diff --git a/agent/tick_test.go b/agent/tick_test.go
index 397a56ed8..b3c44ec70 100644
--- a/agent/tick_test.go
+++ b/agent/tick_test.go
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ func TestAlignedTicker(t *testing.T) {
 
 	clk.Add(10 * time.Second)
 	for !clk.Now().After(until) {
-		select {
-		case tm := <-ticker.Elapsed():
-			actual = append(actual, tm.UTC())
-		}
+		tm := <-ticker.Elapsed()
+		actual = append(actual, tm.UTC())
+
 		clk.Add(10 * time.Second)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/content_coding.go b/internal/content_coding.go
index cd7984f22..a85fecb62 100644
--- a/internal/content_coding.go
+++ b/internal/content_coding.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ type AutoDecoder struct {
 	identity *IdentityDecoder
 }
 
-func (a *AutoDecoder) SetEnconding(encoding string) {
+func (a *AutoDecoder) SetEncoding(encoding string) {
 	a.encoding = encoding
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (*IdentityEncoder) Encode(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 
 // ContentDecoder removes a wrapper encoding from byte buffers.
 type ContentDecoder interface {
-	SetEnconding(string)
+	SetEncoding(string)
 	Decode([]byte) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
@@ -216,13 +216,16 @@ func NewGzipDecoder() (*GzipDecoder, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (*GzipDecoder) SetEnconding(string) {}
+func (*GzipDecoder) SetEncoding(string) {}
 
 func (d *GzipDecoder) Decode(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	d.reader.Reset(bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	err := d.reader.Reset(bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	d.buf.Reset()
 
-	_, err := d.buf.ReadFrom(d.reader)
+	_, err = d.buf.ReadFrom(d.reader)
 	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@ func NewZlibDecoder() (*ZlibDecoder, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (*ZlibDecoder) SetEnconding(string) {}
+func (*ZlibDecoder) SetEncoding(string) {}
 
 func (d *ZlibDecoder) Decode(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	d.buf.Reset()
@@ -271,7 +274,7 @@ func NewIdentityDecoder() *IdentityDecoder {
 	return &IdentityDecoder{}
 }
 
-func (*IdentityDecoder) SetEnconding(string) {}
+func (*IdentityDecoder) SetEncoding(string) {}
 
 func (*IdentityDecoder) Decode(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return data, nil
diff --git a/internal/internal.go b/internal/internal.go
index d595d1e18..a41d121ad 100644
--- a/internal/internal.go
+++ b/internal/internal.go
@@ -70,18 +70,7 @@ func ProductToken() string {
 }
 
 // ReadLines reads contents from a file and splits them by new lines.
-// A convenience wrapper to ReadLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, -1).
 func ReadLines(filename string) ([]string, error) {
-	return ReadLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, -1)
-}
-
-// ReadLines reads contents from file and splits them by new line.
-// The offset tells at which line number to start.
-// The count determines the number of lines to read (starting from offset):
-//
-//	n >= 0: at most n lines
-//	n < 0: whole file
-func ReadLinesOffsetN(filename string, offset uint, n int) ([]string, error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []string{""}, err
@@ -89,26 +78,18 @@ func ReadLinesOffsetN(filename string, offset uint, n int) ([]string, error) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	var ret []string
-
-	r := bufio.NewReader(f)
-	for i := 0; i < n+int(offset) || n < 0; i++ {
-		line, err := r.ReadString('\n')
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-		if i < int(offset) {
-			continue
-		}
-		ret = append(ret, strings.Trim(line, "\n"))
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		ret = append(ret, scanner.Text())
 	}
 
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-// RandomString returns a random string of alpha-numeric characters
+// RandomString returns a random string of alphanumeric characters
 func RandomString(n int) string {
 	var bytes = make([]byte, n)
-	rand.Read(bytes)
+	rand.Read(bytes) //nolint:revive // from math/rand/rand.go: "It always returns len(p) and a nil error."
 	for i, b := range bytes {
 		bytes[i] = alphanum[b%byte(len(alphanum))]
 	}
@@ -249,7 +230,7 @@ func CompressWithGzip(data io.Reader) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 // The format can be one of "unix", "unix_ms", "unix_us", "unix_ns", or a Go
 // time layout suitable for time.Parse.
 //
-// When using the "unix" format, a optional fractional component is allowed.
+// When using the "unix" format, an optional fractional component is allowed.
 // Specific unix time precisions cannot have a fractional component.
 //
 // Unix times may be an int64, float64, or string.  When using a Go format
@@ -344,17 +325,17 @@ func timeFromFraction(f *big.Rat, factor int64) time.Time {
 
