fluentd 0.14.4-x86-mingw32

data/test/plugin/test_output_as_buffered_overflow.rb

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+require_relative '../helper'
+require 'fluent/plugin/output'
+require 'fluent/plugin/buffer'
+require 'fluent/event'
+
+require 'json'
+require 'time'
+require 'timeout'
+require 'timecop'
+
+module FluentPluginOutputAsBufferedOverflowTest
+  class DummyBareOutput < Fluent::Plugin::Output
+    def register(name, &block)
+      instance_variable_set("@#{name}", block)
+    end
+  end
+  class DummyAsyncOutput < DummyBareOutput
+    def initialize
+      super
+      @format = @write = nil
+    end
+    def format(tag, time, record)
+      @format ? @format.call(tag, time, record) : [tag, time, record].to_json
+    end
+    def write(chunk)
+      @write ? @write.call(chunk) : nil
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class BufferedOutputOverflowTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def create_output
+    FluentPluginOutputAsBufferedOverflowTest::DummyAsyncOutput.new
+  end
+  def create_metadata(timekey: nil, tag: nil, variables: nil)
+    Fluent::Plugin::Buffer::Metadata.new(timekey, tag, variables)
+  end
+  def waiting(seconds)
+    begin
+      Timeout.timeout(seconds) do
+        yield
+      end
+    rescue Timeout::Error
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+      STDERR.print(*logs)
+      raise
+    end
+  end
+
+  teardown do
+    if @i
+      @i.stop unless @i.stopped?
+      @i.before_shutdown unless @i.before_shutdown?
+      @i.shutdown unless @i.shutdown?
+      @i.after_shutdown unless @i.after_shutdown?
+      @i.close unless @i.closed?
+      @i.terminate unless @i.terminated?
+    end
+    Timecop.return
+  end
+
+  sub_test_case 'buffered output with default configuration (throws exception for buffer overflow)' do
+    setup do
+      hash = {
+        'flush_mode' => 'lazy',
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.01,
+        'chunk_limit_size' => 1024,
+        'total_limit_size' => 4096,
+      }
+      @i = create_output()
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer','tag',hash)]))
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+    end
+
+    test '#emit_events raises error when buffer is full' do
+      @i.register(:format){|tag, time, record| "x" * 128 } # 128bytes per record (x4 -> 512bytes)
+
+      es = Fluent::ArrayEventStream.new([
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+      ])
+
+      8.times do |i|
+        @i.emit_events("tag#{i}", es)
+      end
+
+      assert !@i.buffer.storable?
+
+      assert_raise(Fluent::Plugin::Buffer::BufferOverflowError) do
+        @i.emit_events("tag9", es)
+      end
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+      assert{ logs.any?{|line| line.include?("failed to write data into buffer by buffer overflow") } }
+    end
+  end
+
+  sub_test_case 'buffered output configured with "overflow_action block"' do
+    setup do
+      hash = {
+        'flush_mode' => 'lazy',
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.01,
+        'chunk_limit_size' => 1024,
+        'total_limit_size' => 4096,
+        'overflow_action' => "block",
+      }
+      @i = create_output()
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{'log_level' => 'debug'},[config_element('buffer','tag',hash)]))
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+    end
+
+    test '#emit_events blocks until any queues are flushed' do
+      failing = true
+      flushed_chunks = []
+      @i.register(:format){|tag, time, record| "x" * 128 } # 128bytes per record (x4 -> 512bytes)
+      @i.register(:write) do |chunk|
+        if failing
+          raise "blocking"
+        end
+        flushed_chunks << chunk
+      end
+
+      es = Fluent::ArrayEventStream.new([
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+      ])
+
+      4.times do |i|
+        @i.emit_events("tag#{i}", es)
+      end
+
+      assert !@i.buffer.storable?
+
+      Thread.new do
+        sleep 3
+        failing = false
+      end
+
+      assert_nothing_raised do
+        @i.emit_events("tag9", es)
+      end
+
+      assert !failing
+      assert{ flushed_chunks.size > 0 }
+
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+      assert{ logs.any?{|line| line.include?("failed to write data into buffer by buffer overflow") } }
+      assert{ logs.any?{|line| line.include?("buffer.write is now blocking") } }
+      assert{ logs.any?{|line| line.include?("retrying buffer.write after blocked operation") } }
+    end
+  end
+
+  sub_test_case 'buffered output configured with "overflow_action drop_oldest_chunk"' do
+    setup do
+      hash = {
+        'flush_mode' => 'lazy',
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.01,
+        'chunk_limit_size' => 1024,
+        'total_limit_size' => 4096,
+        'overflow_action' => "drop_oldest_chunk",
+      }
+      @i = create_output()
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{'log_level' => 'debug'},[config_element('buffer','tag',hash)]))
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+    end
+
+    test '#emit_events will success by dropping oldest chunk' do
+      failing = true
+      flushed_chunks = []
+      @i.register(:format){|tag, time, record| "x" * 128 } # 128bytes per record (x4 -> 512bytes)
+      @i.register(:write) do |chunk|
+        if failing
+          raise "blocking"
+        end
+        flushed_chunks << chunk
+      end
+
+      es = Fluent::ArrayEventStream.new([
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+      ])
+
+      4.times do |i|
+        @i.emit_events("tag#{i}", es)
+      end
+
+      assert !@i.buffer.storable?
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue[0].metadata.tag == "tag0" }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue[1].metadata.tag == "tag1" }
+
+      assert_nothing_raised do
+        @i.emit_events("tag9", es)
+      end
+
+      assert failing
+      assert{ flushed_chunks.size == 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue[0].metadata.tag == "tag1" }
+
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+      assert{ logs.any?{|line| line.include?("failed to write data into buffer by buffer overflow") } }
+      assert{ logs.any?{|line| line.include?("dropping oldest chunk to make space after buffer overflow") } }
+    end
+
+    test '#emit_events raises OverflowError if all buffer spaces are used by staged chunks' do
+      @i.register(:format){|tag, time, record| "x" * 128 } # 128bytes per record (x4 -> 512bytes)
+
+      es = Fluent::ArrayEventStream.new([
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+        [event_time(), {"message" => "test"}],
+      ])
+
+      8.times do |i|
+        @i.emit_events("tag#{i}", es)
+      end
+
+      assert !@i.buffer.storable?
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size == 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.stage.size == 8 }
+
+      assert_raise Fluent::Plugin::Buffer::BufferOverflowError do
+        @i.emit_events("tag9", es)
+      end
+
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+      assert{ logs.any?{|line| line.include?("failed to write data into buffer by buffer overflow") } }
+      assert{ logs.any?{|line| line.include?("no queued chunks to be dropped for drop_oldest_chunk") } }
+    end
+  end
+end

data/test/plugin/test_output_as_buffered_retries.rb

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+require_relative '../helper'
+require 'fluent/plugin/output'
+require 'fluent/plugin/buffer'
+require 'fluent/event'
+
+require 'json'
+require 'time'
+require 'timeout'
+require 'timecop'
+
+module FluentPluginOutputAsBufferedRetryTest
+  class DummyBareOutput < Fluent::Plugin::Output
+    def register(name, &block)
+      instance_variable_set("@#{name}", block)
+    end
+  end
+  class DummySyncOutput < DummyBareOutput
+    def initialize
+      super
+      @process = nil
+    end
+    def process(tag, es)
+      @process ? @process.call(tag, es) : nil
+    end
+  end
+  class DummyFullFeatureOutput < DummyBareOutput
+    def initialize
+      super
+      @prefer_buffered_processing = nil
+      @prefer_delayed_commit = nil
+      @process = nil
+      @format = nil
+      @write = nil
+      @try_write = nil
+    end
+    def prefer_buffered_processing
+      @prefer_buffered_processing ? @prefer_buffered_processing.call : false
+    end
+    def prefer_delayed_commit
+      @prefer_delayed_commit ? @prefer_delayed_commit.call : false
+    end
+    def process(tag, es)
+      @process ? @process.call(tag, es) : nil
+    end
+    def format(tag, time, record)
+      @format ? @format.call(tag, time, record) : [tag, time, record].to_json
+    end
+    def write(chunk)
+      @write ? @write.call(chunk) : nil
+    end
+    def try_write(chunk)
+      @try_write ? @try_write.call(chunk) : nil
+    end
+  end
+  class DummyFullFeatureOutput2 < DummyFullFeatureOutput
+    def prefer_buffered_processing; true; end
+    def prefer_delayed_commit; super; end
+    def format(tag, time, record); super; end
+    def write(chunk); super; end
+    def try_write(chunk); super; end
+  end
+end
+
+class BufferedOutputRetryTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def create_output(type=:full)
+    case type
+    when :bare then FluentPluginOutputAsBufferedRetryTest::DummyBareOutput.new
+    when :sync then FluentPluginOutputAsBufferedRetryTest::DummySyncOutput.new
+    when :full then FluentPluginOutputAsBufferedRetryTest::DummyFullFeatureOutput.new
+    else
+      raise ArgumentError, "unknown type: #{type}"
+    end
+  end
+  def create_metadata(timekey: nil, tag: nil, variables: nil)
+    Fluent::Plugin::Buffer::Metadata.new(timekey, tag, variables)
+  end
+  def waiting(seconds)
+    begin
+      Timeout.timeout(seconds) do
+        yield
+      end
+    rescue Timeout::Error
+      STDERR.print(*@i.log.out.logs)
+      raise
+    end
+  end
+  def dummy_event_stream
+    Fluent::ArrayEventStream.new([
+      [ event_time('2016-04-13 18:33:00'), {"name" => "moris", "age" => 36, "message" => "data1"} ],
+      [ event_time('2016-04-13 18:33:13'), {"name" => "moris", "age" => 36, "message" => "data2"} ],
+      [ event_time('2016-04-13 18:33:32'), {"name" => "moris", "age" => 36, "message" => "data3"} ],
+    ])
+  end
+  def get_log_time(msg, logs)
+    log_time = nil
+    log = logs.select{|l| l.include?(msg) }.first
+    if log && /^(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} [-+]\d{4}) \[error\]/ =~ log
+      log_time = Time.parse($1)
+    end
+    log_time
+  end
+
+  setup do
+    @i = create_output
+  end
+
+  teardown do
+    if @i
+      @i.stop unless @i.stopped?
+      @i.before_shutdown unless @i.before_shutdown?
+      @i.shutdown unless @i.shutdown?
+      @i.after_shutdown unless @i.after_shutdown?
+      @i.close unless @i.closed?
+      @i.terminate unless @i.terminated?
+    end
+    Timecop.return
+  end
+
+  sub_test_case 'buffered output for retries with exponential backoff' do
+    test 'exponential backoff is default strategy for retries' do
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      assert_equal :exponential_backoff, @i.buffer_config.retry_type
+      assert_equal 1, @i.buffer_config.retry_wait
+      assert_equal 2.0, @i.buffer_config.retry_exponential_backoff_base
+      assert !@i.buffer_config.retry_randomize
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:17:00 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      retry_state = @i.retry_state( @i.buffer_config.retry_randomize )
+      retry_state.step
+      assert_equal 1, (retry_state.next_time - now)
+      retry_state.step
+      assert_equal (1 * (2 ** 1)), (retry_state.next_time - now)
+      retry_state.step
+      assert_equal (1 * (2 ** 2)), (retry_state.next_time - now)
+      retry_state.step
+      assert_equal (1 * (2 ** 3)), (retry_state.next_time - now)
+    end
+
+    test 'does retries correctly when #write fails' do
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_max_interval' => 60 * 60,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:32 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      now = @i.next_flush_time
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 1 }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 1 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 1 }
+    end
+
+    test 'max retry interval is limited by retry_max_interval' do
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_max_interval' => 60,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:32 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 && @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+      prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+      10.times do
+        now = @i.next_flush_time
+        Timecop.freeze( now )
+        @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+        waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > prev_write_count && @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        assert{ @i.write_count > prev_write_count }
+        assert{ @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+        prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+      end
+      # exponential backoff interval: 1 * 2 ** 10 == 1024
+      # but it should be limited by retry_max_interval=60
+      assert_equal 60, (@i.next_flush_time - now)
+    end
+
+    test 'output plugin give retries up by retry_timeout, and clear queue in buffer' do
+      written_tags = []
+
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_timeout' => 3600,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| written_tags << chunk.metadata.tag; raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:31 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.2", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      assert_equal 0, @i.write_count
+      assert_equal 0, @i.num_errors
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 && @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+      prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+      first_failure = @i.retry.start
+
+      15.times do |i| # large enough
+        now = @i.next_flush_time
+        # p({i: i, now: now, diff: (now - Time.now)})
+        # * if loop count is 12:
+        # {:i=>0, :now=>2016-04-13 18:33:32 -0700, :diff=>1.0}
+        # {:i=>1, :now=>2016-04-13 18:33:34 -0700, :diff=>2.0}
+        # {:i=>2, :now=>2016-04-13 18:33:38 -0700, :diff=>4.0}
+        # {:i=>3, :now=>2016-04-13 18:33:46 -0700, :diff=>8.0}
+        # {:i=>4, :now=>2016-04-13 18:34:02 -0700, :diff=>16.0}
+        # {:i=>5, :now=>2016-04-13 18:34:34 -0700, :diff=>32.0}
+        # {:i=>6, :now=>2016-04-13 18:35:38 -0700, :diff=>64.0}
+        # {:i=>7, :now=>2016-04-13 18:37:46 -0700, :diff=>128.0}
+        # {:i=>8, :now=>2016-04-13 18:42:02 -0700, :diff=>256.0}
+        # {:i=>9, :now=>2016-04-13 18:50:34 -0700, :diff=>512.0}
+        # {:i=>10, :now=>2016-04-13 19:07:38 -0700, :diff=>1024.0}
+        # {:i=>11, :now=>2016-04-13 19:33:31 -0700, :diff=>1553.0} # clear_queue!
