KEDA integration metrics

The official Datadog integration for monitoring KEDA. It collects 140 metrics.

Definitions as of 2026-10-01

Official summary

Monitor the health and performance of KEDA

Metric types

count (occurrences in the interval): 90
gauge (value at a point in time): 50

Metrics

Descriptions are the official definitions, unedited.

Metric	Type	Unit
`keda.aggregator_discovery_aggregation.count`Number of times discovery was aggregated.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_audit_event.count`Number of audit events generated and sent to the audit backend.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_audit_requests_rejected.count`Number of API server requests rejected due to an error in audit logging backend.	count	request
`keda.apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds.bucket`Number of certificates observed in the apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds histogram tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds.count`Number of certificates observed in the apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds histogram.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds.sum`The sum of duration of certificates remaining expiration time in the apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds histogram.	count	second
`keda.apiserver_current_inflight_requests`Maximal number of currently used inflight request limit of this API server per request kind in last second.	gauge	request
`keda.apiserver_delegated_authz_request.count`Number of HTTP requests partitioned by status code.	count	request
`keda.apiserver_delegated_authz_request_duration_seconds.bucket`Number of observations apiserver_delegated_authz_request_duration_seconds histogram. Broken down by status code and upper_bound duration tags.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_delegated_authz_request_duration_seconds.count`Number of observations apiserver_delegated_authz_request_duration_seconds histogram. Broken down by status code.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_delegated_authz_request_duration_seconds.sum`The sum of duration of requests in the apiserver_delegated_authz_request_duration_seconds histogram.	count	second
`keda.apiserver_envelope_encryption_dek_cache_fill_percent`Percent of the cache slots currently occupied by cached DEKs.	gauge	-
`keda.apiserver_flowcontrol_read_vs_write_current_requests.bucket`The number of requests (as a fraction of the relevant limit) waiting or in execution at the end of each nanosecond. Tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	request
`keda.apiserver_flowcontrol_read_vs_write_current_requests.count`The number of requests (as a fraction of the relevant limit) observed at the end of each nanosecond.	count	request
`keda.apiserver_flowcontrol_read_vs_write_current_requests.sum`The sum of all observed request fractions at the end of each nanosecond.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_flowcontrol_seat_fair_frac`Fair fraction of server's concurrency to allocate to each priority level that can use it.	gauge	-
`keda.apiserver_request.count`Number of API server requests broken out for each verb, dry run value, group, version, resource, scope, component, and HTTP response code.	count	request
`keda.apiserver_request_duration_seconds.bucket`The number of requests used to calculate the response time tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	request
`keda.apiserver_request_duration_seconds.count`The number of requests used to calculate the response time.	count	request
`keda.apiserver_request_duration_seconds.sum`The sum in response time in seconds for each verb, dry run value, group, version, resource, subresource, scope and component.	count	second
`keda.apiserver_request_filter_duration_seconds.bucket`The number of observations used to calculate the request filter latency tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_request_filter_duration_seconds.count`The number of observations used to calculate the request filter latency.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_request_filter_duration_seconds.sum`Request filter latency distribution in seconds, for each filter type.	count	second
`keda.apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds.bucket`The number of observations used to calculate SLI response time tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds.count`The number of observations used to calculate SLI response time.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds.sum`The sum of the response time (not counting webhook duration and priority & fairness queue wait times) in seconds for each verb, group, version, resource, subresource, scope and component.	count	second
`keda.apiserver_request_slo_duration_seconds.bucket`The number of observations used to calculate SLO response time tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_request_slo_duration_seconds.count`The number of observations used to calculate SLO response time.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_request_slo_duration_seconds.sum`The sum of the response time (not counting webhook duration and priority & fairness queue wait times) in seconds for each verb, group, version, resource, subresource, scope and component.	count	second
`keda.apiserver_response_sizes.bucket`Number of responses used to calculate the response size tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_response_sizes.count`Number of responses used to calculate the response size.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_response_sizes.sum`The sum of sizes of responses in bytes for each group, version, verb, resource, subresource, scope and component.	count	byte
`keda.apiserver_storage_data_key_generation_duration_seconds.bucket`Number of observations used to calculate data encryption key(DEK) duration tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_storage_data_key_generation_duration_seconds.count`Number of observations used to calculate data encryption key(DEK) duration.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_storage_data_key_generation_duration_seconds.sum`Time in seconds used for data encryption key(DEK) generation operations.	count	second
