add jvm.file_descriptor.count metric to jvm specification

Author: schmikei

.chloggen/add-file-descriptor-metric-to-jvm.yaml

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+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+#
+# If your change doesn't affect end users you should instead start
+# your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the area of concern in the attributes-registry, (e.g. http, cloud, db)
+component: jvm
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add `jvm.file_descriptor.count` as a development metric to track the number of open file descriptors by the JVM.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+# The values here must be integers.
+issues: [1838]
+
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+subtext:

docs/runtime/jvm-metrics.md

@@ -600,6 +600,22 @@ This metric is obtained from [`BufferPoolMXBean#getCount()`](https://docs.oracle
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+<!-- semconv metric.jvm.file_descriptor.count -->
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+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
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+
+| Name     | Instrument Type | Unit (UCUM) | Description    | Stability |
+| -------- | --------------- | ----------- | -------------- | --------- |
+| `jvm.file_descriptor.count` | UpDownCounter | `{file_descriptor}` | Number of open file descriptors by the JVM. | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
+
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+
 [DocumentStatus]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/document-status
 [MetricOptIn]: /docs/general/metric-requirement-level.md#opt-in
 [MetricRecommended]: /docs/general/metric-requirement-level.md#recommended

model/jvm/metrics-experimental.yaml

@@ -67,3 +67,11 @@ groups:
     brief: "Number of buffers in the pool."
     instrument: updowncounter
     unit: "{buffer}"
+
+  - id: metric.jvm.file_descriptor.count
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: jvm.file_descriptor.count
+    stability: development
+    brief: "Number of open file descriptors by the JVM."
+    instrument: updowncounter
+    unit: "{file_descriptor}"