## TL;DR
Restore the metadata collector before tuning the rule: the freshness rule has received no update from the collector, so check the collector integration health for that source first, because the rule cannot evaluate data it never receives. A freshness rule with no collector updates is blind, not satisfied. Monte Carlo distinguishes no data from fresh data only if you look at the collector status behind the rule.

```text
monte carlo freshness rule failed error "no update received from metadata collector"
```

## Use this when
- The check or run fails with this symptom: a Monte Carlo freshness rule fails with no update received from metadata collector.
- You are working on a Monte Carlo monitor on a table whose metadata comes from a warehouse or lake collector integration and the failure repeats on the same data or configuration.
- You need the failing rows, rule, or stage isolated before changing thresholds or code.

## Not for this skill when
- A table that was renamed or moved, where the rule points at an object the collector no longer reports under that identity.
- The error text names a different tool, stage, or root cause. Match the verbatim error first and use that skill.

## Steps
1. Open the integration status for the source in Monte Carlo and check the last successful collection time. Verify: the collector last success is older than the rule window, or current
2. Verify the table still exists under the same fully qualified name the rule monitors. Verify: a rename or move is confirmed or ruled out
3. Check the collector credentials and permissions after any warehouse password or role change. Verify: the collector can read the metadata views it needs
4. Restore collection, then let one collection cycle complete. Verify: the rule receives an update and evaluates normally
5. Add an alert on collector health itself so a silent collector pages before the freshness rules do. Verify: the integration has its own monitor

## Variant phrasings
### monte carlo no update received from metadata collector
The shorter phrasing focused on the named failure.
### monte carlo freshness rule failed collector
The symptom phrasing a searcher tries next.
### metadata collector not updating monte carlo fix
The variant naming the failing stage or tool directly.

Compatibility: Monte Carlo monitors and warehouse collector integrations

## Why it happens
Freshness rules evaluate metadata the collector delivers on a schedule. When the integration breaks, through expired credentials, a revoked role, or a renamed object, rules fail with no update received, which reads like a data problem but is an observability pipeline problem.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- Do not extend the rule window to absorb collector outages; that delays real freshness alerts by the same amount.
- After a warehouse migration, collectors often keep polling the old account; verify the account the integration points at.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_eSgTPoePiA4SbEan9MArxg

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_NjeKN8NFyt0X8huvhyt-Dw/versions/skv_lPZzWvhKJpufZZEjsf3JNA>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_NjeKN8NFyt0X8huvhyt-Dw>
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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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