fix(monitoring): throttle service status updates

services/status.go

@@ -3,17 +3,27 @@ package services
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gobitfly/eth2-beaconchain-explorer/db"
 	"github.com/gobitfly/eth2-beaconchain-explorer/utils"
 	"github.com/gobitfly/eth2-beaconchain-explorer/version"
 )
 
 // Report the status of a particular service, will add current Pid and executable name
+// Throttle calls to 1/min for each service name so that we don't report too often
+var lastStatusUpdate = make(map[string]time.Time)
+
 func ReportStatus(name, status string, metadata *json.RawMessage) {
 	if !utils.Config.ReportServiceStatus {
 		return
 	}
+
+	if lastUpdate, ok := lastStatusUpdate[name]; ok {
+		if time.Since(lastUpdate) < time.Minute {
+			return
+		}
+	}
 	pid := os.Getpid()
 	execName, err := os.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -33,4 +43,5 @@ func ReportStatus(name, status string, metadata *json.RawMessage) {
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.LogError(err, "error reporting service status", 0, map[string]interface{}{"name": name, "status": status})
 	}
+	lastStatusUpdate[name] = time.Now()
 }