Why metric values are regenerating for each browser session

[manu-balakrishnan]

Hi,

I am trying to export custom metrics to Prometheus using OTLP metric exporter. Even though it is exporting to Prometheus, metric values are generating per browser session. For example, consider a counter metric which gets incremented as per the number of button clicks. If we clicks button 5 times, counter value will increment to 5. however when I close the browser session, reopening the app ( or logout and re-login) and clicking button, counter value will start incrementing from zero instead of 5.

Is there a way to keep the actual metric value even after logout/closing browser session?

Thanks.