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This PR contains huge diffs and I created a RFC at first:
FLB_THROTTLE_RFC.md

In this PR, I implemented the capabilities which are described in the following table:

The M0–P4 implementation cycle is complete. It establishes the shared throttle infrastructure and migrates out_http, out_es, out_opensearch, and out_opentelemetry.

Wave Delivered
M0 Mapped output dispatch, worker, retry, lifecycle, ownership, and plugin acknowledgment paths. Identified out_s3 as an independent uploader rather than a direct-flush adapter.
M1 Added public FLB_THROTTLE, private deferred completion, flush-local retry hints, admission generations, throttle configuration, validation, and disabled-mode normalization.
M2 Added the per-output READY/COOLDOWN/STOPPING gate with monotonic deadlines, generation tokens, conservative deadline extension, jitter, saturation handling, and thread-safe snapshots.
M3 Added per-route deferred ownership and task retention, preserving retry contexts while preventing premature task destruction, duplicate ownership, or dangling queue entries.
M4 Enforced admission at non-threaded, threaded, synchronous, retry, and next-task dispatch boundaries. Deferred work does not invoke processors or plugin callbacks.
M5 Integrated throttle publication with output completion, retry scheduling, wakeup timers, retry-attempt accounting, shutdown, cancellation, and stale-timer protection.
M6 Added deterministic internal/runtime coverage, fan-out and worker-race tests, storage-mode and shutdown cases, throttle metrics, benchmarks, and Windows portability fixes.
P1 Added the bounded Retry-After parser supporting delta-seconds, HTTP dates, duplicate fields, malformed input, saturation, and explicit absent/invalid/valid results.
P2 Migrated out_http: HTTP 429 throttles, 503 throttles only with a valid hint, and existing behavior remains intact for 408, permanent 4xx, accepted 2xx, transport errors, disabled throttling, and multi-body sends.
P3 Migrated out_es and out_opensearch independently. Top-level and bulk-item 429 responses throttle while selective retry payloads retain only unresolved records and never replay successful items.
P4 Migrated OTLP HTTP/1, HTTP/2, and gRPC. HTTP 429 and hinted 503 throttle; 502/504 remain ordinary retries. gRPC uses valid google.rpc.RetryInfo, and RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED without that evidence is not universally retried. Populated partial success remains acknowledged.

Verification completed:

  • Fluent Bit and affected targets build successfully.
  • Search-bulk internal tests: 8 passed.
  • Elasticsearch/OpenSearch integration suite: 11 passed normally and 11 passed under strict macOS Leaks.
  • OpenTelemetry integration suite: 34 passed normally and 34 passed under strict macOS Leaks.
  • Windows build compatibility was confirmed.
  • All commits are DCO-signed and pass both HEAD and full-range commit-prefix validation.

out_s3 is explicitly postponed to the next cycle. Its filesystem buffering and asynchronous uploader create a different acknowledgment and ownership boundary; merely returning FLB_THROTTLE from cb_flush would not control upload pressure. The next cycle should begin with an S3-specific uploader admission, retry, persistence, and shutdown design.

This is the first milestone to achieve the goal of #4293.


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  • New Features

    • Added configurable output throttling with cooldowns, deferred delivery, and throttle metrics.
    • HTTP, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and OpenTelemetry outputs now recognize throttling responses and honor Retry-After or gRPC retry delays.
    • Bulk responses preserve eligible retry records when throttling occurs.
    • Added validation for throttle timing settings.
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    • Improved handling of partial successes, malformed retry hints, failed dispatches, shutdown scenarios, and retry cleanup.
    • Corrected HTTP response header extraction and retry classification.

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This change adds destination throttling, deferred route scheduling, Retry-After and gRPC RetryInfo parsing, plugin integrations, dispatch-state handling, metrics, benchmarks, fuzz coverage, unit tests, and runtime integration tests.

