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "a1", Value: "b1"}, {Name: "a2", Value: "b2"}, {Name: "a3", Value: "b3"}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: float64(ts.Unix()), Timestamp: ts.Add(defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 		// stale time series for `pending -> inactive`
 		2: {
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
-			{Labels: []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
-				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}}},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertMetricName}, {Name: "a1", Value: "b1"}, {Name: "a2", Value: "b2"}, {Name: "a3", Value: "b3"}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "alertstate", Value: "pending"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
+			{
+				Labels:  []prompbmarshal.Label{{Name: "__name__", Value: alertForStateMetricName}, {Name: "a1", Value: "b1"}, {Name: "a2", Value: "b2"}, {Name: "a3", Value: "b3"}, {Name: "alertname", Value: "for-pending=>empty"}, {Name: "name", Value: "foo"}},
+				Samples: []prompbmarshal.Sample{{Value: decimal.StaleNaN, Timestamp: ts.Add(2*defaultStep).UnixNano() / 1e6}},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 

app/vmalert/rule/group.go

@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ func (g *Group) Start(ctx context.Context, nts func() []notifier.Notifier, rw re
 }
 
 // UpdateWith inserts new group to updateCh
-func (g *Group) UpdateWith(new *Group) {
-	g.updateCh <- new
+func (g *Group) UpdateWith(newGroup *Group) {
+	g.updateCh <- newGroup
 }
 
 // DeepCopy returns a deep copy of group

app/vmalert/rule/group_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	if err := templates.Load([]string{}, true); err != nil {
+	if err := templates.Load([]string{}, url.URL{}); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("failed to load template for test")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}

app/vmalert/templates/template.go

@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ func newTemplate() *textTpl.Template {
 }
 
 // Load func loads templates from multiple globs specified in pathPatterns and either
-// sets them directly to current template if it's undefined or with overwrite=true
-// or sets replacement templates and adds templates with new names to a current
-func Load(pathPatterns []string, overwrite bool) error {
-	var err error
+// sets them directly to current template if it's the first init;
+// or sets replacement templates and wait for Reload() to replace current template with replacement.
+func Load(pathPatterns []string, externalURL url.URL) error {
 	tmpl := newTemplate()
 	for _, tp := range pathPatterns {
 		p, err := doublestar.FilepathGlob(tp)
@@ -79,36 +78,12 @@ func Load(pathPatterns []string, overwrite bool) error {
 	}
 	tplMu.Lock()
 	defer tplMu.Unlock()
-	if masterTmpl.current == nil || overwrite {
-		masterTmpl.replacement = nil
-		masterTmpl.current = newTemplate()
-	} else {
-		masterTmpl.replacement = newTemplate()
-		if err = copyTemplates(tmpl, masterTmpl.replacement, overwrite); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return copyTemplates(tmpl, masterTmpl.current, overwrite)
-}
+	tmpl = tmpl.Funcs(funcsWithExternalURL(externalURL))
 
-func copyTemplates(from *textTpl.Template, to *textTpl.Template, overwrite bool) error {
-	if from == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if to == nil {
-		to = newTemplate()
-	}
-	tmpl, err := from.Clone()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for _, t := range tmpl.Templates() {
-		if to.Lookup(t.Name()) == nil || overwrite {
-			to, err = to.AddParseTree(t.Name(), t.Tree)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to add template %q: %w", t.Name(), err)
-			}
-		}
+	if masterTmpl.current == nil {
+		masterTmpl.current = tmpl
+	} else {
+		masterTmpl.replacement = tmpl
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -153,13 +128,6 @@ func datasourceMetricsToTemplateMetrics(ms []datasource.Metric) []metric {
 // for templating functions.
 type QueryFn func(query string) ([]datasource.Metric, error)
 
-// UpdateWithFuncs updates existing or sets a new function map for a template
-func UpdateWithFuncs(funcs textTpl.FuncMap) {
-	tplMu.Lock()
-	defer tplMu.Unlock()
-	masterTmpl.current = masterTmpl.current.Funcs(funcs)
-}
-
 // GetWithFuncs returns a copy of current template with additional FuncMap
 // provided with funcs argument
 func GetWithFuncs(funcs textTpl.FuncMap) (*textTpl.Template, error) {
@@ -174,13 +142,6 @@ func GetWithFuncs(funcs textTpl.FuncMap) (*textTpl.Template, error) {
 	return tmpl.Funcs(funcs), nil
 }
 
-// Get returns a copy of a template
-func Get() (*textTpl.Template, error) {
-	tplMu.RLock()
-	defer tplMu.RUnlock()
-	return masterTmpl.current.Clone()
-}
-
 // FuncsWithQuery returns a function map that depends on metric data
 func FuncsWithQuery(query QueryFn) textTpl.FuncMap {
 	return textTpl.FuncMap{
@@ -198,8 +159,8 @@ func FuncsWithQuery(query QueryFn) textTpl.FuncMap {
 	}
 }
 
-// FuncsWithExternalURL returns a function map that depends on externalURL value
-func FuncsWithExternalURL(externalURL *url.URL) textTpl.FuncMap {
+// funcsWithExternalURL returns a function map that depends on externalURL value
+func funcsWithExternalURL(externalURL url.URL) textTpl.FuncMap {
 	return textTpl.FuncMap{
 		"externalURL": func() string {
 			return externalURL.String()

app/vmalert/templates/template_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package templates
 
 import (
 	"math"
+	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	textTpl "text/template"
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ func TestTemplatesLoad_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(pathPatterns []string, expectedErrStr string) {
 		t.Helper()
 
-		err := Load(pathPatterns, false)
+		err := Load(pathPatterns, url.URL{})
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error")
 		}
@@ -171,128 +172,17 @@ func TestTemplatesLoad_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTemplatesLoad_Success(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(initialTmpl textTemplate, pathPatterns []string, overwrite bool, expectedTmpl textTemplate) {
+	f := func(pathPatterns []string, expectedTmpl textTemplate) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		masterTmplOrig := masterTmpl
-		masterTmpl = initialTmpl
 		defer func() {
 			masterTmpl = masterTmplOrig
 		}()
 
-		if err := Load(pathPatterns, overwrite); err != nil {
+		if err := Load(pathPatterns, url.URL{}); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot load templates: %s", err)
 		}
-
-		if !equalTemplates(masterTmpl.replacement, expectedTmpl.replacement) {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected replacement template\ngot\n%+v\nwant\n%+v", masterTmpl.replacement, expectedTmpl.replacement)
-		}
-		if !equalTemplates(masterTmpl.current, expectedTmpl.current) {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected current template\ngot\n%+v\nwant\n%+v", masterTmpl.current, expectedTmpl.current)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// non existing path undefined template override
-	initialTmpl := mkTemplate(nil, nil)
-	pathPatterns := []string{
-		"templates/non-existing/good-*.tpl",
-		"templates/absent/good-*.tpl",
-	}
-	overwrite := true
-	expectedTmpl := mkTemplate(``, nil)
-	f(initialTmpl, pathPatterns, overwrite, expectedTmpl)
-
-	// non existing path defined template override
-	initialTmpl = mkTemplate(`
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{- printf "value" -}}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`, nil)
-	pathPatterns = []string{
-		"templates/non-existing/good-*.tpl",
-		"templates/absent/good-*.tpl",
-	}
-	overwrite = true
-	expectedTmpl = mkTemplate(``, nil)
-	f(initialTmpl, pathPatterns, overwrite, expectedTmpl)
-
-	// existing path undefined template override
-	initialTmpl = mkTemplate(nil, nil)
-	pathPatterns = []string{
-		"templates/other/nested/good0-*.tpl",
-		"templates/test/good0-*.tpl",
-	}
-	overwrite = false
-	expectedTmpl = mkTemplate(`
-		{{- define "good0-test.tpl" -}}{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.0" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.2" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.3" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`, nil)
-	f(initialTmpl, pathPatterns, overwrite, expectedTmpl)
-
-	// existing path defined template override
-	initialTmpl = mkTemplate(`
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" "world" }}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`, nil)
-	pathPatterns = []string{
-		"templates/other/nested/good0-*.tpl",
-		"templates/test/good0-*.tpl",
-	}
-	overwrite = false
-	expectedTmpl = mkTemplate(`
-		{{- define "good0-test.tpl" -}}{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.0" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" "world" }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.2" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.3" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`, `
-		{{- define "good0-test.tpl" -}}{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.0" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.2" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-		{{- define "test.3" -}}
-			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`)
-	f(initialTmpl, pathPatterns, overwrite, expectedTmpl)
-}
-
-func TestTemplatesReload(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(initialTmpl, expectedTmpl textTemplate) {
-		t.Helper()
-
-		masterTmplOrig := masterTmpl
-		masterTmpl = initialTmpl
-		defer func() {
-			masterTmpl = masterTmplOrig
-		}()
-
 		Reload()
 
 		if !equalTemplates(masterTmpl.replacement, expectedTmpl.replacement) {
@@ -303,46 +193,47 @@ func TestTemplatesReload(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// empty current and replacement templates
-	f(mkTemplate(nil, nil), mkTemplate(nil, nil))
+	// non existing path
+	pathPatterns := []string{
+		"templates/non-existing/good-*.tpl",
+		"templates/absent/good-*.tpl",
+	}
+	expectedTmpl := mkTemplate(``, nil)
+	f(pathPatterns, expectedTmpl)
 
-	// empty current template only
-	f(mkTemplate(`
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{- printf "value" -}}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`, nil), mkTemplate(`
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{- printf "value" -}}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`, nil))
-
-	// empty replacement template only
-	f(mkTemplate(nil, `
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{- printf "value" -}}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`), mkTemplate(`
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{- printf "value" -}}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`, nil))
-
-	// defined both templates
-	f(mkTemplate(`
+	// existing path
+	pathPatterns = []string{
+		"templates/test/good0-*.tpl",
+	}
+	expectedTmpl = mkTemplate(`
+		{{- define "good0-test.tpl" -}}{{- end -}}
 		{{- define "test.0" -}}
-			{{- printf "value" -}}
+			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
+		{{- end -}}
+		{{- define "test.2" -}}
+			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
+		{{- end -}}
+		{{- define "test.3" -}}
+			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
+		{{- end -}}
+	`, nil)
+	f(pathPatterns, expectedTmpl)
+
+	// existing path defined template override
+	pathPatterns = []string{
+		"templates/other/nested/good0-*.tpl",
+	}
+	expectedTmpl = mkTemplate(`
+		{{- define "good0-test.tpl" -}}{{- end -}}
+		{{- define "test.0" -}}
+			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
 		{{- end -}}
 		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{- printf "before" -}}
+			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
 		{{- end -}}
-	`, `
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{- printf "after" -}}
+		{{- define "test.3" -}}
+			{{ printf "Hello %s!" externalURL }}
 		{{- end -}}
-	`), mkTemplate(`
-		{{- define "test.1" -}}
-			{{- printf "after" -}}
-		{{- end -}}
-	`, nil))
+	`, nil)
+	f(pathPatterns, expectedTmpl)
 }

