Online updates to the running autodetect process (elastic/elasticsearch#886)

* Methods to update the running process with new settings

* Task to update the running autodetect process

* Don’t start process update task if not config specified

Original commit: elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch@4364b141b5

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MlPlugin.java

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.StopDatafeedAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.UpdateJobStateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.UpdateJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.UpdateModelSnapshotAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.UpdateProcessAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.ValidateDetectorAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.ValidateJobConfigAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.datafeed.DatafeedJobRunner;
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@ public class MlPlugin extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin {
                 new ActionHandler<>(UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.INSTANCE, UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.TransportAction.class),
                 new ActionHandler<>(CompletionPersistentTaskAction.INSTANCE, CompletionPersistentTaskAction.TransportAction.class),
                 new ActionHandler<>(RemovePersistentTaskAction.INSTANCE, RemovePersistentTaskAction.TransportAction.class),
-                new ActionHandler<>(MlDeleteByQueryAction.INSTANCE, MlDeleteByQueryAction.TransportAction.class)
+                new ActionHandler<>(MlDeleteByQueryAction.INSTANCE, MlDeleteByQueryAction.TransportAction.class),
+                new ActionHandler<>(UpdateProcessAction.INSTANCE, UpdateProcessAction.TransportAction.class)
                 );
     }
 

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/PostDataAction.java

@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ public class PostDataAction extends Action<PostDataAction.Request, PostDataActio
             super(jobId);
         }
 
-        public String getJobId() {
-            return jobId;
-        }
-
         public String getResetStart() {
             return resetStart;
         }

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/UpdateJobAction.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
@@ -132,14 +133,16 @@ public class UpdateJobAction extends Action<UpdateJobAction.Request, PutJobActio
     public static class TransportAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<UpdateJobAction.Request, PutJobAction.Response> {
 
         private final JobManager jobManager;
+        private final Client client;
 
         @Inject
         public TransportAction(Settings settings, TransportService transportService, ClusterService clusterService,
-                               ThreadPool threadPool, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+                               ThreadPool threadPool, ActionFilters actionFilters, IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver,
-                               IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver, JobManager jobManager) {
+                               JobManager jobManager, Client client) {
             super(settings, UpdateJobAction.NAME, transportService, clusterService, threadPool, actionFilters,
                     indexNameExpressionResolver, UpdateJobAction.Request::new);
             this.jobManager = jobManager;
+            this.client = client;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -153,13 +156,38 @@ public class UpdateJobAction extends Action<UpdateJobAction.Request, PutJobActio
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected void masterOperation(UpdateJobAction.Request request, ClusterState state,
+        protected void masterOperation(Request request, ClusterState state,
                                        ActionListener<PutJobAction.Response> listener) throws Exception {
             if (request.getJobId().equals(Job.ALL)) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Job Id " + Job.ALL + " cannot be for update");
             }
 
-            jobManager.updateJob(request.getJobId(), request.getJobUpdate(), request, listener);
+            ActionListener<PutJobAction.Response> wrappedListener = listener;
+            if (request.getJobUpdate().isAutodetectProcessUpdate()) {
+                 wrappedListener = ActionListener.wrap(
+                        response -> updateProcess(request, response, listener),
+                        listener::onFailure);
+            }
+
+            jobManager.updateJob(request.getJobId(), request.getJobUpdate(), request, wrappedListener);
+        }
+
+        private void updateProcess(Request request, PutJobAction.Response updateConfigResponse,
+                                   ActionListener<PutJobAction.Response> listener) {
+
+            UpdateProcessAction.Request updateProcessRequest = new UpdateProcessAction.Request(request.getJobId(),
+                    request.getJobUpdate().getModelDebugConfig(), request.getJobUpdate().getDetectorUpdates());
+            client.execute(UpdateProcessAction.INSTANCE, updateProcessRequest, new ActionListener<UpdateProcessAction.Response>() {
+                @Override
+                public void onResponse(UpdateProcessAction.Response response) {
+                    listener.onResponse(updateConfigResponse);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onFailure(Exception e) {
+                    listener.onFailure(e);
+                }
+            });
         }
 
