StaticLabels:         make(map[string]string, len(m.StaticLabels)),
		VariableLabels:       make(map[string]string, len(m.VariableLabels)),
		Histogram:            make(map[string]uint64, len(m.Histogram)),
	}
	for k, v := range m.StaticLabels {
		metric.StaticLabels[k] = v
	}
	for k, v := range m.VariableLabels {
		metric.VariableLabels[k] = v
	}
	for k, v := range m.Histogram {
		metric.Histogram[k] = v
	}

	Type           MetricType
	Help           string
	VariableLabels []string

	// managed values follow:
	labelSet map[string]struct{}
}

func (md *MetricDescriptor) getLabelSet() map[string]struct{} {
	if md.labelSet != nil {
		return md.labelSet
	}
	md.labelSet = make(map[string]struct{}, len(md.VariableLabels))
	for _, label := range md.VariableLabels {
		md.labelSet[label] = struct{}{}
	}

		Value:          rm.Current,
		VariableLabels: cloneMSS(rm.Labels),
	})

	if requireAvgMax {
		avgName := MetricName(fmt.Sprintf("%s_avg", name))
		avgHelp := fmt.Sprintf("%s (avg)", help)
		metrics = append(metrics, MetricV2{
			Description:    getResourceMetricDescription(subSys, avgName, avgHelp),
			Value:          math.Round(rm.Avg*100) / 100,
			VariableLabels: cloneMSS(rm.Labels),
		})

	res := make([]*MetricV2, 0, len(resourceMetricsGroups))
	populateAndPublish(resourceMetricsGroups, func(m MetricV2) bool {
		if m.VariableLabels == nil {
			m.VariableLabels = make(map[string]string, 1)
		}
		m.VariableLabels[serverName] = globalLocalNodeName
		res = append(res, &m)
		return true
	})
	return aoMetricsGroup.NewWith(res), nil
}

		metrics = append(metrics, MetricV2{
			Description:    tierRequestsSuccessMD,
			Value:          float64(stat.success),
			VariableLabels: map[string]string{"tier": tier},
		})
		metrics = append(metrics, MetricV2{
			Description:    tierRequestsFailureMD,
			Value:          float64(stat.failure),
			VariableLabels: map[string]string{"tier": tier},
		})
	}
	return metrics
}

			var commonLabels []string
			for k := range mg.ExtraLabels {
				commonLabels = append(commonLabels, k)
			}
			for _, d := range mg.Descriptors {
				labels := slices.Clone(d.VariableLabels)
				labels = append(labels, commonLabels...)
				metric := metricDisplay{
					Name:   mg.MetricFQN(d.Name),
					Help:   d.Help,
					Type:   d.Type.String(),
					Labels: labels,
				}