apache / apache/shenyu

[BUG] — `alert_receiver.selectAll`: full cross-namespace scan loaded per alert dispatch

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priority: medium type: performance
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Description

- severity: Low-Medium; files: `mappers/alert-receiver-sqlmap.xml:58-62` (and `Base_Column_List:53-56`, which omits `namespace_id`)
- description: `select * from alert_receiver` with no `WHERE`; `alert_receiver` has only PK. Every alert-dispatch evaluation loads all receivers (with ~20 varchar columns) into memory and matches `labels`/`levels`/`match_all` in Java.
- impact: Cost grows linearly with receiver count on every alert evaluation.
- suggested_fix: Push label/level matching into SQL with indexed columns or a join table; at minimum index `namespace_id` and filter by namespace when dispatching.
- confidence: High

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_Identified during the 2026-08-02 deep re-scan; full list in [`docs/scan2-2026-08-02/06-medium-tiers.md`](docs/scan2-2026-08-02/06-medium-tiers.md)._

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Research direction

Start with mappers/alert-receiver-sqlmap.xml:58-62 and Base_Column_List lines 53-56, then trace the alert-dispatch evaluation that calls alert_receiver.selectAll. Check how namespace and label/level matching currently works and compare query cost and memory use. Done means dispatch no longer loads every namespace’s receivers while preserving matching behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, sql
Domain
backend, databases, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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