From 885015970dd2d7a703a2ff2ddd87ef7b85ae601b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Marsching <sebastian.marsching-git-2016@aquenos.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:51:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Change cassandra_storage_hints_in_progress from counter to
 gauge.

This metric cannot be a Prometheus counter because it may (and typically
will) decrease.

Closes #122.
---
 .../java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/FactoriesSupplier.java  | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/FactoriesSupplier.java b/common/src/main/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/FactoriesSupplier.java
index 2d88503..028f09b 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/FactoriesSupplier.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/FactoriesSupplier.java
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ public List<Factory> get() {
             builder.add(storageMetric(functionalCollectorConstructor(counterAsCounter()), "Exceptions", "exceptions_total", null));
             builder.add(storageMetric(functionalCollectorConstructor(counterAsGauge()), "Load", "load_bytes", null));
             builder.add(storageMetric(functionalCollectorConstructor(counterAsCounter()), "TotalHints", "hints_total", null));
-            builder.add(storageMetric(functionalCollectorConstructor(counterAsCounter()), "TotalHintsInProgress", "hints_in_progress", null));
+            builder.add(storageMetric(functionalCollectorConstructor(counterAsGauge()), "TotalHintsInProgress", "hints_in_progress", null));
         }