+
+        Timecop.freeze( now )
+        @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+        @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+        waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > prev_write_count && @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        assert{ @i.write_count > prev_write_count }
+        assert{ @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        break if @i.buffer.queue.size == 0
+
+        prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+        prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+        assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+      end
+      assert{ now >= first_failure + 3600 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.stage.size == 0 }
+      assert{ written_tags.all?{|t| t == 'test.tag.1' } }
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.3", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+      assert{ logs.any?{|l| l.include?("[error]: failed to flush the buffer, and hit limit for retries. dropping all chunks in the buffer queue.") } }
+    end
+
+    test 'output plugin give retries up by retry_max_times, and clear queue in buffer' do
+      written_tags = []
+
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_max_times' => 10,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| written_tags << chunk.metadata.tag; raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:31 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.2", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      assert_equal 0, @i.write_count
+      assert_equal 0, @i.num_errors
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 && @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+      prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+      _first_failure = @i.retry.start
+
+      chunks = @i.buffer.queue.dup
+
+      20.times do |i| # large times enough
+        now = @i.next_flush_time
+
+        Timecop.freeze( now )
+        @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+        @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+        waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > prev_write_count && @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        assert{ @i.write_count > prev_write_count }
+        assert{ @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        break if @i.buffer.queue.size == 0
+
+        prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+        prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+        assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+      end
+      assert{ @i.buffer.stage.size == 0 }
+      assert{ written_tags.all?{|t| t == 'test.tag.1' } }
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.3", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+      assert{ logs.any?{|l| l.include?("[error]: failed to flush the buffer, and hit limit for retries. dropping all chunks in the buffer queue.") && l.include?("retry_times=10") } }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size == 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.stage.size == 1 }
+      assert{ chunks.all?{|c| c.empty? } }
+    end
+  end
+
+  sub_test_case 'bufferd output for retries with periodical retry' do
+    test 'periodical retries should retry to write in failing status per retry_wait' do
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_type' => :periodic,
+        'retry_wait' => 3,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:32 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      now = @i.next_flush_time
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 1 }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 1 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 1 }
+    end
+
+    test 'output plugin give retries up by retry_timeout, and clear queue in buffer' do
+      written_tags = []
+
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_type' => :periodic,
+        'retry_wait' => 30,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_timeout' => 120,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| written_tags << chunk.metadata.tag; raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:31 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.2", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      assert_equal 0, @i.write_count
+      assert_equal 0, @i.num_errors
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 && @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+      prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+      first_failure = @i.retry.start
+
+      3.times do |i|
+        now = @i.next_flush_time
+
+        Timecop.freeze( now )
+        @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+        @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+        waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > prev_write_count && @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        assert{ @i.write_count > prev_write_count }
+        assert{ @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+        prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+      end
+
+      assert{ @i.next_flush_time >= first_failure + 120 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size == 2 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.stage.size == 0 }
+
+      assert{ written_tags.all?{|t| t == 'test.tag.1' } }
+
+      chunks = @i.buffer.queue.dup
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.3", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = @i.next_flush_time
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > prev_write_count && @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+
+      target_time = Time.parse("2016-04-13 18:35:31 -0700")
+      target_msg = "[error]: failed to flush the buffer, and hit limit for retries. dropping all chunks in the buffer queue."
