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Kubernetes Metrics Reference

Details of the metric data that Kubernetes components export.

Metrics (auto-generated 2022 Nov 01)

This page details the metrics that different Kubernetes components export. You can query the metrics endpoint for these components using an HTTP scrape, and fetch the current metrics data in Prometheus format.

List of Stable Kubernetes Metrics

Name Stability Level Type Help Labels Const Labels
apiserver_admission_controller_admission_duration_seconds STABLE Histogram Admission controller latency histogram in seconds, identified by name and broken out for each operation and API resource and type (validate or admit).
name
operation
rejected
type
None
apiserver_admission_step_admission_duration_seconds STABLE Histogram Admission sub-step latency histogram in seconds, broken out for each operation and API resource and step type (validate or admit).
operation
rejected
type
None
apiserver_admission_webhook_admission_duration_seconds STABLE Histogram Admission webhook latency histogram in seconds, identified by name and broken out for each operation and API resource and type (validate or admit).
name
operation
rejected
type
None
apiserver_current_inflight_requests STABLE Gauge Maximal number of currently used inflight request limit of this apiserver per request kind in last second.
request_kind
None
apiserver_longrunning_requests STABLE Gauge Gauge of all active long-running apiserver requests broken out by verb, group, version, resource, scope and component. Not all requests are tracked this way.
component
group
resource
scope
subresource
verb
version
None
apiserver_request_duration_seconds STABLE Histogram Response latency distribution in seconds for each verb, dry run value, group, version, resource, subresource, scope and component.
component
dry_run
group
resource
scope
subresource
verb
version
None
apiserver_request_total STABLE Counter Counter of apiserver requests broken out for each verb, dry run value, group, version, resource, scope, component, and HTTP response code.
code
component
dry_run
group
resource
scope
subresource
verb
version
None
apiserver_requested_deprecated_apis STABLE Gauge Gauge of deprecated APIs that have been requested, broken out by API group, version, resource, subresource, and removed_release.
group
removed_release
resource
subresource
version
None
apiserver_response_sizes STABLE Histogram Response size distribution in bytes for each group, version, verb, resource, subresource, scope and component.
component
group
resource
scope
subresource
verb
version
None
apiserver_storage_objects STABLE Gauge Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind.
resource
None
node_collector_evictions_total STABLE Counter Number of Node evictions that happened since current instance of NodeController started.
zone
None
scheduler_framework_extension_point_duration_seconds STABLE Histogram Latency for running all plugins of a specific extension point.
extension_point
profile
status
None
scheduler_pending_pods STABLE Gauge Number of pending pods, by the queue type. 'active' means number of pods in activeQ; 'backoff' means number of pods in backoffQ; 'unschedulable' means number of pods in unschedulablePods.
queue
None
scheduler_pod_scheduling_attempts STABLE Histogram Number of attempts to successfully schedule a pod. None None
scheduler_pod_scheduling_duration_seconds STABLE Histogram E2e latency for a pod being scheduled which may include multiple scheduling attempts.
attempts
None
scheduler_preemption_attempts_total STABLE Counter Total preemption attempts in the cluster till now None None
scheduler_preemption_victims STABLE Histogram Number of selected preemption victims None None
scheduler_queue_incoming_pods_total STABLE Counter Number of pods added to scheduling queues by event and queue type.
event
queue
None
scheduler_schedule_attempts_total STABLE Counter Number of attempts to schedule pods, by the result. 'unschedulable' means a pod could not be scheduled, while 'error' means an internal scheduler problem.
profile
result
None
scheduler_scheduling_attempt_duration_seconds STABLE Histogram Scheduling attempt latency in seconds (scheduling algorithm + binding)
profile
result
None

List of Alpha Kubernetes Metrics

Name Stability Level Type Help Labels Const Labels
aggregator_openapi_v2_regeneration_count ALPHA Counter Counter of OpenAPI v2 spec regeneration count broken down by causing APIService name and reason.
apiservice
reason
None
aggregator_openapi_v2_regeneration_duration ALPHA Gauge Gauge of OpenAPI v2 spec regeneration duration in seconds.
reason
None
aggregator_unavailable_apiservice ALPHA Custom Gauge of APIServices which are marked as unavailable broken down by APIService name.
name
None
aggregator_unavailable_apiservice_total ALPHA Counter Counter of APIServices which are marked as unavailable broken down by APIService name and reason.
name
reason
None
apiextensions_openapi_v2_regeneration_count ALPHA Counter Counter of OpenAPI v2 spec regeneration count broken down by causing CRD name and reason.
crd
reason
None
apiextensions_openapi_v3_regeneration_count ALPHA Counter Counter of OpenAPI v3 spec regeneration count broken down by group, version, causing CRD and reason.
crd
group
reason
version
None
apiserver_admission_step_admission_duration_seconds_summary ALPHA Summary Admission sub-step latency summary in seconds, broken out for each operation and API resource and step type (validate or admit).
operation
rejected
type
None
apiserver_admission_webhook_fail_open_count ALPHA Counter Admission webhook fail open count, identified by name and broken out for each admission type (validating or mutating).
name
type
None
apiserver_admission_webhook_rejection_count ALPHA Counter Admission webhook rejection count, identified by name and broken out for each admission type (validating or admit) and operation. Additional labels specify an error type (calling_webhook_error or apiserver_internal_error if an error occurred; no_error otherwise) and optionally a non-zero rejection code if the webhook rejects the request with an HTTP status code (honored by the apiserver when the code is greater or equal to 400). Codes greater than 600 are truncated to 600, to keep the metrics cardinality bounded.
error_type
name
operation
rejection_code
type
None
apiserver_admission_webhook_request_total ALPHA Counter Admission webhook request total, identified by name and broken out for each admission type (validating or mutating) and operation. Additional labels specify whether the request was rejected or not and an HTTP status code. Codes greater than 600 are truncated to 600, to keep the metrics cardinality bounded.
code
name
operation
rejected
type
None
apiserver_audit_error_total ALPHA Counter Counter of audit events that failed to be audited properly. Plugin identifies the plugin affected by the error.
plugin
None
apiserver_audit_event_total ALPHA Counter Counter of audit events generated and sent to the audit backend. None None
apiserver_audit_level_total ALPHA Counter Counter of policy levels for audit events (1 per request).
level
None
apiserver_audit_requests_rejected_total ALPHA Counter Counter of apiserver requests rejected due to an error in audit logging backend. None None
apiserver_cache_list_fetched_objects_total ALPHA Counter Number of objects read from watch cache in the course of serving a LIST request
index
resource_prefix
None
apiserver_cache_list_returned_objects_total ALPHA Counter Number of objects returned for a LIST request from watch cache
resource_prefix
None
apiserver_cache_list_total ALPHA Counter Number of LIST requests served from watch cache
index
resource_prefix
None
apiserver_cel_compilation_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram None None
apiserver_cel_evaluation_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram None None
apiserver_certificates_registry_csr_honored_duration_total ALPHA Counter Total number of issued CSRs with a requested duration that was honored, sliced by signer (only kubernetes.io signer names are specifically identified)
signerName
None
apiserver_certificates_registry_csr_requested_duration_total ALPHA Counter Total number of issued CSRs with a requested duration, sliced by signer (only kubernetes.io signer names are specifically identified)
signerName
None
apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Distribution of the remaining lifetime on the certificate used to authenticate a request. None None
apiserver_crd_webhook_conversion_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram CRD webhook conversion duration in seconds
crd_name
from_version
succeeded
to_version
None
apiserver_current_inqueue_requests ALPHA Gauge Maximal number of queued requests in this apiserver per request kind in last second.
request_kind
None
apiserver_delegated_authn_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Request latency in seconds. Broken down by status code.
code
None
apiserver_delegated_authn_request_total ALPHA Counter Number of HTTP requests partitioned by status code.
code
None
apiserver_delegated_authz_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Request latency in seconds. Broken down by status code.
code
None
apiserver_delegated_authz_request_total ALPHA Counter Number of HTTP requests partitioned by status code.
code
None
apiserver_egress_dialer_dial_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Dial latency histogram in seconds, labeled by the protocol (http-connect or grpc), transport (tcp or uds)
protocol
transport
None
apiserver_egress_dialer_dial_failure_count ALPHA Counter Dial failure count, labeled by the protocol (http-connect or grpc), transport (tcp or uds), and stage (connect or proxy). The stage indicates at which stage the dial failed
protocol
stage
transport
None
apiserver_envelope_encryption_dek_cache_fill_percent ALPHA Gauge Percent of the cache slots currently occupied by cached DEKs. None None
apiserver_envelope_encryption_dek_cache_inter_arrival_time_seconds ALPHA Histogram Time (in seconds) of inter arrival of transformation requests.
transformation_type
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_current_executing_requests ALPHA Gauge Number of requests in initial (for a WATCH) or any (for a non-WATCH) execution stage in the API Priority and Fairness subsystem
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_current_inqueue_requests ALPHA Gauge Number of requests currently pending in queues of the API Priority and Fairness subsystem
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_current_r ALPHA Gauge R(time of last change)
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_dispatch_r ALPHA Gauge R(time of last dispatch)
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_dispatched_requests_total ALPHA Counter Number of requests executed by API Priority and Fairness subsystem
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_epoch_advance_total ALPHA Counter Number of times the queueset's progress meter jumped backward
priority_level
success
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_latest_s ALPHA Gauge S(most recently dispatched request)
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_next_discounted_s_bounds ALPHA Gauge min and max, over queues, of S(oldest waiting request in queue) - estimated work in progress
bound
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_next_s_bounds ALPHA Gauge min and max, over queues, of S(oldest waiting request in queue)
bound
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_priority_level_request_utilization ALPHA TimingRatioHistogram Observations, at the end of every nanosecond, of number of requests (as a fraction of the relevant limit) waiting or in any stage of execution (but only initial stage for WATCHes)
phase
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_priority_level_seat_utilization ALPHA TimingRatioHistogram Observations, at the end of every nanosecond, of utilization of seats for any stage of execution (but only initial stage for WATCHes)
priority_level
map[phase:executing]
apiserver_flowcontrol_read_vs_write_current_requests ALPHA TimingRatioHistogram Observations, at the end of every nanosecond, of the number of requests (as a fraction of the relevant limit) waiting or in regular stage of execution
phase
request_kind
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_rejected_requests_total ALPHA Counter Number of requests rejected by API Priority and Fairness subsystem
flow_schema
priority_level
reason
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_request_concurrency_in_use ALPHA Gauge Concurrency (number of seats) occupied by the currently executing (initial stage for a WATCH, any stage otherwise) requests in the API Priority and Fairness subsystem
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_request_concurrency_limit ALPHA Gauge Shared concurrency limit in the API Priority and Fairness subsystem
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_request_dispatch_no_accommodation_total ALPHA Counter Number of times a dispatch attempt resulted in a non accommodation due to lack of available seats
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_request_execution_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration of initial stage (for a WATCH) or any (for a non-WATCH) stage of request execution in the API Priority and Fairness subsystem
flow_schema
priority_level
type
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_request_queue_length_after_enqueue ALPHA Histogram Length of queue in the API Priority and Fairness subsystem, as seen by each request after it is enqueued
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_request_wait_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Length of time a request spent waiting in its queue
execute
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_watch_count_samples ALPHA Histogram count of watchers for mutating requests in API Priority and Fairness
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_flowcontrol_work_estimated_seats ALPHA Histogram Number of estimated seats (maximum of initial and final seats) associated with requests in API Priority and Fairness
flow_schema
priority_level
None
apiserver_init_events_total ALPHA Counter Counter of init events processed in watch cache broken by resource type.
resource
None
apiserver_kube_aggregator_x509_insecure_sha1_total ALPHA Counter Counts the number of requests to servers with insecure SHA1 signatures in their serving certificate OR the number of connection failures due to the insecure SHA1 signatures (either/or, based on the runtime environment) None None
apiserver_kube_aggregator_x509_missing_san_total ALPHA Counter Counts the number of requests to servers missing SAN extension in their serving certificate OR the number of connection failures due to the lack of x509 certificate SAN extension missing (either/or, based on the runtime environment) None None
apiserver_request_aborts_total ALPHA Counter Number of requests which apiserver aborted possibly due to a timeout, for each group, version, verb, resource, subresource and scope
group
resource
scope
subresource
verb
version
None
apiserver_request_body_sizes ALPHA Histogram Apiserver request body sizes broken out by size.
resource
verb
None
apiserver_request_filter_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Request filter latency distribution in seconds, for each filter type
filter
None
apiserver_request_post_timeout_total ALPHA Counter Tracks the activity of the request handlers after the associated requests have been timed out by the apiserver
source
status
None
apiserver_request_slo_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Response latency distribution (not counting webhook duration) in seconds for each verb, group, version, resource, subresource, scope and component.
component
group
resource
scope
subresource
verb
version
None
apiserver_request_terminations_total ALPHA Counter Number of requests which apiserver terminated in self-defense.
code
component
group
resource
scope
subresource
verb
version
None
apiserver_request_timestamp_comparison_time ALPHA Histogram Time taken for comparison of old vs new objects in UPDATE or PATCH requests
code_path
None
apiserver_selfrequest_total ALPHA Counter Counter of apiserver self-requests broken out for each verb, API resource and subresource.
resource
subresource
verb
None
apiserver_storage_data_key_generation_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Latencies in seconds of data encryption key(DEK) generation operations. None None
apiserver_storage_data_key_generation_failures_total ALPHA Counter Total number of failed data encryption key(DEK) generation operations. None None
apiserver_storage_db_total_size_in_bytes ALPHA Gauge Total size of the storage database file physically allocated in bytes.
endpoint
None
apiserver_storage_envelope_transformation_cache_misses_total ALPHA Counter Total number of cache misses while accessing key decryption key(KEK). None None
apiserver_storage_list_evaluated_objects_total ALPHA Counter Number of objects tested in the course of serving a LIST request from storage
resource
None
apiserver_storage_list_fetched_objects_total ALPHA Counter Number of objects read from storage in the course of serving a LIST request
resource
None
apiserver_storage_list_returned_objects_total ALPHA Counter Number of objects returned for a LIST request from storage
resource
None
apiserver_storage_list_total ALPHA Counter Number of LIST requests served from storage
resource
None
apiserver_storage_transformation_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Latencies in seconds of value transformation operations.
transformation_type
None
apiserver_storage_transformation_operations_total ALPHA Counter Total number of transformations.
status
transformation_type
transformer_prefix
None
apiserver_terminated_watchers_total ALPHA Counter Counter of watchers closed due to unresponsiveness broken by resource type.
resource
None
apiserver_tls_handshake_errors_total ALPHA Counter Number of requests dropped with 'TLS handshake error from' error None None
apiserver_validating_admission_policy_check_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Validation admission latency for individual validation expressions in seconds, labeled by policy and param resource, further including binding, state and enforcement action taken.
enforcement_action
params
policy
policy_binding
state
validation_expression
None
apiserver_validating_admission_policy_check_total ALPHA Counter Validation admission policy check total, labeled by policy and param resource, and further identified by binding, validation expression, enforcement action taken, and state.
enforcement_action
params
policy
policy_binding
state
validation_expression
None
apiserver_validating_admission_policy_definition_total ALPHA Counter Validation admission policy count total, labeled by state and enforcement action.
enforcement_action
state
None
apiserver_watch_cache_events_dispatched_total ALPHA Counter Counter of events dispatched in watch cache broken by resource type.
resource
None
apiserver_watch_cache_initializations_total ALPHA Counter Counter of watch cache initializations broken by resource type.
resource
None
apiserver_watch_events_sizes ALPHA Histogram Watch event size distribution in bytes
group
kind
version
None
apiserver_watch_events_total ALPHA Counter Number of events sent in watch clients
group
kind
version
None
apiserver_webhooks_x509_insecure_sha1_total ALPHA Counter Counts the number of requests to servers with insecure SHA1 signatures in their serving certificate OR the number of connection failures due to the insecure SHA1 signatures (either/or, based on the runtime environment) None None
apiserver_webhooks_x509_missing_san_total ALPHA Counter Counts the number of requests to servers missing SAN extension in their serving certificate OR the number of connection failures due to the lack of x509 certificate SAN extension missing (either/or, based on the runtime environment) None None
attachdetach_controller_forced_detaches ALPHA Counter Number of times the A/D Controller performed a forced detach None None
attachdetach_controller_total_volumes ALPHA Custom Number of volumes in A/D Controller
plugin_name
state
None
authenticated_user_requests ALPHA Counter Counter of authenticated requests broken out by username.
username
None
authentication_attempts ALPHA Counter Counter of authenticated attempts.
result
None
authentication_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Authentication duration in seconds broken out by result.
