## TL;DR
Fix this in the anomaly detector by acting on the exact message first: deduplicate the series by timestamp keeping the last value, sort ascending, and add a uniqueness check at ingestion. Do not rerun the whole job unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one item, then rerun the full scope and reconcile the counts.

```text
duplicate timestamp entries in metric series
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## Use this when
- The operation in the anomaly detector fails with this exact message: duplicate timestamp entries in metric series.
- The same failure repeats on retry with unchanged inputs.
- A review, export or check is blocked until this item completes.

## Not for this skill when
- The message is a permission or outage notice from the platform. Resolve that first, then return here if this error remains.
- The operation completes and you only disagree with its output. That is a quality review, not this failure.

## Steps
1. Reproduce the failure with the smallest scope that still shows it in the anomaly detector, and copy the full message plus the item, user or metric involved into the run notes. Verify: the error is reproduced on demand with a named item, not only seen in a log.
2. Apply the specific fix for this error: deduplicate the series by timestamp keeping the last value, sort ascending, and add a uniqueness check at ingestion. Verify: assert the timestamp column is unique and monotonic before training.
3. Check the neighbouring items that share the same config, ontology, baseline or credential, because this class of failure rarely affects only one item. Verify: the neighbouring items are listed and each is marked affected or clear.
4. Compare the result counts, decisions or alerts against the source in the anomaly detector so a silent partial success is caught before sign off. Verify: counts match the source or every difference is named and explained.
5. Rerun the original operation in the anomaly detector on the previously failing scope, watching for the same message rather than assuming success from a quiet log. Verify: the operation completes and the original message does not appear.
6. Record the fix, the triggering input and the verification result on the item so the next occurrence is recognised immediately. Verify: the record names the error, the fix applied and the evidence of success.

## Why it happens
Detectors assume one value per timestamp; duplicated points from retries or joins create zero intervals and break windowing and seasonality maths.

## Variant phrasings

### duplicate timestamp entries in metric series
The verbatim form searchers paste from the terminal or console. Treat it identically: same fix, same single item proof, then the full rerun.

### How to fix: anomaly detector fails error "duplicate timestamp entries in metric se
The how-to phrasing for the same failure in the anomaly detector. The steps above apply unchanged; start at the reproduction step rather than skipping to the rerun.

### the anomaly detector troubleshooting for this failure
The symptom-first phrasing used when the console hides the full message. Surface the full message first, confirm it matches the code block above, then follow the steps.

Compatibility: the anomaly detector at current versions, plus the platform API or console the query names; no extra tooling beyond a text editor and the source system access needed to verify counts.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_2fDbIM2hLoizdoi7FAhYDw