fix(worker): don't crash the worker when /metrics collection fails - #498
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The /metrics error handler passed a raw Error object to res.end(), which only accepts a string or Buffer. When a metric collector rejects (e.g. a Redis error during a failover), res.end(error) throws a TypeError inside the catch that is unhandled and exits the process. Because /metrics is scraped on every pod, a single failing collector can crash the whole worker fleet at once. Stringify the error so a metrics failure returns a clean 500 instead.
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In `@apps/worker/src/index.ts`:
- Line 85: Update the /metrics error handling around the response call to log
the original collector error server-side, then return a generic 500 response
body without including error details. Keep the endpoint status code and
successful metrics behavior unchanged.
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| // throws a TypeError inside this catch, which is unhandled and crashes | ||
| // the worker. Since /metrics is scraped on every pod, one failing | ||
| // collector can take down the whole fleet. Stringify to be safe. | ||
| res.status(500).end(String(error?.message ?? error)); |
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
echo "Inspect /metrics middleware and access control:"
rg -n -C 8 "app\.get\('/metrics'|authorization|authenticate|authMiddleware|middleware" \
apps/worker/src --glob '*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}'
echo "Inspect registered collectors and rejection paths:"
rg -n -C 8 "register\.metrics|collectDefaultMetrics|registerMetric|collect\(" \
apps/worker/src packages --glob '*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}'Repository: Openpanel-dev/openpanel
Length of output: 29006
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- worker entrypoint ---'
sed -n '1,100p' apps/worker/src/index.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- worker deployment and exposure references ---'
rg -n -C 5 "WORKER_PORT|apps/worker|worker:|/metrics|metrics" \
--glob '!*node_modules*' \
--glob '*.{yml,yaml,json,ts,tsx,js,jsx,toml,md,env, Dockerfile}' \
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set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- worker entrypoint ---'
sed -n '1,100p' apps/worker/src/index.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- worker deployment and exposure references ---'
rg -n -C 5 "WORKER_PORT|apps/worker|worker:|/metrics|metrics" \
--glob '!*node_modules*' \
--glob '*.{yml,yaml,json,ts,tsx,js,jsx,toml,md,env,Dockerfile}' \
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printf '%s\n' '--- server startup ---'
sed -n '100,180p' apps/worker/src/index.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- deployment files related to the worker ---'
git ls-files | rg -i '(^|/)(docker-compose[^/]*|dockerfile|k8s|kubernetes|helm|deploy|worker)(/|\.|$)' | head -n 120Repository: Openpanel-dev/openpanel
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set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- worker image ---'
cat -n apps/worker/Dockerfile
printf '%s\n' '--- worker service exposure ---'
rg -n -C 8 "worker:|WORKER_PORT|3000|expose:|ports:|healthcheck:" \
docker-compose.yml self-hosting/docker-compose.template.yml .github/smoke/docker-compose.ymlRepository: Openpanel-dev/openpanel
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Information Disclosure
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Trivial
CWE: CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Do not return collector errors from /metrics.
/metrics has no authentication, and String(error?.message ?? error) copies collector error text into the response. .github/smoke/docker-compose.yml publishes the worker port as 9999:3000, so callers can reach this endpoint without credentials in that deployment. Return a generic 500 body and log the original error server-side.
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In `@apps/worker/src/index.ts` at line 85, Update the /metrics error handling
around the response call to log the original collector error server-side, then
return a generic 500 response body without including error details. Keep the
endpoint status code and successful metrics behavior unchanged.
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Problem
The
/metricsendpoint's error handler passes a rawErrorobject tores.end():res.end()only accepts a string or Buffer. Ifregister.metrics()rejects — e.g. a custom collector makes a Redis/DB call that throws during a failover — thenres.end(error)throws aTypeErrorinside the catch, which is unhandled and exits the process.Because
/metricsis scraped on every pod by the metrics backend, a single failing collector can crash the entire worker fleet at once. We hit exactly this in production during a managed-Redis failover: a collector's Redis call threw, and every worker died together.Fix
Stringify the error before passing it to
res.end(), so a metrics-collection failure returns a clean500instead of crashing the worker:One-line change, no behavior change on the success path.
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