Added lag reporting for email analytics event processing - #30493
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ref https://linear.app/ghost/issue/BER-3911 - The only signal for delayed email analytics processing was a one-off log warning when the opened-events cursor fell behind a threshold, with no way to tell from alerting or the admin how far behind we were or when we caught up. - The analytics wrapper now tracks a lagging state per pipeline: it warns with structured fields (analytics.lagging, lag_minutes) on every fetch cycle while behind, and logs a single analytics.caught_up event with the peak lag and total time behind once the cursor recovers, giving log-based alerting natural hysteresis. The lag can also be emitted as a metric on every cycle, gated behind the new emailAnalytics:metrics:openedLag:enabled config (default off), following the existing open-throughput metric precedent. - The analytics status endpoint additionally returns a lagMinutes value per pipeline (opened, latest non-opened, missing), computed from the persisted cursors so it is accurate even before the first fetch in the current process, and the email debug screen renders these as Processing lag rows alongside a new section for the opened events pipeline, refreshing with the existing status polling.
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WalkthroughThe email analytics service now calculates read-only lag for non-opened and opened event cursors. The opened-event wrapper emits optional lag metrics and logs threshold and recovery events. The analytics status endpoint returns lag data. The Ember admin debug view displays opened-pipeline status and processing lag. Unit tests cover lag calculation, cursor handling, monitoring, metrics, and logging. Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Analytics diagnostics can report misleading lag and generate false operational warnings for healthy inactive pipelines. These issues should be corrected before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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ghost/core/core/server/services/email-analytics/email-analytics-service-wrapper.ts-220-220 (1)
220-220: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winUse a separate successful-poll watermark for lag reporting.
fetchLatestOpenedEvents()reports the persisted cursor age before polling, and empty successful polls do not advance that cursor. Once its age exceedsemailAnalytics:openedJobLagWarningMinutes, later cycles can emitanalytics.laggingand cannot emitanalytics.caught_upwhile the threshold remains unchanged.Update a separate watermark after each successful poll. Do not advance the processing cursor on empty polls because the one-minute Mailgun safety margin allows late events to appear.
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In `@ghost/core/core/server/services/email-analytics/email-analytics-service.ts`:
- Around line 177-178: Update getStatusWithLag() to read both cursors directly
through queries.getLastEventTimestamp(..., { createJobIfMissing: false })
instead of calling `#getLastOpenedEventTimestamp` and
`#getLastNonOpenedEventTimestamp`, so status lag reflects only persisted event
timestamps. Leave the in-memory-first helpers unchanged for their other callers.
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`@ghost/core/core/server/services/email-analytics/email-analytics-service-wrapper.ts`:
- Line 220: Introduce and maintain a separate successful-poll watermark for lag
reporting in the email analytics service, updating it after every successful
fetch including empty results while leaving the persisted processing cursor
unchanged for empty polls. Use this watermark in fetchLatestOpenedEvents() when
evaluating lag and caught-up status, rather than the cursor age, and preserve
the existing one-minute Mailgun safety margin.
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257-257: 🎯 Functional CorrectnessNo change is needed. The callback contains one
analytics.caught_upcomparison, and the TypeScript syntax is valid.
| this.#getLastOpenedEventTimestamp({ createJobIfMissing: false }), | ||
| this.#getLastNonOpenedEventTimestamp({ createJobIfMissing: false }), |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Use persisted cursors for status lag.
Line 177 and Line 178 call helpers that prefer the in-memory lastEventTimestamp. That value advances during processing before #fetchEventsForJob persists the cursor. The status API can therefore report lag that is not persisted and can change after a failed fetch or restart.
Read the cursors directly from queries.getLastEventTimestamp(..., {createJobIfMissing: false}) in getStatusWithLag(). Keep the in-memory-first helpers for the wrapper if live processing lag is required.
Proposed fix
- this.#getLastOpenedEventTimestamp({ createJobIfMissing: false }),
- this.#getLastNonOpenedEventTimestamp({ createJobIfMissing: false }),
+ this.queries.getLastEventTimestamp(
+ this.#fetchLatestOpenedData.jobName,
+ ['opened'],
+ this.#cursorSeed,
+ {createJobIfMissing: false},
+ ),
+ this.queries.getLastEventTimestamp(
+ this.#fetchLatestNonOpenedData.jobName,
+ ['delivered', 'failed'],
+ this.#cursorSeed,
+ {createJobIfMissing: false},
+ ),📝 Committable suggestion
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| this.#getLastOpenedEventTimestamp({ createJobIfMissing: false }), | |
| this.#getLastNonOpenedEventTimestamp({ createJobIfMissing: false }), | |
| this.queries.getLastEventTimestamp( | |
| this.#fetchLatestOpenedData.jobName, | |
| ['opened'], | |
| this.#cursorSeed, | |
| {createJobIfMissing: false}, | |
| ), | |
| this.queries.getLastEventTimestamp( | |
| this.#fetchLatestNonOpenedData.jobName, | |
| ['delivered', 'failed'], | |
| this.#cursorSeed, | |
| {createJobIfMissing: false}, | |
| ), |
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In `@ghost/core/core/server/services/email-analytics/email-analytics-service.ts`
around lines 177 - 178, Update getStatusWithLag() to read both cursors directly
through queries.getLastEventTimestamp(..., { createJobIfMissing: false })
instead of calling `#getLastOpenedEventTimestamp` and
`#getLastNonOpenedEventTimestamp`, so status lag reflects only persisted event
timestamps. Leave the in-memory-first helpers unchanged for their other callers.
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ref https://linear.app/ghost/issue/BER-3911
log warning when the opened-events cursor fell behind a threshold, with
no way to tell from alerting or the admin how far behind we were or when
we caught up.
warns with structured fields (analytics.lagging, lag_minutes) on every
fetch cycle while behind, and logs a single analytics.caught_up event
with the peak lag and total time behind once the cursor recovers, giving
log-based alerting natural hysteresis. The lag can also be emitted as a
metric on every cycle, gated behind the new
emailAnalytics:metrics:openedLag:enabled config (default off), following
the existing open-throughput metric precedent.
per pipeline (opened, latest non-opened, missing), computed from the
persisted cursors so it is accurate even before the first fetch in the
current process, and the email debug screen renders these as Processing
lag rows alongside a new section for the opened events pipeline,
refreshing with the existing status polling.