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+require 'socket'
+require 'net/https'
+require 'net/http'
+require 'logger'
+require 'zlib'
+require 'stringio'
+require 'new_relic/data_serialization'
+
+module NewRelic
+  module Agent
+
+    # The Agent is a singleton that is instantiated when the plugin is
+    # activated.  It collects performance data from ruby applications
+    # in realtime as the application runs, and periodically sends that
+    # data to the NewRelic server.
+    class Agent
+
+      # Specifies the version of the agent's communication protocol with
+      # the NewRelic hosted site.
+
+      PROTOCOL_VERSION = 8
+      # 14105: v8 (tag 2.10.3)
+      # (no v7)
+      # 10379: v6 (not tagged)
+      # 4078:  v5 (tag 2.5.4)
+      # 2292:  v4 (tag 2.3.6)
+      # 1754:  v3 (tag 2.3.0)
+      # 534:   v2 (shows up in 2.1.0, our first tag)
+
+
+      def initialize
+
+        @launch_time = Time.now
+
+        @metric_ids = {}
+        @stats_engine = NewRelic::Agent::StatsEngine.new
+        @transaction_sampler = NewRelic::Agent::TransactionSampler.new
+        @sql_sampler = NewRelic::Agent::SqlSampler.new
+        @stats_engine.transaction_sampler = @transaction_sampler
+        @stats_engine.sql_sampler = @sql_sampler
+        @error_collector = NewRelic::Agent::ErrorCollector.new
+        @connect_attempts = 0
+
+        @request_timeout = NewRelic::Control.instance.fetch('timeout', 2 * 60)
+
+        @last_harvest_time = Time.now
+        @obfuscator = lambda {|sql| NewRelic::Agent::Database.default_sql_obfuscator(sql) }
+      end
+      
+      # contains all the class-level methods for NewRelic::Agent::Agent
+      module ClassMethods
+        # Should only be called by NewRelic::Control - returns a
+        # memoized singleton instance of the agent, creating one if needed
+        def instance
+          @instance ||= self.new
+        end
+      end
+      
+      # Holds all the methods defined on NewRelic::Agent::Agent
+      # instances
+      module InstanceMethods
+        
+        # holds a proc that is used to obfuscate sql statements
+        attr_reader :obfuscator
+        # the statistics engine that holds all the timeslice data
+        attr_reader :stats_engine
+        # the transaction sampler that handles recording transactions
+        attr_reader :transaction_sampler
+        attr_reader :sql_sampler
+        # error collector is a simple collection of recorded errors
+        attr_reader :error_collector
+        # whether we should record raw, obfuscated, or no sql
+        attr_reader :record_sql
+        # a cached set of metric_ids to save the collector some time -
+        # it returns a metric id for every metric name we send it, and
+        # in the future we transmit using the metric id only
+        attr_reader :metric_ids
+        # in theory a set of rules applied by the agent to the output
+        # of its metrics. Currently unimplemented
+        attr_reader :url_rules
+        # a configuration for the Real User Monitoring system -
+        # handles things like static setup of the header for inclusion
+        # into pages
+        attr_reader :beacon_configuration
+        
+        # Returns the length of the unsent errors array, if it exists,
+        # otherwise nil
+        def unsent_errors_size
+          @unsent_errors.length if @unsent_errors
+        end
+        
+        # Returns the length of the traces array, if it exists,
+        # otherwise nil
+        def unsent_traces_size
+          @traces.length if @traces
+        end
+        
+        # Initializes the unsent timeslice data hash, if needed, and
+        # returns the number of keys it contains
+        def unsent_timeslice_data
+          @unsent_timeslice_data ||= {}
+          @unsent_timeslice_data.keys.length
+        end
+
+        # fakes out a transaction that did not happen in this process
+        # by creating apdex, summary metrics, and recording statistics
+        # for the transaction
+        # 
+        # This method is *deprecated* - it may be removed in future
+        # versions of the agent
+        def record_transaction(duration_seconds, options={})
+          is_error = options['is_error'] || options['error_message'] || options['exception']
+          metric = options['metric']
+          metric ||= options['uri'] # normalize this with url rules
+          raise "metric or uri arguments required" unless metric
+          metric_info = NewRelic::MetricParser::MetricParser.for_metric_named(metric)
+
+          if metric_info.is_web_transaction?
+            NewRelic::Agent::Instrumentation::MetricFrame.record_apdex(metric_info, duration_seconds, duration_seconds, is_error)
+          end
+          metrics = metric_info.summary_metrics
+
+          metrics << metric
+          metrics.each do |name|
+            stats = stats_engine.get_stats_no_scope(name)
+            stats.record_data_point(duration_seconds)
+          end
+
+          if is_error
+            if options['exception']
+              e = options['exception']
+            elsif options['error_message']
+              e = Exception.new options['error_message']
+            else
+              e = Exception.new 'Unknown Error'
+            end
+            error_collector.notice_error e, :uri => options['uri'], :metric => metric
+          end
+          # busy time ?
+        end
+
+        # This method should be called in a forked process after a fork.
+        # It assumes the parent process initialized the agent, but does
+        # not assume the agent started.
+        #
+        # The call is idempotent, but not re-entrant.
+        #
+        # * It clears any metrics carried over from the parent process
+        # * Restarts the sampler thread if necessary
+        # * Initiates a new agent run and worker loop unless that was done
+        #   in the parent process and +:force_reconnect+ is not true
+        #
+        # Options:
+        # * <tt>:force_reconnect => true</tt> to force the spawned process to
+        #   establish a new connection, such as when forking a long running process.
+        #   The default is false--it will only connect to the server if the parent
+        #   had not connected.
+        # * <tt>:keep_retrying => false</tt> if we try to initiate a new
+        #   connection, this tells me to only try it once so this method returns
+        #   quickly if there is some kind of latency with the server.
