quickwit-oss / quickwit-oss/quickwit

Return a 5xx status code when local disk is full

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Description

If you run quickwit and run out of disk space when ingesting, you get a rather confusing set of logs being produced and a 429 status code returned.

This is confusing if you're a user trying to debug why every request you now send is being rate limited regardless of the amount of time spent waiting.

It would be a good idea to explicitly raise a 5xx error so the client knows that something is actively wrong that cannot be retried, although running out of disk space should be rare.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the ingestion path and its error handling for local disk-full failures, focusing on where the current 429 response is produced. Confirm the resulting client-visible status is a 5xx and that the existing confusing logs are covered by the relevant tests, if present.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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