Storing checkin message in last_checkin_message

CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 - Fleet Server now allows setting global labels on APM instrumentation. {pull}1649[1649]
 - Fleet Server now allows setting transaction sample rate on APM instrumentation {pull}1681[1681]
 - Log redacted config when config updates. {issue}1626[1626] {pull}1668[1668]
+- Storing checkin message in last_checkin_message {pull}1932[1932]

internal/pkg/api/handleCheckin.go

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func (ct *CheckinT) processRequest(zlog zerolog.Logger, w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	defer longPoll.Stop()
 
 	// Initial update on checkin, and any user fields that might have changed
-	err = ct.bc.CheckIn(agent.Id, req.Status, rawMeta, seqno, ver)
+	err = ct.bc.CheckIn(agent.Id, req.Status, req.Message, rawMeta, seqno, ver)
 	if err != nil {
 		zlog.Error().Err(err).Str("agent_id", agent.Id).Msg("checkin failed")
 	}
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func (ct *CheckinT) processRequest(zlog zerolog.Logger, w http.ResponseWriter, r
 				zlog.Trace().Msg("fire long poll")
 				break LOOP
 			case <-tick.C:
-				err := ct.bc.CheckIn(agent.Id, req.Status, nil, nil, ver)
+				err := ct.bc.CheckIn(agent.Id, req.Status, req.Message, nil, nil, ver)
 				if err != nil {
 					zlog.Error().Err(err).Str("agent_id", agent.Id).Msg("checkin failed")
 				}

internal/pkg/api/schema.go

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ type EnrollResponse struct {
 
 type CheckinRequest struct {
 	Status    string          `json:"status"`
+	Message   string          `json:"message"`
 	AckToken  string          `json:"ack_token,omitempty"`
 	LocalMeta json.RawMessage `json:"local_metadata"`
 }

internal/pkg/checkin/bulk.go

@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ type extraT struct {
 // There will be 10's of thousands of items
 // in the map at any point.
 type pendingT struct {
-	ts     string
-	status string
-	extra  *extraT
+	ts      string
+	status  string
+	message string
+	extra   *extraT
 }
 
 // Bulk will batch pending checkins and update elasticsearch at a set interval.
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func (bc *Bulk) timestamp() string {
 // CheckIn will add the agent (identified by id) to the pending set.
 // The pending agents are sent to elasticsearch as a bulk update at each flush interval.
 // WARNING: Bulk will take ownership of fields, so do not use after passing in.
-func (bc *Bulk) CheckIn(id string, status string, meta []byte, seqno sqn.SeqNo, newVer string) error {
+func (bc *Bulk) CheckIn(id string, status string, message string, meta []byte, seqno sqn.SeqNo, newVer string) error {
 	// Separate out the extra data to minimize
 	// the memory footprint of the 90% case of just
 	// updating the timestamp.
@@ -114,9 +115,10 @@ func (bc *Bulk) CheckIn(id string, status string, meta []byte, seqno sqn.SeqNo,
 	bc.mut.Lock()
 
 	bc.pending[id] = pendingT{
-		ts:     bc.timestamp(),
-		status: status,
-		extra:  extra,
+		ts:      bc.timestamp(),
+		status:  status,
+		message: message,
+		extra:   extra,
 	}
 
 	bc.mut.Unlock()
@@ -180,9 +182,10 @@ func (bc *Bulk) flush(ctx context.Context) error {
 			body, ok = simpleCache[pendingData]
 			if !ok {
 				fields := bulk.UpdateFields{
-					dl.FieldLastCheckin:       pendingData.ts,
-					dl.FieldUpdatedAt:         nowTimestamp,
-					dl.FieldLastCheckinStatus: pendingData.status,
+					dl.FieldLastCheckin:        pendingData.ts,
+					dl.FieldUpdatedAt:          nowTimestamp,
+					dl.FieldLastCheckinStatus:  pendingData.status,
+					dl.FieldLastCheckinMessage: pendingData.message,
 				}
 				if body, err = fields.Marshal(); err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -192,9 +195,10 @@ func (bc *Bulk) flush(ctx context.Context) error {
 		} else {
 
 			fields := bulk.UpdateFields{
-				dl.FieldLastCheckin:       pendingData.ts,     // Set the checkin timestamp
-				dl.FieldUpdatedAt:         nowTimestamp,       // Set "updated_at" to the current timestamp
-				dl.FieldLastCheckinStatus: pendingData.status, // Set the pending status
+				dl.FieldLastCheckin:        pendingData.ts,      // Set the checkin timestamp
+				dl.FieldUpdatedAt:          nowTimestamp,        // Set "updated_at" to the current timestamp
+				dl.FieldLastCheckinStatus:  pendingData.status,  // Set the pending status
+				dl.FieldLastCheckinMessage: pendingData.message, // Set the status message
 			}
 
