prometheus / prometheus/common

MetricFamilyToOpenMetrics has invalid metric type

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Description

In this function untyped metrics are out as "unknown". That makes it invalid for prometheus

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Research direction

Locate MetricFamilyToOpenMetrics in the Go code and inspect how untyped metrics are converted. Reproduce the invalid "unknown" output with an untyped metric, then add or adjust a focused test defining valid OpenMetrics output and use it to verify the fix.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
observability
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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