Metric Accumulator fix for SumObservers (#1381)

* Let SynchronizedMove(nil) reset and discard

* Add common test for SynchronizedMove(nil)

* End-to-end test for the Processor and SumObserver

* Implement SynchronizedMove(nil) six ways

* Lint

* Changelog

* Test no reset for wrong aggregator type; Fix four Aggregators

* Cleanup

* imports

Co-authored-by: Tyler Yahn <MrAlias@users.noreply.github.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - `NewExporter` and `Start` functions in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp` now receive `context.Context` as a first parameter. (#1357)
 - Zipkin exporter relies on the status code for success rather than body read but still read the response body. (#1328)
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Metric SDK `SumObserver` and `UpDownSumObserver` instruments correctness fixes. (#1381)
+
 ## [0.14.0] - 2020-11-19
 
 ### Added

sdk/export/metric/metric.go

@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ type Aggregator interface {
 	//
 	// This call has no Context argument because it is expected to
 	// perform only computation.
+	//
+	// When called with a nil `destination`, this Aggregator is reset
+	// and the current value is discarded.
 	SynchronizedMove(destination Aggregator, descriptor *metric.Descriptor) error
 
 	// Merge combines the checkpointed state from the argument

sdk/metric/aggregator/aggregatortest/test.go

@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@ package aggregatortest // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
 	"unsafe"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	ottest "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/testing"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator"
 )
 
@@ -36,6 +40,12 @@ type Profile struct {
 	Random     func(sign int) number.Number
 }
 
+type NoopAggregator struct{}
+type NoopAggregation struct{}
+
+var _ export.Aggregator = NoopAggregator{}
+var _ aggregation.Aggregation = NoopAggregation{}
+
 func newProfiles() []Profile {
 	rnd := rand.New(rand.NewSource(rand.Int63()))
 	return []Profile{
@@ -172,3 +182,111 @@ func CheckedMerge(t *testing.T, aggInto, aggFrom export.Aggregator, descriptor *
 		t.Error("Unexpected Merge failure", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func (NoopAggregation) Kind() aggregation.Kind {
+	return aggregation.Kind("Noop")
+}
+
+func (NoopAggregator) Aggregation() aggregation.Aggregation {
+	return NoopAggregation{}
+}
+
+func (NoopAggregator) Update(context.Context, number.Number, *metric.Descriptor) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (NoopAggregator) SynchronizedMove(export.Aggregator, *metric.Descriptor) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (NoopAggregator) Merge(export.Aggregator, *metric.Descriptor) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func SynchronizedMoveResetTest(t *testing.T, mkind metric.InstrumentKind, nf func(*metric.Descriptor) export.Aggregator) {
+	t.Run("reset on nil", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Ensures that SynchronizedMove(nil, descriptor) discards and
+		// resets the aggregator.
+		RunProfiles(t, func(t *testing.T, profile Profile) {
+			descriptor := NewAggregatorTest(
+				mkind,
+				profile.NumberKind,
+			)
+			agg := nf(descriptor)
+
+			for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+				x1 := profile.Random(+1)
+				CheckedUpdate(t, agg, x1, descriptor)
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, agg.SynchronizedMove(nil, descriptor))
+
+			if count, ok := agg.(aggregation.Count); ok {
+				c, err := count.Count()
+				require.Equal(t, int64(0), c)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			if sum, ok := agg.(aggregation.Sum); ok {
+				s, err := sum.Sum()
+				require.Equal(t, number.Number(0), s)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			if lv, ok := agg.(aggregation.LastValue); ok {
+				v, _, err := lv.LastValue()
+				require.Equal(t, number.Number(0), v)
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.True(t, errors.Is(err, aggregation.ErrNoData))
+			}
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("no reset on incorrect type", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Ensures that SynchronizedMove(wrong_type, descriptor) does not
+		// reset the aggregator.
+		RunProfiles(t, func(t *testing.T, profile Profile) {
+			descriptor := NewAggregatorTest(
+				mkind,
+				profile.NumberKind,
+			)
+			agg := nf(descriptor)
+
+			var input number.Number
+			const inval = 100
+			if profile.NumberKind == number.Int64Kind {
+				input = number.NewInt64Number(inval)
+			} else {
+				input = number.NewFloat64Number(inval)
+			}
+
+			CheckedUpdate(t, agg, input, descriptor)
+
+			err := agg.SynchronizedMove(NoopAggregator{}, descriptor)
+			require.Error(t, err)
+			require.True(t, errors.Is(err, aggregation.ErrInconsistentType))
+
+			// Test that the aggregator was not reset
+
+			if count, ok := agg.(aggregation.Count); ok {
+				c, err := count.Count()
+				require.Equal(t, int64(1), c)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			if sum, ok := agg.(aggregation.Sum); ok {
+				s, err := sum.Sum()
+				require.Equal(t, input, s)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			if lv, ok := agg.(aggregation.LastValue); ok {
+				v, _, err := lv.LastValue()
+				require.Equal(t, input, v)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+		})
+	})
+
+}

sdk/metric/aggregator/array/array.go

@@ -97,20 +97,27 @@ func (c *Aggregator) Points() ([]number.Number, error) {
 // the empty set, taking a lock to prevent concurrent Update() calls.
 func (c *Aggregator) SynchronizedMove(oa export.Aggregator, desc *metric.Descriptor) error {
 	o, _ := oa.(*Aggregator)
-	if o == nil {
+
+	if oa != nil && o == nil {
 		return aggregator.NewInconsistentAggregatorError(c, oa)
 	}
 
 	c.lock.Lock()
-	o.points, c.points = c.points, nil
-	o.sum, c.sum = c.sum, 0
+	if o != nil {
+		o.points = c.points
+		o.sum = c.sum
+	}
+	c.points = nil
+	c.sum = 0
 	c.lock.Unlock()
 
 	// TODO: This sort should be done lazily, only when quantiles
 	// are requested.  The SDK specification says you can use this
 	// aggregator to simply list values in the order they were
 	// received as an alternative to requesting quantile information.
-	o.sort(desc.NumberKind())
+	if o != nil {
+		o.sort(desc.NumberKind())
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 

sdk/metric/aggregator/array/array_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
+	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/aggregatortest"
 )
@@ -329,3 +330,13 @@ func TestArrayFloat64(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, all.Points()[i], po[i], "Wrong point at position %d", i)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSynchronizedMoveReset(t *testing.T) {
+	aggregatortest.SynchronizedMoveResetTest(
+		t,
+		metric.ValueRecorderInstrumentKind,
+		func(desc *metric.Descriptor) export.Aggregator {
+			return &New(1)[0]
+		},
+	)
+}

sdk/metric/aggregator/ddsketch/ddsketch.go

@@ -117,13 +117,17 @@ func (c *Aggregator) toNumber(f float64) number.Number {
 // a new sketch, taking a lock to prevent concurrent Update() calls.
 func (c *Aggregator) SynchronizedMove(oa export.Aggregator, _ *metric.Descriptor) error {
 	o, _ := oa.(*Aggregator)
-	if o == nil {
+
+	if oa != nil && o == nil {
 		return aggregator.NewInconsistentAggregatorError(c, oa)
 	}
-	replace := sdk.NewDDSketch(c.cfg)
 
+	replace := sdk.NewDDSketch(c.cfg)
 	c.lock.Lock()
-	o.sketch, c.sketch = c.sketch, replace
+	if o != nil {
+		o.sketch = c.sketch
+	}
+	c.sketch = replace
 	c.lock.Unlock()
 
 	return nil

sdk/metric/aggregator/ddsketch/ddsketch_test.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/aggregatortest"
 )
@@ -208,3 +209,13 @@ func TestDDSketchMerge(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSynchronizedMoveReset(t *testing.T) {
+	aggregatortest.SynchronizedMoveResetTest(
+		t,
+		metric.ValueRecorderInstrumentKind,
+		func(desc *metric.Descriptor) export.Aggregator {
+			return &New(1, desc, NewDefaultConfig())[0]
+		},
+	)
+}

sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram.go

@@ -118,13 +118,18 @@ func (c *Aggregator) Histogram() (aggregation.Buckets, error) {
 // other.
 func (c *Aggregator) SynchronizedMove(oa export.Aggregator, desc *metric.Descriptor) error {
 	o, _ := oa.(*Aggregator)
-	if o == nil {
+
+	if oa != nil && o == nil {
 		return aggregator.NewInconsistentAggregatorError(c, oa)
 	}
 
 	c.lock.Lock()
-	o.state, c.state = c.state, emptyState(c.boundaries)
+	if o != nil {
+		o.state = c.state
+	}
+	c.state = emptyState(c.boundaries)
 	c.lock.Unlock()
+
 	return nil
 }
 

sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
+	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/aggregatortest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram"
 )
@@ -249,3 +250,13 @@ func calcBuckets(points []number.Number, profile aggregatortest.Profile) []uint6
 
 	return counts
 }
+
+func TestSynchronizedMoveReset(t *testing.T) {
+	aggregatortest.SynchronizedMoveResetTest(
+		t,
+		metric.ValueRecorderInstrumentKind,
+		func(desc *metric.Descriptor) export.Aggregator {
+			return &histogram.New(1, desc, boundaries)[0]
+		},
+	)
+}

sdk/metric/aggregator/lastvalue/lastvalue.go

@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ func (g *Aggregator) LastValue() (number.Number, time.Time, error) {
 
 // SynchronizedMove atomically saves the current value.
 func (g *Aggregator) SynchronizedMove(oa export.Aggregator, _ *metric.Descriptor) error {
+	if oa == nil {
+		atomic.StorePointer(&g.value, unsafe.Pointer(unsetLastValue))
+		return nil
+	}
 	o, _ := oa.(*Aggregator)
 	if o == nil {
 		return aggregator.NewInconsistentAggregatorError(g, oa)

sdk/metric/aggregator/lastvalue/lastvalue_test.go

@@ -132,3 +132,13 @@ func TestLastValueNotSet(t *testing.T) {
 
 	checkZero(t, g)
 }
+
+func TestSynchronizedMoveReset(t *testing.T) {
+	aggregatortest.SynchronizedMoveResetTest(
+		t,
+		metric.ValueObserverInstrumentKind,
+		func(desc *metric.Descriptor) export.Aggregator {
+			return &New(1)[0]
+		},
+	)
+}

sdk/metric/aggregator/minmaxsumcount/mmsc.go

@@ -106,15 +106,15 @@ func (c *Aggregator) Max() (number.Number, error) {
 // the empty set.
 func (c *Aggregator) SynchronizedMove(oa export.Aggregator, desc *metric.Descriptor) error {
 	o, _ := oa.(*Aggregator)
-	if o == nil {
+
+	if oa != nil && o == nil {
 		return aggregator.NewInconsistentAggregatorError(c, oa)
 	}
-
-	// TODO: It is incorrect to use an Aggregator of different
-	// kind. Should we test that o.kind == c.kind?  (The same question
-	// occurs for several of the other aggregators in ../*.)
 	c.lock.Lock()
-	o.state, c.state = c.state, emptyState(c.kind)
+	if o != nil {
+		o.state = c.state
+	}
+	c.state = emptyState(c.kind)
 	c.lock.Unlock()
 
 	return nil

sdk/metric/aggregator/minmaxsumcount/mmsc_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
+	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/aggregatortest"
 )
@@ -235,3 +236,13 @@ func TestMaxSumCountNotSet(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, number.Number(0), max)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestSynchronizedMoveReset(t *testing.T) {
+	aggregatortest.SynchronizedMoveResetTest(
+		t,
+		metric.ValueRecorderInstrumentKind,
+		func(desc *metric.Descriptor) export.Aggregator {
+			return &New(1, desc)[0]
+		},
+	)
+}

sdk/metric/aggregator/sum/sum.go

@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ func (c *Aggregator) Sum() (number.Number, error) {
 // SynchronizedMove atomically saves the current value into oa and resets the
 // current sum to zero.
 func (c *Aggregator) SynchronizedMove(oa export.Aggregator, _ *metric.Descriptor) error {
+	if oa == nil {
+		c.value.SetRawAtomic(0)
+		return nil
+	}
 	o, _ := oa.(*Aggregator)
 	if o == nil {
 		return aggregator.NewInconsistentAggregatorError(c, oa)

sdk/metric/aggregator/sum/sum_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	ottest "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/testing"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
+	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/aggregatortest"
 )
 
