docs: pipeline: outputs: opentelemetry: document metrics_max_datapoints

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Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell eric@schabell.org

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  • Documented the metrics_max_datapoints setting for OpenTelemetry output.
  • Added guidance on metric batching, including payload splitting, request ordering, and failure handling.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The OpenTelemetry output documentation adds the metrics_max_datapoints parameter and describes metric payload splitting, ordering, validation, partial success, and retry behavior.

Changes

OpenTelemetry metrics batching

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document metrics batching behavior pipeline/outputs/opentelemetry.md	Adds metrics_max_datapoints to the parameter table and documents its default, validation, supported version, request splitting, ordering, partial-success handling, and retry behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d78b7

The documentation describes the metrics_max_datapoints setting and its batching and retry behavior without changing runtime behavior. No current merge-readiness risk remains.

Suggested reviewers: edsiper, lecaros

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the documentation change for the metrics_max_datapoints configuration option in the OpenTelemetry output.
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[eschabell]

@patrick-stephens ready for review!

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@patrick-stephens failing on docker container builds....

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@patrick-stephens all the others resolved, but this one is still hanging up?