cloudwatch: `MetricFilter.metric()` does not use dimensions
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Description
### Describe the bug
The `Metric` returned from `MetricFilter.metric()` uses the namespace and name from the filter, but not the dimensions.
Not really a problem since you can override the dimensions manually, either by passing them when calling `MetricFilter.metric()` or by just creating the metric from scratch, but it seems reasonable to expect all of the filter properties would be passed to the metric.
### Regression Issue
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### Last Known Working CDK Library Version
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### Expected Behavior
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### Current Behavior
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### Reproduction Steps
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### Possible Solution
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### Additional Information/Context
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### AWS CDK Library version (aws-cdk-lib)
v22.14.0
### AWS CDK CLI version
2.1018.0
### Node.js Version
v22.14.0
### OS
linux
### Language
TypeScript
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### Other information
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Open the implementation of MetricFilter.metric() and inspect how it builds the returned Metric; the issue identifies the missing dimensions as the target behavior. Check the surrounding CloudWatch metric tests, if present, and verify that the filter's dimensions are reflected in the resulting metric without breaking manual overrides.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, typescript
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100