# EDOT -\> ELK. Collector error: dropping cumulative temporality histogram

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-elk-collector-error-dropping-cumulative-temporality-histogram/375689>\
**Category:** Elastic Observability\
**Tags:** docker, otel\
**Created:** [March 11, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-elk-collector-error-dropping-cumulative-temporality-histogram/375689 "2025-03-11T08:52:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yev/32/141916_2.png) [@yev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yev)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-elk-collector-error-dropping-cumulative-temporality-histogram/375689/1 "2025-03-11T08:52:26Z")

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Hi there,

With **otelcol-contrib** docker I have successfully pushed the logs to my ES.

But now I have an issue with metrics. I enabled metrics in oltp-collector config:

```auto
service:
    pipelines:
        logs:
            receivers: [otlp]
            exporters: [elasticsearch]
        traces:
            receivers: [otlp]
            exporters: [elasticsearch]
        metrics:
            receivers: [otlp]
            exporters: [elasticsearch]

```

And now in collectors logs I see those errors:

```auto
2025-03-10T19:22:59.954Z info service@v0.121.0/service.go:281 Everything is ready. Begin running and processing data.
2025-03-10T19:23:52.721Z warn elasticsearchexporter@v0.121.0/exporter.go:322 validation errors {"otelcol.component.id": "elasticsearch", "otelcol.component.kind": "Exporter", "otelcol.signal": "metrics", "error": "dropping cumulative temporality histogram \"jvm.gc.duration\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"http.server.request.duration\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.use_time\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.wait_time\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.create_time\""}
2025-03-10T19:24:52.724Z warn elasticsearchexporter@v0.121.0/exporter.go:322 validation errors {"otelcol.component.id": "elasticsearch", "otelcol.component.kind": "Exporter", "otelcol.signal": "metrics", "error": "dropping cumulative temporality histogram \"jvm.gc.duration\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"http.server.request.duration\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.use_time\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.wait_time\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.create_time\""}
2025-03-10T19:25:52.721Z warn elasticsearchexporter@v0.121.0/exporter.go:322 validation errors {"otelcol.component.id": "elasticsearch", "otelcol.component.kind": "Exporter", "otelcol.signal": "metrics", "error": "dropping cumulative temporality histogram \"jvm.gc.duration\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"http.server.request.duration\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.use_time\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.wait_time\"\ndropping cumulative temporality histogram \"db.client.connections.create_time\""}

```

Any idea how to fix it?

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-elk-collector-error-dropping-cumulative-temporality-histogram/375689/2 "2025-03-11T15:59:20Z")

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Hi @yev

Per the master of this...

> Felix Barnsteiner
> 
> ES doesn’t support histograms with cumulative temporality. You’ll either need to produce delta histograms or use a cumulativetodeltaprocessor.

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**Author:** ![yev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yev/32/141916_2.png) [@yev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yev)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-elk-collector-error-dropping-cumulative-temporality-histogram/375689/3 "2025-03-12T09:27:22Z")

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Thank you for the response, @stephenb !