Exclude the metrics fetching session's data from pg_stat_activity #1185
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To reduce the observer effect, filter out pg_stat_activity rows of the postgres_exporter session from all SA queries, based on pid / procpid.
A bit annoying to see idling DBs showing pg_stat_activity_count "active" count of 1. Other tools (like pgwatch for example) do similar.