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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections import defaultdict
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Sequence, Set, Tuple
+
+from dbt_semantic_interfaces.type_enums import TimeGranularity
+from typing_extensions import override
+
+from metricflow_semantics.specs.patterns.spec_pattern import SpecPattern
+from metricflow_semantics.specs.spec_classes import (
+    InstanceSpec,
+    LinkableInstanceSpec,
+    TimeDimensionSpec,
+    TimeDimensionSpecComparisonKey,
+    TimeDimensionSpecField,
+)
+from metricflow_semantics.specs.spec_set import group_specs_by_type
+
+
+class MetricTimeDefaultGranularityPattern(SpecPattern):
+    """A pattern that matches metric_time specs if they have the default granularity for the requested metrics.
+
+    This is used to determine the granularity that should be used for metric_time if no granularity is specified.
+    Spec passes through if granularity is already selected or if no metrics were queried, since no default is needed.
+    All non-metric_time specs are passed through.
+
+    e.g., if a metric with default_granularity MONTH is queried
+
+    inputs:
+        [
+            TimeDimensionSpec('metric_time', 'day'),
+            TimeDimensionSpec('metric_time', 'week'),
+            TimeDimensionSpec('metric_time', 'month'),
+            DimensionSpec('listing__country'),
+        ]
+
+    matches:
+        [
+            TimeDimensionSpec('metric_time', 'month'),
+            DimensionSpec('listing__country'),
+        ]
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, max_metric_default_time_granularity: Optional[TimeGranularity]) -> None:  # noqa: D107
+        self._max_metric_default_time_granularity = max_metric_default_time_granularity
+
+    @override
+    def match(self, candidate_specs: Sequence[InstanceSpec]) -> Sequence[InstanceSpec]:
+        spec_set = group_specs_by_type(candidate_specs)
+
+        # If there are no metrics or metric_time specs in the query, skip this filter.
+        if not (self._max_metric_default_time_granularity and spec_set.metric_time_specs):
+            return candidate_specs
+
+        spec_key_to_grains: Dict[TimeDimensionSpecComparisonKey, Set[TimeGranularity]] = defaultdict(set)
+        spec_key_to_specs: Dict[TimeDimensionSpecComparisonKey, Tuple[TimeDimensionSpec, ...]] = defaultdict(tuple)
+        for metric_time_spec in spec_set.metric_time_specs:
+            spec_key = metric_time_spec.comparison_key(exclude_fields=(TimeDimensionSpecField.TIME_GRANULARITY,))
+            spec_key_to_grains[spec_key].add(metric_time_spec.time_granularity)
+            spec_key_to_specs[spec_key] += (metric_time_spec,)
+
+        matched_metric_time_specs: Tuple[TimeDimensionSpec, ...] = ()
+        for spec_key, time_grains in spec_key_to_grains.items():
+            if self._max_metric_default_time_granularity in time_grains:
+                matched_metric_time_specs += (
+                    spec_key_to_specs[spec_key][0].with_grain(self._max_metric_default_time_granularity),
+                )
+            else:
+                # If default_granularity is not in the available options, then time granularity was specified in the request
+                # and a default is not needed here. Pass all options through for this spec key.
+                matched_metric_time_specs += spec_key_to_specs[spec_key]
+
+        matching_specs: Sequence[LinkableInstanceSpec] = (
+            spec_set.dimension_specs
+            + matched_metric_time_specs
+            + tuple(spec for spec in spec_set.time_dimension_specs if not spec.is_metric_time)
+            + spec_set.entity_specs
+            + spec_set.group_by_metric_specs
+        )
+
+        return matching_specs