Introduce bufferStalled playback metric

client/src/assets/player/shared/metrics/metrics-plugin.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ class MetricsPlugin extends Plugin {
   private resolutionChanges = 0
   private errors = 0
 
+  private bufferStalled = 0
+
   private p2pEnabled: boolean
   private p2pPeers = 0
 
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ class MetricsPlugin extends Plugin {
     this.trackBytes()
     this.trackResolutionChange()
     this.trackErrors()
+    this.trackBufferStalled()
 
     this.one('play', () => {
       this.player.on('video-change', () => {
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ class MetricsPlugin extends Plugin {
 
     this.resolutionChanges = 0
     this.errors = 0
+    this.bufferStalled = 0
 
     this.lastPlayerNetworkInfo = undefined
 
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ class MetricsPlugin extends Plugin {
         resolutionChanges: this.resolutionChanges,
 
         errors: this.errors,
+        bufferStalled: this.bufferStalled,
 
         downloadedBytesHTTP: this.downloadedBytesHTTP,
 
@@ -128,6 +133,8 @@ class MetricsPlugin extends Plugin {
 
       this.errors = 0
 
+      this.bufferStalled = 0
+
       const headers = new Headers({ 'Content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8' })
 
       return fetch(this.options_.metricsUrl(), { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify(body), headers })
@@ -161,9 +168,19 @@ class MetricsPlugin extends Plugin {
 
   private trackErrors () {
     this.player.on('error', () => {
+      debugLogger('Adding player error')
+
       this.errors++
     })
   }
+
+  private trackBufferStalled () {
+    this.player.on('buffer-stalled', () => {
+      debugLogger('Adding buffer stalled')
+
+      this.bufferStalled++
+    })
+  }
 }
 
 videojs.registerPlugin('metrics', MetricsPlugin)

client/src/assets/player/shared/p2p-media-loader/p2p-media-loader-plugin.ts

@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ class P2pMediaLoaderPlugin extends Plugin {
         this.player.trigger('video-ratio-changed', { ratio: level.width / level.height })
       }
     })
+
+    // Track buffer issues
+    this.hlsjs.on(Hlsjs.Events.ERROR, (_event, errorData) => {
+      if (errorData.type !== Hlsjs.ErrorTypes.MEDIA_ERROR) return
+
+      if (errorData.details === Hlsjs.ErrorDetails.BUFFER_STALLED_ERROR) {
+        this.player.trigger('buffer-stalled')
+      }
+    })
   }
 
   private runStats () {

client/src/root-helpers/logger.ts

@@ -71,15 +71,11 @@ class Logger {
       console.error('Cannot set tokens to client log sender.', { err })
     }
 
-    try {
     fetch(serverUrl + '/api/v1/server/logs/client', {
       headers,
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify(payload)
-      })
+    }).catch(err => console.error('Cannot send client warn/error to server.', err))
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error('Cannot send client warn/error to server.', err)
-    }
   }
 
   private buildServerLogPayload (level: Extract<LoggerLevel, 'warn' | 'error'>, message: LoggerMessage, meta?: LoggerMeta) {

packages/models/src/metrics/playback-metric-create.model.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export interface PlaybackMetricCreate {
   resolutionChanges: number
 
   errors: number
+  bufferStalled: number
 
   downloadedBytesP2P: number
   downloadedBytesHTTP: number

packages/tests/src/api/check-params/metrics.ts

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ describe('Test metrics API validators', function () {
         downloadedBytesP2P: 0,
         downloadedBytesHTTP: 0,
         uploadedBytesP2P: 0,
+        bufferStalled: 0,
         videoId: videoUUID
       }
     })
@@ -174,6 +175,14 @@ describe('Test metrics API validators', function () {
       })
     })
 
+    it('Should fail with an invalid bufferStalled', async function () {
+      await makePostBodyRequest({
+        url: server.url,
+        path,
+        fields: { ...baseParams, bufferStalled: 'toto' }
+      })
+    })
+
     it('Should fail with a bad video id', async function () {
       await makePostBodyRequest({
         url: server.url,

packages/tests/src/api/server/open-telemetry.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions,@typescript-eslint/require-await */
 
-import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { HttpStatusCode, VideoPrivacy, VideoResolution } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
-import { HttpStatusCode, PlaybackMetricCreate, VideoPrivacy, VideoResolution } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
 import {
   cleanupTests,
   createSingleServer,
@@ -9,8 +8,9 @@ import {
   PeerTubeServer,
   setAccessTokensToServers
 } from '@peertube/peertube-server-commands'
-import { expectLogDoesNotContain, expectLogContain } from '@tests/shared/checks.js'
+import { expectLogContain, expectLogDoesNotContain } from '@tests/shared/checks.js'
 import { MockHTTP } from '@tests/shared/mock-servers/mock-http.js'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
 
 describe('Open Telemetry', function () {
   let server: PeerTubeServer
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ describe('Open Telemetry', function () {
           downloadedBytesHTTP: 0,
           uploadedBytesP2P: 5,
           p2pPeers: 1,
+          bufferStalled: 2,
           p2pEnabled: false,
           videoId: video.uuid
         }
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ describe('Open Telemetry', function () {
       const video = await server.videos.quickUpload({ name: 'video' })
 
       const metrics = {
-        playerMode: 'p2p-media-loader',
+        playerMode: 'p2p-media-loader' as 'p2p-media-loader',
         resolution: VideoResolution.H_1080P,
         fps: 30,
         resolutionChanges: 1,
@@ -100,9 +101,10 @@ describe('Open Telemetry', function () {
         downloadedBytesHTTP: 0,
         uploadedBytesP2P: 5,
         p2pPeers: 7,
+        bufferStalled: 8,
         p2pEnabled: false,
         videoId: video.uuid
-      } as PlaybackMetricCreate
+      }
 
       await server.metrics.addPlaybackMetric({ metrics })
 

server/core/lib/opentelemetry/metric-helpers/playback-metrics.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { PlaybackMetricCreate } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
 export class PlaybackMetrics {
   private errorsCounter: Counter
   private resolutionChangesCounter: Counter
+  private bufferStalledCounter: Counter
 
   private downloadedBytesP2PCounter: Counter
   private uploadedBytesP2PCounter: Counter
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ export class PlaybackMetrics {
       description: 'Resolution changes collected from PeerTube player.'
     })
 
+    this.bufferStalledCounter = this.meter.createCounter('peertube_playback_buffer_stalled_count', {
+      description: 'Number of times playback is stuck because buffer is running out of data, collected from PeerTube player.'
+    })
+
     this.downloadedBytesHTTPCounter = this.meter.createCounter('peertube_playback_http_downloaded_bytes', {
       description: 'Downloaded bytes with HTTP by PeerTube player.'
     })
@@ -75,6 +80,10 @@ export class PlaybackMetrics {
 
     this.uploadedBytesP2PCounter.add(metrics.uploadedBytesP2P, attributes)
 
+    if (metrics.bufferStalled) {
+      this.bufferStalledCounter.add(metrics.bufferStalled, attributes)
+    }
+
     if (metrics.p2pPeers) {
       this.peersP2PPeersGaugeBuffer.push({
         value: metrics.p2pPeers,

server/core/middlewares/validators/metrics.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ const addPlaybackMetricValidator = [
   body('resolutionChanges')
     .isInt({ min: 0 }),
 
+  body('bufferStalled')
+    .optional()
+    .isInt({ min: 0 }),
+
   body('errors')
     .isInt({ min: 0 }),
 

support/doc/api/openapi.yaml

@@ -10987,6 +10987,9 @@ components:
         resolutionChanges:
           type: number
           description: How many resolution changes occurred since the last metric creation
+        bufferStalled:
+          type: number
+          description: How many times buffer has been stalled since the last metric creation
         errors:
           type: number
           description: How many errors occurred since the last metric creation