diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 3c3a9ae..0c39e9b 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::dto::{
ParamDeclarationDto, LogsParams, ProfileSummaryDto, PromqlParams, SaveDashboardRequest,
SettingsDto, TestAlertNotificationRequest, TimelineParams, UpdateAlertRuleRequest, UpdateSettingsRequest,
};
+use crate::data_value::MetricPrimitiveKind;
use crate::engine::{
DeclareMetricRequest, DeclareParamRequest, EngineHandle, EngineMessage, EngineQuery,
EngineResponse,
@@ -280,12 +281,61 @@ async fn get_stats(State(state): State) -> impl IntoResponse {
async fn list_params(State(state): State) -> impl IntoResponse {
match ask(&state.engine, EngineQuery::ParamDeclarations).await {
- Ok(EngineResponse::ParamDeclarations(declarations)) => Json(declarations).into_response(),
+ Ok(EngineResponse::ParamDeclarations(mut declarations)) => {
+ // `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts`/`ottyl_fmt` (ticket 055) are computed line-locally rather than
+ // stored as index `ParamDeclaration` entries (see `crate::engine::declare_param`'s
+ // rejection of these names), so they're merged in here purely for discoverability
+ // rather than via `param_declarations_range`. This is deliberately a merge only in this
+ // one HTTP-facing listing, not in `EngineQuery::ParamDeclarations` itself — other
+ // internal callers of that query (promoting a metric's referenced params, replaying
+ // declarations on profile switch) must keep seeing only real, persistable entries.
+ declarations.extend(reserved_param_declaration_dtos());
+ Json(declarations).into_response()
+ }
Ok(_) => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.into_response(),
Err(status) => status.into_response(),
}
}
+/// `GET /api/params`-only synthesized entries for the three reserved names
+/// (`crate::engine::OTTYL_RESERVED_PARAM_NAMES`) — see `list_params`. `message_match_regex`/
+/// `capture_group` are empty since these are never text-extracted; `reserved: true` marks them as
+/// non-deletable/non-editable, distinct from `auto_derived`.
+fn reserved_param_declaration_dtos() -> [ParamDeclarationDto; 3] {
+ [
+ ParamDeclarationDto {
+ name: "ottyl_seq".to_string(),
+ message_match_regex: String::new(),
+ capture_group: String::new(),
+ json_field_path: None,
+ kind: MetricPrimitiveKind::Number,
+ elapsed_since_last: false,
+ auto_derived: false,
+ reserved: true,
+ },
+ ParamDeclarationDto {
+ name: "ottyl_ts".to_string(),
+ message_match_regex: String::new(),
+ capture_group: String::new(),
+ json_field_path: None,
+ kind: MetricPrimitiveKind::Timestamp,
+ elapsed_since_last: false,
+ auto_derived: false,
+ reserved: true,
+ },
+ ParamDeclarationDto {
+ name: "ottyl_fmt".to_string(),
+ message_match_regex: String::new(),
+ capture_group: String::new(),
+ json_field_path: None,
+ kind: MetricPrimitiveKind::String,
+ elapsed_since_last: false,
+ auto_derived: false,
+ reserved: true,
+ },
+ ]
+}
+
async fn declare_param(
State(state): State,
Json(body): Json,
@@ -313,6 +363,7 @@ async fn declare_param(
// A request that reached here was accepted by `declare_param`, which always stores
// it as non-auto (see `engine::declare_param`).
auto_derived: false,
+ reserved: false,
};
(StatusCode::CREATED, Json(dto)).into_response()
}
diff --git a/src/dto.rs b/src/dto.rs
index c359520..167841d 100644
--- a/src/dto.rs
+++ b/src/dto.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ pub struct ParamDeclarationDto {
/// See `crate::data_value::ParamDeclaration::auto_derived`. The frontend uses this to disable
/// editing — `POST /api/params` also rejects a request naming an auto-derived param.
pub auto_derived: bool,
+ /// Set only for the built-in `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts`/`ottyl_fmt` names
+ /// (`crate::engine::OTTYL_RESERVED_PARAM_NAMES`), synthesized into the `GET /api/params`
+ /// response by `crate::api::list_params` rather than backed by any index entry — distinct from
+ /// `auto_derived` (which *is* a real, if machine-discovered, `ParamDeclaration`). Always
+ /// `false` for every other entry. There is no removal path for these at all (not just a
+ /// disabled one), so the frontend should treat `reserved` as non-deletable/non-editable.
+ #[serde(default)]
+ pub reserved: bool,
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
diff --git a/src/engine.rs b/src/engine.rs
index a6794ff..8606bf3 100644
--- a/src/engine.rs
+++ b/src/engine.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ fn declare_param(
index: &mut BTreeMap,
request: DeclareParamRequest,
) -> Result<(), String> {
+ if OTTYL_RESERVED_PARAM_NAMES.contains(&request.name.as_str()) {
+ return Err(format!(
+ "'{}' is a reserved name, present on every log line without declaring anything; \
+ it can't be redeclared as a param",
+ request.name
+ ));
+ }
if let Some(DataValue::ParamDeclaration(existing)) =
index.get(&IndexKey::ParamDeclaration { name: request.name.clone() })
{
@@ -1348,6 +1355,7 @@ fn handle_query(
kind,
elapsed_since_last,
auto_derived,
+ reserved: false,
}
})
.collect();
@@ -1553,6 +1561,24 @@ fn declared_value_kind(
}
}
+/// The three reserved param names usable without declaring anything — see `compile_ottyl_seq_comparison`/
+/// `compile_ottyl_ts_comparison`/`compile_ottyl_fmt_comparison` for the filter-bar equivalent, and
+/// `webapp/src/components/Docs.tsx` for the user-facing docs. Shared by `evaluate_promql` (dashboard
+/// panels, this file) and `crate::api::list_params` (`GET /api/params` discoverability).
+pub const OTTYL_RESERVED_PARAM_NAMES: [&str; 3] = ["ottyl_seq", "ottyl_ts", "ottyl_fmt"];
+
+/// For `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts` only (not `ottyl_fmt`, which `evaluate_promql` rejects outright before
+/// this is consulted): returns a `(sequence, timestamp_ms) -> value` mapping used to synthesize a
+/// virtual PromQL series straight from the ingested-log index, since neither is backed by a
+/// `MetricDeclaration`/bucket the way every other metric name is.
+fn ottyl_reserved_numeric_value_fn(metric_name: &str) -> Option f64> {
+ match metric_name {
+ "ottyl_seq" => Some(|sequence, _timestamp_ms| sequence as f64),
+ "ottyl_ts" => Some(|_sequence, timestamp_ms| timestamp_ms as f64),
+ _ => None,
+ }
+}
+
/// Evaluates a parsed PromQL query against `index`, producing chart-ready series: baseline is one series per label combination; `sum()`/`avg()` merge series into one series per `by_labels` group (the whole result collapses to a single label-less series when `by_labels` is empty); `rate()` — bare or wrapped in `sum()`/`avg()` — turns each series into a windowed occurrences-per-second reading via `windowed_rate_series`, so it plots as a real line rather than one trailing point; `histogram()` groups by `by_labels` the same way sum()/avg() do, then buckets each group's values independently, so `histogram(m) by (label)` yields one histogram (a family of `le`-labeled series carrying the group's own labels) per label group instead of collapsing all groups together.
/// `sum()`/`avg()` over a `String`-kind metric are rejected up front — `coerce_to_f64` has no
/// numeric reading for a string, so silently treating every occurrence as `1.0` would let a sum
@@ -1565,6 +1591,20 @@ fn evaluate_promql(
start_ms: Option,
end_ms: Option,
) -> Result, String> {
+ // `ottyl_fmt` is categorical ("json"/"logfmt"/"none", `crate::logfmt::detect_format`) with no
+ // sensible numeric reading, unlike `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts` below — rather than silently
+ // returning an empty series (the failure mode ticket 055 calls out), a dashboard query over it
+ // is rejected up front with a message pointing back at the filter/query bar, where it already
+ // works (see `compile_ottyl_fmt_comparison`).
+ if parsed.metric_name == "ottyl_fmt" {
+ return Err(
+ "'ottyl_fmt' is a categorical value (json/logfmt/none), not a number, so it can't be \
+ used in a dashboard PromQL query; filter on it in the search bar instead, e.g. \
+ ottyl_fmt==json"
+ .to_string(),
+ );
+ }
+
if matches!(parsed.agg, Some(AggOp::Sum) | Some(AggOp::Avg))
&& !parsed.inner_rate
&& declared_value_kind(index, &parsed.metric_name) == Some(MetricPrimitiveKind::String)
@@ -1576,19 +1616,41 @@ fn evaluate_promql(
}
let mut series_points: BTreeMap, Vec<(i64, f64)>> = BTreeMap::new();
- for (labels, (_, timestamp, value)) in bucket_values(index, &parsed.metric_name, None)
- .filter(|(labels, _)| matches_label_matchers(labels, &parsed.matchers))
- .filter(|(_, (_, timestamp, _))| {
- start_ms.is_none_or(|start| timestamp.as_millis() >= start)
- && end_ms.is_none_or(|end| timestamp.as_millis() <= end)
- })
- {
- let display_labels: BTreeMap =
- labels.iter().map(|(name, value)| (name.clone(), value.to_string())).collect();
- series_points
- .entry(display_labels)
- .or_default()
- .push((timestamp.as_millis(), coerce_to_f64(value)));
+ if let Some(reserved_value) = ottyl_reserved_numeric_value_fn(&parsed.metric_name) {
+ // `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts` are computed line-locally (see `compile_ottyl_seq_comparison`/
+ // `compile_ottyl_ts_comparison`) rather than backed by a `MetricDeclaration` and bucket
+ // entries, so they're synthesized here straight from the ingested-log index instead of
+ // going through `bucket_values`. Neither carries any labels, so a non-empty matcher list
+ // simply matches nothing, same as an unmatched label filter would against a real metric.
+ let no_labels: BTreeMap = BTreeMap::new();
+ if matches_label_matchers(&no_labels, &parsed.matchers) {
+ for (sequence, timestamp, _text) in logs_range(index) {
+ let timestamp_ms = timestamp.as_millis();
+ if start_ms.is_none_or(|start| timestamp_ms >= start)
+ && end_ms.is_none_or(|end| timestamp_ms <= end)
+ {
+ series_points
+ .entry(BTreeMap::new())
+ .or_default()
+ .push((timestamp_ms, reserved_value(sequence, timestamp_ms)));
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
+ for (labels, (_, timestamp, value)) in bucket_values(index, &parsed.metric_name, None)
+ .filter(|(labels, _)| matches_label_matchers(labels, &parsed.matchers))
+ .filter(|(_, (_, timestamp, _))| {
+ start_ms.is_none_or(|start| timestamp.as_millis() >= start)
+ && end_ms.is_none_or(|end| timestamp.as_millis() <= end)
+ })
+ {
+ let display_labels: BTreeMap =
+ labels.iter().map(|(name, value)| (name.clone(), value.to_string())).collect();
+ series_points
+ .entry(display_labels)
+ .or_default()
+ .push((timestamp.as_millis(), coerce_to_f64(value)));
+ }
}
for points in series_points.values_mut() {
points.sort_by_key(|(timestamp_ms, _)| *timestamp_ms);
@@ -3005,6 +3067,106 @@ mod tests {
}
}
+ #[test]
+ fn promql_count_over_ottyl_seq_gives_one_point_per_ingested_log_with_no_metric_declaration() {
+ let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 0, "line one");
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 1, "line two");
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 2, "line three");
+
+ let parsed = promql::parse_query("count(ottyl_seq)").unwrap();
+ let series = evaluate_promql(&index, &parsed, None, None).unwrap();
+ assert_eq!(series.len(), 1);
+ assert_eq!(series[0].points, vec![(0, 1.0), (1, 1.0), (2, 1.0)]);
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn promql_bare_ottyl_seq_returns_the_actual_sequence_numbers() {
+ let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 0, "line zero");
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 5, "line five");
+
+ let parsed = promql::parse_query("ottyl_seq").unwrap();
+ let mut series = evaluate_promql(&index, &parsed, None, None).unwrap();
+ assert_eq!(series.len(), 1);
+ series[0].points.sort_by_key(|(ts, _)| *ts);
+ assert_eq!(series[0].points, vec![(0, 0.0), (5, 5.0)]);
