feat(analytics): add real-time active users tracking - #367
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Track concurrent active users in Redis with a sliding inactivity window, updated on every authenticated request via a global middleware, and expose the current count through a new analytics endpoint. - activeUsersService: Redis sorted-set tracking with configurable timeout (ACTIVE_USER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) and graceful degradation when Redis is down - activityTracker middleware: decodes the Bearer token and records activity fire-and-forget, wired globally in app.js - GET /api/analytics/active-users endpoint (authenticated)
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WalkthroughThe change adds Redis-backed active-user tracking. Authenticated requests update activity through global middleware. An authenticated analytics endpoint returns the active-user count and timeout. Integration tests cover counting, expiry, authentication, configuration, and Redis unavailability. ChangesActive User Tracking
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The endpoint can return an incompatible payload or fail during Redis outages, while invalid timeout configuration can make active-user counts incorrect. These issues should be resolved before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant trackActivity
participant activeUsersService
participant Redis
participant activeUsersRoutes
participant getActiveUsers
Client->>trackActivity: Send request with Bearer JWT
trackActivity->>activeUsersService: Track decoded userId
activeUsersService->>Redis: Update sorted-set score and prune stale entries
Client->>activeUsersRoutes: GET /api/analytics/active-users
activeUsersRoutes->>getActiveUsers: Authenticate and handle request
getActiveUsers->>activeUsersService: Get active-user count
activeUsersService->>Redis: Prune stale entries and read cardinality
getActiveUsers-->>Client: Return count and timeoutSeconds
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In `@src/controllers/analytics/activeUsersController.js`:
- Around line 13-17: Update the response bodies in the active-users controller
to consistently use the { success, message, data } envelope: place activeUsers
and timeoutSeconds inside data and add a success message, while ensuring the
error response includes its message and data: null.
In `@src/middlewares/analytics/activityTracker.js`:
- Line 13: Update the JWT_SECRET initialization in activity tracking middleware
to require the environment-provided value, removing the source-controlled
fallback. Fail closed when JWT_SECRET is absent rather than accepting or
processing bearer tokens with a default secret.
In `@src/services/analytics/activeUsersService.js`:
- Line 37: Update the timeout configuration parsing in the active-users service
around ACTIVE_USER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS and DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS to accept only
positive finite integers; reject negative, zero, non-integer, and non-finite
values by falling back to the default or triggering the existing configuration
validation failure path, while preserving valid configured values for the
pruning logic.
- Around line 68-69: Update the Redis command handling in the active-user
service methods to wrap zAdd, zRemRangeByScore, and zCard in try/catch blocks,
including awaiting zCard within the protected block. When any command fails,
preserve the service’s unavailable-Redis no-op behavior by returning 0 from
getActiveUserCount() and the corresponding update method.
In `@test/activeUsers.test.js`:
- Around line 100-102: Update the active-user response assertions near the
existing timeoutSeconds and activeUsers checks, including the assertions at the
other referenced locations, to read both fields from res.body.data instead of
res.body. Preserve the existing expected values and comparison behavior.
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| timeoutSeconds: activeUsersService.getTimeoutSeconds(), | ||
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Use the required response envelope.
The success response omits message and data. The error response omits data. Clients that consume { success, message, data } cannot handle this endpoint consistently.
Put activeUsers and timeoutSeconds in data. Include a success message. Return data: null for the error response. As per path instructions, src/**/*.js requires consistent response shapes ({ success, message, data }).
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In `@src/controllers/analytics/activeUsersController.js` around lines 13 - 17,
Update the response bodies in the active-users controller to consistently use
the { success, message, data } envelope: place activeUsers and timeoutSeconds
inside data and add a success message, while ensuring the error response
includes its message and data: null.
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Source: Path instructions
| import logger from "../../config/logger.js"; | ||
| import activeUsersService from "../../services/analytics/activeUsersService.js"; | ||
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| const JWT_SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET || "deenbridge-temp-secret-key-2024"; |
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Remove the fallback JWT secret.
If JWT_SECRET is unset, an attacker can sign a Bearer token with the source-controlled secret. The middleware then records the attacker-selected userId in active-user analytics.
Require JWT_SECRET from the environment and fail closed when it is absent. .env.example already documents the variable.
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In `@src/middlewares/analytics/activityTracker.js` at line 13, Update the
JWT_SECRET initialization in activity tracking middleware to require the
environment-provided value, removing the source-controlled fallback. Fail closed
when JWT_SECRET is absent rather than accepting or processing bearer tokens with
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Source: Path instructions
| getTimeoutSeconds() { | ||
| return ( | ||
| this.timeoutSeconds || | ||
| parseInt(process.env.ACTIVE_USER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS || String(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS), 10) || |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Validate the configured timeout before use.
