[Feat] add time-windowed endpoint metrics for load balancing

src/semantic-router/cmd/main.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vllm-project/semantic-router/src/semantic-router/pkg/extproc"
 	"github.com/vllm-project/semantic-router/src/semantic-router/pkg/k8s"
 	"github.com/vllm-project/semantic-router/src/semantic-router/pkg/observability/logging"
+	"github.com/vllm-project/semantic-router/src/semantic-router/pkg/observability/metrics"
 	"github.com/vllm-project/semantic-router/src/semantic-router/pkg/observability/tracing"
 )
 
@@ -87,6 +88,16 @@ func main() {
 		}()
 	}
 
+	// Initialize windowed metrics if enabled
+	if cfg.Observability.Metrics.WindowedMetrics.Enabled {
+		logging.Infof("Initializing windowed metrics for load balancing...")
+		if err := metrics.InitializeWindowedMetrics(cfg.Observability.Metrics.WindowedMetrics); err != nil {
+			logging.Warnf("Failed to initialize windowed metrics: %v", err)
+		} else {
+			logging.Infof("Windowed metrics initialized successfully")
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Set up signal handling for graceful shutdown
 	sigChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sigChan, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)

src/semantic-router/pkg/config/config.go

@@ -262,6 +262,39 @@ type APIConfig struct {
 type ObservabilityConfig struct {
 	// Tracing configuration for distributed tracing
 	Tracing TracingConfig `yaml:"tracing"`
+
+	// Metrics configuration for enhanced metrics collection
+	Metrics MetricsConfig `yaml:"metrics"`
+}
+
+// MetricsConfig represents configuration for metrics collection
+type MetricsConfig struct {
+	// Enable windowed metrics collection for load balancing
+	WindowedMetrics WindowedMetricsConfig `yaml:"windowed_metrics"`
+}
+
+// WindowedMetricsConfig represents configuration for time-windowed metrics
+type WindowedMetricsConfig struct {
+	// Enable windowed metrics collection
+	Enabled bool `yaml:"enabled"`
+
+	// Time windows to track (in duration format, e.g., "1m", "5m", "15m", "1h", "24h")
+	// Default: ["1m", "5m", "15m", "1h", "24h"]
+	TimeWindows []string `yaml:"time_windows,omitempty"`
+
+	// Update interval for windowed metrics computation (e.g., "10s", "30s")
+	// Default: "10s"
+	UpdateInterval string `yaml:"update_interval,omitempty"`
+
+	// Enable endpoint-level metrics tracking
+	EndpointMetrics bool `yaml:"endpoint_metrics"`
+
+	// Enable queue depth estimation
+	QueueDepthEstimation bool `yaml:"queue_depth_estimation"`
+
+	// Maximum number of endpoints to track (to prevent cardinality explosion)
+	// Default: 100
+	MaxEndpoints int `yaml:"max_endpoints,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // TracingConfig represents configuration for distributed tracing

src/semantic-router/pkg/extproc/processor_req_body.go

@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ func (r *OpenAIRouter) selectEndpointForModel(ctx *RequestContext, model string)
 	backendSpan.End()
 	ctx.TraceContext = backendCtx
 
+	// Store the selected endpoint in context for windowed metrics tracking
+	ctx.SelectedEndpoint = endpointAddress
+
+	// Increment active request count for queue depth estimation
+	metrics.IncrementEndpointActiveRequests(endpointAddress, model)
+
 	return endpointAddress
 }
 

src/semantic-router/pkg/extproc/processor_req_header.go

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type RequestContext struct {
 	VSRInjectedSystemPrompt bool             // Whether a system prompt was injected into the request
 	VSRSelectedDecision     *config.Decision // The decision object selected by DecisionEngine (for plugins)
 
+	// Endpoint tracking for windowed metrics
+	SelectedEndpoint string // The endpoint address selected for this request
+
 	// Tracing context
 	TraceContext context.Context // OpenTelemetry trace context for span propagation
 }

src/semantic-router/pkg/extproc/processor_res_body.go

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import (
 func (r *OpenAIRouter) handleResponseBody(v *ext_proc.ProcessingRequest_ResponseBody, ctx *RequestContext) (*ext_proc.ProcessingResponse, error) {
 	completionLatency := time.Since(ctx.StartTime)
 
+	// Decrement active request count for queue depth estimation
+	defer metrics.DecrementEndpointActiveRequests(ctx.SelectedEndpoint, ctx.RequestModel)
+
 	// Process the response for caching
 	responseBody := v.ResponseBody.Body
 
@@ -68,6 +71,17 @@ func (r *OpenAIRouter) handleResponseBody(v *ext_proc.ProcessingRequest_Response
 			metrics.RecordModelTPOT(ctx.RequestModel, timePerToken)
 		}
 
+		// Record windowed endpoint metrics for load balancing
+		metrics.RecordEndpointRequest(
+			ctx.SelectedEndpoint,
+			ctx.RequestModel,
+			completionLatency.Seconds(),
+			int64(promptTokens),
+			int64(completionTokens),
+			false, // isError
+			false, // isTimeout
+		)
+
 		// Compute and record cost if pricing is configured
 		if r.Config != nil {
 			promptRatePer1M, completionRatePer1M, currency, ok := r.Config.GetModelPricing(ctx.RequestModel)