prometheus / prometheus/prometheus

Return info annotation when query returns metrics with same name but different type or unit label

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Description

Part of #16610

When a query for a metric returns multiple metrics with a different type or unit label, but the same name, the query should return an info annotation, which is surfaced to the user in the UI.

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