         @Override

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/UpdateProcessAction.java

@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.StatusToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MlPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.JobManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.JobUpdate;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.AutodetectProcessManager;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class UpdateProcessAction extends
+        Action<UpdateProcessAction.Request, UpdateProcessAction.Response, UpdateProcessAction.RequestBuilder> {
+
+
+    public static final UpdateProcessAction INSTANCE = new UpdateProcessAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/ml/job/update/process";
+
+    private UpdateProcessAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RequestBuilder newRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client) {
+        return new RequestBuilder(client, this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response newResponse() {
+        return new Response();
+    }
+
+    static class RequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> {
+
+        RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, UpdateProcessAction action) {
+            super(client, action, new Request());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Response extends BaseTasksResponse implements StatusToXContentObject, Writeable {
+
+        private boolean isUpdated;
+
+        private Response() {
+            this.isUpdated = true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            isUpdated = in.readBoolean();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeBoolean(isUpdated);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public RestStatus status() {
+            return RestStatus.ACCEPTED;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.field("updated", isUpdated);
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hashCode(isUpdated);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (obj == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Response other = (Response) obj;
+
+            return this.isUpdated == other.isUpdated;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Request extends TransportJobTaskAction.JobTaskRequest<Request> {
+
+        private ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig;
+        private List<JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate> detectorUpdates;
+
+        Request() {
+        }
+
+        public Request(String jobId, ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig, List<JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate> detectorUpdates) {
+            super(jobId);
+            this.modelDebugConfig = modelDebugConfig;
+            this.detectorUpdates = detectorUpdates;
+        }
+
+        public ModelDebugConfig getModelDebugConfig() {
+            return modelDebugConfig;
+        }
+
+        public List<JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate> getDetectorUpdates() {
+            return detectorUpdates;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            modelDebugConfig = in.readOptionalWriteable(ModelDebugConfig::new);
+            if (in.readBoolean()) {
+                in.readList(JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate::new);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeOptionalWriteable(modelDebugConfig);
+            boolean hasDetectorUpdates = detectorUpdates != null;
+            out.writeBoolean(hasDetectorUpdates);
+            if (hasDetectorUpdates) {
+                out.writeList(detectorUpdates);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(getJobId(), modelDebugConfig, detectorUpdates);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (obj == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            Request other = (Request) obj;
+
+            return Objects.equals(getJobId(), other.getJobId()) &&
+                    Objects.equals(modelDebugConfig, other.modelDebugConfig) &&
+                    Objects.equals(detectorUpdates, other.detectorUpdates);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class TransportAction extends TransportJobTaskAction<InternalOpenJobAction.JobTask, Request, Response> {
+
+        @Inject
+        public TransportAction(Settings settings, TransportService transportService, ThreadPool threadPool, ClusterService clusterService,
+                               ActionFilters actionFilters, IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver,
+                               JobManager jobManager, AutodetectProcessManager processManager) {
+            super(settings, NAME, threadPool, clusterService, transportService, actionFilters, indexNameExpressionResolver,
+                    Request::new, Response::new, MlPlugin.THREAD_POOL_NAME, jobManager, processManager, Request::getJobId);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected Response readTaskResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            Response response = new Response();
+            response.readFrom(in);
+            return response;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void taskOperation(Request request, InternalOpenJobAction.JobTask task, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+            threadPool.executor(MlPlugin.THREAD_POOL_NAME).execute(() -> {
+                try {
+                    if (request.getModelDebugConfig() != null) {
+                        processManager.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(request.getJobId(), request.getModelDebugConfig());
+                    }
+                    if (request.getDetectorUpdates() != null) {
+                        for (JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate update : request.getDetectorUpdates()) {
+                            processManager.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(request.getJobId(), update.getIndex(), update.getRules());
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    listener.onResponse(new Response());
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    listener.onFailure(e);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/config/JobUpdate.java

@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ public class JobUpdate implements Writeable, ToXContent {
         return customSettings;
     }
 
+    public boolean isAutodetectProcessUpdate() {
+        return modelDebugConfig != null || detectorUpdates != null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
         builder.startObject();

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/config/ModelDebugConfig.java

@@ -20,92 +20,40 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class ModelDebugConfig extends ToXContentToBytes implements Writeable {
-    /**
-     * Enum of the acceptable output destinations.
-     */
-    public enum DebugDestination implements Writeable {
-        FILE, DATA_STORE;
-
-        /**
-         * Case-insensitive from string method. Works with FILE, File, file,
-         * etc.
-         *
-         * @param value
-         *            String representation
-         * @return The output destination
-         */
-        public static DebugDestination fromString(String value) {
-            return DebugDestination.valueOf(value.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
-        }
-
-        public static DebugDestination readFromStream(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-            int ordinal = in.readVInt();
-            if (ordinal < 0 || ordinal >= values().length) {
-                throw new IOException("Unknown DebugDestination ordinal [" + ordinal + "]");
-            }
-            return values()[ordinal];
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            out.writeVInt(ordinal());
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-            return name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-        }
-    }
 
     private static final double MAX_PERCENTILE = 100.0;
 
     private static final ParseField TYPE_FIELD = new ParseField("model_debug_config");
-    private static final ParseField WRITE_TO_FIELD = new ParseField("write_to");
+    public static final ParseField BOUNDS_PERCENTILE_FIELD = new ParseField("bounds_percentile");
-    private static final ParseField BOUNDS_PERCENTILE_FIELD = new ParseField("bounds_percentile");
+    public static final ParseField TERMS_FIELD = new ParseField("terms");
-    private static final ParseField TERMS_FIELD = new ParseField("terms");
 
     public static final ConstructingObjectParser<ModelDebugConfig, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(
-            TYPE_FIELD.getPreferredName(), a -> {
+            TYPE_FIELD.getPreferredName(), a -> new ModelDebugConfig((Double) a[0], (String) a[1]));
-                if (a[0] == null) {
+
-                    return new ModelDebugConfig((Double) a[1], (String) a[2]);
-                } else {
-                    return new ModelDebugConfig((DebugDestination) a[0], (Double) a[1], (String) a[2]);
-                }
-            });
     static {
-        PARSER.declareField(ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg(), p -> DebugDestination.fromString(p.text()), WRITE_TO_FIELD,
-                ValueType.STRING);
         PARSER.declareDouble(ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg(), BOUNDS_PERCENTILE_FIELD);
         PARSER.declareString(ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg(), TERMS_FIELD);
     }
 
-    private final DebugDestination writeTo;
     private final double boundsPercentile;
     private final String terms;
 
     public ModelDebugConfig(double boundsPercentile, String terms) {
-        this(DebugDestination.FILE, boundsPercentile, terms);
-    }
-
-    public ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination writeTo, double boundsPercentile, String terms) {
         if (boundsPercentile < 0.0 || boundsPercentile > MAX_PERCENTILE) {
             String msg = Messages.getMessage(Messages.JOB_CONFIG_MODEL_DEBUG_CONFIG_INVALID_BOUNDS_PERCENTILE);
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
         }
-        this.writeTo = writeTo;
         this.boundsPercentile = boundsPercentile;
         this.terms = terms;
     }
 
     public ModelDebugConfig(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        writeTo = in.readOptionalWriteable(DebugDestination::readFromStream);
         boundsPercentile = in.readDouble();
         terms = in.readOptionalString();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        out.writeOptionalWriteable(writeTo);
         out.writeDouble(boundsPercentile);
         out.writeOptionalString(terms);
     }
@@ -113,9 +61,6 @@ public class ModelDebugConfig extends ToXContentToBytes implements Writeable {
     @Override
     public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
         builder.startObject();
-        if (writeTo != null) {
-            builder.field(WRITE_TO_FIELD.getPreferredName(), writeTo);
-        }
         builder.field(BOUNDS_PERCENTILE_FIELD.getPreferredName(), boundsPercentile);
         if (terms != null) {
             builder.field(TERMS_FIELD.getPreferredName(), terms);
@@ -124,10 +69,6 @@ public class ModelDebugConfig extends ToXContentToBytes implements Writeable {
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public DebugDestination getWriteTo() {
-        return this.writeTo;
-    }
-
     public double getBoundsPercentile() {
         return this.boundsPercentile;
     }
@@ -147,12 +88,11 @@ public class ModelDebugConfig extends ToXContentToBytes implements Writeable {
         }
 
         ModelDebugConfig that = (ModelDebugConfig) other;
-        return Objects.equals(this.writeTo, that.writeTo) && Objects.equals(this.boundsPercentile, that.boundsPercentile)
+        return Objects.equals(this.boundsPercentile, that.boundsPercentile) && Objects.equals(this.terms, that.terms);
-                && Objects.equals(this.terms, that.terms);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return Objects.hash(this.writeTo, boundsPercentile, terms);
+        return Objects.hash(boundsPercentile, terms);
     }
 }

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/messages/Messages.java

@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ public final class Messages {
 
     public static final String JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_CLOSE = "job.data.concurrent.use.close";
     public static final String JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_FLUSH = "job.data.concurrent.use.flush";
-    public static final String JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_PAUSE = "job.data.concurrent.use.pause";
-    public static final String JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_RESUME = "job.data.concurrent.use.resume";
-    public static final String JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_REVERT = "job.data.concurrent.use.revert";
     public static final String JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_UPDATE = "job.data.concurrent.use.update";
     public static final String JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_UPLOAD = "job.data.concurrent.use.upload";
 

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/AutodetectCommunicator.java

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.CheckedSupplier;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DataDescription;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Job;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.messages.Messages;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.CountingInputStream;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.DataCountsReporter;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -92,9 +95,17 @@ public class AutodetectCommunicator implements Closeable {
         }, true);
     }
 
