infra: run influxdb feature evaluation in thread

api/app_analytics/views.py

@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                 )
             )
         elif settings.INFLUXDB_TOKEN:
-            track_feature_evaluation_influxdb.delay(
+            # Due to load issues on the task processor, we
+            # explicitly run this task in a separate thread.
+            # TODO: batch influx data to prevent large amounts
+            #  of tasks.
+            track_feature_evaluation_influxdb.run_in_thread(
                 args=(
                     request.environment.id,
                     request.data,

api/task_processor/decorators.py

@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ def delay(
     def run_in_thread(
         self,
         *,
-        args: tuple[typing.Any] = (),
+        args: tuple[typing.Any, ...] = (),
         kwargs: dict[str, typing.Any] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
+        kwargs = kwargs or {}
         _validate_inputs(*args, **kwargs)
         thread = Thread(target=self.unwrapped, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, daemon=True)
 

api/tests/unit/app_analytics/test_unit_app_analytics_track.py

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 import pytest
 from app_analytics.track import (
+    track_feature_evaluation_influxdb,
     track_request_googleanalytics,
     track_request_influxdb,
 )
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -129,3 +131,36 @@ def test_track_request_does_not_send_data_to_influxdb_for_not_tracked_uris(
 
     # Then
     MockInfluxDBWrapper.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_track_feature_evaluation_influxdb(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    # Given
+    mock_influxdb_wrapper = mock.MagicMock()
+    mocker.patch(
+        "app_analytics.track.InfluxDBWrapper", return_value=mock_influxdb_wrapper
+    )
+
+    data = {
+        "foo": 12,
+        "bar": 19,
+        "baz": 44,
+    }
+    environment_id = 1
+
+    # When
+    track_feature_evaluation_influxdb(
+        environment_id=environment_id, feature_evaluations=data
+    )
+
+    # Then
+    calls = mock_influxdb_wrapper.add_data_point.call_args_list
+    assert len(calls) == 3
+    for i, feature_name in enumerate(data):
+        assert calls[i].args[0] == "request_count"
+        assert calls[i].args[1] == data[feature_name]
+        assert calls[i].kwargs["tags"] == {
+            "environment_id": environment_id,
+            "feature_id": feature_name,
+        }
+
+    mock_influxdb_wrapper.write.assert_called_once_with()

api/tests/unit/app_analytics/test_unit_app_analytics_views.py

@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ def test_sdk_analytics_allows_valid_data(mocker, settings, environment, feature)
 
     # Then
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
-    mocked_track_feature_eval.delay.assert_called_once_with(args=(environment.id, data))
+    mocked_track_feature_eval.run_in_thread.assert_called_once_with(
+        args=(environment.id, data)
+    )
 
 
 def test_get_usage_data(mocker, admin_client, organisation):
@@ -445,8 +447,10 @@ def test_set_sdk_analytics_flags_v1_to_influxdb(
     api_client.credentials(HTTP_X_ENVIRONMENT_KEY=environment.api_key)
     feature_request_count = 2
     data = {feature.name: feature_request_count}
-    mock = mocker.patch("app_analytics.track.InfluxDBWrapper")
-    add_data_point_mock = mock.return_value.add_data_point
+
+    mocked_track_feature_eval = mocker.patch(
+        "app_analytics.views.track_feature_evaluation_influxdb"
+    )
 
     # When
     response = api_client.post(
@@ -455,8 +459,9 @@ def test_set_sdk_analytics_flags_v1_to_influxdb(
 
     # Then
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
-    add_data_point_mock.assert_called_with(
-        "request_count",
-        feature_request_count,
-        tags={"feature_id": feature.name, "environment_id": environment.id},
+    mocked_track_feature_eval.run_in_thread.assert_called_once_with(
+        args=(
+            environment.id,
+            data,
+        )
     )