Tweak error handling and de-pointer timeout field.

Signed-off-by: Steve Simpson <[email protected]>

config/notifiers.go

@@ -536,8 +536,9 @@ type WebhookConfig struct {
 	// allows an unlimited number of alerts.
 	MaxAlerts uint64 `yaml:"max_alerts" json:"max_alerts"`
 
-	// Timeout is the maximum time allowed to invoke the webhook.
-	Timeout *time.Duration `yaml:"timeout" json:"timeout"`
+	// Timeout is the maximum time allowed to invoke the webhook. Setting this to 0
+	// does not impose a timeout.
+	Timeout time.Duration `yaml:"timeout" json:"timeout"`
 }
 
 // UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.

docs/configuration.md

@@ -1596,9 +1596,10 @@ url_file: <filepath>
 [ max_alerts: <int> | default = 0 ]
 
 # The maximum time to wait for a webhook request to complete, before failing the
-# request and allowing it to be retried.
+# request and allowing it to be retried. The default value of 0s indicates that
+# no timeout should be applied.
 # NOTE: This will have no effect if set higher than the group_interval.
-[ timeout: <duration> | default = <none> ]
+[ timeout: <duration> | default = 0s ]
 
 ```
 

notify/webhook/webhook.go

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
@@ -113,16 +112,16 @@ func (n *Notifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, alerts ...*types.Alert) (bool, er
 		url = strings.TrimSpace(string(content))
 	}
 
-	if n.conf.Timeout != nil {
-		postCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeoutCause(ctx, *n.conf.Timeout, fmt.Errorf("configured webhook timeout (%s) reached", *n.conf.Timeout))
+	if n.conf.Timeout > 0 {
+		postCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeoutCause(ctx, n.conf.Timeout, fmt.Errorf("configured webhook timeout reached (%s)", n.conf.Timeout))
 		defer cancel()
 		ctx = postCtx
 	}
 
 	resp, err := notify.PostJSON(ctx, n.client, url, &buf)
 	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) && ctx.Err() != nil {
-			err = context.Cause(ctx)
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", err, context.Cause(ctx))
 		}
 		return true, notify.RedactURL(err)
 	}