From ca14dc8a0978719aaa17b47875bdd3ebaf683663 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Lawrie <james.lawrie@nytimes.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 11:45:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure all http.server.duration metrics have the same
 description

---
 src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml
index 64e12fe0f5..6d8b088471 100644
--- a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml
+++ b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ processors:
   batch:
   spanmetrics:
     metrics_exporter: prometheus
+  # temporary measure until description is fixed in .NET  
+  transform:
+    metric_statements:
+      - context: metric
+        statements:
+          - set(description, "Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests") where name == "http.server.duration"
 
 service:
   pipelines:
@@ -32,5 +38,5 @@ service:
       exporters: [logging, otlp]
     metrics:
       receivers: [otlp]
-      processors: [batch]
+      processors: [transform, batch]
       exporters: [prometheus, logging]