Coerce label values to strings
Label values are converted to strings for output:
http_request_duration_seconds_count{method="get",status="200"} 0
When label values are submitted with string and non-string labels like:
http_request_duration_seconds.get({ method: 'GET', status: 200 })
http_request_duration_seconds.get({ method: 'GET', status: '200' })
Two identical metrics would be produced on the metrics endpoint with potentially different values:
http_request_duration_seconds_count{method="get",status="200"} 0
http_request_duration_seconds_count{method="get",status="200"} 100
The prometheus results were undefined / unpredictable.
Associated with gitlab-org/gitlab#34887 (closed)