prometheus / prometheus/client_rust
src/metrics: Support custom ad-hoc metrics
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 606
- Forks
- 113
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
- 8
Description
Some metrics need to be created ad-hoc on scrape, e.g. a counter retrieved from another system.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in src/metrics and trace how metrics are created and collected during a scrape. Clarify the intended API and lifecycle for ad-hoc metrics, including how an external counter is represented and exposed. Done should mean the requested use case is supported with documented behavior and corresponding tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100