[
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-24738?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=18117642#comment-18117642
]
Andrea Cosentino commented on CAMEL-24738:
------------------------------------------
PR: https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/26664
_Claude Code on behalf of @oscerd_
> camel-opa - make a failOpen decision observable
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: CAMEL-24738
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-24738
> Project: Camel
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Andrea Cosentino
> Assignee: Andrea Cosentino
> Priority: Minor
>
> h2. Problem
> When {{failOpen=true}} and the policy cannot be evaluated, {{camel-opa}} lets
> the exchange through and records it only as a log line:
> {code:java}
> LOG.warn("Policy {} could not be evaluated, allowing the exchange to proceed
> because failOpen is"
> + " enabled. Reason: {}", policyPath, e.getMessage());
> {code}
> "This route is currently allowing traffic that was never authorized" is
> precisely the condition an operator wants to alert on, and a WARN in the
> application log is the weakest possible channel for it - easy to lose in
> volume, and invisible to metrics-based monitoring.
> h2. Proposal
> Surface it through a channel monitoring can consume. Options, roughly in
> order of cost:
> # Set a header (e.g. {{CamelOpaDecisionFailedOpen=true}}) alongside the
> existing decision headers, so a route can branch on it and an operator can
> assert it is never set in production. Cheapest, and consistent with how the
> component already reports decisions.
> # Register the condition on the health check added in CAMEL-24644, so a route
> that is failing open shows DEGRADED rather than UP.
> # Emit a Camel event.
> Option 1 alone would already be a large improvement and pairs with the
> existing {{CamelOpaDecision}} headers; the {{DECISION}} header is already set
> to {{null}} on that path, so a route cannot currently distinguish "allowed by
> policy" from "allowed because the PDP was down" without inspecting logs.
> h2. Scope
> {{main}} only. Additive; {{failOpen}} remains {{false}} by default and marked
> {{insecure:dev}}.
--
This message was sent by Atlassian Jira
(v8.20.10#820010)
