exporter: Rename ratelimit drops counter

There are multiple places where events can be rate limited, and potentially there could be multiple things being rate limited. Let's make it clear from the metric name and description what and where is being rate limitted. Signed-off-by: Anna Kapuscinska <anna@isovalent.com>
cilium · Sep 9, 2024 · 1848253 · 1848253
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diff --git a/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md b/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ Depending on your setup, changes listed here might require a manual intervention
 
 ### Metrics
 
-* TBD
+* `tetragon_ratelimit_dropped_total` metric is renamed to `tetragon_export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total`
diff --git a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/metrics.go b/pkg/exporter/metrics.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ var (
 
 	rateLimitDropped = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Namespace:   consts.MetricsNamespace,
-		Name:        "ratelimit_dropped_total",
-		Help:        "The total number of rate limit Tetragon drops",
+		Name:        "export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total",
+		Help:        "Number of events dropped on export due to rate limiting",
 		ConstLabels: nil,
 	})
 )
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		### Metrics

		* TBD
		* `tetragon_ratelimit_dropped_total` metric is renamed to `tetragon_export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total`