feat(om2): exemplar timestamp MAY to SHOULD#2775
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Make the exemplar timestamp a SHOULD in preparation for complex types having multiple exemplars at a time. We'll explain why having timestamp for exemplars of complex types is a good idea there. Signed-off-by: György Krajcsovits <gyorgy.krajcsovits@grafana.com>
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Make the exemplar timestamp a SHOULD in preparation for complex types having multiple exemplars at a time.
Note: the current Prometheus implementation can deal with one exemplar per time series without timestamp. Because at scrape if the exemplar doesn't have a timestamp than Prometheus will compare the exemplar's value to the last exemplar for the series. If the value and labels are the same, the exemplar is dropped. This strategy doesn't work for complex types as they get multiple exemplars and the current implementation cannot go back and figure out how many exemplars were in the last scrape.