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Adds an optional template field to the access_log filter. When set, each
access record is rendered as a human-readable text line from {field}
placeholders and emitted through the tracing subscriber, instead of the
default JSON output.

Example:

- filter: access_log
  template: '{method} {path} {status} {duration_ms}ms id={request_id}'

renders lines like GET /health 200 1ms id=abc123.

Details

  • Template tokens reuse the existing field token names (method, path,
    status, duration_ms, request_id, request_header.<name>,
    response_header.<name>, trace_id, span_id, ...) and are mutually
    exclusive
    with fields.
  • A new internal EmitShape enum (DefaultFlat, JsonRecord, Text)
    unifies the default ten-field, projected-fields, and templated emit paths.
  • Header tokens in a template are validated against the request_headers /
    response_headers allowlists at config load time, consistent with fields.

Tests & docs

  • Unit tests for template parsing (unclosed braces, unknown tokens, header
    allowlist enforcement) and text rendering.
  • Example config examples/configs/observability/access-log-template.yaml
    plus a functional integration test that drives it end-to-end.
  • examples/README.md regenerated via cargo xtask sync-example-readme.

Notes

This is the first of a short series extending access_log output; it is
self-contained and does not add any new dependencies. Follow-up PRs will add
alternative output sinks.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Access logs can be rendered as customizable text lines using request and response fields. Missing values appear as “-”; templates must include at least one field and cannot be combined with configured fields.
    • Added an example configuration demonstrating templated access logs with request IDs.
  • Documentation
    • Added the templated access-log example to the observability examples guide.

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The access log filter now supports template-based text output alongside default-flat and projected-JSON output. The change adds template validation and rendering, updates tests, and adds an example configuration with integration and schema tests.

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Access log templates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Template configuration and parsing
crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs
The configuration accepts an optional template and rejects combining it with fields. The emit plan selects an output shape, and template parsing validates tokens and header allowlists.
Output emission and tests
crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs
Emission dispatches by output shape. Template rendering substitutes field values and uses "-" when a value is missing. Tests cover parsing, rendering, output shapes, and existing access-log behavior.
Example configuration and validation
examples/configs/observability/access-log-template.yaml, examples/README.md, tests/integration/tests/suite/examples/access_log_template.rs, tests/integration/tests/suite/examples/mod.rs, tests/schema/tests/suite/examples/observability/access_log_template.rs, tests/schema/tests/suite/examples/observability/mod.rs
The example configures template-based access logs and proxy routing. Integration tests check successful responses and request ID propagation, but do not assert rendered log output. Schema tests check example parsing, pipeline construction, and rejection of a literal-only template.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AccessLogFilter
  participant EmitPlan
  participant render_template
  participant emit_text_line
  participant tracing
  AccessLogFilter->>EmitPlan: select template-text output shape
  AccessLogFilter->>render_template: render template using field values
  render_template-->>AccessLogFilter: return rendered text line
  AccessLogFilter->>emit_text_line: emit rendered line
  emit_text_line->>tracing: write line through static tracing field
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4b963

The new template rendering is tested directly, but an emission regression could pass the example test, and the generated README row violates the project’s formatting requirement. These are bounded follow-ups; no production failure or configuration compatibility regression is established.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4b963

The feature is opt-in and preserves header allowlists and sanitization of request-derived values. Risk is low, but compatibility with external log parsing and redaction rules has not been established.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — For template-enabled pipelines, client-influenced request paths and allowlisted headers can flow into the existing process log destinations. The inspected producer does not establish downstream tenant, environment, collector or reader exposure.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Resolved substitutions pass through sanitization that removes control characters and ANSI escape sequences. Literal template segments are appended verbatim, so that control does not cover configuration-supplied literal content. Template-editing authority remains unverified.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Before adopting templates for security or audit consumers, validate that parsing, redaction and retention policies handle content carried in the new line field rather than relying on the previous field representation.
  • proposed — If less-trusted users can edit templates, reject control characters in literal segments or sanitize the completed line. This is conditional hardening, not an established attacker-accessible defect.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs:
- Line 307: Update the validation after parse_template so it rejects templates
without any TemplatePart::Field, including literal-only templates, while
preserving acceptance of templates containing a field token. Add a test covering
a literal-only configuration.
- Around line 563-565: Update template rendering for TemplatePart::Field to use
a shared field-value resolver instead of calling build_record_from_fields for
each field. Resolve only the requested value and return borrowed values where
ownership is unnecessary; keep BTreeMap allocation and JSON key construction in
the JSON output path.

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@tests/integration/tests/suite/examples/access_log_template.rs:
- Around line 36-40: Update the access-log template test around parse_status to
capture the proxy’s tracing output and assert that the request with X-Request-Id
tmpl-abc emits the configured text with GET / 200, a rendered duration, and
id=tmpl-abc; remove test-body comments that imply proxy success proves template
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Comment thread crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs Outdated
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let map =
build_record_from_fields(std::slice::from_ref(field), ctx, status, response_headers, duration_ms);
result.push_str(&map.into_values().next().unwrap_or_else(|| "-".to_owned()));

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Resolve template values without constructing a record map.

Each TemplatePart::Field calls build_record_from_fields separately. That function allocates a BTreeMap, eagerly computes path, client address, and duration, and creates a JSON key that text output immediately discards.

