after 2 hours of no restarts, reset counter to 0

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configd/src/apps/sentinel/metrics.cpp b/configd/src/apps/sentinel/metrics.cpp
index 204e8476e51..fe912c1ebb2 100644
--- a/configd/src/apps/sentinel/metrics.cpp
+++ b/configd/src/apps/sentinel/metrics.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ StartMetrics::StartMetrics()
 {
     // account for the sentinel itself restarting
     sentinel_restarts.add();
+    lastRestartTime = vespalib::steady_clock::now();
 }
 
 StartMetrics::~StartMetrics() = default;
@@ -32,10 +33,22 @@ StartMetrics::~StartMetrics() = default;
 void
 StartMetrics::maybeLog()
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
     vespalib::steady_time curTime = vespalib::steady_clock::now();
+    if (curTime - lastRestartTime > 2h) {
+        totalRestartsCounter = 0;
+        lastRestartTime = vespalib::steady_clock::now();
+    }
     sentinel_totalRestarts.sample(totalRestartsCounter);
     sentinel_running.sample(currentlyRunningServices);
     sentinel_uptime.sample(vespalib::to_s(curTime - startedTime));
 }
 
+void
+StartMetrics::incRestartsCounter()
+{
+    ++totalRestartsCounter;
+    lastRestartTime = vespalib::steady_clock::now();
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/configd/src/apps/sentinel/metrics.h b/configd/src/apps/sentinel/metrics.h
index d87220c52e1..5b94b2da31a 100644
--- a/configd/src/apps/sentinel/metrics.h
+++ b/configd/src/apps/sentinel/metrics.h
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ struct StartMetrics {
     Gauge   sentinel_totalRestarts;
     Gauge   sentinel_running;
     Gauge   sentinel_uptime;
+    vespalib::steady_time lastRestartTime;
 
     StartMetrics();
     ~StartMetrics();
 
     void maybeLog();
+    void incRestartsCounter();
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/configd/src/apps/sentinel/service.cpp b/configd/src/apps/sentinel/service.cpp
index cb2c935956e..e69e70e18be 100644
--- a/configd/src/apps/sentinel/service.cpp
+++ b/configd/src/apps/sentinel/service.cpp
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ Service::youExited(int status)
         // ### Implement some rate limiting here maybe?
         LOG(debug, "%s: Restarting.", name().c_str());
         setState(RESTARTING);
-        _metrics.totalRestartsCounter++;
+        _metrics.incRestartsCounter();
         _metrics.sentinel_restarts.add();
     }
 }