 // sanitizeTimestamp removes thousand separators and uses dot as
 // decimal separator. Returns also a boolean indicating success.
-func sanitizeTimestamp(timestamp string, decimalSeparartor []string) string {
+func sanitizeTimestamp(timestamp string, decimalSeparator []string) string {
 	// Remove thousand-separators that are not used for decimal separation
 	sanitized := timestamp
 	for _, s := range []string{" ", ",", "."} {
-		if !choice.Contains(s, decimalSeparartor) {
+		if !choice.Contains(s, decimalSeparator) {
 			sanitized = strings.ReplaceAll(sanitized, s, "")
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Replace decimal separators by dot to have a standard, parsable format
-	for _, s := range decimalSeparartor {
+	for _, s := range decimalSeparator {
 		// Make sure we replace only the first occurrence of any separator.
 		if strings.Contains(sanitized, s) {
 			return strings.Replace(sanitized, s, ".", 1)
diff --git a/internal/internal_test.go b/internal/internal_test.go
index 22f5a3bad..ffbf62c32 100644
--- a/internal/internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/internal_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -61,9 +60,9 @@ func TestRunTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	err := RunTimeout(cmd, time.Millisecond*20)
 	elapsed := time.Since(start)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, ErrTimeout, err)
+	require.Equal(t, ErrTimeout, err)
 	// Verify that command gets killed in 20ms, with some breathing room
-	assert.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*75)
+	require.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*75)
 }
 
 // Verifies behavior of a command that doesn't get killed.
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ func TestRunTimeoutFastExit(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	// Verify that command gets killed in 20ms, with some breathing room
-	assert.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*75)
+	require.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*75)
 
 	// Verify "process already finished" log doesn't occur.
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 75)
@@ -101,9 +100,9 @@ func TestCombinedOutputTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := CombinedOutputTimeout(cmd, time.Millisecond*20)
 	elapsed := time.Since(start)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, ErrTimeout, err)
+	require.Equal(t, ErrTimeout, err)
 	// Verify that command gets killed in 20ms, with some breathing room
-	assert.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*75)
+	require.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*75)
 }
 
 func TestCombinedOutput(t *testing.T) {
@@ -113,8 +112,8 @@ func TestCombinedOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(echobin, "foo")
 	out, err := CombinedOutputTimeout(cmd, time.Second)
 
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo\n", string(out))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "foo\n", string(out))
 }
 
 // test that CombinedOutputTimeout and exec.Cmd.CombinedOutput return
@@ -125,12 +124,13 @@ func TestCombinedOutputError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	cmd := exec.Command(shell, "-c", "false")
 	expected, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	require.Error(t, err)
 
 	cmd2 := exec.Command(shell, "-c", "false")
 	actual, err := CombinedOutputTimeout(cmd2, time.Second)
 
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
 }
 
 func TestRunError(t *testing.T) {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func TestRunError(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(shell, "-c", "false")
 	err := RunTimeout(cmd, time.Second)
 
-	assert.Error(t, err)
+	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestRandomSleep(t *testing.T) {
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ func TestRandomSleep(t *testing.T) {
 	s := time.Now()
 	RandomSleep(time.Duration(0), make(chan struct{}))
 	elapsed := time.Since(s)
-	assert.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond)
+	require.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond)
 
 	// test that max sleep is respected
 	s = time.Now()
 	RandomSleep(time.Millisecond*50, make(chan struct{}))
 	elapsed = time.Since(s)
-	assert.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*100)
+	require.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*100)
 
 	// test that shutdown is respected
 	s = time.Now()
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func TestRandomSleep(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 	RandomSleep(time.Second, shutdown)
 	elapsed = time.Since(s)
-	assert.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*150)
+	require.True(t, elapsed < time.Millisecond*150)
 }
 
 func TestCompressWithGzip(t *testing.T) {
@@ -175,16 +175,16 @@ func TestCompressWithGzip(t *testing.T) {
 	inputBuffer := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(testData))
 
 	outputBuffer, err := CompressWithGzip(inputBuffer)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	gzipReader, err := gzip.NewReader(outputBuffer)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer gzipReader.Close()
 
 	output, err := io.ReadAll(gzipReader)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, testData, string(output))
+	require.Equal(t, testData, string(output))
 }
 
 type mockReader struct {
@@ -200,23 +200,23 @@ func TestCompressWithGzipEarlyClose(t *testing.T) {
 	mr := &mockReader{}
 
 	rc, err := CompressWithGzip(mr)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	n, err := io.CopyN(io.Discard, rc, 10000)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, int64(10000), n)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, int64(10000), n)
 
 	r1 := mr.readN
 	err = rc.Close()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	n, err = io.CopyN(io.Discard, rc, 10000)
-	assert.Error(t, io.EOF, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, int64(0), n)
+	require.Error(t, io.EOF, err)
+	require.Equal(t, int64(0), n)
 
 	r2 := mr.readN
 	// no more read to the source after closing
-	assert.Equal(t, r1, r2)
+	require.Equal(t, r1, r2)
 }
 
 func TestAlignDuration(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/process/process_test.go b/internal/process/process_test.go
index 040c5aacb..d0d4382d0 100644
--- a/internal/process/process_test.go
+++ b/internal/process/process_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestRestartingRebindsPipes(t *testing.T) {
 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 
-	syscall.Kill(p.Pid(), syscall.SIGKILL)
+	require.NoError(t, syscall.Kill(p.Pid(), syscall.SIGKILL))
 
 	for atomic.LoadInt64(&linesRead) < 2 {
 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 // cleanly.
 func externalProcess() {
 	wait := make(chan int)
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "started")
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "started")
 	<-wait
 	os.Exit(2)
 }
diff --git a/internal/syslog/framing.go b/internal/syslog/framing.go
index 6edfc7058..13932c802 100644
--- a/internal/syslog/framing.go
+++ b/internal/syslog/framing.go
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ func (f Framing) String() string {
 }
 
 // UnmarshalTOML implements ability to unmarshal framing from TOML files.
-func (f *Framing) UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) (err error) {
+func (f *Framing) UnmarshalTOML(data []byte) error {
 	return f.UnmarshalText(data)
 }
 
 // UnmarshalText implements encoding.TextUnmarshaler
-func (f *Framing) UnmarshalText(data []byte) (err error) {
+func (f *Framing) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error {
 	s := string(data)
 	switch strings.ToUpper(s) {
 	case `OCTET-COUNTING`:
@@ -40,21 +40,20 @@ func (f *Framing) UnmarshalText(data []byte) (err error) {
 		fallthrough
 	case `'OCTET-COUNTING'`:
 		*f = OctetCounting
-		return
-
+		return nil
 	case `NON-TRANSPARENT`:
 		fallthrough
 	case `"NON-TRANSPARENT"`:
 		fallthrough
 	case `'NON-TRANSPARENT'`:
 		*f = NonTransparent
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	*f = -1
 	return fmt.Errorf("unknown framing")
 }
 
-// MarshalText implements encoding.TextMarshaler
+// MarshalText implements encoding.TextMarshaller
 func (f Framing) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
 	s := f.String()
 	if s != "" {
diff --git a/internal/templating/engine.go b/internal/templating/engine.go
index 65d15a426..cb0a6f198 100644
--- a/internal/templating/engine.go
+++ b/internal/templating/engine.go
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ type Engine struct {
 