`keda.apiserver_storage_data_key_generation_failures.count`Number of failed data encryption key(DEK) generation operations.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_storage_envelope_transformation_cache_misses.count`Number of cache misses while accessing key decryption key(KEK).	count	-
`keda.apiserver_tls_handshake_errors.count`Number of requests dropped with 'TLS handshake error from' error.	count	-
`keda.apiserver_webhooks_x509_insecure_sha1.count`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).	count	-
`keda.apiserver_webhooks_x509_missing_san.count`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).	count	-
`keda.authenticated_user_requests.count`Number of authenticated requests broken out by username.	count	request
`keda.authentication_attempts.count`Number of authenticated attempts.	count	-
`keda.authentication_duration_seconds.bucket`Number of observations used to calculate authentication duration tagged by upper_bound bucket tags.	count	-
`keda.authentication_duration_seconds.count`Number of observations used to calculate authentication duration.	count	-
`keda.authentication_duration_seconds.sum`Authentication duration in seconds broken out by result.	count	second
`keda.authorization_attempts.count`Number of authorization attempts broken down by result. It can be either 'allowed', 'denied', 'no-opinion' or 'error'.	count	-
`keda.authorization_duration_seconds.bucket`The number of events used to calculate authorization duration tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.authorization_duration_seconds.count`The number of events used to calculate authorization duration.	count	-
`keda.authorization_duration_seconds.sum`Authorization duration in seconds broken out by result.	count	second
`keda.build_info`Info metric, with static information about KEDA build like: version, git commit and Golang runtime info.	gauge	-
`keda.cardinality_enforcement_unexpected_categorizations.count`The count of unexpected categorizations during cardinality enforcement.	count	-
`keda.certwatcher.read_certificate.count`Number of certificate reads.	count	-
`keda.certwatcher.read_certificate_errors.count`Number of certificate read errors.	count	error
`keda.controller.runtime.active_workers`Number of currently used workers per controller.	gauge	-
`keda.controller.runtime.max_concurrent_reconciles`Maximum number of concurrent reconciles per controller.	gauge	-
`keda.controller.runtime.reconcile.count`Number of reconciliations per controller.	count	-
`keda.controller.runtime.reconcile_errors.count`Number of reconciliation errors per controller.	count	-
`keda.controller.runtime.reconcile_panics.count`Number of reconciliation panics per controller.	count	-
`keda.controller.runtime.reconcile_time.seconds.bucket`The number of events observed to calculate reconciliation time tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.controller.runtime.reconcile_time.seconds.count`The number of events observed to calculate reconciliation time.	count	-
`keda.controller.runtime.reconcile_time.seconds.sum`The time per reconciliation per controller.	count	second
`keda.controller.runtime.terminal_reconcile_errors.count`Number of terminal reconciliation errors per controller.	count	-
`keda.controller.runtime.webhook_panics.count`Number of webhook panics.	count	-
`keda.controller.runtime.webhook_requests.count`Number of admission requests by HTTP status code.	count	-
`keda.controller.runtime.webhook_requests_in_flight`Current number of admission requests being served.	gauge	-
`keda.disabled_metrics.count`The count of disabled metrics.	count	-
`keda.field_validation_request_duration_seconds.bucket`The number of observations used to calculate the field validation response time tagged by upper_bound tags.	count	-
`keda.field_validation_request_duration_seconds.count`The number of observations used to calculate the field validation response time.	count	-
`keda.field_validation_request_duration_seconds.sum`The response time in seconds for each field validation value.	count	second
`keda.go.gc.duration.seconds.count`The summary count of garbage collection cycles in the Keda instance.	count	-
`keda.go.gc.duration.seconds.quantile`A summary of the pause duration of garbage collection cycles in the Keda instance.	gauge	-
`keda.go.gc.duration.seconds.sum`The sum of the pause duration of garbage collection cycles in the Keda instance.	count	-
`keda.go.goroutines`Number of goroutines that currently exist.	gauge	-
`keda.go.info`Information about the Go environment.	gauge	-
`keda.go.memstats.alloc_bytes`Number of bytes allocated and still in use.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.alloc_bytes.count`Number of bytes allocated, even if freed.	count	byte
`keda.go.memstats.buck_hash.sys_bytes`Number of bytes used by the profiling bucket hash table.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.frees.count`Number of frees.	count	-
`keda.go.memstats.gc.sys_bytes`Number of bytes used for garbage collection system metadata.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.heap.alloc_bytes`Number of heap bytes allocated and still in use.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.heap.idle_bytes`Number of heap bytes waiting to be used.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.heap.inuse_bytes`Number of heap bytes that are in use.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.heap.objects`Number of allocated objects.	gauge	-
`keda.go.memstats.heap.released_bytes`Number of heap bytes released to OS.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.heap.sys_bytes`Number of heap bytes obtained from system.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.lookups.count`Number of pointer lookups.	count	-
`keda.go.memstats.mallocs.count`Number of mallocs.	count	-
`keda.go.memstats.mcache.inuse_bytes`Number of bytes in use by mcache structures.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.mcache.sys_bytes`Number of bytes used for mcache structures obtained from system.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.mspan.inuse_bytes`Number of bytes in use by mspan structures.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.mspan.sys_bytes`Number of bytes used for mspan structures obtained from system.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.next.gc_bytes`Number of heap bytes when next garbage collection will take place.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.other.sys_bytes`Number of bytes used for other system allocations.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.stack.inuse_bytes`Number of bytes in use by the stack allocator.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.stack.sys_bytes`Number of bytes obtained from system for stack allocator.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.sys_bytes`Number of bytes obtained from system.	gauge	byte
`keda.go.memstats.time_since_last_gc.seconds`Number of seconds since 1970 of last garbage collection.	gauge	second
`keda.go.threads`Number of OS threads created.	gauge	-
`keda.hidden_metrics.count`The count of hidden metrics.	count	-
`keda.internal_metricsservice.grpc_client_handled.count`The number of RPCs completed by the client, regardless of success or failure.	count	-
`keda.internal_metricsservice.grpc_client_handling_seconds.bucket`The number of events used to calculate response time tagged by upper_bound bucket tags	count	-
`keda.internal_metricsservice.grpc_client_handling_seconds.count`The number of events used to calculate response time.	count	-
`keda.internal_metricsservice.grpc_client_handling_seconds.sum`Response time (seconds) of the gRPC until it is finished by the application.	count	-
`keda.internal_metricsservice.grpc_client_msg_received.count`The number of RPC stream messages received by the client.	count	-
`keda.internal_metricsservice.grpc_client_msg_sent.count`The number of gRPC stream messages sent by the client.	count	-
`keda.internal_metricsservice.grpc_client_started.count`The number of RPCs started on the client.	count	-
`keda.internal_scale.loop_latency`(Keda <v2.16) The deviation (in seconds) between the expected execution time and the actual execution time for the scaling loop.	gauge	second
`keda.internal_scale.loop_latency_seconds`(Keda >=v2.16) The deviation (in seconds) between the expected execution time and the actual execution time for the scaling loop.	gauge	second
`keda.leader_election.master_status`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.	gauge	-
`keda.process.cpu.seconds.count`Number of user and system CPU time spent in seconds.	count	-
`keda.process.max_fds`Maximum number of open file descriptors.	gauge	-
`keda.process.open_fds`Number of open file descriptors.	gauge	-
`keda.process.resident_memory.bytes`Resident memory size in bytes.	gauge	-
`keda.process.uptime.seconds`How long in seconds the process has been up.	gauge	second
`keda.process.virtual_memory.bytes`Virtual memory size in bytes.	gauge	byte
`keda.process.virtual_memory.max_bytes`Maximum amount of virtual memory available in bytes.	gauge	byte
`keda.registered_metrics.count`The count of registered metrics broken by stability level and deprecation version.	count	-
`keda.resource_registered`(Keda >=v2.16) Number of KEDA custom resources per namespace for each custom resource type (CRD) registered.	gauge	-
`keda.resource_totals`(Keda <v2.16) Number of KEDA custom resources per namespace for each custom resource type (CRD) registered.	gauge	-
`keda.rest.client.requests.count`Number of HTTP requests, partitioned by status code, method, and host.	count	request
`keda.scaled_job.errors.count`Number of scaled job errors.	count	-
`keda.scaler.active`Indicates whether a scaler is active (1), or not (0).	gauge	-
`keda.scaler.detail_errors.count`(Keda >=v2.16) The Number of errors encountered for each scaler.	count	-
`keda.scaler.errors.count`(Keda <v2.16) The Number of errors encountered for each scaler	count	-
`keda.scaler.metrics_latency`(Keda <v2.16) The latency of retrieving current metric from each scaler, in seconds.	gauge	second
`keda.scaler.metrics_latency_seconds`(Keda >=v2.16) The latency of retrieving current metric from each scaler, in seconds.	gauge	second
`keda.scaler.metrics_value`The current value for each scaler's metric that would be used by the HPA in computing the target average.	gauge	-
`keda.trigger_registered`(Keda >=v2.16) Number of triggers per trigger type registered.	gauge	-
`keda.trigger_totals`(Keda <v2.16) Number of triggers per trigger type registered.	gauge	-
`keda.workqueue.adds.count`Number of adds handled by workqueue.	count	-
`keda.workqueue.depth`Current depth of workqueue.	gauge	-
`keda.workqueue.longest.running_processor.seconds`How many seconds has the longest running processor for workqueue been running.	gauge	second
`keda.workqueue.queue.duration.seconds.bucket`The histogram bucket of how long in seconds an item stays in the workqueue before being requested.	count	-
`keda.workqueue.queue.duration.seconds.count`The total number of events in the workqueue duration histogram.	count	-
`keda.workqueue.queue.duration.seconds.sum`The cumulative sum of time (in seconds) that items have spent in the workqueue.	count	second
`keda.workqueue.retries.count`Number of retries handled by workqueue.	count	-
`keda.workqueue.unfinished_work.seconds`How many seconds of work has been 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.	gauge	second
`keda.workqueue.work.duration.seconds.bucket`Number of work items that have been processed in the workqueue tagged by upper_bound buckets.	count	-
`keda.workqueue.work.duration.seconds.count`The total number of work items that have been processed in the workqueue.	count	-
`keda.workqueue.work.duration.seconds.sum`The cumulative sum of time spent processing all work items in the workqueue.	count	second

Official documentation

Official documentation for the KEDA integration

Metric names and descriptions are the official Datadog integration definitions (Copyright Datadog, Inc., BSD-3-Clause), reproduced unedited. The full license terms are on the About page.

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