feat: add advisor to notify you when to double the max connection pool

internal/conf/configuration.go

@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ type EmailProviderConfiguration struct {
 	MagicLinkEnabled bool `json:"magic_link_enabled" default:"true" split_words:"true"`
 }
 
+type DBAdvisorConfiguration struct {
+	Enabled             bool          `json:"enabled" default:"true"`
+	SamplingInterval    time.Duration `json:"sampling_interval" split_words:"true" default:"200ms"`
+	ObservationInterval time.Duration `json:"observation_interval" split_words:"true" default:"20s"`
+}
+
 // DBConfiguration holds all the database related configuration.
 type DBConfiguration struct {
 	Driver    string `json:"driver" required:"true"`
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ type DBConfiguration struct {
 	HealthCheckPeriod time.Duration `json:"health_check_period" split_words:"true"`
 	MigrationsPath    string        `json:"migrations_path" split_words:"true" default:"./migrations"`
 	CleanupEnabled    bool          `json:"cleanup_enabled" split_words:"true" default:"false"`
+
+	Advisor DBAdvisorConfiguration `json:"advisor"`
 }
 
 func (c *DBConfiguration) Validate() error {

internal/storage/advisor.go

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"math"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Advisory struct {
+	LongWaitDurationSamples int
+	Over2WaitingSamples     int
+}
+
+type Advisor struct {
+	StatsFunc  func() sql.DBStats
+	AdviseFunc func(Advisory)
+	Interval   time.Duration
+
+	Stats         sql.DBStats
+	LastAdvisedAt time.Time
+
+	Iterations int
+
+	WaitDurationSamples []time.Duration
+	WaitCountSamples    []int64
+}
+
+func (a *Advisor) Start(observeDuration time.Duration) {
+	a.setup(observeDuration)
+
+	go func() {
+		// after server start the db stats are going to be worse, so ignore that period
+		time.Sleep(observeDuration)
+
+		a.Stats = a.StatsFunc()
+
+		for {
+			time.Sleep(a.Interval)
+			a.loop()
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+func (a *Advisor) setup(observeDuration time.Duration) {
+	nSamples := int(math.Round(observeDuration.Seconds() / a.Interval.Seconds()))
+
+	a.WaitDurationSamples = make([]time.Duration, nSamples)
+	a.WaitCountSamples = make([]int64, nSamples)
+}
+
+func (a *Advisor) loop() {
+	a.Iterations += 1
+	if a.Iterations < 0 {
+		a.Iterations = 0
+	}
+
+	previousStats := a.Stats
+	a.Stats = a.StatsFunc()
+
+	a.WaitDurationSamples[a.Iterations%len(a.WaitDurationSamples)] = a.Stats.WaitDuration - previousStats.WaitDuration
+	a.WaitCountSamples[a.Iterations%len(a.WaitCountSamples)] = a.Stats.WaitCount - previousStats.WaitCount
+
+	advise := false
+
+	longWaitDurationSamples := 0
+	if a.Iterations >= len(a.WaitDurationSamples) {
+		for _, sample := range a.WaitDurationSamples {
+			if sample >= a.Interval {
+				longWaitDurationSamples += 1
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 1/3 of the observation time was spent waiting for over one sampling interval
+		advise = longWaitDurationSamples >= (len(a.WaitDurationSamples) / 3)
+	}
+
+	over2WaitingSamples := 0
+	if !advise && a.Iterations >= len(a.WaitCountSamples) {
+		for _, sample := range a.WaitCountSamples {
+			if sample > 2 {
+				over2WaitingSamples += 1
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 1/3 of the observation time we saw more than 2 goroutines waiting for a connection
+		advise = over2WaitingSamples >= (len(a.WaitCountSamples) / 3)
+	}
+
+	if advise && time.Since(a.LastAdvisedAt) >= time.Hour {
+		a.LastAdvisedAt = time.Now()
+
+		a.AdviseFunc(Advisory{
+			LongWaitDurationSamples: longWaitDurationSamples,
+			Over2WaitingSamples:     over2WaitingSamples,
+		})
+
+	}
+}

