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Metric exporters should report and error condition...

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Description

From the spec:

Metric Exporters SHOULD report an error condition for data output by the MetricReader with unsupported Aggregation or Aggregation Temporality, as this condition can be corrected by a change of MetricReader configuration.

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Research direction

Start by locating the Python metric exporter implementations and their tests, then compare their handling of unsupported Aggregation and Aggregation Temporality with the linked specification. Done means exporters report an error condition for those cases, with tests covering the behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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