feat(sdk-metrics-base): detect resets on async metrics

Author: legendecas

experimental/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ All notable changes to experimental packages in this project will be documented
 * fix(sdk-metrics-base): misbehaving aggregation temporality selector tolerance #2958 @legendecas
 * feat(trace-otlp-grpc): configure security with env vars #2827 @svetlanabrennan
 * feat(sdk-metrics-base): async instruments callback timeout #2742 @legendecas
+* feat(sdk-metrics-base): detect resets on async metrics #2990 @legendecas
+  * Added monotonicity support in SumAggregator.
+  * Added reset and gaps detection for async metric instruments.
+  * Fixed the start time and end time of an exported metric with regarding to resets and gaps.
 
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
 

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http/test/node/CollectorMetricExporter.test.ts

@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ describe('OTLPMetricExporter - node with json over http', () => {
         assert.ok(typeof metric3 !== 'undefined', "histogram doesn't exist");
         ensureHistogramIsCorrect(
           metric3,
-          core.hrTimeToNanoseconds(metrics.scopeMetrics[0].metrics[1].dataPoints[0].endTime),
-          core.hrTimeToNanoseconds(metrics.scopeMetrics[0].metrics[1].dataPoints[0].startTime),
+          core.hrTimeToNanoseconds(metrics.scopeMetrics[0].metrics[2].dataPoints[0].endTime),
+          core.hrTimeToNanoseconds(metrics.scopeMetrics[0].metrics[2].dataPoints[0].startTime),
           [0, 100],
           [0, 2, 0]
         );

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/Instruments.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as metrics from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
 import { ObservableCallback } from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
+import { hrTime } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { InstrumentDescriptor } from './InstrumentDescriptor';
 import { ObservableRegistry } from './state/ObservableRegistry';
 import { AsyncWritableMetricStorage, WritableMetricStorage } from './state/WritableMetricStorage';
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export class SyncInstrument {
       );
       value = Math.trunc(value);
     }
-    this._writableMetricStorage.record(value, attributes, context);
+    this._writableMetricStorage.record(value, attributes, context, hrTime());
   }
 }
 

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/aggregator/Drop.ts

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export class DropAggregator implements Aggregator<undefined> {
     _descriptor: InstrumentDescriptor,
     _aggregationTemporality: AggregationTemporality,
     _accumulationByAttributes: AccumulationRecord<undefined>[],
-    _startTime: HrTime,
     _endTime: HrTime): Maybe<MetricData> {
     return undefined;
   }

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/aggregator/Histogram.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ function createNewEmptyCheckpoint(boundaries: number[]): Histogram {
 
 export class HistogramAccumulation implements Accumulation {
   constructor(
+    public startTime: HrTime,
     private readonly _boundaries: number[],
     private _current: Histogram = createNewEmptyCheckpoint(_boundaries)
   ) {}
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ export class HistogramAccumulation implements Accumulation {
     this._current.buckets.counts[this._boundaries.length] += 1;
   }
 
+  setStartTime(startTime: HrTime): void {
+    this.startTime = startTime;
+  }
+
   toPointValue(): Histogram {
     return this._current;
   }
@@ -77,8 +82,8 @@ export class HistogramAggregator implements Aggregator<HistogramAccumulation> {
    */
   constructor(private readonly _boundaries: number[]) {}
 
-  createAccumulation() {
-    return new HistogramAccumulation(this._boundaries);
+  createAccumulation(startTime: HrTime) {
+    return new HistogramAccumulation(startTime, this._boundaries);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ export class HistogramAggregator implements Aggregator<HistogramAccumulation> {
       mergedCounts[idx] = previousCounts[idx] + deltaCounts[idx];
     }
 
-    return new HistogramAccumulation(previousValue.buckets.boundaries, {
+    return new HistogramAccumulation(previous.startTime, previousValue.buckets.boundaries, {
       buckets: {
         boundaries: previousValue.buckets.boundaries,
         counts: mergedCounts,
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ export class HistogramAggregator implements Aggregator<HistogramAccumulation> {
       diffedCounts[idx] = currentCounts[idx] - previousCounts[idx];
     }
 