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Output throttling and retry handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Throttle contracts and state machine
include/fluent-bit/*, src/flb_output_throttle.c, src/flb_task.c, src/flb_output.c
Adds throttle state, dispatch envelopes, deferred route ownership, cooldown generations, configuration, metrics, and lifecycle handling.
Engine and worker dispatch
src/flb_engine.c, src/flb_engine_dispatch.c, src/flb_output_thread.c
Routes dispatch results through throttle admission, deferred routes, wakeup scheduling, retry handling, and fallback result delivery.
Retry signals and output plugins
src/flb_http_retry_after.c, plugins/out_http/http.c, plugins/out_es/es.c, plugins/out_opensearch/opensearch.c, plugins/out_opentelemetry/*
Parses Retry-After and RetryInfo values and maps supported response conditions to FLB_THROTTLE or FLB_RETRY.
Validation and tooling
tests/internal/*, tests/runtime/*, tests/integration/*, benchmarks/*
Adds parser, throttle, bulk classification, runtime, integration, fuzz, benchmark, and diagnostics coverage.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant OutputPlugin
  participant OutputThrottle
  participant OutputEngine
  participant TaskRoute
  OutputPlugin->>OutputThrottle: publish retry delay
  OutputPlugin->>OutputEngine: return FLB_THROTTLE
  OutputEngine->>TaskRoute: defer route
  OutputEngine->>OutputThrottle: schedule wakeup
  OutputThrottle->>TaskRoute: resume route after deadline
  TaskRoute->>OutputEngine: dispatch retry
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src/flb_engine.c (1)

627-627: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Protect route defer transitions with the task lock.

flb_task_route_defer() updates route->dispatch_state, task->deferred_routes, task->users, and the output deferred-route list. The calls at src/flb_engine.c:627 and src/flb_engine.c:830 are unlocked, while flb_output_return() updates route state under the same task lock. Concurrent transitions can therefore race and leave route ownership or deferred-route bookkeeping inconsistent. Lock both defer paths, or document and enforce their serialization.

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In `@src/flb_engine.c` at line 627, Protect both calls to flb_task_route_defer in
the task-routing paths with the same task lock used by flb_output_return,
covering updates to route state, deferred routes, users, and the output
deferred-route list; ensure the lock is correctly acquired and released on every
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Inline comments:
In `@include/fluent-bit/flb_output_throttle.h`:
- Around line 6-10: Update the includes in flb_output_throttle.h to include
flb_pthread.h before the declaration of pthread_mutex_t lock, preserving the
existing platform-specific pthread support provided by that header.
- Around line 1-10: Add the standard Fluent Bit Apache 2.0 license header to
flb_output_throttle.h immediately before the FLB_OUTPUT_THROTTLE_H include
guard, matching the format used by other public headers.

In `@plugins/out_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.c`:
- Around line 350-352: Update the grpc-status-details-bin decoding flow around
flb_base64_decode to add the required trailing Base64 padding for unpadded gRPC
metadata before decoding. Preserve already-padded values unchanged and pass the
padded length and buffer to flb_base64_decode so protobuf_status_retry_info
receives the complete payload and can return FLB_THROTTLE for
RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED.

In `@src/flb_engine_dispatch.c`:
- Line 310: Update the dispatch gating around dispatches_inflight and retry to
also serialize deferred wakeups for outputs marked FLB_OUTPUT_NO_MULTIPLEX.
Ensure output_throttle_wakeup_callback cannot submit multiple
flb_output_task_flush operations for the same non-multiplexed output in one
pass, while preserving existing behavior for multiplexed outputs.

In `@src/flb_engine.c`:
- Around line 829-830: Update handle_output_event so flb_task_retry_create() is
invoked only for FLB_RETRY results, or otherwise ensure the FLB_THROTTLE path
does not initialize or increment retry->attempts; preserve throttle deferral
through flb_task_route_defer() without sending the chunk to the DLQ due to the
retry limit.
- Around line 1638-1640: Update the dispatch handoff to use flb_pipe_read_all
and require exactly sizeof(struct flb_output_dispatch *) bytes before
dereferencing dispatch; also update the producer’s corresponding flb_pipe_w call
to use flb_pipe_write_all and validate complete transmission rather than only
checking for -1.

In `@src/flb_http_retry_after.c`:
- Around line 406-414: Update the header-scanning logic around the colon search
so the Retry-After name comparison and flb_http_retry_after_parse call occur
only when colon is strictly before line_end. Preserve the existing name matching
and parsing behavior for lines containing a colon, while rejecting colonless
lines before computing the value length.

In `@src/flb_output_thread.c`:
- Around line 45-48: Update the three worker branches around
post_dispatch_result() to handle a -1 return by invoking the thread-safe
synchronous result-specific cleanup path used by handle_output_event(), ensuring
the route is unqueued and the task reference released before dispatch is
destroyed; retain the existing fallback logging and successful asynchronous
behavior.

