fix: update time_unix_nano to utc::now() when incoming ts is 0 or null

[nikhilsinhaparseable]

when time_unix_nano is 0 or null in otel ingestion
server sets the time_unix_nano to 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
in case of metrics, the data becomes unqueryable with promql

fix is to set time_unix_nano to Utc::now() to make the data queryable

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Epoch values of zero now use the current UTC time instead of producing an invalid timestamp.
  • Existing nanosecond timestamp conversion remains unchanged for nonzero values.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for zero and nonzero epoch timestamp behavior.

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Walkthrough

The epoch conversion now returns the current UTC timestamp for zero input. Nonzero values retain nanosecond conversion. Tests cover both behaviors.

Changes

Epoch Timestamp Conversion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Timestamp conversion and validation src/otel/otel_utils.rs	Zero epoch values use the current UTC timestamp. Nonzero values continue to convert supplied nanoseconds. Tests verify both behaviors.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c9a56

The change is intended to replace missing OTLP timestamps with the current UTC time, but JSON log payloads with a null timestamp can still fail deserialization before the fallback runs, leaving affected ingestion requests rejected. The PR is not merge-ready until that path is handled.

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the timestamp fallback for zero or null OTEL timestamps.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description states the problem, impact on PromQL queries, and the selected UTC timestamp fallback.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/otel/otel_utils.rs`:
- Around line 206-214: Normalize null OTLP timestamps before LogsData
deserialization so they are converted to the existing zero-value behavior used
by convert_epoch_nano_to_timestamp, rather than failing JSON parsing. Update the
JSON ingestion path before LogsData is constructed, and add a regression test
covering null timestamps through flatten_otel_logs.

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