app/vmalert/web_types_test.go

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/datasource"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/rule"
-	"reflect"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestRecordingToApi(t *testing.T) {

app/vmauth/auth_config.go

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -348,6 +350,7 @@ func (up *URLPrefix) discoverBackendAddrsIfNeeded() {
 	hostToAddrs := make(map[string][]string)
 	for _, bu := range up.busOriginal {
 		host := bu.Hostname()
+		port := bu.Port()
 		if hostToAddrs[host] != nil {
 			// ips for the given host have been already discovered
 			continue
@@ -364,7 +367,11 @@ func (up *URLPrefix) discoverBackendAddrsIfNeeded() {
 			} else {
 				resolvedAddrs = make([]string, len(addrs))
 				for i, addr := range addrs {
-					resolvedAddrs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", addr.Target, addr.Port)
+					hostPort := port
+					if hostPort == "" && addr.Port > 0 {
+						hostPort = strconv.FormatUint(uint64(addr.Port), 10)
+					}
+					resolvedAddrs[i] = net.JoinHostPort(addr.Target, hostPort)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -375,7 +382,7 @@ func (up *URLPrefix) discoverBackendAddrsIfNeeded() {
 			} else {
 				resolvedAddrs = make([]string, len(addrs))
 				for i, addr := range addrs {
-					resolvedAddrs[i] = addr.String()
+					resolvedAddrs[i] = net.JoinHostPort(addr.String(), port)
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -389,17 +396,9 @@ func (up *URLPrefix) discoverBackendAddrsIfNeeded() {
 	var busNew []*backendURL
 	for _, bu := range up.busOriginal {
 		host := bu.Hostname()
-		port := bu.Port()
 		for _, addr := range hostToAddrs[host] {
 			buCopy := *bu
 			buCopy.Host = addr
-			if port != "" {
-				if n := strings.IndexByte(buCopy.Host, ':'); n >= 0 {
-					// Drop the discovered port and substitute it the port specified in bu.
-					buCopy.Host = buCopy.Host[:n]
-				}
-				buCopy.Host += ":" + port
-			}
 			busNew = append(busNew, &backendURL{
 				url: &buCopy,
 			})
@@ -783,10 +782,11 @@ func parseAuthConfig(data []byte) (*AuthConfig, error) {
 
 func parseAuthConfigUsers(ac *AuthConfig) (map[string]*UserInfo, error) {
 	uis := ac.Users
-	if len(uis) == 0 && ac.UnauthorizedUser == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Missing `users` or `unauthorized_user` sections")
-	}
 	byAuthToken := make(map[string]*UserInfo, len(uis))
+	if len(uis) == 0 && ac.UnauthorizedUser == nil {
+		// fast path for empty configuration
+		return byAuthToken, nil
+	}
 	for i := range uis {
 		ui := &uis[i]
 		ats, err := getAuthTokens(ui.AuthToken, ui.BearerToken, ui.Username, ui.Password)

app/vmauth/auth_config_test.go

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"testing"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/netutil"
 )
 
 func TestParseAuthConfigFailure(t *testing.T) {
@@ -24,16 +26,10 @@ func TestParseAuthConfigFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Empty config
-	f(``)
-
 	// Invalid entry
 	f(`foobar`)
 	f(`foobar: baz`)
 
-	// Empty users
-	f(`users: []`)
-
 	// Missing url_prefix
 	f(`
 users:
@@ -302,6 +298,12 @@ func TestParseAuthConfigSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 
 	insecureSkipVerifyTrue := true
 
+	// Empty config
+	f(``, map[string]*UserInfo{})
+
+	// Empty users
+	f(`users: []`, map[string]*UserInfo{})
+
 	// Single user
 	f(`
 users:
@@ -799,6 +801,75 @@ func TestBrokenBackend(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDiscoverBackendIPsWithIPV6(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(actualUrl, expectedUrl string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		up := mustParseURL(actualUrl)
+		up.discoverBackendIPs = true
+		up.loadBalancingPolicy = "least_loaded"
+
+		up.discoverBackendAddrsIfNeeded()
+		pbus := up.bus.Load()
+		bus := *pbus
+
+		if len(bus) != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("expected url list to be of size 1; got %d instead", len(bus))
+		}
+
+		got := bus[0].url.Host
+		if got != expectedUrl {
+			t.Fatalf(`expected url to be %q; got %q instead`, expectedUrl, bus[0].url.Host)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Discover backendURL with SRV hostnames
+	customResolver := &fakeResolver{
+		Resolver: &net.Resolver{},
+		// SRV records must return hostname
+		// not an IP address
+		lookupSRVResults: map[string][]*net.SRV{
+			"_vmselect._tcp.selectwithport.": {
+				{
+					Target: "vmselect.local",
+					Port:   8481,
+				},
+			},
+			"_vmselect._tcp.selectwoport.": {
+				{
+					Target: "vmselect.local",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		lookupIPAddrResults: map[string][]net.IPAddr{
+			"vminsert.local": {
+				{
+					IP: net.ParseIP("10.0.10.13"),
+				},
+			},
+			"ipv6.vminsert.local": {
+				{
+					IP: net.ParseIP("2607:f8b0:400a:80b::200e"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	origResolver := netutil.Resolver
+	netutil.Resolver = customResolver
+	defer func() {
+		netutil.Resolver = origResolver
+	}()
+	f("http://srv+_vmselect._tcp.selectwithport.:8080", "vmselect.local:8080")
+	f("http://srv+_vmselect._tcp.selectwithport.:", "vmselect.local:8481")
+	f("http://srv+_vmselect._tcp.selectwoport.:8080", "vmselect.local:8080")
+	f("http://srv+_vmselect._tcp.selectwoport.", "vmselect.local:")
+
+	f("http://vminsert.local:8080", "10.0.10.13:8080")
+	f("http://vminsert.local", "10.0.10.13:")
+	f("http://ipv6.vminsert.local:8080", "[2607:f8b0:400a:80b::200e]:8080")
+	f("http://ipv6.vminsert.local", "[2607:f8b0:400a:80b::200e]:")
+
+}
+
 func getRegexs(paths []string) []*Regex {
 	var sps []*Regex
 	for _, path := range paths {