Line 37 accepts negative values. For example, ACTIVE_USER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=-1 makes line 69 prune through a future timestamp. It deletes the entry that line 68 just added. The reported active-user count then remains zero.
Accept only positive finite integer values. Use the default or fail configuration validation for invalid values.
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In `@src/services/analytics/activeUsersService.js` at line 37, Update the timeout
configuration parsing in the active-users service around
ACTIVE_USER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS and DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS to accept only positive
finite integers; reject negative, zero, non-integer, and non-finite values by
falling back to the default or triggering the existing configuration validation
failure path, while preserving valid configured values for the pruning logic.
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| await client.zAdd(ACTIVE_USERS_KEY, [{ score: now, value: String(userId) }]); | ||
| await client.zRemRangeByScore(ACTIVE_USERS_KEY, 0, now - timeoutMs); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Handle Redis command failures inside the service.
A Redis client can become unavailable after _isReady() returns true. If either command rejects, getActiveUserCount() propagates the rejection to src/controllers/analytics/activeUsersController.js line 18 and the endpoint returns HTTP 500. This conflicts with the stated no-op behavior for unavailable Redis.
Catch Redis command failures in both methods. Return 0 from the service. Await client.zCard() inside the try block so its rejection is also handled.
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In `@src/services/analytics/activeUsersService.js` around lines 68 - 69, Update
the Redis command handling in the active-user service methods to wrap zAdd,
zRemRangeByScore, and zCard in try/catch blocks, including awaiting zCard within
the protected block. When any command fails, preserve the service’s
unavailable-Redis no-op behavior by returning 0 from getActiveUserCount() and
the corresponding update method.
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| expect(res.body.timeoutSeconds).toBe(300); | ||
| // The middleware tracked this very request before the handler counted. | ||
| expect(res.body.activeUsers).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1); |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Update the active-user response assertions.
When the controller returns activeUsers and timeoutSeconds under data, update lines 100–102, 118, and 152 to use res.body.data. These assertions currently expect the fields at the top level.
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In `@test/activeUsers.test.js` around lines 100 - 102, Update the active-user
response assertions near the existing timeoutSeconds and activeUsers checks,
including the assertions at the other referenced locations, to read both fields
from res.body.data instead of res.body. Preserve the existing expected values
and comparison behavior.
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1. Linked Issue
Closes #243
2. Problem Statement
There is no visibility into how many users are concurrently active, which makes capacity planning and peak-usage identification guesswork. Counting active users cannot be done with a local patch because it needs a shared, low-latency counter visible across app instances (Redis), a per-request activity signal from every authenticated route, and a configurable expiry so stale sessions fall out of the count.
3. Solution Comparison and Decision
ZADDwith a timestamp score gives O(log n) per-request updates,ZCARDafter a range-prune gives an exact concurrent count, and the operation is atomic across instances. This is the only option that is both real-time and horizontally correct.4. The Change
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ActiveUsersServiceover a Redis sorted set keyed by user id with a timestamp score:Acceptance criteria mapped to behavior:
activeUsersService.trackActivity— tuple(user id, timestamp)in a sorted settrackActivitymiddleware, mounted globally inapp.js; decodes the Bearer JWT (no DB hit) and writes fire-and-forgetACTIVE_USER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS(default 300) pruned on every write/readGET /api/analytics/active-users(authenticated) returns{ activeUsers, timeoutSeconds }The middleware never blocks a request (fire-and-forget) and the service degrades to a no-op when Redis is unavailable, so analytics can never take the app down.
5. Compatibility Note (INTERFACE_VERSION)
No version bump. This adds a new
/api/analytics/active-usersendpoint and one opt-in.envvar; it does not change any existing response shape or route.6. Incidental Fixes
Bearertoken, so unauthenticated traffic is not charged a Redis write.setRedis/setTimeoutSeconds) lets the middleware→service→route chain be tested without a live Redis.7. Testing
test/activeUsers.test.jsdrives the real exportedappvia supertest with a Redis-compatible fake injected at the client seam, so the middleware, service and endpoint path are all exercised:requires authentication to read the active-user countcounts the requesting user via the activity middlewarecounts each unique user once and ignores repeated activityexpires users who have been idle longer than the timeoutrespects a shorter timeout via the environment override seamreturns 0 without error when Redis is unavailableResult:
Tests: 6 passed. A regression run ofreadingProgressandhealthsuites (17 total) also passed, confirming the new global middleware does not break existing routes.8. Additional Notes / Scope
One commit adding the middleware, service, controller, routes and test. It touches
app.jsonly to mount the middleware and router; no other module is affected.Summary by CodeRabbit