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Clarify aggregation temporality for Summary metric type
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alanwest authored Sep 27, 2024
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// data type. These data points cannot always be merged in a meaningful way.
// While they can be useful in some applications, histogram data points are
// recommended for new applications.
// Summary metrics do not have an aggregation temporality field. This is
// because the count and sum fields of a SummaryDataPoint are assumed to be
// cumulative values.
message Summary {
repeated SummaryDataPoint data_points = 1;
}
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}

// SummaryDataPoint is a single data point in a timeseries that describes the
// time-varying values of a Summary metric.
// time-varying values of a Summary metric. The count and sum fields represent
// cumulative values.
message SummaryDataPoint {
reserved 1;

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