app/vmauth/main.go

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func processUserRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ui *UserInfo) {
 
 func processRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ui *UserInfo) {
 	u := normalizeURL(r.URL)
-	up, hc := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, r.Header)
+	up, hc := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, r.Host, r.Header)
 	isDefault := false
 	if up == nil {
 		if ui.DefaultURL == nil {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func processRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ui *UserInfo) {
 			missingRouteRequests.Inc()
 			var di string
 			if ui.DumpRequestOnErrors {
-				di = debugInfo(u, r.Header)
+				di = debugInfo(u, r)
 			}
 			httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "missing route for %q%s", u.String(), di)
 			return
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ func processRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ui *UserInfo) {
 		isDefault = true
 	}
 
-	rtb := getReadTrackingBody(r.Body, maxRequestBodySizeToRetry.IntN())
-	defer putReadTrackingBody(rtb)
+	rtb := newReadTrackingBody(r.Body, maxRequestBodySizeToRetry.IntN())
 	r.Body = rtb
 
 	maxAttempts := up.getBackendsCount()
@@ -559,22 +558,11 @@ type readTrackingBody struct {
 	bufComplete bool
 }
 
-func (rtb *readTrackingBody) reset() {
-	rtb.maxBodySize = 0
-	rtb.r = nil
-	rtb.buf = rtb.buf[:0]
-	rtb.readBuf = nil
-	rtb.cannotRetry = false
-	rtb.bufComplete = false
-}
-
-func getReadTrackingBody(r io.ReadCloser, maxBodySize int) *readTrackingBody {
-	v := readTrackingBodyPool.Get()
-	if v == nil {
-		v = &readTrackingBody{}
-	}
-	rtb := v.(*readTrackingBody)
-
+func newReadTrackingBody(r io.ReadCloser, maxBodySize int) *readTrackingBody {
+	// do not use sync.Pool there
+	// since http.RoundTrip may still use request body after return
+	// See this issue for details https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/8051
+	rtb := &readTrackingBody{}
 	if maxBodySize < 0 {
 		maxBodySize = 0
 	}
@@ -597,13 +585,6 @@ func (r *zeroReader) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func putReadTrackingBody(rtb *readTrackingBody) {
-	rtb.reset()
-	readTrackingBodyPool.Put(rtb)
-}
-
-var readTrackingBodyPool sync.Pool
-
 // Read implements io.Reader interface.
 func (rtb *readTrackingBody) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	if len(rtb.readBuf) > 0 {
@@ -668,13 +649,13 @@ func (rtb *readTrackingBody) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func debugInfo(u *url.URL, h http.Header) string {
+func debugInfo(u *url.URL, r *http.Request) string {
 	s := &strings.Builder{}
-	fmt.Fprintf(s, " (host: %q; ", u.Host)
+	fmt.Fprintf(s, " (host: %q; ", r.Host)
 	fmt.Fprintf(s, "path: %q; ", u.Path)
 	fmt.Fprintf(s, "args: %q; ", u.Query().Encode())
 	fmt.Fprint(s, "headers:")
-	_ = h.WriteSubset(s, nil)
+	_ = r.Header.WriteSubset(s, nil)
 	fmt.Fprint(s, ")")
 	return s.String()
 }

app/vmauth/main_test.go

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ unauthorized_user:
 	}
 	responseExpected = `
 statusCode=401
-The provided authKey doesn't match -reloadAuthKey`
+Expected to receive non-empty authKey when -reloadAuthKey is set`
 	f(cfgStr, requestURL, backendHandler, responseExpected)
 	if err := reloadAuthKey.Set(origAuthKey); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
@@ -545,8 +545,7 @@ func TestReadTrackingBody_RetrySuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string, maxBodySize int) {
 		t.Helper()
 
-		rtb := getReadTrackingBody(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(s)), maxBodySize)
-		defer putReadTrackingBody(rtb)
+		rtb := newReadTrackingBody(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(s)), maxBodySize)
 
 		if !rtb.canRetry() {
 			t.Fatalf("canRetry() must return true before reading anything")
@@ -581,8 +580,7 @@ func TestReadTrackingBody_RetrySuccessPartialRead(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		// Check the case with partial read
-		rtb := getReadTrackingBody(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(s)), maxBodySize)
-		defer putReadTrackingBody(rtb)
+		rtb := newReadTrackingBody(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(s)), maxBodySize)
 
 		for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
 			buf := make([]byte, i)
@@ -631,8 +629,7 @@ func TestReadTrackingBody_RetryFailureTooBigBody(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string, maxBodySize int) {
 		t.Helper()
 
