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rippled/.github/workflows/telemetry-validation.yml
Pratik Mankawde bf5c3e328c ci(telemetry): make a cluster bring-up failure diagnosable
A validation run timed out at Step 3 with only 4 of 5 nodes proposing, and
the reason was unrecoverable afterwards. Two gaps caused that.

The node-log artifact collected `node*/debug.log` but not `node*/stdout.log`.
A node that dies before its log sink opens never writes a debug.log at all,
so stdout is the only place its reason survives — and that file is written by
the harness and read by nothing, so it went to the runner and was discarded.
The failing node's log was simply absent from the artifact.

The readiness loop also fetched each node's `server_state` and threw it away,
reporting only a count. "4/5 nodes proposing" says a node is missing but not
which one, so there is nothing to grep for even once the logs are kept. The
timeout now names each node that is not proposing along with the state it
last reported, distinguishing a node that answered with a non-proposing
state from one whose RPC port did not answer at all.

Neither change affects a healthy run: the accumulator resets each attempt and
stays empty while every node is proposing.
2026-08-14 22:43:03 +01:00

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# Telemetry Validation CI Workflow
#
# Builds rippled with telemetry enabled, runs the multi-node workload
# harness, validates all telemetry data, and runs performance benchmarks.
#
# This is a separate workflow from the main CI. It runs:
# - On manual dispatch (workflow_dispatch)
# - On pushes to telemetry-related branches
#
# The workflow is intentionally heavyweight (builds rippled, starts Docker
# services, runs a multi-node cluster) — it validates the full telemetry
# stack end-to-end rather than individual unit tests.
#
# Architecture: three jobs to leverage cached dependencies:
# 0. linux-image-tag — reads the CI image tag from the build matrix so this
# workflow cannot drift onto a different compiler than the main CI.
# 1. build-xrpld — runs on a self-hosted runner inside the same container
# image the main CI uses. This ensures Conan packages are fetched from
# the XRPLF remote instead of built from source, and ccache hits the
# remote cache.
# 2. validate-telemetry — runs on ubuntu-latest (which has Docker) to
# launch the telemetry stack (OTel collector, Prometheus, Tempo, etc.)
# and validate the full pipeline end-to-end.
name: Telemetry Validation
on:
workflow_dispatch:
# NOTE: rpc_rate / rpc_duration / tx_tps / tx_duration have NO effect.
# They are forwarded to run-full-validation.sh, which parses them into
# shell variables and never reads them again — load shape comes entirely
# from --profile and docker/telemetry/workload/workload-profiles.json.
# They are kept (and labelled) rather than removed so existing dispatch
# bookmarks and any saved input sets do not break. To change the load,
# edit or add a profile in workload-profiles.json.
inputs:
rpc_rate:
description: "UNUSED — has no effect. Load shape comes from the workload profile."
required: false
default: "50"
rpc_duration:
description: "UNUSED — has no effect. Load shape comes from the workload profile."
required: false
default: "120"
tx_tps:
description: "UNUSED — has no effect. Load shape comes from the workload profile."
required: false
default: "5"
tx_duration:
description: "UNUSED — has no effect. Load shape comes from the workload profile."
required: false
default: "120"
run_benchmark:
description: "Run performance benchmarks (the only input that changes behaviour)"
required: false
type: boolean
default: false
push:
branches:
- "pratik/otel-phase*"
- "feature/otel-*"
- "feature/telemetry-*"
# Keep these globs pointing at paths that actually exist. Two earlier
# entries (include/xrpl/basics/Telemetry*.h, src/xrpld/app/misc/Telemetry*)
# matched zero tracked files, so a pure C++ telemetry change never
# triggered this workflow on push — only edits under docker/telemetry/**
# or to this file did. The telemetry sources live in the three telemetry
# module directories below.
paths:
- ".github/workflows/telemetry-validation.yml"
- "docker/telemetry/**"
- "include/xrpl/telemetry/**"
- "src/libxrpl/telemetry/**"
- "src/libxrpl/beast/insight/**"
- "src/xrpld/telemetry/**"
concurrency:
group: telemetry-validation-${{ github.ref }}
cancel-in-progress: true
defaults:
run:
shell: bash
env:
BUILD_DIR: build
jobs:
# ── Job 0: Resolve the CI image tag ────────────────────────────────
# The tag is pinned once, alongside the build matrix, in linux.json. Reading
# it here rather than hardcoding a second copy means this workflow always
# builds in the same image (and therefore the same compiler) as the main CI.
# A hardcoded copy silently went stale and left this job on gcc 13 after the
# rest of CI moved to gcc 15, which broke the build on code the main CI
# compiled fine.
linux-image-tag:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
outputs:
tag: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
- name: Read nix image tag
id: tag
run: echo "tag=$(jq -r .image_tag .github/scripts/strategy-matrix/linux.json)" >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
# ── Job 1: Build xrpld in the same container the main CI uses ──────
# This ensures Conan binary packages are fetched from the XRPLF remote
# (matching package IDs) and ccache hits the remote compilation cache.
build-xrpld:
name: Build xrpld
needs: linux-image-tag
runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, heavy]
container: ghcr.io/xrplf/xrpld/nix-debian:${{ needs.linux-image-tag.outputs.tag }}
timeout-minutes: 60
env:
CCACHE_NAMESPACE: telemetry-validation
CCACHE_REMOTE_ONLY: true
CCACHE_REMOTE_STORAGE: http://cache.dev.ripplex.io:8080|layout=bazel
CCACHE_SLOPPINESS: include_file_ctime,include_file_mtime
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
- name: Prepare runner
uses: XRPLF/actions/prepare-runner@c00c22ada3bd6bcda48fcb0d62fbbab49fec8a0f
with:
enable_ccache: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'XRPLF' }}
- name: Print build environment
uses: XRPLF/actions/print-build-env@59dec886e4afb05a1724443af08baccbc045b574
- name: Get number of processors
uses: XRPLF/actions/get-nproc@cf0433aa74563aead044a1e395610c96d65a37cf
id: nproc
with:
subtract: 2
# The nix image ships several toolchains, so CC/CXX must be set
# explicitly for Conan to detect the intended one. gcc matches the
# debian gcc-release config the main CI builds.
- name: Set compiler environment
uses: ./.github/actions/set-compiler-env
with:
compiler: gcc
- name: Setup Conan
uses: ./.github/actions/setup-conan
- name: Build dependencies
uses: ./.github/actions/build-deps
with:
build_nproc: ${{ steps.nproc.outputs.nproc }}
build_type: Release
log_verbosity: verbose
- name: Configure CMake
working-directory: ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}
run: |
cmake \
-G Ninja \
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE:FILEPATH=build/generators/conan_toolchain.cmake \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
..
- name: Build xrpld
working-directory: ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}
env:
BUILD_NPROC: ${{ steps.nproc.outputs.nproc }}
run: |
cmake \
--build . \
--config Release \
--parallel "${BUILD_NPROC}" \
--target xrpld
- name: Show ccache statistics
if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'XRPLF' }}
run: ccache --show-stats -vv
- name: Upload xrpld binary
uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
with:
name: xrpld-telemetry
path: ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}/xrpld
retention-days: 1
if-no-files-found: error
# ── Job 2: Run telemetry validation on ubuntu-latest (has Docker) ──
validate-telemetry:
name: Telemetry Stack Validation
needs: build-xrpld
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 30
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
- name: Install Python dependencies
run: pip3 install -r docker/telemetry/workload/requirements.txt
- name: Download xrpld binary
uses: actions/download-artifact@95815c38cf2ff2164869cbab79da8d1f422bc89e # v4.2.1
with:
name: xrpld-telemetry
path: ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}
- name: Make binaries and scripts executable
run: |
chmod +x ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}/xrpld
chmod +x docker/telemetry/workload/*.sh
- name: Run full telemetry validation
id: validation
env:
RPC_RATE: ${{ github.event.inputs.rpc_rate || '50' }}
RPC_DURATION: ${{ github.event.inputs.rpc_duration || '120' }}
TX_TPS: ${{ github.event.inputs.tx_tps || '5' }}
TX_DURATION: ${{ github.event.inputs.tx_duration || '120' }}
RUN_BENCHMARK: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_benchmark }}
run: |
# The four rate/duration flags below are inert (see the
# workflow_dispatch inputs note): run-full-validation.sh parses them
# and never reads them. Load shape comes from the default
# --profile full-validation. They are still passed so the flags stay
# exercised if they are ever wired up.
ARGS="--xrpld ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}/xrpld --skip-loki"
ARGS="$ARGS --rpc-rate $RPC_RATE"
ARGS="$ARGS --rpc-duration $RPC_DURATION"
ARGS="$ARGS --tx-tps $TX_TPS"
ARGS="$ARGS --tx-duration $TX_DURATION"
if [ "$RUN_BENCHMARK" = "true" ]; then
ARGS="$ARGS --with-benchmark"
fi
docker/telemetry/workload/run-full-validation.sh $ARGS
# continue-on-error allows subsequent steps (artifact upload,
# summary printing) to run even if validation fails. The final
# "Check validation result" step re-checks steps.validation.outcome
# (the pre-continue-on-error result) and fails the job properly.
continue-on-error: true
- name: Upload validation reports
if: always()
uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
with:
name: telemetry-validation-reports
path: /tmp/xrpld-validation/reports/
retention-days: 30
# Keyed on the validation step's own outcome, not job status. The step
# above sets continue-on-error, so the job is not failing at this point
# and `if: failure()` never fires -- which silently skipped these logs on
# every failed run, and they are the only record of why a node did not
# reach consensus.
#
# stdout.log matters as much as debug.log: a node that dies before its
# log sink opens writes no debug.log at all, so stdout is the only place
# its reason survives. A run that timed out at 4/5 nodes was left
# undiagnosable because that file was not collected.
- name: Upload node logs
if: always() && steps.validation.outcome != 'success'
uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
with:
name: xrpld-node-logs
path: |
/tmp/xrpld-validation/node*/debug.log
/tmp/xrpld-validation/node*/stdout.log
/tmp/xrpld-validation/*.log
retention-days: 7
if-no-files-found: warn
- name: Print validation summary
if: always()
run: |
REPORT="/tmp/xrpld-validation/reports/validation-report.json"
if [ -f "$REPORT" ]; then
echo "## Telemetry Validation Results" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
TOTAL=$(jq '.summary.total' "$REPORT")
PASSED=$(jq '.summary.passed' "$REPORT")
FAILED=$(jq '.summary.failed' "$REPORT")
echo "| Metric | Value |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "|--------|-------|" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "| Total Checks | $TOTAL |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "| Passed | $PASSED |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "| Failed | $FAILED |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
if [ "$FAILED" -gt 0 ]; then
echo "### Failed Checks" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
jq -r '.checks[] | select(.passed == false) | "- **\(.name)**: \(.message)"' "$REPORT" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
fi
fi
# Publishes captured OTel timings + regression report to the Step Summary.
# When the committed baseline is a placeholder, emits a fenced JSON block
# that can be copy-pasted directly into baselines/baseline-timings.json.
# When the baseline is populated, summarises the top regressions so the
# PR author sees the failure reason without downloading artifacts.
- name: Print regression summary
if: always()
run: |
set -euo pipefail
TIMINGS="/tmp/xrpld-validation/reports/timings.json"
REGRESSION="/tmp/xrpld-validation/reports/regression-report.json"
BASELINE="docker/telemetry/workload/baselines/baseline-timings.json"
if [ ! -f "$TIMINGS" ]; then
echo "## Regression Gate: no timings captured" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "::warning::capture_timings.py did not produce timings.json — regression gate was not evaluated."
exit 0
fi
if [ ! -f "$BASELINE" ]; then
echo "## Regression Gate: baseline file missing" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "::error::baselines/baseline-timings.json not found in checkout"
exit 1
fi
# NOTE: do NOT use `jq -e` here. With -e, jq exits non-zero when the
# filter's result is boolean false — which is the normal case for a
# populated (non-placeholder) baseline — and that would be
# misreported as a parse failure. Plain `jq -r` exits 0 on any valid
# JSON, so a real non-zero exit genuinely means malformed JSON.
IS_PLACEHOLDER=$(jq -r '.placeholder == true or (.metrics | length == 0)' "$BASELINE") || {
echo "::error::Failed to parse baseline JSON"
exit 1
}
echo "## OTel Timings Regression Gate" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
if [ "$IS_PLACEHOLDER" = "true" ]; then
echo "### Paste into \`baselines/baseline-timings.json\`" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "The committed baseline is a placeholder. Open a PR replacing" \
"its contents with the JSON block below to activate the" \
"regression gate." >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo '```json' >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
cat "$TIMINGS" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo '```' >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
elif [ -f "$REGRESSION" ]; then
REGR_COUNT=$(jq -e '.summary.regressions' "$REGRESSION") || REGR_COUNT=0
IMPR_COUNT=$(jq -e '.summary.improvements' "$REGRESSION") || IMPR_COUNT=0
TOTAL=$(jq -e '.summary.total' "$REGRESSION") || TOTAL=0
echo "| Stat | Count |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "|------|-------|" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "| Metrics compared | $TOTAL |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "| Regressions | $REGR_COUNT |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "| Improvements | $IMPR_COUNT |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
if [ "$REGR_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
echo "### Regressions" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "| Metric | Baseline | Current | Δ | % | Unit |" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
echo "|--------|---------:|--------:|--:|--:|------|" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
jq -r '.metrics[] | select(.regressed) | "| \(.key) | \(.baseline) | \(.current) | \(.delta) | \(.pct_change)% | \(.unit) |"' \
"$REGRESSION" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
fi
fi
- name: Cleanup
if: always()
run: |
docker/telemetry/workload/run-full-validation.sh --cleanup 2>/dev/null || true
- name: Check validation result
if: steps.validation.outcome == 'failure'
run: |
echo "Telemetry validation failed. Check the uploaded reports for details."
exit 1