add new proto support on receiver end

Signed-off-by: Nicolás Pazos <npazosmendez@gmail.com>

cmd/prometheus/main.go

@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ func (c *flagConfig) setFeatureListOptions(logger log.Logger) error {
 			case "reduced-rw-proto":
 				c.rwProto = true
 				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Reduced remote write proto format will be used, remote write receiver must be able to parse this new protobuf format.")
+			case "reduced-rw-proto-receiver":
+				c.web.EnableReducedWriteProtoReceiver = true
+				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Reduced proto format will be expected by the remote write receiver, client must send this new protobuf format.")
 			default:
 				level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Unknown option for --enable-feature", "option", o)
 			}

storage/remote/write_handler.go

@@ -35,14 +35,18 @@ type writeHandler struct {
 	appendable storage.Appendable
 
 	samplesWithInvalidLabelsTotal prometheus.Counter
+
+	// experimental feature, new remote write proto format
+	internFormat bool
 }
 
 // NewWriteHandler creates a http.Handler that accepts remote write requests and
 // writes them to the provided appendable.
-func NewWriteHandler(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, appendable storage.Appendable) http.Handler {
+func NewWriteHandler(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, appendable storage.Appendable, internFormat bool) http.Handler {
 	h := &writeHandler{
-		logger:     logger,
-		appendable: appendable,
+		logger:       logger,
+		appendable:   appendable,
+		internFormat: internFormat,
 
 		samplesWithInvalidLabelsTotal: prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: "prometheus",
@@ -58,7 +62,18 @@ func NewWriteHandler(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, appendable st
 }
 
 func (h *writeHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	req, err := DecodeWriteRequest(r.Body)
+	var err error
+	var req *prompb.WriteRequest
+	if h.internFormat {
+		var redReq *prompb.WriteRequestWithRefs
+		redReq, err = DecodeReducedWriteRequest(r.Body)
+		if err == nil {
+			req, err = ReducedWriteRequestToWriteRequest(redReq)
+		}
+	} else {
+		req, err = DecodeWriteRequest(r.Body)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		level.Error(h.logger).Log("msg", "Error decoding remote write request", "err", err.Error())
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)

storage/remote/write_handler_test.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestRemoteWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	appendable := &mockAppendable{}
-	handler := NewWriteHandler(nil, nil, appendable)
+	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable, false)
 
 	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	handler.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestOutOfOrderSample(t *testing.T) {
 	appendable := &mockAppendable{
 		latestSample: 100,
 	}
-	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable)
+	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable, false)
 
 	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	handler.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestOutOfOrderExemplar(t *testing.T) {
 	appendable := &mockAppendable{
 		latestExemplar: 100,
 	}
-	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable)
+	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable, false)
 
 	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	handler.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ func TestOutOfOrderHistogram(t *testing.T) {
 	appendable := &mockAppendable{
 		latestHistogram: 100,
 	}
-	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable)
+
+	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable, false)
 
 	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	handler.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ func BenchmarkRemoteWritehandler(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 
 	appendable := &mockAppendable{}
-	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable)
+	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable, false)
 	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 
 	b.ResetTimer()
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ func TestCommitErr(t *testing.T) {
 	appendable := &mockAppendable{
 		commitErr: fmt.Errorf("commit error"),
 	}
-	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable)
+	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, appendable, false)
 
 	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	handler.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ func BenchmarkRemoteWriteOOOSamples(b *testing.B) {
 		require.NoError(b, db.Close())
 	})
 
-	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, db.Head())
+	handler := NewWriteHandler(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, db.Head(), false)
 
 	buf, _, err := buildWriteRequest(genSeriesWithSample(1000, 200*time.Minute.Milliseconds()), nil, nil, nil)
 	require.NoError(b, err)
@@ -262,6 +263,54 @@ func genSeriesWithSample(numSeries int, ts int64) []prompb.TimeSeries {
 	return series
 }
 