-		rtb := getReadTrackingBody(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(s)), maxBodySize)
-		defer putReadTrackingBody(rtb)
+		rtb := newReadTrackingBody(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(s)), maxBodySize)
 
 		if !rtb.canRetry() {
 			t.Fatalf("canRetry() must return true before reading anything")
@@ -681,8 +678,7 @@ func TestReadTrackingBody_RetryFailureZeroOrNegativeMaxBodySize(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string, maxBodySize int) {
 		t.Helper()
 
-		rtb := getReadTrackingBody(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(s)), maxBodySize)
-		defer putReadTrackingBody(rtb)
+		rtb := newReadTrackingBody(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(s)), maxBodySize)
 
 		if !rtb.canRetry() {
 			t.Fatalf("canRetry() must return true before reading anything")

app/vmauth/target_url.go

@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ func dropPrefixParts(path string, parts int) string {
 	return path
 }
 
-func (ui *UserInfo) getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u *url.URL, h http.Header) (*URLPrefix, HeadersConf) {
+func (ui *UserInfo) getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u *url.URL, host string, h http.Header) (*URLPrefix, HeadersConf) {
 	for _, e := range ui.URLMaps {
-		if !matchAnyRegex(e.SrcHosts, u.Host) {
+		if !matchAnyRegex(e.SrcHosts, host) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if !matchAnyRegex(e.SrcPaths, u.Path) {

app/vmauth/target_url_test.go

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestCreateTargetURLSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot parse %q: %s", requestURI, err)
 		}
 		u = normalizeURL(u)
-		up, hc := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, nil)
+		up, hc := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, u.Host, nil)
 		if up == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot match available backend: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func TestUserInfoGetBackendURL_SRV(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot parse %q: %s", requestURI, err)
 		}
 		u = normalizeURL(u)
-		up, _ := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, nil)
+		up, _ := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, u.Host, nil)
 		if up == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot match available backend: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func TestUserInfoGetBackendURL_SRVZeroBackends(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot parse %q: %s", requestURI, err)
 		}
 		u = normalizeURL(u)
-		up, _ := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, nil)
+		up, _ := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, u.Host, nil)
 		if up == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot match available backend: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func TestCreateTargetURLFailure(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot parse %q: %s", requestURI, err)
 		}
 		u = normalizeURL(u)
-		up, hc := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, nil)
+		up, hc := ui.getURLPrefixAndHeaders(u, u.Host, nil)
 		if up != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected non-empty up=%#v", up)
 		}

app/vmctl/influx/influx.go

@@ -180,11 +180,7 @@ func (c *Client) Explore() ([]*Series, error) {
 			log.Printf("skip measurement %q since it has no fields", s.Measurement)
 			continue
 		}
-		tags, ok := measurementTags[s.Measurement]
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find tags of measurement %s", s.Measurement)
-		}
-		emptyTags := getEmptyTags(tags, s.LabelPairs)
+		emptyTags := getEmptyTags(measurementTags[s.Measurement], s.LabelPairs)
 		for _, field := range fields {
 			is := &Series{
 				Measurement: s.Measurement,
@@ -201,11 +197,16 @@ func (c *Client) Explore() ([]*Series, error) {
 // getEmptyTags returns tags of a measurement that are missing in a specific series.
 // Tags represent all tags of a measurement. LabelPairs represent tags of a specific series.
 func getEmptyTags(tags map[string]struct{}, LabelPairs []LabelPair) []string {
+	if len(tags) == 0 {
+		// fast path: the measurement does not contain any tag
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	labelMap := make(map[string]struct{})
 	for _, pair := range LabelPairs {
 		labelMap[pair.Name] = struct{}{}
 	}
-	result := make([]string, 0, len(labelMap)-len(LabelPairs))
+	var result []string
 	for tag := range tags {
 		if _, ok := labelMap[tag]; !ok {
 			result = append(result, tag)

app/vmctl/prometheus/prometheus.go

@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ type filter struct {
 	labelValue string
 }
 
-func (f filter) inRange(min, max int64) bool {
+func (f filter) inRange(minV, maxV int64) bool {
 	fmin, fmax := f.min, f.max
-	if min == 0 {
-		fmin = min
+	if minV == 0 {
+		fmin = minV
 	}
 	if fmax == 0 {
-		fmax = max
+		fmax = maxV
 	}
-	return min <= fmax && fmin <= max
+	return minV <= fmax && fmin <= maxV
 }
 
