site24x7-chaos 1.1.1

Site24x7 Labs Chaos SDK for Python — inject realistic faults into Flask and FastAPI applications

Site24x7 Labs Chaos SDK for Python

Inject realistic application-level faults into Python/Flask and Python/FastAPI microservices during Site24x7 demos. Faults are controlled from the Site24x7 Labs UI, injected via this SDK embedded in the target app, and captured by Site24x7 APM to showcase its monitoring capabilities.

Quick Start

Install

# Flask app
pip install site24x7-chaos[flask]

# FastAPI app
pip install site24x7-chaos[fastapi]

# All optional dependencies
pip install site24x7-chaos[all]

Initialize (one line)

Flask:

from flask import Flask
from site24x7_chaos.flask import init_chaos

app = Flask(__name__)
init_chaos(app)

FastAPI:

from fastapi import FastAPI
from site24x7_chaos.fastapi import init_chaos

app = FastAPI()
init_chaos(app)

Set environment variables

export CHAOS_SDK_ENABLED=true
export CHAOS_SDK_APP_NAME=order-service
export CHAOS_SDK_CONFIG_DIR=/var/site24x7-labs/faults

Mount the shared volume

In Docker Compose, add a shared volume so the agent can write config files and the SDK can read them:

services:
  order-service:
    volumes:
      - chaos_config:/var/site24x7-labs/faults:ro

That's it. No other code changes required.

Supported Fault Types (19)

#	Fault Type	Category	Description
1	http_exception	Inbound HTTP	Raise a mapped Python exception
2	http_latency	Inbound HTTP	Add artificial latency to requests
3	http_error_response	Inbound HTTP	Return a static error response
4	http_connection_reset	Inbound HTTP	Abort the socket connection
5	http_slow_body	Inbound HTTP	Stream a response body with inter-chunk delays
6	http_client_latency	Outbound HTTP	Add latency to outbound requests/httpx calls
7	http_client_exception	Outbound HTTP	Raise an exception on outbound calls
8	http_client_error_response	Outbound HTTP	Return a fake error response from outbound calls
9	jdbc_exception	Database	Raise a SQLAlchemy exception before queries
10	jdbc_latency	Database	Add latency before queries
11	jdbc_connection_pool_drain	Database	Hold connections from the pool
12	redis_exception	Redis	Raise a redis-py exception on commands
13	redis_latency	Redis	Add latency before Redis commands
14	thread_pool_exhaustion	Resource	Spawn busy-sleeping threads
15	memory_pressure	Resource	Allocate large bytearrays on the heap
16	cpu_burn	Resource	Tight math loops across threads
17	gc_pressure	Resource	Rapid short-lived allocations to stress the GC
18	thread_deadlock	Resource	Two threads that deadlock on locks
19	disk_fill	Resource	Write temp files to consume disk space

Optional Dependencies

Extra	Libraries	Purpose
flask	Flask >= 2.0	Flask middleware integration
fastapi	FastAPI >= 0.68, Starlette >= 0.14	FastAPI/ASGI middleware integration
sqlalchemy	SQLAlchemy >= 1.4	Database fault injection
redis	redis-py >= 4.0	Redis fault injection
requests	requests >= 2.20	Outbound HTTP fault injection (requests)
httpx	httpx >= 0.23	Outbound HTTP fault injection (httpx)
all	All of the above	Everything

Documentation

See docs/integration-guide.md for the full integration guide including:

• Architecture overview and how faults flow from UI to SDK
• Detailed config for all 19 fault types
• Docker and Kubernetes deployment examples
• init_chaos() parameter reference
• Troubleshooting guide

Requirements

• Python >= 3.9
• Flask >= 2.0 or FastAPI >= 0.68
• Access to the Site24x7 Labs agent shared volume