Set align_queries_with_step to false as default

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## master / unreleased
 
+* [CHANGE] Updated default `align_queries_with_step` to **false** to match documentation #513
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Add `nginx.config.upstream_protocol` field to configure the upstream protocol in the nginx configuration #506
 * [BUGFIX] fix: upstream_protocol reference in auth_orgs #509
 * [DEPENDENCY] Update quay.io/cortexproject/cortex Docker tag to v1.18.1 #510

README.md

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ Kubernetes: `^1.19.0-0`
 | config.​memberlist.​join_members | list | `["{{ include \"cortex.fullname\" $ }}-memberlist"]` | the service name of the memberlist if using memberlist discovery |
 | config.​querier.​active_query_tracker_dir | string | `"/data/active-query-tracker"` |  |
 | config.​querier.​store_gateway_addresses | string | automatic | Comma separated list of store-gateway addresses in DNS Service Discovery format. This option should is set automatically when using the blocks storage and the store-gateway sharding is disabled (when enabled, the store-gateway instances form a ring and addresses are picked from the ring). |
-| config.​query_range.​align_queries_with_step | bool | `true` |  |
+| config.​query_range.​align_queries_with_step | bool | `false` |  |
 | config.​query_range.​cache_results | bool | `true` |  |
 | config.​query_range.​results_cache.​cache.​memcached.​expiration | string | `"1h"` |  |
 | config.​query_range.​results_cache.​cache.​memcached_client.​timeout | string | `"1s"` |  |

values.yaml

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ config:
       {{- end }}
   query_range:
     split_queries_by_interval: 24h
-    align_queries_with_step: true
+    align_queries_with_step: false
     cache_results: true
     results_cache:
       cache: