Added post-processing limit

dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/api/security/PostProcessingCounter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.datadog.appsec.api.security;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+// Number of post-processing tasks (e.g. AppSecRequestContext keep opened)
+public class PostProcessingCounter extends AtomicLong {
+  public static final long MAX_POST_PROCESSING_TASKS = 16;
+
+  public boolean tryIncrement() {
+    while (true) {
+      long current = this.get();
+      if (current >= MAX_POST_PROCESSING_TASKS) {
+        // Do not increment it's already at the maximum
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (this.compareAndSet(current, current + 1)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/gateway/GatewayBridge.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import com.datadog.appsec.AppSecSystem;
 import com.datadog.appsec.api.security.ApiSecurityRequestSampler;
+import com.datadog.appsec.api.security.PostProcessingCounter;
 import com.datadog.appsec.config.TraceSegmentPostProcessor;
 import com.datadog.appsec.event.EventProducerService;
 import com.datadog.appsec.event.EventProducerService.DataSubscriberInfo;
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ public class GatewayBridge {
 
   private static final String METASTRUCT_EXPLOIT = "exploit";
 
+  private final PostProcessingCounter postProcessingCounter = new PostProcessingCounter();
+
   private final SubscriptionService subscriptionService;
   private final EventProducerService producerService;
   private final ApiSecurityRequestSampler requestSampler;
@@ -833,9 +836,10 @@ private NoopFlow onRequestEnded(RequestContext ctx_, IGSpanInfo spanInfo) {
     if (route instanceof String) {
       ctx.setRoute((String) route);
     }
-    if (requestSampler.preSampleRequest(ctx)) {
+    if (requestSampler.preSampleRequest(ctx) && postProcessingCounter.tryIncrement()) {
       // The request is pre-sampled - we need to post-process it
       spanInfo.setRequiresPostProcessing(true);
+      postProcessingCounter.incrementAndGet();
     }
 
     return NoopFlow.INSTANCE;
@@ -905,6 +909,8 @@ private void onPostProcessing(RequestContext ctx_) {
 
     maybeExtractSchemas(ctx);
     ctx.close();
+    // Decrease the counter to allow the next request to be post-processed
+    postProcessingCounter.decrementAndGet();
   }
 
   public void stop() {

dd-java-agent/appsec/src/test/groovy/com/datadog/appsec/api/security/PostProcessingCounterTest.groovy

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.datadog.appsec.api.security
+
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors
+
+class PostProcessingCounterSpec extends Specification {
+
+  def "should increment successfully if below the limit"() {
+    given:
+    def counter = new PostProcessingCounter()
+
+    when:
+    def result = counter.tryIncrement()
+
+    then:
+    result == true
+    counter.get() == 1
+  }
+
+  def "should not increment if max limit is reached"() {
+    given:
+    def counter = new PostProcessingCounter()
+    counter.set(PostProcessingCounter.MAX_POST_PROCESSING_TASKS) // Manually setting to max
+
+    when:
+    def result = counter.tryIncrement()
+
+    then:
+    result == false
+    counter.get() == PostProcessingCounter.MAX_POST_PROCESSING_TASKS // Should remain unchanged
+  }
+
+  def "should handle concurrent increments safely"() {
+    given:
+    def counter = new PostProcessingCounter()
+    def threads = 20
+    def executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(threads)
+    def latch = new CountDownLatch(threads)
+    def successes = Collections.synchronizedList([])
+
+    when:
+    (1..threads).each {
+      executor.submit {
+        def result = counter.tryIncrement()
+        if (result) {
+          successes.add(1)
+        }
+        latch.countDown()
+      }
+    }
+    latch.await()
+    executor.shutdown()
+
+    then:
+    successes.size() <= PostProcessingCounter.MAX_POST_PROCESSING_TASKS // Only max increments should succeed
+    counter.get() == PostProcessingCounter.MAX_POST_PROCESSING_TASKS // Should be exactly at the limit
+  }
+}