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[prometheus-exporter] Export Gauge exemplars

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem?

The exemplars were added in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4094 and support for the histogram exemplars in the Prometheus exporter is added in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4178

Describe the solution you'd like

Export exemplars for Gauge in the prometheus-exporter

Describe alternatives you've considered

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Additional Context

Support for exemplars for Gauge metrics in Prometheus Python client has landed in https://github.com/prometheus/client_python/pull/1063. But it has not been released yet (as of October 16th 2024). This is a requirement to fix this issue.

Would you like to implement a fix?

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Research direction

Start at the prometheus-exporter implementation and review the histogram exemplar support in PR #4178, then verify the required Prometheus Python client release includes Gauge exemplar support. Done means Gauge exemplars are exported consistently with histogram exemplars and the behavior is covered by tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
prometheus, python
Domain
observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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