+        def after_fork(options={})
+
+          # @connected gets false after we fail to connect or have an error
+          # connecting.  @connected has nil if we haven't finished trying to connect.
+          # or we didn't attempt a connection because this is the master process
+
+          # log.debug "Agent received after_fork notice in #$$: [#{control.agent_enabled?}; monitor=#{control.monitor_mode?}; connected: #{@connected.inspect}; thread=#{@worker_thread.inspect}]"
+          return if !control.agent_enabled? or
+            !control.monitor_mode? or
+            @connected == false or
+            @worker_thread && @worker_thread.alive?
+
+          log.info "Starting the worker thread in #$$ after forking."
+
+          # Clear out stats that are left over from parent process
+          reset_stats
+
+          # Don't ever check to see if this is a spawner.  If we're in a forked process
+          # I'm pretty sure we're not also forking new instances.
+          start_worker_thread(options)
+          @stats_engine.start_sampler_thread
+        end
+
+        # True if we have initialized and completed 'start'
+        def started?
+          @started
+        end
+
+        # Return nil if not yet connected, true if successfully started
+        # and false if we failed to start.
+        def connected?
+          @connected
+        end
+
+        # Attempt a graceful shutdown of the agent, running the worker
+        # loop if it exists and is running.
+        #
+        # Options:
+        # :force_send => (true/false) # force the agent to send data
+        # before shutting down
+        def shutdown(options={})
+          run_loop_before_exit = options.fetch(:force_send, false)
+          return if not started?
+          if @worker_loop
+            @worker_loop.run_task if run_loop_before_exit
+            @worker_loop.stop
+
+            log.debug "Starting Agent shutdown"
+
+            # if litespeed, then ignore all future SIGUSR1 - it's
+            # litespeed trying to shut us down
+
+            if control.dispatcher == :litespeed
+              Signal.trap("SIGUSR1", "IGNORE")
+              Signal.trap("SIGTERM", "IGNORE")
+            end
+
+            begin
+              NewRelic::Agent.disable_all_tracing do
+                graceful_disconnect
+              end
+            rescue => e
+              log.error e
+              log.error e.backtrace.join("\n")
+            end
+          end
+          @started = nil
+        end
+
+        # Tells the statistics engine we are starting a new transaction
+        def start_transaction
+          @stats_engine.start_transaction
+        end
+
+        # Tells the statistics engine we are ending a transaction
+        def end_transaction
+          @stats_engine.end_transaction
+        end
+
+        # Sets a thread local variable as to whether we should or
+        # should not record sql in the current thread. Returns the
+        # previous value, if there is one
+        def set_record_sql(should_record)
+          prev = Thread::current[:record_sql]
+          Thread::current[:record_sql] = should_record
+          prev.nil? || prev
+        end
+
+        # Sets a thread local variable as to whether we should or
+        # should not record transaction traces in the current
+        # thread. Returns the previous value, if there is one
+        def set_record_tt(should_record)
+          prev = Thread::current[:record_tt]
+          Thread::current[:record_tt] = should_record
+          prev.nil? || prev
+        end
+
+        # Push flag indicating whether we should be tracing in this
+        # thread. This uses a stack which allows us to disable tracing
+        # children of a transaction without affecting the tracing of
+        # the whole transaction
+        def push_trace_execution_flag(should_trace=false)
+          value = Thread.current[:newrelic_untraced]
+          if (value.nil?)
+            Thread.current[:newrelic_untraced] = []
+          end
+
+          Thread.current[:newrelic_untraced] << should_trace
+        end
+
+        # Pop the current trace execution status.  Restore trace execution status
+        # to what it was before we pushed the current flag.
+        def pop_trace_execution_flag
+          Thread.current[:newrelic_untraced].pop if Thread.current[:newrelic_untraced]
+        end
+
+        # Shorthand to the NewRelic::Agent.logger method
+        def log
+          NewRelic::Agent.logger
+        end
+
+        # Herein lies the corpse of the former 'start' method. May
+        # it's unmatched flog score rest in pieces.
+        module Start
+          # Check whether we have already started, which is an error condition
+          def already_started?
+            if started?
+              control.log!("Agent Started Already!", :error)
+              true
+            end
+          end
+
+          # The agent is disabled when it is not force enabled by the
+          # 'agent_enabled' option (e.g. in a manual start), or
+          # enabled normally through the configuration file
+          def disabled?
+            !control.agent_enabled?
+          end
+
+          # Logs the dispatcher to the log file to assist with
+          # debugging. When no debugger is present, logs this fact to
+          # assist with proper dispatcher detection
+          def log_dispatcher
+            dispatcher_name = control.dispatcher.to_s
+            return if log_if(dispatcher_name.empty?, :info, "No dispatcher detected.")
+            log.info "Dispatcher: #{dispatcher_name}"
+          end
+
+          # Logs the configured application names
+          def log_app_names
+            log.info "Application: #{control.app_names.join(", ")}"
+          end
+          
+          # Connecting in the foreground blocks further startup of the
+          # agent until we have a connection - useful in cases where
+          # you're trying to log a very-short-running process and want
+          # to get statistics from before a server connection
+          # (typically 20 seconds) exists
+          def connect_in_foreground
+            NewRelic::Agent.disable_all_tracing { connect(:keep_retrying => false) }
+          end
+
+          # If we're using sinatra, old versions run in an at_exit
+          # block so we should probably know that
+          def using_sinatra?
+            defined?(Sinatra::Application)
+          end
+
+          # we should not set an at_exit block if people are using
+          # these as they don't do standard at_exit behavior per MRI/YARV
+          def weird_ruby?
+            NewRelic::LanguageSupport.using_engine?('rbx') ||
+              NewRelic::LanguageSupport.using_engine?('jruby') ||
+              using_sinatra?
