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I hereby agree to the terms of the [GreptimeDB CLA](https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/.github/blob/main/CLA.md). ## Refer to a related PR or issue link (optional) Target: `narthex`, which now contains merged #9598 and #9599. Their landed changes have been synchronized without rewriting feature history, so this PR remains the histogram bridge increment. ## What's changed and what's your intention? Connect the existing native-histogram representation to the shared columnar sample containers. The incremental diff is limited to `common-query/src/native_histogram.rs`. - Re-export the shared `CounterResetHint` at its existing query-module path, preserving numeric conversions and unknown values. Add an owned-histogram adapter to `HistogramBatchBuilder`. - Add a quantile entrypoint for borrowed `HistogramView` values. It shares the existing quantile calculations and preserves early-return precedence, custom/exponential bucket behavior and NaN information. Borrowed-view validation does not tighten the legacy owned histogram's malformed-layout behavior. - Normalize persisted Arrow histogram structs directly into an owning `Samples` value, without reconstructing a per-row owned `NativeHistogram`. Preserve row positions, parent nulls, complete payload bits, both bucket sides, reset/start metadata, and sliced-parent offsets. Float payloads take precedence when present; stored integer bucket counts are already absolute and are converted directly, with a missing zero count defaulting to zero. - Reject missing required scalar values, null list items and invalid span layouts. The existing `read_histogram` decoder and persisted struct schema remain unchanged. Normalization borrows source values while reading and then copies them into the canonical owning batch; integer conversion uses temporary buffers. The borrowed quantile path still derives bucket/index buffers. This is not an allocation-free or measured-performance claim. Scanner, frame/Flight, execution-operator and public HTTP/TQL/SQL integration are not included, and no persisted or network format changes. ### Validation Ten new focused tests cover borrowed quantiles and NaN information, malformed/overflow spans and early-return precedence, legacy owned-layout compatibility, complete payload bit preservation, nonzero batch/parent slices after original owners drop, empty/all-null input, integer counts and float-family selection, and required-field/list-item/span errors. - Rust 1.98.1: `cargo check --locked -p datatypes -p common-query -p promql --all-targets` — passed. - Rust 1.98.1: `cargo nextest run --locked -p datatypes -p common-query -p promql --retries 0 --no-fail-fast` — 707 passed, 0 skipped, both before and after the final test-noise cleanup. The actual listing includes all new tests and the parent buffer-capacity regression. - The three cleanup-affected payload/lifecycle/empty tests were also run explicitly — 3 passed; the complete unfiltered suite then passed all 707. - Rust 1.99.0: `rustfmt --edition 2024 --config skip_children=true --check src/common/query/src/native_histogram.rs` — passed. - Scoped `hawkeye format` and `hawkeye check` on a byte-identical source copy, plus `git diff --check` — passed. A missing-header negative control confirmed that the scoped license check inspects the file. - Rust 1.99.0: `cargo clippy --locked --no-deps -p common-query -p promql --all-targets -- -D warnings` — blocked by `async_trait`-generated `clippy::double_must_use` at unchanged `common-query/src/logical_plan.rs:129`. The exact same command on the exact parent commit `7e5acfb9a9c` reproduces that failure. Pinned 1.98.1 Clippy is unavailable in the local read-only toolchain. No lint or CI policy was weakened; this is not a passing Clippy or full-workspace validation claim. ### Diff-scoped cleanup No whole tests were deleted. Removed only an empty-result assertion that accepted every dense-storage representation after exact length was already verified; the same named test retains empty/two-null conversion, length and missing-position checks. Simplified payload assertions to explicit histogram bindings and a shared complete bitwise assertion helper, and renamed the payload test to describe its explicit expected-value oracle. Public API rustdoc, ownership rationale and compatibility/precedence contracts remain. No scanner, protocol or unrelated cleanup is bundled. ### Verified review follow-up - Current tested/pushed head: `1164877b5a5982d0cea2860e01e1c28714299e9e`, including the merged #9599 parent. The only query-file conflict resolution relocates the same enum re-export and retains the exact landed reset-hint identity regression; no bridge/helper code was dropped. Independently reviewed after resolution. - Owned `all_buckets` and borrowed-view quantile execution now share one private `assemble_bucket_sides`; no duplicate negative reversal or zero-bucket rule remains. Fallible side builders, validation and custom-bound handling are unchanged. - A focused expected-sequence regression independently checks bounds, counts and boundary rules, including insertion for nonzero count and omission for both signed zeros. - On the final synchronized head, Rust 1.98.1 all-target check and complete `common-query / promql / datatypes` nextest: **712/712, 0 skipped** (76 + 301 + 335). Strict datatypes-only Rust 1.99 Clippy passes. The earlier strict three-package run reports the existing common-query macro diagnostic; the final known-category comparison passes, not strict query lint. Normal formatting/TOML/license hooks pass. ## PR Checklist Please convert it to a draft if some of the following conditions are not met. - [x] I have written the necessary rustdoc comments. - [x] I have added the necessary unit tests and integration tests. - [ ] This PR requires documentation updates. - [x] API changes are backward compatible. - [x] Schema or data changes are backward compatible. - [ ] This PR needs to be backported to release branches, and I have added the `backport-<target>` labels (e.g. `backport-v1.3` targets `release/v1.3`).
