Fix infinite retry at size overrun error in Slack report

report/slack.go

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ type SlackWriter struct{}
 func (w SlackWriter) Write(rs ...models.ScanResult) error {
 	conf := config.Conf.Slack
 	channel := conf.Channel
+	count := 0
+	retryMax := 10
 
 	for _, r := range rs {
 		if channel == "${servername}" {
@@ -75,9 +77,14 @@ func (w SlackWriter) Write(rs ...models.ScanResult) error {
 
 		bytes, _ := json.Marshal(msg)
 		jsonBody := string(bytes)
+
 		f := func() (err error) {
 			resp, body, errs := gorequest.New().Proxy(config.Conf.HTTPProxy).Post(conf.HookURL).Send(string(jsonBody)).End()
 			if 0 < len(errs) || resp == nil || resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+				count++
+				if count == retryMax {
+					return nil
+				}
 				return fmt.Errorf(
 					"HTTP POST error: %v, url: %s, resp: %v, body: %s",
 					errs, conf.HookURL, resp, body)
@@ -85,13 +92,18 @@ func (w SlackWriter) Write(rs ...models.ScanResult) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 		notify := func(err error, t time.Duration) {
-			log.Warn("Error %s", err)
+			log.Warnf("Error %s", err)
 			log.Warn("Retrying in ", t)
 		}
-		if err := backoff.RetryNotify(f, backoff.NewExponentialBackOff(), notify); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("HTTP Error: %s", err)
+		boff := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
+		if err := backoff.RetryNotify(f, boff, notify); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("HTTP error: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
+
+	if count == retryMax {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Retry count exceeded")
+	}
 	return nil
 }