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zebrad/components/
tracing.rs

1//! Tracing and logging infrastructure for Zebra.
2
3use std::{
4    net::SocketAddr,
5    ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
6    path::PathBuf,
7};
8
9use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
10
11mod component;
12mod endpoint;
13
14#[cfg(feature = "flamegraph")]
15mod flame;
16
17#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
18mod otel;
19
20pub use component::Tracing;
21pub use endpoint::TracingEndpoint;
22
23#[cfg(feature = "flamegraph")]
24pub use flame::{layer, Grapher};
25
26/// Tracing configuration section: outer config after cross-field defaults are applied.
27///
28/// This is a wrapper type that dereferences to the inner config type.
29///
30//
31// TODO: replace with serde's finalizer attribute when that feature is implemented.
32//       we currently use the recommended workaround of a wrapper struct with from/into attributes.
33//       https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/642#issuecomment-525432907
34#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
35#[serde(
36    deny_unknown_fields,
37    default,
38    from = "InnerConfig",
39    into = "InnerConfig"
40)]
41pub struct Config {
42    inner: InnerConfig,
43}
44
45impl Deref for Config {
46    type Target = InnerConfig;
47
48    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
49        &self.inner
50    }
51}
52
53impl DerefMut for Config {
54    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
55        &mut self.inner
56    }
57}
58
59impl From<InnerConfig> for Config {
60    fn from(mut inner: InnerConfig) -> Self {
61        inner.log_file = runtime_default_log_file(inner.log_file, inner.progress_bar);
62
63        Self { inner }
64    }
65}
66
67impl From<Config> for InnerConfig {
68    fn from(mut config: Config) -> Self {
69        config.log_file = disk_default_log_file(config.log_file.clone(), config.progress_bar);
70
71        config.inner
72    }
73}
74
75/// Tracing configuration section: inner config used to deserialize and apply cross-field defaults.
76#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
77#[serde(deny_unknown_fields, default)]
78pub struct InnerConfig {
79    /// Whether to use colored terminal output, if available.
80    ///
81    /// Colored terminal output is automatically disabled if an output stream
82    /// is connected to a file. (Or another non-terminal device.)
83    ///
84    /// Defaults to `true`, which automatically enables colored output to
85    /// terminals.
86    pub use_color: bool,
87
88    /// Whether to force the use of colored terminal output, even if it's not available.
89    ///
90    /// Will force Zebra to use colored terminal output even if it does not detect that the output
91    /// is a terminal that supports colors.
92    ///
93    /// Defaults to `false`, which keeps the behavior of `use_color`.
94    pub force_use_color: bool,
95
96    /// The filter used for tracing events.
97    ///
98    /// The filter is used to create a `tracing-subscriber`
99    /// [`EnvFilter`](https://docs.rs/tracing-subscriber/0.2.10/tracing_subscriber/filter/struct.EnvFilter.html#directives),
100    /// and more details on the syntax can be found there or in the examples
101    /// below.
102    ///
103    /// If no filter is specified (`None`), the filter is set to `info` if the
104    /// `-v` flag is given and `warn` if it is not given.
105    ///
106    /// # Examples
107    ///
108    /// `warn,zebrad=info,zebra_network=debug` sets a global `warn` level, an
109    /// `info` level for the `zebrad` crate, and a `debug` level for the
110    /// `zebra_network` crate.
111    ///
112    /// ```ascii,no_run
113    /// [block_verify{height=Some\(block::Height\(.*000\)\)}]=trace
114    /// ```
115    /// sets `trace` level for all events occurring in the context of a
116    /// `block_verify` span whose `height` field ends in `000`, i.e., traces the
117    /// verification of every 1000th block.
118    pub filter: Option<String>,
119
120    /// The buffer_limit size sets the number of log lines that can be queued by the tracing subscriber
121    /// to be written to stdout before logs are dropped.
122    ///
123    /// Defaults to 128,000 with a minimum of 100.
124    pub buffer_limit: usize,
125
126    /// The address used for an ad-hoc RPC endpoint allowing dynamic control of the tracing filter.
127    ///
128    /// Install Zebra using `cargo install --features=filter-reload` to enable this config.
129    ///
130    /// If this is set to None, the endpoint is disabled.
131    pub endpoint_addr: Option<SocketAddr>,
132
133    /// Controls whether to write a flamegraph of tracing spans.
134    ///
135    /// Install Zebra using `cargo install --features=flamegraph` to enable this config.
136    ///
137    /// If this is set to None, flamegraphs are disabled. Otherwise, it specifies
138    /// an output file path, as described below.
139    ///
140    /// This path is not used verbatim when writing out the flamegraph. This is
141    /// because the flamegraph is written out as two parts. First the flamegraph
142    /// is constantly persisted to the disk in a "folded" representation that
143    /// records collapsed stack traces of the tracing spans that are active.
144    /// Then, when the application is finished running the destructor will flush
145    /// the flamegraph output to the folded file and then read that file and
146    /// generate the final flamegraph from it as an SVG.
147    ///
148    /// The need to create two files means that we will slightly manipulate the
149    /// path given to us to create the two representations.
150    ///
151    /// # Security
152    ///
153    /// If you are running Zebra with elevated permissions ("root"), create the
154    /// directory for this file before running Zebra, and make sure the Zebra user
155    /// account has exclusive access to that directory, and other users can't modify
156    /// its parent directories.
157    ///
158    /// # Example
159    ///
160    /// Given `flamegraph = "flamegraph"` we will generate a `flamegraph.svg` and
161    /// a `flamegraph.folded` file in the current directory.
162    ///
163    /// If you provide a path with an extension the extension will be ignored and
164    /// replaced with `.folded` and `.svg` for the respective files.
165    pub flamegraph: Option<PathBuf>,
166
167    /// Shows progress bars for block syncing, and mempool transactions, and peer networking.
168    /// Also sends logs to the default log file path.
169    ///
170    /// This config field is ignored unless the `progress-bar` feature is enabled.
171    pub progress_bar: Option<ProgressConfig>,
172
173    /// If set to a path, write the tracing logs to that path.
174    ///
175    /// By default, logs are sent to the terminal standard output.
176    /// But if the `progress_bar` config is activated, logs are sent to the standard log file path:
177    /// - Linux: `$XDG_STATE_HOME/zebrad.log` or `$HOME/.local/state/zebrad.log`
178    /// - macOS: `$HOME/Library/Application Support/zebrad.log`
179    /// - Windows: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\zebrad.log` or `C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\zebrad.log`
180    ///
181    /// # Security
182    ///
183    /// If you are running Zebra with elevated permissions ("root"), create the
184    /// directory for this file before running Zebra, and make sure the Zebra user
185    /// account has exclusive access to that directory, and other users can't modify
186    /// its parent directories.
187    pub log_file: Option<PathBuf>,
188
189    /// The use_journald flag sends tracing events to systemd-journald, on Linux
190    /// distributions that use systemd.
191    ///
192    /// Install Zebra using `cargo install --features=journald` to enable this config.
193    pub use_journald: bool,
194
195    /// OpenTelemetry OTLP endpoint URL for distributed tracing.
196    ///
197    /// Install Zebra using `cargo install --features=opentelemetry` to enable this config.
198    ///
199    /// When `None` (default), OpenTelemetry is completely disabled with zero runtime overhead.
200    /// When set, traces are exported via OTLP HTTP protocol.
201    ///
202    /// Example: `"http://localhost:4318"`
203    ///
204    /// Can also be set via `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` environment variable (lower precedence).
205    pub opentelemetry_endpoint: Option<String>,
206
207    /// Service name reported to OpenTelemetry collector.
208    ///
209    /// Defaults to `"zebra"` if not specified.
210    ///
211    /// Can also be set via `OTEL_SERVICE_NAME` environment variable.
