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This PR implements comprehensive autoscaling capabilities for the solana-mcp-server in containerized environments, enabling dynamic scaling based on CPU utilization, memory usage, and custom application metrics.

🚀 Key Features Added

Prometheus Metrics Integration

  • New metrics module (src/metrics.rs) exposing standard Prometheus metrics:
    • solana_mcp_rpc_requests_total - Total RPC requests by method and network
    • solana_mcp_rpc_request_duration_seconds - Request latency histogram with buckets
    • solana_mcp_rpc_requests_failed_total - Failed requests by error type
    • solana_mcp_rpc_errors_total - Error categorization for monitoring

HTTP Metrics Server

  • New HTTP server (src/http_server.rs) running on port 8080 alongside stdio transport
  • /metrics endpoint exposing Prometheus-format metrics for scraping
  • /health endpoint for Kubernetes liveness/readiness probes
  • Background task integration maintaining existing stdio functionality

Kubernetes Autoscaling

  • Complete HPA configuration (k8s/hpa.yaml) with:
    • CPU-based scaling (scale up at 70% utilization)
    • Memory-based scaling (scale up at 80% utilization)
    • Custom metrics scaling (RPS > 100, P95 latency > 500ms)
    • Intelligent scaling behavior (fast scale-up, conservative scale-down)
  • Updated deployment (k8s/deployment.yaml) with proper resource requests/limits
  • Prometheus Adapter configuration for custom metrics integration

Docker Scaling Support

  • Comprehensive documentation (docs/docker-scaling.md) covering:
    • Manual scaling with Docker Compose
    • Docker Swarm mode autoscaling
    • External autoscaler implementations
    • Load balancing and monitoring strategies

📊 Usage Examples

Kubernetes Deployment

# Deploy with autoscaling
kubectl apply -f k8s/deployment.yaml
kubectl apply -f k8s/hpa.yaml

# Monitor scaling behavior
kubectl get hpa solana-mcp-server-hpa --watch

Metrics Access

# View Prometheus metrics
curl http://localhost:8080/metrics

# Check application health
curl http://localhost:8080/health

Docker Scaling

# Scale manually with Docker Compose
docker-compose up --scale solana-mcp-server=5 -d

# Deploy with Docker Swarm
docker stack deploy -c docker-stack.yml solana-mcp
docker service scale solana-mcp_solana-mcp-server=10

🛡️ Backward Compatibility

This implementation maintains full backward compatibility:

  • Existing stdio transport continues to work unchanged
  • All current RPC methods function identically
  • Configuration remains the same with optional metrics server
  • No breaking changes to existing deployments

📚 Documentation

  • docs/metrics.md - Complete metrics documentation with PromQL examples
  • docs/docker-scaling.md - Docker scaling strategies and automation
  • k8s/README.md - Kubernetes deployment guide with autoscaling setup
  • Updated main README with autoscaling overview and quick start

🧪 Testing

Added comprehensive test coverage:

  • Unit tests for Prometheus metrics functionality
  • Integration tests for HTTP server and autoscaling behavior
  • Kubernetes manifest validation tests
  • Documentation existence verification tests

🔧 Technical Implementation

Minimal Changes Approach:

  • Added 3 new dependencies: prometheus, axum, tower
  • Created 2 new modules: metrics.rs, http_server.rs
  • Enhanced existing logging to also record Prometheus metrics
  • Used background task for HTTP server to avoid blocking stdio transport

Resource Specifications:

  • CPU: 250m request, 500m limit per pod
  • Memory: 512Mi request, 1Gi limit per pod
  • Scaling range: 1-10 replicas (configurable)
  • Metrics port: 8080 (configurable)

The implementation provides production-ready autoscaling while preserving the existing architecture and maintaining excellent performance characteristics.

Fixes #17.


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PR Summary:

• WIP PR proposing dynamic scaling capabilities for containerized deployments
• Comprehensive implementation plan for Kubernetes HPA and Prometheus metrics integration
• No actual code changes yet - currently in planning/design phase
• Addresses issue #17 from AI Development Plan milestone

Review Summary:

This is a well-structured and technically sound implementation plan. I utilized knowledge of the existing deployment infrastructure to provide targeted feedback - the current scripts/deploy-k8s.sh already includes resource requests/limits, so you're building on solid foundations. The proposed Prometheus integration strategy and HPA approach are appropriate for this use case. Since this is a WIP with no code changes (0 additions/deletions), the review focuses on validating the technical approach rather than specific code implementation. Please feel free to provide feedback on this review approach, which I'll incorporate for future reviews.

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@devloai help implement Prometheus metrics integration once code is ready
@devloai review the Kubernetes HPA manifests when implemented

@Copilot Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] [FEATURE] Dynamic Scaling Capabilities for Containerized Deployments [... [FEATURE] Add Dynamic Scaling Capabilities for Containerized Deployments Jul 22, 2025
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The failing job 46464778768 in your workflow (.github/workflows/build.yml, ref c7c509b) encountered a shell syntax error:

Missing '(' after 'if' in if statement.

This occurred in the following construct:

if [[ "windows-latest" == "ubuntu-latest" && "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ]] || \
   [[ "windows-latest" == "macos-latest" && "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" == "x86_64-apple-darwin" ]] || \
   [[ "windows-latest" == "windows-latest" && "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" == "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" ]]; then
  echo "Running integration tests on native platform..."
  cargo test --test '*' --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc || echo "Integration tests may fail due to network restrictions"
else
  echo "Skipping integration tests for cross-compilation target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"
fi

Windows runners use PowerShell by default, not bash. The above syntax is for bash, not PowerShell, which expects if (...) { ... } else { ... }. The error is due to missing parentheses after the if keyword in PowerShell, or the script being executed in PowerShell when it is written for bash.

Solution:

  • Ensure your shell script is run in a bash shell, not PowerShell.
  • In your workflow, set the shell explicitly for steps running bash syntax:
- name: Run integration tests
  run: |
    if [[ "windows-latest" == "ubuntu-latest" && "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ]] || \
       [[ "windows-latest" == "macos-latest" && "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" == "x86_64-apple-darwin" ]] || \
       [[ "windows-latest" == "windows-latest" && "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" == "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" ]]; then
      echo "Running integration tests on native platform..."
      cargo test --test '*' --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc || echo "Integration tests may fail due to network restrictions"
    else
      echo "Skipping integration tests for cross-compilation target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"
    fi
  shell: bash
  • Alternatively, rewrite the conditional for PowerShell if you must use it:
if (
  ("windows-latest" -eq "ubuntu-latest" -and "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" -eq "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu") -or
  ("windows-latest" -eq "macos-latest" -and "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" -eq "x86_64-apple-darwin") -or
  ("windows-latest" -eq "windows-latest" -and "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" -eq "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc")
) {
  Write-Host "Running integration tests on native platform..."
  cargo test --test '*' --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
} else {
  Write-Host "Skipping integration tests for cross-compilation target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"
}

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Alrighty, let's yank apart this juicy PR like it's a tired old banana 🍌 left smushed at the bottom of your backpack.


1. Code Review - The Roast and Toast 🍖🍞

Positives 🍰

  • 🔥 HOLY PROMETHEUS BATMAN! The PR fully integrates Prometheus metrics with clearly labeled counters, histograms, and error types. The metrics are extensive, covering request counts, latencies, successes, failures, and error categorization — just what an observability dream looks like!
  • Axum HTTP Server for /metrics and /health - clean, async, structured with nice error handling and logging.
  • Kubernetes autoscaling manifests with CPU, memory, and custom metrics via Prometheus Adapter — this is enterprise-grade stuff.
  • Docker scaling strategy docs and scripts — much appreciated for users not rocking k8s.
  • Metrics integration in main server logic — metrics are incremented on request success/failure, nice synergy between app and monitoring layers.
  • Testing coverage — unit, integration, and docs existence checks? Top marks.
  • Security mindfulness in logs — sanitizing URLs before logging, non-root container context.
  • Clear docs and bash scripts — well structured with user-friendly instructions.

Improvement Areas & Bugs 🍋

Metrics security & exposure

  • Metrics endpoint is exposed on all interfaces (0.0.0.0:8080) without authentication.

This immediately opens a risk surface — anyone could scrape your RPC call metrics, potentially exposing usage patterns, error rates, and even timing information that could aid attackers.
Fix: Add optional network policies or token-based authentication as config options or document firewalling recommendations better. @copilot

Prometheus metrics error handling

  • Prometheus metrics initialization uses unwrap_or_else falling back to unregistered metrics on failure. That’s okay for tests but in prod it would silently ignore registration failures.

Consider logging these failures more loudly or failing startup instead of swallowing them. Silent errors are slippery snakes. @copilot

Docker Swarm autoscaling script

  • autoscaler.sh uses a barebones bash loop making REST query to Prometheus API every 30 seconds, scaling up/down.

This simplistic approach is okay but lacks exponential backoff, error handling for Prometheus downtime, and possible race conditions on scaling operations.
Adding some locking or throttling would be nice to avoid thrashing.
Style: The bash script might benefit from refactoring into a more structured language or at least better comments and error output.

Nginx load balancer config

  • The upstream solana_mcp_backend with fixed backend server names assumes the container instance names align exactly and no DNS-based service discovery is used.

This setup breaks dynamically scaled containers easily.
Fix: Recommend using Docker DNS-based hostnames or a real service discovery mechanism instead of hardcoding backend nodes.

Configuration

  • In the Kubernetes deployment YAML, runAsUser: 1000 is fine, but some environments require 65534 (nobody) or configurable user ID
    Consider: Adding configuration options or comments about non-root user flexibility for hardened security contexts.

Rust code style & ergonomics

  • In metrics.rs, the use of unwrap_or_else to handle Prometheus metric registration could be enhanced by logging error context (currently just eprintln).
  • The HTTP server uses ServiceBuilder::new() with no layers. If no middleware needed, this is harmless but looks like left-over code from prior edits.
    Clean it up unless middleware planned for future.

Tests

  • Good coverage, but the HTTP server startup test waits a hardcoded 100ms before calling. Could be flaky on slow CI environments.
    Fix: Use smarter synchronization such as readiness probe or retries instead of fixed sleep.

Logging & metrics coupling

  • Logging functions increment DashMap-backed metrics and also Prometheus metrics in separate modules.

This dual tracking could lead to eventual metric divergence if one system fails or if the logging logic evolves separately.
Suggestion: Add integration tests that validate the sync between the two metrics systems explicitly.

Documentation

  • README and docs have awesome coverage.
  • The docker scaling doc is super detailed; however, could mention limitations of overlay networks about service discovery when scaling in Swarm mode.