@@ -141,3 +142,13 @@ func TestCounterMerge(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestSynchronizedMoveReset(t *testing.T) {
+	aggregatortest.SynchronizedMoveResetTest(
+		t,
+		metric.SumObserverInstrumentKind,
+		func(desc *metric.Descriptor) export.Aggregator {
+			return &New(1)[0]
+		},
+	)
+}

sdk/metric/correct_test.go

@@ -300,74 +300,79 @@ func TestDefaultLabelEncoder(t *testing.T) {
 func TestObserverCollection(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	meter, sdk, processor := newSDK(t)
+	mult := 1
 
 	_ = Must(meter).NewFloat64ValueObserver("float.valueobserver.lastvalue", func(_ context.Context, result metric.Float64ObserverResult) {
-		result.Observe(1, label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(float64(mult), label.String("A", "B"))
 		// last value wins
-		result.Observe(-1, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(-1, label.String("C", "D"))
+		result.Observe(float64(-mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(float64(-mult), label.String("C", "D"))
 	})
 	_ = Must(meter).NewInt64ValueObserver("int.valueobserver.lastvalue", func(_ context.Context, result metric.Int64ObserverResult) {
-		result.Observe(-1, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(1)
+		result.Observe(int64(-mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(int64(mult))
 		// last value wins
-		result.Observe(1, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(1)
+		result.Observe(int64(mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(int64(mult))
 	})
 
 	_ = Must(meter).NewFloat64SumObserver("float.sumobserver.sum", func(_ context.Context, result metric.Float64ObserverResult) {
-		result.Observe(1, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(2, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(1, label.String("C", "D"))
+		result.Observe(float64(mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(float64(2*mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(float64(mult), label.String("C", "D"))
 	})
 	_ = Must(meter).NewInt64SumObserver("int.sumobserver.sum", func(_ context.Context, result metric.Int64ObserverResult) {
-		result.Observe(2, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(1)
+		result.Observe(int64(2*mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(int64(mult))
 		// last value wins
-		result.Observe(1, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(1)
+		result.Observe(int64(mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(int64(mult))
 	})
 
 	_ = Must(meter).NewFloat64UpDownSumObserver("float.updownsumobserver.sum", func(_ context.Context, result metric.Float64ObserverResult) {
-		result.Observe(1, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(-2, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(1, label.String("C", "D"))
+		result.Observe(float64(mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(float64(-2*mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(float64(mult), label.String("C", "D"))
 	})
 	_ = Must(meter).NewInt64UpDownSumObserver("int.updownsumobserver.sum", func(_ context.Context, result metric.Int64ObserverResult) {
-		result.Observe(2, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(1)
+		result.Observe(int64(2*mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(int64(mult))
 		// last value wins
-		result.Observe(1, label.String("A", "B"))
-		result.Observe(-1)
+		result.Observe(int64(mult), label.String("A", "B"))
+		result.Observe(int64(-mult))
 	})
 
 	_ = Must(meter).NewInt64ValueObserver("empty.valueobserver.sum", func(_ context.Context, result metric.Int64ObserverResult) {
 	})
 
-	collected := sdk.Collect(ctx)
+	for mult = 0; mult < 3; mult++ {
+		processor.accumulations = nil
 
-	require.Equal(t, collected, len(processor.accumulations))
+		collected := sdk.Collect(ctx)
+		require.Equal(t, collected, len(processor.accumulations))
 
