Allow pipeline processor to ignore missing pipelines

docs/changelog/87354.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 87354
+summary: Allow pipeline processor to ignore missing pipelines
+area: Ingest
+type: enhancement
+issues: []

docs/reference/ingest/processors/pipeline.asciidoc

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ Executes another pipeline.
 .Pipeline Options
 [options="header"]
 |======
-| Name             | Required  | Default  | Description
-| `name`           | yes       | -        | The name of the pipeline to execute. Supports <<template-snippets,template snippets>>.
+| Name                      | Required  | Default  | Description
+| `name`                    | yes       | -        | The name of the pipeline to execute. Supports <<template-snippets,template snippets>>.
+| `ignore_missing_pipeline` | no        | false    | Whether to ignore missing pipelines instead of failing.
 include::common-options.asciidoc[]
 |======
 

modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/210_pipeline_processor.yml

@@ -280,3 +280,94 @@ teardown:
   - match: { _source.pipelines.0: "pipeline1" }
   - match: { _source.pipelines.1: "another_pipeline" }
   - match: { _source.pipelines.2: "another_pipeline2" }
+
+---
+"Test ignore_missing_pipeline parameter":
+  - do:
+      ingest.put_pipeline:
+        id: "my-pipeline"
+        body:  >
+          {
+            "processors" : [
+              {
+                "pipeline" : {
+                  "name": "non_existing_pipeline",
+                  "ignore_missing_pipeline": false
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+  - match: { acknowledged: true }
+
+  - do:
+      catch: /illegal_state_exception/
+      index:
+        index: test
+        id: "1"
+        pipeline: "my-pipeline"
+        body: {}
+  - match: { error.root_cause.0.type: "illegal_state_exception" }
+  - match: { error.root_cause.0.reason: "Pipeline processor configured for non-existent pipeline [non_existing_pipeline]" }
+
+  - do:
+      ingest.simulate:
+        id: "my-pipeline"
+        body: >
+          {
+            "docs": [
+              {
+                "_index": "index",
+                "_id": "id",
+                "_source": {
+                  "foo": "bar"
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+  - match: { docs.0.error.root_cause.0.type: "illegal_state_exception" }
+  - match: { docs.0.error.root_cause.0.reason: "Pipeline processor configured for non-existent pipeline [non_existing_pipeline]" }
+
+  - do:
+      ingest.put_pipeline:
+        id: "my-pipeline"
+        body:  >
+          {
+            "processors" : [
+              {
+                "pipeline" : {
+                  "name": "non_existing_pipeline",
+                  "ignore_missing_pipeline": true
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+  - match: { acknowledged: true }
+
+  - do:
+      index:
+        index: test
+        id: "1"
+        pipeline: "my-pipeline"
+        body: {}
+  - match: { _index: "test" }
+  - match: { _id: "1" }
+  - match: { _version: 1 }
+  - match: { result: "created" }
+
+  - do:
+      ingest.simulate:
+        id: "my-pipeline"
+        body: >
+          {
+            "docs": [
+              {
+                "_index": "index",
+                "_id": "id",
+                "_source": {
+                  "foo": "bar"
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+  - match: { docs.0.doc._index: "index" }
+  - match: { docs.0.doc._id: "id" }

server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/PipelineProcessor.java

@@ -18,11 +18,19 @@ public class PipelineProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
     public static final String TYPE = "pipeline";
 
     private final TemplateScript.Factory pipelineTemplate;
+    private final boolean ignoreMissingPipeline;
     private final IngestService ingestService;
 
-    PipelineProcessor(String tag, String description, TemplateScript.Factory pipelineTemplate, IngestService ingestService) {
+    PipelineProcessor(
+        String tag,
+        String description,
+        TemplateScript.Factory pipelineTemplate,
+        boolean ignoreMissingPipeline,
+        IngestService ingestService
+    ) {
         super(tag, description);
         this.pipelineTemplate = pipelineTemplate;
+        this.ignoreMissingPipeline = ignoreMissingPipeline;
         this.ingestService = ingestService;
     }
 
@@ -33,10 +41,14 @@ public void execute(IngestDocument ingestDocument, BiConsumer<IngestDocument, Ex
         if (pipeline != null) {
             ingestDocument.executePipeline(pipeline, handler);
         } else {
-            handler.accept(
-                null,
-                new IllegalStateException("Pipeline processor configured for non-existent pipeline [" + pipelineName + ']')
-            );
+            if (ignoreMissingPipeline) {
+                handler.accept(ingestDocument, null);
+            } else {
+                handler.accept(
+                    null,
+                    new IllegalStateException("Pipeline processor configured for non-existent pipeline [" + pipelineName + ']')
+                );
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -85,7 +97,14 @@ public PipelineProcessor create(
                 "name",
                 ingestService.getScriptService()
             );
-            return new PipelineProcessor(processorTag, description, pipelineTemplate, ingestService);
+            boolean ignoreMissingPipeline = ConfigurationUtils.readBooleanProperty(
+                TYPE,
+                processorTag,
+                config,
+                "ignore_missing_pipeline",
+                false
+            );
+            return new PipelineProcessor(processorTag, description, pipelineTemplate, ignoreMissingPipeline, ingestService);
         }
     }
 }

server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/PipelineProcessorTests.java

@@ -77,6 +77,25 @@ public void testThrowsOnMissingPipeline() throws Exception {
         assertEquals("Pipeline processor configured for non-existent pipeline [missingPipelineId]", e[0].getMessage());
     }
 
+    public void testIgnoreMissingPipeline() throws Exception {
+        var ingestService = createIngestService();
+        var testIngestDocument = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random(), new HashMap<>());
+        var factory = new PipelineProcessor.Factory(ingestService);
+        var config = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        config.put("name", "missingPipelineId");
+        config.put("ignore_missing_pipeline", true);
+
+        var r = new IngestDocument[1];
+        var e = new Exception[1];
+        var processor = factory.create(Collections.emptyMap(), null, null, config);
+        processor.execute(testIngestDocument, (result, e1) -> {
+            r[0] = result;
+            e[0] = e1;
+        });
+        assertNull(e[0]);
+        assertSame(testIngestDocument, r[0]);
+    }
+
     public void testThrowsOnRecursivePipelineInvocations() throws Exception {
         String innerPipelineId = "inner";
         String outerPipelineId = "outer";
@@ -229,7 +248,7 @@ public String getType() {
             });
             if (i < (numPipelines - 1)) {
                 TemplateScript.Factory pipelineName = new TestTemplateService.MockTemplateScript.Factory(Integer.toString(i + 1));
-                processors.add(new PipelineProcessor(null, null, pipelineName, ingestService));
+                processors.add(new PipelineProcessor(null, null, pipelineName, false, ingestService));
             }
 
             Pipeline pipeline = new Pipeline(pipelineId, null, null, null, new CompoundProcessor(false, processors, List.of()));