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diff --git a/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/agent/ticker/ticker.go b/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/agent/ticker/ticker.go
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+package ticker
+
+import "time"
+
+type (
+	// Ticker holds a channel that delivers ticks of a clock at intervals.
+	// The ticks are aligned to interval boundaries.
+	Ticker struct {
+		C        <-chan int
+		done     chan struct{}
+		loops    int
+		interval time.Duration
+	}
+)
+
+// New returns a new Ticker containing a channel that will send the time with a period specified by the duration argument.
+// It adjusts the intervals or drops ticks to make up for slow receivers.
+// The duration must be greater than zero; if not, New will panic. Stop the Ticker to release associated resources.
+func New(interval time.Duration) *Ticker {
+	ticker := &Ticker{
+		interval: interval,
+		done:     make(chan struct{}, 1),
+	}
+	ticker.start()
+	return ticker
+}
+
+func (t *Ticker) start() {
+	ch := make(chan int)
+	t.C = ch
+	go func() {
+	LOOP:
+		for {
+			now := time.Now()
+			nextRun := now.Truncate(t.interval).Add(t.interval)
+
+			time.Sleep(nextRun.Sub(now))
+			select {
+			case <-t.done:
+				close(ch)
+				break LOOP
+			case ch <- t.loops:
+				t.loops++
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+// Stop turns off a Ticker. After Stop, no more ticks will be sent.
+// Stop does not close the channel, to prevent a read from the channel succeeding incorrectly.
+func (t *Ticker) Stop() {
+	t.done <- struct{}{}
+}