 // NewClient creates and validates new Client
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ func NewClient(cfg Config) (*Client, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open snapshot %q: %s", cfg.Snapshot, err)
 	}
 	c := &Client{DBReadOnly: db}
-	min, max, err := parseTime(cfg.Filter.TimeMin, cfg.Filter.TimeMax)
+	minTime, maxTime, err := parseTime(cfg.Filter.TimeMin, cfg.Filter.TimeMax)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse time in filter: %s", err)
 	}
 	c.filter = filter{
-		min:        min,
-		max:        max,
+		min:        minTime,
+		max:        maxTime,
 		label:      cfg.Filter.Label,
 		labelValue: cfg.Filter.LabelValue,
 	}

app/vminsert/common/insert_ctx.go

@@ -4,13 +4,46 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
+
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vminsert/relabel"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmstorage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/ratelimiter"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/slicesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/storage"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timeserieslimits"
+)
+
+// StartIngestionRateLimiter starts ingestion rate limiter.
+//
+// Ingestion rate limiter must be started before Init() call.
+//
+// StopIngestionRateLimiter must be called before Stop() call in order to unblock all the callers
+// to ingestion rate limiter. Otherwise deadlock may occur at Stop() call.
+func StartIngestionRateLimiter(maxIngestionRate int) {
+	if maxIngestionRate <= 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	ingestionRateLimitReached := metrics.NewCounter(`vm_max_ingestion_rate_limit_reached_total`)
+	ingestionRateLimiterStopCh = make(chan struct{})
+	ingestionRateLimiter = ratelimiter.New(int64(maxIngestionRate), ingestionRateLimitReached, ingestionRateLimiterStopCh)
+}
+
+// StopIngestionRateLimiter stops ingestion rate limiter.
+func StopIngestionRateLimiter() {
+	if ingestionRateLimiterStopCh == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	close(ingestionRateLimiterStopCh)
+	ingestionRateLimiterStopCh = nil
+}
+
+var (
+	ingestionRateLimiter       *ratelimiter.RateLimiter
+	ingestionRateLimiterStopCh chan struct{}
 )
 
 // InsertCtx contains common bits for data points insertion.
@@ -59,7 +92,27 @@ func (ctx *InsertCtx) marshalMetricNameRaw(prefix []byte, labels []prompbmarshal
 	return metricNameRaw[:len(metricNameRaw):len(metricNameRaw)]
 }
 
+// TryPrepareLabels prepares context labels to the ingestion
+//
+// It returns false if timeseries should be skipped
+func (ctx *InsertCtx) TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling bool) bool {
+	if hasRelabeling {
+		ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
+	}
+	if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if timeserieslimits.Enabled() && timeserieslimits.IsExceeding(ctx.Labels) {
+		return false
+	}
+	ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
+
+	return true
+}
+
 // WriteDataPoint writes (timestamp, value) with the given prefix and labels into ctx buffer.
+//
+// caller should invoke TryPrepareLabels before using this function if needed
 func (ctx *InsertCtx) WriteDataPoint(prefix []byte, labels []prompbmarshal.Label, timestamp int64, value float64) error {
 	metricNameRaw := ctx.marshalMetricNameRaw(prefix, labels)
 	return ctx.addRow(metricNameRaw, timestamp, value)
@@ -67,6 +120,8 @@ func (ctx *InsertCtx) WriteDataPoint(prefix []byte, labels []prompbmarshal.Label
 
 // WriteDataPointExt writes (timestamp, value) with the given metricNameRaw and labels into ctx buffer.
 //
+// caller must invoke TryPrepareLabels before using this function
+//
 // It returns metricNameRaw for the given labels if len(metricNameRaw) == 0.
 func (ctx *InsertCtx) WriteDataPointExt(metricNameRaw []byte, labels []prompbmarshal.Label, timestamp int64, value float64) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(metricNameRaw) == 0 {
@@ -149,9 +204,12 @@ func (ctx *InsertCtx) FlushBufs() error {
 		}
 		matchIdxsPool.Put(matchIdxs)
 	}
+	ingestionRateLimiter.Register(len(ctx.mrs))
+
 	// There is no need in limiting the number of concurrent calls to vmstorage.AddRows() here,
 	// since the number of concurrent FlushBufs() calls should be already limited via writeconcurrencylimiter
 	// used at every stream.Parse() call under lib/protoparser/*
+
 	err := vmstorage.AddRows(ctx.mrs)
 	ctx.Reset(0)
 	if err == nil {

app/vminsert/csvimport/request_handler.go

@@ -46,14 +46,9 @@ func insertRows(rows []parser.Row, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) error {
 			label := &extraLabels[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		if err := ctx.WriteDataPoint(nil, ctx.Labels, r.Timestamp, r.Value); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

app/vminsert/datadogsketches/request_handler.go

@@ -60,14 +60,9 @@ func insertRows(sketches []*datadogsketches.Sketch, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.
 				label := &extraLabels[j]
 				ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 			}
-			if hasRelabeling {
-				ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-			}
-			if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-				// Skip metric without labels.
+			if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 				continue
 			}
-			ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 			var metricNameRaw []byte
 			var err error
 			for _, p := range m.Points {

app/vminsert/datadogv1/request_handler.go

@@ -63,14 +63,9 @@ func insertRows(series []datadogv1.Series, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) er
 			label := &extraLabels[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		var metricNameRaw []byte
 		var err error
 		for _, pt := range ss.Points {

app/vminsert/datadogv2/request_handler.go

@@ -66,14 +66,9 @@ func insertRows(series []datadogv2.Series, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) er
 			label := &extraLabels[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		var metricNameRaw []byte
 		var err error
 		for _, pt := range ss.Points {

app/vminsert/graphite/request_handler.go

@@ -36,14 +36,9 @@ func insertRows(rows []parser.Row) error {
 			tag := &r.Tags[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(tag.Key, tag.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		if err := ctx.WriteDataPoint(nil, ctx.Labels, r.Timestamp, r.Value); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

