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RabbitMQ metrics

The following table lists the metrics that are gathered as output from RabbitMQ checks. Entries indicated as Featured metrics are high-visibility metrics that are displayed in the Operator Workspace Metric tab after an alert is generated. These metrics provide the operator with additional information to help them further explore the specified issue.

Metric typeResource (name of specific database, where relevant)UnitsMetric type description
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages.count countProvides metrics on the total number of messages (ready plus unacknowledged).
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages.rate (featured metric) rate / secProvides metrics on the total number of messages (ready plus unacknowledged)
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages_ready.count countProvides metrics on the number of messages ready for delivery.
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages_ready.rate rate / secProvides metrics on the number of messages ready for delivery.
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages_unacknowledged.count countProvides metrics on the number of unacknowledged messages.
rabbitmq.queue_totals.messages_unacknowledged.rate rate / secProvides metrics on the number of unacknowledged messages.
rabbitmq.message_stats.deliver_get.count countProvides metrics on messages recently delivered to consumers.
rabbitmq.message_stats.deliver_get.rate (featured metric) rate / secProvides metrics on messages recently delivered to consumers.
rabbitmq.message_stats.deliver_no_ack.count countProvides metrics on unacknowledged messages recently delivered to consumers.
rabbitmq.message_stats.deliver_no_ack.rate rate / secProvides metrics on unacknowledged messages recently delivered to consumers.
rabbitmq.message_stats.publish.count countProvides metrics on recently published messages.
rabbitmq.message_stats.publish.rate rate / secProvides metrics on the recently published messages.
rabbitmq.object_totals.channels.count countProvides metrics on the total number of channels.
rabbitmq.object_totals.connections.count (featured metric) countProvides metrics on the total number of connections.
rabbitmq.object_totals.consumers.count (featured metric) countProvides metrics on the total number of consumers.
rabbitmq.object_totals.exchanges.count countProvides metrics on the total number of exchanges.
rabbitmq.object_totals.queues.count (featured metric) countProvides metrics on the total number of queues.
    
rabbitmq.queue.{{QueueName}}.avg_egress_rate (featured metric)Queue NamecountProvides queue specific metrics on the rate at which unacknowledged message records enter RAM for the given queue.
rabbitmq.queue.{{QueueName}}.consumersQueue NamecountProvides queue specific metrics on the total consumers for the given queue.
rabbitmq.queue.{{QueueName}}.messagesQueue NamecountProvides queue specific metrics on the total messages in the given queue.
rabbitmq.queue.{{QueueName}}.drain_timeQueue NamecountProvides queue specific metrics on the message drain time for the given queue.

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