+          end
+
+          # Installs our exit handler, which exploits the weird
+          # behavior of at_exit blocks to make sure it runs last, by
+          # doing an at_exit within an at_exit block.
+          def install_exit_handler
+            if control.send_data_on_exit && !weird_ruby?
+              # Our shutdown handler needs to run after other shutdown handlers
+              at_exit { at_exit { shutdown } }
+            end
+          end
+
+          # Tells us in the log file where the log file is
+          # located. This seems redundant, but can come in handy when
+          # we have some log file path set by the user which parses
+          # incorrectly, sending the log file to who-knows-where
+          def notify_log_file_location
+            log_file = NewRelic::Control.instance.log_file
+            log_if(File.exists?(log_file.to_s), :info,
+                   "Agent Log at #{log_file}")
+          end
+
+          # Classy logging of the agent version and the current pid,
+          # so we can disambiguate processes in the log file and make
+          # sure they're running a reasonable version
+          def log_version_and_pid
+            log.info "New Relic Ruby Agent #{NewRelic::VERSION::STRING} Initialized: pid = #{$$}"
+          end
+
+          # A helper method that logs a condition if that condition is
+          # true. Mentally cleaner than having every method set a
+          # local and log if it is true
+          def log_if(boolean, level, message)
+            self.log.send(level, message) if boolean
+            boolean
+          end
+
+          # A helper method that logs a condition unless that
+          # condition is true. Mentally cleaner than having every
+          # method set a local and log unless it is true
+          def log_unless(boolean, level, message)
+            self.log.send(level, message) unless boolean
+            boolean
+          end
+
+          # Warn the user if they have configured their agent not to
+          # send data, that way we can see this clearly in the log file
+          def monitoring?
+            log_unless(control.monitor_mode?, :warn, "Agent configured not to send data in this environment - edit newrelic.yml to change this")
+          end
+
+          # Tell the user when the license key is missing so they can
+          # fix it by adding it to the file
+          def has_license_key?
+            log_unless(control.license_key, :error, "No license key found.  Please edit your newrelic.yml file and insert your license key.")
+          end
+
+          # A correct license key exists and is of the proper length
+          def has_correct_license_key?
+            has_license_key? && correct_license_length
+          end
+
+          # A license key is an arbitrary 40 character string,
+          # usually looks something like a SHA1 hash
+          def correct_license_length
+            key = control.license_key
+            log_unless((key.length == 40), :error, "Invalid license key: #{key}")
+          end
+
+          # If we're using a dispatcher that forks before serving
+          # requests, we need to wait until the children are forked
+          # before connecting, otherwise the parent process sends odd data
+          def using_forking_dispatcher?
+            log_if([:passenger, :unicorn].include?(control.dispatcher), :info, "Connecting workers after forking.")
+          end
+
+          # Sanity-check the agent configuration and start the agent,
+          # setting up the worker thread and the exit handler to shut
+          # down the agent
+          def check_config_and_start_agent
+            return unless monitoring? && has_correct_license_key?
+            return if using_forking_dispatcher?
+            connect_in_foreground if control.sync_startup
+            start_worker_thread
+            install_exit_handler
+          end
+        end
+
+        include Start
+
+        # Logs a bunch of data and starts the agent, if needed
+        def start
+          return if already_started? || disabled?
+          @started = true
+          @local_host = determine_host
+          log_dispatcher
+          log_app_names
+          config_transaction_tracer
+          check_config_and_start_agent
+          log_version_and_pid
+          notify_log_file_location
+        end
+
+        # Clear out the metric data, errors, and transaction traces,
+        # making sure the agent is in a fresh state
+        def reset_stats
+          @stats_engine.reset_stats
+          @unsent_errors = []
+          @traces = nil
+          @unsent_timeslice_data = {}
+          @last_harvest_time = Time.now
+          @launch_time = Time.now
+        end
+
+        private
+        def collector
+          @collector ||= control.server
+        end
+        
+        # All of this module used to be contained in the
+        # start_worker_thread method - this is an artifact of
+        # refactoring and can be moved, renamed, etc at will
+        module StartWorkerThread
+
+          # disable transaction sampling if disabled by the server
+          # and we're not in dev mode
+          def check_transaction_sampler_status
+            if control.developer_mode? || @should_send_samples
+              @transaction_sampler.enable
+            else
+              @transaction_sampler.disable
+            end
+          end
+          
+          def check_sql_sampler_status
+            # disable sql sampling if disabled by the server
+            # and we're not in dev mode
+            if @sql_sampler.config.fetch('enabled', true) && ['raw', 'obfuscated'].include?(@sql_sampler.config.fetch('record_sql', 'obfuscated').to_s) && @transaction_sampler.config.fetch('enabled', true)
+              @sql_sampler.enable
+            else
+              @sql_sampler.disable
+            end
+          end
+
+          # logs info about the worker loop so users can see when the
+          # agent actually begins running in the background
+          def log_worker_loop_start
+            log.info "Reporting performance data every #{@report_period} seconds."
+            log.debug "Running worker loop"
+          end
+
+          # Creates the worker loop and loads it with the instructions
+          # it should run every @report_period seconds
+          def create_and_run_worker_loop
+            @worker_loop = WorkerLoop.new
+            @worker_loop.run(@report_period) do
+              save_or_transmit_data
+            end
+          end
+
+          # Handles the case where the server tells us to restart -
+          # this clears the data, clears connection attempts, and
+          # waits a while to reconnect.
+          def handle_force_restart(error)
+            log.info error.message
+            reset_stats
+            @metric_ids = {}
+            @connected = nil
+            sleep 30
+          end
+
+          # when a disconnect is requested, stop the current thread, which
+          # is the worker thread that gathers data and talks to the
+          # server.
