I have a dummy Prometheus exporter which handles the metric test_metric_integer_i
with this very basic behavior:
# 1. Before 18:04 the value is always 42. Here the output of /metrics:
test_metric_integer_i{host="telegraf-container"} 42 <a-timestamp-before-18:04>
# 2. Between 18:04 and 18:08, no value at all. The output of /metrics is completely empty.
# 3. After 18:08, the value is always 1000. Here is the output of /metrics:
test_metric_integer_i{host="telegraf-container"} 1000 <a-timestamp-after-18:08>