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highlight le and quantile label values normalization in Prom 3.0
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the cost. Detailed documentation will follow once native histograms are closer
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to becoming a stable feature.
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NOTE: Beginning with Prometheus v3.0, the values of the `le` label of classic
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histograms are normalized during ingestion to follow the format of
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[OpenMetrics Canonical Numbers](https://github.com/prometheus/OpenMetrics/blob/main/specification/OpenMetrics.md#considerations-canonical-numbers).
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Client library usage documentation for histograms:
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* [Go](http://godoc.org/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus#Histogram)
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detailed explanations of φ-quantiles, summary usage, and differences
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NOTE: Beginning with Prometheus v3.0, the values of the `quantile` label are normalized during
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ingestion to follow the format of [OpenMetrics Canonical Numbers](https://github.com/prometheus/OpenMetrics/blob/main/specification/OpenMetrics.md#considerations-canonical-numbers).
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Client library usage documentation for summaries:
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* [Go](http://godoc.org/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus#Summary)

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