ilmTransitionPendingTasksMD         = NewGaugeMD(transitionPendingTasks, "Number of pending ILM transition tasks in the queue")
	ilmTransitionMissedImmediateTasksMD = NewCounterMD(transitionMissedImmediateTasks, "Number of missed immediate ILM transition tasks")
	ilmVersionsScannedMD                = NewCounterMD(versionsScanned, "Total number of object versions checked for ILM actions since server start")
)

// loadILMMetrics - `MetricsLoaderFn` for ILM metrics.

	return prometheus.NewDesc(
		md.toPromName(namePrefix),
		md.Help,
		md.VariableLabels, extraLabels,
	)
}

// NewCounterMD - creates a new counter metric descriptor.
func NewCounterMD(name MetricName, help string, labels ...string) MetricDescriptor {
	return MetricDescriptor{
		Name:           name,
		Type:           CounterMT,
		Help:           help,