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn promql_bare_ottyl_ts_returns_ingest_timestamps() {
+ let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 0, "a");
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 1, "b");
+
+ let parsed = promql::parse_query("ottyl_ts").unwrap();
+ let series = evaluate_promql(&index, &parsed, None, None).unwrap();
+ assert_eq!(series.len(), 1);
+ assert_eq!(series[0].points, vec![(0, 0.0), (1, 1.0)]);
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn promql_rate_over_ottyl_ts_produces_a_windowed_series_not_an_empty_one() {
+ let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+ for sequence in 0..5u64 {
+ ingest_log(&mut index, sequence, "line");
+ }
+
+ let parsed = promql::parse_query("rate(ottyl_ts[5s])").unwrap();
+ let series = evaluate_promql(&index, &parsed, None, None).unwrap();
+ assert_eq!(series.len(), 1);
+ assert!(!series[0].points.is_empty(), "rate(ottyl_ts[...]) must not silently return no data");
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn promql_ottyl_seq_with_label_matcher_matches_nothing_since_it_has_no_labels() {
+ let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 0, "line");
+
+ let parsed = promql::parse_query(r#"ottyl_seq{path="/a"}"#).unwrap();
+ let series = evaluate_promql(&index, &parsed, None, None).unwrap();
+ assert!(series.is_empty());
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn promql_over_ottyl_fmt_is_explicitly_rejected_not_silently_empty() {
+ let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 0, r#"{"level":"error"}"#);
+
+ let parsed = promql::parse_query("count(ottyl_fmt)").unwrap();
+ let err = evaluate_promql(&index, &parsed, None, None).unwrap_err();
+ assert!(err.contains("ottyl_fmt"), "error should name the rejected metric: {err}");
+ assert!(err.contains("categorical") || err.contains("filter"), "error should explain why: {err}");
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn handle_query_promql_returns_series_for_ottyl_seq_end_to_end() {
+ let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 0, "a");
+ ingest_log(&mut index, 1, "b");
+
+ let response = handle_query(
+ &index,
+ EngineQuery::Promql { query: "count(ottyl_seq)".to_string(), start_ms: None, end_ms: None },
+ 0,
+ );
+ match response {
+ EngineResponse::Promql(Ok(series)) => {
+ assert_eq!(series[0].points, vec![(0, 1.0), (1, 1.0)]);
+ }
+ _ => panic!("expected EngineResponse::Promql(Ok(_))"),
+ }
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn declare_param_rejects_reserved_ottyl_names() {
+ let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+ for name in OTTYL_RESERVED_PARAM_NAMES {
+ let err = declare_param(&mut index, request(name, "x", "x")).unwrap_err();
+ assert!(err.contains("reserved"), "expected a 'reserved' error for '{name}', got: {err}");
+ }
+ }
+
// -- FilterBar query integration --
fn logs_query(filter: Option<&str>) -> EngineQuery {
diff --git a/tickets/055-ottyl-reserved-params-in-dashboards.md b/tickets/055-ottyl-reserved-params-in-dashboards.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a1d1b2b..0000000
--- a/tickets/055-ottyl-reserved-params-in-dashboards.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-# 055 — Make `ottyl_*` reserved params usable in dashboard (PromQL) queries, not just filters
-
-## Summary
-
-Three reserved params exist, all hardcoded in the filter compiler:
-`ottyl_seq` (ingest sequence number), `ottyl_ts` (ingest timestamp,
-supports relative/absolute values), and `ottyl_fmt` (auto-detected
-`json`/`logfmt`/`none`) — defined at `src/engine.rs:773-775, 795, 806, 824`,
-grammar comments at `src/filter_parser.pest:7-9`, docs at
-`webapp/src/components/Docs.tsx:105-106, 375` ("reserved metric names
-present on every log line, so they're always filterable without
-declaring anything"). Alert conditions restrict to the same three plus
-`regex()`/`json[field]` (`src/alerts.rs:3, 199-225`).
