From 75bd7233ea1140cb5c185e6e50aec16485df6601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jackson Weber <47067795+JacksonWeber@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 03:26:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ConsoleMetricExporter Should Not Export Shallowly
 (#4522)

* fix: (ConsoleMetricExporter): Increase console log depth to get useful information from metrics.

* update: add contribution to changelog.

* Update CHANGELOG.md
---
 CHANGELOG.md                                        |  2 ++
 .../sdk-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts | 13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52e776705e..f2980539eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ For experimental package changes, see the [experimental CHANGELOG](experimental/
 
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
 
+* fix(sdk-metrics): increase the depth of the output to the console such that objects in the metric are printed fully to the console [#4522](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4522) @JacksonWeber
+
 ### :books: (Refine Doc)
 
 ### :house: (Internal)
diff --git a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts
index 36c8b48806..62973d8805 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts
@@ -71,11 +71,14 @@ export class ConsoleMetricExporter implements PushMetricExporter {
   ): void {
     for (const scopeMetrics of metrics.scopeMetrics) {
       for (const metric of scopeMetrics.metrics) {
-        console.dir({
-          descriptor: metric.descriptor,
-          dataPointType: metric.dataPointType,
-          dataPoints: metric.dataPoints,
-        });
+        console.dir(
+          {
+            descriptor: metric.descriptor,
+            dataPointType: metric.dataPointType,
+            dataPoints: metric.dataPoints,
+          },
+          { depth: null }
+        );
       }
     }