Fix missing startTimestamp for processes scraper. #3461
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Description:
The
processes
scraper inhostmetricsreceiver
did not use boot startTime, unlike the rest of the scrapers.While I'd consider this a bug, could be considered a minor feature request. Specifically, the OTLP spec strongly recommends start timestamps for points with Aggregation Temporarily. This is not required due to compatibility with non-OTel metric format, but we should have a really good reason not to provide a valid timestamp.
I just found this yesterday, can open a bug for this PR if needed.
Here's what I did:
Testing:
Added unit tests and ran locally.