-    public void writeUpdateConfigMessage(String config) throws IOException {
+
+    public void writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(ModelDebugConfig config) throws IOException {
         checkAndRun(() -> Messages.getMessage(Messages.JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_UPDATE, job.getId()), () -> {
-            autodetectProcess.writeUpdateConfigMessage(config);
+            autodetectProcess.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(config);
+            return null;
+        }, false);
+    }
+
+    public void writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(int detectorIndex, List<DetectionRule> rules) throws IOException {
+        checkAndRun(() -> Messages.getMessage(Messages.JOB_DATA_CONCURRENT_USE_UPDATE, job.getId()), () -> {
+            autodetectProcess.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(detectorIndex, rules);
             return null;
         }, false);
     }

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/AutodetectProcess.java

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.DataLoadParams;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.InterimResultsParams;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.results.AutodetectResult;
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Interface representing the native C++ autodetect process
@@ -31,17 +34,28 @@ public interface AutodetectProcess extends Closeable {
 
     /**
      * Write the reset buckets control message
+     *
      * @param params Reset bucket options
-     * @throws IOException If write reset mesage fails
+     * @throws IOException If write reset message fails
      */
     void writeResetBucketsControlMessage(DataLoadParams params) throws IOException;
 
     /**
-     * Write an update configuration message
+     * Update the model debug configuration
-     * @param config Config message
+     *
-     * @throws IOException If the write config message fails
+     * @param modelDebugConfig New model debug config
+     * @throws IOException If the write fails
      */
-    void writeUpdateConfigMessage(String config) throws IOException;
+    void writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write message to update the detector rules
+     *
+     * @param detectorIndex Index of the detector to update
+     * @param rules Detector rules
+     * @throws IOException If the write fails
+     */
+    void writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(int detectorIndex, List<DetectionRule> rules) throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Flush the job pushing any stale data into autodetect.

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/AutodetectProcessManager.java

@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MlPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.UpdateJobStateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.JobManager;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Job;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.JobState;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.MlFilter;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.metadata.Allocation;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.persistence.JobDataCountsPersister;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.persistence.JobProvider;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -165,14 +168,24 @@ public class AutodetectProcessManager extends AbstractComponent {
         }
     }
 
-    public void writeUpdateConfigMessage(String jobId, String config) throws IOException {
+    public void writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(String jobId, ModelDebugConfig config) throws IOException {
         AutodetectCommunicator communicator = autoDetectCommunicatorByJob.get(jobId);
         if (communicator == null) {
-            logger.debug("Cannot update config: no active autodetect process for job {}", jobId);
+            logger.debug("Cannot update model debug config: no active autodetect process for job {}", jobId);
             return;
         }
-        communicator.writeUpdateConfigMessage(config);
+        communicator.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(config);
-        // TODO check for errors from autodetect
+        // TODO check for errors from autodetects
+    }
+
+    public void writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(String jobId, int detectorIndex, List<DetectionRule> rules) throws IOException {
+        AutodetectCommunicator communicator = autoDetectCommunicatorByJob.get(jobId);
+        if (communicator == null) {
+            logger.debug("Cannot update model debug config: no active autodetect process for job {}", jobId);
+            return;
+        }
+        communicator.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(detectorIndex, rules);
+        // TODO check for errors from autodetects
     }
 
     public void openJob(String jobId, boolean ignoreDowntime, Consumer<Exception> handler) {

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/BlackHoleAutodetectProcess.java

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.output.FlushAcknowledgement;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.DataLoadParams;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.InterimResultsParams;
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.results.AutodetectResult;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 
@@ -47,7 +50,11 @@ public class BlackHoleAutodetectProcess implements AutodetectProcess {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void writeUpdateConfigMessage(String config) throws IOException {
+    public void writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig) throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(int detectorIndex, List<DetectionRule> rules) throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/NativeAutodetectProcess.java

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.output.AutodetectResultsParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.output.StateProcessor;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.DataLoadParams;
@@ -89,9 +91,15 @@ class NativeAutodetectProcess implements AutodetectProcess {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void writeUpdateConfigMessage(String config) throws IOException {
+    public void writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig) throws IOException {
         ControlMsgToProcessWriter writer = new ControlMsgToProcessWriter(recordWriter, numberOfAnalysisFields);
-        writer.writeUpdateConfigMessage(config);
+        writer.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(modelDebugConfig);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(int detectorIndex, List<DetectionRule> rules) throws IOException {
+        ControlMsgToProcessWriter writer = new ControlMsgToProcessWriter(recordWriter, numberOfAnalysisFields);
+        writer.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(detectorIndex, rules);
     }
 
     @Override

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/writer/ControlMsgToProcessWriter.java

@@ -7,10 +7,18 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.writer;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.DataLoadParams;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.InterimResultsParams;
 
@@ -49,6 +57,10 @@ public class ControlMsgToProcessWriter {
      */
     public static final String UPDATE_MESSAGE_CODE = "u";
 
