fix panics

Signed-off-by: jessicagreben <jessicagrebens@gmail.com>

cmd/promtool/main.go

@@ -139,11 +139,10 @@ func main() {
 	backfillRuleCmd := backfillCmd.Command("rules", "Backfill Prometheus data for new rules.")
 	backfillRuleStart := backfillRuleCmd.Flag("start", "The time to start backfilling the new rule from. It is required. Start time should be RFC3339 or Unix timestamp.").
 		Required().String()
-	backfillRuleEnd := backfillRuleCmd.Flag("end", "If an end time is provided, all recording rules in the rule files provided will be backfilled to the end time. Default will backfill up to 3 hrs ago. End time should be RFC3339 or Unix timestamp.").
-		Default("-3h").String()
+	backfillRuleEnd := backfillRuleCmd.Flag("end", "If an end time is provided, all recording rules in the rule files provided will be backfilled to the end time. Default will backfill up to 3 hrs ago. End time should be RFC3339 or Unix timestamp.").String()
 	backfillOutputDir := backfillRuleCmd.Flag("output dir", "The filepath on the local filesystem to write the output to. Output will be blocks containing the data of the backfilled recording rules.").Default("backfilldata/").String()
-	backfillRuleURL := backfillRuleCmd.Flag("url", "Prometheus API url with the data where the rule will be backfilled from.").Default("localhost:9090").String()
-	backfillRuleEvalInterval := backfillRuleCmd.Flag("evaluation_interval default", "How frequently to evaluate rules when backfilling. evaluation interval in the rules file will take precedence.").
+	backfillRuleURL := backfillRuleCmd.Flag("url", "Prometheus API url with the data where the rule will be backfilled from.").Default("http://localhost:9090").String()
+	backfillRuleEvalInterval := backfillRuleCmd.Flag("evaluation_interval_default", "How frequently to evaluate rules when backfilling if a value is not set in the rules file.").
 		Default("60s").Duration()
 	backfillRuleFiles := backfillRuleCmd.Arg(
 		"rule-files",
@@ -787,11 +786,29 @@ func (j *jsonPrinter) printLabelValues(v model.LabelValues) {
 // at the outputDir location.
 func BackfillRule(url, start, end, outputDir string, evalInterval time.Duration, files ...string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	stime, etime, err := parseStartTimeAndEndTime(start, end)
+	var stime, etime time.Time
+	var err error
+	if end == "" {
+		etime = time.Now().Add(-3 * time.Hour)
+	} else {
+		etime, err = parseTime(end)
 		if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error parsing end time:", err)
 			return err
 		}
+	}
+
+	stime, err = parseTime(start)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error parsing start time:", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !stime.Before(etime) {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "start time is not before end time")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	cfg := ruleImporterConfig{
 		Start:        stime,
 		End:          etime,

cmd/promtool/rules.go

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ func (importer *ruleImporter) loadGroups(ctx context.Context, filenames []string
 				File:     filename,
 				Interval: itv,
 				Rules:    rgRules,
+				Opts:     &rules.ManagerOptions{},
 			})
 		}
 	}

rules/manager.go

@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ func (g *Group) GetEvaluationTime() time.Duration {
 	return g.evaluationTime
 }
 
-// setEvaluationDuration sets the time in seconds the last evaluation took.
-func (g *Group) setEvaluationDuration(dur time.Duration) {
+// setEvaluationTime sets the time in seconds the last evaluation took.
+func (g *Group) setEvaluationTime(dur time.Duration) {
 	g.metrics.groupLastDuration.WithLabelValues(GroupKey(g.file, g.name)).Set(dur.Seconds())
 
 	g.mtx.Lock()
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ func (g *Group) GetLastEvaluation() time.Time {
 	return g.lastEvaluation
 }
 
-// setEvaluationTimestamp updates evaluationTimestamp to the timestamp of when the rule group was last evaluated.
-func (g *Group) setEvaluationTimestamp(ts time.Time) {
+// setLastEvaluation updates evaluationTimestamp to the timestamp of when the rule group was last evaluated.
+func (g *Group) setLastEvaluation(ts time.Time) {
 	g.metrics.groupLastEvalTime.WithLabelValues(GroupKey(g.file, g.name)).Set(float64(ts.UnixNano()) / 1e9)
 
 	g.mtx.Lock()

tsdb/blockwriter.go

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/oklog/ulid"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pkg/timestamp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/chunkenc"
 )
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ func (w *BlockWriter) Appender(ctx context.Context) storage.Appender {
 // Flush implements the Writer interface. This is where actual block writing
 // happens. After flush completes, no writes can be done.
 func (w *BlockWriter) Flush(ctx context.Context) (ulid.ULID, error) {
-	seriesCount := w.head.NumSeries()
 	if w.head.NumSeries() == 0 {
 		return ulid.ULID{}, errors.New("no series appended, aborting")
 	}
@@ -94,7 +92,6 @@ func (w *BlockWriter) Flush(ctx context.Context) (ulid.ULID, error) {
 	// Add +1 millisecond to block maxt because block intervals are half-open: [b.MinTime, b.MaxTime).
 	// Because of this block intervals are always +1 than the total samples it includes.
 	maxt := w.head.MaxTime() + 1
-	level.Info(w.logger).Log("msg", "flushing", "series_count", seriesCount, "mint", timestamp.Time(mint), "maxt", timestamp.Time(maxt))
 
 	compactor, err := NewLeveledCompactor(ctx,
 		nil,