app/vminsert/influx/request_handler.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	parser "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/influx"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/influx/stream"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/storage"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timeserieslimits"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func insertRows(db string, rows []parser.Row, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label)
 	ic.Reset(rowsLen)
 	rowsTotal := 0
 	hasRelabeling := relabel.HasRelabeling()
+	hasLimitsEnabled := timeserieslimits.Enabled()
 	for i := range rows {
 		r := &rows[i]
 		rowsTotal += len(r.Fields)
@@ -108,18 +110,23 @@ func insertRows(db string, rows []parser.Row, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label)
 				metricGroup := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(ctx.metricGroupBuf)
 				ic.Labels = append(ic.Labels[:0], ctx.originLabels...)
 				ic.AddLabel("", metricGroup)
-				ic.ApplyRelabeling()
-				if len(ic.Labels) == 0 {
-					// Skip metric without labels.
+				if !ic.TryPrepareLabels(true) {
 					continue
 				}
-				ic.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 				if err := ic.WriteDataPoint(nil, ic.Labels, r.Timestamp, f.Value); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
+			// special case for optimisations below
+			// do not call TryPrepareLabels
+			// manually apply sort and limits on demand
 			ic.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
+			if hasLimitsEnabled {
+				if timeserieslimits.IsExceeding(ic.Labels) {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
 			ctx.metricNameBuf = storage.MarshalMetricNameRaw(ctx.metricNameBuf[:0], ic.Labels)
 			labelsLen := len(ic.Labels)
 			for j := range r.Fields {
@@ -130,9 +137,10 @@ func insertRows(db string, rows []parser.Row, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label)
 				metricGroup := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(ctx.metricGroupBuf)
 				ic.Labels = ic.Labels[:labelsLen]
 				ic.AddLabel("", metricGroup)
-				if len(ic.Labels) == 0 {
-					// Skip metric without labels.
-					continue
+				if hasLimitsEnabled {
+					if timeserieslimits.IsExceeding(ic.Labels[len(ic.Labels)-1:]) {
+						continue
+					}
 				}
 				if err := ic.WriteDataPoint(ctx.metricNameBuf, ic.Labels[len(ic.Labels)-1:], r.Timestamp, f.Value); err != nil {
 					return err

app/vminsert/main.go

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promscrape"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/common"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/opentelemetry/firehose"
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/storage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/stringsutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timeserieslimits"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ var (
 		"at -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr . See https://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/doc/proxy-protocol.txt")
 	configAuthKey          = flagutil.NewPassword("configAuthKey", "Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
 	reloadAuthKey          = flagutil.NewPassword("reloadAuthKey", "Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.")
-	maxLabelsPerTimeseries = flag.Int("maxLabelsPerTimeseries", 30, "The maximum number of labels accepted per time series. Superfluous labels are dropped. In this case the vm_metrics_with_dropped_labels_total metric at /metrics page is incremented")
-	maxLabelValueLen       = flag.Int("maxLabelValueLen", 4*1024, "The maximum length of label values in the accepted time series. Longer label values are truncated. In this case the vm_too_long_label_values_total metric at /metrics page is incremented")
+	maxLabelsPerTimeseries = flag.Int("maxLabelsPerTimeseries", 40, "The maximum number of labels per time series to be accepted. Series with superfluous labels are ignored. In this case the vm_rows_ignored_total{reason=\"too_many_labels\"} metric at /metrics page is incremented")
+	maxLabelNameLen        = flag.Int("maxLabelNameLen", 256, "The maximum length of label name in the accepted time series. Series with longer label name are ignored. In this case the vm_rows_ignored_total{reason=\"too_long_label_name\"} metric at /metrics page is incremented")
+	maxLabelValueLen       = flag.Int("maxLabelValueLen", 4*1024, "The maximum length of label values in the accepted time series. Series with longer label value are ignored. In this case the vm_rows_ignored_total{reason=\"too_long_label_value\"} metric at /metrics page is incremented")
 )
 
 var (
@@ -87,8 +88,6 @@ var staticServer = http.FileServer(http.FS(staticFiles))
 func Init() {
 	relabel.Init()
 	vminsertCommon.InitStreamAggr()
-	storage.SetMaxLabelsPerTimeseries(*maxLabelsPerTimeseries)
-	storage.SetMaxLabelValueLen(*maxLabelValueLen)
 	common.StartUnmarshalWorkers()
 	if len(*graphiteListenAddr) > 0 {
 		graphiteServer = graphiteserver.MustStart(*graphiteListenAddr, *graphiteUseProxyProtocol, graphite.InsertHandler)
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@ func Init() {
 	promscrape.Init(func(_ *auth.Token, wr *prompbmarshal.WriteRequest) {
 		prompush.Push(wr)
 	})
+	timeserieslimits.Init(*maxLabelsPerTimeseries, *maxLabelNameLen, *maxLabelValueLen)
 }
 
