From c3e398058cb022c67bf3769bb812d5b05f9e789d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jace <bugprone@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 17:15:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add getMetricsAsString to TypeScript definitions

Signed-off-by: Jace <bugprone@gmail.com>
---
 index.d.ts         |  6 ++++++
 test/typescript.ts | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/typescript.ts

diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 96fd97c5..c79f49cf 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ export class Registry<
 	 */
 	getMetricsAsJSON(): Promise<MetricObjectWithValues<MetricValue<string>>[]>;
 
+	/**
+	 * Get string representation for a metric
+	 * @param metric Metric to convert to a string
+	 */
+	getMetricsAsString<T extends string>(metric: Metric<T>): Promise<string>;
+
 	/**
 	 * Get all metrics as objects
 	 */
diff --git a/test/typescript.ts b/test/typescript.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f660e901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typescript.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { Counter, Registry } from '../index';
+
+const registry = new Registry();
+const counter = new Counter({
+	name: 'typescript_test_counter',
+	help: 'TypeScript test counter',
+	registers: [registry],
+});
+
+const metricsText: Promise<string> = registry.getMetricsAsString(counter);
+
+void metricsText;

From 4f50b4fba7eb54b750d69bf718c740d2e40382d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jace <bugprone@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 17:17:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update changelog for TypeScript definition fix

Signed-off-by: Jace <bugprone@gmail.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ddb6d232..65b3ea04 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Add `Registry#getMetricsAsString()` to the TypeScript definitions
 - Improve types for no labels
 - perf: Faster stats gathering with lower memory overhead
 - Simplified number format logic