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Resolving Otel Collector Error "Permanent error: empty data points"

TLDR Saad reported an error encountered with otel collector. Srikanth suggested the fix should be on the instrumentation, not sending any empty data points.

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Oct 13, 2023 (1 month ago)

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Saad

09:28 AM

Hello
has anyone encountered this error in the otel collector

Permanent error: empty data points```

2023-10-13T09:27:43.683Z error exporterhelper/queued_retry.go:391 Exporting failed. The error is not retryable. Dropping data. {"kind": "exporter", "data_type": "metrics", "name": "clickhousemetricswrite", "error": "Permanent error: empty data points. db.client.connections.usage is dropped; Permanent error: empty data points. db.client.connections.usage is dropped", "errorCauses": [{"error": "Permanent error: empty data points. db.client.connections.usage is dropped"}, {"error": "Permanent error: empty data points. db.client.connections.usage is dropped"}], "dropped_items": 616}```

any idea how I can fix it? 🙏

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Prashant

10:33 AM

Srikanth can you look into this?

Oct 16, 2023 (1 month ago)

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Srikanth

03:00 AM

> any idea how I can fix it?
Fix should be on the instrumentation, do not send any empty data points.

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