-	out := processortest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-	for _, rec := range processor.accumulations {
-		require.NoError(t, out.AddAccumulation(rec))
+		out := processortest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
+		for _, rec := range processor.accumulations {
+			require.NoError(t, out.AddAccumulation(rec))
+		}
+		mult := float64(mult)
+		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
+			"float.valueobserver.lastvalue/A=B/R=V": -mult,
+			"float.valueobserver.lastvalue/C=D/R=V": -mult,
+			"int.valueobserver.lastvalue//R=V":      mult,
+			"int.valueobserver.lastvalue/A=B/R=V":   mult,
+
+			"float.sumobserver.sum/A=B/R=V": 2 * mult,
+			"float.sumobserver.sum/C=D/R=V": mult,
+			"int.sumobserver.sum//R=V":      mult,
+			"int.sumobserver.sum/A=B/R=V":   mult,
+
+			"float.updownsumobserver.sum/A=B/R=V": -2 * mult,
+			"float.updownsumobserver.sum/C=D/R=V": mult,
+			"int.updownsumobserver.sum//R=V":      -mult,
+			"int.updownsumobserver.sum/A=B/R=V":   mult,
+		}, out.Map())
 	}
-	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
-		"float.valueobserver.lastvalue/A=B/R=V": -1,
-		"float.valueobserver.lastvalue/C=D/R=V": -1,
-		"int.valueobserver.lastvalue//R=V":      1,
-		"int.valueobserver.lastvalue/A=B/R=V":   1,
-
-		"float.sumobserver.sum/A=B/R=V": 2,
-		"float.sumobserver.sum/C=D/R=V": 1,
-		"int.sumobserver.sum//R=V":      1,
-		"int.sumobserver.sum/A=B/R=V":   1,
-
-		"float.updownsumobserver.sum/A=B/R=V": -2,
-		"float.updownsumobserver.sum/C=D/R=V": 1,
-		"int.updownsumobserver.sum//R=V":      -1,
-		"int.updownsumobserver.sum/A=B/R=V":   1,
-	}, out.Map())
 }
 
 func TestSumObserverInputRange(t *testing.T) {

sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import (
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/metrictest"
+	sdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/processortest"
 	processorTest "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/processortest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 )
@@ -464,3 +466,55 @@ func TestMultiObserverSum(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSumObserverEndToEnd(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	eselector := export.CumulativeExportKindSelector()
+	proc := basic.New(
+		processorTest.AggregatorSelector(),
+		eselector,
+	)
+	accum := sdk.NewAccumulator(proc, resource.Empty())
+	meter := metric.WrapMeterImpl(accum, "testing")
+
+	var calls int64
+	metric.Must(meter).NewInt64SumObserver("observer.sum",
+		func(_ context.Context, result metric.Int64ObserverResult) {
+			calls++
+			result.Observe(calls)
+		},
+	)
+	data := proc.CheckpointSet()
+
+	var startTime [3]time.Time
+	var endTime [3]time.Time
+
+	for i := range startTime {
+		data.Lock()
+		proc.StartCollection()
+		accum.Collect(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, proc.FinishCollection())
+
+		exporter := processortest.NewExporter(eselector, label.DefaultEncoder())
+		require.NoError(t, exporter.Export(ctx, data))
+
+		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
+			"observer.sum//": float64(i + 1),
+		}, exporter.Values())
+
+		var record export.Record
+		require.NoError(t, data.ForEach(eselector, func(r export.Record) error {
+			record = r
+			return nil
+		}))
+
+		startTime[i] = record.StartTime()
+		endTime[i] = record.EndTime()
+		data.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, startTime[0], startTime[1])
+	require.Equal(t, startTime[0], startTime[2])
+	require.True(t, endTime[0].Before(endTime[1]))
+	require.True(t, endTime[1].Before(endTime[2]))
+}

sdk/metric/sdk.go

@@ -182,13 +182,9 @@ func (a *asyncInstrument) observe(num number.Number, labels *label.Set) {
 func (a *asyncInstrument) getRecorder(labels *label.Set) export.Aggregator {
 	lrec, ok := a.recorders[labels.Equivalent()]
 	if ok {
-		if lrec.observedEpoch == a.meter.currentEpoch {
-			// last value wins for Observers, so if we see the same labels
-			// in the current epoch, we replace the old recorder
-			a.meter.processor.AggregatorFor(&a.descriptor, &lrec.observed)
-		} else {
-			lrec.observedEpoch = a.meter.currentEpoch
-		}
+		// Note: SynchronizedMove(nil) can't return an error
+		_ = lrec.observed.SynchronizedMove(nil, &a.descriptor)
+		lrec.observedEpoch = a.meter.currentEpoch
 		a.recorders[labels.Equivalent()] = lrec
 		return lrec.observed
 	}