[BUG] gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values

[regardfs]

I use textfile-exporter to get metrics from textfile, and got below errors times and times:

time="2017-12-06T06:15:36Z" level=error msg="error gathering metrics: 12 error(s) occurred:\n* [from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus
label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" >
label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" >
label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" >
label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" >
gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n*
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
collected metric node_textfile_mtime
label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" >
gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n*
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1]
[from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus
label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" >
label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" >
label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" >
abel:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" >
gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n" source=":38"
textfile_exporter | time="2017-12-06T06:15:39Z" level=error msg="error gathering metrics: 15 error(s) occurred:\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n" source=":38"
textfile_exporter | time="2017-12-06T06:15:51Z" level=error msg="error gathering metrics: 18 error(s) occurred:\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric slb_LoadBalancerStatus label:<name:"slb_Address" value:"192.168.66.1" > label:<name:"slb_AddressType" value:"internet" > label:<name:"slb_Id" value:"lb-uf6g8rpm66rjy6fo0ngd9" > label:<name:"slb_Name" value:"cr-public-slb-prod-3" > gauge:<value:1 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_mtime label:<name:"file" value:"1.prom" > gauge:<value:1.512540839e+09 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n* [from Gatherer #1] collected metric node_textfile_scrape_error gauge:<value:0 > was collected before with the same name and label values\n" source=":38"
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It seems a bug, both tag 0.15.1/0 report this error message, but 0.14.0 works fine.

[SuperQ]

This is a duplicate of #704

[frateralexander]

Did you solved it ?

[discordianfish]

Yes, the issue was solved. That's why it was closed.
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