prometheus / prometheus/client_python
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Description
Hey.
It would be nice if there was something like a write_to_stdout() function, or if write_to_textfile() would somehow allow writing to stdout.
For debugging that would seem to be much more helpful. Also, distros may have their own unified means of collecting the .prom files and thus even in production it may make sense to let a program simply write the metrics to stdout.
Cheers,
Chris.
PS: Using /dev/stdout doesn't work, as it tries to write it's tmpfile there.
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Start by locating write_to_textfile() and reviewing how it handles the /dev/stdout case. Determine the expected behavior for writing metrics directly to stdout while preserving existing file output, then verify that both output paths work as intended. No files or tests are named in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100