result
None
authentication_token_cache_active_fetch_count ALPHA Gauge
status
None
authentication_token_cache_fetch_total ALPHA Counter
status
None
authentication_token_cache_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram
status
None
authentication_token_cache_request_total ALPHA Counter
status
None
cloudprovider_aws_api_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Latency of AWS API calls
request
None
cloudprovider_aws_api_request_errors ALPHA Counter AWS API errors
request
None
cloudprovider_aws_api_throttled_requests_total ALPHA Counter AWS API throttled requests
operation_name
None
cloudprovider_azure_api_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Latency of an Azure API call
request
resource_group
source
subscription_id
None
cloudprovider_azure_api_request_errors ALPHA Counter Number of errors for an Azure API call
request
resource_group
source
subscription_id
None
cloudprovider_azure_api_request_ratelimited_count ALPHA Counter Number of rate limited Azure API calls
request
resource_group
source
subscription_id
None
cloudprovider_azure_api_request_throttled_count ALPHA Counter Number of throttled Azure API calls
request
resource_group
source
subscription_id
None
cloudprovider_azure_op_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Latency of an Azure service operation
request
resource_group
source
subscription_id
None
cloudprovider_azure_op_failure_count ALPHA Counter Number of failed Azure service operations
request
resource_group
source
subscription_id
None
cloudprovider_gce_api_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Latency of a GCE API call
region
request
version
zone
None
cloudprovider_gce_api_request_errors ALPHA Counter Number of errors for an API call
region
request
version
zone
None
cloudprovider_vsphere_api_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Latency of vsphere api call
request
None
cloudprovider_vsphere_api_request_errors ALPHA Counter vsphere Api errors
request
None
cloudprovider_vsphere_operation_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Latency of vsphere operation call
operation
None
cloudprovider_vsphere_operation_errors ALPHA Counter vsphere operation errors
operation
None
cloudprovider_vsphere_vcenter_versions ALPHA Custom Versions for connected vSphere vCenters
hostname
version
build
None
container_cpu_usage_seconds_total ALPHA Custom Cumulative cpu time consumed by the container in core-seconds
container
pod
namespace
None
container_memory_working_set_bytes ALPHA Custom Current working set of the container in bytes
container
pod
namespace
None
container_start_time_seconds ALPHA Custom Start time of the container since unix epoch in seconds
container
pod
namespace
None
cronjob_controller_cronjob_job_creation_skew_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Time between when a cronjob is scheduled to be run, and when the corresponding job is created None None
csi_operations_seconds ALPHA Histogram Container Storage Interface operation duration with gRPC error code status total
driver_name
grpc_status_code
method_name
migrated
None
endpoint_slice_controller_changes ALPHA Counter Number of EndpointSlice changes
operation
None
endpoint_slice_controller_desired_endpoint_slices ALPHA Gauge Number of EndpointSlices that would exist with perfect endpoint allocation None None
endpoint_slice_controller_endpoints_added_per_sync ALPHA Histogram Number of endpoints added on each Service sync None None
endpoint_slice_controller_endpoints_desired ALPHA Gauge Number of endpoints desired None None
endpoint_slice_controller_endpoints_removed_per_sync ALPHA Histogram Number of endpoints removed on each Service sync None None
endpoint_slice_controller_endpointslices_changed_per_sync ALPHA Histogram Number of EndpointSlices changed on each Service sync
topology
None
endpoint_slice_controller_num_endpoint_slices ALPHA Gauge Number of EndpointSlices None None
endpoint_slice_controller_syncs ALPHA Counter Number of EndpointSlice syncs
result
None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_addresses_skipped_per_sync ALPHA Histogram Number of addresses skipped on each Endpoints sync due to being invalid or exceeding MaxEndpointsPerSubset None None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_changes ALPHA Counter Number of EndpointSlice changes
operation
None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_desired_endpoint_slices ALPHA Gauge Number of EndpointSlices that would exist with perfect endpoint allocation None None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_endpoints_added_per_sync ALPHA Histogram Number of endpoints added on each Endpoints sync None None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_endpoints_desired ALPHA Gauge Number of endpoints desired None None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_endpoints_removed_per_sync ALPHA Histogram Number of endpoints removed on each Endpoints sync None None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_endpoints_sync_duration ALPHA Histogram Duration of syncEndpoints() in seconds None None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_endpoints_updated_per_sync ALPHA Histogram Number of endpoints updated on each Endpoints sync None None
endpoint_slice_mirroring_controller_num_endpoint_slices ALPHA Gauge Number of EndpointSlices None None
ephemeral_volume_controller_create_failures_total ALPHA Counter Number of PersistenVolumeClaims creation requests None None
ephemeral_volume_controller_create_total ALPHA Counter Number of PersistenVolumeClaims creation requests None None
etcd_bookmark_counts ALPHA Gauge Number of etcd bookmarks (progress notify events) split by kind.
resource
None
etcd_lease_object_counts ALPHA Histogram Number of objects attached to a single etcd lease. None None
etcd_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Etcd request latency in seconds for each operation and object type.
