Impossible to set precision to micro seconds (>=v1.8.0)

[skladd]

At least since InfluxDB server v1.8.0 precision in client cannot be set to micro seconds. Using "u", validation fails in NewBatchPoints(), using "us", Write() fails:

precision 'u' failed: NewBatchPoints failed: time: unknown unit u in duration 1u
precision 'us' failed: Write failed: {"error":"invalid precision \"us\" (use n, u, ms, s, m or h)"}

In influxdata/influxdb@275b02e a verification rejecting write requests with precision "us" was added.

[skladd]

InfluxDB server checks in httpd.serveWriteV1() by case "", "n", "ns", "u", "ms", "s", "m", "h":.

The client checks by time.ParseDuration("1" + conf.Precision), whose valid time units are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h".

[skladd]

InfluxDB API reference says precision=[ns,u,ms,s,m,h]

[halfa]

Same issue here, it actually broke one of my application. Can somebody from the team take a look ?

[skladd]

@jsternberg @docmerlin May anybody take a look?

[TMarietta]

I am also experiencing this issue after an unexpected reboot of our server. Is there any solution for this?

[skladd]

@TMarietta Do you really need this specific precision? If not, just use ns precision.

Nevertheless someone of the InfluxDB team should take a look at this PR.

[TMarietta]

@TMarietta Do you really need this specific precision? If not, just use ns precision.

Nevertheless someone of the InfluxDB team should take a look at this PR.

No. We tried ms and that seems to work fine for our application. Thanks for following up.