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rate
- Aug 18, 2025 Counter Resets and the Extrapolation Inside rate() Why a monotonic counter loses its meaning when a process restarts, how reset detection reconstructs the increment, and what the edge extrapolation in a rate query assumes. observability
- Oct 28, 2024 Scrape Interval, Lookback Delta, and the Resolution of a Rate How sampling period sets the highest frequency a rate graph can show, why aliasing turns a steady signal into a beat pattern, and what lookback staleness does at the edges. observability