From: Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 12:49:44 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: send an email when updating the SpaceAI consistently fails
X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/saartuer.git/commitdiff_plain/dfd60ef69a6fa4b790250431f9b7fde6da084ec9?ds=sidebyside

send an email when updating the SpaceAI consistently fails
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diff --git a/spaceapi.py b/spaceapi.py
index 8e36b0f..7f788ab 100644
--- a/spaceapi.py
+++ b/spaceapi.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class SpaceApi:
 		self._remote_state = None
 		self._last_set_at = 0
 		self._running = True
+		self._fail_count = 0 # number of consecutive fails
 		self.set_state = ThreadFunction(self._set_state, "Space API")
 		waker.register(self.set_state, RETRY_TIME)
 	
@@ -44,7 +45,11 @@ class SpaceApi:
 		if self._local_state is not None and (self._local_state != self._remote_state or now > self._last_set_at+HEARTBEAT_TIME):
 			# take action!
 			success = self._do_request(self._local_state)
-			# TODO error too often -> log critical to send mails
 			if success:
 				self._remote_state = self._local_state
 				self._last_set_at = now
+				self._fail_count = 0
+			else:
+				self._fail_count += 1
+				if self._fail_count in (5, 50, 500):
+					logger.critical("Updating the SpaceAPI failed %d times in a row" % self._fail_count)
diff --git a/tuerd b/tuerd
index c0b4413..942c495 100755
--- a/tuerd
+++ b/tuerd
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ except KeyboardInterrupt:
 	# this is what we waited for!
 	pass
 
-logger.info("Terminating...")
+logger.info("Terminating...") # somehow this does not arrive in the syslog
 
 # bring 'em all down
 the_waker.stop() # this one first, it "randomly" calls other threads