-    return new HistogramAccumulation(previousValue.buckets.boundaries, {
+    return new HistogramAccumulation(current.startTime, previousValue.buckets.boundaries, {
       buckets: {
         boundaries: previousValue.buckets.boundaries,
         counts: diffedCounts,
@@ -137,7 +142,6 @@ export class HistogramAggregator implements Aggregator<HistogramAccumulation> {
     descriptor: InstrumentDescriptor,
     aggregationTemporality: AggregationTemporality,
     accumulationByAttributes: AccumulationRecord<HistogramAccumulation>[],
-    startTime: HrTime,
     endTime: HrTime): Maybe<HistogramMetricData> {
     return {
       descriptor,
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ export class HistogramAggregator implements Aggregator<HistogramAccumulation> {
       dataPoints: accumulationByAttributes.map(([attributes, accumulation]) => {
         return {
           attributes,
-          startTime,
+          startTime: accumulation.startTime,
           endTime,
           value: accumulation.toPointValue(),
         };

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/aggregator/LastValue.ts

@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@ import { Maybe } from '../utils';
 import { AggregationTemporality } from '../export/AggregationTemporality';
 
 export class LastValueAccumulation implements Accumulation {
-  constructor(private _current: number = 0, public sampleTime: HrTime = [0, 0]) {}
+  constructor(public startTime: HrTime, private _current: number = 0, public sampleTime: HrTime = [0, 0]) {}
 
   record(value: number): void {
     this._current = value;
     this.sampleTime = hrTime();
   }
 
+  setStartTime(startTime: HrTime): void {
+    this.startTime = startTime;
+  }
+
   toPointValue(): LastValue {
     return this._current;
   }
@@ -39,8 +43,8 @@ export class LastValueAccumulation implements Accumulation {
 export class LastValueAggregator implements Aggregator<LastValueAccumulation> {
   public kind: AggregatorKind.LAST_VALUE = AggregatorKind.LAST_VALUE;
 
-  createAccumulation() {
-    return new LastValueAccumulation();
+  createAccumulation(startTime: HrTime) {
+    return new LastValueAccumulation(startTime);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ export class LastValueAggregator implements Aggregator<LastValueAccumulation> {
   merge(previous: LastValueAccumulation, delta: LastValueAccumulation): LastValueAccumulation {
     // nanoseconds may lose precisions.
     const latestAccumulation = hrTimeToMicroseconds(delta.sampleTime) >= hrTimeToMicroseconds(previous.sampleTime) ? delta : previous;
-    return new LastValueAccumulation(latestAccumulation.toPointValue(), latestAccumulation.sampleTime);
+    return new LastValueAccumulation(previous.startTime, latestAccumulation.toPointValue(), latestAccumulation.sampleTime);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -63,14 +67,13 @@ export class LastValueAggregator implements Aggregator<LastValueAccumulation> {
   diff(previous: LastValueAccumulation, current: LastValueAccumulation): LastValueAccumulation {
     // nanoseconds may lose precisions.
     const latestAccumulation = hrTimeToMicroseconds(current.sampleTime) >= hrTimeToMicroseconds(previous.sampleTime) ? current : previous;
-    return new LastValueAccumulation(latestAccumulation.toPointValue(), latestAccumulation.sampleTime);
+    return new LastValueAccumulation(current.startTime, latestAccumulation.toPointValue(), latestAccumulation.sampleTime);
   }
 
   toMetricData(
     descriptor: InstrumentDescriptor,
     aggregationTemporality: AggregationTemporality,
     accumulationByAttributes: AccumulationRecord<LastValueAccumulation>[],
-    startTime: HrTime,
     endTime: HrTime): Maybe<SingularMetricData> {
     return {
       descriptor,
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ export class LastValueAggregator implements Aggregator<LastValueAccumulation> {
       dataPoints: accumulationByAttributes.map(([attributes, accumulation]) => {
         return {
           attributes,
-          startTime,
+          startTime: accumulation.startTime,
           endTime,
           value: accumulation.toPointValue(),
         };

