Enable native histograms in the Prometheus client library by setting the histogram schema and using the native histogram API
Start Prometheus with the native histograms feature flag to allow scraping and storing the new format
Update PromQL queries to use the native histogram quantile functions rather than histogram_quantile on classic buckets
Verify Grafana panels using native histograms with a compatible Grafana version that supports the native histogram data model
Keep classic histogram metrics alongside native histograms during the transition period for dashboard compatibility
Known gotchas
Native histograms are a breaking change in the scrape format; older Prometheus versions or older client libraries will not understand the new metric format
Grafana support for native histograms requires a minimum Grafana and Prometheus data source version; check the compatibility matrix before enabling in production
Storage for native histograms differs from classic histograms; TSDB block sizes and compaction behavior may change and require monitoring
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