 // Apply extracts the template fields from the given line and returns the measurement
 // name, tags and field name
-func (e *Engine) Apply(line string) (string, map[string]string, string, error) {
+//
+//nolint:revive //function-result-limit conditionally 4 return results allowed
+func (e *Engine) Apply(line string) (measurementName string, tags map[string]string, field string, err error) {
 	return e.matcher.match(line).Apply(line, e.joiner)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/templating/template.go b/internal/templating/template.go
index 09b78e19f..8cd2205cf 100644
--- a/internal/templating/template.go
+++ b/internal/templating/template.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// Template represents a pattern and tags to map a metric string to a influxdb Point
+// Template represents a pattern and tags to map a metric string to an influxdb Point
 type Template struct {
 	separator         string
 	parts             []string
@@ -14,19 +14,21 @@ type Template struct {
 	greedyMeasurement bool
 }
 
-// apply extracts the template fields from the given line and returns the measurement
+// Apply extracts the template fields from the given line and returns the measurement
 // name, tags and field name
-func (t *Template) Apply(line string, joiner string) (string, map[string]string, string, error) {
-	fields := strings.Split(line, t.separator)
+//
+//nolint:revive //function-result-limit conditionally 4 return results allowed
+func (t *Template) Apply(line string, joiner string) (measurementName string, tags map[string]string, field string, err error) {
+	allFields := strings.Split(line, t.separator)
 	var (
-		measurement []string
-		tags        = make(map[string][]string)
-		field       []string
+		measurements []string
+		tagsMap      = make(map[string][]string)
+		fields       []string
 	)
 
 	// Set any default tags
 	for k, v := range t.defaultTags {
-		tags[k] = append(tags[k], v)
+		tagsMap[k] = append(tagsMap[k], v)
 	}
 
 	// See if an invalid combination has been specified in the template:
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ func (t *Template) Apply(line string, joiner string) (string, map[string]string,
 	}
 
 	for i, tag := range t.parts {
-		if i >= len(fields) {
+		if i >= len(allFields) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if tag == "" {
@@ -54,25 +56,25 @@ func (t *Template) Apply(line string, joiner string) (string, map[string]string,
 
 		switch tag {
 		case "measurement":
-			measurement = append(measurement, fields[i])
+			measurements = append(measurements, allFields[i])
 		case "field":
-			field = append(field, fields[i])
+			fields = append(fields, allFields[i])
 		case "field*":
-			field = append(field, fields[i:]...)
+			fields = append(fields, allFields[i:]...)
 		case "measurement*":
-			measurement = append(measurement, fields[i:]...)
+			measurements = append(measurements, allFields[i:]...)
 		default:
-			tags[tag] = append(tags[tag], fields[i])
+			tagsMap[tag] = append(tagsMap[tag], allFields[i])
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Convert to map of strings.
-	outtags := make(map[string]string)
-	for k, values := range tags {
-		outtags[k] = strings.Join(values, joiner)
+	tags = make(map[string]string)
+	for k, values := range tagsMap {
+		tags[k] = strings.Join(values, joiner)
 	}
 
-	return strings.Join(measurement, joiner), outtags, strings.Join(field, joiner), nil
+	return strings.Join(measurements, joiner), tags, strings.Join(fields, joiner), nil
 }
 
 func NewDefaultTemplateWithPattern(pattern string) (*Template, error) {
diff --git a/metric/metric_test.go b/metric/metric_test.go
index d4d1cb11b..25d7a19ba 100644
--- a/metric/metric_test.go
+++ b/metric/metric_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
 
 func TestNewMetric(t *testing.T) {
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ func TestRemoveTagNoEffectOnMissingTags(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetTag(t *testing.T) {
 	m := baseMetric()
 
-	value, ok := m.GetTag("host")
+	_, ok := m.GetTag("host")
 	require.False(t, ok)
 
 	m.AddTag("host", "localhost")
 
-	value, ok = m.GetTag("host")
+	value, ok := m.GetTag("host")
 	require.True(t, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, "localhost", value)
 
 	m.RemoveTag("host")
-	value, ok = m.GetTag("host")
+	_, ok = m.GetTag("host")
 	require.False(t, ok)
 }
 
@@ -143,17 +143,17 @@ func TestRemoveFieldNoEffectOnMissingFields(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetField(t *testing.T) {
 	m := baseMetric()
 