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/aggregator/Sum.ts

@@ -22,12 +22,19 @@ import { Maybe } from '../utils';
 import { AggregationTemporality } from '../export/AggregationTemporality';
 
 export class SumAccumulation implements Accumulation {
-  constructor(private _current: number = 0) {}
+  constructor(public startTime: HrTime, public monotonic: boolean, private _current: number = 0, public reset = false) {}
 
   record(value: number): void {
+    if (this.monotonic && value < 0) {
+      return;
+    }
     this._current += value;
   }
 
+  setStartTime(startTime: HrTime): void {
+    this.startTime = startTime;
+  }
+
   toPointValue(): Sum {
     return this._current;
   }
@@ -37,29 +44,43 @@ export class SumAccumulation implements Accumulation {
 export class SumAggregator implements Aggregator<SumAccumulation> {
   public kind: AggregatorKind.SUM = AggregatorKind.SUM;
 
-  createAccumulation() {
-    return new SumAccumulation();
+  constructor (public monotonic: boolean) {}
+
+  createAccumulation(startTime: HrTime) {
+    return new SumAccumulation(startTime, this.monotonic);
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns the result of the merge of the given accumulations.
    */
   merge(previous: SumAccumulation, delta: SumAccumulation): SumAccumulation {
-    return new SumAccumulation(previous.toPointValue() + delta.toPointValue());
+    if (delta.reset) {
+      return new SumAccumulation(delta.startTime, this.monotonic, delta.toPointValue(), delta.reset);
+    }
+    return new SumAccumulation(previous.startTime, this.monotonic, previous.toPointValue() + delta.toPointValue());
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns a new DELTA aggregation by comparing two cumulative measurements.
    */
   diff(previous: SumAccumulation, current: SumAccumulation): SumAccumulation {
-    return new SumAccumulation(current.toPointValue() - previous.toPointValue());
+    const prevPv = previous.toPointValue();
+    const currPv = current.toPointValue();
+    /**
+     * If the SumAggregator is a monotonic one and the previous point value is
+     * greater than the current one, a reset is deemed to be happened.
+     * Return the current point value to prevent the value from been reset.
+     */
+    if (this.monotonic && (prevPv > currPv)) {
+      return new SumAccumulation(current.startTime, this.monotonic, currPv, true);
+    }
+    return new SumAccumulation(current.startTime, this.monotonic, current.toPointValue() - previous.toPointValue());
   }
 
   toMetricData(
     descriptor: InstrumentDescriptor,
     aggregationTemporality: AggregationTemporality,
     accumulationByAttributes: AccumulationRecord<SumAccumulation>[],
-    startTime: HrTime,
     endTime: HrTime): Maybe<SingularMetricData> {
     return {
       descriptor,
@@ -68,7 +89,7 @@ export class SumAggregator implements Aggregator<SumAccumulation> {
       dataPoints: accumulationByAttributes.map(([attributes, accumulation]) => {
         return {
           attributes,
-          startTime,
+          startTime: accumulation.startTime,
           endTime,
           value: accumulation.toPointValue(),
         };

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/aggregator/types.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export interface Histogram {
  * An Aggregator accumulation state.
  */
 export interface Accumulation {
+  setStartTime(startTime: HrTime): void;
   record(value: number): void;
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export interface Aggregator<T> {
   /**
    * Create a clean state of accumulation.
    */
-  createAccumulation(): T;
+  createAccumulation(startTime: HrTime): T;
 