internal/storage/advisor_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestAdvisorZeroChanges(t *testing.T) {
+	advised := false
+
+	advisor := Advisor{
+		AdviseFunc: func(advisory Advisory) {
+			advised = true
+		},
+		StatsFunc: func() sql.DBStats {
+			return sql.DBStats{}
+		},
+		Interval: time.Millisecond,
+	}
+
+	advisor.setup(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	require.Len(t, advisor.WaitDurationSamples, 10)
+	require.Len(t, advisor.WaitCountSamples, 10)
+
+	advisor.Stats = advisor.StatsFunc()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 11; i += 1 {
+		advisor.loop()
+	}
+
+	require.False(t, advised)
+}
+
+func TestAdvisorWaitDuration(t *testing.T) {
+	advised := 0
+
+	dbStats := sql.DBStats{}
+
+	advisor := Advisor{
+		AdviseFunc: func(advisory Advisory) {
+			advised += 1
+		},
+		StatsFunc: func() sql.DBStats {
+			return dbStats
+		},
+		Interval: time.Millisecond,
+	}
+
+	advisor.setup(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	require.Len(t, advisor.WaitDurationSamples, 10)
+	require.Len(t, advisor.WaitCountSamples, 10)
+
+	advisor.Stats = advisor.StatsFunc()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i += 1 {
+		dbStats.WaitDuration += time.Millisecond
+		advisor.loop()
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, advised, 1)
+}
+
+func TestAdvisorWaitCount(t *testing.T) {
+	advised := 0
+
+	dbStats := sql.DBStats{}
+
+	advisor := Advisor{
+		AdviseFunc: func(advisory Advisory) {
+			advised += 1
+		},
+		StatsFunc: func() sql.DBStats {
+			return dbStats
+		},
+		Interval: time.Millisecond,
+	}
+
+	advisor.setup(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	require.Len(t, advisor.WaitDurationSamples, 10)
+	require.Len(t, advisor.WaitCountSamples, 10)
+
+	advisor.Stats = advisor.StatsFunc()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i += 1 {
+		dbStats.WaitCount += 3
+		advisor.loop()
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, advised, 1)
+}

internal/storage/dial.go

@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ func Dial(config *conf.GlobalConfiguration) (*Connection, error) {
 	}
 
 	if config.Metrics.Enabled {
-		registerOpenTelemetryDatabaseStats(db)
+		registerOpenTelemetryDatabaseStats(db, config)
 	}
 
 	return &Connection{db}, nil
 }
 
-func registerOpenTelemetryDatabaseStats(db *pop.Connection) {
+func registerOpenTelemetryDatabaseStats(db *pop.Connection, config *conf.GlobalConfiguration) {
 	defer func() {
 		if rec := recover(); rec != nil {
 			logrus.WithField("error", rec).Error("registerOpenTelemetryDatabaseStats is not able to determine database object with reflection -- panicked")
@@ -111,6 +111,24 @@ func registerOpenTelemetryDatabaseStats(db *pop.Connection) {
 	} else {
 		logrus.Debug("registered OpenTelemetry stats metrics for database")
 	}
+
+	if config.DB.Advisor.Enabled {
+		advisor := Advisor{
+			StatsFunc: func() sql.DBStats {
+				return sqldb.Stats()
+			},
+			Interval: config.DB.Advisor.SamplingInterval,
+			AdviseFunc: func(advisory Advisory) {
+				logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+					"component":                  "db.advisor",
+					"long_wait_duration_samples": advisory.LongWaitDurationSamples,
+					"over_2_waiting_samples":     advisory.Over2WaitingSamples,
+				}).Warn("Suboptimal database connection pool settings detected! Consider doubling the max DB pool size configuration")
+			},
+		}
+
+		advisor.Start(config.DB.Advisor.ObservationInterval)
+	}
 }
 
 type CommitWithError struct {