vector_http_client_requests_sent_total and vector_http_client_rtt_seconds_count are the same

[kefiras]

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Problem

Both metrics are giving the same value but they are supposed to be different.

vector_http_client_requests_sent_total{component_id="splunk_container_logs",component_kind="sink",component_type="splunk_hec_logs",host="log-aggregator-1",method="POST"} 102011 1728395129922
vector_http_client_rtt_seconds_count{component_id="splunk_container_logs",component_kind="sink",component_type="splunk_hec_logs",host="log-aggregator-1"} 102011 1728395129922

Configuration

sources:
  vector_metrics:
    type: "internal_metrics"
sinks:
  prometheus_exporter:
    type: "prometheus_exporter"
    inputs:
      - "vector_metrics"
    address: "0.0.0.0:9100"

Version

vector 0.36.0 (x86_64-unknown-linux-musl a5e48bb 2024-02-13 14:43:11.911392615)

Debug Output

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Example Data

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Additional Context

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References

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[jszwedko]

Hi @kefiras !

Those may actually be the same since vector_http_client_rtt_seconds is a histogram so _count represents the total number of measurements, one per request, which should generally match vector_http_client_requests_sent_total. Let me know if that isn't clear.