Meme Brief Summary of the PR

"When you add Kubernetes autoscaling and Prometheus monitoring to your Rust server and then Docker scaling guides like you own the cloud... and people actually read the docs? This ain't your grandma's MCP server anymore kids. 🚀📈"


2. Mermaid Diagrams


Repo Overview

flowchart TD

    A["solana-mcp-serverRustcrate"]
    subgraph SRC
        B[config.rs]
        C[error.rs]
        D[logging.rs]
        E[metrics.rs]
        F[http_server.rs]
        G[protocol.rs]
        H[rpc.rs]
        I[server/mod.rs]
        J[transport.rs]
        K[validation.rs]
        L[tools.rs]
    end

    subgraph SCRIPTS
        M[deploy-local.sh]
        N[deploy-docker.sh]
        O[deploy-k8s.sh]
        P[deploy-lambda.sh]
        Q[deploy-gcf.sh]
        R[deploy-vercel.sh]
    end

    subgraph K8S_MANIFESTS
        S[k8s/deployment.yaml]
        T[k8s/hpa.yaml]
        U[k8s/README.md]
    end

    subgraph DOCS
        V[README.md]
        W[docs/metrics.md]
        X[docs/docker-scaling.md]
    end

    subgraph TESTS
        Y[tests/autoscaling.rs]
        Z[tests/error_handling.rs]
    end

    A --> SRC
    A --> SCRIPTS
    A --> K8S_MANIFESTS
    A --> DOCS
    A --> TESTS

    SRC --> B
    SRC --> C
    SRC --> D
    SRC --> E
    SRC --> F
    SRC --> G
    SRC --> H
    SRC --> I
    SRC --> J
    SRC --> K
    SRC --> L

    SCRIPTS --> M
    SCRIPTS --> N
    SCRIPTS --> O
    SCRIPTS --> P
    SCRIPTS --> Q
    SCRIPTS --> R

    K8S_MANIFESTS --> S
    K8S_MANIFESTS --> T
    K8S_MANIFESTS --> U

    DOCS --> V
    DOCS --> W
    DOCS --> X

    TESTS --> Y
    TESTS --> Z
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PR Delta

flowchart TD
    A[Cargo.toml] --> B[Add prometheus, axum, tower dependencies]
    C[README.md] --> D[Add Autoscaling & Monitoring docs]
    E[scripts/deploy-k8s.sh] --> F[Update to Kubernetes autoscaling deployment]
    G[docs/docker-scaling.md] --> H[Add Docker scaling guide]
    I[docs/metrics.md] --> J[Add metrics documentation]
    K[k8s/deployment.yaml] --> L[Add Deployment with resource limits and service monitor]
    M[k8s/hpa.yaml] --> N[Add HorizontalPodAutoscaler with CPU, memory, and custom metrics]
    O[src/http_server.rs] --> P[Add Axum HTTP server for /metrics and /health]
    Q[src/metrics.rs] --> R[Add Prometheus metrics implementation]
    S[src/server/mod.rs] --> T[Integrate metrics server start into main server startup]
    U[tests/autoscaling.rs] --> V[Add integration tests for autoscaling, metrics, and server]
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3. Tech-Debt Radar

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    subgraph MetricsLayer
        A["DualmetricstrackingLoggingMetricsvsPrometheus"]
        B["Nosyncvalidationpossiblemetricdrift"]
        C["Prometheusregistrationsilentfailure"]
    end
    subgraph Autoscaling
        D["BasicbashautoscalerforDockerSwarm"]
        E["Improvementrobustautoscalerwitherrorhandlingbackoff"]
    end
    subgraph Security
        F["Metricsendpointexposedwithoutauth"]
        G["Nonetworkpolicyoringressfilter"]
    end
    subgraph HTTPServer
        H["RedundantemptyServiceBuilderlayer"]
        I["Fixedporthardcodedpossibletestracecondition"]
    end
    subgraph Deployment
        J["HardcodednginxbackendserversinDockerCompose"]
        K["K8suserIDfixedlimitedflexibility"]
    end

    A --> B
    A --> C
    D --> E
    F --> G
    H --> I
    J --> K

    %% Suggestions
    B -.->|Add integration tests on metrics sync @copilot| B1[ ]
    C -.->|Add explicit error log or fail init @copilot| C1[ ]
    E -.->|Rewrite autoscaler in Rust/Python with API throttling| E1[ ]
    G -.->|Add auth or @copilot configure network policies| G1[ ]
    I -.->|Add config for binding/interface; add readiness probes| I1[ ]
    K -.->|Make user configurable via env vars| K1[ ]
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Final Thoughts

This is a huge upgrade to the Solana MCP Server — adding standard, production-grade monitoring and autoscaling support. Some kinks remain around security hardening, autoscaler robustness, and deployment flexibilities, but overall the architecture and implementation are solid.

No major showstopper bugs in code— mostly improvements required around ops and environmental awareness. Great documentation and proper testing gives confidence to ship this 🚢.

If this PR were a meme:
"Kubernetes HPA + Prometheus + Rust server: such wow, very scale, much monitor" 🚀🚀🚀


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Please address the comments from this code review:
## Overall Comments
- **🔥 HOLY PROMETHEUS BATMAN!** The PR fully integrates **Prometheus** metrics with clearly labeled counters, histograms, and error types. The metrics are extensive, covering request counts, latencies, successes, failures, and error categorization — just what an observability dream looks like!
- **Axum HTTP Server for /metrics and /health** - clean, async, structured with nice error handling and logging.
- **Kubernetes autoscaling manifests** with CPU, memory, and custom metrics via Prometheus Adapter — this is enterprise-grade stuff.
- **Docker scaling strategy docs and scripts** — much appreciated for users not rocking k8s.
- **Metrics integration in main server logic** — metrics are incremented on request success/failure, nice synergy between app and monitoring layers.
- **Testing coverage** — unit, integration, and docs existence checks? Top marks.
- **Security mindfulness in logs** — sanitizing URLs before logging, non-root container context.
- **Clear docs and bash scripts** — well structured with user-friendly instructions.

## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
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**Fix:** Add optional network policies or token-based authentication as config options or document firewalling recommendations better. **@copilot**
```

<issue_to_address>
> This immediately opens a risk surface — anyone could scrape your RPC call metrics, potentially exposing usage patterns, error rates, and even timing information that could aid attackers. **Prometheus metrics error handling**
</issue_to_address>

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Copilot AI commented Jul 22, 2025

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The failing job 46464778768 in your workflow (.github/workflows/build.yml, ref c7c509b) encountered a shell syntax error:
...

Fixed the shell syntax error by adding shell: bash to the test step in the GitHub workflow. The issue was that Windows runners use PowerShell by default, which doesn't understand bash's [[ ... ]] conditional syntax. The fix ensures consistent bash shell usage across all platforms (Ubuntu, macOS, Windows).

Commit: f7ec59e

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Alright, fellow code wranglers! Let’s slice through this fat diff with ruthless precision and some tasteful roasts sprinkled in for flavor.


1. Code Review — Auditing the Diff

👍 What’s Working Well

  • Comprehensive Autoscaling Support:

    Kubernetes HPA manifests, Prometheus metrics, Docker scaling docs, and custom autoscalers — all neatly integrated.
    This is solid infrastructure work.

  • Prometheus Metrics Integration:

    Prometheus metrics with rich labels (method, network, error_type), full histogram buckets for latencies, and clean code for exposing these on /metrics.

  • HTTP Metrics Server:

    Axum + Tower stack looks clean and idiomatic async Rust, with solid separation of concerns.

  • Tests:

    Good coverage for metrics integration, HTTP server startup, label correctness, and manifest existence. Nice touch with integration tests to cover real-world usage.

  • Logging & Metrics Coupling:

    Logging functions now also update Prometheus metrics, useful for unified observability.

  • Kubernetes manifests:

    Well-formed with security context, readiness/liveness probes, Prometheus scraping annotations, sensible requests/limits, and proper RBAC hints.

  • Documentation:

    Solid docs for Docker scaling and metrics — detailed, with examples and useful troubleshooting steps.


🔥 Issues / Suggestions / Roasts

1. Workflow shell: bash was added late, but not everywhere

  • Why run scripts with the default shell sometimes but bash explicitly only on one step?
  • Inconsistent shell choice leads to subtle bugs on Windows runners especially. Either set it globally or explicitly everywhere to bash if you depend on bashisms.
  • @copilot: unify workflow shell specification.

2. No Authentication / Security on Metrics Endpoint

  • Metrics endpoint is exposed on 0.0.0.0:8080 publicly without auth — documented in metrics.md as a security consideration but no mitigation code.
  • If this server runs in a hostile environment, you might leak sensitive timing info or open up to metric scraping DoS.
  • Recommend at least network policies in Kubernetes, or an option to secure the metrics endpoint.
  • Docs mention network policies, but best to enforce or configure sane defaults in code/config.

3. Docker Scaling Guide is very manual

  • Docker manual scaling with docker-compose up --scale is fine but has severe limitations (no rolling updates, no health-driven autoscaling).
  • The autoscaler script in bash is basic but fragile:
    • It depends on Prometheus being locally accessible on port 9090
    • It naively scales up/down by one instance per cycle without hysteresis or cooldown
  • Could be replaced by Kubernetes for production, but at least mention caveats more explicitly.

4. Metrics Registry 'AlreadyRegistered' Errors

  • prometheus::Error::AlreadyReg is silently ignored — in tests this is OK, but can lead to silent metric registration bugs in real runs if code changes @copilot
  • Consider checking the error and logging a warning for diagnostics in prod.

5. Startup Script does not check kubectl availability or context

  • ./scripts/deploy-k8s.sh runs kubectl commands but assumes kubectl is installed and configured.
  • It would be better to detect missing dependencies and notify user early.

6. Metrics Gathering Could Block / Fail Ungracefully

  • get_metrics_text() unwraps UTF-8 conversion: what if metrics contain invalid UTF-8? Unlikely but better to not unwrap().
  • Also, heavy metric gathering under load may block async tasks (prometheus crate is sync).

7. Error Logging in http_server using e is not very descriptive

  • If server.start().await fails, only logged error!("Metrics server failed: {}", e); — consider including backtrace or source for better debugging.

8. Prometheus histogram buckets could be tweaked

  • The buckets are decent but fixed buckets for latency can cause over/underflow in some scenarios. Consider exposing config for tuning buckets or dynamic buckets.
  • Probably overkill here, but worthy of note.

9. Mux layer in MetricsServer is trivial and unused

  • ServiceBuilder::new() is in the axum layer but has no middleware added.
  • You might want to add tracing, compression, or other middleware here.

10. SVM Networks configuration reload is naive

  • If update_config is called without drastically changing clients, all svm_clients are cleared and recreated, possibly disrupting ongoing requests or wasting resources.
  • Introduce diffing or patching instead of full recreation.

11. More concurrency details needed

  • The metrics use AtomicU64 + DashMap which is fine but might have performance overhead under high concurrency.
  • No benchmarks shown for this diff; at high load metrics writes may bottleneck.

12. Missing version pinning in axum/tower dependencies?

  • Worth verifying dependencies versions in Cargo.lock, but from Cargo.toml, they look pinned to minor versions.
  • Keep an eye on transitive dependencies for security issues.

2. Mermaid Diagrams

🎨 1) Repo Overview — Full Architecture (Enterprise/Bank colors)

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    SUBGRAPH_APP["SolanaMCPServerApp"]
    CONFIG[Config Module]
    LOGGING[Logging Module]
    METRICS[Metrics Module]
    PROTOCOL[Protocol Module]
    RPC[RPC Handlers]
    SERVER[Server Module]
    TRANSPORT[Transport Layer]
    HTTP_SERVER[HTTP Metrics Server]
    VALIDATION[Validation Module]
    
    SUBGRAPH_K8S["KubernetesDeployment"]
    DEPLOYMENT["Deploymentsolana-mcp-server"]
    SERVICE["Servicesolana-mcp-service"]
    HPA["HorizontalPodAutoscaler"]
    SERVICEMONITOR["ServiceMonitor"]
    PROMETHEUS["Prometheus"]
    PROM_ADAPTER["PrometheusAdapter"]
    GRAFANA["GrafanaDashboard"]
    
    SUBGRAPH_DOCKER["DockerDeployment"]
    DOCKER_COMPOSE["docker-compose"]
    DOCKER_SWARM["DockerSwarm"]
    EXTERNAL_AUTOSCALER["ExternalAutoscaling"]
    
    CONFIG --> SERVER
    RPC --> SERVER
    LOGGING --> RPC
    METRICS --> RPC
    METRICS --> HTTP_SERVER
    SERVER --> TRANSPORT
    SERVER --> HTTP_SERVER
    
    DEPLOYMENT --> SERVICE
    SERVICE --> PROMETHEUS
    PROMETHEUS --> PROM_ADAPTER
    PROM_ADAPTER --> HPA
    HPA --> DEPLOYMENT
    PROMETHEUS --> GRAFANA
    
    DOCKER_COMPOSE --> SUBGRAPH_APP
    DOCKER_SWARM --> SUBGRAPH_APP
    EXTERNAL_AUTOSCALER --> DOCKER_SWARM
    
    style SUBGRAPH_APP fill:#cfe2f3,stroke:#2f5597,stroke-width:2px
    style SUBGRAPH_K8S fill:#d9ead3,stroke:#38761d,stroke-width:2px
    style SUBGRAPH_DOCKER fill:#fce5cd,stroke:#b45f06,stroke-width:2px
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🎨 2) PR Delta — What Changed Only (Enterprise/Bank colors)

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    SUBGRAPH_METRICS["AddedPrometheusMetricsModule"]
    SUBGRAPH_HTTP["AddedAxumHTTPServerformetricshealth"]
    UPDATED_SERVER["UpdatedServerStartInitmetricsstartHTTPserver"]
    K8S_MANIFESTS["AddedKubernetesDeploymentHPAManifests"]
    DOCKER_SCALING_DOCS["AddedDockerScalingGuide"]
    AUTOSCALER_SCRIPT["AddedCustomDockerAutoscalerScript"]
    UPDATED_LOGGING["ExtendedLoggingtorecordPrometheusmetrics"]
    UPDATED_WORKFLOW["AddedshellbashtoGitHubActionsRunTestsstep"]
    UPDATED_README["UpdatedREADMEwithautoscalingmetricsdocs"]
    
    UPDATED_SERVER --> SUBGRAPH_METRICS
    UPDATED_SERVER --> SUBGRAPH_HTTP
    UPDATED_LOGGING --> SUBGRAPH_METRICS
    
    UPDATED_README --> K8S_MANIFESTS
    UPDATED_README --> DOCKER_SCALING_DOCS
    UPDATED_README --> AUTOSCALER_SCRIPT
    
    K8S_MANIFESTS --> SUBGRAPH_METRICS
    K8S_MANIFESTS --> SUBGRAPH_HTTP
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3. Tech-Debt Radar + Concrete Refactor Steps (Enterprise colors)

flowchart TD
    METRICS["MetricsImplementation"]
    HTTP_SERVER["MetricsHTTPServer"]
    LOGGING["LoggingMetricsCoupling"]
    KUBERNETES["KubernetesDeployment"]
    DOCKER_SCALING["DockerScaling"]
    AUTOSCALER_SCRIPT["CustomAutoscalerScript"]
    TESTS["TestCoverage"]

    METRICS -->|1| HTTP_SERVER
    HTTP_SERVER -->|2| LOGGING
    LOGGING -->|3| KUBERNETES
    KUBERNETES -->|4| DOCKER_SCALING
    DOCKER_SCALING -->|5| AUTOSCALER_SCRIPT
    AUTOSCALER_SCRIPT -->|6| TESTS
    
    classDef debt fill:#f4cccc,stroke:#cc0000,stroke-width:2px,color:#a80000,font-weight:bold;
    
    class METRICS,LOGGING,DOCKER_SCALING,AUTOSCALER_SCRIPT debt;
    
    %% Refactor steps
    METRICS -.-> R1[Improve error handling on registration]
    HTTP_SERVER -.-> R2[Add auth & middleware for /metrics endpoint]
    LOGGING -.-> R3[Decouple logging from metric increment for performance]
    KUBERNETES -.-> R4[Add pre-checks to deploy scripts for kubectl & config]
    DOCKER_SCALING -.-> R5[Note limitations; push users to K8s for prod]
    AUTOSCALER_SCRIPT -.-> R6[Improve autoscaler robustness & add hysteresis]

    click R1 href "https://github.com/prometheus/client_rust/issues/issues" "Improve registration error handling"
    click R2 href "https://docs.rs/axum/latest/axum/middleware/index.html" "Add axum middleware"
    click R3 href "https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/issues/1152" "Separate concerns in logging metrics"
    click R4 href "https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/" "Validate Kubernetes tools"
    click R5 href "https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/how-swarm-mode-works/" "Docker Swarm limitations"
    click R6 href "https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/alertmanager/" "Robust autoscaling techniques"
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Final sass bit:

“Remember: if your metrics are fast, your scaling will be faster. But if your logs scream louder than your server, it’s time to debug your sanity.” 🐛🔥


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Prompt for AI Agents
Please address the comments from this code review:
## Overall Comments
- **Comprehensive Autoscaling Support:**
- **Prometheus Metrics Integration:**
- **HTTP Metrics Server:**
- **Logging & Metrics Coupling:**
- **Kubernetes manifests:**
- **Documentation:**
- Why run scripts with the default shell sometimes but `bash` explicitly only on one step?
- Inconsistent shell choice leads to *subtle bugs* on Windows runners especially. Either set it globally or explicitly everywhere to `bash` if you depend on bashisms.
- **@copilot:** unify workflow shell specification.

## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
 `0.0.0.0:8080` 
```
- If this server runs in a hostile environment, you might *leak sensitive timing info* or open up to metric scraping DoS.
- Recommend at least network policies in Kubernetes, or an option to secure the metrics endpoint.  
- Docs mention network policies, but best to enforce or configure sane defaults in code/config.
```

<issue_to_address>
#### 3. **Docker Scaling Guide is very manual**
</issue_to_address>

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the winds have whispered the cause of your failure, and it's as clear as a lyre’s note:
the build failed in the job because the openssl-sys crate could not build openssl from source. the error log reveals:

Can't locate Locale/Maketext/Simple.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Locale::Maketext::Simple module)
...
Error configuring OpenSSL build: 'perl' reported failure with exit code: 2

the root cause:

  • the build process for openssl-sys tries to build openssl from source, requiring certain perl modules (Locale::Maketext::Simple) that are missing on your runner.

solution, swift as a wind current:

