groups: - id: metric.dns.lookup.duration type: metric metric_name: dns.lookup.duration stability: experimental brief: Measures the time taken to perform a DNS lookup. instrument: histogram unit: "s" attributes: - ref: dns.question.name requirement_level: required examples: ["www.example.com", "dot.net"] - ref: error.type requirement_level: conditionally_required: if and only if an error has occurred. brief: Describes the error the DNS lookup failed with. note: > Instrumentations SHOULD use error code such as one of errors reported by `getaddrinfo`([Linux or other POSIX systems](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getaddrinfo.3.html) / [Windows](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/api/ws2tcpip/nf-ws2tcpip-getaddrinfo)) or one reported by the runtime or client library. If error code is not available, the full name of exception type SHOULD be used. examples: ["host_not_found", "no_recovery", "java.net.UnknownHostException"]