hiero-ledger / hiero-ledger/hiero-consensus-node
Export in statistics information about whether the node is UP
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
### Problem
The platform has PlatformStatus, and exports through metrics the status of the platform. For example, there is a platform status of ACTIVE. But ACTIVE is not really meaningful to node operators -- what they really need to know is whether the node is UP or DOWN -- that is, whether the grpc endpoints are UP *and* the platform is ACTIVE. And it should be that the endpoints are DOWN when the platform is *not* ACTIVE.
This should all be made available through stats, so we can keep track of UP/DOWN time, and also so local queries of the prometheus endpoint will report the UP/DOWN status of the node.
### Solution
Keep track of UP/DOWN in `Hedera.java` and update a metric with this information.
### Alternatives
We could have a more generic status, which combines PlatformStatus with UP/DOWN.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in Hedera.java, where the issue says node UP/DOWN should be tracked, and inspect the existing PlatformStatus statistics and metrics. Define the metric from whether the gRPC endpoints are up and the platform is ACTIVE, with non-ACTIVE meaning DOWN. Verify that the resulting statistics expose usable UP/DOWN time and local metric queries report the node status.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100