+
+    private static final String EQUALS = " = ";
+    private static final char NEW_LINE = '\n';
+
     /**
      * An number to uniquely identify each flush so that subsequent code can
      * wait for acknowledgement of the correct flush.
@@ -122,10 +134,6 @@ public class ControlMsgToProcessWriter {
         return flushId;
     }
 
-    public void writeUpdateConfigMessage(String config) throws IOException {
-        writeMessage(UPDATE_MESSAGE_CODE + config);
-    }
-
     public void writeResetBucketsMessage(DataLoadParams params) throws IOException {
         writeControlCodeFollowedByTimeRange(RESET_BUCKETS_MESSAGE_CODE, params.getStart(), params.getEnd());
     }
@@ -141,6 +149,31 @@ public class ControlMsgToProcessWriter {
         writeMessage(message.toString());
     }
 
+    public void writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig) throws IOException {
+        StringWriter configWriter = new StringWriter();
+        configWriter.append(UPDATE_MESSAGE_CODE).append("[modelDebugConfig]\n");
+        new ModelDebugConfigWriter(modelDebugConfig, configWriter).write();
+        writeMessage(configWriter.toString());
+    }
+
+    public void writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(int detectorIndex, List<DetectionRule> rules) throws IOException {
+        StringWriter configWriter = new StringWriter();
+        configWriter.append(UPDATE_MESSAGE_CODE).append("[detectorRules]\n");
+        configWriter.append("detectorIndex=").append(Integer.toString(detectorIndex)).append("\n");
+
+        configWriter.append("rulesJson=");
+
+        XContentBuilder builder = JsonXContent.contentBuilder();
+        builder.startArray();
+        for (DetectionRule rule : rules) {
+            rule.toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+        }
+        builder.endArray();
+        configWriter.append(builder.string());
+
+        writeMessage(configWriter.toString());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Transform the supplied control message to length encoded values and
      * write to the OutputStream.
@@ -163,5 +196,4 @@ public class ControlMsgToProcessWriter {
         // The control field comes last
         lengthEncodedWriter.writeField(message);
     }
-
 }

elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/writer/ModelDebugConfigWriter.java

@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.writer.WriterCon
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.writer.WriterConstants.NEW_LINE;
 
 public class ModelDebugConfigWriter {
-    private static final String WRITE_TO_STR = "writeto";
-    private static final String BOUNDS_PERCENTILE_STR = "boundspercentile";
-    private static final String TERMS_STR = "terms";
 
     private final ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig;
     private final Writer writer;
@@ -29,23 +26,17 @@ public class ModelDebugConfigWriter {
 
     public void write() throws IOException {
         StringBuilder contents = new StringBuilder();
-        if (modelDebugConfig.getWriteTo() != null) {
-            contents.append(WRITE_TO_STR)
-            .append(EQUALS)
-            .append(modelDebugConfig.getWriteTo())
-            .append(NEW_LINE);
-        }
 
-        contents.append(BOUNDS_PERCENTILE_STR)
+        contents.append("boundspercentile")
-        .append(EQUALS)
+                .append(EQUALS)
-        .append(modelDebugConfig.getBoundsPercentile())
+                .append(modelDebugConfig.getBoundsPercentile())
-        .append(NEW_LINE);
+                .append(NEW_LINE);
 
         String terms = modelDebugConfig.getTerms();
-        contents.append(TERMS_STR)
+        contents.append(ModelDebugConfig.TERMS_FIELD.getPreferredName())
-        .append(EQUALS)
+                .append(EQUALS)
-        .append(terms == null ? "" : terms)
+                .append(terms == null ? "" : terms)
-        .append(NEW_LINE);
+                .append(NEW_LINE);
 
         writer.write(contents.toString());
     }

elasticsearch/src/main/resources/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/messages/ml_messages.properties

@@ -127,10 +127,7 @@ datafeed.aggregations.requires.job.with.summary.count.field = A job configured w
 
 job.data.concurrent.use.close = Cannot close job {0} while another connection {2}is {1} the job
 job.data.concurrent.use.flush = Cannot flush job {0} while another connection {2}is {1} the job
-job.data.concurrent.use.pause = Cannot pause job {0} while another connection {2}is {1} the job
+job.data.concurrent.use.update = Cannot update job {0} while it is in use
-job.data.concurrent.use.resume = Cannot resume job {0} while another connection {2}is {1} the job
-job.data.concurrent.use.revert = Cannot revert model snapshot for job {0} while another connection {2}is {1} the job
-job.data.concurrent.use.update = Cannot update job {0} while another connection {2}is {1} the job
 job.data.concurrent.use.upload = Cannot write to job {0} while another connection {2}is {1} the job
 
