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Description

Adds a pkg/backgroundworker library providing standardized archetypes for Central's background workers:

  • PeriodicWorker — runs a function on a fixed interval with optional RunOnStart and ShortCircuit triggers
  • QueueConsumer[T] — drains a typed channel with bounded concurrency
  • Registry with Registerable interface and Global singleton for worker discovery
  • /debug/workers admin endpoint serving JSON status of all registered workers
  • Prometheus metricsrox_background_worker_{runs_total,run_duration_seconds,errors_total,running} with name/kind labels

This is the foundation layer — subsequent PRs convert individual workers to use these archetypes.

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  • the change is production ready: the change is GA, or otherwise the functionality is gated by a feature flag
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Automated testing

  • added unit tests

How I validated my change

  • go test ./pkg/backgroundworker/... passes (PeriodicWorker + QueueConsumer tests)
  • go build ./central/... passes (debug handler route in main.go)

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  • New Features

    • Added background worker support for scheduled tasks and queued work, with controlled concurrency, graceful shutdown, and execution status tracking.
    • Added an administrator-only, authenticated debug endpoint to view worker status in JSON format.
    • Added monitoring metrics for worker runs, duration, errors, and active execution state.
  • Telemetry

    • Added sensor version compatibility status to secured cluster telemetry traits.

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Background worker runtime

Layer / File(s) Summary
Periodic worker execution
pkg/metrics/subsystems.go, pkg/backgroundworker/metrics.go, pkg/backgroundworker/periodic_worker.go, pkg/backgroundworker/periodic_worker_test.go
Adds periodic workers with interval, startup, and short-circuit execution. Workers expose lifecycle and run statistics. Prometheus metrics record runs, duration, errors, and active execution.
Queue consumer processing
pkg/backgroundworker/queue_consumer.go, pkg/backgroundworker/queue_consumer_test.go
Adds typed queue consumption with bounded concurrency, graceful draining, channel-closure handling, status reporting, and execution metrics.
Worker registry and debug route
pkg/backgroundworker/registry.go, pkg/backgroundworker/debug_handler.go, pkg/backgroundworker/debug_handler_test.go, central/main.go
Adds a thread-safe worker registry and JSON status handler. Central exposes the global registry at administrator-only /debug/workers with compression enabled.

Cluster telemetry update

Layer / File(s) Summary
Sensor compatibility telemetry
central/cluster/datastore/telemetry.go
Adds the cluster sensor version compatibility status string to secured cluster identity telemetry traits.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Administrator
  participant CentralDebugRoute
  participant RegistryDebugHandler
  participant BackgroundWorkerRegistry
  Administrator->>CentralDebugRoute: GET /debug/workers
  CentralDebugRoute->>RegistryDebugHandler: invoke handler
  RegistryDebugHandler->>BackgroundWorkerRegistry: call All()
  BackgroundWorkerRegistry-->>RegistryDebugHandler: return worker status snapshots
  RegistryDebugHandler-->>CentralDebugRoute: return application/json
  CentralDebugRoute-->>Administrator: return JSON response
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 72e18

The new worker foundation can continue running after cancellation or spin on a closed trigger, while several status metrics can be incorrect. These lifecycle issues should be fixed before adoption and merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: adding standardized background worker archetypes and supporting infrastructure.
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In `@pkg/backgroundworker/periodic_worker.go`:
- Line 166: Update the receive on w.ShortCircuit in the periodic worker loop to
use the two-value form and detect channel closure. When ShortCircuit is closed,
disable that trigger for the remainder of interval execution or exit the loop if
no other trigger remains, preventing repeated Run calls.
- Around line 160-162: Update the worker loop in Start to select on ctx.Done()
alongside stopper.Flow().StopRequested(), and return when the context is
canceled so the goroutine honors Start’s documented lifecycle.
- Around line 147-148: Update the deferred cleanup in PeriodicWorker.loop to set
state to stateStopped before the loop exits, including the natural termination
path when Interval is non-positive and ShortCircuit is nil, while preserving the
existing Stop behavior.

In `@pkg/backgroundworker/queue_consumer.go`:
- Line 135: Update QueueConsumer.handleOne to use relative gauge increments and
decrements for runningGauge instead of setting the shared label value from the
atomic inFlight count, ensuring concurrent handlers cannot overwrite newer gauge
values.
- Line 99: Update QueueConsumer.Status to read c.inFlight with atomic.LoadInt64
when populating InFlight, matching the atomic.AddInt64 updates in
QueueConsumer.handleOne while preserving the existing status response.
- Around line 116-120: Update the queue consumer loop’s source-channel closure
cleanup to set stateStopped after wg.Wait() completes and before returning, so
Status and /debug/workers report the terminated consumer as stopped.

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  • central/cluster/datastore/telemetry.go
  • central/main.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/debug_handler.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/debug_handler_test.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/metrics.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/periodic_worker.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/periodic_worker_test.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/queue_consumer.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/queue_consumer_test.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/registry.go
  • pkg/backgroundworker/registry_test.go
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Comment on lines +147 to +148
if w.Interval <= 0 && w.ShortCircuit == nil {
return

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Mark a naturally terminated periodic worker as stopped.

Start sets PeriodicWorker.state to stateRunning. When w.Interval <= 0 && w.ShortCircuit == nil, PeriodicWorker.loop returns after any optional RunOnStart call. Only Stop sets stateStopped, so Status and /debug/workers continue to report "running".

Set stateStopped in deferred PeriodicWorker.loop cleanup.

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In `@pkg/backgroundworker/periodic_worker.go` around lines 147 - 148, Update the
deferred cleanup in PeriodicWorker.loop to set state to stateStopped before the
loop exits, including the natural termination path when Interval is non-positive
and ShortCircuit is nil, while preserving the existing Stop behavior.

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Comment on lines +160 to +162
for {
select {
case <-stopper.Flow().StopRequested():

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Honor context cancellation in the worker loop.

Start states that the loop runs until ctx is done. The loop does not select on ctx.Done(). A canceled context can therefore leave the goroutine active until Stop is called.

Proposed fix
 	for {
 		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
 		case <-stopper.Flow().StopRequested():
 			return
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for {
select {
case <-stopper.Flow().StopRequested():
for {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
return
case <-stopper.Flow().StopRequested():
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In `@pkg/backgroundworker/periodic_worker.go` around lines 160 - 162, Update the
worker loop in Start to select on ctx.Done() alongside
stopper.Flow().StopRequested(), and return when the context is canceled so the
goroutine honors Start’s documented lifecycle.

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return
case <-tickerC:
w.runOnce(ctx)
case <-w.ShortCircuit:

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle closure of ShortCircuit.

A receive from a closed channel always succeeds. If ShortCircuit closes, this loop repeatedly calls Run. A positive rate limit still causes a tight loop between allowed runs.

Use a two-value receive. Disable the closed channel while interval execution remains active, or exit when no trigger remains.

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In `@pkg/backgroundworker/periodic_worker.go` at line 166, Update the receive on
w.ShortCircuit in the periodic worker loop to use the two-value form and detect
channel closure. When ShortCircuit is closed, disable that trigger for the
remainder of interval execution or exit the loop if no other trigger remains,
preventing repeated Run calls.

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LastRunDur: c.lastItemDur,
RunCount: c.itemCount,
ErrorCount: c.errorCount,
InFlight: c.inFlight,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Read inFlight atomically.

QueueConsumer.handleOne updates c.inFlight with atomic.AddInt64 without acquiring c.mu. QueueConsumer.Status reads the same field while holding c.mu, but that mutex does not synchronize with handleOne. Concurrent calls can therefore trigger a data race and produce unreliable InFlight diagnostics. Use atomic.LoadInt64 for the read.

Proposed fix
-		InFlight:    c.inFlight,
+		InFlight:    atomic.LoadInt64(&c.inFlight),
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InFlight: c.inFlight,
InFlight: atomic.LoadInt64(&c.inFlight),
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In `@pkg/backgroundworker/queue_consumer.go` at line 99, Update
QueueConsumer.Status to read c.inFlight with atomic.LoadInt64 when populating
InFlight, matching the atomic.AddInt64 updates in QueueConsumer.handleOne while
preserving the existing status response.

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Comment on lines +116 to +120
case item, ok := <-c.Source:
if !ok {
wg.Wait()
return
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

When the source channel closes, this loop drains in-flight handlers and returns without changing state, so Status and /debug/workers continue to report a terminated consumer as running. Set stateStopped in queue-loop cleanup after the wait completes.

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In `@pkg/backgroundworker/queue_consumer.go` around lines 116 - 120, Update the
queue consumer loop’s source-channel closure cleanup to set stateStopped after
wg.Wait() completes and before returning, so Status and /debug/workers report
the terminated consumer as stopped.

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labels := prometheus.Labels{"name": c.Name, "kind": workerKindQueue}

cur := atomic.AddInt64(&c.inFlight, 1)
runningGauge.With(labels).Set(float64(cur))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use relative gauge updates for concurrent handlers.

QueueConsumer.handleOne uses the same runningGauge labels for all handlers of a consumer. The atomic inFlight update does not order the following Set call. A later Set can overwrite a newer value, so the exported gauge can remain nonzero after all handlers finish. The impact is limited to inaccurate monitoring data, so classify this as a minor issue.

Use relative updates:

Proposed fix
-	cur := atomic.AddInt64(&c.inFlight, 1)
-	runningGauge.With(labels).Set(float64(cur))
+	atomic.AddInt64(&c.inFlight, 1)
+	runningGauge.With(labels).Inc()
 
 	start := time.Now()
 	err := c.Handle(ctx, item)
 	dur := time.Since(start)
 
-	cur = atomic.AddInt64(&c.inFlight, -1)
-	runningGauge.With(labels).Set(float64(cur))
+	atomic.AddInt64(&c.inFlight, -1)
+	runningGauge.With(labels).Dec()
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In `@pkg/backgroundworker/queue_consumer.go` at line 135, Update
QueueConsumer.handleOne to use relative gauge increments and decrements for
runningGauge instead of setting the shared label value from the atomic inFlight
count, ensuring concurrent handlers cannot overwrite newer gauge values.

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