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Add opt-in go.memory.gc.pause.duration histogram metric#3629

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Add opt-in go.memory.gc.pause.duration histogram metric#3629
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@dashpole dashpole commented Apr 15, 2026

Part of #3353

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Add an opt-in go.memory.gc.pause.duration histogram metric. This can be useful to see how long GC is taking, but the Go maintainers suggested that the existing go.schedule.duration is a better indicator of problems due to the program not being run -- hence why it is opt-in.

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Gemini helped me split this from #3620

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