 job.missing.quantiles = Cannot read persisted quantiles for job ''{0}''

elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/UpdateProcessActionRequestTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.JobUpdate;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.support.AbstractStreamableTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.support.AbstractStreamableXContentTestCase;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class UpdateProcessActionRequestTests extends AbstractStreamableTestCase<UpdateProcessAction.Request> {
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected UpdateProcessAction.Request createTestInstance() {
+        ModelDebugConfig config = null;
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            config = new ModelDebugConfig(5.0, "debug,config");
+        }
+        List<JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate> updates = null;
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+
+        }
+        return new UpdateProcessAction.Request(randomAsciiOfLength(10), config, updates);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected UpdateProcessAction.Request createBlankInstance() {
+        return new UpdateProcessAction.Request();
+    }
+}

elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/config/JobUpdateTests.java

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
 public class JobUpdateTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<JobUpdate> {
 
     @Override
@@ -139,4 +141,13 @@ public class JobUpdateTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<JobUpdate> {
                     updatedJob.getAnalysisConfig().getDetectors().get(detectorUpdate.getIndex()).getDetectorRules());
         }
     }
+
+    public void testIsAutodetectProcessUpdate() {
+        JobUpdate update = new JobUpdate(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
+        assertFalse(update.isAutodetectProcessUpdate());
+        update = new JobUpdate(null, null, new ModelDebugConfig(1.0, "ff"), null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
+        assertTrue(update.isAutodetectProcessUpdate());
+        update = new JobUpdate(null, Arrays.asList(mock(JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate.class)), null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
+        assertTrue(update.isAutodetectProcessUpdate());
+    }
 }

elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/config/ModelDebugConfigTests.java

@@ -8,36 +8,11 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable.Reader;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig.DebugDestination;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.messages.Messages;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.support.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
 
 public class ModelDebugConfigTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<ModelDebugConfig> {
 
-    public void testEquals() {
-        assertFalse(new ModelDebugConfig(0d, null).equals(null));
-        assertFalse(new ModelDebugConfig(0d, null).equals("a string"));
-        assertFalse(new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "").equals(new ModelDebugConfig(81.0, "")));
-        assertFalse(new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "foo").equals(new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "bar")));
-        assertFalse(new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.FILE, 80.0, "foo")
-                .equals(new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.DATA_STORE, 80.0, "foo")));
-
-        ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig = new ModelDebugConfig(0d, null);
-        assertTrue(modelDebugConfig.equals(modelDebugConfig));
-        assertTrue(new ModelDebugConfig(0d, null).equals(new ModelDebugConfig(0d, null)));
-        assertTrue(new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "foo").equals(new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "foo")));
-        assertTrue(new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.FILE, 80.0, "foo").equals(new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "foo")));
-        assertTrue(new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.DATA_STORE, 80.0, "foo")
-                .equals(new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.DATA_STORE, 80.0, "foo")));
-    }
-
-    public void testHashCode() {
-        assertEquals(new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "foo").hashCode(), new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "foo").hashCode());
-        assertEquals(new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.FILE, 80.0, "foo").hashCode(), new ModelDebugConfig(80.0, "foo").hashCode());
-        assertEquals(new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.DATA_STORE, 80.0, "foo").hashCode(),
-                new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.DATA_STORE, 80.0, "foo").hashCode());
-    }
-
     public void testVerify_GivenBoundPercentileLessThanZero() {
         IllegalArgumentException e = ESTestCase.expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new ModelDebugConfig(-1.0, ""));
         assertEquals(Messages.getMessage(Messages.JOB_CONFIG_MODEL_DEBUG_CONFIG_INVALID_BOUNDS_PERCENTILE, ""), e.getMessage());
@@ -55,7 +30,7 @@ public class ModelDebugConfigTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<ModelDebu
 
     @Override
     protected ModelDebugConfig createTestInstance() {
-        return new ModelDebugConfig(randomFrom(DebugDestination.values()), randomDouble(), randomAsciiOfLengthBetween(1, 30));
+        return new ModelDebugConfig(randomDouble(), randomAsciiOfLengthBetween(1, 30));
     }
 
     @Override

elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/AutodetectCommunicatorTests.java

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchStatusException;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.AnalysisConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DataDescription;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Detector;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Job;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.DataCountsReporter;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.output.AutoDetectResultProcessor;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.DataLoadParams;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -49,12 +52,22 @@ public class AutodetectCommunicatorTests extends ESTestCase {
         }
     }
 
