Downsampling Telegraf type conflict

[TheOneValen]

Template: Downsampling

Describe the problem Tasks (all variety) fail regularly with a type conflict. To reproduce you can just use the smart_input template.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Import smart_input
2. Let it run regularly
3. See error

could not execute task run; Err: partial write: field type conflict: input field "raw_value" on measurement "smart_attribute" is type integer, already exists as type float dropped=677: partial write: field type conflict: input field "raw_value" on measurement "smart_attribute" is type integer, already exists as type float dropped=677

Expected behavior No failed task.

How are you running InfluxDB?

• [ ] InfluxDB Cloud platform
• [x] InfluxDB 2.0 on a remote server
• [ ] InfluxDB 2.0 on my local machine

[TheOneValen]

Also happening with other fields, like exit_status

[TheOneValen]

Us there any news this?

[johntdyer]

yea, I get this all the time...