metric.hb

A metric recorded through Honeybadger’s instrumentation API and flushed by the metrics registry. The metric_type field tells you whether the event came from gauge, increment_counter, decrement_counter, histogram, or time.

Category Metrics Fields 15 honeybadger-ruby

Fields

15

Field	Type	Description
event_type	string	Allowed value: metric.hb.
metric_name	string	Name of the metric as passed to the recording call.
metric_type	string	The metric type. Timers are gauges recorded via Honeybadger.time. Allowed values: gauge, counter, histogram, timer.
samples	integer	Number of observations recorded in this flush window.
interval	integer	Length of the aggregation/flush window in seconds (insights.registry_flush_interval, default 60).
total	number	Sum of all recorded values in the window (gauge, timer, and histogram metrics).
min	number	Minimum recorded value in the window (gauge, timer, and histogram metrics).
max	number	Maximum recorded value in the window (gauge, timer, and histogram metrics).
avg	number	Average of recorded values in the window (gauge, timer, and histogram metrics).
latest	number	Most recently recorded value in the window (gauge, timer, and histogram metrics).
counter	number	Accumulated counter value for the window (counter metrics).
bins	array<array<number>>	Histogram bin counts as [upper_bound, count] pairs. The final bin's upper bound is 1e20, which represents infinity.
hostname	string	Server hostname. Attached to every event by default (events.attach_hostname).
environment	string	Application environment, e.g. "production". Attached to every event by default (events.attach_environment).
metric_source	string	Source plugin or component that recorded the metric, e.g. "rails", "sidekiq", "solid_queue", "net_http", "puma", "autotuner".

Example

{
  "event_type": "metric.hb",
  "metric_name": "duration.process_action.action_controller",
  "metric_type": "gauge",
  "metric_source": "rails",
  "samples": 20,
  "interval": 60,
  "total": 1820.5,
  "min": 12.3,
  "max": 210.4,
  "avg": 91.03,
  "latest": 88.6,
  "hostname": "web-1.example.com",
  "environment": "production"
}