# Redis Services for Analytics Processor

## Overview

Redis-based services for distributed session state and realtime event publishing.

## Components

### RedisSessionService (`redis-session.service.ts`)

**Purpose**: Distributed session state management for horizontal scaling.

**Key Features**:
- Session state persistence across processor instances
- Automatic TTL (30 minutes)
- User tracking (new vs returning)
- JSON serialization with Date handling

**See**: Task #5 implementation for full details.

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### RedisPublisherService (`redis-publisher.service.ts`)

**Purpose**: Publish aggregation events to realtime service via Redis pub/sub.

**Key Features**:
- Non-blocking publish (logs errors, doesn't throw)
- Automatic reconnection
- Connection health monitoring
- JSON serialization

**Configuration**:
- Redis host/port from environment variables
- Channel: `analytics:realtime:updates`
- Retry strategy: exponential backoff (50ms * attempt, max 2000ms)

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### AggregationService Updates

**Changes**:
- Injected `RedisPublisherService`
- Buffers metrics during processing
- Flushes buffer every 5 seconds via `setInterval`
- Only publishes HOUR/MINUTE granularity (realtime relevant)
- Flushes on service shutdown (`onModuleDestroy`)

**Buffering Strategy**:
```typescript
// During event processing
private metricsBuffer: Array<{
  metricType: MetricType;
  granularity: TimeGranularity;
  value: number;
  dimension?: string;
  dimensionValue?: string;
}> = [];

// Every 5 seconds
private async flushMetricsBuffer() {
  await redisPublisher.publishUpdate({
    type: 'metrics_updated',
    timestamp: new Date(),
    metrics: [...metricsBuffer]
  });
}
```

**Why Buffer?**:
- Reduces Redis publish calls (from ~100/sec to ~0.2/sec)
- Batches related metrics together
- Non-blocking (publishing won't slow event processing)

## Message Flow

```
Event → AggregationService.processEvent()
  → incrementMetric()
  → metricsBuffer.push()
  → [5 second timer]
  → flushMetricsBuffer()
  → RedisPublisherService.publishUpdate()
  → Redis Channel: analytics:realtime:updates
  → [Realtime Service receives]
```

## Configuration

### Environment Variables

```bash
REDIS_HOST=localhost      # Redis server host
REDIS_PORT=6379           # Redis server port
```

### Publish Frequency

- Metrics buffered during processing
- Flushed every **5 seconds**
- Also flushed on service shutdown

### Channel Name

```
analytics:realtime:updates
```

## Error Handling

### Publishing Errors

Publishing is **non-critical** - errors are logged but don't affect aggregation:

```typescript
try {
  await redisPublisher.publishUpdate(message);
} catch (error) {
  logger.error(`Failed to publish: ${error}`);
  // Don't throw - aggregation continues
}
```

### Connection Loss

- Automatic reconnection with exponential backoff
- Health check: `redisPublisher.isHealthy()`
- Realtime service has 60-second fallback polling

## Performance Impact

### Before (Polling)
- Realtime service queries DB every 5 seconds
- ~720 queries/hour per client
- ~17,280 queries/day per client

### After (Pub/Sub)
- 0 polling queries (event-driven)
- Processor publishes ~12 messages/minute (720/hour)
- 99.9% reduction in DB load for realtime metrics

## Monitoring

### Logs

```
DEBUG: Published 15 metrics to realtime channel
ERROR: Failed to publish metrics: [error details]
WARN: Redis publisher connection closed
```

### Health

```typescript
redisPublisher.isHealthy()  // Check connection status
```

## Future Enhancements

- [ ] Configurable buffer flush interval
- [ ] Metric-specific channels
- [ ] Compression for large batches
- [ ] Dead letter queue for failed publishes
