{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/telegraf/issues/435","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/telegraf/issues/435/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/telegraf/issues/435/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/telegraf/issues/435/events","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/435","id":121679320,"number":435,"title":"Telegraf 0.2.3 to 0.2.4 break system_uptime, due the the different type of value","user":{"login":"Galser","id":914404,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914404?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser","html_url":"https://github.com/Galser","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Galser/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-12-11T10:17:37Z","updated_at":"2015-12-11T10:17:37Z","closed_at":null,"body":"After upgrade of Telegraf on CentOS 6  version **0.2.3 to 0.2.4** flushing to IndluxDB fails, as **system_uptime** cannot be written to DB anymore : \r\n```\r\n2015/12/11 11:01:39 ERROR: write failed: field type conflict: input field \"value\" on measurement \"system_uptime\" is type float64, already exists as type integer\r\n ```\r\n\r\nSo, it is back, I reported in the old bug (between 0.2.0 and 0.2.1 ) also. \r\n\r\nBasically it then brake any flushing metrics to DB : \r\n```\r\n2015/12/11 11:12:56 ERROR: write failed: field type conflict: input field \"value\" on measurement \"system_uptime\" is type float64, already exists as type integer\r\n2015/12/11 11:12:57 ERROR: write failed: field type conflict: input field \"value\" on measurement \"system_uptime\" is type float64, already exists as type integer\r\n2015/12/11 11:12:58 ERROR: write failed: field type conflict: input field \"value\" on measurement \"system_uptime\" is type float64, already exists as type integer2015/12/11 11:12:58 FATAL: Write to output [influxdb] failed 3 times, dropping 270 metrics\r\n2015/12/11 11:13:00 Gathered metrics, ({10s} interval), from 7 plugins in 28.891603ms   \r\n```"}}