The current prometheus exporter spec suggests that there can be a configuration - without_type_suffix which if enabled, produces metrics without type_suffix.
IIUC, this only applies to _total that gets added in case counters are used. Unlike units, the possible values of type_suffix are not apparent when reading the metric metadata portion of the spec.
This could cause some confusion where type_suffix could be confused with _bucket or _sum that gets added to the metrics when using histograms or summaries.
What did you expect to see?
If the only possible type_suffix, currently is a _total. The config option could be renamed to without_counter_suffixOR the spec mentions that without_type_suffix only affects Counters.
I'm not sure if this is a legitimate ask, but I feel making this more explicit could be useful.
What are you trying to achieve?
The current prometheus exporter spec suggests that there can be a configuration -
without_type_suffixwhich if enabled, produces metrics withouttype_suffix.IIUC, this only applies to
_totalthat gets added in case counters are used. Unlike units, the possible values oftype_suffixare not apparent when reading the metric metadata portion of the spec.This could cause some confusion where
type_suffixcould be confused with_bucketor_sumthat gets added to the metrics when using histograms or summaries.What did you expect to see?
If the only possible
type_suffix, currently is a_total. The config option could be renamed towithout_counter_suffixOR the spec mentions thatwithout_type_suffixonly affects Counters.I'm not sure if this is a legitimate ask, but I feel making this more explicit could be useful.