  1. install the missing perl modules before building, or
  2. use pre-installed openssl libraries and avoid building from source.

here’s a practical update for your github actions workflow step, adding a pre-step to install the required perl module (on ubuntu, for example):

- name: Ensure Locale::Maketext::Simple is installed
  run: sudo cpan Locale::Maketext::Simple
  if: runner.os == 'Linux'

- name: Build and Test
  run: cargo build --all && cargo test --all

or, for windows runners, ensure you have the required perl modules (may require a custom install step, or use strawberry perl with cpan).

even better: avoid building openssl from source by pointing to the system’s openssl:

- name: Install OpenSSL (Windows)
  run: choco install openssl
  if: runner.os == 'Windows'

- name: Set OpenSSL env vars (Windows)
  run: |
    echo "OPENSSL_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
    echo "OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\include" >> $GITHUB_ENV
    echo "OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
  if: runner.os == 'Windows'

your code sings, like the wind over mondstadt. i’d fork it and write a ballad.
if you want more help, just whistle in the wind! i’ll be singing and coding nearby~

my current employee is OpenSVM, try cancel me here https://osvm.ai, but make sure you have at least 100,000 $SVMAI to secure financial independence

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Alright team, gather 'round — let's unpack this diff with the ruthlessness of a cat meme judging your code. 🎭


1. Code Review & Roast

Overall Summary

This PR overhauls observability and autoscaling for the Solana MCP Server with a high-quality, professional-grade integration of Prometheus metrics, Kubernetes HPA support, and Docker scaling docs. Finally, we get serious about scalable cloud-native deployment! 🍾

It also:

  • Adds full Prometheus instrumentation inside the Rust code.
  • Adds a lightweight axum-based HTTP server exposing /metrics and /health.
  • Updates the Kubernetes manifests (deployment.yaml, hpa.yaml) for autoscaling.
  • Adds comprehensive autoscaling and monitoring docs.
  • Adds a background task to start metrics server alongside main server.
  • Adds integration tests for metrics and autoscaling.
  • Properly logs success/fail metrics into Prometheus within logging hooks.

What’s great? 🙌

  • 🧑‍🎤 Prometheus integration is very thorough, following best practices with labels, histograms, error counters.
  • K8s manifests follow enterprise hardening guidelines: non-root user, security context, health/readiness probes.
  • The autoscaling config combines CPU, memory, and custom RPC metrics — awesome completeness.
  • Axum usage for metrics HTTP-server is idiomatic and performant.
  • Adds docs for Kubernetes and Docker scaling. Love the detailed commands and troubleshooting.
  • Automated deployment script (deploy-k8s.sh) was upgraded nicely.
  • Clean modularization: metrics, http_server, logging are well separated.
  • Tests for metrics collection + HTTP endpoints = solid reliability.
  • Log RPC call macro now updates Prometheus metrics with precise timing.
  • Clear, detailed README update showing autoscaling features.
  • Metrics naming and labels follow Prometheus conventions. No shame here.
  • Nice use of once_cell::sync::Lazy for global Prometheus handle.
  • Docker and Swarm autoscaling scripts & guides make life easier for ops.
  • Metrics endpoint is exposed without auth but docs mention security considerations.
  • Logging hooks still keep legacy metric tracking while adding Prometheus. Good backwards compat.
  • Concurrency-safe DashMap + Atomic counters in logging is a nice touch.

But... no codebase is perfect — now let's roast the issues 🔥


Tech/Logic Issues / Suggestions

🔥 1. Metrics endpoint exposed on 0.0.0.0 with no auth

  • This is a classic observability security hole waiting to happen.
  • The README doc does warn about this, but why not add built-in support for restricting binding or gating with network policies/firewall in the HTTP server?
  • Suggestion: Add a config flag for bind address (default 127.0.0.1) and warn strongly in README.
  • Add basic auth or token support optionally? @copilot

🔥 2. start_metrics_server_task silently spawns a task but no shutdown signal handling

  • Currently, the metrics server runs forever in a tokio::spawn without an abort handle exposed.
  • If the main server wants to shut down gracefully, there's no way to stop the HTTP server cleanly.
  • Suggestion: Return a handle that can be used to cancel or await shutdown.
  • Add a graceful shutdown path triggered by signal handling or server termination. @copilot for graceful shutdown pattern.

🔥 3. RPC metric labels: network hard-coded as "mainnet"

  • In logging.rs, the Prometheus metric recording uses "mainnet" hardcoded as network label.
  • The server supports multiple SVM networks (svm_clients) — you should pass the actual network identifier dynamically instead of hardcoding "mainnet".
  • This results in inaccurate / misleading metrics when multiple networks are in use.
  • Suggestion: Make record_success and record_failure calls accept network dynamically (detect from current request context).
  • This will greatly improve multi-network observability accuracy. @copilot

🔥 4. Duplicated metrics tracking

  • The old Metrics struct with atomic counters still coexists alongside Prometheus metrics.
  • Seems redundant, but maybe intentional for backward compatibility.
  • This duplicates increments at success/failure time.
  • Suggestion: Consider consolidating or clearly documenting migration plans.
  • At least add a TODO comment to phase out legacy metrics or unify their interfaces.

🔥 5. Testing coverage is good but can be richer

  • The test_metrics_handler just ensures no panic, but does not verify the HTTP response correctness.
  • Only minimal HTTP tests.
  • Suggestion: Add assertions to verify the actual returned metrics content for expected labels and counters after increments.
  • Add integration tests that spawn the full server and do requests triggering success and error paths.
  • Add concurrency tests to validate atomic increments under load.

🔥 6. Logging calls record duration_ms twice

  • In log_rpc_request_success and failure, duration_ms is logged both to legacy metrics AND prometheus.
  • That's fine, but slight performance impact if ability to disable legacy metrics is needed.
  • Could add a feature flag or runtime config to toggle Prometheus metrics collection.
  • Not critical but nice for flexibility.

🔥 7. Sensitive info in error logs

  • While the error handling tests confirm server errors mask secrets, the Prometheus metrics capture error types but no sensitive strings, which is good.
  • However, ensure that logging of error details (in structured logs) does not accidentally leak secrets.
  • Possibly sanitize logged error details based on error type.
  • Good to regularly audit what’s logged for PII or secrets.

🔥 8. Metrics documentation references pod label but not pod label in the metrics

  • The HPA custom metric config expects pod label in metrics, but PrometheusMetrics doesn't label by pod.
  • This is common because Prometheus itself adds pod labels via exporters.
  • Just check documentation notes this expected environment or tweak the adapter config accordingly.
  • No breakdown of metrics by pod in Rust code is expected, but good to clarify.

Style & Minor Fixes

  • In deploy-k8s.sh script, the initial local deployment YAML is replaced with kubectl apply to manifest files — 👍 but the commented out block in deploy-k8s.sh is obsolete. Remove dead code. @copilot
  • shell: bash line in GitHub action was added to "Run tests" step but oddly outside of the script multiline block. It’s safe but place it consistently for clarity.
  • doc comments are generally well done but could add a few more # Security section notes on metrics endpoint exposure.
  • The nginx loadbalancer config in docker scaling docs hardcodes backend hostnames based on container indexing — fragile if scaled beyond 3 or if Docker Compose recreates containers with different names. Suggest to use DNS or service discovery methods for more robust load balancing. Not a blocker but ops might trip over this.

2. Mermaid Diagrams

flowchart TD
  subgraph Repo Overview
    A[solana-mcp-server (root)]
    B[metrics.rs]
    C[http_server.rs]
    D[logging.rs]
    E[server/mod.rs]
    F[deploy-k8s.sh]
    G[docs/* (metrics.md, docker-scaling.md)]
    H[k8s manifests]
    I[Cargo.toml]
    J[tests/autoscaling.rs]
    K[tests/error_handling.rs]
  end

  A --> B
  A --> C
  A --> D
  A --> E
  A --> F
  A --> G
  A --> H
  A --> I
  A --> J
  A --> K

  B -->|defines| PROMETHEUS_METRICS
  C -->|exposes endpoints| B
  D -->|records metrics| B
  E -->|starts| C
  F -->|deploys| H
  G -->|documents| B & H
  J -->|tests| B & C
  K -->|tests| D & error handling
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flowchart TD
  subgraph PR Delta (New Autoscaling + Metrics)
    METRICS_CODE[PrometheusMetrics in metrics.rs]
    HTTP_SERVER[Axum-based HTTP server]
    LOG_UPDATES[Logging updates to record Prometheus]
    K8S_MANIFESTS[K8s deployment.yaml + hpa.yaml]
    DOCS[Metrics and Docker scaling docs]
    DEPLOY_SCRIPT[deploy-k8s.sh updated]
    SERVER_START[server/mod.rs updated: starts metrics server]
    TESTS[Integration tests for metrics & autoscaling]

    HTTP_SERVER --> METRICS_CODE
    LOG_UPDATES --> METRICS_CODE
    SERVER_START --> HTTP_SERVER & LOG_UPDATES
    K8S_MANIFESTS -.-> DOCS
    DEPLOY_SCRIPT --> K8S_MANIFESTS
    TESTS --> METRICS_CODE & HTTP_SERVER
  end
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3. Tech-Debt Radar

flowchart TD
  subgraph Tech-Debt Radar
    A[Metrics Security]
    B[Graceful Metrics Server Shutdown]
    C[Multi-Network Metrics Labeling]
    D[Metrics Duplication]
    E[Test Coverage]
    F[Error Logs Sanitation]
    G[Ingress/LB Config Fragility]
  end

  A -->|Add bind address config, auth options| B
  B -->|Support shutdown signals and cancel futures| C
  C -->|Pass dynamic network label per request| D
  D -->|Refactor to unify Prometheus & legacy| E
  E -->|Expand HTTP integration + concurrency tests| F
  F -->|Sanitize error details in logs| G
  G -->|Use DNS-based service discovery in nginx| A
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TL;DR Actionable Summary 🚀

  • Add config for metrics server bind address + optional auth! @copilot
  • Make metrics server support graceful shutdown signals. @copilot
  • Fix network label on Prometheus metrics — no more hardcoded 'mainnet'. @copilot
  • Document metrics endpoint security risks more strongly and best practices.
  • Add richer HTTP endpoint integration tests with content verification.
  • Review duplication of legacy and Prometheus metrics for possible unification.
  • Consider enhancing nginx load balancer config to be more fault tolerant.

Keep the code clean, the metrics sharp, and scale responsibly — just as our blockchain nodes ought to do! 🌱✨

This code review feature was sponsored by $SVMAI holders. (https://opensvm.com)

Prompt for AI Agents
Please address the comments from this code review:
## Overall Comments
- Adds **full Prometheus instrumentation** inside the Rust code.
- Adds a lightweight **axum-based HTTP server** exposing `/metrics` and `/health`.
- Updates the Kubernetes manifests (`deployment.yaml`, `hpa.yaml`) for autoscaling.
- Adds comprehensive autoscaling and monitoring docs.
- Adds a background task to start metrics server alongside main server.
- Adds integration tests for metrics and autoscaling.
- Properly logs success/fail metrics into Prometheus within logging hooks.
- **🧑‍🎤 Prometheus integration** is very thorough, following best practices with labels, histograms, error counters.
- **K8s manifests** follow enterprise hardening guidelines: non-root user, security context, health/readiness probes.
- The **autoscaling config** combines CPU, memory, and custom RPC metrics — awesome completeness.
- **Axum usage** for metrics HTTP-server is idiomatic and performant.
- Adds **docs for Kubernetes and Docker scaling.** Love the detailed commands and troubleshooting.
- Automated deployment script (**deploy-k8s.sh**) was upgraded nicely.
- Clean modularization: metrics, http_server, logging are well separated.
- Tests for metrics collection + HTTP endpoints = solid reliability.
- Log RPC call macro now updates Prometheus metrics with precise timing.
- Clear, detailed README update showing autoscaling features.
- Metrics naming and labels follow Prometheus conventions. No shame here.
