[exporterhelper] Fix persistent queue size backup on reads

.chloggen/carsonip_persistent-queue-size-backup.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
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+change_type: bug_fix
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+component: exporterhelper
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+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Fix persistent queue size backup on reads.
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [9740]
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+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
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+change_logs: []

exporter/internal/queue/persistent_queue.go

@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func (pq *persistentQueue[T]) getNextItem(ctx context.Context) (T, func(error),
 
 	// Back up the queue size to storage on every 10 reads. The stored value is used to recover the queue size
 	// in case if the collector is killed. The recovered queue size is allowed to be inaccurate.
-	if (pq.writeIndex % 10) == 0 {
+	if (pq.readIndex % 10) == 0 {
 		if qsErr := pq.backupQueueSize(ctx); qsErr != nil {
 			pq.logger.Error("Error writing queue size to storage", zap.Error(err))
 		}