operation
type
None
etcd_version_info ALPHA Gauge Etcd server's binary version
binary_version
None
field_validation_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Response latency distribution in seconds for each field validation value and whether field validation is enabled or not
enabled
field_validation
None
garbagecollector_controller_resources_sync_error_total ALPHA Counter Number of garbage collector resources sync errors None None
get_token_count ALPHA Counter Counter of total Token() requests to the alternate token source None None
get_token_fail_count ALPHA Counter Counter of failed Token() requests to the alternate token source None None
job_controller_job_finished_total ALPHA Counter The number of finished job
completion_mode
reason
result
None
job_controller_job_pods_finished_total ALPHA Counter The number of finished Pods that are fully tracked
completion_mode
result
None
job_controller_job_sync_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram The time it took to sync a job
action
completion_mode
result
None
job_controller_job_sync_total ALPHA Counter The number of job syncs
action
completion_mode
result
None
job_controller_pod_failures_handled_by_failure_policy_total ALPHA Counter `The number of failed Pods handled by failure policy with, respect to the failure policy action applied based on the matched, rule. Possible values of the action label correspond to the, possible values for the failure policy rule action, which are:, "FailJob", "Ignore" and "Count".`
action
None
job_controller_terminated_pods_tracking_finalizer_total ALPHA Counter `The number of terminated pods (phase=Failed|Succeeded), that have the finalizer batch.kubernetes.io/job-tracking, The event label can be "add" or "delete".`
event
None
kube_apiserver_clusterip_allocator_allocated_ips ALPHA Gauge Gauge measuring the number of allocated IPs for Services
cidr
None
kube_apiserver_clusterip_allocator_allocation_errors_total ALPHA Counter Number of errors trying to allocate Cluster IPs
cidr
scope
None
kube_apiserver_clusterip_allocator_allocation_total ALPHA Counter Number of Cluster IPs allocations
cidr
scope
None
kube_apiserver_clusterip_allocator_available_ips ALPHA Gauge Gauge measuring the number of available IPs for Services
cidr
None
kube_apiserver_pod_logs_pods_logs_backend_tls_failure_total ALPHA Counter Total number of requests for pods/logs that failed due to kubelet server TLS verification None None
kube_apiserver_pod_logs_pods_logs_insecure_backend_total ALPHA Counter Total number of requests for pods/logs sliced by usage type: enforce_tls, skip_tls_allowed, skip_tls_denied
usage
None
kube_pod_resource_limit ALPHA Custom Resources limit for workloads on the cluster, broken down by pod. This shows the resource usage the scheduler and kubelet expect per pod for resources along with the unit for the resource if any.
namespace
pod
node
scheduler
priority
resource
unit
None
kube_pod_resource_request ALPHA Custom Resources requested by workloads on the cluster, broken down by pod. This shows the resource usage the scheduler and kubelet expect per pod for resources along with the unit for the resource if any.
namespace
pod
node
scheduler
priority
resource
unit
None
kubelet_certificate_manager_client_expiration_renew_errors ALPHA Counter Counter of certificate renewal errors. None None
kubelet_certificate_manager_client_ttl_seconds ALPHA Gauge Gauge of the TTL (time-to-live) of the Kubelet's client certificate. The value is in seconds until certificate expiry (negative if already expired). If client certificate is invalid or unused, the value will be +INF. None None
kubelet_certificate_manager_server_rotation_seconds ALPHA Histogram Histogram of the number of seconds the previous certificate lived before being rotated. None None
kubelet_certificate_manager_server_ttl_seconds ALPHA Gauge Gauge of the shortest TTL (time-to-live) of the Kubelet's serving certificate. The value is in seconds until certificate expiry (negative if already expired). If serving certificate is invalid or unused, the value will be +INF. None None
kubelet_cgroup_manager_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds for cgroup manager operations. Broken down by method.
operation_type
None
kubelet_container_log_filesystem_used_bytes ALPHA Custom Bytes used by the container's logs on the filesystem.
uid
namespace
pod
container
None
kubelet_containers_per_pod_count ALPHA Histogram The number of containers per pod. None None
kubelet_cpu_manager_pinning_errors_total ALPHA Counter The number of cpu core allocations which required pinning failed. None None
kubelet_cpu_manager_pinning_requests_total ALPHA Counter The number of cpu core allocations which required pinning. None None
kubelet_device_plugin_alloc_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds to serve a device plugin Allocation request. Broken down by resource name.
resource_name
None
kubelet_device_plugin_registration_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of device plugin registrations. Broken down by resource name.
resource_name
None
kubelet_eviction_stats_age_seconds ALPHA Histogram Time between when stats are collected, and when pod is evicted based on those stats by eviction signal
eviction_signal
None
kubelet_evictions ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of pod evictions by eviction signal
eviction_signal
None
kubelet_graceful_shutdown_end_time_seconds ALPHA Gauge Last graceful shutdown start time since unix epoch in seconds None None
kubelet_graceful_shutdown_start_time_seconds ALPHA Gauge Last graceful shutdown start time since unix epoch in seconds None None
kubelet_http_inflight_requests ALPHA Gauge Number of the inflight http requests
long_running
method
path
server_type
None
kubelet_http_requests_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds to serve http requests
long_running
method
path
server_type
None
kubelet_http_requests_total ALPHA Counter Number of the http requests received since the server started
long_running
method
path
server_type
None
kubelet_kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_duration ALPHA Histogram Duration of execution in seconds for credential provider plugin
plugin_name
None
kubelet_kubelet_credential_provider_plugin_errors ALPHA Counter Number of errors from credential provider plugin
plugin_name
None
kubelet_lifecycle_handler_http_fallbacks_total ALPHA Counter The number of times lifecycle handlers successfully fell back to http from https. None None
kubelet_managed_ephemeral_containers ALPHA Gauge Current number of ephemeral containers in pods managed by this kubelet. Ephemeral containers will be ignored if disabled by the EphemeralContainers feature gate, and this number will be 0. None None
kubelet_node_name ALPHA Gauge The node's name. The count is always 1.
node
None
kubelet_pleg_discard_events ALPHA Counter The number of discard events in PLEG. None None
kubelet_pleg_last_seen_seconds ALPHA Gauge Timestamp in seconds when PLEG was last seen active. None None
kubelet_pleg_relist_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds for relisting pods in PLEG. None None
kubelet_pleg_relist_interval_seconds ALPHA Histogram Interval in seconds between relisting in PLEG. None None
kubelet_pod_resources_endpoint_errors_get_allocatable ALPHA Counter Number of requests to the PodResource GetAllocatableResources endpoint which returned error. Broken down by server api version.
server_api_version
None
kubelet_pod_resources_endpoint_errors_list ALPHA Counter Number of requests to the PodResource List endpoint which returned error. Broken down by server api version.
server_api_version
None
kubelet_pod_resources_endpoint_requests_get_allocatable ALPHA Counter Number of requests to the PodResource GetAllocatableResources endpoint. Broken down by server api version.
server_api_version
None
kubelet_pod_resources_endpoint_requests_list ALPHA Counter Number of requests to the PodResource List endpoint. Broken down by server api version.
server_api_version
None
kubelet_pod_resources_endpoint_requests_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of requests to the PodResource endpoint. Broken down by server api version.
server_api_version
None
kubelet_pod_start_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds from kubelet seeing a pod for the first time to the pod starting to run None None
kubelet_pod_status_sync_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds to sync a pod status update. Measures time from detection of a change to pod status until the API is successfully updated for that pod, even if multiple intevening changes to pod status occur. None None
kubelet_pod_worker_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds to sync a single pod. Broken down by operation type: create, update, or sync
operation_type
None
kubelet_pod_worker_start_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds from kubelet seeing a pod to starting a worker. None None
kubelet_preemptions ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of pod preemptions by preemption resource
preemption_signal
None
kubelet_run_podsandbox_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds of the run_podsandbox operations. Broken down by RuntimeClass.Handler.
runtime_handler
None
kubelet_run_podsandbox_errors_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of the run_podsandbox operation errors by RuntimeClass.Handler.
runtime_handler
None
kubelet_running_containers ALPHA Gauge Number of containers currently running
container_state
None
kubelet_running_pods ALPHA Gauge Number of pods that have a running pod sandbox None None
kubelet_runtime_operations_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds of runtime operations. Broken down by operation type.
operation_type
None
kubelet_runtime_operations_errors_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of runtime operation errors by operation type.
operation_type
None
kubelet_runtime_operations_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of runtime operations by operation type.
operation_type
None
kubelet_server_expiration_renew_errors ALPHA Counter Counter of certificate renewal errors. None None
kubelet_started_containers_errors_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of errors when starting containers
code
container_type
None
kubelet_started_containers_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of containers started
container_type
None
kubelet_started_host_process_containers_errors_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of errors when starting hostprocess containers. This metric will only be collected on Windows and requires WindowsHostProcessContainers feature gate to be enabled.
code
container_type
None
kubelet_started_host_process_containers_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of hostprocess containers started. This metric will only be collected on Windows and requires WindowsHostProcessContainers feature gate to be enabled.
container_type
None
kubelet_started_pods_errors_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of errors when starting pods None None
kubelet_started_pods_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of pods started None None
kubelet_volume_metric_collection_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds to calculate volume stats
metric_source
None
kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes ALPHA Custom Number of available bytes in the volume
namespace
persistentvolumeclaim
None
kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes ALPHA Custom Capacity in bytes of the volume
namespace
persistentvolumeclaim
None
kubelet_volume_stats_health_status_abnormal ALPHA Custom Abnormal volume health status. The count is either 1 or 0. 1 indicates the volume is unhealthy, 0 indicates volume is healthy
namespace
persistentvolumeclaim
None
kubelet_volume_stats_inodes ALPHA Custom Maximum number of inodes in the volume
namespace
persistentvolumeclaim
None
kubelet_volume_stats_inodes_free ALPHA Custom Number of free inodes in the volume
namespace
persistentvolumeclaim
None
kubelet_volume_stats_inodes_used ALPHA Custom Number of used inodes in the volume
namespace
persistentvolumeclaim
None
kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes ALPHA Custom Number of used bytes in the volume
namespace
persistentvolumeclaim
None
kubeproxy_network_programming_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram In Cluster Network Programming Latency in seconds None None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram SyncProxyRules latency in seconds None None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_endpoint_changes_pending ALPHA Gauge Pending proxy rules Endpoint changes None None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_endpoint_changes_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative proxy rules Endpoint changes None None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_iptables_restore_failures_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative proxy iptables restore failures None None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_iptables_total ALPHA Gauge Number of proxy iptables rules programmed
table
None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_last_queued_timestamp_seconds ALPHA Gauge The last time a sync of proxy rules was queued None None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_last_timestamp_seconds ALPHA Gauge The last time proxy rules were successfully synced None None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_no_local_endpoints_total ALPHA Gauge Number of services with a Local traffic policy and no endpoints
traffic_policy
None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_service_changes_pending ALPHA Gauge Pending proxy rules Service changes None None
kubeproxy_sync_proxy_rules_service_changes_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative proxy rules Service changes None None
kubernetes_build_info ALPHA Gauge A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by major, minor, git version, git commit, git tree state, build date, Go version, and compiler from which Kubernetes was built, and platform on which it is running.
build_date
compiler
git_commit
git_tree_state
git_version
go_version
major
minor
platform
None
kubernetes_feature_enabled ALPHA Gauge This metric records the data about the stage and enablement of a k8s feature.
name
stage
None
kubernetes_healthcheck ALPHA Gauge This metric records the result of a single healthcheck.
name
type
None
kubernetes_healthchecks_total ALPHA Counter This metric records the results of all healthcheck.
name
status
type
None
leader_election_master_status ALPHA Gauge Gauge of if the reporting system is master of the relevant lease, 0 indicates backup, 1 indicates master. 'name' is the string used to identify the lease. Please make sure to group by name.
name
None
node_authorizer_graph_actions_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Histogram of duration of graph actions in node authorizer.
operation
None
node_collector_evictions_number ALPHA Counter Number of Node evictions that happened since current instance of NodeController started, This metric is replaced by node_collector_evictions_total.
zone
None
node_collector_unhealthy_nodes_in_zone ALPHA Gauge Gauge measuring number of not Ready Nodes per zones.
zone
None
node_collector_zone_health ALPHA Gauge Gauge measuring percentage of healthy nodes per zone.
zone
None
node_collector_zone_size ALPHA Gauge Gauge measuring number of registered Nodes per zones.
zone
None
node_cpu_usage_seconds_total ALPHA Custom Cumulative cpu time consumed by the node in core-seconds None None
node_ipam_controller_cidrset_allocation_tries_per_request ALPHA Histogram Number of endpoints added on each Service sync
clusterCIDR
None
node_ipam_controller_cidrset_cidrs_allocations_total ALPHA Counter Counter measuring total number of CIDR allocations.
clusterCIDR
None
node_ipam_controller_cidrset_cidrs_releases_total ALPHA Counter Counter measuring total number of CIDR releases.
clusterCIDR
None
node_ipam_controller_cidrset_usage_cidrs ALPHA Gauge Gauge measuring percentage of allocated CIDRs.
clusterCIDR
None
node_ipam_controller_multicidrset_allocation_tries_per_request ALPHA Histogram Histogram measuring CIDR allocation tries per request.
clusterCIDR
None
node_ipam_controller_multicidrset_cidrs_allocations_total ALPHA Counter Counter measuring total number of CIDR allocations.
clusterCIDR
None
node_ipam_controller_multicidrset_cidrs_releases_total ALPHA Counter Counter measuring total number of CIDR releases.
clusterCIDR
None
node_ipam_controller_multicidrset_usage_cidrs ALPHA Gauge Gauge measuring percentage of allocated CIDRs.
clusterCIDR
None
node_memory_working_set_bytes ALPHA Custom Current working set of the node in bytes None None
number_of_l4_ilbs ALPHA Gauge Number of L4 ILBs
feature
None
plugin_manager_total_plugins ALPHA Custom Number of plugins in Plugin Manager
socket_path
state
None
pod_cpu_usage_seconds_total ALPHA Custom Cumulative cpu time consumed by the pod in core-seconds
pod
namespace
None
pod_memory_working_set_bytes ALPHA Custom Current working set of the pod in bytes
pod
namespace
None
pod_security_errors_total ALPHA Counter Number of errors preventing normal evaluation. Non-fatal errors may result in the latest restricted profile being used for evaluation.
fatal
request_operation
resource
subresource
None
pod_security_evaluations_total ALPHA Counter Number of policy evaluations that occurred, not counting ignored or exempt requests.
decision
mode
policy_level
policy_version
request_operation
resource
subresource
None
pod_security_exemptions_total ALPHA Counter Number of exempt requests, not counting ignored or out of scope requests.
request_operation
resource
subresource
None
prober_probe_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration in seconds for a probe response.
container
namespace
pod
probe_type
None
prober_probe_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative number of a liveness, readiness or startup probe for a container by result.
container
namespace
pod
pod_uid
probe_type
result
None
pv_collector_bound_pv_count ALPHA Custom Gauge measuring number of persistent volume currently bound
storage_class
None
pv_collector_bound_pvc_count ALPHA Custom Gauge measuring number of persistent volume claim currently bound
namespace
None
pv_collector_total_pv_count ALPHA Custom Gauge measuring total number of persistent volumes
plugin_name
volume_mode
None
pv_collector_unbound_pv_count ALPHA Custom Gauge measuring number of persistent volume currently unbound
storage_class
None
pv_collector_unbound_pvc_count ALPHA Custom Gauge measuring number of persistent volume claim currently unbound
namespace
None
replicaset_controller_sorting_deletion_age_ratio ALPHA Histogram The ratio of chosen deleted pod's ages to the current youngest pod's age (at the time). Should be <2.The intent of this metric is to measure the rough efficacy of the LogarithmicScaleDown feature gate's effect onthe sorting (and deletion) of pods when a replicaset scales down. This only considers Ready pods when calculating and reporting. None None
rest_client_exec_plugin_call_total ALPHA Counter Number of calls to an exec plugin, partitioned by the type of event encountered (no_error, plugin_execution_error, plugin_not_found_error, client_internal_error) and an optional exit code. The exit code will be set to 0 if and only if the plugin call was successful.
call_status
code
None
rest_client_exec_plugin_certificate_rotation_age ALPHA Histogram Histogram of the number of seconds the last auth exec plugin client certificate lived before being rotated. If auth exec plugin client certificates are unused, histogram will contain no data. None None
rest_client_exec_plugin_ttl_seconds ALPHA Gauge Gauge of the shortest TTL (time-to-live) of the client certificate(s) managed by the auth exec plugin. The value is in seconds until certificate expiry (negative if already expired). If auth exec plugins are unused or manage no TLS certificates, the value will be +INF. None None
rest_client_rate_limiter_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Client side rate limiter latency in seconds. Broken down by verb, and host.
host
verb
None
rest_client_request_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Request latency in seconds. Broken down by verb, and host.
host
verb
None
rest_client_request_size_bytes ALPHA Histogram Request size in bytes. Broken down by verb and host.
host
verb
None
rest_client_requests_total ALPHA Counter Number of HTTP requests, partitioned by status code, method, and host.
code
host
method
None
rest_client_response_size_bytes ALPHA Histogram Response size in bytes. Broken down by verb and host.
host
verb
None
retroactive_storageclass_errors_total ALPHA Counter Total number of failed retroactive StorageClass assignments to persistent volume claim None None
retroactive_storageclass_total ALPHA Counter Total number of retroactive StorageClass assignments to persistent volume claim None None
root_ca_cert_publisher_sync_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Number of namespace syncs happened in root ca cert publisher.