-
-These already work end-to-end for the filter/query bar syntax used by
-`GET /api/logs`, `GET /api/timeline`, and alert conditions — that part of
-"accessible parameters for queries" is true today. What's missing is
-dashboards: PromQL-style panel queries (`src/promql.rs`,
-`evaluate_promql` in `src/engine.rs:1562-1601`) have no special case for
-`ottyl_*` anywhere. A PromQL query resolves `metric_name` via
-`bucket_values(index, &parsed.metric_name)`
-(`src/engine.rs`, called from `evaluate_promql`), which only returns data
-for names backed by a `DataValue::MetricDeclaration` and bucket entries
-created through `POST /api/metrics`. `ottyl_*` values are computed
-line-locally at filter-compile time and never written into declared-
-metric buckets, so `sum(ottyl_seq)` or similar in a dashboard panel would
-silently return an empty series rather than real data.
-
-Separately, `ottyl_*` never appear in `GET /api/params`
-(`src/api.rs:281-287` → `EngineQuery::ParamDeclarations` →
-`param_declarations_range`, `src/engine.rs:1340-1355`), since that only
-lists explicit `ParamDeclaration` index entries and `ottyl_*` never
-create one. `FilterBar.tsx` (`webapp/src/components/FilterBar.tsx:36-41`)
-has no autocomplete/suggestion list at all today (plain text input), so
-there's nothing currently excluding them from UI suggestions either —
-but if param suggestions are ever added, this gap should be kept in mind.
-
-## Scope
-
-- Add a special case in `evaluate_promql`/`src/promql.rs` (analogous to
- the filter compiler's handling at `src/engine.rs:773-775`) that
- synthesizes a virtual bucket series for `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts`/
- `ottyl_fmt` metric names from the ingested-log index, instead of
- requiring a `MetricDeclaration`. Decide and document in the PR how
- `ottyl_fmt`'s categorical string values map onto a numeric time
- series (e.g. count-by-value, or reject it from PromQL numeric
- aggregation with a clear error, since `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts` are
- naturally numeric but `ottyl_fmt` is not).
-- Decide whether `ottyl_*` should appear in `GET /api/params` (or a
- parallel listing) so dashboard panel builders in the webapp can
- discover them without prior knowledge of the reserved names; if yes,
- extend `param_declarations_range` or add a small hardcoded merge at the
- API layer rather than forcing them into the index as real
- `ParamDeclaration` entries (they aren't user-declared and shouldn't be
- deletable via ticket 051's/052's params-removal paths).
-- Update `README.md`/`Docs.tsx` to state whether `ottyl_*` is usable in
- dashboard queries, once implemented (or explicitly document it as
- filter-only, if the numeric/categorical mismatch above makes broad
- PromQL support impractical for `ottyl_fmt`).
-
-## Acceptance criteria
-
-- A dashboard panel using a PromQL query over `ottyl_seq` or `ottyl_ts`
- (e.g. `count(ottyl_seq)` or a rate over `ottyl_ts`) returns real data
- from ingested logs, verified with a seeded fixture.
