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sdk_exporters/prometheus: Clarify Content Negotiation #4543

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sdk_exporters/prometheus: Clarify Content Negotiation
ArthurSens Jun 4, 2025
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Just add a link to Prometheus docs
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Changelog entry
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ release.

### Compatibility

- Clarify expectations about Prometheus content negotiation for metric names.
([#4543](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/4543))

### SDK Configuration

### Common
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Expand Up @@ -74,3 +74,9 @@ The option MAY be named `without_scope_info`, and MUST be `false` by default.

A Prometheus Exporter MAY support a configuration option to produce metrics without a [target info](../../compatibility/prometheus_and_openmetrics.md#resource-attributes-1)
metric. The option MAY be named `without_target_info`, and MUST be `false` by default.

## Content Negotiation

A Prometheus Exporter MUST support content negotiation to allow clients to request
metrics in different formats based on the `Accept` header in HTTP requests. Content
negotiation MUST follow [Prometheus Content Negotiation guidelines](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/content_negotiation/).
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