out_http: add PATCH as an http method

[cestercian]

Fixes #12517

The HTTP output plugin now accepts http_method PATCH (case-insensitive), alongside POST and PUT. Configuration parsing, the config map description, and trace logging were updated accordingly. Runtime tests use a local mock server to confirm PATCH is sent on the wire and that unsupported methods are rejected at init. Core HTTP client support for PATCH was already present (FLB_HTTP_PATCH).

Tests: ctest -R flb-rt-out_http passed; focused http_method_patch / http_method_invalid also passed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • HTTP output now supports sending requests with the PATCH method.
  • Request logs identify PATCH alongside POST and PUT.
• Bug Fixes
  • Invalid HTTP methods now prevent the service from starting, with an error message listing POST, PUT, and PATCH as supported methods. Invalid methods may pass output configuration, but the service will not start with them.

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The HTTP output now accepts PATCH as a configured method and logs its method name. Non-Windows runtime tests check PATCH requests and verify that an unsupported method causes engine startup to fail.

Changes: HTTP Method Support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
PATCH method handling plugins/out_http/http_conf.c, plugins/out_http/http.c	HTTP configuration accepts PATCH. The invalid-method message and configuration description list POST, PUT, and PATCH. Trace logging uses a helper for POST, PUT, and PATCH, with UNKNOWN as the fallback. Invalid-option cleanup calls flb_http_conf_destroy.
Runtime method tests tests/runtime/out_http.c	Non-Windows tests use a mock HTTP server to check that a configured PATCH method is sent as PATCH. A separate test checks that configuring DELETE causes engine startup to fail.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RuntimeTest
  participant HTTPOutput
  participant MockHTTPServer
  RuntimeTest->>HTTPOutput: Configure http_method=patch and push a record
  HTTPOutput->>MockHTTPServer: Send PATCH request
  MockHTTPServer->>RuntimeTest: Return HTTP 200 and captured method

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Configured PATCH requests are sent with the PATCH method, and the added tests cover transmission and rejection of unsupported methods. No material merge-blocking behavior is established.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 14.29% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 14 functions across 3 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: adding PATCH support to the out_http plugin.
Linked Issues check		Issue [#12517] requires HTTP PATCH support. plugins/out_http/http_conf.c accepts PATCH case-insensitively and assigns FLB_HTTP_PATCH. plugins/out_http/http.c logs PATCH and uses the configured…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes remain within issue [#12517]. Configuration parsing, method documentation, trace logging, cleanup, and runtime tests directly implement or verify HTTP PATCH support and invalid-method hand…

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Explanation

Issue [#12517] requires HTTP PATCH support. plugins/out_http/http_conf.c accepts PATCH case-insensitively and assigns FLB_HTTP_PATCH. plugins/out_http/http.c logs PATCH and uses the configured method. The runtime test verifies that lowercase patch sends PATCH to a local server. The invalid-method test verifies initialization failure for DELETE.

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The changes remain within issue [#12517]. Configuration parsing, method documentation, trace logging, cleanup, and runtime tests directly implement or verify HTTP PATCH support and invalid-method handling. No unrelated product behavior is identified.

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Review comments at @tests/runtime/out_http.c:
- Line 1376: Synchronize access to server.request_method in the request-wait
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[cestercian]

Thanks, both fixed. Stop now wakes the listener with a quick loopback connect plus shutdown() before the join, so a failed startup can't leave it stuck in accept(). request_method and stop are behind a mutex now, and the final check runs after the thread is joined. Rebuilt flb-rt-out_http locally and both http_method tests pass.

[cosmo0920]

The patch itself seems good. Waiting for the CI results.

[cosmo0920]

@cestercian Hi, thanks for your work but your based revision contains an issue of building on Windows. So, could you rebase off the current master?

[cosmo0920]

Patch itself is good but we need to run CI of Windows tasks. So, could you rebase off master?

[cestercian]

Rebased onto current master, so Windows CI should be able to run now. Thanks for the review!

[cestercian]

Fixed the ASan leak. The invalid http_method and compress error paths now hand upstream and uri to ctx and call flb_http_conf_destroy, so nothing is left behind. flb-rt-out_http passes under ASan locally.