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Remove SingleCounterForRate option from OTEL output - #5830
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Drop the deprecated SingleCounterForRate config option from the OpenTelemetry output. Rate metrics are now always exported as a single counter with a condition attribute (nonzero/zero). The old pair of counters method (.occurred + .total) and its feature flag (K6_OTEL_SINGLE_COUNTER_FOR_RATE) are removed. Resolves: #5185
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Remove the deprecated
SingleCounterForRateconfig option and all supporting code from the OpenTelemetry output. Rate metrics are now always exported as a single counter with aconditionattribute (nonzero/zero).Why?
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SingleCounterForRateoption was added in PR #5164 as a temporary escape hatch so users could revert to the old pair-of-counters behavior (<metric>.occurred+<metric>.total) for one release cycle. The old method had a cold-startup bug where.occurredwas never created if the rate never fired (see #4573).The issue explicitly stated: "This option is temporary and will be removed in the release following its introduction." v2 is the appropriate semver boundary for this removal.
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Ratemetric for opentelemetry output #4573Closes #5185