What's Changed

• [CHANGE] Minimum required go version is now 1.19 (we also test client_golang against new 1.21 version). #1325
• [FEATURE] Add support for Created Timestamps in Counters, Summaries and Historams. #1313
• [ENHANCEMENT] Enable detection of a native histogram without observations. #1314

Commits

• Merge v1.16.0 to main by @bwplotka in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1293
• Synchronize common files from prometheus/prometheus by @prombot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1297
• ci: define minimal permissions to GitHub workflows by @diogoteles08 in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1295
• Do not allocate memory when there's no constraints by @Okhoshi in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1296
• Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.8.0 to 0.9.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1306
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.45.0 to 1.53.0 in /tutorial/whatsup by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1307
• histogram: Enable detection of a native histogram without observations by @beorn7 in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1314
• Bump github.com/prometheus/procfs from 0.10.1 to 0.11.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1305
• Synchronize common files from prometheus/prometheus by @prombot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1302
• Fix data-race in metric without code and method but with WithLabelFromCtx by @tigrato in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1318
• Add missing tick "`" in README by @ZiViZiViZ in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1321
• Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.9.0 to 0.10.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1320
• Bump github.com/prometheus/procfs from 0.11.0 to 0.11.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1319
• docs: trivial grammar fixes to improve readability in promauto Godoc by @sengi in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1322
• Add Go 1.21 support by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1325
• Bump client_model by @ArthurSens in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1323
• histogram docs: Fixed minor nit. by @bwplotka in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1324
• Update building by @SuperQ in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1326
• Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.10.0 to 0.11.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1331
• Bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.15.1-0.20230416215738-0963f595c689 to 1.16.0 in /tutorial/whatsup by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1329
• Bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.13.1 to 1.16.0 in /examples/middleware by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1328
• Bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.42.0 to 0.44.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1284
• Bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.42.0 to 0.44.0 in /tutorial/whatsup by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1330
• Bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.30.0 to 1.31.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1304
• Synchronize common files from prometheus/prometheus by @prombot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1332
• Synchronize common files from prometheus/prometheus by @prombot in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1338
• Cleanup golangci-lint errcheck by @SuperQ in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1339
• Add go_godebug_non_default_behavior_tlsmaxrsasize_events_total by @alexandear in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1348
• Extend Counters, Summaries and Histograms with creation timestamp by @ArthurSens in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1313
• Fix typos in comments, tests, and errors by @alexandear in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1346
• Deprecated comment should begin with "Deprecated:" by @alexandear in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1347
• Add changelog entry for 1.17 by @ArthurSens in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1352

New Contributors

• @diogoteles08 made their first contribution in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1295
• @tigrato made their first contribution in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1318
• @ZiViZiViZ made their first contribution in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1321
• @sengi made their first contribution in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1322
• @ArthurSens made their first contribution in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1323
• @alexandear made their first contribution in https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1348

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0