Create a extra sampled logger as part of the telemetry settings

.chloggen/SampledLoggerTelemetry.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: service/telemetry exporter/exporterhelper
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "New sampled logger in the telemetry configuration used to avoid flooding the logs with messages that are repeated frequently."
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [8134]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: The sampled logger is configured by `LogsSamplingConfig` (`service.telemetry.logs.sampling`).
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]

component/componenttest/nop_telemetry.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 func NewNopTelemetrySettings() component.TelemetrySettings {
 	return component.TelemetrySettings{
 		Logger:         zap.NewNop(),
+		SampledLogger:  zap.NewNop(),
 		TracerProvider: trace.NewNoopTracerProvider(),
 		MeterProvider:  noop.NewMeterProvider(),
 		MetricsLevel:   configtelemetry.LevelNone,

component/telemetry.go

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ type TelemetrySettings struct {
 	// component to be used later as well.
 	Logger *zap.Logger
 
+	// SampledLogger passed to the created component.
+	// It will be used to avoid flooding the logs with messages that are repeated frequently.
+	SampledLogger *zap.Logger
+
 	// TracerProvider that the factory can pass to other instrumented third-party libraries.
 	TracerProvider trace.TracerProvider
 

exporter/exporterhelper/common.go

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func newBaseExporter(set exporter.CreateSettings, bs *baseSettings, signal compo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	be.qrSender = newQueuedRetrySender(set.ID, signal, bs.queue, bs.RetrySettings, &timeoutSender{cfg: bs.TimeoutSettings}, set.Logger)
+	be.qrSender = newQueuedRetrySender(set.ID, signal, bs.queue, bs.RetrySettings, &timeoutSender{cfg: bs.TimeoutSettings}, set.SampledLogger)
 	be.sender = be.qrSender
 	be.StartFunc = func(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
 		// First start the wrapped exporter.

exporter/exporterhelper/queued_retry.go

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
@@ -78,9 +77,8 @@ type queuedRetrySender struct {
 }
 
 func newQueuedRetrySender(id component.ID, signal component.DataType, queue internal.ProducerConsumerQueue,
-	rCfg RetrySettings, nextSender requestSender, logger *zap.Logger) *queuedRetrySender {
+	rCfg RetrySettings, nextSender requestSender, sampledLogger *zap.Logger) *queuedRetrySender {
 	retryStopCh := make(chan struct{})
-	sampledLogger := createSampledLogger(logger)
 	traceAttr := attribute.String(obsmetrics.ExporterKey, id.String())
 
 	qrs := &queuedRetrySender{
@@ -217,25 +215,6 @@ func NewDefaultRetrySettings() RetrySettings {
 	}
 }
 
-func createSampledLogger(logger *zap.Logger) *zap.Logger {
-	if logger.Core().Enabled(zapcore.DebugLevel) {
-		// Debugging is enabled. Don't do any sampling.
-		return logger
-	}
-
-	// Create a logger that samples all messages to 1 per 10 seconds initially,
-	// and 1/100 of messages after that.
-	opts := zap.WrapCore(func(core zapcore.Core) zapcore.Core {
-		return zapcore.NewSamplerWithOptions(
-			core,
-			10*time.Second,
-			1,
-			100,
-		)
-	})
-	return logger.WithOptions(opts)
-}
-
 // send implements the requestSender interface
 func (qrs *queuedRetrySender) send(req internal.Request) error {
 	if qrs.queue == nil {

service/service.go

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, set Settings, cfg Config) (*Service, error) {
 
 	srv.telemetrySettings = component.TelemetrySettings{
 		Logger:         srv.telemetry.Logger(),
+		SampledLogger:  srv.telemetry.SampledLogger(),
 		TracerProvider: srv.telemetry.TracerProvider(),
 		MeterProvider:  noop.NewMeterProvider(),
 		MetricsLevel:   cfg.Telemetry.Metrics.Level,

service/service_test.go

@@ -403,6 +403,19 @@ func TestNilCollectorEffectiveConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, srv.Shutdown(context.Background()))
 }
 
+func TestServiceTelemetryLoggers(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, err := New(context.Background(), newNopSettings(), newNopConfig())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, srv.Start(context.Background()))
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		assert.NoError(t, srv.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+	})
+	assert.NotNil(t, srv.telemetrySettings.Logger)
+	assert.NotNil(t, srv.telemetrySettings.SampledLogger)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, srv.telemetrySettings.Logger, srv.telemetrySettings.SampledLogger)
+}
+
 func assertResourceLabels(t *testing.T, res pcommon.Resource, expectedLabels map[string]labelValue) {
 	for key, labelValue := range expectedLabels {
 		lookupKey, ok := prometheusToOtelConv[key]

service/telemetry/config.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package telemetry // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/telemetry"
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
@@ -54,7 +55,11 @@ type LogsConfig struct {
 	// (default = false)
 	DisableStacktrace bool `mapstructure:"disable_stacktrace"`
 
-	// Sampling sets a sampling policy. A nil SamplingConfig disables sampling.
+	// Sampling sets a sampling policy for the extra sampled logger.
+	// Default:
+	//     initial: 1
+	//     thereafter: 100
+	//     tick: 10s
 	Sampling *LogsSamplingConfig `mapstructure:"sampling"`
 
 	// OutputPaths is a list of URLs or file paths to write logging output to.
@@ -87,12 +92,13 @@ type LogsConfig struct {
 	InitialFields map[string]any `mapstructure:"initial_fields"`
 }
 
-// LogsSamplingConfig sets a sampling strategy for the logger. Sampling caps the
+// LogsSamplingConfig sets a sampling strategy for the extra sampled logger. Sampling caps the
 // global CPU and I/O load that logging puts on your process while attempting
 // to preserve a representative subset of your logs.
 type LogsSamplingConfig struct {
-	Initial    int `mapstructure:"initial"`
-	Thereafter int `mapstructure:"thereafter"`
+	Initial    int           `mapstructure:"initial"`
+	Thereafter int           `mapstructure:"thereafter"`
+	Tick       time.Duration `mapstructure:"tick"`
 }
 
 // MetricsConfig exposes the common Telemetry configuration for one component.

service/telemetry/telemetry.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package telemetry // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/telemetry"
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 type Telemetry struct {
 	logger         *zap.Logger
+	sampledLogger  *zap.Logger
 	tracerProvider *sdktrace.TracerProvider
 }
 
@@ -26,6 +28,10 @@ func (t *Telemetry) Logger() *zap.Logger {
 	return t.logger
 }
 
+func (t *Telemetry) SampledLogger() *zap.Logger {
+	return t.sampledLogger
+}
+
 func (t *Telemetry) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// TODO: Sync logger.
 	return multierr.Combine(
@@ -44,12 +50,15 @@ func New(_ context.Context, set Settings, cfg Config) (*Telemetry, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	sampledLogger := newSampledLogger(cfg.Logs.Sampling, logger)
+
 	tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
 		// needed for supporting the zpages extension
 		sdktrace.WithSampler(alwaysRecord()),
 	)
 	return &Telemetry{
 		logger:         logger,
+		sampledLogger:  sampledLogger,
 		tracerProvider: tp,
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -59,7 +68,6 @@ func newLogger(cfg LogsConfig, options []zap.Option) (*zap.Logger, error) {
 	zapCfg := &zap.Config{
 		Level:             zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(cfg.Level),
 		Development:       cfg.Development,
-		Sampling:          toSamplingConfig(cfg.Sampling),
 		Encoding:          cfg.Encoding,
 		EncoderConfig:     zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig(),
 		OutputPaths:       cfg.OutputPaths,
@@ -82,12 +90,29 @@ func newLogger(cfg LogsConfig, options []zap.Option) (*zap.Logger, error) {
 	return logger, nil
 }
 
-func toSamplingConfig(sc *LogsSamplingConfig) *zap.SamplingConfig {
-	if sc == nil {
-		return nil
+func newSampledLogger(cfg *LogsSamplingConfig, logger *zap.Logger) *zap.Logger {
+	if cfg == nil {
+		cfg = newDefaultLogsSamplingConfig()
 	}
-	return &zap.SamplingConfig{
-		Initial:    sc.Initial,
-		Thereafter: sc.Thereafter,
+
+	// Create a logger that samples all messages to "initial" per "tick" initially,
+	// and cfg.Initial/cfg.Thereafter of messages after that.
+	opts := zap.WrapCore(func(core zapcore.Core) zapcore.Core {
+		return zapcore.NewSamplerWithOptions(
+			core,
+			cfg.Tick,
+			cfg.Initial,
+			cfg.Thereafter,
+		)
+	})
+	return logger.WithOptions(opts)
+}
+
+// newDefaultLogsSamplingConfig returns a default LogsSamplingConfig.
+func newDefaultLogsSamplingConfig() *LogsSamplingConfig {
+	return &LogsSamplingConfig{
+		Initial:    1,
+		Thereafter: 100,
+		Tick:       10 * time.Second,
 	}
 }