From ae94210a898ac1d5f64aae5c0b693ba61a9b2558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Grisonnet <dgrisonn@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:16:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] testutil: add compare test with absent metric

Signed-off-by: Damien Grisonnet <dgrisonn@redhat.com>
---
 prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go b/prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go
index ec835a6..ce0f8ca 100644
--- a/prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/testutil/testutil_test.go
@@ -396,6 +396,18 @@ func TestScrapeAndCompare(t *testing.T) {
 			metricNames: []string{"some_total1", "some_total3"},
 			expectedErr: "expected metric name(s) not found: [some_total1 some_total3]",
 		},
+		"metric registered but absent": {
+			want: `
+		# HELP some_total A value that represents a counter.
+		# TYPE some_total counter
+
+		some_total{ label1 = "value1" } 1
+
+		# HELP some_total2 A value that represents a counter.
+		# TYPE some_total2 counter
+	`,
+			metricNames: []string{"some_total2"},
+		},
 	}
 	for name, scenario := range scenarios {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {