Introduced monitoring mode for query string query max length.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ## [Unreleased 3.x]
 ### Added
 - Use Lucene `pack` method for `half_float` and `usigned_long` when using `ApproximatePointRangeQuery`.
+- New cluster setting search.query.max_query_string_length_monitor_only ([#19539](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19539))
 - Add a mapper for context aware segments grouping criteria ([#19233](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19233))
 
 ### Changed

server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/query/SimpleQueryStringIT.java

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.search.SearchService.CLUSTER_CONCURRENT_SEGMENT_SEARCH_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.search.SearchService.INDICES_MAX_CLAUSE_COUNT_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.search.SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH;
+import static org.opensearch.search.SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH_MONITOR_ONLY;
 import static org.opensearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToStringFromClasspath;
 import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertFailures;
@@ -796,6 +797,45 @@ public void testMaxQueryStringLength() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testMaxQueryStringLengthMonitorMode() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            String indexBody = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/opensearch/search/query/all-query-index.json");
+            assertAcked(prepareCreate("test").setSource(indexBody, MediaTypeRegistry.JSON));
+            ensureGreen("test");
+
+            assertAcked(
+                client().admin()
+                    .cluster()
+                    .prepareUpdateSettings()
+                    .setTransientSettings(Settings.builder().put(SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH.getKey(), 10))
+            );
+            assertAcked(
+                client().admin()
+                    .cluster()
+                    .prepareUpdateSettings()
+                    .setTransientSettings(Settings.builder().put(SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH_MONITOR_ONLY.getKey(), true))
+            );
+
+            // query run with the default value of search.query.max_query_string_length which is true
+            SearchResponse response = client().prepareSearch("test").setQuery(queryStringQuery("foo OR foo OR foo OR foo")).get();
+
+            assertNoFailures(response);
+        } finally {
+            assertAcked(
+                client().admin()
+                    .cluster()
+                    .prepareUpdateSettings()
+                    .setTransientSettings(Settings.builder().putNull(SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH.getKey()))
+            );
+            assertAcked(
+                client().admin()
+                    .cluster()
+                    .prepareUpdateSettings()
+                    .setTransientSettings(Settings.builder().putNull(SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH_MONITOR_ONLY.getKey()))
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     private void assertHits(SearchHits hits, String... ids) {
         assertThat(hits.getTotalHits().value(), equalTo((long) ids.length));
         Set<String> hitIds = new HashSet<>();

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java

@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ public void apply(Settings value, Settings current, Settings previous) {
                 SearchService.AGGREGATION_REWRITE_FILTER_SEGMENT_THRESHOLD,
                 SearchService.INDICES_MAX_CLAUSE_COUNT_SETTING,
                 SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH,
+                SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH_MONITOR_ONLY,
                 SearchService.CARDINALITY_AGGREGATION_PRUNING_THRESHOLD,
                 SearchService.KEYWORD_INDEX_OR_DOC_VALUES_ENABLED,
                 CreatePitController.PIT_INIT_KEEP_ALIVE,

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.index.search;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.CharTermAttribute;
@@ -97,9 +99,11 @@
  * @opensearch.internal
  */
 public class QueryStringQueryParser extends XQueryParser {
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(QueryStringQueryParser.class);
     private static final String EXISTS_FIELD = "_exists_";
     @SuppressWarnings("NonFinalStaticField")
     private static int maxQueryStringLength = SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH.get(Settings.EMPTY);
+    private static boolean maxQueryStringLengthMonitorMode = SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH_MONITOR_ONLY.get(Settings.EMPTY);
 
     private final QueryShardContext context;
     private final Map<String, Float> fieldsAndWeights;
@@ -872,14 +876,24 @@ public Query parse(String query) throws ParseException {
             return Queries.newMatchNoDocsQuery("Matching no documents because no terms present");
         }
         if (query.length() > maxQueryStringLength) {
-            throw new ParseException(
-                "Query string length exceeds max allowed length "
-                    + maxQueryStringLength
-                    + " ("
-                    + SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH.getKey()
-                    + "); actual length: "
-                    + query.length()
-            );
+            if (maxQueryStringLengthMonitorMode) {
+                // Log a warning and continue
+                logger.warn(
+                    "Query string length exceeds max allowed length {} ({}); actual length: {}",
+                    maxQueryStringLength,
+                    SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH.getKey(),
+                    query.length()
+                );
+            } else {
+                throw new ParseException(
+                    "Query string length exceeds max allowed length "
+                        + maxQueryStringLength
+                        + " ("
+                        + SearchService.SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH.getKey()
+                        + "); actual length: "
+                        + query.length()
+                );
+            }
         }
         return super.parse(query);
     }
@@ -890,4 +904,12 @@ public Query parse(String query) throws ParseException {
     public static void setMaxQueryStringLength(int maxQueryStringLength) {
         QueryStringQueryParser.maxQueryStringLength = maxQueryStringLength;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether the max query string length should be enforced in or not
+     * @param monitorMode if true, the max query string length will not be enforced
+     */
+    public static void setMaxQueryStringLengthMonitorMode(boolean monitorMode) {
+        QueryStringQueryParser.maxQueryStringLengthMonitorMode = monitorMode;
+    }
 }

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java

@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ public class SearchService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements IndexEv
         Setting.Property.Dynamic
     );
 
+    public static final Setting<Boolean> SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH_MONITOR_ONLY = Setting.boolSetting(
+        "search.query.max_query_string_length_monitor_only",
+        false,
+        Setting.Property.NodeScope,
+        Setting.Property.Dynamic
+    );
+
     public static final Setting<Boolean> CLUSTER_ALLOW_DERIVED_FIELD_SETTING = Setting.boolSetting(
         "search.derived_field.enabled",
         true,
@@ -537,6 +544,12 @@ public SearchService(
         QueryStringQueryParser.setMaxQueryStringLength(SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH.get(settings));
         clusterService.getClusterSettings()
             .addSettingsUpdateConsumer(SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH, QueryStringQueryParser::setMaxQueryStringLength);
+        QueryStringQueryParser.setMaxQueryStringLengthMonitorMode(SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH_MONITOR_ONLY.get(settings));
+        clusterService.getClusterSettings()
+            .addSettingsUpdateConsumer(
+                SEARCH_MAX_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH_MONITOR_ONLY,
+                QueryStringQueryParser::setMaxQueryStringLengthMonitorMode
+            );
 
         allowDerivedField = CLUSTER_ALLOW_DERIVED_FIELD_SETTING.get(settings);
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(CLUSTER_ALLOW_DERIVED_FIELD_SETTING, this::setAllowDerivedField);