add connection times histogram

README.md

@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ You can install from source:
 The [releases](https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases) page has binaries for many OS/architecture combinations (see assets).
 
 ```shell
-curl -L https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.37.1/fortio-linux_amd64-1.37.1.tgz \
+curl -L https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.38.0/fortio-linux_amd64-1.38.0.tgz \
  | sudo tar -C / -xvzpf -
 # or the debian package
-wget https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.37.1/fortio_1.37.1_amd64.deb
-dpkg -i fortio_1.37.1_amd64.deb
+wget https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.38.0/fortio_1.38.0_amd64.deb
+dpkg -i fortio_1.38.0_amd64.deb
 # or the rpm
-rpm -i https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.37.1/fortio-1.37.1-1.x86_64.rpm
+rpm -i https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.38.0/fortio-1.38.0-1.x86_64.rpm
 # and more, see assets in release page
 ```
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ On a MacOS you can also install Fortio using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
 brew install fortio
 ```
 
-On Windows, download https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.37.1/fortio_win_1.37.1.zip and extract `fortio.exe` to any location, then using the Windows Command Prompt:
+On Windows, download https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.38.0/fortio_win_1.38.0.zip and extract `fortio.exe` to any location, then using the Windows Command Prompt:
 ```
 fortio.exe server
 ```
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Full list of command line flags (`fortio help`):
 <details>
 <!-- use release/updateFlags.sh to update this section -->
 <pre>
-Φορτίο 1.37.1 usage:
+Φορτίο 1.38.0 usage:
     fortio command [flags] target
 where command is one of: load (load testing), server (starts ui, rest api,
  http-echo, redirect, proxies, tcp-echo and grpc ping servers), tcp-echo (only

fhttp/http_client.go

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ type Fetcher interface {
 	Fetch() (int, []byte, int)
 	// Close() cleans up connections and state - must be paired with NewClient calls.
 	Close()
-	// GetIPAddress() returns the occurrence of ip address used by this client connection.
-	// and how many sockets have been used
-	GetIPAddress() (*stats.Occurrence, int)
+	// GetIPAddress() returns the occurrence of ip address used by this client connection,
+	// and the connection time histogram (which includes the count).
+	GetIPAddress() (*stats.Occurrence, *stats.Histogram)
 }
 
 const (
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ func (h *HTTPOptions) Init(url string) *HTTPOptions {
 		log.Warnf("Invalid timeout %v, setting to %v", h.HTTPReqTimeOut, HTTPReqTimeOutDefaultValue)
 		h.HTTPReqTimeOut = HTTPReqTimeOutDefaultValue
 	}
+	if h.Resolution <= 0 {
+		h.Resolution = 0.001
+	}
 	h.URLSchemeCheck()
 	return h
 }
@@ -185,6 +188,10 @@ type HTTPOptions struct {
 	ConnReuseRange   [2]int        // range of max number of connection to reuse for each thread.
 	// When false, re-resolve the DNS name when the connection breaks.
 	NoResolveEachConn bool
+	// Optional Offset Duration; to offset the histogram of the Connection duration
+	Offset time.Duration
+	// Optional resolution divider for the Connection duration histogram. In seconds. Defaults to 0.001 or 1 millisecond.
+	Resolution float64
 }
 
 // ResetHeaders resets all the headers, including the User-Agent: one (and the Host: logical special header).
@@ -354,8 +361,8 @@ type Client struct {
 	bodyContainsUUID     bool // if body contains the "{uuid}" pattern (lowercase)
 	logErrors            bool
 	id                   int
-	socketCount          int
 	ipAddrUsage          *stats.Occurrence
+	connectStats         *stats.Histogram
 }
 
 // Close cleans up any resources used by NewStdClient.
@@ -443,9 +450,9 @@ func (c *Client) Fetch() (int, []byte, int) {
 	return code, data, 0
 }
 
-// GetIPAddress get the ip address that DNS resolves to when using stdClient.
-func (c *Client) GetIPAddress() (*stats.Occurrence, int) {
-	return c.ipAddrUsage, c.socketCount
+// GetIPAddress get the ip address that DNS resolves to when using stdClient and connection stats.
+func (c *Client) GetIPAddress() (*stats.Occurrence, *stats.Histogram) {
+	return c.ipAddrUsage, c.connectStats
 }
 
 // NewClient creates either a standard or fast client (depending on
@@ -483,6 +490,8 @@ func NewStdClient(o *HTTPOptions) (*Client, error) {
 		id:          o.ID,
 		logErrors:   o.LogErrors,
 		ipAddrUsage: stats.NewOccurrence(),
+		// Keep track of timing for connection (re)establishment.
+		connectStats: stats.NewHistogram(o.Offset.Seconds(), o.Resolution),
 	}
 
 	tr := http.Transport{
@@ -497,21 +506,20 @@ func NewStdClient(o *HTTPOptions) (*Client, error) {
 				addr = o.Resolve + addr[strings.LastIndex(addr, ":"):]
 			}
 			var conn net.Conn
+			now := time.Now()
 			conn, err = (&net.Dialer{
 				Timeout: o.HTTPReqTimeOut,
 			}).DialContext(ctx, network, addr)
-
+			client.connectStats.Record(time.Since(now).Seconds())
 			if conn != nil {
 				newRemoteAddress := conn.RemoteAddr().String()
 				// No change when it wasn't set before (first time) and when the value isn't actually changing either.
 				if req.RemoteAddr != "" && newRemoteAddress != req.RemoteAddr {
 					log.Infof("[%d] Standard client IP address changed from %s to %s", client.id, req.RemoteAddr, newRemoteAddress)
 				}
 				req.RemoteAddr = newRemoteAddress
-				client.socketCount++
 				client.ipAddrUsage.Record(req.RemoteAddr)
 			}
-
 			return conn, err
 		},
 		TLSHandshakeTimeout: o.HTTPReqTimeOut,
@@ -561,7 +569,7 @@ type FastClient struct {
 	req          []byte
 	dest         net.Addr
 	socket       net.Conn
-	socketCount  int
+	socketCount  int // number of sockets attempts, same as the new connectStats.Count() + DNS errors if any.
 	size         int
 	code         int
 	errorCount   int
@@ -588,11 +596,12 @@ type FastClient struct {
 	connReuseRange [2]int
 	connReuse      int
 	reuseCount     int
+	connectStats   *stats.Histogram
 }
 
-// GetIPAddress get ip address that DNS resolved to when using fast client.
-func (c *FastClient) GetIPAddress() (*stats.Occurrence, int) {
-	return c.ipAddrUsage, c.socketCount
+// GetIPAddress get ip address that DNS resolved to when using fast client and connection stats.
+func (c *FastClient) GetIPAddress() (*stats.Occurrence, *stats.Histogram) {
+	return c.ipAddrUsage, c.connectStats
 }
 
 // Close cleans up any resources used by FastClient.
@@ -657,6 +666,8 @@ func NewFastClient(o *HTTPOptions) (Fetcher, error) { //nolint:funlen
 		http10: o.HTTP10, halfClose: o.AllowHalfClose, logErrors: o.LogErrors, id: o.ID,
 		https: o.https, connReuseRange: o.ConnReuseRange, connReuse: connReuse,
 		resolve: o.Resolve, noResolveEachConn: o.NoResolveEachConn, ipAddrUsage: stats.NewOccurrence(),
+		// Keep track of timing for connection (re)establishment.