-	value, ok := m.GetField("foo")
+	_, ok := m.GetField("foo")
 	require.False(t, ok)
 
 	m.AddField("foo", "bar")
 
-	value, ok = m.GetField("foo")
+	value, ok := m.GetField("foo")
 	require.True(t, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, "bar", value)
 
 	m.RemoveTag("foo")
-	value, ok = m.GetTag("foo")
+	_, ok = m.GetTag("foo")
 	require.False(t, ok)
 }
 
@@ -218,20 +218,20 @@ func TestHashID(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// adding a field doesn't change the hash:
 	m.AddField("foo", int64(100))
-	assert.Equal(t, hash, m.HashID())
+	require.Equal(t, hash, m.HashID())
 
 	// removing a non-existent tag doesn't change the hash:
 	m.RemoveTag("no-op")
-	assert.Equal(t, hash, m.HashID())
+	require.Equal(t, hash, m.HashID())
 
 	// adding a tag does change it:
 	m.AddTag("foo", "bar")
-	assert.NotEqual(t, hash, m.HashID())
+	require.NotEqual(t, hash, m.HashID())
 	hash = m.HashID()
 
 	// removing a tag also changes it:
 	m.RemoveTag("mytag")
-	assert.NotEqual(t, hash, m.HashID())
+	require.NotEqual(t, hash, m.HashID())
 }
 
 func TestHashID_Consistency(t *testing.T) {
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ func TestHashID_Consistency(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		time.Now(),
 	)
-	assert.Equal(t, hash, m2.HashID())
+	require.Equal(t, hash, m2.HashID())
 
 	m3 := m.Copy()
-	assert.Equal(t, m2.HashID(), m3.HashID())
+	require.Equal(t, m2.HashID(), m3.HashID())
 }
 
 func TestHashID_Delimiting(t *testing.T) {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func TestHashID_Delimiting(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		time.Now(),
 	)
-	assert.NotEqual(t, m1.HashID(), m2.HashID())
+	require.NotEqual(t, m1.HashID(), m2.HashID())
 }
 
 func TestSetName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -324,5 +324,5 @@ func TestValueType(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	m := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, telegraf.Gauge)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, telegraf.Gauge, m.Type())
+	require.Equal(t, telegraf.Gauge, m.Type())
 }
diff --git a/metric/tracking.go b/metric/tracking.go
index 2f46b4b05..15c590274 100644
--- a/metric/tracking.go
+++ b/metric/tracking.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package metric
 
 import (
-	"log"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
@@ -24,10 +23,6 @@ func WithGroupTracking(metric []telegraf.Metric, fn NotifyFunc) ([]telegraf.Metr
 	return newTrackingMetricGroup(metric, fn)
 }
 
-func EnableDebugFinalizer() {
-	finalizer = debugFinalizer
-}
-
 var (
 	lastID    uint64
 	finalizer func(*trackingData)
@@ -37,13 +32,6 @@ func newTrackingID() telegraf.TrackingID {
 	return telegraf.TrackingID(atomic.AddUint64(&lastID, 1))
 }
 
-func debugFinalizer(d *trackingData) {
-	rc := atomic.LoadInt32(&d.rc)
-	if rc != 0 {
-		log.Fatalf("E! [agent] metric collected with non-zero reference count rc: %d", rc)
-	}
-}
-
 type trackingData struct {
 	id          telegraf.TrackingID
 	rc          int32
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/amqp_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/amqp_consumer.go
index b0e902da7..606a2d70d 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/amqp_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/amqp_consumer.go
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func (a *AMQPConsumer) onMessage(acc telegraf.TrackingAccumulator, d amqp.Delive
 		}
 	}
 
-	a.decoder.SetEnconding(d.ContentEncoding)
+	a.decoder.SetEncoding(d.ContentEncoding)
 	body, err := a.decoder.Decode(d.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		onError()
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go b/plugins/inputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go
index 017855d20..377c928bb 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func TestOpenTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 	meter := mp.Meter("library-name")
 	counter, err := meter.SyncInt64().Counter("measurement-counter")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	counter.Add(ctx, 7)
 
 	// write metrics through the telegraf OpenTelemetry input plugin