Add metrics to track how the rate limiter is affecting requests (sleep/reject) (#13534)

Related to https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/13499

Part of https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13356

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/changelog.d/13534.misc b/changelog.d/13534.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b488bf74c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/13534.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add metrics to track how the rate limiter is affecting requests (sleep/reject).
diff --git a/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py b/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
index e48324d926..434b02b97b 100644
--- a/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/ratelimitutils.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import logging
 import typing
 from typing import Any, DefaultDict, Iterator, List, Set
 
+from prometheus_client.core import Counter
+
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.api.errors import LimitExceededError
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+# Track how much the ratelimiter is affecting requests
+rate_limit_sleep_counter = Counter("synapse_rate_limit_sleep", "")
+rate_limit_reject_counter = Counter("synapse_rate_limit_reject", "")
 queue_wait_timer = Histogram(
     "synapse_rate_limit_queue_wait_time_seconds",
     "sec",
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ class FederationRateLimiter:
         Returns:
             context manager which returns a deferred.
         """
-        return self.ratelimiters[host].ratelimit()
+        return self.ratelimiters[host].ratelimit(host)
 
 
 class _PerHostRatelimiter:
@@ -119,12 +124,14 @@ class _PerHostRatelimiter:
         self.request_times: List[int] = []
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def ratelimit(self) -> "Iterator[defer.Deferred[None]]":
+    def ratelimit(self, host: str) -> "Iterator[defer.Deferred[None]]":
         # `contextlib.contextmanager` takes a generator and turns it into a
         # context manager. The generator should only yield once with a value
         # to be returned by manager.
         # Exceptions will be reraised at the yield.
 
+        self.host = host
+
         request_id = object()
         ret = self._on_enter(request_id)
         try:
@@ -144,6 +151,8 @@ class _PerHostRatelimiter:
         # sleeping or in the ready queue).
         queue_size = len(self.ready_request_queue) + len(self.sleeping_requests)
         if queue_size > self.reject_limit:
+            logger.debug("Ratelimiter(%s): rejecting request", self.host)
+            rate_limit_reject_counter.inc()
             raise LimitExceededError(
                 retry_after_ms=int(self.window_size / self.sleep_limit)
             )
@@ -155,7 +164,8 @@ class _PerHostRatelimiter:
                 queue_defer: defer.Deferred[None] = defer.Deferred()
                 self.ready_request_queue[request_id] = queue_defer
                 logger.info(
-                    "Ratelimiter: queueing request (queue now %i items)",
+                    "Ratelimiter(%s): queueing request (queue now %i items)",
+                    self.host,
                     len(self.ready_request_queue),
                 )
 
@@ -164,19 +174,28 @@ class _PerHostRatelimiter:
                 return defer.succeed(None)
 
         logger.debug(
-            "Ratelimit [%s]: len(self.request_times)=%d",
+            "Ratelimit(%s) [%s]: len(self.request_times)=%d",
+            self.host,
             id(request_id),
             len(self.request_times),
         )
 
         if len(self.request_times) > self.sleep_limit:
-            logger.debug("Ratelimiter: sleeping request for %f sec", self.sleep_sec)
+            logger.debug(
+                "Ratelimiter(%s) [%s]: sleeping request for %f sec",
+                self.host,
+                id(request_id),
+                self.sleep_sec,
+            )
+            rate_limit_sleep_counter.inc()
             ret_defer = run_in_background(self.clock.sleep, self.sleep_sec)
 
             self.sleeping_requests.add(request_id)
 
             def on_wait_finished(_: Any) -> "defer.Deferred[None]":
-                logger.debug("Ratelimit [%s]: Finished sleeping", id(request_id))
+                logger.debug(
+                    "Ratelimit(%s) [%s]: Finished sleeping", self.host, id(request_id)
+                )
                 self.sleeping_requests.discard(request_id)
                 queue_defer = queue_request()
                 return queue_defer
@@ -186,7 +205,9 @@ class _PerHostRatelimiter:
             ret_defer = queue_request()
 
         def on_start(r: object) -> object:
-            logger.debug("Ratelimit [%s]: Processing req", id(request_id))
+            logger.debug(
+                "Ratelimit(%s) [%s]: Processing req", self.host, id(request_id)
+            )
             self.current_processing.add(request_id)
             return r
 
@@ -217,7 +238,7 @@ class _PerHostRatelimiter:
         return make_deferred_yieldable(ret_defer)
 
     def _on_exit(self, request_id: object) -> None:
-        logger.debug("Ratelimit [%s]: Processed req", id(request_id))
+        logger.debug("Ratelimit(%s) [%s]: Processed req", self.host, id(request_id))
         self.current_processing.discard(request_id)
         try:
             # start processing the next item on the queue.