elastic · DaveCTurner · Feb 25, 2025 · Feb 25, 2025
diff --git a/docs/changelog/123346.yaml b/docs/changelog/123346.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pr: 123346
+summary: Reduce license checks in `LicensedWriteLoadForecaster`
+area: CRUD
+type: bug
+issues:
+ - 123247
diff --git a/...a/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/TransportGetDesiredBalanceAction.java b/...a/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/TransportGetDesiredBalanceAction.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ protected void masterOperation(
             return;
         }
         var clusterInfo = clusterInfoService.getClusterInfo();
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
         listener.onResponse(
             new DesiredBalanceResponse(
                 desiredBalanceShardsAllocator.getStats(),

diff --git a/...rc/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/MetadataRolloverService.java b/...rc/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/rollover/MetadataRolloverService.java
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ yield new DataStreamAutoShardingEvent(
             );
         }
 
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
         metadataBuilder = writeLoadForecaster.withWriteLoadForecastForWriteIndex(dataStreamName, metadataBuilder);
         metadataBuilder = withShardSizeForecastForWriteIndex(dataStreamName, metadataBuilder);
 

diff --git a/...er/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AllocationStatsService.java b/...er/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/AllocationStatsService.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public AllocationStatsService(
     public Map<String, NodeAllocationStats> stats() {
         assert Transports.assertNotTransportThread("too expensive for a transport worker");
 
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
+
         var state = clusterService.state();
         var info = clusterInfoService.getClusterInfo();
         var desiredBalance = desiredBalanceShardsAllocator != null ? desiredBalanceShardsAllocator.getDesiredBalance() : null;

diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadForecaster.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadForecaster.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public interface WriteLoadForecaster {
 
     OptionalDouble getForecastedWriteLoad(IndexMetadata indexMetadata);
 
+    void refreshLicense();
+
     class DefaultWriteLoadForecaster implements WriteLoadForecaster {
         @Override
         public Metadata.Builder withWriteLoadForecastForWriteIndex(String dataStreamName, Metadata.Builder metadata) {
@@ -31,5 +33,8 @@ public Metadata.Builder withWriteLoadForecastForWriteIndex(String dataStreamName
         public OptionalDouble getForecastedWriteLoad(IndexMetadata indexMetadata) {
             return OptionalDouble.empty();
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void refreshLicense() {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/.../java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/allocator/BalancedShardsAllocator.java b/.../java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/allocator/BalancedShardsAllocator.java
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ private static float ensureValidThreshold(float threshold) {
 
     @Override
     public void allocate(RoutingAllocation allocation) {
+        if (allocation.metadata().indices().isEmpty() == false) {
+            // must not use licensed features when just starting up
+            writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
+        }
+
         assert allocation.ignoreDisable() == false;
 
         if (allocation.routingNodes().size() == 0) {

diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ESAllocationTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ESAllocationTestCase.java
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ public Metadata.Builder withWriteLoadForecastForWriteIndex(String dataStreamName
         public OptionalDouble getForecastedWriteLoad(IndexMetadata indexMetadata) {
             return indexMetadata.getForecastedWriteLoad();
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void refreshLicense() {}
     };
 
     public static MockAllocationService createAllocationService() {

diff --git a/...alClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/WriteLoadForecasterIT.java b/...alClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/WriteLoadForecasterIT.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public void testWriteLoadForecastGetsPopulatedDuringRollovers() throws Exception
         assertAllPreviousForecastsAreClearedAfterRollover(dataStream, metadata);
 
         setHasValidLicense(false);
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
 
         final OptionalDouble forecastedWriteLoadAfterLicenseChange = writeLoadForecaster.getForecastedWriteLoad(writeIndexMetadata);
         assertThat(forecastedWriteLoadAfterLicenseChange.isPresent(), is(equalTo(false)));
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ public void testWriteLoadForecastIsOverriddenBySetting() throws Exception {
         assertAllPreviousForecastsAreClearedAfterRollover(dataStream, metadata);
 
         setHasValidLicense(false);
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
 
         final OptionalDouble forecastedWriteLoadAfterLicenseChange = writeLoadForecaster.getForecastedWriteLoad(writeIndexMetadata);
         assertThat(forecastedWriteLoadAfterLicenseChange.isPresent(), is(equalTo(false)));

diff --git a/...rc/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/LicensedWriteLoadForecaster.java b/...rc/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/LicensedWriteLoadForecaster.java
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.core.SuppressForbidden;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
+import org.elasticsearch.logging.LogManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.logging.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.invoke.VarHandle;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.OptionalDouble;
@@ -30,30 +34,36 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.writeloadforecaster.WriteLoadForecasterPlugin.OVERRIDE_WRITE_LOAD_FORECAST_SETTING;
 
 class LicensedWriteLoadForecaster implements WriteLoadForecaster {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(LicensedWriteLoadForecaster.class);
+
     public static final Setting<TimeValue> MAX_INDEX_AGE_SETTING = Setting.timeSetting(
         "write_load_forecaster.max_index_age",
         TimeValue.timeValueDays(7),
         TimeValue.timeValueHours(1),
         Setting.Property.NodeScope,
         Setting.Property.Dynamic
     );
-    private final BooleanSupplier hasValidLicense;
+    private final BooleanSupplier hasValidLicenseSupplier;
     private final ThreadPool threadPool;
     private volatile TimeValue maxIndexAge;
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused") // modified via VH_HAS_VALID_LICENSE_FIELD
+    private volatile boolean hasValidLicense;
+
     LicensedWriteLoadForecaster(
-        BooleanSupplier hasValidLicense,
+        BooleanSupplier hasValidLicenseSupplier,
         ThreadPool threadPool,
         Settings settings,
         ClusterSettings clusterSettings
     ) {
-        this(hasValidLicense, threadPool, MAX_INDEX_AGE_SETTING.get(settings));
+        this(hasValidLicenseSupplier, threadPool, MAX_INDEX_AGE_SETTING.get(settings));
         clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(MAX_INDEX_AGE_SETTING, this::setMaxIndexAgeSetting);
     }
 
     // exposed for tests only
-    LicensedWriteLoadForecaster(BooleanSupplier hasValidLicense, ThreadPool threadPool, TimeValue maxIndexAge) {
-        this.hasValidLicense = hasValidLicense;
+    LicensedWriteLoadForecaster(BooleanSupplier hasValidLicenseSupplier, ThreadPool threadPool, TimeValue maxIndexAge) {
+        this.hasValidLicenseSupplier = hasValidLicenseSupplier;
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.maxIndexAge = maxIndexAge;
     }
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@ private void setMaxIndexAgeSetting(TimeValue updatedMaxIndexAge) {
 
     @Override
     public Metadata.Builder withWriteLoadForecastForWriteIndex(String dataStreamName, Metadata.Builder metadata) {
-        if (hasValidLicense.getAsBoolean() == false) {
+        if (hasValidLicense == false) {
             return metadata;
         }
 
@@ -143,7 +153,7 @@ static OptionalDouble forecastIndexWriteLoad(List<IndexWriteLoad> indicesWriteLo
     @Override
     @SuppressForbidden(reason = "This is the only place where IndexMetadata#getForecastedWriteLoad is allowed to be used")
     public OptionalDouble getForecastedWriteLoad(IndexMetadata indexMetadata) {
-        if (hasValidLicense.getAsBoolean() == false) {
+        if (hasValidLicense == false) {
             return OptionalDouble.empty();
         }
 
@@ -154,4 +164,29 @@ public OptionalDouble getForecastedWriteLoad(IndexMetadata indexMetadata) {
 
         return indexMetadata.getForecastedWriteLoad();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Used to atomically {@code getAndSet()} the {@link #hasValidLicense} field. This is better than an
+     * {@link java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean} because it takes one less pointer dereference on each read.
+     */
+    private static final VarHandle VH_HAS_VALID_LICENSE_FIELD;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            VH_HAS_VALID_LICENSE_FIELD = MethodHandles.lookup()
+                .in(LicensedWriteLoadForecaster.class)
+                .findVarHandle(LicensedWriteLoadForecaster.class, "hasValidLicense", boolean.class);
+        } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void refreshLicense() {
+        final var newValue = hasValidLicenseSupplier.getAsBoolean();
+        final var oldValue = (boolean) VH_HAS_VALID_LICENSE_FIELD.getAndSet(this, newValue);
+        if (newValue != oldValue) {
+            logger.info("license state changed, now [{}]", newValue ? "valid" : "not valid");
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/...st/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/LicensedWriteLoadForecasterTests.java b/...st/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/LicensedWriteLoadForecasterTests.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.writeloadforecaster;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.DataStream;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadataStats;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexMode;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.MockLog;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.TestThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -30,9 +33,12 @@
 import java.util.OptionalDouble;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.writeloadforecaster.LicensedWriteLoadForecaster.forecastIndexWriteLoad;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.closeTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.empty;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
@@ -53,7 +59,13 @@ public void tearDownThreadPool() {
     public void testWriteLoadForecastIsAddedToWriteIndex() {
         final TimeValue maxIndexAge = TimeValue.timeValueDays(7);
         final AtomicBoolean hasValidLicense = new AtomicBoolean(true);
-        final WriteLoadForecaster writeLoadForecaster = new LicensedWriteLoadForecaster(hasValidLicense::get, threadPool, maxIndexAge);
+        final AtomicInteger licenseCheckCount = new AtomicInteger();
+        final WriteLoadForecaster writeLoadForecaster = new LicensedWriteLoadForecaster(() -> {
+            licenseCheckCount.incrementAndGet();
+            return hasValidLicense.get();
+        }, threadPool, maxIndexAge);
+
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
 
         final Metadata.Builder metadataBuilder = Metadata.builder();
         final String dataStreamName = "logs-es";
@@ -95,8 +107,12 @@ public void testWriteLoadForecastIsAddedToWriteIndex() {
         assertThat(forecastedWriteLoad.isPresent(), is(true));
         assertThat(forecastedWriteLoad.getAsDouble(), is(greaterThan(0.0)));
 
+        assertThat(licenseCheckCount.get(), equalTo(1));
         hasValidLicense.set(false);
 
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
+        assertThat(licenseCheckCount.get(), equalTo(2));
+
         final OptionalDouble forecastedWriteLoadAfterLicenseChange = writeLoadForecaster.getForecastedWriteLoad(writeIndex);
         assertThat(forecastedWriteLoadAfterLicenseChange.isPresent(), is(false));
     }
@@ -136,6 +152,7 @@ public void testUptimeIsUsedToWeightWriteLoad() {
         metadataBuilder.put(dataStream);
 
         final WriteLoadForecaster writeLoadForecaster = new LicensedWriteLoadForecaster(() -> true, threadPool, maxIndexAge);
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
 
         final Metadata.Builder updatedMetadataBuilder = writeLoadForecaster.withWriteLoadForecastForWriteIndex(
             dataStream.getName(),
@@ -154,6 +171,7 @@ public void testForecastedWriteLoadIsOverriddenBySetting() {
         final TimeValue maxIndexAge = TimeValue.timeValueDays(7);
         final AtomicBoolean hasValidLicense = new AtomicBoolean(true);
         final WriteLoadForecaster writeLoadForecaster = new LicensedWriteLoadForecaster(hasValidLicense::get, threadPool, maxIndexAge);
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
 
         final Metadata.Builder metadataBuilder = Metadata.builder();
         final String dataStreamName = "logs-es";
@@ -197,6 +215,7 @@ public void testForecastedWriteLoadIsOverriddenBySetting() {
         assertThat(forecastedWriteLoad.getAsDouble(), is(equalTo(0.6)));
 
         hasValidLicense.set(false);
+        writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
 
         final OptionalDouble forecastedWriteLoadAfterLicenseChange = writeLoadForecaster.getForecastedWriteLoad(writeIndex);
         assertThat(forecastedWriteLoadAfterLicenseChange.isPresent(), is(false));
@@ -327,4 +346,56 @@ private DataStream createDataStream(String name, List<Index> backingIndices) {
             .setIndexMode(IndexMode.STANDARD)
             .build();
     }
+
+    public void testLicenseStateLogging() {
+
+        final var seenMessages = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+        final var collectingLoggingAssertion = new MockLog.SeenEventExpectation(
+            "seen event",
+            LicensedWriteLoadForecaster.class.getCanonicalName(),
+            Level.INFO,
+            "*"
+        ) {
+            @Override
+            public boolean innerMatch(LogEvent event) {
+                final var message = event.getMessage().getFormattedMessage();
+                if (message.startsWith("license state changed, now [")) {
+                    seenMessages.add(message);
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            }
+        };
+
+        MockLog.assertThatLogger(() -> {
+            final var hasValidLicense = new AtomicBoolean();
+            final var writeLoadForecaster = new LicensedWriteLoadForecaster(hasValidLicense::get, threadPool, randomTimeValue());
+            assertThat(seenMessages, empty());
+            writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
+            assertThat(seenMessages, empty());
+
+            hasValidLicense.set(true);
+            writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
+            assertThat(seenMessages, contains("license state changed, now [valid]"));
+            writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
+            assertThat(seenMessages, contains("license state changed, now [valid]"));
+
+            hasValidLicense.set(false);
+            writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
+            assertThat(seenMessages, contains("license state changed, now [valid]", "license state changed, now [not valid]"));
+
+            hasValidLicense.set(true);
+            ESTestCase.startInParallel(between(1, 10), ignored -> writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense());
+            assertThat(
+                seenMessages,
+                contains(
+                    "license state changed, now [valid]",
+                    "license state changed, now [not valid]",
+                    "license state changed, now [valid]"
+                )
+            );
+        }, LicensedWriteLoadForecaster.class, collectingLoggingAssertion);
+    }
 }
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ yield new DataStreamAutoShardingEvent( @@
                 );
             }
+            writeLoadForecaster.refreshLicense();
             metadataBuilder = writeLoadForecaster.withWriteLoadForecastForWriteIndex(dataStreamName, metadataBuilder);
             metadataBuilder = withShardSizeForecastForWriteIndex(dataStreamName, metadataBuilder);
@@ Expand Down @@