add waku metric parameters to initializeapp request

src/backend/accounts.nim

@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ proc openedAccounts*(path: string): RpcResponse[JsonNode] =
       "logDir": "", # Empty value defaults to `dataDir`
       "logLevel": status_const.getStatusGoLogLevel(),
       "apiLoggingEnabled": status_const.API_LOGGING,
+      "wakuMetricsEnabled": status_const.WAKU_METRICS_ENABLED,
+      "wakuMetricsPort": status_const.WAKU_METRICS_PORT
     }
     # Do not remove the sleep 700
     # This sleep prevents a crash on intel MacOS

src/constants.nim

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ let
   SENTRY_DSN_STATUS_GO* = BUILD_SENTRY_DSN_STATUS_GO
   SENTRY_DSN_STATUS_GO_DESKTOP* = BUILD_SENTRY_DSN_STATUS_DESKTOP
   API_LOGGING* = desktopConfig.apiLogging
+  WAKU_METRICS_ENABLED* = desktopConfig.wakuMetricsEnabled
+  WAKU_METRICS_PORT* = desktopConfig.wakuMetricsPort
 
 proc hasLogLevelOption*(): bool =
   for p in cliParams:

src/env_cli_vars.nim

@@ -255,6 +255,16 @@ type StatusDesktopConfig = object
     desc: "Enables status-go API logging"
     name: $BASE_NAME_API_LOGGING
     abbr: "api-logging" .}: bool
+  wakuMetricsEnabled* {.
+    defaultValue: false
+    desc: "Enables waku metrics and starts prometheus"
+    name: "WAKU_METRICS"
+    abbr: "waku-metrics" .}: bool
+  wakuMetricsPort* {.
+    defaultValue: 9305
+    desc: "Sets port for prometheus metrics"
+    name: "WAKU_METRICS_PORT"
+    abbr: "waku-metrics-port" .}: int
 
 # On macOS the first time when a user gets the "App downloaded from the
 # internet" warning, and clicks the Open button, the OS passes a unique process