In `@src/flb_output.c`:
- Around line 780-785: Update the threaded branch in flb_output_task_flush to
return -1 immediately after flb_output_thread_pool_flush fails, following the
existing cleanup and matching the non-threaded failure path. Preserve the
cleanup operations before returning so callers such as
flb_output_task_queue_flush_one and flb_engine_dispatch_retry receive the
failure status.
- Around line 686-689: In the enqueue-failure path of the dispatch function
containing flb_output_task_queue_enqueue, release the route and decrement task
users only when this call acquired ownership while handling
FLB_TASK_ROUTE_DISPATCH_UNQUEUED. Preserve the existing failure return, but skip
flb_task_route_unqueue and flb_task_users_dec for routes already in
FLB_TASK_ROUTE_DISPATCH_QUEUED.
- Around line 131-153: Update the wakeup iteration around flb_task_route_resume
so it processes only routes present in ins->throttle_deferred_routes when the
pass begins, excluding routes re-deferred by flb_engine_dispatch_retry or
flb_output_task_flush. Preserve the FLB_OUTPUT_THROTTLE_RESUME_BATCH limit and
existing retry/flush behavior for the initial pending routes.

In `@src/flb_task.c`:
- Around line 941-945: In flb_task_retry_reschedule, replace the inline
task-release predicate used after deferred-route handling with
flb_task_is_releasable, so tasks with deferred routes are not destroyed while
pending delivery remains. Preserve the existing deferred-list removal and
counter updates.

In `@tests/integration/scenarios/out_http/tests/test_out_http_001.py`:
- Line 333: Update the request snapshot timing in the test around
data_storage["requests"] to wait five seconds instead of one, ensuring
observation occurs after the configured Retry-After cooldown. Preserve the
existing request-copying and assertions.

In `@tests/runtime/output_throttle_runtime.c`:
- Around line 287-290: Protect every direct timestamps and generations read in
the scripted_output tests with script->lock, including the checks around the
visible TEST_CHECK calls and the other referenced locations. Add and use locked
accessor helpers such as scripted_timestamp and scripted_generation, ensuring
each accessor locks, reads the selected slot, unlocks, and returns the value.

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In `@src/flb_engine.c`:
- Line 627: Protect both calls to flb_task_route_defer in the task-routing paths
with the same task lock used by flb_output_return, covering updates to route
state, deferred routes, users, and the output deferred-route list; ensure the
lock is correctly acquired and released on every path.

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src/flb_engine_dispatch.c (1)

317-317: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Include deferred routes in the FLB_OUTPUT_NO_MULTIPLEX gate.

When flb_task_route_defer transfers ownership, dispatches_inflight decreases and throttle_deferred_count increases. If retry == 0, the current gate can dispatch a new task before an older deferred route. The wakeup callback then stops when dispatches_inflight > 0, so repeated new tasks can delay the deferred route.

Add throttle_deferred_count to the gate.

🐛 Proposed fix
             if (out->flags & FLB_OUTPUT_NO_MULTIPLEX) {
-                if (out->dispatches_inflight > 0 || retry > 0) {
+                if (out->dispatches_inflight > 0 ||
+                    out->throttle_deferred_count > 0 || retry > 0) {
                     continue;
                 }
             }
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In `@src/flb_engine_dispatch.c` at line 317, Update the FLB_OUTPUT_NO_MULTIPLEX
gate in the dispatch logic to also block when throttle_deferred_count is greater
than zero, alongside dispatches_inflight and retry. Preserve the existing
behavior for in-flight dispatches and retries so deferred routes are handled
before new tasks.
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plugins/out_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.c (1)

1274-1274: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the throttle cooldown for later batches.

When a later batch returns FLB_THROTTLE and index > 0, publish the cooldown before setting result = FLB_OK. Otherwise flb_output_throttle_complete() receives FLB_OK and does not call flb_output_throttle_publish(). The next flush can run immediately against the throttling destination.

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In `@plugins/out_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.c` at line 1274, In the later-batch
handling condition for FLB_RETRY or FLB_THROTTLE, publish the throttle cooldown
before overwriting result with FLB_OK when the result is FLB_THROTTLE and index
is greater than zero. Ensure flb_output_throttle_complete() receives the
throttled result so flb_output_throttle_publish() is invoked, while preserving
existing retry behavior.
plugins/out_es/es.c (1)

47-104: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the OpenTelemetry Retry-After status when extracting the shared helper.

opentelemetry_apply_legacy_retry_after() returns status, and its caller uses it to decide whether an HTTP 503 enters FLB_THROTTLE. Make the shared header/trailer helper return this status in addition to delay_ms and invalid_count; otherwise the 503 path can change to ordinary retry behavior. Keep flb_output_set_retry_after() and plugin-specific logging in the callers. This remains a maintainability refactor, not a current runtime defect.

