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Summary

  • Swap mutator ordering so the APM mutator runs before the config webhook, ensuring library init containers already exist when agent connection env vars (DD_AGENT_HOST, DD_TRACE_AGENT_URL, socket volumes) are injected
  • Removes the old timestamp file mechanism (c-init-time.*) and manual DD_AGENT_HOST injection in favor of the existing config mutator
  • Restores DD_INJECT_START_TIME to measure end-to-end injection latency alongside init container copy duration
  • Replaces OnLibraryInjection callback with direct logging in InjectAPMLibraries

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Test plan

  • Run existing unit tests: go test ./pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/...
  • Verify library init containers receive agent connection env vars from config mutator
  • Verify library init containers no longer mount the injector volume
  • Verify injector init container no longer writes timestamp files
  • Verify DD_INJECT_START_TIME is set on app containers
  • E2E test with injector-dev on minikube/GKE

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Files inventory check summary

File checks results against ancestor 19fea940:

Results for datadog-agent_7.79.0~devel.git.490.ee0d311.pipeline.106707163-1_amd64.deb:

No change detected

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✅ Please find below the results from static quality gates
Comparison made with ancestor 19fea94
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30 successful checks with minimal change (< 2 KiB)
Quality gate Current Size
agent_deb_amd64 753.365 MiB
agent_deb_amd64_fips 710.265 MiB
agent_heroku_amd64 313.474 MiB
agent_rpm_amd64 753.349 MiB
agent_rpm_amd64_fips 710.249 MiB
agent_rpm_arm64 731.713 MiB
agent_rpm_arm64_fips 691.674 MiB
agent_suse_amd64 753.349 MiB
agent_suse_amd64_fips 710.249 MiB
agent_suse_arm64 731.713 MiB
agent_suse_arm64_fips 691.674 MiB
docker_agent_amd64 813.637 MiB
docker_agent_arm64 816.803 MiB
docker_agent_jmx_amd64 1004.553 MiB
docker_agent_jmx_arm64 996.497 MiB
docker_cluster_agent_amd64 204.111 MiB
docker_cluster_agent_arm64 218.547 MiB
docker_cws_instrumentation_amd64 7.142 MiB
docker_cws_instrumentation_arm64 6.689 MiB
docker_dogstatsd_amd64 39.270 MiB
docker_dogstatsd_arm64 37.507 MiB
dogstatsd_deb_amd64 29.917 MiB
dogstatsd_deb_arm64 28.066 MiB
dogstatsd_rpm_amd64 29.917 MiB
dogstatsd_suse_amd64 29.917 MiB
iot_agent_deb_amd64 43.305 MiB
iot_agent_deb_arm64 40.352 MiB
iot_agent_deb_armhf 41.104 MiB
iot_agent_rpm_amd64 43.306 MiB
iot_agent_suse_amd64 43.306 MiB
On-wire sizes (compressed)
Quality gate Change Size (prev → curr → max)
agent_deb_amd64 -50.47 KiB (0.03% reduction) 174.835 → 174.786 → 178.360
agent_deb_amd64_fips -4.84 KiB (0.00% reduction) 165.446 → 165.441 → 172.790
agent_heroku_amd64 neutral 75.049 MiB → 79.970
agent_rpm_amd64 -11.82 KiB (0.01% reduction) 177.632 → 177.620 → 181.830
agent_rpm_amd64_fips -11.12 KiB (0.01% reduction) 167.799 → 167.788 → 173.370
agent_rpm_arm64 -28.43 KiB (0.02% reduction) 159.613 → 159.585 → 163.060
agent_rpm_arm64_fips +14.16 KiB (0.01% increase) 151.495 → 151.509 → 156.170
agent_suse_amd64 -11.82 KiB (0.01% reduction) 177.632 → 177.620 → 181.830
agent_suse_amd64_fips -11.12 KiB (0.01% reduction) 167.799 → 167.788 → 173.370
agent_suse_arm64 -28.43 KiB (0.02% reduction) 159.613 → 159.585 → 163.060
agent_suse_arm64_fips +14.16 KiB (0.01% increase) 151.495 → 151.509 → 156.170
docker_agent_amd64 neutral 268.272 MiB → 272.480
docker_agent_arm64 neutral 255.462 MiB → 261.060
docker_agent_jmx_amd64 neutral 336.919 MiB → 341.100
docker_agent_jmx_arm64 neutral 320.104 MiB → 325.620
docker_cluster_agent_amd64 neutral 71.420 MiB → 72.920
docker_cluster_agent_arm64 -3.29 KiB (0.00% reduction) 67.051 → 67.048 → 68.220
docker_cws_instrumentation_amd64 neutral 2.999 MiB → 3.330
docker_cws_instrumentation_arm64 neutral 2.729 MiB → 3.090
docker_dogstatsd_amd64 neutral 15.180 MiB → 15.820
docker_dogstatsd_arm64 neutral 14.506 MiB → 14.830
dogstatsd_deb_amd64 neutral 7.900 MiB → 8.790
dogstatsd_deb_arm64 neutral 6.785 MiB → 7.710
dogstatsd_rpm_amd64 neutral 7.913 MiB → 8.800
dogstatsd_suse_amd64 neutral 7.913 MiB → 8.800
iot_agent_deb_amd64 neutral 11.409 MiB → 13.040
iot_agent_deb_arm64 neutral 9.729 MiB → 11.450
iot_agent_deb_armhf neutral 9.945 MiB → 11.620
iot_agent_rpm_amd64 neutral 11.426 MiB → 13.060
iot_agent_suse_amd64 neutral 11.426 MiB → 13.060