+		connectStats: stats.NewHistogram(o.Offset.Seconds(), o.Resolution),
 	}
 	if o.https {
 		bc.tlsConfig, err = o.TLSOptions.TLSClientConfig()
@@ -751,14 +762,17 @@ func (c *FastClient) connect() net.Conn {
 	}
 
 	d := &net.Dialer{Timeout: c.reqTimeout}
+	now := time.Now()
 	if c.https {
 		socket, err = tls.DialWithDialer(d, c.dest.Network(), c.dest.String(), c.tlsConfig)
+		c.connectStats.Record(time.Since(now).Seconds())
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errf("[%d] Unable to TLS connect to %v : %v", c.id, c.dest, err)
 			return nil
 		}
 	} else {
 		socket, err = d.Dial(c.dest.Network(), c.dest.String())
+		c.connectStats.Record(time.Since(now).Seconds())
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errf("[%d] Unable to connect to %v : %v", c.id, c.dest, err)
 			return nil

fhttp/http_loglevel_test.go

@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@ func TestDebugMode(t *testing.T) {
 	TestNoFirstChunkSizeInitially(t)
 	TestFetchAndOnBehalfOf(t)
 }
+
+func TesWarningMode(t *testing.T) {
+	log.SetLogLevel(log.Warning)
+	TestHTTPRunner(t)
+}

fhttp/httprunner.go

@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ type HTTPRunnerResults struct {
 	HTTPOptions
 	Sizes       *stats.HistogramData
 	HeaderSizes *stats.HistogramData
-	Sockets     []int
-	SocketCount int
+	Sockets     []int64
+	SocketCount int64
+	// Connection Time stats
+	ConnectionStats *stats.HistogramData
 	// http code to abort the run on (-1 for connection or other socket error)
 	AbortOn int
 	aborter *periodic.Aborter
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ type HTTPRunnerOptions struct {
 
 // RunHTTPTest runs an http test and returns the aggregated stats.
 //
-//nolint:funlen, gocognit, gocyclo
+//nolint:funlen, gocognit, gocyclo, maintidx
 func RunHTTPTest(o *HTTPRunnerOptions) (*HTTPRunnerResults, error) {
 	o.RunType = "HTTP"
 	warmupMode := "parallel"
@@ -100,6 +102,12 @@ func RunHTTPTest(o *HTTPRunnerOptions) (*HTTPRunnerResults, error) {
 	log.Infof("Starting http test for %s with %d threads at %.1f qps and %s warmup%s",
 		o.URL, o.NumThreads, o.QPS, warmupMode, connReuseMsg)
 	r := periodic.NewPeriodicRunner(&o.RunnerOptions)
+	if o.HTTPOptions.Resolution <= 0 {
+		// Set both connect histogram params when Resolution isn't set explicitly on the HTTP options
+		// (that way you can set the offet to 0 in connect and to something else for the call)
+		o.HTTPOptions.Resolution = r.Options().Resolution
+		o.HTTPOptions.Offset = r.Options().Offset
+	}
 	defer r.Options().Abort()
 	numThreads := r.Options().NumThreads // can change during run for c > 2 n
 	o.HTTPOptions.Init(o.URL)
@@ -188,17 +196,20 @@ func RunHTTPTest(o *HTTPRunnerOptions) (*HTTPRunnerResults, error) {
 		fm.Close()
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "Wrote profile data to %s.{cpu|mem}\n", o.Profiler)
 	}
+	// Connection stats, aggregated
+	connectionStats := stats.NewHistogram(o.HTTPOptions.Offset.Seconds(), o.HTTPOptions.Resolution)
 	// Numthreads may have reduced:
 	numThreads = total.RunnerResults.NumThreads
 	// But we also must cleanup all the created clients.
 	keys := []int{}
 	fmt.Fprintf(out, "# Socket and IP used for each connection:\n")
 	for i := 0; i < numThreads; i++ {
 		// Get the report on the IP address each thread use to send traffic
-		occurrence, currentSocketUsed := httpstate[i].client.GetIPAddress()
+		occurrence, connStats := httpstate[i].client.GetIPAddress()
+		currentSocketUsed := connStats.Count
 		httpstate[i].client.Close()
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "[%d] %3d socket used, resolved to %s\n", i, currentSocketUsed, occurrence.PrintAndAggregate(total.IPCountMap))
-
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "[%d] %3d socket used, resolved to %s ", i, currentSocketUsed, occurrence.PrintAndAggregate(total.IPCountMap))
+		connStats.Counter.Print(out, "connection timing")
 		total.SocketCount += currentSocketUsed
 		total.Sockets = append(total.Sockets, currentSocketUsed)
 		// Q: is there some copying each time stats[i] is used?
