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feat(portal-bff): observability foundations (Pino + CLS + OTel) (#70)
## Summary

Implements ADR-0012 phase 1, BFF side. The SPA wiring is a separate phase-2 PR.

The BFF now emits structured JSON logs to stdout, tagged with `trace_id` / `span_id` from the active OTel context, and exports OTLP traces over HTTP/Protobuf to the Collector that already runs in the local-dev compose. Anything Nest, Express, HTTP-out, Prisma (Postgres) or `ioredis` does is auto-spanned. A `GET /api/health` liveness endpoint is added to round things out.

## What lands

**Runtime libs added** (production deps):

- `nestjs-pino`, `pino`, `pino-http` — structured logging
- `nestjs-cls` — request-scoped context
- `@opentelemetry/api` / `sdk-node` / `resources` / `semantic-conventions`
- `@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-proto` (HTTP/Protobuf, port 4318)
- `@opentelemetry/instrumentation-{http,express,nestjs-core,pg,ioredis,pino}` — curated, **no** `auto-instrumentations-node` mass-import (anti-bricolage)

Dev: `pino-pretty` (gated by `NODE_ENV`).

**Code:**

- `apps/portal-bff/src/observability/tracing.ts` — OTel `NodeSDK` bootstrap. Documents the load-order constraint inline (must be the very first import of `main.ts`). Pure side-effect module.
- `apps/portal-bff/src/observability/observability.module.ts` — composes `ClsModule` (UUID per request stored as `request_id`) and `LoggerModule` (`pino-pretty` in dev, raw JSON in prod, `LOG_LEVEL` env-driven, `/health` excluded from auto-logging, `X-Request-Id` honoured if inbound).
- `apps/portal-bff/src/health/{health.controller,health.module,health.controller.spec}.ts` — `GET /api/health` returning `{status, uptimeSeconds, service, version}`. Cheap liveness only — `/readiness` lands when dependencies have a readiness story.
- `apps/portal-bff/src/config/check-database-url.{ts,spec.ts}` — fail-fast validator called from `main.ts` before NestFactory boots. Catches the same family of bug that bit pgweb in #63: a literal special character in `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` that needs URL-encoding in `DATABASE_URL`. Prisma requires a URL string (no discrete-flag escape hatch), so early validation + a clear error message is the v1 mitigation. Six unit tests cover happy path, missing URL, wrong scheme, encoded special chars, literal `@` in password, malformed URL.

**Wiring:**

- `main.ts` imports `./observability/tracing` as line 1, then uses `app.get(Logger)` from `nestjs-pino` with `bufferLogs: true` so early-bootstrap lines are not lost.
- `app.module.ts` imports `ObservabilityModule` first, then `PrismaModule`, then `HealthModule`.
- `apps/portal-bff/.env.example` promotes `LOG_LEVEL`, `OTEL_SERVICE_NAME`, `OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION`, `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT`, `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL`, `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER` from the "future" comment to active settings — defaults target the local-dev Collector.
- Both `apps/portal-bff/.env.example` and `infra/local/.env.example` now spell out the URL-encoding constraint on `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` with the char-by-char encoding table (`@` → `%40`, etc.).

**ADR-0012 §Confirmation** rewritten to distinguish what landed in this PR from what is wired as the corresponding feature ADRs ship (CLS keys for `session_id` / `user_id_hash` / `audience`, `LOG_USER_ID_SALT` enforcement, redact list, custom spans, SPA-side SDK, full integration tests, prod Collector config).

## Trace ↔ log correlation

Automatic via `@opentelemetry/instrumentation-pino` — every Pino record gets `trace_id` and `span_id` injected from the active OTel context. No CLS gymnastics needed for that concern.

## Verification

```bash
pnpm exec nx run-many -t lint test build       # 8 projects green
pnpm audit --audit-level=moderate              # 0 vulnerabilities
./infra/local/dev.sh up observability          # start Collector + Jaeger
cp apps/portal-bff/.env.example apps/portal-bff/.env
pnpm nx serve portal-bff
curl http://localhost:3000/api/health
# → {"status":"ok","uptimeSeconds":N,"service":"portal-bff","version":"dev"}
```

Then hit `GET http://localhost:3000/api` once or twice and open http://localhost:16686 — the corresponding spans appear in Jaeger, and Pino logs on stdout carry the matching `trace_id`.

## Test plan

- [ ] `nx run-many -t lint test build` green on this PR's CI run.
- [ ] `pnpm audit` clean.
- [ ] BFF boots, `/api/health` returns the expected JSON.
- [ ] Pino logs in dev are colourised one-liners; in prod they would be raw JSON (toggled by `NODE_ENV=production`).
- [ ] With the local-dev stack's `--profile observability` active, traces are visible in Jaeger UI.
- [ ] Each Pino log line for a request carries the same `trace_id` as the trace span in Jaeger.

