This counter reports the total number of bytes of ingress traffic on this element that matched the configured access/classification rule being measured here. Because this figure is a life-to-date total which by design defines no clear-time field and so never resets, a flat value over the element's uncleared operational lifetime despite the rule still being configured is itself informative -- it means the rule has never actually matched a single byte across the counter's whole uncleared lifetime, not just that it's currently quiet. For example, this total staying at zero even though its clearable Stats-bin counterpart has been reset several times over the rule's life confirms the rule has never matched a single byte in its entire history, not just since the last clear.