@@ -210,6 +221,13 @@ func RunHTTPTest(o *HTTPRunnerOptions) (*HTTPRunnerResults, error) {
 		}
 		total.sizes.Transfer(httpstate[i].sizes)
 		total.headerSizes.Transfer(httpstate[i].headerSizes)
+		connectionStats.Transfer(connStats)
+	}
+	total.ConnectionStats = connectionStats.Export().CalcPercentiles(o.Percentiles)
+	if log.Log(log.Info) {
+		total.ConnectionStats.Print(out, "Connection time histogram (s)")
+	} else if log.Log(log.Warning) {
+		connectionStats.Counter.Print(out, "Connection time (s)")
 	}
 
 	// Sort the ip address form largest to smallest based on its usage count

fhttp/httprunner_test.go

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestHTTPRunner(t *testing.T) {
 	if totalReq != httpOk {
 		t.Errorf("Mismatch between requests %d and ok %v", totalReq, res.RetCodes)
 	}
-	if res.SocketCount != res.RunnerResults.NumThreads {
+	if res.SocketCount != int64(res.RunnerResults.NumThreads) {
 		t.Errorf("%d socket used, expected same as thread# %d", res.SocketCount, res.RunnerResults.NumThreads)
 	}
 	count := getIPUsageCount(res.IPCountMap)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func testHTTPNotLeaking(t *testing.T, opts *HTTPRunnerOptions) {
 	if ngAfter > ngBefore2+8 {
 		t.Errorf("Goroutines after test %d, expected it to stay near %d", ngAfter, ngBefore2)
 	}
-	if res.SocketCount != res.RunnerResults.NumThreads {
+	if res.SocketCount != int64(res.RunnerResults.NumThreads) {
 		t.Errorf("%d socket used, expected same as thread# %d", res.SocketCount, res.RunnerResults.NumThreads)
 	}
 }
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func testClosingAndSocketCount(t *testing.T, o *HTTPRunnerOptions) {
 	if totalReq != httpOk {
 		t.Errorf("Mismatch between requests %d and ok %v", totalReq, res.RetCodes)
 	}
-	if int64(res.SocketCount) != numReq {
+	if res.SocketCount != numReq {
 		t.Errorf("When closing, got %d while expected as many sockets as requests %d", res.SocketCount, numReq)
 	}
 }
@@ -502,14 +502,14 @@ func TestConnectionReuseRange(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Error(err)
 		}
 
-		if res.SocketCount != (int)(expectedSocketReuse) {
+		if res.SocketCount != (int64)(expectedSocketReuse) {
 			t.Errorf("Expecting %f socket to be used, got %d", expectedSocketReuse, res.SocketCount)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Test when connection reuse range min != max.
 	// The actual socket count should always be 2 as the connection reuse range varies between 5 and 9.
-	expectedSocketReuse := 2
+	expectedSocketReuse := int64(2)
 	opts.ConnReuseRange = [2]int{5, 9}
 	// Check a few times that despite the range and random 2-9 we still always get 2 connections
 	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {

periodic/periodic.go

@@ -171,9 +171,11 @@ type RunnerOptions struct {
 	// Note that this actually maps to gorountines and not actual threads
 	// but threads seems like a more familiar name to use for non go users
 	// and in a benchmarking context
-	NumThreads  int
+	NumThreads int
+	// List of percentiles to calculate.
 	Percentiles []float64
-	Resolution  float64
+	// Divider to apply to duration data in seconds. Defaults to 0.001 or 1 millisecond.
+	Resolution float64
 	// Where to write the textual version of the results, defaults to stdout
 	Out io.Writer `json:"-"`
 	// Extra data to be copied back to the results (to be saved/JSON serialized)

rapi/restHandler_test.go

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestHTTPRunnerRESTApi(t *testing.T) {
 	if totalReq != httpOk {
 		t.Errorf("Mismatch between requests %d and ok %v (%+v)", totalReq, res.RetCodes, res)
 	}
-	if res.SocketCount != res.RunnerResults.NumThreads {
+	if res.SocketCount != int64(res.RunnerResults.NumThreads) {
 		t.Errorf("%d socket used, expected same as thread# %d", res.SocketCount, res.RunnerResults.NumThreads)
 	}
 

stats/stats.go

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ type HistogramData struct {
 	Avg         float64
 	StdDev      float64
 	Data        []Bucket
-	Percentiles []Percentile
+	Percentiles []Percentile `json:"Percentiles,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // NewHistogram creates a new histogram (sets up the buckets).