From 19347bfe6b1b32a0e0b14ab91dc694d636a5171d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: knollet <131003185+knollet@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 12:31:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH]  fix(inputs.vsphere): Resolve occasional serverFault (#14463)

---
 plugins/inputs/vsphere/endpoint.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/endpoint.go b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/endpoint.go
index ab5c76792..2c8cd1ead 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/endpoint.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/endpoint.go
@@ -1027,7 +1027,11 @@ func (e *Endpoint) chunkify(ctx context.Context, res *resourceKind, now time.Tim
 			}
 
 			if !start.Truncate(time.Second).Before(now.Truncate(time.Second)) {
-				e.log.Debugf("Start >= end (rounded to seconds): %s > %s", start, now)
+				// this happens when the hiwater mark was estimated using a larger estInterval than is currently used
+				// the estInterval is reset to 1m in case of some errors
+				// there are no new metrics to be expected here and querying this gets us an error, so: skip!
+				e.log.Debugf("Start >= end (rounded to seconds): %s > %s. Skipping!", start, now)
+				continue
 			}
 
 			// Create bucket if we don't already have it