Error when reading same metrics from multiple files, one with and one without a HELP entry
Host operating system: output of uname -a
Linux master 6.5.0-35-generic #35~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue May 7 09:00:52 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
node_exporter version: output of node_exporter --version
node_exporter, version 1.8.0 (branch: master, revision: cf0dffe8dce4985132440290d3278373f70f8493)
build user: frederic@master
build date: 20240509-09:40:57
go version: go1.22.2
platform: linux/amd64
tags: unknown
node_exporter command line flags
/usr/local/bin/node_exporter --collector.textfile.directory=/var/metrics/node_exporter
node_exporter log output
* [from Gatherer #2] collected metric my_metric gauge:{value:1} has help \"Metric read from /var/metrics/node_exporter/data1.prom, /var/metrics/node_exporter/data2.prom\" but should have \"my custom help text\"
Are you running node_exporter in Docker?
no
What did you do that produced an error?
Create 2 prom files in collector.textfile.directory containing metrics with the same name and different labels. One prom file contains a corresponding HELP entry, the other does NOT contain one.
What did you expect to see?
all metrics from both files + the one HELP entry in the output (maybe additionally with "Metric read from <files>")
What did you see instead?
only the metrics with the help entry the metrics from the file without the help entry were omitted in the output