212    pub opentelemetry_service_name: Option<String>,
213
214    /// Trace sampling percentage between 0 and 100.
215    ///
216    /// Controls what percentage of traces are exported:
217    /// - `100` = 100% (all traces, default)
218    /// - `10` = 10% (recommended for high-traffic production)
219    /// - `0` = 0% (effectively disabled)
220    ///
221    /// Lower values reduce network/collector overhead for busy nodes.
222    ///
223    /// Note: This differs from the standard `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG` which uses
224    /// a ratio (0.0-1.0). Zebra uses percentage (0-100) for consistency with
225    /// other integer-based configuration options.
226    pub opentelemetry_sample_percent: Option<u8>,
227}
228
229/// The progress bars that Zebra will show while running.
230#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
231#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
232pub enum ProgressConfig {
233    /// Show a lot of progress bars.
234    Detailed,
235
236    /// Show a few important progress bars.
237    //
238    // TODO: actually hide some progress bars in this mode.
239    #[default]
240    #[serde(other)]
241    Summary,
242}
243
244impl Config {
245    /// Returns `true` if standard output should use color escapes.
246    /// Automatically checks if Zebra is running in a terminal.
247    pub fn use_color_stdout(&self) -> bool {
248        self.force_use_color || (self.use_color && atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout))
249    }
250
251    /// Returns `true` if standard error should use color escapes.
252    /// Automatically checks if Zebra is running in a terminal.
253    pub fn use_color_stderr(&self) -> bool {
254        self.force_use_color || (self.use_color && atty::is(atty::Stream::Stderr))
255    }
256
257    /// Returns `true` if output that could go to standard output or standard error
258    /// should use color escapes. Automatically checks if Zebra is running in a terminal.
259    pub fn use_color_stdout_and_stderr(&self) -> bool {
260        self.force_use_color
261            || (self.use_color && atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout) && atty::is(atty::Stream::Stderr))
262    }
263}
264
265impl Default for InnerConfig {
266    fn default() -> Self {
267        // TODO: enable progress bars by default once they have been tested
268        let progress_bar = None;
269
270        Self {
271            use_color: true,
272            force_use_color: false,
273            filter: None,
274            buffer_limit: 128_000,
275            endpoint_addr: None,
276            flamegraph: None,
277            progress_bar,
278            log_file: runtime_default_log_file(None, progress_bar),
279            use_journald: false,
280            opentelemetry_endpoint: None,
281            opentelemetry_service_name: None,
282            opentelemetry_sample_percent: None,
283        }
284    }
285}
286
287/// Returns the runtime default log file path based on the `log_file` and `progress_bar` configs.
288fn runtime_default_log_file(
289    log_file: Option<PathBuf>,
290    progress_bar: Option<ProgressConfig>,
291) -> Option<PathBuf> {
292    if let Some(log_file) = log_file {
293        return Some(log_file);
294    }
295
296    // If the progress bar is active, we want to use a log file regardless of the config.
297    // (Logging to a terminal erases parts of the progress bars, making both unreadable.)
298    if progress_bar.is_some() {
299        return default_log_file();
300    }
301
302    None
303}
304
305/// Returns the configured log file path using the runtime `log_file` and `progress_bar` config.
306///
307/// This is the inverse of [`runtime_default_log_file()`].
308fn disk_default_log_file(
309    log_file: Option<PathBuf>,
310    progress_bar: Option<ProgressConfig>,
311) -> Option<PathBuf> {
312    // If the progress bar is active, and we've likely substituted the default log file path,
313    // don't write that substitute to the config on disk.
314    if progress_bar.is_some() && log_file == default_log_file() {
315        return None;
316    }
317
318    log_file
319}
320
321/// Returns the default log file path.
322fn default_log_file() -> Option<PathBuf> {
323    dirs::state_dir()
324        .or_else(dirs::data_local_dir)
325        .map(|dir| dir.join("zebrad.log"))
326}