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While doing something unrelated, I noticed this code [0] that shouldn't
need to exist if global_request_id is working. I threw out some debug
patches [1] to dump headers. Results: [2] (nova), [3] (placement). We're
tracking global_request_id ``req-a51f...``.

Nova is sending the global_request_id properly in the
X-Openstack-Request-Id header, and Placement is receiving it correctly,
because it's showing up in the expected spot in the Placement log line
(after the opening bracket, per the logging_context_format_string in
placement.conf [4]).

Placement is sending back the request_id (``req-b3ce...``) in the
x-openstack-request-id header in the response. (I thought this was a
bug, but it turns out this is correct per the design [5].)

So the problem is that the Nova log is printing ``None`` for the
global_request_id. Based on logging_context_format_string in
nova-cpu.conf [6], I expect it in the first field after the opening
bracket, just like for Placement.

If the global_request_id were showing up in the Nova log, we wouldn't
need to correlate the Nova and Placement sides of this conversation via
the Placement request_id, and we could get rid of [0] and its usages.

I don't understand how LOG.xxx() is supposed to glean this value. Can
someone help me find the disconnect?

Thanks,
efried

[0]
https://opendev.org/openstack/nova/src/commit/d358df32f7a2a1125962e27f2425359c768f79c1/nova/scheduler/client/report.py#L175-L177
[1] https://review.opendev.org/#/q/topic:where-are-you-global_request_id
[2]
http://logs.openstack.org/86/672986/1/check/nova-live-migration/e426c8a/logs/screen-n-cpu.txt.gz#_Jul_26_14_57_18_460328
[3]
http://logs.openstack.org/86/672986/1/check/nova-live-migration/e426c8a/logs/screen-placement-api.txt.gz#_Jul_26_14_57_18_458647
[4]
http://logs.openstack.org/86/672986/1/check/nova-live-migration/e426c8a/logs/etc/placement/placement.conf.txt.gz
[5]
https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/oslo-specs/specs/pike/global-req-id.html#oslo-middleware-request-id
[6]
http://logs.openstack.org/86/672986/1/check/nova-live-migration/e426c8a/logs/etc/nova/nova-cpu.conf.txt.gz