prometheus / prometheus/node_exporter

count number of hung tasks

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Description

Linux 6.13 now ships with a new metric called hung_task_detect_count which:

Indicates the total number of tasks that have been detected as hung since the system boot.

Could/should this be added to node exporter?

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Research direction

Start with the Linux 6.13 kernel documentation for hung_task_detect_count and the linked node_exporter issue context. Locate the existing Linux task-related metric collector and its tests, then verify that the new metric reports the kernel counter correctly and is covered by the collector's test suite.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, linux
Domain
observability, operating-systems
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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