-    public void tesWriteUpdateConfigMessage() throws IOException {
+    public void tesWriteUpdateModelDebugMessage() throws IOException {
         AutodetectProcess process = mockAutodetectProcessWithOutputStream();
         try (AutodetectCommunicator communicator = createAutodetectCommunicator(process, mock(AutoDetectResultProcessor.class))) {
-            String config = "";
+            ModelDebugConfig config = new ModelDebugConfig(10.0, "apple,peach");
-            communicator.writeUpdateConfigMessage(config);
+            communicator.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(config);
-            Mockito.verify(process).writeUpdateConfigMessage(config);
+            Mockito.verify(process).writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(config);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testWriteUpdateDetectorRulesMessage() throws IOException {
+        AutodetectProcess process = mockAutodetectProcessWithOutputStream();
+        try (AutodetectCommunicator communicator = createAutodetectCommunicator(process, mock(AutoDetectResultProcessor.class))) {
+
+            List<DetectionRule> rules = Collections.singletonList(mock(DetectionRule.class));
+            communicator.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(1, rules);
+            Mockito.verify(process).writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(1, rules);
         }
     }
 
@@ -179,17 +192,28 @@ public class AutodetectCommunicatorTests extends ESTestCase {
         communicator.close();
     }
 
-    public void testWriteUpdateConfigMessageInUse() throws Exception {
+    public void testWriteUpdateModelDebugConfigMessageInUse() throws Exception {
         AutodetectProcess process = mockAutodetectProcessWithOutputStream();
         AutoDetectResultProcessor resultProcessor = mock(AutoDetectResultProcessor.class);
-        when(resultProcessor.waitForFlushAcknowledgement(any(), any())).thenReturn(true);
         AutodetectCommunicator communicator = createAutodetectCommunicator(process, resultProcessor);
 
         communicator.inUse.set(new CountDownLatch(1));
-        expectThrows(ElasticsearchStatusException.class, () -> communicator.writeUpdateConfigMessage(""));
+        expectThrows(ElasticsearchStatusException.class, () -> communicator.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(mock(ModelDebugConfig.class)));
 
         communicator.inUse.set(null);
-        communicator.writeUpdateConfigMessage("");
+        communicator.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(mock(ModelDebugConfig.class));
     }
 
+    public void testWriteUpdateDetectorRulesMessageInUse() throws Exception {
+        AutodetectProcess process = mockAutodetectProcessWithOutputStream();
+        AutoDetectResultProcessor resultProcessor = mock(AutoDetectResultProcessor.class);
+        AutodetectCommunicator communicator = createAutodetectCommunicator(process, resultProcessor);
+
+        List<DetectionRule> rules = Collections.singletonList(mock(DetectionRule.class));
+        communicator.inUse.set(new CountDownLatch(1));
+        expectThrows(ElasticsearchStatusException.class, () -> communicator.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(0, rules));
+
+        communicator.inUse.set(null);
+        communicator.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(0, rules);
+    }
 }

elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/AutodetectProcessManagerTests.java

@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.util.QueryPage;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.JobManager;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.AnalysisConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DataDescription;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Detector;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Job;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.JobState;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.MlFilter;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.metadata.Allocation;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.persistence.JobDataCountsPersister;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.persistence.JobProvider;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -259,11 +262,20 @@ public class AutodetectProcessManagerTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertEquals("[foo] exception while flushing job", e.getMessage());
     }
 
-    public void testWriteUpdateConfigMessage() throws IOException {
+    public void testWriteUpdateModelDebugMessage() throws IOException {
         AutodetectCommunicator communicator = mock(AutodetectCommunicator.class);
         AutodetectProcessManager manager = createManagerAndCallProcessData(communicator, "foo");
-        manager.writeUpdateConfigMessage("foo", "go faster");
+        ModelDebugConfig debugConfig = mock(ModelDebugConfig.class);
-        verify(communicator).writeUpdateConfigMessage("go faster");
+        manager.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage("foo", debugConfig);
+        verify(communicator).writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(debugConfig);
+    }
+
+    public void testWriteUpdateDetectorRulesMessage() throws IOException {
+        AutodetectCommunicator communicator = mock(AutodetectCommunicator.class);
+        AutodetectProcessManager manager = createManagerAndCallProcessData(communicator, "foo");
+        List<DetectionRule> rules = Collections.singletonList(mock(DetectionRule.class));
+        manager.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage("foo", 2, rules);
+        verify(communicator).writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(2, rules);
     }
 
     public void testJobHasActiveAutodetectProcess() throws IOException {

elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/NativeAutodetectProcessTests.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.output.AutodetectResultsParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.output.StateProcessor;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.DataLoadParams;
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public class NativeAutodetectProcessTests extends ESTestCase {
                 new AutodetectResultsParser(Settings.EMPTY))) {
             process.start(executorService, mock(StateProcessor.class), mock(InputStream.class));
 
