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+```release-note:improvement
+agent: add counter `consul.api.http` with labels for each HTTP path and method. This is intended to replace `consul.http...`
+```
+```release-note:improvement
+agent: add config flag `telemetry { disable_compat_1.9 = (true|false) }` to disable deprecated metrics in 1.9
+```
+```release-note:deprecation
+agent: The measurements in all of the `consul.http...` prefixed metrics have been migrated to `consul.api.http`. `consul.http...` prefixed metrics will be removed in a future version of Consul.
+```