write_gcm: Server response (CollectdTimeseriesRequest) contains errors

[shuLhan]

• Version of collectd: 6.1.1
• Operating system / distribution: Linux / Arch

Expected behavior

No error.

Actual behavior

The collectd program print the following error message,

Jan 14 14:43:05 <hostname> collectd[702017]: write_gcm: Server response (CollectdTimeseriesRequest) contains errors:
                                                 {
                                                   "summary": {
                                                     "totalPointCount": 399,
                                                     "successPointCount": 239,
                                                     "errors": [
                                                       {
                                                         "status": {
                                                           "code": 3,
                                                           "message": "Points must be written in order. One or more of the points specified had an older start time than the most recent point."
                                                         },
                                                         "pointCount": 160
                                                       }
                                                     ]
                                                   }
                                                 }

Steps to reproduce

• Run the collectd 6.1.1 in Linux VM
• Monitor the collectd logs using journalctl -f -u stackdriver-collectd
• Wait until the above error printed