Decouple InfluxDB writings from request handling.

With #451, we found that writing an InfluxDB data point might block and lead to high latencies.
openHPI · Jan 26, 2024 · d7f5ba4 · d7f5ba4
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diff --git a/pkg/monitoring/influxdb2_middleware.go b/pkg/monitoring/influxdb2_middleware.go
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ func ChangedPrewarmingPoolSize(id dto.EnvironmentID, count uint) {
 func WriteInfluxPoint(p *write.Point) {
 	if influxClient != nil {
 		p.AddTag("stage", config.Config.InfluxDB.Stage)
-		influxClient.WritePoint(p)
+		// We identified that the influxClient is not truly asynchronous. See #541.
+		go func() { influxClient.WritePoint(p) }()
 	} else {
 		entry := log.WithField("name", p.Name())
 		for _, tag := range p.TagList() {