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Deprecates all metric creation methods that accept loose string parameters for name and help text.

This standardizes metric creation on the MetricNameDescriptor type, which requires a metricName, unitName and helpText for all metrics. This improves compliance with official Prometheus client library guidelines ("A MetricFamily MUST have a name, HELP, TYPE, and UNIT metadata.").

The deprecated methods will be removed in a future major version (see #145).

CC @ktoso, thank you!

@incertum incertum added the 🆕 semver/minor Adds new public API. label Oct 14, 2025
@incertum incertum force-pushed the deprecation/help-unit-required-future branch from ac36981 to 0babf92 Compare October 14, 2025 19:42
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Additional note: We should avoid redirecting to the public APIs that have now been marked as deprecated. I wanted to first ask for your opinion on this @ktoso . Happy to make these additional changes.

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Additional note: We should avoid redirecting to the public APIs that have now been marked as deprecated. I wanted to first ask for your opinion on this @ktoso . Happy to make these additional changes.

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Looks good, AFAICS this keeps source compat

@incertum incertum enabled auto-merge October 21, 2025 16:52
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Deprecates all metric creation methods that accept loose string parameters for name and help text.

This standardizes metric creation on the MetricNameDescriptor type, which requires a metricName, unitName and helpText for all metrics. This improves compliance with official Prometheus client library guidelines ("A MetricFamily MUST have a name, HELP, TYPE, and UNIT metadata.").

The deprecated methods will be removed in a future major version (see swift-server#145).

Signed-off-by: Melissa Kilby <[email protected]>
@incertum incertum force-pushed the deprecation/help-unit-required-future branch from 339cf39 to 9c3e516 Compare October 27, 2025 21:08
@incertum incertum force-pushed the deprecation/help-unit-required-future branch from 5e3e2d5 to c7bbfdd Compare October 27, 2025 21:46
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