diff --git a/.devcontainer/gen_devcontainer_json.py b/.devcontainer/gen_devcontainer_json.py
index 3e3d9173a5..71cb0628ee 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/gen_devcontainer_json.py
+++ b/.devcontainer/gen_devcontainer_json.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 """
 Script to generate devcontainer.json files for different frameworks using Jinja2 template.
+Useless comment here to kick off CI
 """
 
 from datetime import datetime
diff --git a/lib/runtime/src/metrics.rs b/lib/runtime/src/metrics.rs
index ee8dd38f3a..ca36da59ff 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime/src/metrics.rs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ fn create_metric<T: PrometheusMetric, R: MetricsRegistry + ?Sized>(
     // Build updated_labels: auto-labels first, then `labels` + stored labels
     let mut updated_labels: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
 
-    if USE_AUTO_LABELS {
+    if !USE_AUTO_LABELS {
         // Validate that user-provided labels don't conflict with auto-generated labels
         for (key, _) in labels {
             if *key == labels::NAMESPACE || *key == labels::COMPONENT || *key == labels::ENDPOINT {