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postgrest/nix/tools/generate_targets.py
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Wolfgang Walther 61da5dd88b nix(loadtest): prevent timing errors for worst-case JWT test
Instead of taking wild guesses at the runtime of the target generation
itself, we're just making sure to reset the system time to a fixed value
when we ultimately start PostgREST. This allows us to create the right
JWT expiry values ahead of time.
2026-05-18 16:23:37 +00:00

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# generates a file to be used by the vegeta load testing tool
# It includes a worst case scenario for the JWT cache:
# - all requests will have a unique JWT so no cache hits
# - all jwts have an expiration that will be long enough to be
# valid at time of request but short enough that already
# validated jwts will expire later during the loadtest run
# - the above guarantees JWT cache purging will happen
# - we want this to track resource consumption in the worst case
# And a more normal scenario where non-expiring JWTs are picked
# from an array
import time
import argparse
import subprocess
import sys
import random
import jwt
from typing import Optional
from pathlib import Path
from enum import Enum
URL = "http://postgrest"
secret_key = b"reallyreallyreallyreallyverysafe"
def generate_jwt(
now: int,
exp_inc: Optional[int],
rsa_private_key: Optional[jwt.algorithms.RSAAlgorithm],
) -> str:
"""Generate an HS256 or RS256 JWT"""
payload = {
"sub": f"user_{random.getrandbits(32)}",
"iat": now,
"role": "postgrest_test_author",
}
if exp_inc is not None:
payload["exp"] = now + exp_inc
if rsa_private_key is None:
key = secret_key
alg = "HS256"
else:
key = rsa_private_key
alg = "RS256"
return jwt.encode(payload, key, alg)
HTTP_METHODS = (
"GET",
"OPTIONS",
)
HttpMethod = Enum(
"HttpMethod",
{method: method for method in HTTP_METHODS},
type=str,
module=__name__,
)
def append_targets(lines: list[str], token: str, http_method: HttpMethod):
lines.append(f"{http_method.value} {URL}/authors_only")
lines.append(f"Authorization: Bearer {token}")
lines.append("") # blank line to separate requests
# we use this to chain commands on loadtest.nix
def run_command(command: list[str]):
if not command:
return
if command[0] == "--":
command = command[1:]
if not command:
return
try:
subprocess.run(command, check=True)
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
print(
f"Error executing command {' '.join(command)}: {exc}",
file=sys.stderr,
)
sys.exit(exc.returncode)
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Generate Vegeta targets with unique JWTs"
)
parser.add_argument(
"targets_path",
metavar="TARGETS_PATH",
help="Path to write the generated targets file",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--private-key",
dest="private_key_path",
metavar="PRIVATE_KEY_PATH",
type=Path,
default=None,
help="Path to the RSA private key file (required when --rsa is used)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--worst",
dest="worst",
action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
default=False,
help="Generate worst case targets for a JWT cache",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--rsa",
dest="jwk_path",
metavar="JWK_PATH",
type=Path,
default=None,
help="Path to an existing RSA JWK file used for signing tokens",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--method",
dest="http_method",
choices=list(HTTP_METHODS),
required=True,
help="HTTP method for the vegeta targets",
)
args = parser.parse_args()
rsa_private_key: Optional[jwt.algorithms.RSAAlgorithm] = None
is_hs = args.jwk_path is None
http_method = HttpMethod(args.http_method)
nsamples = 1000
if is_hs:
ntargets = 200000
else:
# The asymmetric targets take too long to compute so we reduce them
ntargets = 50000
if not is_hs:
if args.private_key_path is None:
parser.error("--rsa requires the --private-key option")
try:
private_key_data = args.private_key_path.read_text()
except OSError as e:
err = (
f"Error reading RSA private key from {args.private_key_path}: "
f"{e}. Generate RSA materials first with gen_rsa_materials.py."
)
print(err, file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
try:
rsa_private_key = jwt.algorithms.RSAAlgorithm.from_jwk(private_key_data)
except Exception as exc: # broad exception to capture parsing errors
err = (
f"Error loading RSA private key from {args.private_key_path}: " f"{exc}"
)
print(err, file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
print(f"Generating {ntargets} targets...")
now = int(time.time())
lines = []
# We want to ensure 401 Unauthorized responses don't happen during
# JWT validation, this can happen when the jwt `exp` is too short.
# At the same time, we want to ensure the `exp` is not too big,
# so expires will occur and postgREST needs to
# clean cached expired JWTs
if args.worst:
# estimated time it takes to run postgrest itself
run_postgrest_time = 2
for i in range(ntargets):
token = generate_jwt(now, run_postgrest_time + i // 1000, rsa_private_key)
append_targets(lines, token, http_method)
else:
tokens = [generate_jwt(now, None, rsa_private_key) for _ in range(nsamples)]
for i in range(ntargets):
token = random.choice(tokens)
append_targets(lines, token, http_method)
try:
with open(args.targets_path, "w") as f:
f.write("\n".join(lines))
except IOError as e:
print(f"Error writing to {args.targets_path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
print(f"Created {ntargets} targets", end=" ")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()