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Add timestamp to GitLab Standard Context

Mikołaj Wawrzyniak requested to merge mwaw/add_timestamp_to_gitlab_standard_context into master

What does this MR do and why?

It adds context_generated_at field into GitLab standard context. That filed was added in order to help diagnose cases where Snowplow events are send along with stale context due to cached layout. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/345036#note_742348507

Iglu MR https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/iglu/-/merge_requests/72/

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How to set up and validate locally

  1. Follow https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/snowplow/implementation.html#snowplow-micro to set up Snowplow micro collector for local environment
  2. Trigger any Snowplow event for example visit http://gdk.test:3000/explore
  3. Check micro collector good events /micro/good within context field locate gitlab standard context and context_generated_at field

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Edited by Piotr Skorupa

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