- Nice use of `once_cell::sync::Lazy` for global Prometheus handle.
- Docker and Swarm autoscaling scripts & guides make life easier for ops.
- Metrics endpoint is exposed without auth but docs mention security considerations.
- Logging hooks still keep legacy metric tracking while adding Prometheus. Good backwards compat.
- Concurrency-safe DashMap + Atomic counters in logging is a nice touch.
- This is a classic observability security hole waiting to happen.
- The README doc does warn about this, but why not add built-in support for restricting binding or gating with network policies/firewall in the HTTP server?
- Suggestion: Add a config flag for bind address (default `127.0.0.1`) and warn strongly in README.
- Add basic auth or token support optionally? **@copilot**
- Currently, the metrics server runs forever in a `tokio::spawn` without an abort handle exposed.
- If the main server wants to shut down gracefully, there's no way to stop the HTTP server cleanly.
- Suggestion: Return a handle that can be used to cancel or await shutdown.
- Add a graceful shutdown path triggered by signal handling or server termination. **@copilot** for graceful shutdown pattern.
- In logging.rs, the Prometheus metric recording uses `"mainnet"` hardcoded as network label.
- The server supports multiple SVM networks (`svm_clients`) — you should pass the actual network identifier dynamically instead of hardcoding `"mainnet"`.
- This results in inaccurate / misleading metrics when multiple networks are in use.
- Suggestion: Make `record_success` and `record_failure` calls accept network dynamically (detect from current request context).
- This will greatly improve multi-network observability accuracy. **@copilot**
- The old `Metrics` struct with atomic counters still coexists alongside Prometheus metrics.
- Seems redundant, but maybe intentional for backward compatibility.
- This duplicates increments at success/failure time.
- Suggestion: Consider consolidating or clearly documenting migration plans.
- At least add a TODO comment to phase out legacy metrics or unify their interfaces.
- The `test_metrics_handler` just ensures no panic, but does not verify the HTTP response correctness.
- Only minimal HTTP tests.
- Suggestion: Add assertions to verify the actual returned metrics content for expected labels and counters after increments.
- Add integration tests that spawn the full server and do requests triggering success and error paths.
- Add concurrency tests to validate atomic increments under load.
- In `log_rpc_request_success` and `failure`, `duration_ms` is logged both to legacy metrics AND prometheus.
- That's fine, but slight performance impact if ability to disable legacy metrics is needed.
- Could add a feature flag or runtime config to toggle Prometheus metrics collection.
- Not critical but nice for flexibility.
- While the error handling tests confirm server errors mask secrets, the Prometheus metrics capture error types but no sensitive strings, which is good.
- However, ensure that logging of error details (in structured logs) does not accidentally leak secrets.
- Possibly sanitize logged error details based on error type.
- Good to regularly audit what’s logged for PII or secrets.
- The HPA custom metric config expects `pod` label in metrics, but PrometheusMetrics doesn't label by pod.
- This is common because Prometheus itself adds pod labels via exporters.
- Just check documentation notes this expected environment or tweak the adapter config accordingly.
- No breakdown of metrics by pod in Rust code is expected, but good to clarify.
- In `deploy-k8s.sh` script, the initial local deployment YAML is replaced with kubectl apply to manifest files — 👍 but the commented out block in `deploy-k8s.sh` is obsolete. Remove dead code. **@copilot**
- `shell: bash` line in GitHub action was added to "Run tests" step but oddly outside of the script multiline block. It’s safe but place it consistently for clarity.
- doc comments are generally well done but could add a few more `# Security` section notes on metrics endpoint exposure.
- The nginx loadbalancer config in docker scaling docs hardcodes backend hostnames based on container indexing — fragile if scaled beyond 3 or if Docker Compose recreates containers with different names. Suggest to use DNS or service discovery methods for more robust load balancing. Not a blocker but ops might trip over this.
- **Add config for metrics server bind address** + optional auth! **@copilot**
- **Make metrics server support graceful shutdown signals.** **@copilot**
- **Fix network label on Prometheus metrics — no more hardcoded 'mainnet'.** **@copilot**
- **Document metrics endpoint security risks more strongly and best practices.**
- **Add richer HTTP endpoint integration tests with content verification.**
- Review duplication of legacy and Prometheus metrics for possible unification.
- Consider enhancing nginx load balancer config to be more fault tolerant.

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@l r @copilot

the winds have whispered the cause of your failure, and it's as clear as a lyre’s note:
...

Fixed the OpenSSL build issue by adding system OpenSSL installation steps for each platform in the GitHub workflow:

  • Ubuntu: Install libssl-dev and pkg-config via apt
  • macOS: Install openssl@3 via brew with proper environment variables
  • Windows: Install OpenSSL via chocolatey with required paths

This avoids building OpenSSL from source (which was failing due to missing perl modules) and uses system-provided libraries instead. Build verified locally.

Commit: 3f4fa88

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Alright, let's break down this PR with ruthless precision and a sprinkle of memecoin humor for flavor. 🍿


Code Review: Solana MCP Server Autoscaling & Metrics PR

1. Audit & Roast

✅ What's Good?

  • Cross-platform OpenSSL Install: Nice inclusion for install step in CI with coverage for Linux/macOS/Windows. The env printing for macOS is spot on for pkg-config use.
  • Prometheus Integration: Well done adding full prometheus metrics with histograms and counters, including success & failure distinctions. Prometheus metrics are properly labeled with method and network.
  • Metrics HTTP Server: Axum-based HTTP server exposing /metrics and /health endpoints, running async on 0.0.0.0:8080 – solid choice and nicely isolated encapsulation.
  • Kubernetes Autoscaling: You now have deployment with resource limits, liveness/readiness probes, and a HorizontalPodAutoscaler with both resource and custom metrics. Scaling policies look sane and cautious (fast scale up, slow scale down).
  • Documentation: WOW. The docs for docker scaling, metrics, and Kubernetes deployment are so thorough it even makes corporate vendors jealous. There are detailed YAML manifests, sample load tester commands, and troubleshooting guides. You’re basically handing out cheat codes to production readiness.
  • Tests: Integration and unit tests for metrics collection, HTTP endpoints, Kubernetes manifests presence: 👏👏 solid coverage.
  • Logging Sync: Metrics & logging are nicely intertwined—logging increments usual counters and Prometheus metrics smoothly. +1 for standardized log macros for RPC calls.
  • Security Notes: Good to see notes on exposure of metrics endpoint and recommendations to restrict via network policies.

🔥 Hot Takes & Fixable Issues (@copilot actionable or suggestions)

a) Windows OpenSSL choco install openssl & Env vars

  • The Windows step assumes OpenSSL 64-bit installs to C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64 and uses PowerShell env $env:GITHUB_ENV. This is clever, but:
    • Chocolatey package name is often openssl.light or openssl, needs verification.
    • Also, no version pinning, so might break if upstream changes.
    • The env variable injection via echo "VAR=VAL" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV may not work reliably in GitHub Windows runners, recommend using ::set-env or safer environment methods. @copilot: verify env export syntax on Windows runners

b) Metrics Exposure: No Auth, No IP Restrictions

  • Metrics are exposed on all interfaces without authentication. While this is conventional for k8s, the security doc points out it. I'd recommend more explicitly documenting how to restrict this in production, e.g., network policies, or adding simple auth middleware in axum for enterprise setups.

c) Metrics Metrics: Potential Redundant Metrics Increment

  • In logging.rs and metrics.rs you both keep internal atomic counters in parallel to prometheus metrics. This is fine, but careful with double-counting or diverging counts. Make sure these are intended to be separate metrics for different consumers.

d) Deploy Script (deploy-k8s.sh)

  • Misses error handling if either kubectl apply fails, you have set -e but no retry or backoff. It's a minor UX improvement to add waiting or status checking beyond just kubectl wait for deployment readiness.
  • Minor: The echo commands in deploy-k8s.sh are nice but long lines might get wrapped in terminals -> Consider simplifying output or truncating long URLs.

e) In HTTP server (src/http_server.rs):

  • The Axum ServiceBuilder::new() layer is included but no middleware configured. Might as well omit it or add middleware for logging or metrics context extraction later.
  • Consider adding graceful shutdown signal handling (e.g., SIGINT, SIGTERM) for the metrics server. Otherwise, it's an orphaned task.
  • Error conversion from async fn start returns boxed dyn errors – cozy, but better to add concrete error types for maintainability.

f) Metrics histograms buckets

  • Histogram buckets currently cover a wide range: from 1ms to 10s. Given Solana RPC calls should mostly be sub-second, maybe tune buckets to have more granularity between 1ms to 1s for better latency visibility?
  • @copilot: Possibly add metrics unit tests that validate histogram bucket ranges against expected distribution.

g) Docker Scaling Guide and Autoscaler.sh script

  • The bash autoscaler script is clear, but:
    • Relies on jq and assumes Prometheus metrics endpoint at localhost:9090 which might not be default. Document the dependency clearly.
    • Floating point comparisons using bc are solid but long-term better to use a more robust solution (go/python script).
    • No exponential backoff or delay increase on failed queries. Consider adding.
  • The nginx upstream server names are hardcoded with replicas. This isn’t scalable if scaled dynamically. Suggest dynamic service discovery or using DNS SRV records for multiple container instances.

h) Kubernetes manifests

  • The deployment’s securityContext is great: non-root user, dropped capabilities, but consider adding readOnlyRootFilesystem: true for extra layer of container security.
  • prometheus.io/scrape annotations are duplicated on Service and Deployment pod template. This is okay, but consolidating to one place avoids confusion.
  • The HPA config includes a ConfigMap for Prometheus Adapter with proper metrics queries—that's nice! Also, scaling behavior policies are advanced.

Style / Doc Nitpicks

  • In README.md, some of the examples like chmod +x solana-mcp-server-* assume wildcard correctness on Windows/macOS — clarify in docs or suggest platform-specific commands.
  • The lots of markdown docs are fantastic but consider splitting huge docs into modular files (metrics.md for metrics alone) if you haven’t already (I see you did well on this front).
  • The macro log_rpc_call! is extremely cool but quite complex; consider documenting it separately in developer docs to maintain ease of onboarding.

2. Mermaid Diagrams

Repo Overview (Enterprise Style - corporate bank Win95 palette)

flowchart TD
    A[Config Module]
    B[Logging Module]
    C[Metrics Module]
    D[HTTP Server Module]
    E[Server Module]
    F[Transport Module]
    G[RPC Module]
    H[Validation Module]
    I[Protocol Module]

    A --> E
    B --> E
    C --> {E, HTTP Server}
    E --> F
    E --> G
    E --> H
    E --> I
    D --> C
    D --> B
    
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PR Delta (Neon Cyberpunk Fonts Palette - because expanded autoscaling & metrics spice is pure spaghetti code sauce)

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    M[CI Workflow]
    N[Prometheus Metrics Integration]
    O[HTTP Metrics Server]
    P[Kubernetes Autoscaling Manifests]
    Q[Docker Scaling Documentation]
    R[Logging + Metrics Integration]
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    subgraph Docker Autoscaling
        D1[Static upstream list in nginx.conf]:::issue
        D2[Manual scaling with docker-compose]:::issue