 // Stop stops vminsert.
@@ -439,14 +439,4 @@ var (
 	promscrapeStatusConfigRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/status/config"}`)
 
 	promscrapeConfigReloadRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/-/reload"}`)
-
-	_ = metrics.NewGauge(`vm_metrics_with_dropped_labels_total`, func() float64 {
-		return float64(storage.MetricsWithDroppedLabels.Load())
-	})
-	_ = metrics.NewGauge(`vm_too_long_label_names_total`, func() float64 {
-		return float64(storage.TooLongLabelNames.Load())
-	})
-	_ = metrics.NewGauge(`vm_too_long_label_values_total`, func() float64 {
-		return float64(storage.TooLongLabelValues.Load())
-	})
 )

app/vminsert/native/request_handler.go

@@ -55,14 +55,9 @@ func insertRows(block *stream.Block, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) error {
 		label := &extraLabels[j]
 		ic.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 	}
-	if hasRelabeling {
-		ic.ApplyRelabeling()
-	}
-	if len(ic.Labels) == 0 {
-		// Skip metric without labels.
+	if !ic.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	ic.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 	ctx.metricNameBuf = storage.MarshalMetricNameRaw(ctx.metricNameBuf[:0], ic.Labels)
 	values := block.Values
 	timestamps := block.Timestamps
@@ -71,7 +66,9 @@ func insertRows(block *stream.Block, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) error {
 	}
 	for j, value := range values {
 		timestamp := timestamps[j]
-		if err := ic.WriteDataPoint(ctx.metricNameBuf, nil, timestamp, value); err != nil {
+		// TODO: @f41gh7 looks like it's better to use WriteDataPointExt
+		// since metricName never changes inside insertRows call
+		if err := ic.WriteDataPoint(ctx.metricNameBuf, ic.Labels, timestamp, value); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}

app/vminsert/newrelic/request_handler.go

@@ -58,14 +58,9 @@ func insertRows(rows []newrelic.Row, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) error {
 				label := &extraLabels[k]
 				ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 			}
-			if hasRelabeling {
-				ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-			}
-			if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-				// Skip metric without labels.
+			if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 				continue
 			}
-			ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 			if err := ctx.WriteDataPoint(nil, ctx.Labels, r.Timestamp, s.Value); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}

app/vminsert/opentelemetry/request_handler.go

@@ -59,14 +59,9 @@ func insertRows(tss []prompbmarshal.TimeSeries, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Labe
 		for _, label := range extraLabels {
 			ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		var metricNameRaw []byte
 		var err error
 		samples := ts.Samples

app/vminsert/opentsdb/request_handler.go

@@ -36,14 +36,9 @@ func insertRows(rows []parser.Row) error {
 			tag := &r.Tags[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(tag.Key, tag.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		if err := ctx.WriteDataPoint(nil, ctx.Labels, r.Timestamp, r.Value); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

app/vminsert/opentsdbhttp/request_handler.go

@@ -54,14 +54,9 @@ func insertRows(rows []parser.Row, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) error {
 			label := &extraLabels[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		if err := ctx.WriteDataPoint(nil, ctx.Labels, r.Timestamp, r.Value); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

app/vminsert/prometheusimport/request_handler.go

@@ -54,14 +54,9 @@ func insertRows(rows []parser.Row, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) error {
 			label := &extraLabels[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		if err := ctx.WriteDataPoint(nil, ctx.Labels, r.Timestamp, r.Value); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

app/vminsert/prompush/push.go

@@ -57,12 +57,9 @@ func push(ctx *common.InsertCtx, tss []prompbmarshal.TimeSeries) {
 			label := &ts.Labels[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(false) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		var metricNameRaw []byte
 		var err error
 		for i := range ts.Samples {

app/vminsert/promremotewrite/request_handler.go

@@ -52,14 +52,10 @@ func insertRows(timeseries []prompb.TimeSeries, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Labe
 			label := &extraLabels[j]
 			ctx.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ctx.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ctx.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+
+		if !ctx.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ctx.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		var metricNameRaw []byte
 		var err error
 		samples := ts.Samples

app/vminsert/vmimport/request_handler.go

@@ -58,14 +58,9 @@ func insertRows(rows []parser.Row, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label) error {
 			label := &extraLabels[j]
 			ic.AddLabel(label.Name, label.Value)
 		}
-		if hasRelabeling {
-			ic.ApplyRelabeling()
-		}
-		if len(ic.Labels) == 0 {
-			// Skip metric without labels.
+		if !ic.TryPrepareLabels(hasRelabeling) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ic.SortLabelsIfNeeded()
 		ctx.metricNameBuf = storage.MarshalMetricNameRaw(ctx.metricNameBuf[:0], ic.Labels)
 		values := r.Values
 		timestamps := r.Timestamps

app/vmselect/graphite/aggr.go

@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ func aggrMin(values []float64) float64 {
 	if pos < 0 {
 		return nan
 	}
-	min := values[pos]
+	minV := values[pos]
 	for _, v := range values[pos+1:] {
-		if !math.IsNaN(v) && v < min {
-			min = v
+		if !math.IsNaN(v) && v < minV {
+			minV = v
 		}
 	}
-	return min
+	return minV
 }
 
 func aggrMax(values []float64) float64 {
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ func aggrMax(values []float64) float64 {
 	if pos < 0 {
 		return nan
 	}
-	max := values[pos]
+	maxV := values[pos]
 	for _, v := range values[pos+1:] {
-		if !math.IsNaN(v) && v > max {
-			max = v
+		if !math.IsNaN(v) && v > maxV {
+			maxV = v
 		}
 	}
-	return max
+	return maxV
 }
 
 func aggrDiff(values []float64) float64 {
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ func aggrCount(values []float64) float64 {
 }
 
 func aggrRange(values []float64) float64 {
-	min := aggrMin(values)
-	if math.IsNaN(min) {
+	minV := aggrMin(values)
+	if math.IsNaN(minV) {
 		return nan
 	}
-	max := aggrMax(values)
-	return max - min
+	maxV := aggrMax(values)
+	return maxV - minV
 }
 
 func aggrMultiply(values []float64) float64 {