--- a/util/startup.lua	Wed May 31 01:07:27 2023 +0200
+++ b/util/startup.lua	Wed May 31 01:14:59 2023 +0200
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 	--- Load and initialise core modules
 	require "prosody.util.xmppstream"
 	require "prosody.core.stanza_router"
-	require "prosody.core.statsmanager"
+	require "prosody.core.statsmanager".metric("gauge", "prosody_info", "", "Prosody version", { "version" }):with_labels(prosody.version):set(1);
 	require "prosody.core.hostmanager"
 	require "prosody.core.portmanager"
 	require "prosody.core.modulemanager"