code
None
root_ca_cert_publisher_sync_total ALPHA Counter Number of namespace syncs happened in root ca cert publisher.
code
None
running_managed_controllers ALPHA Gauge Indicates where instances of a controller are currently running
manager
name
None
scheduler_e2e_scheduling_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram E2e scheduling latency in seconds (scheduling algorithm + binding). This metric is replaced by scheduling_attempt_duration_seconds.
profile
result
None
scheduler_goroutines ALPHA Gauge Number of running goroutines split by the work they do such as binding.
operation
None
scheduler_permit_wait_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration of waiting on permit.
result
None
scheduler_plugin_execution_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Duration for running a plugin at a specific extension point.
extension_point
plugin
status
None
scheduler_scheduler_cache_size ALPHA Gauge Number of nodes, pods, and assumed (bound) pods in the scheduler cache.
type
None
scheduler_scheduler_goroutines ALPHA Gauge Number of running goroutines split by the work they do such as binding. This metric is replaced by the \"goroutines\" metric.
work
None
scheduler_scheduling_algorithm_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Scheduling algorithm latency in seconds None None
scheduler_unschedulable_pods ALPHA Gauge The number of unschedulable pods broken down by plugin name. A pod will increment the gauge for all plugins that caused it to not schedule and so this metric have meaning only when broken down by plugin.
plugin
profile
None
scheduler_volume_binder_cache_requests_total ALPHA Counter Total number for request volume binding cache
operation
None
scheduler_volume_scheduling_stage_error_total ALPHA Counter Volume scheduling stage error count
operation
None
scrape_error ALPHA Custom 1 if there was an error while getting container metrics, 0 otherwise None None
service_controller_nodesync_latency_seconds ALPHA Histogram A metric measuring the latency for nodesync which updates loadbalancer hosts on cluster node updates. None None
service_controller_update_loadbalancer_host_latency_seconds ALPHA Histogram A metric measuring the latency for updating each load balancer hosts. None None
serviceaccount_legacy_tokens_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative legacy service account tokens used None None
serviceaccount_stale_tokens_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative stale projected service account tokens used None None
serviceaccount_valid_tokens_total ALPHA Counter Cumulative valid projected service account tokens used None None
storage_count_attachable_volumes_in_use ALPHA Custom Measure number of volumes in use
node
volume_plugin
None
storage_operation_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram Storage operation duration
migrated
operation_name
status
volume_plugin
None
ttl_after_finished_controller_job_deletion_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram The time it took to delete the job since it became eligible for deletion None None
volume_manager_selinux_container_errors_total ALPHA Gauge Number of errors when kubelet cannot compute SELinux context for a container. Kubelet can't start such a Pod then and it will retry, therefore value of this metric may not represent the actual nr. of containers. None None
volume_manager_selinux_container_warnings_total ALPHA Gauge Number of errors when kubelet cannot compute SELinux context for a container that are ignored. They will become real errors when SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod feature is expanded to all volume access modes. None None
volume_manager_selinux_pod_context_mismatch_errors_total ALPHA Gauge Number of errors when a Pod defines different SELinux contexts for its containers that use the same volume. Kubelet can't start such a Pod then and it will retry, therefore value of this metric may not represent the actual nr. of Pods. None None
volume_manager_selinux_pod_context_mismatch_warnings_total ALPHA Gauge Number of errors when a Pod defines different SELinux contexts for its containers that use the same volume. They are not errors yet, but they will become real errors when SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod feature is expanded to all volume access modes. None None
volume_manager_selinux_volume_context_mismatch_errors_total ALPHA Gauge Number of errors when a Pod uses a volume that is already mounted with a different SELinux context than the Pod needs. Kubelet can't start such a Pod then and it will retry, therefore value of this metric may not represent the actual nr. of Pods. None None
volume_manager_selinux_volume_context_mismatch_warnings_total ALPHA Gauge Number of errors when a Pod uses a volume that is already mounted with a different SELinux context than the Pod needs. They are not errors yet, but they will become real errors when SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod feature is expanded to all volume access modes. None None
volume_manager_selinux_volumes_admitted_total ALPHA Gauge Number of volumes whose SELinux context was fine and will be mounted with mount -o context option. None None
volume_manager_total_volumes ALPHA Custom Number of volumes in Volume Manager
plugin_name
state
None
volume_operation_total_errors ALPHA Counter Total volume operation errors
operation_name
plugin_name
None
volume_operation_total_seconds ALPHA Histogram Storage operation end to end duration in seconds
operation_name
plugin_name
None
watch_cache_capacity ALPHA Gauge Total capacity of watch cache broken by resource type.
resource
None
watch_cache_capacity_decrease_total ALPHA Counter Total number of watch cache capacity decrease events broken by resource type.
resource
None
watch_cache_capacity_increase_total ALPHA Counter Total number of watch cache capacity increase events broken by resource type.
resource
None
workqueue_adds_total ALPHA Counter Total number of adds handled by workqueue
name
None
workqueue_depth ALPHA Gauge Current depth of workqueue
name
None
workqueue_longest_running_processor_seconds ALPHA Gauge How many seconds has the longest running processor for workqueue been running.
name
None
workqueue_queue_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram How long in seconds an item stays in workqueue before being requested.
name
None
workqueue_retries_total ALPHA Counter Total number of retries handled by workqueue
name
None
workqueue_unfinished_work_seconds ALPHA Gauge How many seconds of work has done that is in progress and hasn't been observed by work_duration. Large values indicate stuck threads. One can deduce the number of stuck threads by observing the rate at which this increases.
name
None
workqueue_work_duration_seconds ALPHA Histogram How long in seconds processing an item from workqueue takes.
name
None