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Metrics

Numeric values measured over intervals that provide insights into performance, utility, and resource usage.

Definition

Numeric values measured over intervals that provide insights into performance, utility, and resource usage.

Use case

Tracking metrics like active connection counts, memory consumption, or request counts per second.

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Documentation

Metric types

Prometheus · Docs · link checked 2026-10-16

Counters, gauges and histograms, and which questions each answers.

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