Use a shared field-value resolver for template output. Resolve only the requested field, and keep key construction and map allocation for JSON output. Return borrowed values where String ownership is not required.

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Review comment at @crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs
around lines 563 - 565:
Update template rendering for TemplatePart::Field to use a shared field-value
resolver instead of calling build_record_from_fields for each field. Resolve
only the requested value and return borrowed values where ownership is
unnecessary; keep BTreeMap allocation and JSON key construction in the JSON
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Deferring this one. A value-only resolver means splitting build_record_from_fields (each arm yields both the JSON key and the value) into a shared path, which is real churn against the 30-line function limit for a non-hot-path nitpick. Noted for a future refactor of that function.

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@crstrn13 Understood. Deferring this low-priority optimization to a future build_record_from_fields refactor is reasonable.

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Comment thread tests/integration/tests/suite/examples/access_log_template.rs
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The access_log filter previously emitted only through the tracing
subscriber. Add an optional `sink` config so records can be written
directly, bypassing tracing:

  sink:
    type: stdout        # NDJSON to stdout
  sink:
    type: file          # NDJSON appended to a file
    path: /var/log/praxis/access.log

Both the default and projected field plans serialize the same
`build_record` map, so direct sinks emit one NDJSON object per request.
`file` requires a path and is opened in create+append mode; `stdout`
rejects a path. With no `sink`, behaviour is unchanged (tracing).

The per-request INFO-level fast path is now skipped only for the
tracing sink, since direct sinks must emit regardless of the subscriber
level.

Part of praxis-proxy#126 (customizable access log format). Independent of the
template PR (praxis-proxy#1323); both touch access_log.rs, so whichever lands
second will need a trivial rebase.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Cristurean <acristur@redhat.com>
Add an optional `template` field to the access_log filter. When set, each
record is rendered as a text line from `{field}` placeholders and emitted
through the tracing subscriber, instead of the default JSON output.

Templates reuse the existing field token names (method, path, status,
duration_ms, request_id, request/response headers, trace_id, span_id,
etc.) and are mutually exclusive with `fields`. A new EmitShape enum
(DefaultFlat, JsonRecord, Text) unifies the default, projected, and
templated emit paths.

Adds unit tests for template parsing and rendering, an example config
(access-log-template.yaml), and a functional integration test driving the
example end-to-end.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Cristurean <acristur@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Cristurean <acristur@redhat.com>
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crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs (2)

311-313: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Check for a field token, not an empty parts list.

Suppose a template has no braces, such as template: "access". In that case, parse_template returns one TemplatePart::Literal, and parts.is_empty() is false. The configuration loads even though the error message requires at least one {field} token. Each request then emits constant text.

Proposed fix
-            if parts.is_empty() {
+            if !parts.iter().any(|part| matches!(part, TemplatePart::Field(_))) {
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Review comment at @crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs
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Update the validation in parse_template to reject templates unless parts
contains at least one TemplatePart::Field, while preserving acceptance of
templates that include a field token alongside literals.

580-581: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Resolve each template field without building a BTreeMap.

Each field calls build_record_from_fields. That call builds a map, a key, the path, the client IP, and the duration on every request.

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Review comment at @crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs
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Update the per-field resolution around build_record_from_fields to resolve each
template field directly instead of constructing a BTreeMap; avoid rebuilding the
key, path, client IP, and duration for every field.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs:
- Around line 2280-2298: Rename `template_testing` to describe the behavior it
verifies, use the real `user-agent` header name consistently in the template,
header sets, and response map, and add an explanatory message to the
`parts.len()` assertion.
- Around line 579-582: In render_text_template, sanitize each resolved field
value with sanitize_for_log before appending it to the text log; preserve the
existing "-" fallback for missing values.

Review comments at @examples/README.md:
- Line 56: Update the generated example metadata for access-log-template.yaml
with a concise link label and description so its README table row stays within
80 columns; do not edit the generated row directly.

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Duplicate comments:
Review comments at @crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs:
- Around line 311-313: Update the validation in parse_template to reject
templates unless parts contains at least one TemplatePart::Field, while
preserving acceptance of templates that include a field token alongside
literals.
- Around line 580-581: Update the per-field resolution around
build_record_from_fields to resolve each template field directly instead of
constructing a BTreeMap; avoid rebuilding the key, path, client IP, and duration
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Comment thread crates/filter/src/builtins/http/observability/access_log.rs Outdated
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Comment thread examples/README.md
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A template containing only literal text (no {field} tokens) parsed to a
non-empty part list, so the emptiness check accepted it even though the
error message promised at least one field token. Such a template would
log a constant string with no request data. Require at least one
TemplatePart::Field and cover the rejection in the schema suite.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Cristurean <acristur@redhat.com>
Resolved field values in render_text_template were appended raw, so
body-derived metadata or header values containing newlines could forge
access-log lines (CWE-117). JSON output is unaffected (serde escapes),
but the text template path wrote values verbatim. Wrap each resolved
value in sanitize_for_log before appending.

Also tidy the template unit test: descriptive name, real user-agent
header name, and assertion messages.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Cristurean <acristur@redhat.com>
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