+      assert{ logs.any?{|l| l.include?(target_msg) } }
+
+      log_time = get_log_time(target_msg, logs)
+      assert_equal target_time.localtime, log_time.localtime
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size == 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.stage.size == 1 }
+      assert{ chunks.all?{|c| c.empty? } }
+    end
+
+    test 'retry_max_times can limit maximum times for retries' do
+      written_tags = []
+
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_type' => :periodic,
+        'retry_wait' => 3,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_max_times' => 10,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| written_tags << chunk.metadata.tag; raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:31 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.2", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      assert_equal 0, @i.write_count
+      assert_equal 0, @i.num_errors
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 && @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+      prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+      _first_failure = @i.retry.start
+
+      chunks = @i.buffer.queue.dup
+
+      20.times do |i|
+        now = @i.next_flush_time
+
+        Timecop.freeze( now )
+        @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+        @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+        waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > prev_write_count && @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        assert{ @i.write_count > prev_write_count }
+        assert{ @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        break if @i.buffer.queue.size == 0
+
+        prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+        prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+        assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+      end
+      assert{ @i.buffer.stage.size == 0 }
+      assert{ written_tags.all?{|t| t == 'test.tag.1' } }
+
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.3", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      logs = @i.log.out.logs
+      assert{ logs.any?{|l| l.include?("[error]: failed to flush the buffer, and hit limit for retries. dropping all chunks in the buffer queue.") && l.include?("retry_times=10") } }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size == 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.stage.size == 1 }
+      assert{ chunks.all?{|c| c.empty? } }
+    end
+  end
+
+  sub_test_case 'buffered output configured as retry_forever' do
+    test 'configuration error will be raised if secondary section is configured' do
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'retry_forever' => true,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+      }
+      i = create_output()
+      assert_raise Fluent::ConfigError do
+        i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash),config_element('secondary','')]))
+      end
+    end
+
+    test 'retry_timeout and retry_max_times will be ignored if retry_forever is true for exponential backoff' do
+      written_tags = []
+
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_type' => :exponential_backoff,
+        'retry_forever' => true,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_timeout' => 3600,
+        'retry_max_times' => 10,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| written_tags << chunk.metadata.tag; raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:31 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.2", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      assert_equal 0, @i.write_count
+      assert_equal 0, @i.num_errors
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 && @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+      prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+      first_failure = @i.retry.start
+
+      15.times do |i|
+        now = @i.next_flush_time
+
+        Timecop.freeze( now )
+        @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+        @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+        waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > prev_write_count && @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        assert{ @i.write_count > prev_write_count }
+        assert{ @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+        prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+      end
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size == 2 }
+      assert{ @i.retry.steps > 10 }
+      assert{ now > first_failure + 3600 }
+    end
+
+    test 'retry_timeout and retry_max_times will be ignored if retry_forever is true for periodical retries' do
+      written_tags = []
+
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_type' => :periodic,
+        'retry_forever' => true,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_wait' => 30,
+        'retry_timeout' => 360,
+        'retry_max_times' => 10,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:write){|chunk| written_tags << chunk.metadata.tag; raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:31 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.2", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      assert_equal 0, @i.write_count
+      assert_equal 0, @i.num_errors
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 && @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.first.metadata.tag == 'test.tag.1' }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+      prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+
+      first_failure = @i.retry.start
+
+      15.times do |i|
+        now = @i.next_flush_time
+
+        Timecop.freeze( now )
+        @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+        @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+        waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > prev_write_count && @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        assert{ @i.write_count > prev_write_count }
+        assert{ @i.num_errors > prev_num_errors }
+
+        prev_write_count = @i.write_count
+        prev_num_errors = @i.num_errors
+      end
+
+      assert{ @i.buffer.queue.size == 2 }
+      assert{ @i.retry.steps > 10 }
+      assert{ now > first_failure + 360 }
+    end
+  end
+
+  sub_test_case 'buffered output with delayed commit' do
+    test 'does retries correctly when #try_write fails' do
+      chunk_key = 'tag'
+      hash = {
+        'flush_interval' => 1,
+        'flush_thread_burst_interval' => 0.1,
+        'retry_randomize' => false,
+        'retry_max_interval' => 60 * 60,
+      }
+      @i.configure(config_element('ROOT','',{},[config_element('buffer',chunk_key,hash)]))
+      @i.register(:prefer_buffered_processing){ true }
+      @i.register(:prefer_delayed_commit){ true }
+      @i.register(:format){|tag,time,record| [tag,time.to_i,record].to_json + "\n" }
+      @i.register(:try_write){|chunk| raise "yay, your #write must fail" }
+      @i.start
+      @i.after_start
+
+      @i.interrupt_flushes
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:30 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.emit_events("test.tag.1", dummy_event_stream())
+
+      now = Time.parse('2016-04-13 18:33:32 -0700')
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+
+      @i.enqueue_thread_wait
+
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 0 }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 0 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 0 }
+
+      now = @i.next_flush_time
+      Timecop.freeze( now )
+      @i.flush_thread_wakeup
+      waiting(4){ Thread.pass until @i.write_count > 1 }
+
+      assert{ @i.write_count > 1 }
+      assert{ @i.num_errors > 1 }
+    end
+  end
+end