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Co-authored-by: Julien Gautier <julien.gautier@apf.asso.fr>
Reviewed-on: #70
2026-05-09 22:28:17 +02:00
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Architectural Decision Records

This project records architecturally-significant decisions as ADRs in the MADR 4.0.0 format. References: adr.github.io.

Why ADRs

ADRs capture the why behind a decision — context, drivers, options considered, trade-offs accepted — at the moment the decision is made. They make architecture reviewable, onboarding faster, and prevent the same debate from being re-litigated later.

Conventions

  • Format: MADR 4.0.0. Start from template.md.
  • Filename: NNNN-kebab-case-title.md, e.g. 0007-adopt-tailwind-for-design-tokens.md.
  • Numbering: globally sequential 4-digit prefix. Numbers never reset, never get reused — even when an ADR is superseded or deprecated.
  • Layout: flat folder. ADRs are not nested into category subfolders; topical organization happens via tags.
  • Tags: every ADR carries a tags: array in the MADR frontmatter, drawn from the tag vocabulary below. An ADR may carry several tags. Propose new tags (or renames) in the same PR that needs them; never invent ad-hoc tags inline.
  • Status lifecycle: proposedaccepted → optionally deprecated or superseded by [ADR-NNNN](NNNN-other.md). Update the YAML frontmatter; never delete an ADR.
  • Index maintenance: every ADR addition or status change must update the Index below in the same commit.

When to write an ADR

Write one whenever a development decision is non-trivial: tool or library choice, framework pattern, security control, perf budget, a11y target, naming convention, deprecation, breaking change, or any choice that future contributors would benefit from understanding the why of.

Tag vocabulary

The vocabulary below is the source of truth. It is intentionally coarse — propose extensions only when an existing tag genuinely doesn't fit, and avoid overly narrow tags.

Tag Scope
frontend UI, Angular, components, design system, client-side state
backend API, BFF, server-side services
security AuthN, AuthZ, sessions, CSP, dependency scanning, secret management
performance Perf budgets, caching, bundle size, Lighthouse
accessibility WCAG, a11y testing, keyboard, ARIA, contrast
infrastructure CI/CD, hosting, deployment, runtime
observability Logs, metrics, traces, correlation IDs, monitoring
data Persistence, schemas, migrations, data flow
process Team conventions, workflows, repo policy

Status: starter vocabulary, to be refined as ADRs accumulate. Update this table whenever a tag is added, renamed, or retired.

Index

ADRs are listed in numerical order. To slice by topic, filter on the Tags column.

# Title Status Tags Date
0001 Use ADRs to record architectural decisions accepted process 2026-04-29
0002 Adopt Nx monorepo with the apps preset accepted infrastructure, frontend, backend 2026-04-29
0003 Workspace and app naming convention accepted process 2026-04-29
0004 Frontend stack — Angular (latest LTS), standalone, zoneless, Signals, CSR-only, Vitest accepted frontend 2026-04-29
0005 Backend stack — NestJS over Express, Fastify, Hono accepted backend 2026-04-29
0006 Persistence — PostgreSQL with Prisma accepted data, backend 2026-04-29
0007 Pre-commit hooks and Conventional Commits accepted process 2026-04-29
0008 Identity model — multi-tenant Entra ID for workforce, dual-audience design for future External ID accepted security, data 2026-04-29
0009 Authentication flow — OIDC Authorization Code + PKCE via MSAL Node, BFF session pattern accepted security, backend 2026-04-29
0010 Session management — opaque session IDs in cookies, payload in self-hosted Redis with AES-GCM at rest accepted security, backend, infrastructure 2026-04-29
0011 MFA enforcement — Entra ID Conditional Access baseline, BFF claim sanity-check, step-up hooks designed-in accepted security 2026-04-29
0012 Observability — Pino structured logs + OpenTelemetry tracing, W3C Trace Context propagation, stdout + collector accepted observability, backend, frontend 2026-04-29
0013 Audit trail — separated append-only Postgres schema, decoupled from app logs accepted security, observability, data 2026-04-29
0014 Downstream API access — On-Behalf-Of pattern, unified DownstreamApiClient, audience-aware authorization accepted security, backend 2026-04-29
0015 CI/CD pipeline — Gitea Actions, trunk-based + squash-merge, thin YAML over portable scripts accepted infrastructure, process 2026-04-30
0016 Accessibility baseline — WCAG 2.2 AA + targeted AAA, Angular CDK + spartan-ng + Tailwind, APF panel testing accepted accessibility, frontend, process 2026-04-30
0017 Performance budgets — Core Web Vitals + Lighthouse CI gates, bundle budgets, BFF p95/p99 SLOs accepted performance, frontend, backend, process 2026-04-30