[META] Synthetics GA Release (WIP)

[paulb-elastic]

TODOs for synthetics GA

Listed roughly in order of priority

Features

• Synthetics ECommerce full-featured demo - https://github.com/vigneshshanmugam/synthetics-ecommerce-demo
• Release Synthetics as package version 1.0.0 https://github.com/elastic/synthetics-dev/issues/184
• De-duplicate screenshots De-duplicate images #285 [Uptime] Re-assemble chunked synthetics images kibana#100474
• Fleet Integration can detect whether agents have synthetics capability (and warn about it) [Heartbeat] Synthetics should be on blocklist for plain heartbeat beats#25775
• Add --rich-metadata flag Add --rich-metadata flag to enable all rich metrics #289
• Propagate errors from beforeAll and afterAll hooks propagate errors from beforeAll and afterAll hooks #280
• Add opinionated assertion functions Add improved assertion library from folio #201
• Add tags/filtering Add tags, filtering #26 [Heartbeat] Add tag based filtering support when running synthetic monitors beats#26747
• Capture relevant perf metrics to close the gap with RUM agent Capture relevant perf metrics to close the gap with RUM agent #120
• Support ignoreHTTPSErrors option for playwright (needs heartbeat option, should be flag)
• Limit the number of suites in HB - [Heartbeat] Limit number of parallel monitors, by type beats#23216
• Improve mappings for addl metrics Improve mapping for additional metrics #303
• Add step duration as indexed field Add step duration as an indexed field #302
• Update core vitals CLS definition core vitals: update CLS to new definition #301
• Add support for browser/context options to config Add support for browser & context options via config #299
• Remove -e flag in favor of NODE_ENV BREAKING CHANGE: remove -e in favor of NODE_ENV #318
• Step Level tracing Introduce step level tracing for perf metrics #358
• Use network events from playwright session over CDP Use network events from PW instead of using CDPSession #287
• Synthetics node integration is ready [Agent][Synthetics] On prem monitoring locations via Fleet. AKA Private Location uptime#441

CI Related

• Add snyk to builds https://github.com/elastic/observability-robots/issues/246

Docs related

• Add pure JS examples Add pure JS examples #105
• Document how to retain data with fleet integration and ILM policies Document how to retain data ILM policies #286
• Docs around consistent system perf for consistent tests
• Docs around passing custom options to Synthetics Suites - add synthetics configuration docs observability-docs#847
• Update support matrix Update support matrix #392

Stretch (non-blockers for GA, but nice to have)

• Clean up params flags / naming Clean-up params #288
• Support for push [META] Push command #494
• Sensible defaults for network throttling Sensible defaults for network throttling #284
• Add support for max concurrent journeys to heartbeat [Heartbeat] Limit number of parallel monitors, by type beats#23216
• Elastic Synthetic Identifier In UA String Elastic Synthetic Identifier In UA String #232
• [ ] Simplify process for adding custom CAs Support custom cert store #170
• [ ] Screenshot images may not be correct dimensions Screenshot images may not be correct dimensions #371

[paulb-elastic]

Moved #144 from beta to GA deliverable

[paulb-elastic]

As per this discussion, we are moving the bigger security changes https://github.com/elastic/uptime-dev/issues/32 from beta to GA, but adding the sandbox option (synthetics implementation, heartbeat implementation) as a beta requirement.

[paulb-elastic]

Updated one of the requirements for GA as per #144 (comment)

[paulb-elastic]

Added Elastic Synthetic Identifier In UA String to the scope for GA

[paulb-elastic]

Moving remote ZIP support from being in GA to be in for beta

[paulb-elastic]

elastic/uptime#271 made beta, so moved back to there.

[paulb-elastic]

Added #280

[paulb-elastic]

Added #371 to stretch goals

[vigneshshanmugam]

Moved #287 to features list as popups are key part in page journeys and should be handled before going GA.

[paulb-elastic]

Added #392

[paulb-elastic]

Closing as have https://github.com/elastic/synthetics-dev/issues/184 and https://github.com/elastic/synthetics-dev/issues/166 (which replaces #392) tracked as being needed for GA