+          def handle_force_disconnect(error)
+            log.error "New Relic forced this agent to disconnect (#{error.message})"
+            disconnect
+          end
+
+          # there is a problem with connecting to the server, so we
+          # stop trying to connect and shut down the agent
+          def handle_server_connection_problem(error)
+            log.error "Unable to establish connection with the server.  Run with log level set to debug for more information."
+            log.debug("#{error.class.name}: #{error.message}\n#{error.backtrace.first}")
+            disconnect
+          end
+
+          # Handles an unknown error in the worker thread by logging
+          # it and disconnecting the agent, since we are now in an
+          # unknown state
+          def handle_other_error(error)
+            log.error "Terminating worker loop: #{error.class.name}: #{error.message}\n  #{error.backtrace.join("\n  ")}"
+            disconnect
+          end
+
+          # a wrapper method to handle all the errors that can happen
+          # in the connection and worker thread system. This
+          # guarantees a no-throw from the background thread.
+          def catch_errors
+            yield
+          rescue NewRelic::Agent::ForceRestartException => e
+            handle_force_restart(e)
+            retry
+          rescue NewRelic::Agent::ForceDisconnectException => e
+            handle_force_disconnect(e)
+          rescue NewRelic::Agent::ServerConnectionException => e
+            handle_server_connection_problem(e)
+          rescue Exception => e
+            handle_other_error(e)
+          end
+
+          # This is the method that is run in a new thread in order to
+          # background the harvesting and sending of data during the
+          # normal operation of the agent.
+          #
+          # Takes connection options that determine how we should
+          # connect to the server, and loops endlessly - typically we
+          # never return from this method unless we're shutting down
+          # the agent
+          def deferred_work!(connection_options)
+            catch_errors do
+              NewRelic::Agent.disable_all_tracing do
+                # We try to connect.  If this returns false that means
+                # the server rejected us for a licensing reason and we should
+                # just exit the thread.  If it returns nil
+                # that means it didn't try to connect because we're in the master.
+                connect(connection_options)
+                if @connected
+                  check_transaction_sampler_status
+                  check_sql_sampler_status
+                  log_worker_loop_start
+                  create_and_run_worker_loop
+                  # never reaches here unless there is a problem or
+                  # the agent is exiting
+                else
+                  log.debug "No connection.  Worker thread ending."
+                end
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        include StartWorkerThread
+
+        # Try to launch the worker thread and connect to the server.
+        #
+        # See #connect for a description of connection_options.
+        def start_worker_thread(connection_options = {})
+          log.debug "Creating Ruby Agent worker thread."
+          @worker_thread = Thread.new do
+            deferred_work!(connection_options)
+          end # thread new
+          @worker_thread['newrelic_label'] = 'Worker Loop'
+        end
+
+        # A shorthand for NewRelic::Control.instance
+        def control
+          NewRelic::Control.instance
+        end
+        
+        # This module is an artifact of a refactoring of the connect
+        # method - all of its methods are used in that context, so it
+        # can be refactored at will. It should be fully tested
+        module Connect
+          # the frequency with which we should try to connect to the
+          # server at the moment.
+          attr_accessor :connect_retry_period
+          # number of attempts we've made to contact the server
+          attr_accessor :connect_attempts
+
+          # Disconnect just sets connected to false, which prevents
+          # the agent from trying to connect again
+          def disconnect
+            @connected = false
+            true
+          end
+
+          # We've tried to connect if @connected is not nil, or if we
+          # are forcing reconnection (i.e. in the case of an
+          # after_fork with long running processes)
+          def tried_to_connect?(options)
+            !(@connected.nil? || options[:force_reconnect])
+          end
+
+          # We keep trying by default, but you can disable it with the
+          # :keep_retrying option set to false
+          def should_keep_retrying?(options)
+            @keep_retrying = (options[:keep_retrying].nil? || options[:keep_retrying])
+          end
+
+          # Retry period is a minute for each failed attempt that
+          # we've made. This should probably do some sort of sane TCP
+          # backoff to prevent hammering the server, but a minute for
+          # each attempt seems to work reasonably well.
+          def get_retry_period
+            return 600 if self.connect_attempts > 6
+            connect_attempts * 60
+          end
+
+          def increment_retry_period! #:nodoc:
+            self.connect_retry_period=(get_retry_period)
+          end
+
+          # We should only retry when there has not been a more
+          # serious condition that would prevent it. We increment the
+          # connect attempts and the retry period, to prevent constant
+          # connection attempts, and tell the user what we're doing by
+          # logging.
+          def should_retry?
+            if @keep_retrying
+              self.connect_attempts=(connect_attempts + 1)
+              increment_retry_period!
+              log.info "Will re-attempt in #{connect_retry_period} seconds"
+              true
+            else
+              disconnect
+              false
+            end
+          end
+
+          # When we have a problem connecting to the server, we need
+          # to tell the user what happened, since this is not an error
+          # we can handle gracefully.
+          def log_error(error)
+            log.error "Error establishing connection with New Relic Service at #{control.server}: #{error.message}"
+            log.debug error.backtrace.join("\n")
+          end
+
+          # When the server sends us an error with the license key, we
+          # want to tell the user that something went wrong, and let
+          # them know where to go to get a valid license key
+          #
+          # After this runs, it disconnects the agent so that it will
+          # no longer try to connect to the server, saving the
+          # application and the server load
+          def handle_license_error(error)
+            log.error error.message
+            log.info "Visit NewRelic.com to obtain a valid license key, or to upgrade your account."
+            disconnect
+          end
+
+          # If we are using a seed and token to validate the agent, we
+          # should debug log that fact so that debug logs include a
+          # clue that token authentication is what will be used
+          def log_seed_token
+            if control.validate_seed
+              log.debug "Connecting with validation seed/token: #{control.validate_seed}/#{control.validate_token}"
+            end
+          end
+
+          # Checks whether we should send environment info, and if so,
+          # returns the snapshot from the local environment
+          def environment_for_connect
+            control['send_environment_info'] != false ? control.local_env.snapshot : []
+          end
+
+          # These validation settings are used for cases where a
+          # dynamic server is spun up for clients - partners can
+          # include a seed and token to indicate that the host is
+          # allowed to connect, rather than setting a unique hostname
+          def validate_settings
+            {
+              :seed => control.validate_seed,
+              :token => control.validate_token
+            }
+          end
+
+          # Initializes the hash of settings that we send to the
+          # server. Returns a literal hash containing the options
+          def connect_settings
+            {
+              :pid => $$,
+              :host => @local_host,
+              :app_name => control.app_names,
+              :language => 'ruby',
+              :agent_version => NewRelic::VERSION::STRING,
+              :environment => environment_for_connect,
+              :settings => control.settings,
+              :validate => validate_settings
+            }
+          end
+
+          # Does some simple logging to make sure that our seed and
+          # token for verification are correct, then returns the
+          # connect data passed back from the server
+          def connect_to_server
+            log_seed_token
+            connect_data = invoke_remote(:connect, connect_settings)
+          end
+
+          # Configures the error collector if the server says that we
+          # are allowed to send errors. Pretty simple, and logs at
+          # debug whether errors will or will not be sent.
+          def configure_error_collector!(server_enabled)
+            # Reinitialize the error collector
+            @error_collector = NewRelic::Agent::ErrorCollector.new
+            # Ask for permission to collect error data
+            enabled = if error_collector.config_enabled && server_enabled
+                        error_collector.enabled = true
+                      else
+                        error_collector.enabled = false
+                      end
+            log.debug "Errors will #{enabled ? '' : 'not '}be sent to the New Relic service."
+          end
+
+          # Random sampling is enabled based on a sample rate, which
+          # is the n in "every 1/n transactions is added regardless of
+          # its length".
+          #
+          # uses a sane default for sampling rate if the sampling rate
+          # is zero, since the collector currently sends '0' as a
+          # sampling rate for all accounts, which is probably for
+          # legacy reasons
+          def enable_random_samples!(sample_rate)
+            sample_rate = 10 unless sample_rate.to_i > 0
+            @transaction_sampler.random_sampling = true
+            @transaction_sampler.sampling_rate = sample_rate
+            log.info "Transaction sampling enabled, rate = #{@transaction_sampler.sampling_rate}"
+          end
+
+          # this entire method should be done on the transaction
+          # sampler object, rather than here. We should pass in the
+          # sampler config.
+          def config_transaction_tracer
+            # Reconfigure the transaction tracer
+            @transaction_sampler.configure!
+            @sql_sampler.configure!
+            @should_send_samples = @config_should_send_samples = @transaction_sampler.config.fetch('enabled', true)
+            @should_send_random_samples = @transaction_sampler.config.fetch('random_sample', false)
+            set_sql_recording!
+
+            # default to 2.0, string 'apdex_f' will turn into your
+            # apdex * 4
+            @slowest_transaction_threshold = @transaction_sampler.config.fetch('transaction_threshold', 2.0).to_f
+            @slowest_transaction_threshold = apdex_f if apdex_f_threshold?
+          end
+
+          # Enables or disables the transaction tracer and sets its
+          # options based on the options provided to the
+          # method.
+          def configure_transaction_tracer!(server_enabled, sample_rate)
+            # Ask the server for permission to send transaction samples.
+            # determined by subscription license.
+            @transaction_sampler.config['enabled'] = server_enabled
+            @sql_sampler.disable unless @transaction_sampler.config['enabled']
+            
+            @should_send_samples = @config_should_send_samples && server_enabled
+
+            if @should_send_samples
+              # I don't think this is ever true, but...
+              enable_random_samples!(sample_rate) if @should_send_random_samples
+              log.debug "Transaction tracing threshold is #{@slowest_transaction_threshold} seconds."
+            else
+              log.debug "Transaction traces will not be sent to the New Relic service."
+            end
+          end
+
+          # apdex_f is always 4 times the apdex_t
+          def apdex_f
+            (4 * NewRelic::Control.instance.apdex_t).to_f
+          end
+
+          # If the transaction threshold is set to the string
+          # 'apdex_f', we use 4 times the apdex_t value to record
+          # transactions. This gears well with using apdex since you
+          # will attempt to send any transactions that register as 'failing'
+          def apdex_f_threshold?
+            @transaction_sampler.config.fetch('transaction_threshold', '') =~ /apdex_f/i
+          end
+
+          # Sets the sql recording configuration by trying to detect
+          # any attempt to disable the sql collection - 'off',
+          # 'false', 'none', and friends. Otherwise, we accept 'raw',
+          # and unrecognized values default to 'obfuscated'
+          def set_sql_recording!
+            record_sql_config = @transaction_sampler.config.fetch('record_sql', :obfuscated)
+            case record_sql_config.to_s
+            when 'off'
+              @record_sql = :off
+            when 'none'
+              @record_sql = :off
+            when 'false'
+              @record_sql = :off
+            when 'raw'
+              @record_sql = :raw
+            else
+              @record_sql = :obfuscated
+            end
+
+            log_sql_transmission_warning?
+          end
+
+          # Warn the user when we are sending raw sql across the wire
+          # - they should probably be using ssl when this is true
+          def log_sql_transmission_warning?
+            log.warn("Agent is configured to send raw SQL to the service") if @record_sql == :raw
+          end
+
+          # Asks the collector to tell us which sub-collector we
+          # should be reporting to, and then does the name resolution
+          # on that host so we don't block on DNS during the normal
+          # course of agent processing
+          def set_collector_host!
+            host = invoke_remote(:get_redirect_host)
+            if host
+              @collector = control.server_from_host(host)
+            end
+          end
+
+          # Sets the collector host and connects to the server, then
+          # invokes the final configuration with the returned data
+          def query_server_for_configuration
+            set_collector_host!
+
+            finish_setup(connect_to_server)
+          end
+
+          # Takes a hash of configuration data returned from the
+          # server and uses it to set local variables and to
+          # initialize various parts of the agent that are configured
+          # separately.
+          #
+          # Can accommodate most arbitrary data - anything extra is
+          # ignored unless we say to do something with it here.
+          def finish_setup(config_data)
+            @agent_id = config_data['agent_run_id']
+            @report_period = config_data['data_report_period']
+            @url_rules = config_data['url_rules']
+            @beacon_configuration = BeaconConfiguration.new(config_data)
+            @server_side_config_enabled = config_data['listen_to_server_config']
+
+            control.merge_server_side_config(config_data) if @server_side_config_enabled
+            config_transaction_tracer
+            log_connection!(config_data)
+            configure_transaction_tracer!(config_data['collect_traces'], config_data['sample_rate'])
+            configure_error_collector!(config_data['collect_errors'])
+          end
+          
+          # Logs when we connect to the server, for debugging purposes
+          # - makes sure we know if an agent has not connected
+          def log_connection!(config_data)
+            control.log! "Connected to NewRelic Service at #{@collector}"
+            log.debug "Agent Run       = #{@agent_id}."
+            log.debug "Connection data = #{config_data.inspect}"
+          end
+        end
+        include Connect
+
+
+        # Serialize all the important data that the agent might want
+        # to send to the server. We could be sending this to file (
+        # common in short-running background transactions ) or
+        # alternately we could serialize via a pipe or socket to a
+        # local aggregation device
+        def serialize
+          accumulator = []
+          accumulator[1] = harvest_transaction_traces if @transaction_sampler
+          accumulator[2] = harvest_errors if @error_collector
+          accumulator[0] = harvest_timeslice_data
+          reset_stats
+          @metric_ids = {}
+          accumulator
+        end
+        public :serialize
+
+        # Accepts data as provided by the serialize method and merges
+        # it into our current collection of data to send. Can be
+        # dangerous if we re-merge the same data more than once - it
+        # will be sent multiple times.
+        def merge_data_from(data)
+          metrics, transaction_traces, errors = data
+          @stats_engine.merge_data(metrics) if metrics
+          if transaction_traces
+            if @traces
+              @traces = @traces + transaction_traces
+            else
+              @traces = transaction_traces
+            end
+          end
+          if errors
+            if @unsent_errors
+              @unsent_errors = @unsent_errors + errors
+            else
+              @unsent_errors = errors
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        public :merge_data_from
+
+        # Connect to the server and validate the license.  If successful,
+        # @connected has true when finished.  If not successful, you can
+        # keep calling this.  Return false if we could not establish a
+        # connection with the server and we should not retry, such as if
+        # there's a bad license key.
+        #
+        # Set keep_retrying=false to disable retrying and return asap, such as when
+        # invoked in the foreground.  Otherwise this runs until a successful
+        # connection is made, or the server rejects us.
+        #
+        # * <tt>:keep_retrying => false</tt> to only try to connect once, and
+        #   return with the connection set to nil.  This ensures we may try again
+        #   later (default true).
+        # * <tt>force_reconnect => true</tt> if you want to establish a new connection
+        #   to the server before running the worker loop.  This means you get a separate
+        #   agent run and New Relic sees it as a separate instance (default is false).
+        def connect(options)
+          # Don't proceed if we already connected (@connected=true) or if we tried
+          # to connect and were rejected with prejudice because of a license issue
+          # (@connected=false), unless we're forced to by force_reconnect.
+          return if tried_to_connect?(options)
+
+          # wait a few seconds for the web server to boot, necessary in development
+          @connect_retry_period = should_keep_retrying?(options) ? 10 : 0
+
+          sleep connect_retry_period
+          log.debug "Connecting Process to New Relic: #$0"
+          query_server_for_configuration
+          @connected_pid = $$
+          @connected = true
+        rescue NewRelic::Agent::LicenseException => e
+          handle_license_error(e)
+        rescue Timeout::Error, StandardError => e
+          log_error(e)
+          if should_retry?
+            retry
+          else
+            disconnect
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Who am I? Well, this method can tell you your hostname.
+        def determine_host
+          Socket.gethostname
+        end
+
+        # Delegates to the control class to determine the root
+        # directory of this project
+        def determine_home_directory
+          control.root
+        end
+
+        # Checks whether this process is a Passenger or Unicorn
+        # spawning server - if so, we probably don't intend to report
+        # statistics from this process
+        def is_application_spawner?
+          $0 =~ /ApplicationSpawner|^unicorn\S* master/
+        end
+
+        # calls the busy harvester and collects timeslice data to
+        # send later
+        def harvest_timeslice_data(time=Time.now)
+          # this creates timeslices that are harvested below
+          NewRelic::Agent::BusyCalculator.harvest_busy
+
+          @unsent_timeslice_data ||= {}
+          @unsent_timeslice_data = @stats_engine.harvest_timeslice_data(@unsent_timeslice_data, @metric_ids)
+          @unsent_timeslice_data
+        end
+
+        # takes an array of arrays of spec and id, adds it into the
+        # metric cache so we can save the collector some work by
+        # sending integers instead of strings
+        def fill_metric_id_cache(pairs_of_specs_and_ids)
+          Array(pairs_of_specs_and_ids).each do |metric_spec, metric_id|
+            @metric_ids[metric_spec] = metric_id
+          end
+        end
+
+        # note - exceptions are logged in invoke_remote.  If an exception is encountered here,
+        # then the metric data is downsampled for another
+        # transmission later
+        def harvest_and_send_timeslice_data
+          now = Time.now
+          NewRelic::Agent.instance.stats_engine.get_stats_no_scope('Supportability/invoke_remote').record_data_point(0.0)
+          NewRelic::Agent.instance.stats_engine.get_stats_no_scope('Supportability/invoke_remote/metric_data').record_data_point(0.0)
+          harvest_timeslice_data(now)
+          begin
+            # In this version of the protocol, we get back an assoc array of spec to id.
