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go.grpc.missing_deadline

Stability Critical

Detects gRPC calls without deadline or timeout.

Why It Matters

gRPC calls without deadlines:

Resource exhaustion — Hanging calls consume connections
Cascading failures — Slow services block callers indefinitely
No failure feedback — Clients wait forever

Example

// ❌ Before (no deadline)
resp, err := client.GetUser(context.Background(), req)

// ✅ After (with deadline)
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
defer cancel()

resp, err := client.GetUser(ctx, req)
if err != nil {
    if status.Code(err) == codes.DeadlineExceeded {
        // Handle timeout
    }
    return nil, err
}

What Unfault Detects

gRPC client calls with context.Background()
Missing context.WithTimeout or WithDeadline
Unreasonably long timeout values

Auto-Fix

Unfault can wrap gRPC calls with appropriate timeout contexts.