receiver/prometheusreceiver: add option to fallback to collector starttime #36365
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Description
This change adds an option to the metric adjuster to use an approximation of the collector starttime as a fallback for the start time of scraped cumulative metrics. This is useful when no start time is found and when the collector starts up alongside its targets (like in serverless environments or sidecar approaches).
Link to tracking issue
Fixes #36364
Testing
Added unit test for this config option
Documentation
Config option added to the README.