   /**
    * Returns the result of the merge of the given accumulations.
@@ -109,13 +110,11 @@ export interface Aggregator<T> {
    *
    * @param descriptor the metric instrument descriptor.
    * @param accumulationByAttributes the array of attributes and accumulation pairs.
-   * @param startTime the start time of the metric data.
    * @param endTime the end time of the metric data.
    * @return the {@link MetricData} that this {@link Aggregator} will produce.
    */
   toMetricData(descriptor: InstrumentDescriptor,
     aggregationTemporality: AggregationTemporality,
     accumulationByAttributes: AccumulationRecord<T>[],
-    startTime: HrTime,
     endTime: HrTime): Maybe<MetricData>;
 }

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/AsyncMetricStorage.ts

@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ export class AsyncMetricStorage<T extends Maybe<Accumulation>> extends MetricSto
     this._temporalMetricStorage = new TemporalMetricProcessor(aggregator);
   }
 
-  record(measurements: AttributeHashMap<number>) {
+  record(measurements: AttributeHashMap<number>, observationTime: HrTime) {
     const processed = new AttributeHashMap<number>();
     Array.from(measurements.entries()).forEach(([attributes, value]) => {
       processed.set(this._attributesProcessor.process(attributes), value);
     });
-    this._deltaMetricStorage.batchCumulate(processed);
+    this._deltaMetricStorage.batchCumulate(processed, observationTime);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ export class AsyncMetricStorage<T extends Maybe<Accumulation>> extends MetricSto
   collect(
     collector: MetricCollectorHandle,
     collectors: MetricCollectorHandle[],
-    sdkStartTime: HrTime,
     collectionTime: HrTime,
   ): Maybe<MetricData> {
     const accumulations = this._deltaMetricStorage.collect();
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ export class AsyncMetricStorage<T extends Maybe<Accumulation>> extends MetricSto
       collectors,
       this._instrumentDescriptor,
       accumulations,
-      sdkStartTime,
       collectionTime
     );
   }

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/state/DeltaMetricProcessor.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { Context, HrTime } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { MetricAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/api-metrics';
 import { Maybe } from '../utils';
 import { Accumulation, Aggregator } from '../aggregator/types';
@@ -35,31 +35,36 @@ export class DeltaMetricProcessor<T extends Maybe<Accumulation>> {
 
   constructor(private _aggregator: Aggregator<T>) {}
 
-  /** Bind an efficient storage handle for a set of attributes. */
-  private bind(attributes: MetricAttributes) {
-    return this._activeCollectionStorage.getOrDefault(attributes, () => this._aggregator.createAccumulation());
-  }
-
-  record(value: number, attributes: MetricAttributes, _context: Context) {
-    const accumulation = this.bind(attributes);
+  record(value: number, attributes: MetricAttributes, _context: Context, collectionTime: HrTime) {
+    const accumulation = this._activeCollectionStorage.getOrDefault(
+      attributes,
+      () => this._aggregator.createAccumulation(collectionTime)
+    );
     accumulation?.record(value);
   }
 
-  batchCumulate(measurements: AttributeHashMap<number>) {
+  batchCumulate(measurements: AttributeHashMap<number>, collectionTime: HrTime) {
     Array.from(measurements.entries()).forEach(([attributes, value, hashCode]) => {
-      let accumulation = this._aggregator.createAccumulation();
+      const accumulation = this._aggregator.createAccumulation(collectionTime);
       accumulation?.record(value);
+      let delta = accumulation;
       if (this._cumulativeMemoStorage.has(attributes, hashCode)) {
+        // previous must present.
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
         const previous = this._cumulativeMemoStorage.get(attributes, hashCode)!;
-        accumulation = this._aggregator.diff(previous, accumulation);
+        delta = this._aggregator.diff(previous, accumulation);
       }
 
+      // Save the current record and the delta record.
       this._cumulativeMemoStorage.set(attributes, accumulation, hashCode);
-      this._activeCollectionStorage.set(attributes, accumulation, hashCode);
+      this._activeCollectionStorage.set(attributes, delta, hashCode);
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a collection of delta metrics. Their start time is the when first
+   * time event collected.
+   */
   collect() {
     const unreportedDelta = this._activeCollectionStorage;
     this._activeCollectionStorage = new AttributeHashMap();