open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby

Fix exponential-histogram exemplar-reservoir default sizing

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Description

Spec requirement

The default ExemplarReservoir for exponential histograms MUST be a SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir sized min(20, max_buckets) (sdk.md:1292-1313, Exemplar defaults).

Current behavior

aggregation/exponential_bucket_histogram.rb:33,56 (permalink) uses a plain SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir.new with its own default size (Etc.nprocessors, simple_fixed_size_exemplar_reservoir.rb:16-20 (permalink)) rather than min(20, max_buckets).

Suggested fix

Pass an explicit size: [20, max_buckets].min when constructing the default SimpleFixedSizeExemplarReservoir for exponential-histogram aggregations.

Related rows in SPEC_COMPLIANCE_METRICS.md

SDK-50

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Research direction

Start in metrics_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregation/exponential_bucket_histogram.rb at the default reservoir construction, then compare its sizing with metrics_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/exemplar/simple_fixed_size_exemplar_reservoir.rb. Ensure exponential-histogram defaults use the specified min(20, max_buckets) size, and verify the related SDK-50 compliance behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
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Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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