+            metric_specs_and_ids = invoke_remote(:metric_data, @agent_id,
+                                                 @last_harvest_time.to_f,
+                                                 now.to_f,
+                                                 @unsent_timeslice_data.values)
+
+          rescue Timeout::Error
+            # assume that the data was received. chances are that it
+            # was. Also, lol.
+            metric_specs_and_ids = []
+          end
+
+          fill_metric_id_cache(metric_specs_and_ids)
+
+          log.debug "#{now}: sent #{@unsent_timeslice_data.length} timeslices (#{@agent_id}) in #{Time.now - now} seconds"
+
+          # if we successfully invoked this web service, then clear the unsent message cache.
+          @unsent_timeslice_data = {}
+          @last_harvest_time = now
+        end
+
+        # Fills the traces array with the harvested transactions from
+        # the transaction sampler, subject to the setting for slowest
+        # transaction threshold
+        def harvest_transaction_traces
+          @traces = @transaction_sampler.harvest(@traces, @slowest_transaction_threshold)
+          @traces
+        end
+
+        def harvest_and_send_slowest_sql
+          # FIXME add the code to try to resend if our connection is down
+          sql_traces = @sql_sampler.harvest
+          unless sql_traces.empty?
+            log.debug "Sending (#{sql_traces.count}) sql traces"
+            begin
+              response = invoke_remote :sql_trace_data, sql_traces
+#              log.debug "Sql trace response: #{response}"
+            rescue
+              @sql_sampler.merge sql_traces 
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        # This handles getting the transaction traces and then sending
+        # them across the wire.  This includes gathering SQL
+        # explanations, stripping out stack traces, and normalizing
+        # SQL.  note that we explain only the sql statements whose
+        # segments' execution times exceed our threshold (to avoid
+        # unnecessary overhead of running explains on fast queries.)
+        def harvest_and_send_slowest_sample
+          harvest_transaction_traces
+          unless @traces.empty?
+            now = Time.now
+            log.debug "Sending (#{@traces.length}) transaction traces"
+            begin
+              options = { :keep_backtraces => true }
+              options[:record_sql] = @record_sql unless @record_sql == :off
+              if @transaction_sampler.explain_enabled
+                options[:explain_sql] = @transaction_sampler.explain_threshold
+              end
+              traces = @traces.collect {|trace| trace.prepare_to_send(options)}
+              invoke_remote :transaction_sample_data, @agent_id, traces
+            rescue PostTooBigException
+              # we tried to send too much data, drop the first trace and
+              # try again
+              retry if @traces.shift
+            end
+
+            log.debug "Sent slowest sample (#{@agent_id}) in #{Time.now - now} seconds"
+          end
+
+          # if we succeed sending this sample, then we don't need to keep
+          # the slowest sample around - it has been sent already and we
+          # can clear the collection and move on
+          @traces = nil
+        end
+
+        # Gets the collection of unsent errors from the error
+        # collector. We pass back in an existing array of errors that
+        # may be left over from a previous send
+        def harvest_errors
+          @unsent_errors = @error_collector.harvest_errors(@unsent_errors)
+          @unsent_errors
+        end
+
+        # Handles getting the errors from the error collector and
+        # sending them to the server, and any error cases like trying
+        # to send very large errors - we drop the oldest error on the
+        # floor and try again
+        def harvest_and_send_errors
+          harvest_errors
+          if @unsent_errors && @unsent_errors.length > 0
+            log.debug "Sending #{@unsent_errors.length} errors"
+            begin
+              invoke_remote :error_data, @agent_id, @unsent_errors
+            rescue PostTooBigException
+              @unsent_errors.shift
+              retry
+            end
+            # if the remote invocation fails, then we never clear
+            # @unsent_errors, and therefore we can re-attempt to send on
+            # the next heartbeat.  Note the error collector maxes out at
+            # 20 instances to prevent leakage
+            @unsent_errors = []
+          end
+        end
+
+        # This method handles the compression of the request body that
+        # we are going to send to the server
+        #
+        # We currently optimize for CPU here since we get roughly a 10x
+        # reduction in message size with this, and CPU overhead is at a
+        # premium. For extra-large posts, we use the higher compression
+        # since otherwise it actually errors out.
+        #
+        # We do not compress if content is smaller than 64kb.  There are
+        # problems with bugs in Ruby in some versions that expose us
+        # to a risk of segfaults if we compress aggressively.
