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Prometheus – ISTQB Definition
Last Updated: July 12, 2026 · SoftwareTestPilot QA Team
Official ISTQB Definition
An open-source monitoring system with a dimensional time-series database and PromQL query language.
In simple words
The standard open-source metrics database in cloud-native stacks.
Exam tip
Prometheus scrapes targets and stores metrics as labeled time series queried with PromQL.
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