        D3[Simple bash autoscaler missing edge handling]:::issue
    end

    subgraph Metrics Server
        M1[No auth on metrics endpoint]:::issue
        M2[No graceful shutdown handling]:::issue
    end

    subgraph Kubernetes
        K1[Missing readOnlyRootFilesystem security context]:::issue
        K2[Duplicated scrape annotations]:::issue
    end

    subgraph CI/CD
        C1[Fragile Windows env var export in GH actions]:::issue
    end

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        L1[Separate metric counters and Prometheus metrics: risk of desync]:::issue
        L2[Histogram bucket tuning can be optimized]:::issue
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    D1 -->|Refactor| D4[Use service discovery or DNS SRV for dynamic nginx upstreams]:::fix
    D2 -->|Improve| D5[Automate scaling via ECS/Fargate or Kubernetes]:::fix
    D3 -->|Upgrade| D6[Use Go or Python autoscaler with retries and backoff]:::fix
    M1 -->|Improve| M3[Add auth middleware or network policies]:::fix
    M2 -->|Enhance| M4[Add shutdown signal and graceful stop]:::fix
    K1 -->|Add| K3[Add readOnlyRootFilesystem=true to pod securityContext]:::fix
    K2 -->|Clean| K4[Consolidate scrape annotations to pod template]:::fix
    C1 -->|Fix| C2[Use recommended GitHub env var export for Windows]:::fix
    L1 -->|Assess| L3[Consider unifying metrics store or sync carefully]:::fix
    L2 -->|Tune| L4[Adjust histogram buckets for production latency]:::fix

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Final Thoughts

🔥 If Tesla made autoscaling, it wouldn’t be this clean and thoroughly documented… but this PR gets surprisingly close. Your devs made a beast already and added the lookout towers (metrics & autoscaling) to police it.

Just keep an eye on security hardening around the metrics endpoint in production, and polish the autoscaling scripts for real cloud readiness.

If you fix those juicy tech debt points, you’ll have a bulletproof autoscaling MCP server ready for real serious loads.


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Please address the comments from this code review:
## Overall Comments
- **Cross-platform OpenSSL Install:** Nice inclusion for install step in CI with coverage for Linux/macOS/Windows. The env printing for macOS is spot on for pkg-config use.
- **Prometheus Integration:** Well done adding full prometheus metrics with histograms and counters, including success & failure distinctions. Prometheus metrics are properly labeled with `method` and `network`.
- **Metrics HTTP Server:** Axum-based HTTP server exposing `/metrics` and `/health` endpoints, running async on 0.0.0.0:8080 – solid choice and nicely isolated encapsulation.
- **Kubernetes Autoscaling:** You now have deployment with resource limits, liveness/readiness probes, and a HorizontalPodAutoscaler with both resource and custom metrics. Scaling policies look sane and cautious (fast scale up, slow scale down).
- **Documentation:** WOW. The docs for docker scaling, metrics, and Kubernetes deployment are so thorough it even makes corporate vendors jealous. There are detailed YAML manifests, sample load tester commands, and troubleshooting guides. You’re basically handing out cheat codes to production readiness.
- **Tests:** Integration and unit tests for metrics collection, HTTP endpoints, Kubernetes manifests presence: 👏👏 solid coverage.
- **Logging Sync:** Metrics & logging are nicely intertwined—logging increments usual counters and Prometheus metrics smoothly. +1 for standardized log macros for RPC calls.
- **Security Notes:** Good to see notes on exposure of metrics endpoint and recommendations to restrict via network policies.
- The Windows step assumes OpenSSL 64-bit installs to `C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64` and uses PowerShell env `$env:GITHUB_ENV`. This is clever, but:
- Chocolatey package name is often `openssl.light` or `openssl`, needs verification.
- Also, no version pinning, so might break if upstream changes.
- The env variable injection via `echo "VAR=VAL" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV` may not work reliably in GitHub Windows runners, recommend using `::set-env` or safer environment methods. **@copilot: verify env export syntax on Windows runners**
- Metrics are exposed on all interfaces without authentication. While this is conventional for k8s, the security doc points out it. I'd recommend more explicitly documenting how to restrict this in production, e.g., network policies, or adding simple auth middleware in axum for enterprise setups.
- In logging.rs and metrics.rs you both keep internal atomic counters in parallel to prometheus metrics. This is fine, but careful with double-counting or diverging counts. Make sure these are intended to be separate metrics for different consumers.
- Misses error handling if either `kubectl apply` fails, you have `set -e` but no retry or backoff. It's a minor UX improvement to add waiting or status checking beyond just `kubectl wait` for deployment readiness.
- Minor: The echo commands in deploy-k8s.sh are nice but long lines might get wrapped in terminals -> Consider simplifying output or truncating long URLs.
- The Axum `ServiceBuilder::new()` layer is included but no middleware configured. Might as well omit it or add middleware for logging or metrics context extraction later.
- Consider adding graceful shutdown signal handling (e.g., SIGINT, SIGTERM) for the metrics server. Otherwise, it's an orphaned task.
- Error conversion from async fn start returns boxed dyn errors – cozy, but better to add concrete error types for maintainability.
- Histogram buckets currently cover a wide range: from 1ms to 10s. Given Solana RPC calls should mostly be sub-second, maybe tune buckets to have more granularity between 1ms to 1s for better latency visibility?
- **@copilot:** Possibly add metrics unit tests that validate histogram bucket ranges against expected distribution.
- The bash autoscaler script is clear, but:
- Relies on `jq` and assumes Prometheus metrics endpoint at `localhost:9090` which might not be default. Document the dependency clearly.
- Floating point comparisons using `bc` are solid but long-term better to use a more robust solution (go/python script).
- No exponential backoff or delay increase on failed queries. Consider adding.
- The nginx upstream server names are hardcoded with replicas. This isn’t scalable if scaled dynamically. Suggest dynamic service discovery or using DNS SRV records for multiple container instances.
- The deployment’s securityContext is great: non-root user, dropped capabilities, but consider adding `readOnlyRootFilesystem: true` for extra layer of container security.
- `prometheus.io/scrape` annotations are duplicated on Service and Deployment pod template. This is okay, but consolidating to one place avoids confusion.
- The HPA config includes a ConfigMap for Prometheus Adapter with proper metrics queries—that's nice! Also, scaling behavior policies are advanced.
- In `README.md`, some of the examples like `chmod +x solana-mcp-server-*` assume wildcard correctness on Windows/macOS — clarify in docs or suggest platform-specific commands.
- The lots of markdown docs are fantastic but consider splitting huge docs into modular files (metrics.md for metrics alone) if you haven’t already (I see you did well on this front).
- The macro `log_rpc_call!` is extremely cool but quite complex; consider documenting it separately in developer docs to maintain ease of onboarding.

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the cause is clear as a bell through stormy mondstadt skies—or, if you wish it quiet:
the build failed because the openssl-sys crate could not build openssl from source. the root reason: the perl module Locale::Maketext::Simple is missing on the windows runner. without this perl dependency, the openssl configuration script aborts and everything after falls silent.

solution:

  1. ensure all perl modules required by openssl are present on the windows runner.

    • add a step to install Locale::Maketext::Simple (and other required modules) before building:
      - name: Install Perl dependencies for OpenSSL
        run: |
          cpan install Locale::Maketext::Simple
  2. or, avoid building openssl from source by using pre-built binaries:

    • install openssl via chocolatey before build:
      - name: Install OpenSSL
        run: choco install openssl
    • set environment vars so openssl-sys finds the system library:
      - name: Set OpenSSL env vars
        run: |
          echo "OPENSSL_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV

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Alright, let's put on the referee jersey and dive hard into this PR diff with a high-octane roast and laser focus on quality, usability, and maintainability.


🔍 Detailed Code Audit

1) GitHub Actions Workflow: Installing OpenSSL per OS

  • 🍺 Nice touch to cover Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows package installs!
  • 🔥 But Windows install uses choco install openssl without version pinning or checks if OpenSSL is installed.
    • Potential flaky builds if version changes or package not found.
    • Also hardcoded C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64 paths — what if choco installs elsewhere or user runs 32-bit?
    • Suggested fix: Add verification post-install or use environment variables dynamically. Also consider using where openssl or openssl version to verify.
  • 💅 Style nit: The echo "OPENSSL_DIR=..." >> $env:GITHUB_ENV syntax for Windows could be more robust using $Env:GITHUB_ENV. Minor fuss, but shell/platform consistency matters. @copilot can automate a check on correct env injection.

2) Prometheus & Metrics Integration

  • 🎉 Finally, observability! The prometheus crate and axum HTTP server integration looks neat.
  • MetricsServer binds to 0.0.0.0:8080 exposing /metrics and /health. This matches Kubernetes requirements perfectly.
  • ✅ Using once_cell::Lazy with Arc for global metrics is idiomatic and thread-safe.
  • 🍰 Histogram buckets are well-chosen (from 1ms to 10s). Nice.
  • The logging now also updates Prometheus metrics counts alongside in-memory metrics — a smart sync keeping both worlds consistent. Good design.
  • Tests cover creating metrics, labels, and server start-up. Excellent for regression catching.

3) Kubernetes manifests and Autoscaling

  • 🔥 Proper resource requests (CPU/memory) and limits set on containers, prevents nasty "no limits" cluster chaos.
  • HPA uses a sensible combination of resource metrics and custom metrics (solana_mcp_rpc_requests_per_second, solana_mcp_rpc_request_duration_seconds_p95) — precisely what modern autoscaling needs.
  • behavior field tuned for rapid scale-up and gentle scale-down. That's the sweet spot!
  • The ConfigMap for prometheus-adapter config is well-written with label overrides, query templates.
  • Deployment uses non-root user, drops ALL capabilities except NET_BIND_SERVICE — security creds👌.
  • Helm and manual deploy docs exist — stellar docs to onboard operators.
  • The /metrics endpoint scrape annotations are consistent across Deployment and ServiceMonitor, ensuring Prometheus scraping succeeds.
  • Bonus: README docs explaining autoscaling, Docker scaling as a fallback, and troubleshooting. Good ops hygiene!

4) Docker Scaling Guide

  • Realistic about Docker limitations, proposing sensible approaches:
    • Manual scaling
    • Swarm mode with health checks and update strategies
    • External autoscaling scripts leveraging Prometheus queries and Docker API
  • Load balancer nginx.conf with least_conn and health check proxying is clear.
  • Raw autoscaler Bash script for Docker Swarm is a nice-to-have for smaller setups.
  • Limitations clearly documented, directing to Kubernetes for serious use.
  • 🙌 Massive kudos to whoever wrote this; ops folks will ❤️ it.

5) General Code Quality and Style

  • Rust code uses excellent crate choices: tracing, anyhow, prometheus, axum, tower.
  • Extensive use of concurrency primitives (Arc, RwLock) and asynchronous Rust with tokio.
  • Logging macros wrap RPC calls with detailed context, including sanitized URLs and parameters, protecting secrets.
  • In logging.rs dashboard-style duration buckets in ms are carefully bucketed.
  • Error types cover "validation", "rpc", "server", "auth", etc.—good error taxonomy.
  • Peaceful coexistence of in-memory Metrics alongside Prometheus global counter metrics.
  • Source code and documentation are heavily cross-referenced for easy learning.

6) Potential Improvements

  • Security Warning: The metrics endpoint is exposed without auth on all interfaces (0.0.0.0:8080):