-            process.writeUpdateConfigMessage("");
+            process.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(new ModelDebugConfig(1.0, "term,s"));
             process.flushStream();
 
             String message = new String(bos.toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);

elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/writer/ControlMsgToProcessWriterTests.java

@@ -10,10 +10,20 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Condition;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Connective;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.DetectionRule;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Operator;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.RuleCondition;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.RuleConditionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.process.autodetect.params.TimeRange;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.mockito.InOrder;
@@ -137,4 +147,41 @@ public class ControlMsgToProcessWriterTests extends ESTestCase {
         inOrder.verify(lengthEncodedWriter).writeField("r0 600");
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(lengthEncodedWriter);
     }
+
+    public void testWriteUpdateModelDebugMessage() throws IOException {
+        ControlMsgToProcessWriter writer = new ControlMsgToProcessWriter(lengthEncodedWriter, 2);
+
+        writer.writeUpdateModelDebugMessage(new ModelDebugConfig(10.0, "foo,bar"));
+
+        InOrder inOrder = inOrder(lengthEncodedWriter);
+        inOrder.verify(lengthEncodedWriter).writeNumFields(4);
+        inOrder.verify(lengthEncodedWriter, times(3)).writeField("");
+        inOrder.verify(lengthEncodedWriter).writeField("u[modelDebugConfig]\nboundspercentile = 10.0\nterms = foo,bar\n");
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(lengthEncodedWriter);
+    }
+
+    public void testWriteUpdateDetectorRulesMessage() throws IOException {
+        ControlMsgToProcessWriter writer = new ControlMsgToProcessWriter(lengthEncodedWriter, 2);
+
+        DetectionRule rule1 = new DetectionRule("targetField1", "targetValue", Connective.AND, createRule("5"));
+        DetectionRule rule2 = new DetectionRule("targetField2", "targetValue", Connective.AND, createRule("5"));
+        writer.writeUpdateDetectorRulesMessage(2, Arrays.asList(rule1, rule2));
+
+        InOrder inOrder = inOrder(lengthEncodedWriter);
+        inOrder.verify(lengthEncodedWriter).writeNumFields(4);
+        inOrder.verify(lengthEncodedWriter, times(3)).writeField("");
+        inOrder.verify(lengthEncodedWriter).writeField("u[detectorRules]\ndetectorIndex=2\n" +
+                            "rulesJson=[{\"conditions_connective\":\"and\",\"rule_conditions\":" +
+                "[{\"condition_type\":\"numerical_actual\",\"condition\":{\"operator\":\"gt\",\"value\":\"5\"}}]," +
+                "\"target_field_name\":\"targetField1\",\"target_field_value\":\"targetValue\"}," +
+                "{\"conditions_connective\":\"and\",\"rule_conditions\":[{\"condition_type\":\"numerical_actual\"," +
+                "\"condition\":{\"operator\":\"gt\",\"value\":\"5\"}}]," +
+                "\"target_field_name\":\"targetField2\",\"target_field_value\":\"targetValue\"}]");
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(lengthEncodedWriter);
+    }
+
+    private static List<RuleCondition> createRule(String value) {
+        Condition condition = new Condition(Operator.GT, value);
+        return Collections.singletonList(new RuleCondition(RuleConditionType.NUMERICAL_ACTUAL, null, null, condition, null));
+    }
 }

elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/autodetect/writer/ModelDebugConfigWriterTests.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.ModelDebugConfig.DebugDestination;
 
 public class ModelDebugConfigWriterTests extends ESTestCase {
     private OutputStreamWriter writer;
@@ -30,23 +29,12 @@ public class ModelDebugConfigWriterTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void verifyNoMoreWriterInteractions() {
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer);
     }
-
+    public void testWrite_GivenFullConfig() throws IOException {
-    public void testWrite_GivenFileConfig() throws IOException {
         ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig = new ModelDebugConfig(65.0, "foo,bar");
         ModelDebugConfigWriter writer = new ModelDebugConfigWriter(modelDebugConfig, this.writer);
 
         writer.write();
 
-        verify(this.writer).write("writeto = file\nboundspercentile = 65.0\nterms = foo,bar\n");
+        verify(this.writer).write("boundspercentile = 65.0\nterms = foo,bar\n");
     }
-
-    public void testWrite_GivenFullConfig() throws IOException {
-        ModelDebugConfig modelDebugConfig = new ModelDebugConfig(DebugDestination.DATA_STORE, 65.0, "foo,bar");
-        ModelDebugConfigWriter writer = new ModelDebugConfigWriter(modelDebugConfig, this.writer);
-
-        writer.write();
-
-        verify(this.writer).write("writeto = data_store\nboundspercentile = 65.0\nterms = foo,bar\n");
-    }
-
 }