fix(agent): handle partial NVMe SMART data (#2340)

agent/smart.go

@@ -311,11 +311,13 @@ func (sm *SmartManager) filterExcludedDevices(devices []*DeviceInfo) []*DeviceIn
 	return filtered
 }
 
-// detectSmartOutputType inspects sections that are unique to each smartctl
-// JSON schema (NVMe, ATA/SATA, SCSI) to determine which parser should be used
-// when the reported device type is ambiguous or missing.
+// detectSmartOutputType inspects protocol-specific sections and the reported
+// device type to choose a parser, including when the NVMe health log is missing.
 func detectSmartOutputType(output []byte) string {
 	var hints struct {
+		Device struct {
+			Type string `json:"type"`
+		} `json:"device"`
 		AtaSmartAttributes            json.RawMessage `json:"ata_smart_attributes"`
 		NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog json.RawMessage `json:"nvme_smart_health_information_log"`
 		ScsiErrorCounterLog           json.RawMessage `json:"scsi_error_counter_log"`
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ func detectSmartOutputType(output []byte) string {
 	}
 
 	switch {
-	case hasJSONValue(hints.NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog):
+	case hasJSONValue(hints.NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog), normalizeParserType(hints.Device.Type) == "nvme":
 		return "nvme"
 	case hasJSONValue(hints.AtaSmartAttributes):
 		return "sat"
@@ -397,11 +399,11 @@ func (sm *SmartManager) parseSmartOutput(deviceInfo *DeviceInfo, output []byte)
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Only run the type detection when we do not yet know which parser works
-	// or the previous attempt failed.
+	// Inspect every response so a failed NVMe query cannot reach other parsers.
+	structureType := detectSmartOutputType(output)
+	// Update the stored parser only when it is not yet verified.
 	needsDetection := deviceType == "" || !deviceInfo.typeVerified
 	if needsDetection {
-		structureType := detectSmartOutputType(output)
 		if deviceType != structureType {
 			deviceType = structureType
 			deviceInfo.parserType = structureType
@@ -442,6 +444,11 @@ func (sm *SmartManager) parseSmartOutput(deviceInfo *DeviceInfo, output []byte)
 
 	// Try the selected parsers in order until we find one that succeeds.
 	for _, parser := range selectedParsers {
+		// A failed NVMe response may still contain a serial number, which is
+		// enough for the SATA and SCSI parsers to accept incorrect zero values.
+		if structureType == "nvme" && parser.Type != "nvme" {
+			continue
+		}
 		hasData, _ := parser.Parse(output)
 		if hasData {
 			deviceInfo.parserType = parser.Type
@@ -1145,6 +1152,16 @@ func (sm *SmartManager) parseSmartForNvme(output []byte, deviceType string) (boo
 		return false, data.Smartctl.ExitStatus
 	}
 
+	// smartctl may return device identity fields before failing to read the NVMe
+	// health log (for example, on an unsupported controller path or with insufficient
+	// permissions). Do not accept that partial response as valid SMART data: doing
+	// so stores incorrect zero values and prevents the namespace-path fallback.
+	log := data.NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog
+	if log == nil {
+		slog.Debug("no NVMe SMART health information", "device", data.Device.Name)
+		return false, data.Smartctl.ExitStatus
+	}
+
 	sm.Lock()
 	defer sm.Unlock()
 
@@ -1167,7 +1184,7 @@ func (sm *SmartManager) parseSmartForNvme(output []byte, deviceType string) (boo
 	if smartData.Capacity == 0 && (runtime.GOOS == "darwin" || sm.darwinNvmeProvider != nil) {
 		smartData.Capacity = sm.lookupDarwinNvmeCapacity(data.SerialNumber)
 	}
-	smartData.Temperature = data.NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog.Temperature
+	smartData.Temperature = log.Temperature
 	smartData.SmartStatus = getSmartStatus(smartData.Temperature, data.SmartStatus.Passed)
 	smartData.DiskName = data.Device.Name
 	smartData.DiskType = data.Device.Type
@@ -1177,7 +1194,6 @@ func (sm *SmartManager) parseSmartForNvme(output []byte, deviceType string) (boo
 
 	// nvme attributes does not follow the same format as ata attributes,
 	// so we manually map each field to SmartAttributes
-	log := data.NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog
 	smartData.Attributes = []*smart.SmartAttribute{
 		{Name: "CriticalWarning", RawValue: uint64(log.CriticalWarning)},
 		{Name: "Temperature", RawValue: uint64(log.Temperature)},

agent/smart_test.go

@@ -837,6 +837,27 @@ func TestParseSmartOutputMarksVerified(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, device.typeVerified)
 }
 
+func TestParseSmartForNvmeRejectsIdentityOnlyResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	jsonPayload := []byte(`{
+		"smartctl": {"exit_status": 2},
+		"device": {"name": "/dev/nvme0", "type": "nvme"},
+		"model_name": "Netac NVMe SSD 500GB",
+		"serial_number": "IDENTITY-ONLY",
+		"user_capacity": {"bytes": 500107862016}
+	}`)
+
+	sm := &SmartManager{SmartDataMap: make(map[string]*smart.SmartData)}
+	hasData, exitStatus := sm.parseSmartForNvme(jsonPayload, "")
+
+	assert.False(t, hasData)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, exitStatus)
+	assert.NotContains(t, sm.SmartDataMap, "IDENTITY-ONLY")
+
+	device := &DeviceInfo{Name: "/dev/nvme0", Type: "nvme"}
+	assert.False(t, sm.parseSmartOutput(device, jsonPayload))
+	assert.NotContains(t, sm.SmartDataMap, "IDENTITY-ONLY")
+}
+
 func TestParseSmartOutputKeepsCustomType(t *testing.T) {
 	fixturePath := filepath.Join("test-data", "smart", "sda.json")
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(fixturePath)

internal/entities/smart/smart.go

@@ -503,11 +503,11 @@ type SmartInfoForNvme struct {
 	UserCapacity UserCapacity `json:"user_capacity"`
 	// LogicalBlockSize              int                           `json:"logical_block_size"`
 	// LocalTime                     LocalTime                     `json:"local_time"`
-	SmartStatus                   SmartStatusInfoNvme           `json:"smart_status"`
-	NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog `json:"nvme_smart_health_information_log"`
-	Temperature                   TemperatureInfoNvme           `json:"temperature"`
-	PowerCycleCount               uint16                        `json:"power_cycle_count"`
-	PowerOnTime                   PowerOnTimeInfoNvme           `json:"power_on_time"`
+	SmartStatus                   SmartStatusInfoNvme            `json:"smart_status"`
+	NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog *NVMeSmartHealthInformationLog `json:"nvme_smart_health_information_log"`
+	Temperature                   TemperatureInfoNvme            `json:"temperature"`
+	PowerCycleCount               uint16                         `json:"power_cycle_count"`
+	PowerOnTime                   PowerOnTimeInfoNvme            `json:"power_on_time"`
 }
 
 type TemperatureInfoNvme struct {