docs: pipeline: inputs: tail: document byte completeness metrics

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Documentation: in_tail: add raw byte completeness metrics

Summary

This PR documents the two raw-byte completeness counters introduced to the in_tail input plugin in the companion Fluent Bit pull request:

• fluentbit_input_files_processed_bytes_total: cumulative count of raw source-file bytes past which the resumable offset has advanced.
• fluentbit_input_files_abandoned_bytes_total: cumulative count of unread raw source-file bytes discarded when monitored files are terminally removed (rotate_wait expiration, file deletion, or truncation).

Changes

• pipeline/inputs/tail.md:
  • Added a ## Metrics section documenting Tail input plugin metrics and units.
  • Added a ### Monitor log completeness section detailing how processed_bytes and abandoned_bytes form an objective, lag-independent completeness ratio:

Ingestion Completeness = processed_bytes / (processed_bytes + abandoned_bytes)

• Documented the zero-abandonment invariant under normal drain conditions.
• administration/monitoring.md:
  • Inserted fluentbit_input_files_abandoned_bytes_total and fluentbit_input_files_processed_bytes_total into the v2 metrics table in alphabetical order.

Related Code PR

• Companion core PR: in_tail: add processed and abandoned raw byte metrics fluent-bit#12361

Note: As this documents a feature currently under code review, please apply the waiting-on-code-merge label.

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• Documentation
  • Documented Tail input metrics for cumulative processed and abandoned source-file bytes.
  • Clarified when bytes are counted, including incomplete trailing lines, truncation, deletion, rotation, and rotate_wait expiration.
  • Updated completeness guidance for startup conditions, zero denominators, and unavailable results when counters have not advanced.
  • Added a PromQL example for measuring completeness over a recent time window.

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The documentation clarifies Tail input processed and abandoned byte metrics. It defines completeness behavior for zero and non-zero counters and adds a rate-based PromQL query for recent activity.

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Tail input metrics

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document Tail metrics administration/monitoring.md, pipeline/inputs/tail.md	The documentation clarifies processed-byte and abandoned-byte counter semantics. It documents truncation, deletion, rotation, and rotate_wait expiration. It defines zero-denominator behavior and adds a rate-based PromQL query.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

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This change documents Tail byte-completeness metrics and their ratio behavior, including empty and zero-denominator cases. No current merge-blocking risk remains.

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@GuangxueCao thanks for this docs PR! Ready to go when the code PR merges.

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@GuangxueCao thanks for this docs PR! Ready to go when the code PR merges.

Thanks for the prompt review :)