cluster: include a hash in the metrics reporter

Signed-off-by: NyaliaLui <nyalia@redpanda.com>

src/v/cluster/metrics_reporter.cc

@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ metrics_reporter::build_metrics_snapshot() {
           0, metrics_snapshot::max_size_for_rp_env);
     }
 
+    auto license = _feature_table.local().get_license();
+    if (license.has_value()) {
+        snapshot.id_hash = license->checksum;
+    }
+
     co_return snapshot;
 }
 
@@ -523,6 +528,9 @@ void rjson_serialize(
     w.Key("redpanda_environment");
     w.String(snapshot.redpanda_environment);
 
+    w.Key("id_hash");
+    w.String(snapshot.id_hash);
+
     w.EndObject();
 }
 

src/v/cluster/metrics_reporter.h

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class metrics_reporter {
 
         static constexpr int64_t max_size_for_rp_env = 80;
         ss::sstring redpanda_environment;
+        ss::sstring id_hash;
     };
     static constexpr ss::shard_id shard = 0;
 

tests/rptest/tests/metrics_reporter_test.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from rptest.services.cluster import cluster
 from rptest.services.redpanda import RESTART_LOG_ALLOW_LIST
+from rptest.utils.rpenv import sample_license
 from ducktape.utils.util import wait_until
 
 from rptest.clients.types import TopicSpec
@@ -47,6 +48,18 @@ def _test_redpanda_metrics_reporting(self):
         """
         Test that redpanda nodes send well formed messages to the metrics endpoint
         """
+
+        # Load and put a license at start. This is to check the SHA-256 checksum
+        admin = Admin(self.redpanda)
+        license = sample_license()
+        if license is None:
+            self.logger.warn(
+                "REDPANDA_SAMPLE_LICENSE env var not found, ignoring license checks."
+            )
+
+        assert admin.put_license(
+            license).status_code == 200, "PUT License failed"
+
         total_topics = 5
         total_partitions = 0
         for _ in range(0, total_topics):
@@ -80,7 +93,6 @@ def _state_up_to_date():
         def assert_fields_are_the_same(metadata, field):
             assert all(m[field] == metadata[0][field] for m in metadata)
 
-        admin = Admin(self.redpanda)
         features = admin.get_features()
 
         # cluster uuid and create timestamp should stay the same across requests
@@ -123,6 +135,7 @@ def assert_fields_are_the_same(metadata, field):
         wait_until(lambda: len(self.http.requests) > pre_restart_requests,
                    timeout_sec=20,
                    backoff_sec=1)
+        self.redpanda.logger.info("Checking metadata after restart")
         assert_fields_are_the_same(metadata, 'cluster_uuid')
         assert_fields_are_the_same(metadata, 'cluster_created_ts')
 
@@ -134,6 +147,9 @@ def assert_fields_are_the_same(metadata, field):
         assert last["config"]["log_message_timestamp_type"] == "CreateTime"
         assert last["redpanda_environment"] == "test"
 
+        last_post_restart = metadata.pop()
+        assert last_post_restart["id_hash"] == last["id_hash"]
+
 
 class MultiNodeMetricsReporterTest(MetricsReporterTest):
     """