Configure flight recorder for enhanced tracing #22080

batazor · 2025-09-27T18:34:21Z

Summary

Implemented Go 1.25 trace.FlightRecorder for "perfect tracing," configured to retain at least 5 seconds of trace data with a maximum buffer size of 3MB. This enhancement integrates seamlessly with the existing tracing and dependency injection system, providing automatic trace capture on errors, panics, and signals. Additionally, it addresses and fixes logger interface inconsistencies across the codebase to ensure proper slog attribute usage.

Details

This PR introduces the trace.FlightRecorder from Go 1.25 to enable continuous, low-overhead tracing that captures critical events.

Motivation: The primary goal is to achieve "perfect tracing" by having a rolling buffer of trace data available, allowing for post-mortem analysis of issues like errors or panics without the performance cost of always writing full traces to disk. The specified configuration (MinAge: 5s, MaxBytes: 3MB) ensures relevant recent history is preserved.

Key Changes:

Flight Recorder Integration:
- A new FlightRecorder wrapper (pkg/observability/traicing/flight_recorder.go) is introduced, encapsulating the Go 1.25 trace.FlightRecorder with the specified configuration.
- Integrated into the main traicing.Init function (pkg/observability/traicing/traicing.go) and the DI system (pkg/di/pkg/traicing/traicing.go), allowing configuration via environment variables or code.
Utility and Middleware:
- pkg/observability/traicing/utils.go provides functions for global Flight Recorder management, saving traces on errors, panics, and specific signals (SIGUSR1/SIGUSR2).
- Middleware is included to easily wrap functions for automatic error and panic-triggered trace saving.
Logger Compatibility Fixes:
- A significant refactoring was performed to resolve a mismatch between the logger.Logger interface and its concrete implementation. All instances of field.Fields were replaced with direct slog.Attr arguments (e.g., slog.String, slog.Any) and the logger type was adjusted to *logger.SlogLogger where necessary, ensuring correct logging behavior across the new and existing tracing components.
Documentation: A detailed FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md file has been added, outlining the features, usage, and configuration.

Summary by Sourcery

Integrate Go 1.25 FlightRecorder for continuous, low-overhead tracing with a configurable rolling buffer and automatic trace exports, and update the tracing system and dependency injection to initialize, manage, and gracefully shutdown the recorder alongside the existing TracerProvider.

New Features:

Introduce FlightRecorder wrapper around Go 1.25 trace.FlightRecorder with configurable MinAge and MaxBytes buffer settings
Automatically capture and save traces on errors, panics, and user-defined signals via global utilities and middleware
Expose FlightRecorderConfig in the tracing Config and enable configuration through environment variables and DI

Bug Fixes:

Standardize on *logger.SlogLogger and slog.Attr to resolve logger interface mismatches

Enhancements:

Update tracing.Init and DI providers to start, integrate, and teardown the FlightRecorder alongside the TracerProvider
Add HealthCheck function to report recorder status

Documentation:

Add FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md and example_usage.go to document configuration, usage examples, and middleware

Co-authored-by: batazor111 <[email protected]>

cursor · 2025-09-27T18:34:21Z

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sourcery-ai · 2025-09-27T18:34:29Z

Reviewer's Guide

This PR integrates Go 1.25’s trace.FlightRecorder into the existing observability and DI layers, configures a rolling in-memory trace buffer, and provides automated utilities and middleware for capturing traces on errors, panics, or signals. It also reconciles logger interface mismatches to ensure proper slog attribute usage and adds detailed documentation and examples for configuration and usage.

File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
FlightRecorder core implementation	Introduce FlightRecorder struct wrapping Go 1.25 trace.FlightRecorder Create NewFlightRecorder constructor and DefaultFlightRecorderConfig Implement Start, Stop, WriteTo, WriteToFile, IsRunning, GetConfig, and SaveTraceOnPanic methods	`pkg/observability/traicing/flight_recorder.go` `pkg/observability/traicing/types.go`
Integrate FlightRecorder into tracing init and DI	Change Init signature to accept *logger.SlogLogger and conditionally initialize/start/stop FlightRecorder Update DI package to set default env vars, build FlightRecorderConfig, and pass into Init	`pkg/observability/traicing/traicing.go` `pkg/di/pkg/traicing/traicing.go`
Utility functions and middleware for trace management	Add global registry and accessors for FlightRecorder Implement SaveTraceOnError, SaveTraceOnSignal, SaveTraceWithContext utilities Provide RecorderMiddleware with WrapWithErrorTracking and WrapWithPanicRecovery	`pkg/observability/traicing/utils.go`
Logger interface compatibility fixes	Replace generic logger.Logger with concrete *logger.SlogLogger in initializers Convert all field.Fields uses to slog.String/slog.Any attribute calls in log statements	`pkg/observability/traicing/traicing.go` `pkg/di/pkg/traicing/traicing.go` `pkg/observability/traicing/flight_recorder.go` `pkg/observability/traicing/utils.go`
Added documentation and examples	Create FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md outlining features and config Add example_usage.go demonstrating setup, manual capture, middleware, signal handling, and health checks	`FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md` `pkg/observability/traicing/example_usage.go`

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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:35:39Z

pkg/di/pkg/traicing/traicing.go

 //
 //nolint:ireturn // It's make by specification
-func New(ctx context.Context, log logger.Logger) (trace.TracerProvider, func(), error) {
+func New(ctx context.Context, log *logger.SlogLogger) (trace.TracerProvider, func(), error) {


@cursor use real logger.

