diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e056eab8d8..2b29fe25ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Refinery Changelog
 
+## 2.8.4 2024-10-11
+
+### Fixes
+
+- fix: Switch `collector_collect_loop_duration_ms` metric to be a histogram  (#1381) | [Tyler Helmuth](https://github.com/TylerHelmuth)
+
 ## 2.8.3 2024-10-08
 
 ### Changes 
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 7b6a36aa35..f72c0b1e66 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 While [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) contains detailed documentation and links to all the source code changes in a given release, this document is intended to be aimed at a more comprehensible version of the contents of the release from the point of view of users of Refinery.
 
+## Version 2.8.4
+
+This is a bug fix release and includes the follow change:
+* Changes the new `collector_collect_loop_duration_ms` metric introduced in `v2.8.3` to be a histogram instead of a gauge. This ensures the minimum and maximum values from each interval is recorded. 
+
 ## Version 2.8.3
 
 This is a bug fix release and includes the follow changes+~+:
diff --git a/collect/collect.go b/collect/collect.go
index 95dc931c04..4d0802e876 100644
--- a/collect/collect.go
+++ b/collect/collect.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ var inMemCollectorMetrics = []metrics.Metadata{
 	{Name: "trace_kept_sample_rate", Type: metrics.Histogram, Unit: metrics.Dimensionless, Description: "sample rate of kept traces"},
 	{Name: "trace_aggregate_sample_rate", Type: metrics.Histogram, Unit: metrics.Dimensionless, Description: "aggregate sample rate of both kept and dropped traces"},
 	{Name: "collector_redistribute_traces_duration_ms", Type: metrics.Histogram, Unit: metrics.Milliseconds, Description: "duration of redistributing traces to peers"},
-	{Name: "collector_collect_loop_duration_ms", Type: metrics.Gauge, Unit: metrics.Milliseconds, Description: "duration of the collect loop, the primary event processing goroutine"},
+	{Name: "collector_collect_loop_duration_ms", Type: metrics.Histogram, Unit: metrics.Milliseconds, Description: "duration of the collect loop, the primary event processing goroutine"},
 }
 
 func (i *InMemCollector) Start() error {
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func (i *InMemCollector) collect() {
 			}
 		}
 
-		i.Metrics.Gauge("collector_collect_loop_duration_ms", float64(time.Now().Sub(startTime).Milliseconds()))
+		i.Metrics.Histogram("collector_collect_loop_duration_ms", float64(time.Now().Sub(startTime).Milliseconds()))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/config.md b/config.md
index 258b9dd872..0fcc50c7ef 100644
--- a/config.md
+++ b/config.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Honeycomb Refinery Configuration Documentation
 
 This is the documentation for the configuration file for Honeycomb's Refinery.
-It was automatically generated on 2024-10-10 at 17:01:39 UTC.
+It was automatically generated on 2024-10-11 at 16:33:01 UTC.
 
 ## The Config file
 
diff --git a/config_complete.yaml b/config_complete.yaml
index 5d9c409288..d4a2cc461c 100644
--- a/config_complete.yaml
+++ b/config_complete.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## Honeycomb Refinery Configuration ##
 ######################################
 #
-# created on 2024-10-10 at 17:01:39 UTC from ../../config.yaml using a template generated on 2024-10-10 at 17:01:33 UTC
+# created on 2024-10-11 at 16:33:00 UTC from ../../config.yaml using a template generated on 2024-10-11 at 16:32:50 UTC
 
 # This file contains a configuration for the Honeycomb Refinery. It is in YAML
 # format, organized into named groups, each of which contains a set of
@@ -1135,8 +1135,8 @@ Specialized:
     ##
     ## Eligible for live reload.
     # AdditionalAttributes:
-      #  environment: production
       #  ClusterName: MyCluster
+      #  environment: production
 
 ###############
 ## ID Fields ##
diff --git a/metrics.md b/metrics.md
index 1a5d0fa6de..0260bd2b90 100644
--- a/metrics.md
+++ b/metrics.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Honeycomb Refinery Metrics Documentation
 
 This document contains the description of various metrics used in Refinery.
-It was automatically generated on 2024-10-10 at 17:01:38 UTC.
+It was automatically generated on 2024-10-11 at 16:33:00 UTC.
 
 Note: This document does not include metrics defined in the dynsampler-go dependency, as those metrics are generated dynamically at runtime. As a result, certain metrics may be missing or incomplete in this document, but they will still be available during execution with their full names.
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ This table includes metrics with fully defined names.
 | trace_kept_sample_rate | Histogram | Dimensionless | sample rate of kept traces |
 | trace_aggregate_sample_rate | Histogram | Dimensionless | aggregate sample rate of both kept and dropped traces |
 | collector_redistribute_traces_duration_ms | Histogram | Milliseconds | duration of redistributing traces to peers |
-| collector_collect_loop_duration_ms | Gauge | Milliseconds | duration of the collect loop, the primary event processing goroutine |
+| collector_collect_loop_duration_ms | Histogram | Milliseconds | duration of the collect loop, the primary event processing goroutine |
 | cluster_stress_level | Gauge | Dimensionless | The overall stress level of the cluster |
 | individual_stress_level | Gauge | Dimensionless | The stress level of the individual node |
 | stress_level | Gauge | Dimensionless | The stress level that's being used to determine whether to activate stress relief |
diff --git a/rules.md b/rules.md
index 5f34395d0c..fa74a45e70 100644
--- a/rules.md
+++ b/rules.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Honeycomb Refinery Rules Documentation
 
 This is the documentation for the rules configuration for Honeycomb's Refinery.
-It was automatically generated on 2024-10-10 at 17:01:40 UTC.
+It was automatically generated on 2024-10-11 at 16:33:02 UTC.
 
 ## The Rules file
 
diff --git a/tools/convert/configDataNames.txt b/tools/convert/configDataNames.txt
index bd70fdbcd8..0078ed7626 100644
--- a/tools/convert/configDataNames.txt
+++ b/tools/convert/configDataNames.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Names of groups and fields in the new config file format.
-# Automatically generated on 2024-10-10 at 17:01:34 UTC.
+# Automatically generated on 2024-10-11 at 16:32:56 UTC.
 
 General:
   - ConfigurationVersion
diff --git a/tools/convert/metricsMeta.yaml b/tools/convert/metricsMeta.yaml
index 0fce53b04a..323122bb3a 100644
--- a/tools/convert/metricsMeta.yaml
+++ b/tools/convert/metricsMeta.yaml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ complete:
       unit: Milliseconds
       description: duration of redistributing traces to peers
     - name: collector_collect_loop_duration_ms
-      type: Gauge
+      type: Histogram
       unit: Milliseconds
       description: duration of the collect loop, the primary event processing goroutine
     - name: cluster_stress_level
diff --git a/tools/convert/minimal_config.yaml b/tools/convert/minimal_config.yaml
index b9399e6c0c..099b0f6f24 100644
--- a/tools/convert/minimal_config.yaml
+++ b/tools/convert/minimal_config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # sample uncommented config file containing all possible fields
-# automatically generated on 2024-10-10 at 17:01:35 UTC
+# automatically generated on 2024-10-11 at 16:32:57 UTC
 General:
   ConfigurationVersion: 2
   MinRefineryVersion: "v2.0"
diff --git a/tools/convert/templates/configV2.tmpl b/tools/convert/templates/configV2.tmpl
index dcc77890b1..0f5b4a4c6e 100644
--- a/tools/convert/templates/configV2.tmpl
+++ b/tools/convert/templates/configV2.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## Honeycomb Refinery Configuration ##
 ######################################
 #
-# created {{ now }} from {{ .Input }} using a template generated on 2024-10-10 at 17:01:33 UTC
+# created {{ now }} from {{ .Input }} using a template generated on 2024-10-11 at 16:32:50 UTC
 
 # This file contains a configuration for the Honeycomb Refinery. It is in YAML
 # format, organized into named groups, each of which contains a set of