feat: Spike frontend applications registration (#9846)

src/lib/db/client-instance-store.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const mapToDb = (client) => ({
     app_name: client.appName,
     instance_id: client.instanceId,
     sdk_version: client.sdkVersion || '',
+    sdk_type: client.sdkType,
     client_ip: client.clientIp,
     last_seen: client.lastSeen || 'now()',
     environment: client.environment || 'default',

src/lib/features/frontend-api/frontend-api-controller.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import Controller from '../../routes/controller';
-import { type IUnleashConfig, type IUnleashServices, NONE } from '../../types';
+import {
+    type IFlagResolver,
+    type IUnleashConfig,
+    type IUnleashServices,
+    type IUser,
+    NONE,
+} from '../../types';
 import type { Logger } from '../../logger';
-import type { IApiUser } from '../../types/api-user';
+import ApiUser, { type IApiUser } from '../../types/api-user';
 import {
     type ClientMetricsSchema,
     createRequestSchema,
     createResponseSchema,
     emptyResponse,
-    getStandardResponses,
     type FrontendApiClientSchema,
     frontendApiFeaturesSchema,
     type FrontendApiFeaturesSchema,
+    getStandardResponses,
 } from '../../openapi';
 import type { Context } from 'unleash-client';
 import { enrichContextWithIp } from './index';
@@ -34,7 +40,10 @@ interface ApiUserRequest<
 
 type Services = Pick<
     IUnleashServices,
-    'settingService' | 'frontendApiService' | 'openApiService'
+    | 'settingService'
+    | 'frontendApiService'
+    | 'openApiService'
+    | 'clientInstanceService'
 >;
 
 export default class FrontendAPIController extends Controller {
@@ -44,10 +53,13 @@ export default class FrontendAPIController extends Controller {
 
     private timer: Function;
 
+    private flagResolver: IFlagResolver;
+
     constructor(config: IUnleashConfig, services: Services) {
         super(config);
         this.logger = config.getLogger('frontend-api-controller.ts');
         this.services = services;
+        this.flagResolver = config.flagResolver;
 
         this.timer = (functionName: string) =>
             metricsHelper.wrapTimer(config.eventBus, FUNCTION_TIME, {
@@ -216,6 +228,13 @@ export default class FrontendAPIController extends Controller {
         );
     }
 
+    private resolveProject(user: IUser | IApiUser) {
+        if (user instanceof ApiUser) {
+            return user.projects;
+        }
+        return ['default'];
+    }
+
     private async registerFrontendApiMetrics(
         req: ApiUserRequest<unknown, unknown, ClientMetricsSchema>,
         res: Response,
@@ -229,11 +248,29 @@ export default class FrontendAPIController extends Controller {
             return;
         }
 
+        const environment =
             await this.services.frontendApiService.registerFrontendApiMetrics(
                 req.user,
                 req.body,
                 req.ip,
             );
+
+        if (
+            req.body.instanceId &&
+            req.headers['unleash-sdk'] &&
+            this.flagResolver.isEnabled('registerFrontendClient')
+        ) {
+            const client = {
+                appName: req.body.appName,
+                instanceId: req.body.instanceId,
+                sdkVersion: req.headers['unleash-sdk'] as string,
+                sdkType: 'frontend' as const,
+                environment: environment,
+                projects: this.resolveProject(req.user),
+            };
+            this.services.clientInstanceService.registerFrontendClient(client);
+        }
+
         res.sendStatus(200);
     }
 

src/lib/features/frontend-api/frontend-api-service.ts

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export class FrontendApiService {
         token: IApiUser,
         metrics: ClientMetricsSchema,
         ip: string,
-    ): Promise<void> {
+    ): Promise<string> {
         FrontendApiService.assertExpectedTokenType(token);
 
         const environment =
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ export class FrontendApiService {
             },
             ip,
         );
+
+        return environment;
     }
 
     private async clientForFrontendApiToken(token: IApiUser): Promise<Unleash> {

src/lib/features/metrics/instance/instance-service.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ import type {
 import type { IFeatureToggleStore } from '../../feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-store-type';
 import type { IStrategyStore } from '../../../types/stores/strategy-store';
 import type { IClientInstanceStore } from '../../../types/stores/client-instance-store';
-import type { IClientApp, ISdkHeartbeat } from '../../../types/model';
+import type {
+    IClientApp,
+    IFrontendClientApp,
+    ISdkHeartbeat,
+} from '../../../types/model';
 import { clientRegisterSchema } from '../shared/schema';
 
 import type { IClientMetricsStoreV2 } from '../client-metrics/client-metrics-store-v2-type';
@@ -104,6 +108,12 @@ export default class ClientInstanceService {
         });
     }
 
+    public registerFrontendClient(data: IFrontendClientApp): void {
+        data.createdBy = SYSTEM_USER.username!;
+
+        this.seenClients[this.clientKey(data)] = data;
+    }
+
     public async registerClient(
         data: PartialSome<IClientApp, 'instanceId'>,
         clientIp: string,
@@ -111,6 +121,7 @@ export default class ClientInstanceService {
         const value = await clientRegisterSchema.validateAsync(data);
         value.clientIp = clientIp;
         value.createdBy = SYSTEM_USER.username!;
+        value.sdkType = 'backend';
         this.seenClients[this.clientKey(value)] = value;
         this.eventBus.emit(CLIENT_REGISTERED, value);
 

src/lib/types/experimental.ts

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ export type IFlagKey =
     | 'flagsOverviewSearch'
     | 'flagsReleaseManagementUI'
     | 'cleanupReminder'
-    | 'removeInactiveApplications';
+    | 'removeInactiveApplications'
+    | 'registerFrontendClient';
 
 export type IFlags = Partial<{ [key in IFlagKey]: boolean | Variant }>;
 
@@ -330,6 +331,10 @@ const flags: IFlags = {
         process.env.UNLEASH_EXPERIMENTAL_REMOVE_INACTIVE_APPLICATIONS,
         false,
     ),
+    registerFrontendClient: parseEnvVarBoolean(
+        process.env.UNLEASH_EXPERIMENTAL_REGISTER_FRONTEND_CLIENT,
+        false,
+    ),
 };
 
 export const defaultExperimentalOptions: IExperimentalOptions = {

src/lib/types/model.ts

@@ -460,6 +460,16 @@ export interface IRoleIdentifier {
     roleName?: RoleName;
 }
 
+export interface IFrontendClientApp {
+    appName: string;
+    instanceId: string;
+    sdkVersion: string;
+    sdkType: 'frontend';
+    environment: string;
+    projects: string[];
+    createdBy?: string;
+}
+
 export interface IClientApp {
     appName: string;
     instanceId: string;
@@ -478,6 +488,7 @@ export interface IClientApp {
     platformVersion?: string;
     yggdrasilVersion?: string;
     specVersion?: string;
+    sdkType?: 'frontend' | 'backend';
 }
 
 export interface IAppFeature {

src/server-dev.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ process.nextTick(async () => {
                         flagsOverviewSearch: true,
                         cleanupReminder: true,
                         strictSchemaValidation: true,
+                        registerFrontendClient: true,
                     },
                 },
                 authentication: {