ICMP Echo Request Semantics

[newlandk]

Area(s)

area:network, area:os, area:otel

Is your change request related to a problem? Please describe.

There don't appear to be any ways to represent ICMP Echo (ping) in OTEL semantics today. The closest I've found is the Portable HTTP Synthetic Testing, so I've taken some inspiration from that and HTTP metrics to propose an option for feedback and further development.

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to have a semantic for defining ICMP Echo Request/Reply (ping) response times.

I'm unsure what the top-level should be; possibly system as the request/response is usually being facilitated by the OS. For the time being I've put network as the top-level.

Metric	Instrument Type	Units	Field	Attributes	Notes
network.icmpping.status	Gauge	1	last	server.address (echo responder), client.address (echo requester)	Represents a singular echo request/response. 1/0 -> pass/fail. Additional attributes may be defined for failure mode.
network.icmpping.duration	Gauge	s (Seconds)	last	server.address (echo responder), client.address (echo requester)	Represents a singular echo request/response. Response time in seconds. Additional attributes may be defined for failure mode.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Currently I've been using the default format that telegraf outputs, but am looking for something closer to what is represented here to standardize upon.

Additional context

I'm able to assist further development of this semantic and creating a PR if I can receive some guidance on whether this seems like an acceptable path forward. Thank you!