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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Stable'
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4 summary: Log warning when event handlers take too long
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 Most activities in Prosody take place within our built-in events framework, for
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11 example stanza processing and HTTP request handling, authentication, etc.
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13 Modules are able to execute code when an event occurs, and they should return
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14 as quickly as possible. Poor performance (e.g. slow or laggy server) can be caused
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15 by event handlers that are slow to respond.
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17 This module is able to monitor how long each event takes to be processed, and
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18 logs a warning if an event takes above a certain amount of time, including
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19 providing any details about the event such as the user or stanza that triggered it.
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21 The aim is to help debug why a server may not be as responsive as it should be,
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22 and ultimately which module is to blame for that.
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24 Configuration
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25 ======================
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27 There is a single configuration option:
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29 ```
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30 -- Set the number of seconds an event may take before
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31 -- logging a warning (fractional values are ok)
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32 log_slow_events_threshold = 0.5
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33 ```
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35 Metrics
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36 =======
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38 In addition to the log messages, a new 'slow_events' metric will be exported to
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39 your configured stats backend (if any).
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41 Compatibility
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42 -------------
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45 trunk Works
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46 0.10 Works
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47 0.9 Doesn't work
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48 0.8 Doesn't work
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