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In `@plugins/out_es/es.c` around lines 47 - 104, Update es_apply_retry_after to
return the parsed Retry-After status along with delay_ms and invalid_count, and
have its caller preserve and use that status when deciding whether an HTTP 503
enters FLB_THROTTLE. Keep flb_output_set_retry_after and plugin-specific logging
in the callers, matching the behavior of opentelemetry_apply_legacy_retry_after.
src/flb_output.c (1)

299-301: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Skip disabled throttle metric updates before taking the mutex.

flb_output_throttle_wakeup_scan visits every output after each engine-loop cycle. With throttle=false, flb_output_throttle_metrics_update still locks throttle.lock and performs four cmetrics writes. The metrics are initialized to zero, and disabled throttle paths keep events and deferred routes at zero. Return before flb_output_throttle_snapshot for this state to skip both the mutex and cmetrics work.

♻️ Proposed guard
     if (ins == NULL || ins->cmt_throttle_active == NULL) {
         return;
     }
+
+    if (ins->throttle.enabled == FLB_FALSE &&
+        ins->throttle_deferred_count == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     flb_output_throttle_snapshot(&ins->throttle, &snapshot);
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In `@src/flb_output.c` around lines 299 - 301, Update
flb_output_throttle_metrics_update to return before calling
flb_output_throttle_snapshot when throttle is disabled, using the existing
cmt_throttle_active state and preserving the NULL-instance guard. Ensure
flb_output_throttle_wakeup_scan avoids mutex acquisition and cmetrics writes for
outputs with inactive throttle metrics.
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In `@src/flb_engine_dispatch.c`:
- Around line 314-320: Update the FLB_OUTPUT_NO_MULTIPLEX admission gate in the
dispatch loop to also account for out->throttle_deferred_count, preventing new
tasks from bypassing deferred routes. Preserve the existing dispatches_inflight
and retry checks while ensuring deferred data is resumed before admitting
competing work.

In `@src/flb_output_thread.c`:
- Line 754: Update the stop-sentinel failure branch around the n check so it
does not free th_ins or destroy the thread pool before the worker is terminated
and joined. Ensure an alternate shutdown path stops and joins the worker first,
then performs cleanup of the worker state, fallback dispatches, and pool.

In
`@tests/integration/scenarios/out_opentelemetry/tests/test_out_opentelemetry_001.py`:
- Around line 236-243: Update the polling helper around the deadline loop to
perform one final request-count validation after the loop exits, ensuring
late-arriving OTLP requests are detected before returning. Preserve the existing
expected_count assertion and error message behavior.

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Duplicate comments:
In `@src/flb_engine_dispatch.c`:
- Line 317: Update the FLB_OUTPUT_NO_MULTIPLEX gate in the dispatch logic to
also block when throttle_deferred_count is greater than zero, alongside
dispatches_inflight and retry. Preserve the existing behavior for in-flight
dispatches and retries so deferred routes are handled before new tasks.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@plugins/out_es/es.c`:
- Around line 47-104: Update es_apply_retry_after to return the parsed
Retry-After status along with delay_ms and invalid_count, and have its caller
preserve and use that status when deciding whether an HTTP 503 enters
FLB_THROTTLE. Keep flb_output_set_retry_after and plugin-specific logging in the
callers, matching the behavior of opentelemetry_apply_legacy_retry_after.

In `@plugins/out_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.c`:
- Line 1274: In the later-batch handling condition for FLB_RETRY or
FLB_THROTTLE, publish the throttle cooldown before overwriting result with
FLB_OK when the result is FLB_THROTTLE and index is greater than zero. Ensure
flb_output_throttle_complete() receives the throttled result so
flb_output_throttle_publish() is invoked, while preserving existing retry
behavior.

In `@src/flb_output.c`:
- Around line 299-301: Update flb_output_throttle_metrics_update to return
before calling flb_output_throttle_snapshot when throttle is disabled, using the
existing cmt_throttle_active state and preserving the NULL-instance guard.
Ensure flb_output_throttle_wakeup_scan avoids mutex acquisition and cmetrics
writes for outputs with inactive throttle metrics.

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Yes, that's understandable. Let's postpone the milestone and provide more rigidly tested functionality.

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@cosmo0920 maybe you can just add the initial core support (+ tests) first then implement per plugin afterwards? It's more PRs but smaller ones then.

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I don't think so. This is because throttling feature could cause performance degradation or unknown side effects that we hadn't aware of on Fluent Bit core currently. I believe this should be postponed to v5.2.

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