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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:35:57Z

pkg/di/pkg/traicing/traicing.go

+
+	// Flight Recorder defaults
+	viper.SetDefault("FLIGHT_RECORDER_ENABLED", true)
+	viper.SetDefault("FLIGHT_RECORDER_MIN_AGE", "5s")


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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:36:43Z

pkg/observability/traicing/example_usage.go

+}
+
+// ExampleEnvironmentVariables shows the environment variables that can be used
+func ExampleEnvironmentVariables() {


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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:37:25Z

pkg/observability/traicing/flight_recorder.go

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/*


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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:38:00Z

pkg/observability/traicing/traicing.go

 // Init returns an instance of Tracer Provider that samples 100% of traces and logs all spans to stdout.
-func Init(ctx context.Context, cnf Config, log logger.Logger) (*trace.TracerProvider, func(), error) {
+// It also initializes Go 1.25 FlightRecorder if configured.
+func Init(ctx context.Context, cnf Config, log *logger.SlogLogger) (*trace.TracerProvider, func(), error) {


@cursor we use only - "github.com/shortlink-org/go-sdk/logger"

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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:38:28Z

pkg/observability/traicing/types.go

+	FlightRecorder      *FlightRecorderConfig
+}
+
+// FlightRecorderConfig configures the Go 1.25 trace.FlightRecorder


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I significantly refactored the FlightRecorder implementation to adhere to clean architecture principles, introducing distinct domain, application, and infrastructure layers. This change enhances modularity, testability, and maintainability, while also updating the default trace retention period to 1 minute across the system.

I implemented a new clean architecture for the FlightRecorder, creating:

pkg/observability/traicing/domain/recorder.go and errors.go to define core interfaces (Recorder, Repository, EventHandler), value objects, and domain-specific errors.

pkg/observability/traicing/application/service.go for the RecorderService, orchestrating high-level operations like StartRecording and CaptureTrace.

pkg/observability/traicing/infrastructure/recorder.go, repository.go, and events.go to provide concrete implementations for the domain interfaces, including GoFlightRecorder (wrapping runtime/trace.FlightRecorder) and FileSystemRepository.

pkg/observability/traicing/factory.go to manage dependency injection and component wiring for the new architecture.

I updated the default MinAge for FlightRecorder trace data retention from 5 * time.Second to 1 * time.Minute across FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md, pkg/di/pkg/traicing/traicing.go, and the new DefaultFactoryConfig.

I added extensive documentation to README.md and pkg/observability/README.md detailing the new FlightRecorder architecture, features, configuration, and usage examples.

I marked the legacy pkg/observability/traicing/flight_recorder.go and related utility functions in utils.go as deprecated, encouraging the use of the new factory-based approach.

I standardized the logger interface in several files, transitioning from *logger.SlogLogger to the more generic logger.Logger for improved flexibility.

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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:39:46Z

FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+# Go 1.25 FlightRecorder Implementation


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I refactored the trace.FlightRecorder implementation by removing outdated documentation and examples, and significantly bolstering test coverage. This involved introducing extensive unit and integration tests across the application, domain, and infrastructure layers to improve the reliability and correctness of the tracing components.

I deleted the FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md documentation and pkg/observability/traicing/example_usage.go to streamline the project and remove outdated content.

I removed references to the deleted documentation from README.md and pkg/observability/README.md.

I added comprehensive unit and integration tests for the FlightRecorder's application layer in pkg/observability/traicing/application/service_test.go, covering start/stop, trace capture, and management.

I implemented dedicated unit tests for domain errors and FlightRecorder configuration in pkg/observability/traicing/domain/errors_test.go and pkg/observability/traicing/domain/recorder_test.go to ensure proper validation and error handling.

I introduced robust unit and concurrency tests for the GoFlightRecorder infrastructure implementation in pkg/observability/traicing/infrastructure/recorder_test.go, verifying core operations and thread safety.

I developed unit tests for the FileSystemRepository in pkg/observability/traicing/infrastructure/repository_test.go, covering trace saving, loading, listing, deletion, and file cleanup.

I enhanced pkg/observability/traicing/utils.go by adding nil checks for the logger, preventing potential panics, and added corresponding unit tests in pkg/observability/traicing/utils_test.go.

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Co-authored-by: batazor111 <[email protected]>

Introduces a new observability package with FlightRecorder support, adhering to clean architecture principles. This includes domain, application, and infrastructure layers, along with factory for dependency injection. Co-authored-by: batazor111 <[email protected]>

batazor · 2025-09-27T18:51:21Z

FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+# Go 1.25 FlightRecorder Implementation


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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:52:08Z

pkg/observability/README.md

+- **Signal Support**: Manual trace capture via SIGUSR1/SIGUSR2 signals
+- **Health Monitoring**: Built-in health check functionality
+
+For detailed FlightRecorder documentation, see [`FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md`](../../FLIGHT_RECORDER_IMPLEMENTATION.md).


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batazor · 2025-09-27T18:53:18Z

pkg/observability/traicing/utils.go

+}
+
+// HealthCheck returns the status of the flight recorder
+func HealthCheck() map[string]interface{} {


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This commit introduces the flight recorder functionality, including its core components, application service, and infrastructure implementations. It also adds extensive unit, integration, and benchmark tests for all layers, along with a detailed testing summary document. The changes ensure robust tracing capabilities and thorough validation of the implementation. Co-authored-by: batazor111 <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: batazor111 <[email protected]>

sonarqubecloud · 2025-09-27T19:05:39Z

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Refactor: Update FlightRecorder default MinAge to 1m

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