Yes, you can reset as long as it's longer than the interval. But, why?
There's no specific need in Prometheus to do this.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 7:01 AM Vasiliy B <[email protected]> wrote:

> Folks,
>   Am researching a use case where we collect /metrics data with Prometheus
> only when needed to do some investigation. During normal operating hours,
> we would flush the /metrics endpoint on a time schedule which is greater
> than the scrape_interval ?
>
> From the documentation, it is clear that Prometheus server will honor
> the scrape_interval config setting. But what about on the service side?  Do
> the metrics have the ability to reset to zero after a predefined time, i.e.
> 1 minute?
>
> Looking for feedback if this is a feasible, any gotchas, or clarification
> on how metrics are stored on the client side.
>
> Thanks!
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