+func TestRemoteWriteHandlerReducedProtocol(t *testing.T) {
+	buf, _, err := buildReducedWriteRequest(writeRequestWithRefsFixture.Timeseries, writeRequestWithRefsFixture.StringSymbolTable, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("", "", bytes.NewReader(buf))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	appendable := &mockAppendable{}
+	handler := NewWriteHandler(nil, nil, appendable, true)
+
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
+
+	resp := recorder.Result()
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusNoContent, resp.StatusCode)
+
+	i := 0
+	j := 0
+	k := 0
+	// the reduced write request is equivalent to the write request fixture.
+	// we can use it for
+	for _, ts := range writeRequestFixture.Timeseries {
+		labels := labelProtosToLabels(ts.Labels)
+		for _, s := range ts.Samples {
+			require.Equal(t, mockSample{labels, s.Timestamp, s.Value}, appendable.samples[i])
+			i++
+		}
+
+		for _, e := range ts.Exemplars {
+			exemplarLabels := labelProtosToLabels(e.Labels)
+			require.Equal(t, mockExemplar{labels, exemplarLabels, e.Timestamp, e.Value}, appendable.exemplars[j])
+			j++
+		}
+
+		for _, hp := range ts.Histograms {
+			if hp.IsFloatHistogram() {
+				fh := FloatHistogramProtoToFloatHistogram(hp)
+				require.Equal(t, mockHistogram{labels, hp.Timestamp, nil, fh}, appendable.histograms[k])
+			} else {
+				h := HistogramProtoToHistogram(hp)
+				require.Equal(t, mockHistogram{labels, hp.Timestamp, h, nil}, appendable.histograms[k])
+			}
+
+			k++
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 type mockAppendable struct {
 	latestSample    int64
 	samples         []mockSample

web/api/v1/api.go

@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ func NewAPI(
 	statsRenderer StatsRenderer,
 	rwEnabled bool,
 	otlpEnabled bool,
+	remoteWriteReducedProto bool,
 ) *API {
 	a := &API{
 		QueryEngine:       qe,
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ func NewAPI(
 	}
 
 	if rwEnabled {
-		a.remoteWriteHandler = remote.NewWriteHandler(logger, registerer, ap)
+		a.remoteWriteHandler = remote.NewWriteHandler(logger, registerer, ap, remoteWriteReducedProto)
 	}
 	if otlpEnabled {
 		a.otlpWriteHandler = remote.NewOTLPWriteHandler(logger, ap)

web/web.go

@@ -241,26 +241,27 @@ type Options struct {
 	Version               *PrometheusVersion
 	Flags                 map[string]string
 
-	ListenAddress              string
-	CORSOrigin                 *regexp.Regexp
-	ReadTimeout                time.Duration
-	MaxConnections             int
-	ExternalURL                *url.URL
-	RoutePrefix                string
-	UseLocalAssets             bool
-	UserAssetsPath             string
-	ConsoleTemplatesPath       string
-	ConsoleLibrariesPath       string
-	EnableLifecycle            bool
-	EnableAdminAPI             bool
-	PageTitle                  string
-	RemoteReadSampleLimit      int
-	RemoteReadConcurrencyLimit int
-	RemoteReadBytesInFrame     int
-	EnableRemoteWriteReceiver  bool
-	EnableOTLPWriteReceiver    bool
-	IsAgent                    bool
-	AppName                    string
+	ListenAddress                   string
+	CORSOrigin                      *regexp.Regexp
+	ReadTimeout                     time.Duration
+	MaxConnections                  int
+	ExternalURL                     *url.URL
+	RoutePrefix                     string
+	UseLocalAssets                  bool
+	UserAssetsPath                  string
+	ConsoleTemplatesPath            string
+	ConsoleLibrariesPath            string
+	EnableLifecycle                 bool
+	EnableAdminAPI                  bool
+	PageTitle                       string
+	RemoteReadSampleLimit           int
+	RemoteReadConcurrencyLimit      int
+	RemoteReadBytesInFrame          int
+	EnableRemoteWriteReceiver       bool
+	EnableOTLPWriteReceiver         bool
+	IsAgent                         bool
+	AppName                         string
+	EnableReducedWriteProtoReceiver bool
 
 	Gatherer   prometheus.Gatherer
 	Registerer prometheus.Registerer
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ func New(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 		nil,
 		o.EnableRemoteWriteReceiver,
 		o.EnableOTLPWriteReceiver,
+		o.EnableReducedWriteProtoReceiver,
 	)
 
 	if o.RoutePrefix != "/" {