From 3564b8578570b6beee4779a7684d26113809cdae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay <wisehodl@pm.me>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 23:01:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: replace monotonic counter with base32 random suffix;
 default label REQ

---
 request.go      | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 request_test.go | 25 +++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 824d582..29a715c 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package prism
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/base32"
 	"fmt"
 	"git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-mana-component"
 	"git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-roots-ws"
 	"log/slog"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -28,8 +29,7 @@ type ReqClosed struct {
 }
 
 type RequestManager struct {
-	reqs    map[string]*request
-	counter atomic.Uint64
+	reqs map[string]*request
 
 	envoy  *Envoy
 	events <-chan OutboundPoolEvent
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ type RequestManager struct {
 	logger  *slog.Logger
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// ID Generation
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+var b32 = base32.StdEncoding.WithPadding(base32.NoPadding)
+
+func generateID() string {
+	b := make([]byte, 5)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(b); err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("generateID: %v", err))
+	}
+	return b32.EncodeToString(b)
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Options
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -137,9 +151,9 @@ func (m *RequestManager) newStream(
 	} else {
 		label := o.label
 		if label == "" {
-			label = "req"
+			label = "REQ"
 		}
-		id = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", label, m.counter.Add(1))
+		id = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", label, generateID())
 	}
 	buffer := make(chan ReqEvent, 64)
 	closed := make(chan ReqClosed, 1)
diff --git a/request_test.go b/request_test.go
index 11a4907..412eb5f 100644
--- a/request_test.go
+++ b/request_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestRequestManager_Options(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("default id uses req label and monotonic counter", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("default id uses REQ label and base32 suffix", func(t *testing.T) {
 		_, envoy := newMockEnvoy(t)
 		m := NewRequestManager(envoy)
 		t.Cleanup(func() { m.Close() })
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ func TestRequestManager_Options(t *testing.T) {
 		idB, _, _, err := m.Stream(filters)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-		assert.Equal(t, "req:1", idA)
-		assert.Equal(t, "req:2", idB)
+		assert.Regexp(t, `^REQ:[A-Z2-7]{8}$`, idA)
+		assert.Regexp(t, `^REQ:[A-Z2-7]{8}$`, idB)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, idA, idB)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("WithLabel sets prefix", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ func TestRequestManager_Options(t *testing.T) {
 		idB, _, _, err := m.Stream(filters, WithLabel("profile"))
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-		assert.Equal(t, "feed:1", idA)
-		assert.Equal(t, "profile:2", idB)
+		assert.Regexp(t, `^feed:[A-Z2-7]{8}$`, idA)
+		assert.Regexp(t, `^profile:[A-Z2-7]{8}$`, idB)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, idA, idB)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("WithID uses caller id", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -72,19 +74,6 @@ func TestRequestManager_Options(t *testing.T) {
 		_, _, _, err = m.Stream(filters, WithID("dup"))
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 	})
-
-	t.Run("WithID does not advance counter", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, envoy := newMockEnvoy(t)
-		m := NewRequestManager(envoy)
-		t.Cleanup(func() { m.Close() })
-
-		filters := [][]byte{[]byte(`{}`)}
-		_, _, _, err := m.Stream(filters, WithID("explicit"))
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		id, _, _, err := m.Stream(filters)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, "req:1", id)
-	})
 }
 
 func TestRequestManager_Stream(t *testing.T) {