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Regression Detector Results

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Run ID: 65462451-df85-48c3-a090-3c2f9ec78acb

Baseline: 19fea94
Comparison: ee0d311
Diff

Optimization Goals: ✅ No significant changes detected

Experiments ignored for regressions

Regressions in experiments with settings containing erratic: true are ignored.

perf experiment goal Δ mean % Δ mean % CI trials links
docker_containers_cpu % cpu utilization -2.47 [-5.43, +0.48] 1 Logs

Fine details of change detection per experiment

perf experiment goal Δ mean % Δ mean % CI trials links
quality_gate_logs % cpu utilization +1.66 [-0.02, +3.35] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
otlp_ingest_metrics memory utilization +0.42 [+0.26, +0.58] 1 Logs
file_tree memory utilization +0.31 [+0.25, +0.37] 1 Logs
quality_gate_metrics_logs memory utilization +0.09 [-0.14, +0.32] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency egress throughput +0.05 [-0.39, +0.50] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency egress throughput +0.05 [-0.36, +0.45] 1 Logs
uds_dogstatsd_20mb_12k_contexts_20_senders memory utilization +0.02 [-0.04, +0.08] 1 Logs
uds_dogstatsd_to_api ingress throughput +0.01 [-0.20, +0.22] 1 Logs
ddot_metrics memory utilization +0.01 [-0.18, +0.20] 1 Logs
tcp_dd_logs_filter_exclude ingress throughput +0.00 [-0.10, +0.11] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency egress throughput -0.00 [-0.55, +0.55] 1 Logs
uds_dogstatsd_to_api_v3 ingress throughput -0.01 [-0.21, +0.20] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency egress throughput -0.01 [-0.15, +0.14] 1 Logs
ddot_metrics_sum_delta memory utilization -0.03 [-0.20, +0.13] 1 Logs
quality_gate_idle memory utilization -0.06 [-0.11, -0.01] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
docker_containers_memory memory utilization -0.12 [-0.21, -0.03] 1 Logs
quality_gate_idle_all_features memory utilization -0.23 [-0.26, -0.20] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
ddot_metrics_sum_cumulative memory utilization -0.26 [-0.41, -0.12] 1 Logs
ddot_logs memory utilization -0.27 [-0.33, -0.21] 1 Logs
otlp_ingest_logs memory utilization -0.37 [-0.47, -0.27] 1 Logs
tcp_syslog_to_blackhole ingress throughput -0.38 [-0.58, -0.19] 1 Logs
ddot_metrics_sum_cumulativetodelta_exporter memory utilization -0.54 [-0.76, -0.32] 1 Logs
docker_containers_cpu % cpu utilization -2.47 [-5.43, +0.48] 1 Logs

Bounds Checks: ✅ Passed

perf experiment bounds_check_name replicates_passed observed_value links
docker_containers_cpu simple_check_run 10/10 722 ≥ 26
docker_containers_memory memory_usage 10/10 274.60MiB ≤ 370MiB
docker_containers_memory simple_check_run 10/10 594 ≥ 26
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency memory_usage 10/10 0.18GiB ≤ 1.20GiB
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency memory_usage 10/10 0.23GiB ≤ 1.20GiB
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency memory_usage 10/10 0.19GiB ≤ 1.20GiB
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency memory_usage 10/10 0.21GiB ≤ 1.20GiB
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B
quality_gate_idle intake_connections 10/10 3 = 3 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle memory_usage 10/10 173.01MiB ≤ 181MiB bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle_all_features intake_connections 10/10 3 = 3 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle_all_features memory_usage 10/10 487.29MiB ≤ 550MiB bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs intake_connections 10/10 3 ≤ 6 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs memory_usage 10/10 205.32MiB ≤ 220MiB bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_metrics_logs cpu_usage 10/10 368.71 ≤ 2000 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_metrics_logs intake_connections 10/10 4 ≤ 6 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_metrics_logs memory_usage 10/10 409.12MiB ≤ 475MiB bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_metrics_logs missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B bounds checks dashboard

