MetricReusableDataMarshaler passes MetricData count instead of data point count to otel.sdk.exporter.metric_data_point.{inflight,exported} · Issue #9011 · open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java · GitHub
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MetricReusableDataMarshaler passes MetricData count instead of data point count to otel.sdk.exporter.metric_data_point.{inflight,exported} #9011
In MetricReusableDataMarshaler.export(Collection<MetricData> metrics), metrics.size() (the number of MetricData instruments) is passed as the item count to doExport:
In OtlpGrpcMetricExporter and OtlpHttpMetricExporter, doExport delegates to GrpcExporter.export(exportRequest, numItems) and HttpExporter.export(exportRequest, numItems), which pass numItems to ExporterInstrumentation.startRecordingExport(numItems) (SemConvExporterMetrics.startRecordingExport(numItems)), recording otel.sdk.exporter.metric_data_point.inflight and otel.sdk.exporter.metric_data_point.exported. When a MetricData contains multiple PointData entries (or 0 points), the recorded count reflects the number of metric instruments rather than the number of metric data points ({data_point}).
Expected behavior
otel.sdk.exporter.metric_data_point.inflight and otel.sdk.exporter.metric_data_point.exported should count the total number of metric data points (metricData.getData().getPoints().size()) across the exported Collection<MetricData>.
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goutamadwant commentedon Nov 7, 2026
@dashpole fixed the bug in #9016. Can you pls go through it share any comments or suggestions. Thanks.