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Lightning Talk: Viewing Raw Samples for Troubleshooting Queries

Lightningat PromCon EU 2025 · 2025-10-21..10-22· [observability, developer-experience]
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Prometheus and VictoriaMetrics queries return interpreted results not the stored points, so the precise claim is that seeing raw samples changes troubleshooting outcomes; using the instant API trick in Grafana exposes the underlying samples and reveals issues. A new row data view in VictoriaMetrics shows per-sample timestamps, lets one-click export raw data, and reproduces cases where high‑availability collectors send near‑duplicate points (one second apart inside ten‑second pairs) that make rate() return zeros. Missing features: duplicate badges and stale markers.

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