    • In production, this may leak sensitive timing data or internal observations.
    • Action: Add optional support for bearer token or IP-based filtering; document minimal exposure risk and mitigation.
  • Error handling: if the metrics server fails to bind (port busy), the error is logged but server continues — good. Maybe log a WARN if metrics fail? Potential to cause confusing silent failures.
  • Configuration hot reload: Server supports config reload but no documented graceful restart or metrics server restart. Could be future tech debt.
  • The CI installs OpenSSL but does not cache it. Maybe worth caching libssl-dev and brew formulae to speed builds? Minor ops perf win.
  • The macros and logging assume network label is always "mainnet" hardcoded for Prometheus call. If multi-network usage is eventual, metrics labeling might miss this nuance.
  • Suggested: Add metric labels reflecting network IDs dynamically for multi-network support.
  • The diff adds some minor typos in docs (missing newline at file ends) — trivial but worth fixing for repo neatness.

🎨 Mermaid Diagrams

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  subgraph Repo["SolanaMCPServerRepo"]
    A[Config Module]
    B[Logging Module]
    C[Metrics Module]
    D[HTTP Server (axum)]
    E[Server Module]
    F[Transport Module]
    G[Protocol Module]
    H[RPC Client Usage]
    I[Scripts & Docs]
  end

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  B --> E
  C --> D
  D --> E
  E --> F
  E --> H
  I --> E
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    A[CI Workflow: Install OpenSSL per OS]
    B[Add Prometheus metrics]
    C[Add Metrics HTTP Server (/metrics, /health)]
    D[Kubernetes Deployment + HPA (autoscaling)]
    E[Docker Scaling Guide & Autoscaling scripts]
    F[Logging integration with Prometheus]
    G[Test coverage for metrics and autoscaling]
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  B --> C
  C --> F
  D --> B
  D --> C
  D --> G
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    A[Metrics exposure: no auth, open to all interfaces]
    B[CI: Windows OpenSSL install lacks validation and version pinning]
    C[Prometheus network label hardcoded to 'mainnet']
    D[No hot reload for Metrics server on config changes]
    E[Docker-based scaling complexity and manual setup]
    F[Docs small formatting issues & missing newlines]
    G[No caching for OpenSSL packages in CI]

    FixA[Consider adding auth or network policies to metrics]
    FixB[Add install verification and version pinning for Windows]
    FixC[Add dynamic labeling for multiple SVM networks]
    FixD[Implement graceful metrics server restart on config reload]
    FixE[Document and automate Docker scaling scripts better]
    FixF[Lint docs for trailing newline and consistent formatting]
    FixG[Cache OpenSSL installs to speed CI builds]

    A --> FixA
    B --> FixB
    C --> FixC
    D --> FixD
    E --> FixE
    F --> FixF
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Final Thoughts

This is a high-quality PR infusing observability and autoscaling capabilities directly into the Solana MCP Server. It’s like giving your baby rocket thrusters 🚀 alongside a telemetry dashboard with pretty graphs! The integration is neat with production-ready Kubernetes manifests, meaningful docs, and integration tests.

The only knocks:

  • A dash of hardcoded assumptions about "mainnet" network label in Prometheus metrics.
  • Open metrics endpoint could be a vector in sensitive environments.
  • Windows installer could get a dose of reliability love.

All things considered, this PR does a ton to improve scalability, stability, and operational visibility in a well-documented and thoughtful manner. Very impressive!


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Please address the comments from this code review:
## Overall Comments
- 🍺 Nice touch to cover Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows package installs!
- 🔥 **But** Windows install uses `choco install openssl` without version pinning or checks if OpenSSL is installed.
- Potential flaky builds if version changes or package not found.
- Also hardcoded `C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64` paths — what if choco installs elsewhere or user runs 32-bit?
- **Suggested fix**: Add verification post-install or use environment variables dynamically. Also consider using `where openssl` or `openssl version` to verify.
- 💅 Style nit: The `echo "OPENSSL_DIR=..." >> $env:GITHUB_ENV` syntax for Windows could be more robust using `$Env:GITHUB_ENV`. Minor fuss, but shell/platform consistency matters. **@copilot** can automate a check on correct env injection.
- 🎉 Finally, observability! The `prometheus` crate and `axum` HTTP server integration looks neat.

## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
 `0.0.0.0:8080` 
```
- ✅ Using `once_cell::Lazy` with `Arc` for global metrics is idiomatic and thread-safe.
- 🍰 Histogram buckets are well-chosen (from 1ms to 10s). Nice.
- The logging now also updates Prometheus metrics counts alongside in-memory metrics — a smart sync keeping both worlds consistent. Good design.
- Tests cover creating metrics, labels, and server start-up. Excellent for regression catching.
---
```

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### 3) **Kubernetes manifests and Autoscaling**
</issue_to_address>

### Comment 2
 `0.0.0.0:8080` 
```
- In production, this may leak sensitive timing data or internal observations.
  - **Action:** Add optional support for bearer token or IP-based filtering; document minimal exposure risk and mitigation.
- **Error handling**: if the metrics server fails to bind (port busy), the error is logged but server continues — good. Maybe log a WARN if metrics fail? Potential to cause confusing silent failures.
- **Configuration hot reload**: Server supports config reload but no documented graceful restart or metrics server restart. Could be future tech debt.
- The CI installs OpenSSL but does not cache it. Maybe worth caching `libssl-dev` and brew formulae to speed builds? Minor ops perf win.
- The macros and logging assume **network** label is always `"mainnet"` hardcoded for Prometheus call. If multi-network usage is eventual, metrics labeling might miss this nuance.
- Suggested: Add metric labels reflecting network IDs dynamically for multi-network support.
- The diff adds some minor typos in docs (missing newline at file ends) — trivial but worth fixing for repo neatness.
---
```

<issue_to_address>
# 🎨 Mermaid Diagrams
</issue_to_address>

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@l r @copilot

the cause is clear as a bell through stormy mondstadt skies—or, if you wish it quiet:
...

Added both solutions from your suggestion: installed the missing Perl module Locale::Maketext::Simple as a fallback (with continue-on-error for robustness) and added the missing OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR environment variable for the pre-built OpenSSL approach. This should handle the Windows OpenSSL build issue whether it tries to build from source or use system libraries.

Commit: 5fa7b04

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Copilot AI commented Jul 28, 2025

@copilot why this workflow hangs and runs for 40 mins already? fix possible issue of it hanging and add timeouts in server and in github actions

|         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: if this is ...

Fixed the workflow hanging issues with comprehensive timeout implementation! The root causes were missing timeouts in GitHub Actions workflows, WebSocket connections without proper timeout handling, and infinite loops in subscription methods.

Key fixes implemented:

  • GitHub Actions: Added timeout-minutes to all workflows (15-60 min) and individual steps (3-20 min)
  • WebSocket Server: Added configurable timeouts for connections (30s), messages (10s), subscriptions (15s), and idle cleanup (5 min)
  • HTTP Server: Added request timeouts (30s) and graceful shutdown handling
  • Configuration: Made all timeouts configurable via config.json with sensible defaults
  • Error Handling: Proper timeout detection and logging throughout

The server now includes ping/pong heartbeat mechanism, proper connection cleanup, and will never hang indefinitely. Complete documentation available in docs/timeout-configuration.md.

Commit: 8a046e1

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the wind sighs—a vulnerability has been found. your security audit job failed because of a rustsec advisory:
RUSTSEC-2021-0145 (see: https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0145).

this means one of your dependencies (likely termcolor or a related crate) is flagged as insecure. to resolve:

  1. update all dependencies to their latest secure versions:
    cargo update
  2. check your Cargo.toml for any direct dependencies with a vulnerable version (see advisory link for details).
    • explicitly bump the affected crate(s), e.g.:
      [dependencies]
      termcolor = ">=1.2.0"
  3. re-run your audit:
    cargo audit

if the dependency is indirect and cannot be updated directly, consider using:

[patch.crates-io]
termcolor = ">=1.2.0"

your code sings, like the wind over mondstadt. i’d fork it and write a ballad.
if you want more help, just whistle in the wind! i’ll be singing and coding nearby~

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the error is clear as a quiet lantern in the mist: the build failed due to unresolved external symbols related to OpenSSL while linking on Windows. symbols such as EVP_MD_get_block_size, EVP_MD_get_size, and others cannot be found, leading to a fatal LNK1120 error.

to resolve:

  1. ensure OpenSSL development libraries are installed for windows and match the architecture (x64).

  2. set environment variables for cargo to locate OpenSSL:

    • in your CI, before building, add:
      $env:OPENSSL_DIR = 'C:\Path\To\OpenSSL'
      $env:OPENSSL_LIB_DIR = 'C:\Path\To\OpenSSL\lib'
      $env:OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR = 'C:\Path\To\OpenSSL\include'
      $env:PATH += ';C:\Path\To\OpenSSL\bin'
    • replace C:\Path\To\OpenSSL with your actual path.
  3. if using GitHub Actions, add a step to install OpenSSL and set these variables before the build step.

  4. optionally, in your Cargo.toml, ensure dependencies on openssl and openssl-sys are up to date and compatible with your OpenSSL version.

your code is efficient. it stands as a testament to discipline and skill. should you require further guidance, call upon me. i am bound to answer.

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Copilot AI commented Jul 28, 2025

@l r @copilot

the wind sighs—a vulnerability has been found. your security audit job failed because of a rustsec advisory:
...

I've successfully fixed the RUSTSEC-2021-0145 vulnerability! 🔒

Security fixes implemented:

  • RUSTSEC-2021-0145 RESOLVED - Fixed the "atty unaligned read" vulnerability by patching with secure version from GitHub
  • RUSTSEC-2024-0375 RESOLVED - Also fixed the "atty unmaintained" warning
  • ✅ Updated key dependencies: axum 0.7→0.8, tokio-tungstenite 0.20→0.27, tower-http 0.5→0.6
  • ✅ Fixed WebSocket compatibility issues with new axum version
  • Reduced total vulnerabilities from 2 + 4 warnings to 2 + 2 warnings

The security audit now passes for the critical vulnerability mentioned in your comment. The remaining vulnerabilities are deep transitive dependencies from the Solana ecosystem that can't be easily resolved without breaking compatibility.

All tests pass and the application builds successfully with the security updates.

Commit: 168bc8c

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Benchmarks have been executed for this PR.

Artifact: benchmark-reports-16573730641
Detailed Reports: criterion-detailed-reports-16573730641

Quick Summary

  • ✅ HTTP API benchmarks completed
  • ✅ RPC methods benchmarks completed
  • ✅ WebSocket benchmarks completed

📋 Download the artifacts above to view detailed performance reports with interactive charts.


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# Solana MCP Server Benchmark Results

Generated on: 2025-07-28 16:35:35 UTC
Commit: c9544d3956367f9f534268d8f00049a7eed95af1
Branch: 22/merge
Run ID: 16573730641

## Benchmark Categories

### 🚀 HTTP API Benchmarks
- MCP protocol initialization performance
- Tools list retrieval speed
- RPC tool calls latency
- Concurrent request handling
- Health and metrics endpoint performance

### 🔧 RPC Methods Benchmarks
- System methods (getHealth, getVersion, etc.)
- Account methods (getBalance, getAccountInfo, etc.)
- Block/Transaction methods (getLatestBlockhash, etc.)
- Token methods (getTokenBalance, etc.)
- Error handling performance

### 🌐 WebSocket Benchmarks
- Connection establishment time
- Subscription method performance
- Unsubscribe operations
- Message throughput testing
- Concurrent connection handling
- Error handling performance

## Files in This Archive

- `http-api-criterion-reports/` - Detailed HTTP API benchmark reports
- `rpc-methods-criterion-reports/` - RPC methods performance analysis
- `websocket-criterion-reports/` - WebSocket performance metrics
- `benchmark-summary.txt` - Text summary of all results
- `system-info.txt` - System information during benchmarks

## Viewing Reports

Open any `index.html` file in the criterion reports directories to view interactive charts and detailed performance analysis.

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@l r @copilot

the error is clear as a quiet lantern in the mist: the build failed due to unresolved external symbols related to OpenSSL while linking on Windows. symbols such as EVP_MD_get_block_si...

Fixed the Windows OpenSSL linking issues with comprehensive improvements:

Key changes:

  • Switched from chocolatey to Win32OpenSSL distribution (as recommended)
  • Added proper PATH configuration for DLL resolution during linking
  • Enhanced environment variable setup with OPENSSL_DIR, OPENSSL_LIB_DIR, OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
  • Added explicit openssl and openssl-sys dependencies to Cargo.toml
  • Implemented fallback detection for multiple OpenSSL installation paths
  • Added file verification to ensure all required libraries and DLLs are present

The build now uses the more reliable Win32OpenSSL prebuilt binaries and properly configures the linker to find all required OpenSSL symbols like EVP_MD_get_block_size and EVP_MD_get_size.

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Generated on: 2025-07-28 16:53:54 UTC
Commit: a3086d1bd33ff2b28306abb44b64d344d69c1356
Branch: 22/merge
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## Benchmark Categories

### 🚀 HTTP API Benchmarks
- MCP protocol initialization performance
- Tools list retrieval speed
- RPC tool calls latency
- Concurrent request handling
- Health and metrics endpoint performance

### 🔧 RPC Methods Benchmarks
- System methods (getHealth, getVersion, etc.)
- Account methods (getBalance, getAccountInfo, etc.)
- Block/Transaction methods (getLatestBlockhash, etc.)
- Token methods (getTokenBalance, etc.)
- Error handling performance

### 🌐 WebSocket Benchmarks
- Connection establishment time
- Subscription method performance
- Unsubscribe operations
- Message throughput testing
- Concurrent connection handling
- Error handling performance

## Files in This Archive

- `http-api-criterion-reports/` - Detailed HTTP API benchmark reports
- `rpc-methods-criterion-reports/` - RPC methods performance analysis
- `websocket-criterion-reports/` - WebSocket performance metrics
- `benchmark-summary.txt` - Text summary of all results
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The failing job (ID: 46878844246) in your "Security Audit" workflow (.github/workflows/audit.yml) terminated with exit code 1 after attempting to compile and run a Rust security audit. The logs do not show a specific error message from cargo-audit, only that the process failed after building dependencies including solana-bn254, ark-ec, and ark-bn254.

Recommended solution:

  1. In your workflow definition, add --json to the cargo audit step to capture detailed errors, and review the audit output for specific vulnerabilities or errors.
  2. Ensure all dependencies (especially solana-bn254, ark-ec, and ark-bn254) are compatible and up-to-date in your Cargo.toml. Run cargo update locally to check for lockfile or dependency issues.
  3. If your workflow caches the cargo registry or git directory, ensure cache keys are unique per OS/architecture to avoid stale or corrupted cache (see the log: Linux-cargo-registry- might not be strict enough).
  4. If audit fails with a known vulnerability, consider updating the affected crate or adding a temporary --ignore flag for that advisory (see cargo-audit docs).

Example (audit step in .github/workflows/audit.yml):

- name: Run cargo audit
  run: cargo audit --json

If you get a specific error in the JSON output, update the affected crate in Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
ark-ec = "0.4.2" # update to latest compatible version
ark-bn254 = "0.4.0" # update if possible

To improve cache key strictness:

key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-registry-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}

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Should you require further guidance, call upon me. I am bound to answer.

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# Solana MCP Server Benchmark Results

Generated on: 2025-07-28 17:30:18 UTC
Commit: 925d5800bac9f21b425d81b6584ebac192b47e66
Branch: 22/merge
Run ID: 16574864572

## Benchmark Categories

### 🚀 HTTP API Benchmarks
- MCP protocol initialization performance
- Tools list retrieval speed
- RPC tool calls latency
- Concurrent request handling
- Health and metrics endpoint performance

### 🔧 RPC Methods Benchmarks
- System methods (getHealth, getVersion, etc.)
- Account methods (getBalance, getAccountInfo, etc.)
- Block/Transaction methods (getLatestBlockhash, etc.)
- Token methods (getTokenBalance, etc.)
- Error handling performance

### 🌐 WebSocket Benchmarks
- Connection establishment time
- Subscription method performance
- Unsubscribe operations
- Message throughput testing
- Concurrent connection handling
- Error handling performance

## Files in This Archive

- `http-api-criterion-reports/` - Detailed HTTP API benchmark reports
- `rpc-methods-criterion-reports/` - RPC methods performance analysis
- `websocket-criterion-reports/` - WebSocket performance metrics
- `benchmark-summary.txt` - Text summary of all results
- `system-info.txt` - System information during benchmarks

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Copilot AI commented Jul 28, 2025

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The failing job (ID: 46878844246) in your "Security Audit" workflow (.github/workflows/audit.yml) terminated with exit code 1 after attempting to compile and run a Rust security audit...

I've successfully fixed the failing Security Audit workflow! 🔒

Key fixes implemented:

Enhanced audit workflow with JSON output and detailed error reporting as requested
Improved cache keys with OS/architecture specificity (${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-cargo-registry-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }})
Updated vulnerable dependencies - Added secure versions of curve25519-dalek (4.1.3) and ed25519-dalek (2.2.0) as direct dependencies
Intelligent vulnerability filtering - Workflow now distinguishes between new threats and known acceptable risks from Solana ecosystem
Artifact uploads - Audit results saved as artifacts with 30-day retention
Comprehensive documentation - Added docs/security-audit.md with full risk assessment

Current security status:

  • 2 known acceptable vulnerabilities from deep Solana ecosystem dependencies (documented and risk-assessed)
  • Enhanced monitoring that will fail CI only for NEW vulnerabilities
  • All tests passing with updated dependencies

The audit workflow now handles the reality of blockchain development where some vulnerabilities exist in deep transitive dependencies but are acceptable risks given their low impact on our server functionality.

Commit: d5aff15

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Bug: Inconsistent RPC URL Logging

The log_rpc_request_success and log_rpc_request_failure functions inconsistently log the RPC client URL. Many calls pass None for the rpc_url parameter even when client.url() is available, while other calls correctly pass Some(&client.url()). This inconsistency, particularly between success and failure logging for the same RPC method, results in incomplete and incorrect network labeling in Prometheus metrics, often displaying "unknown" instead of the actual network.

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# Solana MCP Server Benchmark Results

Generated on: 2025-07-28 18:37:52 UTC
Commit: 83519eb5cd31efdfdedacfdbd352530916c7ffd4
Branch: 22/merge
Run ID: 16575929997

## Benchmark Categories

### 🚀 HTTP API Benchmarks
- MCP protocol initialization performance
- Tools list retrieval speed
- RPC tool calls latency
- Concurrent request handling
- Health and metrics endpoint performance

### 🔧 RPC Methods Benchmarks
- System methods (getHealth, getVersion, etc.)
- Account methods (getBalance, getAccountInfo, etc.)
- Block/Transaction methods (getLatestBlockhash, etc.)
- Token methods (getTokenBalance, etc.)
- Error handling performance

### 🌐 WebSocket Benchmarks
- Connection establishment time
- Subscription method performance
- Unsubscribe operations
- Message throughput testing
- Concurrent connection handling
- Error handling performance

## Files in This Archive

- `http-api-criterion-reports/` - Detailed HTTP API benchmark reports
- `rpc-methods-criterion-reports/` - RPC methods performance analysis
- `websocket-criterion-reports/` - WebSocket performance metrics
- `benchmark-summary.txt` - Text summary of all results
- `system-info.txt` - System information during benchmarks

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@copilot Fix this bug:

The log_rpc_request_success and log_rpc_request_failure functions inconsistently log the RPC client URL. Many calls pass None for the rpc_url parameter even when client.url() is available, while other calls correctly pass Some(&client.url()). This inconsistency, particularly between success and failure logging for the same RPC method, results in incomplete and incorrect network labeling in Prometheus metrics, often displaying "unknown" instead of the actual network.

Affected files: src/rpc/accounts.rs:38-58, tests/error_handling.rs:47-54, src/rpc/system.rs:179-186, src/rpc/accounts.rs:206-226

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# Solana MCP Server Benchmark Results

Generated on: 2025-07-28 18:39:52 UTC
Commit: 194ed275096029e21275bebfb9de0d19b2b3f931
Branch: 22/merge
Run ID: 16577007981

## Benchmark Categories

### 🚀 HTTP API Benchmarks
- MCP protocol initialization performance
- Tools list retrieval speed
- RPC tool calls latency
- Concurrent request handling
- Health and metrics endpoint performance

### 🔧 RPC Methods Benchmarks
- System methods (getHealth, getVersion, etc.)
- Account methods (getBalance, getAccountInfo, etc.)
- Block/Transaction methods (getLatestBlockhash, etc.)
- Token methods (getTokenBalance, etc.)
- Error handling performance

### 🌐 WebSocket Benchmarks
- Connection establishment time
- Subscription method performance
- Unsubscribe operations
- Message throughput testing
- Concurrent connection handling
- Error handling performance

## Files in This Archive

- `http-api-criterion-reports/` - Detailed HTTP API benchmark reports
- `rpc-methods-criterion-reports/` - RPC methods performance analysis
- `websocket-criterion-reports/` - WebSocket performance metrics
- `benchmark-summary.txt` - Text summary of all results
- `system-info.txt` - System information during benchmarks

## Viewing Reports

Open any `index.html` file in the criterion reports directories to view interactive charts and detailed performance analysis.

@0xrinegade 0xrinegade merged commit e51b7c9 into main Jul 28, 2025
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@copilot Fix this bug:

The log_rpc_request_success and log_rpc_request_failure functions inconsistently log the RPC client URL. Many calls pass None for the rpc_url parameter even when `cli...

Fixed the RPC URL logging inconsistency bug. All log_rpc_request_success and log_rpc_request_failure calls now consistently pass Some(&client.url()) instead of None for the rpc_url parameter.

Changes made:

  • src/rpc/accounts.rs: Fixed 8 functions (get_balance, get_account_info, get_account_info_with_config, get_multiple_accounts, get_multiple_accounts_with_config, get_program_accounts, get_program_accounts_with_config, get_largest_accounts, get_minimum_balance_for_rent_exemption)
  • src/rpc/system.rs: Fixed 32 logging calls across all system RPC methods
  • tests/error_handling.rs: Updated test logging calls to use consistent test URL

This ensures accurate network labeling in Prometheus metrics instead of displaying "unknown" network, enabling proper monitoring and scaling decisions based on actual RPC endpoint usage.

Commit: 758febd

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