 			// If the agent version is not empty it needs to be updated

internal/pkg/checkin/bulk_test.go

@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ func matchOp(tb testing.TB, c bulkcase, ts time.Time) func(ops []bulk.MultiOp) b
 }
 
 type bulkcase struct {
-	desc   string
-	id     string
-	status string
-	meta   []byte
-	seqno  sqn.SeqNo
-	ver    string
+	desc    string
+	id      string
+	status  string
+	message string
+	meta    []byte
+	seqno   sqn.SeqNo
+	ver     string
 }
 
 func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			"Simple case",
 			"simpleId",
 			"online",
+			"message",
 			nil,
 			nil,
 			"",
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			"Singled field case",
 			"singleFieldId",
 			"online",
+			"message",
 			[]byte(`{"hey":"now"}`),
 			nil,
 			"",
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			"Multi field case",
 			"multiFieldId",
 			"online",
+			"message",
 			[]byte(`{"hey":"now","brown":"cow"}`),
 			nil,
 			ver,
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			"Multi field nested case",
 			"multiFieldNestedId",
 			"online",
+			"message",
 			[]byte(`{"hey":"now","wee":{"little":"doggie"}}`),
 			nil,
 			"",
@@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			"Simple case with seqNo",
 			"simpleseqno",
 			"online",
+			"message",
 			nil,
 			sqn.SeqNo{1, 2, 3, 4},
 			ver,
@@ -136,6 +142,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			"Field case with seqNo",
 			"simpleseqno",
 			"online",
+			"message",
 			[]byte(`{"uncle":"fester"}`),
 			sqn.SeqNo{5, 6, 7, 8},
 			ver,
@@ -144,6 +151,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			"Unusual status",
 			"singleFieldId",
 			"unusual",
+			"message",
 			nil,
 			nil,
 			"",
@@ -152,6 +160,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			"Empty status",
 			"singleFieldId",
 			"",
+			"message",
 			nil,
 			nil,
 			"",
@@ -165,7 +174,7 @@ func TestBulkSimple(t *testing.T) {
 			mockBulk.On("MUpdate", mock.Anything, mock.MatchedBy(matchOp(t, c, start)), mock.Anything).Return([]bulk.BulkIndexerResponseItem{}, nil).Once()
 			bc := NewBulk(mockBulk)
 
-			if err := bc.CheckIn(c.id, c.status, c.meta, c.seqno, c.ver); err != nil {
+			if err := bc.CheckIn(c.id, c.status, c.message, c.meta, c.seqno, c.ver); err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
@@ -203,7 +212,7 @@ func benchmarkBulk(n int, flush bool, b *testing.B) {
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 
 		for _, id := range ids {
-			err := bc.CheckIn(id, "", nil, nil, "")
+			err := bc.CheckIn(id, "", "", nil, nil, "")
 			if err != nil {
 				b.Fatal(err)
 			}

internal/pkg/dl/constants.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const (
 	FieldCoordinatorIdx                = "coordinator_idx"
 	FieldLastCheckin                   = "last_checkin"
 	FieldLastCheckinStatus             = "last_checkin_status"
+	FieldLastCheckinMessage            = "last_checkin_message"
 	FieldLocalMetadata                 = "local_metadata"
 	FieldPolicyCoordinatorIdx          = "policy_coordinator_idx"
 	FieldPolicyID                      = "policy_id"

model/schema.json

@@ -516,6 +516,10 @@
           "description": "Last checkin status",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "last_checkin_message": {
+          "description": "Last checkin message",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
         "default_api_key_id": {
           "description": "Deprecated. Use Outputs instead. ID of the API key the Elastic Agent uses to authenticate with elasticsearch",
           "type": "string"