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+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+#
+# If your change doesn't affect end users you should instead start
+# your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the area of concern in the attributes-registry, (e.g. http, cloud, db)
+component: k8s
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add `k8s.pod.cpu.time`, `k8s.pod.cpu.usage`, `k8s.node.cpu.time`, `k8s.node.cpu.usage` metrics
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+# The values here must be integers.
+issues: [1320]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/docs/system/k8s-metrics.md b/docs/system/k8s-metrics.md
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+<!--- Hugo front matter used to generate the website version of this page:
+linkTitle: Container
+--->
+
+# Semantic Conventions for K8s Metrics
+
+**Status**: [Experimental][DocumentStatus]
+
+## K8s Metrics
+
+This document describes instruments and attributes for common K8s level
+metrics in OpenTelemetry. These metrics are collected from technology-specific,
+well-defined APIs (e.g. Kubelet's API).
+
+### Metric: `k8s.pod.cpu.time`
+
+This metric is [recommended][MetricRecommended].
+
+<!-- semconv metric.k8s.pod.cpu.time(metric_table) -->
+<!-- NOTE: THIS TEXT IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT BY HAND. -->
+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+| Name     | Instrument Type | Unit (UCUM) | Description    | Stability |
+| -------- | --------------- | ----------- | -------------- | --------- |
+| `k8s.pod.cpu.time` | Counter | `s` | Total CPU time consumed [1] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+
+
+**[1]:** Total CPU time consumed by the specific Pod on all available CPU cores
+
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- END AUTOGENERATED TEXT -->
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+<!-- semconv metric.k8s.pod.cpu.time -->
+<!-- NOTE: THIS TEXT IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT BY HAND. -->
+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- END AUTOGENERATED TEXT -->
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+### Metric: `k8s.pod.cpu.usage`
+
+This metric is [recommended][MetricRecommended].
+
+<!-- semconv metric.k8s.pod.cpu.usage(metric_table) -->
+<!-- NOTE: THIS TEXT IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT BY HAND. -->
+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+| Name     | Instrument Type | Unit (UCUM) | Description    | Stability |
+| -------- | --------------- | ----------- | -------------- | --------- |
+| `k8s.pod.cpu.usage` | Gauge | `{cpu}` | Pod's CPU usage, measured in cpus. Range from 0 to the number of allocatable CPUs [1] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+
+
+**[1]:** CPU usage of the specific Pod on all available CPU cores, averaged over the sample window
+
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- END AUTOGENERATED TEXT -->
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+<!-- semconv metric.k8s.pod.cpu.usage -->
+<!-- NOTE: THIS TEXT IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT BY HAND. -->
+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- END AUTOGENERATED TEXT -->
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+### Metric: `k8s.node.cpu.time`
+
+This metric is [recommended][MetricRecommended].
+
+<!-- semconv metric.k8s.node.cpu.time(metric_table) -->
+<!-- NOTE: THIS TEXT IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT BY HAND. -->
+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+| Name     | Instrument Type | Unit (UCUM) | Description    | Stability |
+| -------- | --------------- | ----------- | -------------- | --------- |
+| `k8s.node.cpu.time` | Counter | `s` | Total CPU time consumed [1] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+
+
+**[1]:** Total CPU time consumed by the specific Node on all available CPU cores
+
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- END AUTOGENERATED TEXT -->
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+<!-- semconv metric.k8s.node.cpu.time -->
+<!-- NOTE: THIS TEXT IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT BY HAND. -->
+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- END AUTOGENERATED TEXT -->
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+### Metric: `k8s.node.cpu.usage`
+
+This metric is [recommended][MetricRecommended].
+
+<!-- semconv metric.k8s.node.cpu.usage(metric_table) -->
+<!-- NOTE: THIS TEXT IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT BY HAND. -->
+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+| Name     | Instrument Type | Unit (UCUM) | Description    | Stability |
+| -------- | --------------- | ----------- | -------------- | --------- |
+| `k8s.node.cpu.usage` | Gauge | `{cpu}` | Node's CPU usage, measured in cpus. Range from 0 to the number of allocatable CPUs [1] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+
+
+**[1]:** CPU usage of the specific Node on all available CPU cores, averaged over the sample window
+
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- END AUTOGENERATED TEXT -->
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+<!-- semconv metric.k8s.node.cpu.usage -->
+<!-- NOTE: THIS TEXT IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT BY HAND. -->
+<!-- see templates/registry/markdown/snippet.md.j2 -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- markdownlint-capture -->
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- END AUTOGENERATED TEXT -->
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+[DocumentStatus]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/document-status
+[MetricRecommended]: /docs/general/metric-requirement-level.md#recommended
diff --git a/model/metrics/k8s.yaml b/model/metrics/k8s.yaml
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+groups:
+  # k8s.pod.cpu.* metrics and attribute group
+  - id: metric.k8s.pod.cpu.time
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: k8s.pod.cpu.time
+    stability: experimental
+    brief: "Total CPU time consumed"
+    note: >
+      Total CPU time consumed by the specific Pod on all available CPU cores
+    instrument: counter
+    unit: "s"
+  - id: metric.k8s.pod.cpu.usage
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: k8s.pod.cpu.usage
+    stability: experimental
+    brief: "Pod's CPU usage, measured in cpus. Range from 0 to the number of allocatable CPUs"
+    note: >
+      CPU usage of the specific Pod on all available CPU cores, averaged over the sample window
+    instrument: gauge
+    unit: "{cpu}"
+
+  # k8s.node.cpu.* metrics and attribute group
+  - id: metric.k8s.node.cpu.time
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: k8s.node.cpu.time
+    stability: experimental
+    brief: "Total CPU time consumed"
+    note: >
+      Total CPU time consumed by the specific Node on all available CPU cores
+    instrument: counter
+    unit: "s"
+  - id: metric.k8s.node.cpu.usage
+    type: metric
+    metric_name: k8s.node.cpu.usage
+    stability: experimental
+    brief: "Node's CPU usage, measured in cpus. Range from 0 to the number of allocatable CPUs"
+    note: >
+      CPU usage of the specific Node on all available CPU cores, averaged over the sample window
+    instrument: gauge
+    unit: "{cpu}"