-- The behavior for `ottyl_fmt` in a PromQL query is either implemented
- (with a stated value-to-series mapping) or explicitly rejected with a
- clear, documented error — not a silent empty result.
-- `GET /api/params` behavior for `ottyl_*` is decided and documented;
- if included, they're clearly marked as reserved/non-deletable rather
- than indistinguishable from user-declared params.
-
-## Depends on
-
-None (independent of the params-removal tickets, but note the
-non-deletable requirement above if `ottyl_*` end up listed alongside
-regular params).
diff --git a/webapp/src/components/Docs.tsx b/webapp/src/components/Docs.tsx
index 62f732b..09b3031 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/Docs.tsx
+++ b/webapp/src/components/Docs.tsx
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ const SECTIONS: DocSection[] = [
ottyl_seq, ottyl_ts, and ottyl_fmt are reserved metric names present
on every log line, so they're always filterable without declaring anything. ottyl_fmt holds the
auto-detected format of the line's text — json, logfmt, or none.
+ They also appear (flagged reserved) in GET /api/params for discoverability, though
+ there's no UI to edit or remove them — see also Dashboards below for using{' '}
+ ottyl_seq/ottyl_ts in a panel query.
Date/time formats
Timestamp comparisons accept three forms:
@@ -335,6 +338,14 @@ const SECTIONS: DocSection[] = [
Dashboards are saved per profile, so they travel with it when you switch or copy it — an active profile is
required to create or save one; pick or create one from the settings menu first.
+
+ The reserved ottyl_seq/ottyl_ts names (see Filtering above) work in panel
+ queries the same as any declared metric — e.g. count(ottyl_seq) for log volume, or{' '}
+ rate(ottyl_ts[1m]) for ingest rate — since every log line carries them without a metric
+ declaration. ottyl_fmt is categorical (json/logfmt/none
+ ), not a number, so it's rejected in a panel query with an explicit error rather than silently charting
+ nothing — filter on it in the filter bar instead.
+
),
},
diff --git a/webapp/src/components/Params.tsx b/webapp/src/components/Params.tsx
index ebb5c6c..a991f06 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/Params.tsx
+++ b/webapp/src/components/Params.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ export function Params({ params, onDeclared }: { params: ParamDeclaration[]; onD
// original (and anything referencing it by name) rather than renaming it.
const [editingName, setEditingName] = useState(null)
+ // `reserved` params (`ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts`/`ottyl_fmt`) are synthesized server-side purely for
+ // discoverability (see `GET /api/params`) — they aren't real declarations, so they're kept out of
+ // the editable/clickable list and shown separately, non-interactively.
+ const declaredParams = useMemo(() => params.filter((p) => !p.reserved), [params])
+ const reservedParams = useMemo(() => params.filter((p) => p.reserved), [params])
+
const isBoolean = kind === 'boolean'
const isElapsedSinceLast = source === 'elapsed_since_last'
// The message match regex doubles as a sample line here so a pasted JSON log line unlocks the
@@ -264,8 +270,10 @@ export function Params({ params, onDeclared }: { params: ParamDeclaration[]; onD
diff --git a/webapp/src/lib/api.ts b/webapp/src/lib/api.ts
index 7832faf..b1825d2 100644
--- a/webapp/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export interface ParamDeclaration {
kind: 'string' | 'number' | 'timestamp' | 'duration' | 'boolean'
/** A third extraction source, distinct from `capture_group`/`json_field_path`: when true, this param's value is never parsed from text — it's computed as elapsed time since the previous event sharing the same label set. Only meaningful paired with `kind: 'duration'`. */
elapsed_since_last?: boolean
+ /** Set only for the built-in `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts`/`ottyl_fmt` names, synthesized into `GET /api/params` for discoverability — they're usable in the filter bar (and `ottyl_seq`/`ottyl_ts` in dashboard PromQL queries) without ever being declared, and can't be edited or removed. */
+ reserved?: boolean
}
export interface TimelineBucket {