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title: "Prometheus scraping and service discovery"
description: "How can you trace target discovery and scraping in Prometheus?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T26.03/"
topicId: "T26.03"
---

> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you trace target discovery and scraping in Prometheus?

## What we will work through

Trace target discovery and scraping in Prometheus.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Counters, gauges, and histograms; Service registries and DNS: separate responsibilities.

- [Counters, gauges, and histograms](/en/articles/topics/T26.01/)
- [Service registries and DNS: separate responsibilities](/en/articles/topics/T37.01/)