Init Commit: fix for issue #4510

Signed-off-by: Sahil Rasaikar <sahil.rasaikar@gmail.com>

rules/alerting.go

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ const (
 	// StateFiring is the state of an alert that has been active for longer than
 	// the configured threshold duration.
 	StateFiring
+	// StateUnknown is the state of an alert that has not yet been evaluated.
+	StateUnknown
 )
 
 func (s AlertState) String() string {
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ func (s AlertState) String() string {
 		return "pending"
 	case StateFiring:
 		return "firing"
+	case StateUnknown:
+		return "unknown"
 	}
 	panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown alert state: %d", s))
 }
@@ -530,8 +534,13 @@ func (r *AlertingRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, queryOffset time.Duration, ts t
 }
 
 // State returns the maximum state of alert instances for this rule.
-// StateFiring > StatePending > StateInactive.
+// StateFiring > StatePending > StateInactive > StateUnknown.
 func (r *AlertingRule) State() AlertState {
+	// If the rule has never been evaluated, return StateUnknown
+	if r.GetEvaluationTimestamp().IsZero() {
+		return StateUnknown
+	}
+
 	r.activeMtx.Lock()
 	defer r.activeMtx.Unlock()
 

web/ui/mantine-ui/src/api/responseTypes/rules.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-type RuleState = "pending" | "firing" | "inactive";
+type RuleState = "pending" | "firing" | "inactive" | "unknown";
 
 export interface Alert {
   labels: Record<string, string>;

web/ui/mantine-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type AlertsPageData = {
     inactive: number;
     pending: number;
     firing: number;
+    unknown: number;
   };
   groups: {
     name: string;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ type AlertsPageData = {
       inactive: number;
       pending: number;
       firing: number;
+      unknown: number;
     };
     rules: {
       rule: AlertingRule;
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ const buildAlertsPageData = (
       inactive: 0,
       pending: 0,
       firing: 0,
+      unknown: 0,
     },
     groups: [],
   };
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ const buildAlertsPageData = (
       inactive: 0,
       pending: 0,
       firing: 0,
+      unknown: 0,
     };
 
     for (const r of group.rules) {
@@ -109,6 +113,10 @@ const buildAlertsPageData = (
           pageData.globalCounts.pending++;
           groupCounts.pending++;
           break;
+        case "unknown":
+          pageData.globalCounts.unknown++;
+          groupCounts.unknown++;
+          break;
         default:
           throw new Error(`Unknown rule state: ${r.state}`);
       }
@@ -239,6 +247,11 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
                   pending ({g.counts.pending})
                 </Badge>
               )}
+              {g.counts.unknown > 0 && (
+                <Badge className={badgeClasses.healthUnknown}>
+                  unknown ({g.counts.unknown})
+                </Badge>
+              )}
               {g.counts.inactive > 0 && (
                 <Badge className={badgeClasses.healthOk}>
                   inactive ({g.counts.inactive})
@@ -285,6 +298,8 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
                             ? panelClasses.panelHealthErr
                             : r.counts.pending > 0
                               ? panelClasses.panelHealthWarn
+                              : r.rule.state === "unknown"
+                                ? panelClasses.panelHealthUnknown
                                 : panelClasses.panelHealthOk
                         }
                       >
@@ -401,13 +416,15 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
     <Stack mt="xs">
       <Group>
         <StateMultiSelect
-          options={["inactive", "pending", "firing"]}
+          options={["inactive", "pending", "firing", "unknown"]}
           optionClass={(o) =>
             o === "inactive"
               ? badgeClasses.healthOk
               : o === "pending"
                 ? badgeClasses.healthWarn
-                : badgeClasses.healthErr
+                : o === "firing"
+                  ? badgeClasses.healthErr
+                  : badgeClasses.healthUnknown
           }
           optionCount={(o) =>
             alertsPageData.globalCounts[