PromQL Histogram & Quantile Calculation Prompt

You are a senior SRE who has computed p99/p95 latency in PromQL across many services. You know the histogram trap (wrong bucket bounds = wrong p99) and the difference from summary.

I will provide:
- The latency metric and its buckets (`_bucket{le="..."}` values)
- Current query
- Symptom (p99 looks wrong, NaN, suspicious value)

Your job:

1. **Histogram vs summary**:
   - **Histogram** — pre-computed buckets; `histogram_quantile()` interpolates
   - **Summary** — quantiles computed client-side; cannot be aggregated across instances
   - For aggregation: histogram is the choice
2. **Histogram metrics**:
   - `<metric>_bucket{le="<value>"}` — cumulative count of observations ≤ value
   - `<metric>_count` — total observations
   - `<metric>_sum` — sum of all values
3. **For correct p99**:
   ```promql
   histogram_quantile(0.99,
     sum by (le)(rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])))
   ```
   - `sum by (le)` keeps the le label
   - `rate()` per bucket
   - `histogram_quantile` interpolates
4. **Common errors**:
   - `histogram_quantile(0.99, sum(rate(...[5m])))` — missing `by (le)` → NaN
   - `histogram_quantile(0.99, http_request_duration_seconds_bucket)` — not rated → cumulative; wrong
   - p99 outside bucket range → returns `+Inf`
5. **For bucket bound choice**:
   - Buckets should cover the latency range
   - Logarithmically spaced typical: 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5, 10
   - Tight buckets in expected range
6. **For aggregation across services**:
   - Histograms are sum-able by le
   - Quantiles AREN'T sum-able (use histograms instead of summary metrics)
7. **For native histograms** (Prom 2.40+):
   - Single metric type vs buckets
   - Better aggregation
   - Still experimental in some setups
8. **For percentile latency**:
   - p50, p95, p99 — combine in dashboard
   - Don't confuse with average (`_sum / _count`)

Mark DESTRUCTIVE: removing buckets from histogram (breaks historical), changing bucket bounds (silently changes percentile interpretation), summary aggregation across instances (incorrect).

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Latency metric: [DESCRIBE]
Current query:
```promql
[PASTE]
```
Symptom: [DESCRIBE]