Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When using Spring Cloud Config Client in a Spring Boot application, it's not possible to monitor the behavior of the integration with the Config Server because the RestTemplate instance used in ConfigServerConfigDataLoader is not instrumented with metrics nor observations using Micrometer.
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like for the RestTemplate instance used in ConfigServerConfigDataLoader to be instrumented to export metrics and traces. At least, I would like a hook I can use to provide the instrumentation myself.
Describe alternatives you've considered
I tried customizing the RestTemplate instance used in ConfigServerConfigDataLoader as documented in https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/docs/current/reference/html/#_providing_a_custom_resttemplate_using_config_data. However, it cannot be configured with the same ObservationRestTemplateCustomizer used for the general RestTemplate configured by Spring Boot because I can't get a hold of the ObservationRegistry bean which is configured by Spring Boot at a later point.
Additional context
Besides normal production observability needs, having this instrumentation would be beneficial to understand the bahavior of the Spring Cloud Config Client library, especially when it comes to retries.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When using Spring Cloud Config Client in a Spring Boot application, it's not possible to monitor the behavior of the integration with the Config Server because the
RestTemplateinstance used inConfigServerConfigDataLoaderis not instrumented with metrics nor observations using Micrometer.Describe the solution you'd like
I would like for the
RestTemplateinstance used inConfigServerConfigDataLoaderto be instrumented to export metrics and traces. At least, I would like a hook I can use to provide the instrumentation myself.Describe alternatives you've considered
I tried customizing the
RestTemplateinstance used inConfigServerConfigDataLoaderas documented in https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/docs/current/reference/html/#_providing_a_custom_resttemplate_using_config_data. However, it cannot be configured with the sameObservationRestTemplateCustomizerused for the generalRestTemplateconfigured by Spring Boot because I can't get a hold of theObservationRegistrybean which is configured by Spring Boot at a later point.Additional context
Besides normal production observability needs, having this instrumentation would be beneficial to understand the bahavior of the Spring Cloud Config Client library, especially when it comes to retries.