+        #
+        # medium payloads get fast compression, to save CPU
+        # big payloads get all the compression possible, to stay under
+        # the 2,000,000 byte post threshold
+        def compress_data(object)
+          dump = Marshal.dump(object)
+
+          # this checks to make sure mongrel won't choke on big uploads
+          check_post_size(dump)
+
+          dump_size = dump.size
+
+          return [dump, 'identity'] if dump_size < (64*1024)
+
+          compression = dump_size < 2000000 ? Zlib::BEST_SPEED : Zlib::BEST_COMPRESSION
+
+          [Zlib::Deflate.deflate(dump, compression), 'deflate']
+        end
+
+        # Raises a PostTooBigException if the post_string is longer
+        # than the limit configured in the control object
+        def check_post_size(post_string)
+          # TODO: define this as a config option on the server side
+          return if post_string.size < control.post_size_limit
+          log.warn "Tried to send too much data: #{post_string.size} bytes"
+          raise PostTooBigException
+        end
+
+        # Posts to the specified server
+        #
+        # Options:
+        #  - :uri => the path to request on the server (a misnomer of
+        #              course)
+        #  - :encoding => the encoding to pass to the server
+        #  - :collector => a URI object that responds to the 'name' method
+        #                    and returns the name of the collector to
+        #                    contact
+        #  - :data => the data to send as the body of the request
+        def send_request(opts)
+          request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(opts[:uri], 'CONTENT-ENCODING' => opts[:encoding], 'HOST' => opts[:collector].name)
+          request['user-agent'] = user_agent
+          request.content_type = "application/octet-stream"
+          request.body = opts[:data]
+
+          log.debug "Connect to #{opts[:collector]}#{opts[:uri]}"
+
+          response = nil
+          http = control.http_connection(collector)
+          http.read_timeout = nil
+          begin
+            NewRelic::TimerLib.timeout(@request_timeout) do
+              response = http.request(request)
+            end
+          rescue Timeout::Error
+            log.warn "Timed out trying to post data to New Relic (timeout = #{@request_timeout} seconds)" unless @request_timeout < 30
+            raise
+          end
+          if response.is_a? Net::HTTPServiceUnavailable
+            raise NewRelic::Agent::ServerConnectionException, "Service unavailable (#{response.code}): #{response.message}"
+          elsif response.is_a? Net::HTTPGatewayTimeOut
+            log.debug("Timed out getting response: #{response.message}")
+            raise Timeout::Error, response.message
+          elsif response.is_a? Net::HTTPRequestEntityTooLarge
+            raise PostTooBigException
+          elsif !(response.is_a? Net::HTTPSuccess)
+            raise NewRelic::Agent::ServerConnectionException, "Unexpected response from server (#{response.code}): #{response.message}"
+          end
+          response
+        end
+
+        # Decompresses the response from the server, if it is gzip
+        # encoded, otherwise returns it verbatim
+        def decompress_response(response)
+          if response['content-encoding'] != 'gzip'
+            log.debug "Uncompressed content returned"
+            return response.body
+          end
+          log.debug "Decompressing return value"
+          i = Zlib::GzipReader.new(StringIO.new(response.body))
+          i.read
+        end
+
+        # unmarshals the response and raises it if it is an exception,
+        # so we can handle it in nonlocally
+        def check_for_exception(response)
+          dump = decompress_response(response)
+          value = Marshal.load(dump)
+          raise value if value.is_a? Exception
+          value
+        end
+
+        # The path on the server that we should post our data to
+        def remote_method_uri(method)
+          uri = "/agent_listener/#{PROTOCOL_VERSION}/#{control.license_key}/#{method}"
+          uri << "?run_id=#{@agent_id}" if @agent_id
+          uri
+        end
+
+        # Sets the user agent for connections to the server, to
+        # conform with the HTTP spec and allow for debugging. Includes
+        # the ruby version and also zlib version if available since
+        # that may cause corrupt compression if there is a problem.
+        def user_agent
+          ruby_description = ''
+          # note the trailing space!
+          ruby_description << "(ruby #{::RUBY_VERSION} #{::RUBY_PLATFORM}) " if defined?(::RUBY_VERSION) && defined?(::RUBY_PLATFORM)
+          zlib_version = ''
+          zlib_version << "zlib/#{Zlib.zlib_version}" if defined?(::Zlib) && Zlib.respond_to?(:zlib_version)
+          "NewRelic-RubyAgent/#{NewRelic::VERSION::STRING} #{ruby_description}#{zlib_version}"
+        end
+
+        # send a message via post to the actual server. This attempts
+        # to automatically compress the data via zlib if it is large
+        # enough to be worth compressing, and handles any errors the
+        # server may return
+        def invoke_remote(method, *args)
+          now = Time.now
+          #determines whether to zip the data or send plain
+          post_data, encoding = compress_data(args)
+
+          response = send_request({:uri => remote_method_uri(method), :encoding => encoding, :collector => collector, :data => post_data})
+
+          # raises the right exception if the remote server tells it to die
+          return check_for_exception(response)
+        rescue NewRelic::Agent::ForceRestartException => e
+          log.info e.message
+          raise
+        rescue SystemCallError, SocketError => e
+          # These include Errno connection errors
+          raise NewRelic::Agent::ServerConnectionException, "Recoverable error connecting to the server: #{e}"
+        ensure
+          NewRelic::Agent.instance.stats_engine.get_stats_no_scope('Supportability/invoke_remote').record_data_point((Time.now - now).to_f)
+          NewRelic::Agent.instance.stats_engine.get_stats_no_scope('Supportability/invoke_remote/' + method.to_s).record_data_point((Time.now - now).to_f)
+        end
+
+        def save_or_transmit_data
+          if NewRelic::DataSerialization.should_send_data?
+            log.debug "Sending data to New Relic Service"
+            NewRelic::Agent.load_data
+            harvest_and_send_errors
+            harvest_and_send_slowest_sample
+            harvest_and_send_slowest_sql
+            harvest_and_send_timeslice_data
+          else
+            log.debug "Serializing agent data to disk"
+            NewRelic::Agent.save_data
+          end
+        end
+
+        # This method contacts the server to send remaining data and
+        # let the server know that the agent is shutting down - this
+        # allows us to do things like accurately set the end of the
+        # lifetime of the process
+        #
+        # If this process comes from a parent process, it will not
+        # disconnect, so that the parent process can continue to send data
+        def graceful_disconnect
+          if @connected
+            begin
+              @request_timeout = 10
+              save_or_transmit_data
+              if @connected_pid == $$
+                log.debug "Sending New Relic service agent run shutdown message"
+                invoke_remote :shutdown, @agent_id, Time.now.to_f
+              else
+                log.debug "This agent connected from parent process #{@connected_pid}--not sending shutdown"
+              end
+              log.debug "Graceful disconnect complete"
+            rescue Timeout::Error, StandardError
+            end
+          else
+            log.debug "Bypassing graceful disconnect - agent not connected"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      extend ClassMethods
+      include InstanceMethods
+      include BrowserMonitoring
+    end
+  end
+end