fix(reduce transform): Fix flush not occuring when events arrive in h…

…igh rate (#16146)

* transforms/reduce: fix flush not occurring

Fixes flush not occuring when events arrive in high frequency (in rate
faster then `expire_after` between events).
Fixes #16145.

* transforms/reduce: add unit-tests

src/transforms/reduce/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::{
+    cmp::min,
     collections::{hash_map, HashMap},
     num::NonZeroUsize,
     pin::Pin,
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ struct ReduceState {
     events: usize,
     fields: HashMap<String, Box<dyn ReduceValueMerger>>,
     stale_since: Instant,
+    last_flushed_at: Instant,
     metadata: EventMetadata,
 }
 
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ impl ReduceState {
         Self {
             events: 0,
             stale_since: Instant::now(),
+            last_flushed_at: Instant::now(),
             fields,
             metadata,
         }
@@ -327,9 +330,10 @@ impl Reduce {
     fn flush_into(&mut self, output: &mut Vec<Event>) {
         let mut flush_discriminants = Vec::new();
         let now = Instant::now();
-        for (k, t) in &self.reduce_merge_states {
-            if (now - t.stale_since) >= self.expire_after {
+        for (k, t) in &mut self.reduce_merge_states {
+            if now - min(t.stale_since, t.last_flushed_at) >= self.expire_after {
                 flush_discriminants.push(k.clone());
+                t.last_flushed_at = Instant::now();
             }
         }
         for k in &flush_discriminants {
@@ -456,7 +460,8 @@ impl TaskTransform<Event> for Reduce {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use serde_json::json;
-    use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+    use tokio::sync::mpsc::{self, Sender};
+    use tokio::time::sleep;
     use tokio_stream::wrappers::ReceiverStream;
     use value::Kind;
 
@@ -884,4 +889,47 @@ merge_strategies.bar = "concat"
         })
         .await;
     }
+
+    /// Tests the case where both starts_when and ends_when are not defined,
+    /// and aggregation continues on and on, without flushing as long as events
+    /// arrive in rate that is faster than the rate of expire_ms between events.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn last_flush_at() {
+        let reduce_config = toml::from_str::<ReduceConfig>(
+            r#"
+group_by = [ "user_id" ]
+expire_after_ms = 200
+flush_period_ms = 250
+            "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_transform_compliance(async move {
+            let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(1);
+            let (topology, mut out) = create_topology(ReceiverStream::new(rx), reduce_config).await;
+
+            async fn send_event(tx: &Sender<Event>, user_id: i32) {
+                let mut log_event = LogEvent::from("test message");
+                log_event.insert("user_id", user_id.to_string());
+                tx.send(log_event.into()).await.unwrap();
+            }
+
+            // send in a rate that is double than the rate of of expire_ms between events
+            for _ in 0..5 {
+                send_event(&tx, 1).await;
+                sleep(Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+                send_event(&tx, 2).await;
+                sleep(Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+            }
+
+            // verify messages arrive during this time
+            out.try_recv().expect("No message arrived");
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+            out.try_recv().expect("No message arrived");
+
+            drop(tx);
+            topology.stop().await;
+        })
+        .await;
+    }
 }