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diff --git a/doc/development/prometheus_metrics.md b/doc/development/prometheus_metrics.md index 6a4a85f14ff..cef55c800e1 100644 --- a/doc/development/prometheus_metrics.md +++ b/doc/development/prometheus_metrics.md @@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ This section describes how to add new metrics for self-monitoring for [Prometheus metric names](https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/#metric-names). 1. Update the list of [GitLab Prometheus metrics](../administration/monitoring/prometheus/gitlab_metrics.md). 1. Carefully choose what labels you want to add to your metric. Values with high cardinality, -like `project_path`, or `project_id` are strongly discouraged because they can affect our services -availability due to the fact that each set of labels is exposed as a new entry in the `/metrics` endpoint. -For example, a histogram with 10 buckets and a label with 100 values would generate 1000 -entries in the export endpoint. + like `project_path`, or `project_id` are strongly discouraged because they can affect our services + availability due to the fact that each set of labels is exposed as a new entry in the `/metrics` endpoint. + For example, a histogram with 10 buckets and a label with 100 values would generate 1000 + entries in the export endpoint. 1. Trigger the relevant page or code that records the new metric. 1. Check that the new metric appears at `/-/metrics`. |