Gallagher's ergodic theorem is a result in metric number theory. It states that the approximation of real numbers by rational numbers obeys a striking 'all or nothing' behaviour. We discuss a formalisation of this result in the Lean theorem prover. As well as being notable in its own right, the result is a key preliminary, required for Koukoulopoulos and Maynard's stunning recent proof of the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture.