Unregister metrics generated from logs after a config reload.

clients/pkg/logentry/metric/metricvec.go

@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ func (c *metricVec) Delete(labels model.LabelSet) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+func (c *metricVec) DeleteAll() {
+	c.mtx.Lock()
+	defer c.mtx.Unlock()
+	c.metrics = map[model.Fingerprint]prometheus.Metric{}
+}
+
 // prune will remove all metrics which implement the Expirable interface and have expired
 // it does not take out a lock on the metrics map so whoever calls this function should do so.
 func (c *metricVec) prune() {

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/decolorize.go

@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@ func (m *decolorizeStage) Run(in chan Entry) chan Entry {
 func (m *decolorizeStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeDecolorize
 }
+
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*decolorizeStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/drop.go

@@ -266,3 +266,8 @@ func (m *dropStage) shouldDrop(e Entry) bool {
 func (m *dropStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeDrop
 }
+
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*dropStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/eventlogmessage.go

@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ func (m *eventLogMessageStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeEventLogMessage
 }
 
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*eventLogMessageStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}
+
 // Sanitize a input string to convert it into a valid prometheus label
 // TODO: switch to prometheus/prometheus/util/strutil/SanitizeFullLabelName
 func SanitizeFullLabelName(input string) string {

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/extensions.go

@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ func (c *cri) Name() string {
 	return "cri"
 }
 
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*cri) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}
+
 // implements Stage interface
 func (c *cri) Run(entry chan Entry) chan Entry {
 	entry = c.base.Run(entry)

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/geoip.go

@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ func (g *geoIPStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeGeoIP
 }
 
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*geoIPStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}
+
 func (g *geoIPStage) process(labels model.LabelSet, extracted map[string]interface{}, _ *time.Time, _ *string) {
 	var ip net.IP
 	if g.cfgs.Source != nil {

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/json.go

@@ -188,3 +188,8 @@ func (j *jsonStage) processEntry(extracted map[string]interface{}, entry *string
 func (j *jsonStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeJSON
 }
+
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*jsonStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/limit.go

@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ func (m *limitStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeLimit
 }
 
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*limitStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}
+
 func getDropCountByLabelMetric(registerer prometheus.Registerer) *prometheus.CounterVec {
 	return util.RegisterCounterVec(registerer, "logentry", "dropped_lines_by_label_total",
 		"A count of all log lines dropped as a result of a pipeline stage",

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/match.go

@@ -206,3 +206,8 @@ func (m *matcherStage) processLogQL(e Entry) (Entry, bool) {
 func (m *matcherStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeMatch
 }
+
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*matcherStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/metrics.go

@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ func newMetricStage(logger log.Logger, config interface{}, registry prometheus.R
 			metrics[name] = collector
 		}
 	}
-	return toStage(&metricStage{
+	return &metricStage{
 		logger:  logger,
 		cfg:     *cfgs,
 		metrics: metrics,
-	}), nil
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // metricStage creates and updates prometheus metrics based on extracted pipeline data
@@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ type metricStage struct {
 	metrics map[string]prometheus.Collector
 }
 
+func (m *metricStage) Run(in chan Entry) chan Entry {
+	out := make(chan Entry)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(out)
+
+		for e := range in {
+			m.Process(e.Labels, e.Extracted, &e.Timestamp, &e.Line)
+			out <- e
+		}
+	}()
+	return out
+}
+
 // Process implements Stage
 func (m *metricStage) Process(labels model.LabelSet, extracted map[string]interface{}, _ *time.Time, entry *string) {
 	for name, collector := range m.metrics {
@@ -178,6 +191,20 @@ func (m *metricStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeMetric
 }
 
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (m *metricStage) Cleanup() {
+	for _, collector := range m.metrics {
+		switch vec := collector.(type) {
+		case *metric.Counters:
+			vec.DeleteAll()
+		case *metric.Gauges:
+			vec.DeleteAll()
+		case *metric.Histograms:
+			vec.DeleteAll()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // recordCounter will update a counter metric
 // nolint:goconst
 func (m *metricStage) recordCounter(name string, counter *metric.Counters, labels model.LabelSet, v interface{}) {

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/metrics_test.go

@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ func TestMetricsPipeline(t *testing.T) {
 		strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics)); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("mismatch metrics: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	pl.Cleanup()
+
+	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry,
+		strings.NewReader("")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mismatch metrics: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNegativeGauge(t *testing.T) {
@@ -435,7 +442,7 @@ func TestDefaultIdleDuration(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create stage with metrics: %v", err)
 	}
-	assert.Equal(t, int64(5*time.Minute.Seconds()), ms.(*stageProcessor).Processor.(*metricStage).cfg["total_keys"].maxIdleSec)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(5*time.Minute.Seconds()), ms.(*metricStage).cfg["total_keys"].maxIdleSec)
 }
 
 var (

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/multiline.go

@@ -229,3 +229,8 @@ func (m *multilineStage) flush(out chan Entry, s *multilineState) {
 func (m *multilineStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeMultiline
 }
+
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*multilineStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/pack.go

@@ -218,3 +218,8 @@ func (m *packStage) pack(e Entry) Entry {
 func (m *packStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypePack
 }
+
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*packStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/pipeline.go

@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ type Pipeline struct {
 	dropCount *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (p *Pipeline) Cleanup() {
+	for _, s := range p.stages {
+		s.Cleanup()
+	}
+}
+
 // NewPipeline creates a new log entry pipeline from a configuration
 func NewPipeline(logger log.Logger, stgs PipelineStages, jobName *string, registerer prometheus.Registerer) (*Pipeline, error) {
 	st := []Stage{}
@@ -169,6 +176,7 @@ func (p *Pipeline) Wrap(next api.EntryHandler) api.EntryHandler {
 	return api.NewEntryHandler(handlerIn, func() {
 		once.Do(func() { close(handlerIn) })
 		wg.Wait()
+		p.Cleanup()
 	})
 }
 

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/sampling.go

@@ -111,3 +111,8 @@ func (m *samplingStage) randomNumber() uint64 {
 func (m *samplingStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeSampling
 }
+
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*samplingStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/stage.go

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type Entry struct {
 type Stage interface {
 	Name() string
 	Run(chan Entry) chan Entry
+	Cleanup()
 }
 
 func (entry *Entry) copy() *Entry {
@@ -228,3 +229,8 @@ func New(logger log.Logger, jobName *string, stageType string,
 	}
 	return creator(params)
 }
+
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*stageProcessor) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}

clients/pkg/logentry/stages/structuredmetadata.go

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ func (s *structuredMetadataStage) Name() string {
 	return StageTypeStructuredMetadata
 }
 
+// Cleanup implements Stage.
+func (*structuredMetadataStage) Cleanup() {
+	// no-op
+}
+
 func (s *structuredMetadataStage) Run(in chan Entry) chan Entry {
 	return RunWith(in, func(e Entry) Entry {
 		processLabelsConfigs(s.logger, e.Extracted, s.cfgs, func(labelName model.LabelName, labelValue model.LabelValue) {