Metrics, logs, and traces.
One engine, on your infrastructure.
A columnar database for metrics, logs, and traces on object storage. Apache-2.0 licensed core.
User Guide · API Docs · Roadmap 2026 · Slack
stable for production · canary includes pre-releases · nightly is a weekly snapshot of main
Introduction
GreptimeDB is an open-source observability database. Metrics, logs, and traces run on one columnar engine over object storage and share one table model: tags, timestamp, and fields. When signals carry common identifiers such as service, host, or trace ID, you can correlate them in SQL without moving data between databases.
Ingest through OpenTelemetry, Prometheus Remote Write, Loki Push, or Elasticsearch Bulk. Use SQL across observability data and PromQL for metrics. Migrate ingestion one signal at a time without rebuilding your collectors.
One Query Across Signals
OpenTelemetry ingestion writes spans to opentelemetry_traces and log records to
opentelemetry_logs. Both tables carry trace_id, so correlating them is a join:
-- The slowest failed spans in the last hour,
-- with the log lines emitted inside those same traces.
SELECT
t.service_name,
t.span_name,
t.duration_nano / 1000000 AS duration_ms,
l.timestamp AS log_time,
l.severity_text,
l.body
FROM opentelemetry_traces t
JOIN opentelemetry_logs l ON l.trace_id = t.trace_id
WHERE t.timestamp > now() - INTERVAL '1' HOUR
AND t.span_status_code = 'STATUS_CODE_ERROR'
ORDER BY t.duration_nano DESC
LIMIT 20;
Metrics join the same way, on any tag the tables share, such as service,
host, or pod.
Why You Might Use It
- You run Prometheus plus Loki or Elasticsearch and want one backend instead of three
- You have outgrown Prometheus on cardinality or retention and don't want the Thanos/Mimir operational surface
- You are hitting Loki's query performance limits as log volume grows
- You need long retention on object storage without a separate analytics stack
- You want to query telemetry with SQL, not only a domain query language
- You are storing GenAI or agent telemetry (OTel GenAI conventions) alongside infrastructure signals
Learn more in Why GreptimeDB.
What's Supported
| Ingest | OpenTelemetry (OTLP), Prometheus Remote Write, Loki Push, Elasticsearch Bulk, InfluxDB line protocol, gRPC |
| Query | SQL, PromQL, Jaeger-compatible trace queries, MySQL and PostgreSQL wire protocols |
| Storage | S3, GCS, Azure Blob and S3-compatible endpoints as primary storage, with memory and local-disk caches |
| Built in | Retention policies, downsampling, continuous aggregation, explicit table partitioning, and inverted / skipping / fulltext indexes |
Compute and storage are disaggregated: object storage holds the data, while memory and local-disk caches keep recent and frequently queried data close to compute.
Benchmarks
- Agent RCA Bench: LLM agents doing root cause analysis over GreptimeDB versus Prometheus + Loki + Tempo. 40% fewer wrong diagnoses, 48% fewer input tokens, 45% lower cost (write-up)
- GreptimeDB tops JSONBench's billion-record cold run test
- TSBS Benchmark
- More benchmark reports
Compatibility and Migration
Compatibility is per protocol, and query-side coverage is narrower than ingestion.
| Compatible | Not compatible | |
|---|---|---|
| Prometheus | Remote Write ingestion; PromQL queries | Gaps are listed in PromQL compatibility |
| Loki | Push ingestion; dual-write through Grafana Alloy makes the cutover gradual | LogQL and the rest of the Loki query API |
| Elasticsearch | _bulk ingestion in the open-source core; QueryDSL partially, in Enterprise |
Most other Elasticsearch APIs |
Limitations and Edition Boundary
Cluster deployment, object storage, the Flow engine, and every ingestion protocol listed above are in the Apache-2.0 build. Repartitioning, region migration, and index creation are manual operations there.
Read replicas, workload isolation, and automated repartitioning are GreptimeDB Enterprise features, along with enterprise security and governance. The Enterprise overview has the current list, and pricing has the edition comparison.
Architecture
GreptimeDB can run in two modes:
- Standalone — single binary for development and small deployments.
- Distributed — four components, each independently scalable:
- Frontend — protocol entry (OTel, Prometheus, MySQL/PostgreSQL, gRPC, ingestion APIs for Elasticsearch/InfluxDB/Loki) and the distributed query engine. Stateless, scales horizontally.
- Datanode — region engine with WAL, memtable, SST, cache, compaction, and indexes. Persists data to object storage. Elastic.
- Metasrv — metadata, routing, repartitioning, and security. Backed by a pluggable KV layer (etcd or RDS).
- Flownode (optional) — continuous flow computation (streaming and materialized views).
For deeper coverage, see the architecture doc or DeepWiki.
Try GreptimeDB
For AI agents — paste this prompt into your agent:
Read https://docs.greptime.com/SKILL.md and follow the instructions
to deploy, configure, ingest, and query GreptimeDB.
docker run -p 127.0.0.1:4000-4003:4000-4003 \
-v "$(pwd)/greptimedb_data:/greptimedb_data" \
--name greptime --rm \
greptime/greptimedb:latest standalone start \
--http-addr 0.0.0.0:4000 \
--grpc-bind-addr 0.0.0.0:4001 \
--mysql-addr 0.0.0.0:4002 \
--postgres-addr 0.0.0.0:4003
Dashboard: http://localhost:4000/dashboard
Read more in the full Install Guide.
Troubleshooting:
- Cannot connect to the database? Ensure that ports
4000,4001,4002, and4003are not blocked by a firewall or used by other services. - Failed to start? Check the container logs with
docker logs greptimefor further details.
Getting Started
Build From Source
Prerequisites:
- Rust toolchain — stable, pinned by
rust-toolchain.toml - Protobuf compiler (>= 3.15)
- C/C++ building essentials:
gcc/g++/autoconfand the glibc dev package (libc6-devon Ubuntu,glibc-develon Fedora) - Python toolchain (optional, only for some test scripts)
Build and run:
make # build greptime binary
cargo run -- standalone start # start in standalone mode
Common dev commands:
make fmt # format Rust code
make clippy # lint (fails on warnings)
make test # unit + integration tests (uses cargo-nextest)
make sqlness-test # SQL regression tests
See the Contribution Guidelines for the full developer workflow.
Tools & Extensions
- Kubernetes: GreptimeDB Operator
- Helm Charts: Greptime Helm Charts
- Dashboard: Web UI
- gRPC Ingester: Go, Java, C++, Erlang, Rust, .NET, TypeScript
- Grafana Data Source: GreptimeDB Grafana data source plugin
- Grafana Dashboard: Official Dashboard for monitoring
Project Status
GreptimeDB is generally available, with stable APIs and regular releases. It runs in production at scale — OceanBase Cloud operates 80+ GreptimeDB clusters managing 300 TB of logs, cutting log storage cost by 60%+ after migrating from Grafana Loki. See more in case studies.
Release lines and support windows are in the version reference. For where the project is going, read the v1.0 highlights and the 2026 roadmap.
Community
We invite you to engage and contribute!
If GreptimeDB is useful to you, please star the repo.
License
GreptimeDB is an open-core project. Its core is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
A small set of peripheral, enterprise-only features are gated behind the
enterprise Cargo feature (not built by default) and are governed by the
separate GreptimeDB Enterprise License. Source files under
that license carry an explicit Enterprise License header.
Commercial Support
Scaling observability on your infrastructure? GreptimeDB Enterprise adds the operational, security, and support layer for production deployments. Contact us for details.
Contributing
- Read our Contribution Guidelines.
- Explore Internal Concepts and DeepWiki.
- Pick up a good first issue and join the #contributors Slack channel.
Acknowledgement
Special thanks to all contributors! See AUTHOR.md.
- Uses Apache Arrow™ (memory model)
- Apache Parquet™ (file storage)
- Apache DataFusion™ (query engine)
- Apache OpenDAL™ (data access abstraction)
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