Explanation

Confidence level: 90.00%
Effect size tolerance: |Δ mean %| ≥ 5.00%

Performance changes are noted in the perf column of each table:

  • ✅ = significantly better comparison variant performance
  • ❌ = significantly worse comparison variant performance
  • ➖ = no significant change in performance

A regression test is an A/B test of target performance in a repeatable rig, where "performance" is measured as "comparison variant minus baseline variant" for an optimization goal (e.g., ingress throughput). Due to intrinsic variability in measuring that goal, we can only estimate its mean value for each experiment; we report uncertainty in that value as a 90.00% confidence interval denoted "Δ mean % CI".

For each experiment, we decide whether a change in performance is a "regression" -- a change worth investigating further -- if all of the following criteria are true:

  1. Its estimated |Δ mean %| ≥ 5.00%, indicating the change is big enough to merit a closer look.

  2. Its 90.00% confidence interval "Δ mean % CI" does not contain zero, indicating that if our statistical model is accurate, there is at least a 90.00% chance there is a difference in performance between baseline and comparison variants.

  3. Its configuration does not mark it "erratic".

CI Pass/Fail Decision

Passed. All Quality Gates passed.

  • quality_gate_idle, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check missed_bytes: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_metrics_logs, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_metrics_logs, bounds check cpu_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_metrics_logs, bounds check missed_bytes: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_metrics_logs, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle_all_features, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle_all_features, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.

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On Data hoarding request, one praise and a nit or two.

LGTM


patcher.AddEnvVarWithJoin("LD_PRELOAD", asAbsPath(injectorFilePath("launcher.preload.so")), ":")
patcher.AddEnvVar(corev1.EnvVar{Name: "DD_INJECT_SENDER_TYPE", Value: "k8s"})
patcher.AddEnvVar(corev1.EnvVar{Name: "DD_INJECT_START_TIME", Value: strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().Unix(), 10)})
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i think we shoul keep this variable. and just measure both external and internal injection time.

DD_INJECT_START_TIME starts measuring at the moment the container is set to be scheduled (more/less), but also the time WILL include the time it takes to download, unpack and start the container. while in copy.sh we will only be able ot measure unpack time.

I'm a data hoarder, so I vote to keep it, but its a nonbinding vote :)

AutoDetected: autoDetected,
InjectionType: injectionType,
OnLibraryInjection: func(language string, status libraryinjection.MutationStatus) {
log.Infof("APM library injection: pod=%s/%s language=%s status=%s type=%s",
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Opinion: I'm not sure if this is the best place to pu the this log, I would imagin it would be done around the code that execute the OnLibraryInjection, but I know little about the codebase

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OnLibraryInjection: func(language string, status libraryinjection.MutationStatus) {
log.Infof("APM library injection: pod=%s/%s language=%s status=%s type=%s",
pod.Namespace, pod.Name, language, status, injectionType)
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I don’t think we need a callback mechanism.
We could just log it directly in InjectAPMLibraries.

Comment on lines +138 to +147
Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
{
Name: "DD_AGENT_HOST",
ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
FieldPath: "status.hostIP",
},
},
},
},
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This only sets the host, not the port, and it does not respect the customer choice for how to connect to the Agent (hostname, IP, socket, CSI).

This logic already exists in the config mutator.

The issue seems to be that the config mutator runs before the library injection (ref).

I wonder if we could just swap the two 🤔

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Swap mutator ordering so the APM mutator runs before the config webhook.
This ensures library init containers already exist when the config webhook
injects agent connection env vars (DD_AGENT_HOST, DD_TRACE_AGENT_URL,
socket volumes). Removes the old timestamp file mechanism (c-init-time.*)
and manual DD_AGENT_HOST injection in favor of the existing config mutator.
Restores DD_INJECT_START_TIME. Replaces OnLibraryInjection callback with
direct logging in InjectAPMLibraries.
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LGTM! 👍

Nit: we could keep the c-init-time file for backward compatibility for a while.

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DD_AGENT_HOST/DD_TRACE_AGENT_URL are already injected into init containers by the config webhook since 7.64.0 (#33907); the only change needed is in libdatadog-build (https://github.com/DataDog/libdatadog-build/pull/200) to consume them.

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