[processor/spanmetricsprocessor] Add ms unit to latency buckets

processor/spanmetricsprocessor/processor.go

@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ func (p *processorImp) collectLatencyMetrics(ilm pmetric.ScopeMetrics) error {
  mLatency := ilm.Metrics().AppendEmpty()
  mLatency.SetDataType(pmetric.MetricDataTypeHistogram)
  mLatency.SetName("latency")
+ mLatency.SetUnit("ms")
  mLatency.Histogram().SetAggregationTemporality(p.config.GetAggregationTemporality())
 
  timestamp := pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.Now())

processor/spanmetricsprocessor/processor_test.go

@@ -472,9 +472,12 @@ func verifyConsumeMetricsInput(t testing.TB, input pmetric.Metrics, expectedTemp
  seenMetricIDs = make(map[metricID]bool)
  // The remaining metrics are for latency.
  for ; mi < m.Len(); mi++ {
- assert.Equal(t, "latency", m.At(mi).Name())
+ metric := m.At(mi)
 
- data := m.At(mi).Histogram()
+ assert.Equal(t, "latency", metric.Name())
+ assert.Equal(t, "ms", metric.Unit())
+
+ data := metric.Histogram()
  assert.Equal(t, expectedTemporality, data.AggregationTemporality())
 
  dps := data.DataPoints()

unreleased/spanmetrics.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: spanmetricsprocessor
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: The unit of the `latency` metric is now explicitly defined.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [13423]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: