scrape interval vs exporter internals

[dc3o]

Considering that scrape interval is controller by Prometheus configuration, how do we configure how often some exporter pulls and exposes the metrics? For instance - say that scrape interval is 60s - how do we ensure that metrics provided are representing values in the exact moment?

[Stuart Clark]

The normal mechanism is to trigger a fetch/generate of any metrics that
aren't continuous when a scrape comes in. If needed you might then cache
those values within the exporter for a period if they are expensive/slow
to produce.

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Stuart Clark