Delay/gap in metrics values exported from azure

[suryakantkk]

Hi @mblaschke and team,

I am able to fetch the metrics successfully from azure using the azure_metrics_exporter.

Issue:
I cross-checked the incoming metrics in our platform with the metrics in azure metrics explorer and it looks like there is a 3 minute gap i.e. the same values are shown after 3 minutes. It looks consistent for multiple metrics I checked. I wanted to confirm once if this is consistent and is it due to exporter or azure itself?

[dreweasland]

I'm seeing the same issue. Azure reports that data being scraped from the Rest API will be delayed, but 3 minutes seems extreme and outside of the "typically under a minute" timeframe they put in their articles. Curious if anyone has found a way to reduce the 3 minute gap to be closer to realtime, or if it's just something we have to live with.