OpenTelemetry integration metrics

The official Datadog integration for monitoring OpenTelemetry. It collects 155 metrics.

Definitions as of 2026-10-09

Official summary

Get telemetry data from the OpenTelemetry Collector

Metric types

gauge (value at a point in time): 82
count (occurrences in the interval): 73

Metrics

Descriptions are the official definitions, unedited.

Metric	Type	Unit
`otel.datadog_exporter.metrics.running`Reports that metrics are being sent from a host through the Datadog exporter for the OpenTelemetry Collector	gauge	unit
`otel.datadog_exporter.traces.running`Reports that traces are being sent from a host through the Datadog exporter for the OpenTelemetry Collector	gauge	unit
`otel.process.cpu.time`Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.	count	second
`otel.process.disk.io`Disk bytes transferred per second	count	byte
`otel.process.memory.physical_usage`The amount of physical memory in use	count	byte
`otel.process.memory.virtual_usage`Virtual memory size	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.cpython.cpu_time`Number of seconds executing in the kernel	count	second
`otel.process.runtime.cpython.gc_count`Number of completed garbage collection cycles	count	resource
`otel.process.runtime.cpython.memory`Resident set memory	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.assemblies.count`The number of .NET assemblies that are currently loaded	gauge	unit
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.exceptions.count`The number of first-chance exceptions	count	exception
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.gc.allocations.size`Count of bytes allocated on the managed GC heap since the process start	count	byte
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.gc.collections.count`Number of garbage collections that have occured since process start	count	garbage collection
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.gc.committed_memory.size`The amount of committed virtual memory for the managed GC heap as observed during the latest garbage collection	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.gc.heap.fragmentation.size`The heap fragmentation as observed during the latest garbage collection	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.gc.heap.size`The heap size (including fragmentation) as observed during the latest garbage collection	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.gc.objects.size`Count of bytes currently in use by objects in the GC heap that haven't been collected yet	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.jit.compilation_time`The amount of time the JIT compiler has spent compiling methods since the process start	count	nanosecond
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.jit.il_compiled.size`Count of bytes of intermediate language that have been compiled since the process start	count	byte
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.jit.methods_compiled.count`The number of times the JIT compiler compiled a method since the process start	count	method
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.monitor.lock_contention.count`The number of times a thread stopped to wait on a lock	count	-
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.thread_pool.completed_items.count`The number of work items that have been processed by the thread pool since the process start	count	item
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.thread_pool.queue.length`The number of work items that are currently queued to be processed by the thread pool	gauge	item
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.thread_pool.threads.count`The number of threads	gauge	thread
`otel.process.runtime.dotnet.timer.count`The number of timer instances that are currently active	gauge	unit
`otel.process.runtime.go.cgo.calls`Number of cgo calls made by the current process	gauge	invocation
`otel.process.runtime.go.gc.count`Number of completed garbage collection cycles	count	garbage collection
`otel.process.runtime.go.gc.pause_total_ns`Cumulative nanoseconds in GC stop-the-world pauses since the program started	count	nanosecond
`otel.process.runtime.go.goroutines`Number of goroutines that currently exist	gauge	invocation
`otel.process.runtime.go.mem.heap_alloc`Bytes of allocated heap objects	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.go.mem.heap_idle`Bytes in idle (unused) spans	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.go.mem.heap_inuse`Bytes in in-use spans	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.go.mem.heap_objects`Number of allocated heap objects	gauge	object
`otel.process.runtime.go.mem.heap_released`Bytes of idle spans whose physical memory has been returned to the OS	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.go.mem.heap_sys`Bytes of heap memory obtained from the OS	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.go.mem.live_objects`Number of live objects is the number of cumulative Mallocs - Frees	gauge	object
`otel.process.runtime.go.mem.lookups`Number of pointer lookups performed by the runtime	count	unit
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.buffer.count`Number of buffers in the pool	gauge	buffer
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.buffer.limit`Measure of total memory capacity of buffers	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.buffer.usage`Measure of memory used by buffers	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.classes.current_loaded`Number of classes currently loaded	gauge	unit
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.classes.loaded`Number of classes loaded since JVM start	count	unit
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.classes.unloaded`Number of classes unloaded since JVM start	count	unit
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.cpu.utilization`Recent CPU utilization for the process	gauge	unit
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.gc.duration`The approximate accumulated garbage collection time elapsed.	gauge	millisecond
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.memory.committed`The total Java memory committed to be used.	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.memory.init`The initial Java memory allocated.	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.memory.limit`The maximum Java memory available.	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.memory.usage`The total Java memory used.	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.memory.usage_after_last_gc`Measure of memory used as measured after the most recent garbage collection event on this pool	gauge	byte
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.system.cpu.load_1m`Average CPU load of the whole system for the last minute	gauge	unit
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.system.cpu.utilization`Recent CPU utilization for the whole system	gauge	unit
`otel.process.runtime.jvm.threads.count`The number of live threads.	count	thread
`otel.system.cpu.load_average.15m`Average CPU Load over 15 minutes	gauge	unit
`otel.system.cpu.load_average.1m`Average CPU Load over 1 minute	gauge	unit
`otel.system.cpu.load_average.5m`Average CPU Load over 5 minutes	gauge	unit
`otel.system.cpu.time`Total CPU seconds broken down by different states	count	second
`otel.system.disk.io`Disk bytes transferred	count	byte
`otel.system.disk.io_time`Time disk spent activated	count	unit
`otel.system.disk.merged`The number of disk reads merged into single physical disk access operations.	count	request
`otel.system.disk.operation_time`Time spent in disk operations	count	second
`otel.system.disk.operations`Disk operations count	count	unit
`otel.system.disk.pending_operations`The queue size of pending I/O operations.	gauge	unit
`otel.system.filesystem.inodes.usage`Filesystem inodes used	gauge	inode
`otel.system.filesystem.usage`Filesystem bytes used.	gauge	byte
`otel.system.memory.usage`Bytes of memory in use	gauge	byte
`otel.system.network.connections`The number of connections	gauge	connection
`otel.system.network.dropped`Packets that are dropped or discarded even though there was no error	count	packet
`otel.system.network.errors`The number of errors encountered	gauge	error
`otel.system.network.io`The number of bytes transmitted and received	count	byte
`otel.system.network.packets`The number of packets transferred	count	packet
`otel.system.paging.faults`The number of paging faults	count	occurrence
`otel.system.paging.operations`The number of paging operations	count	unit
`otel.system.paging.usage`Unix swap or windows pagefile usage	gauge	byte
`otel.system.processes.count`Total number of processes in each state	gauge	process
`otel.system.processes.created`Total number of created processes	count	process
`otelcol_exporter_enqueue_failed_log_records`Number of log records failed to be added to the sending queue	count	unit
`otelcol_exporter_enqueue_failed_metric_points`Number of metric points failed to be added to the sending queue	count	unit
`otelcol_exporter_enqueue_failed_spans`Number of spans failed to be added to the sending queue	count	unit
`otelcol_exporter_queue_capacity`Fixed capacity of the retry queue (in batches)	gauge	unit
`otelcol_exporter_queue_size`Current size of the retry queue (in batches)	gauge	unit
`otelcol_exporter_send_failed_log_records`Number of logs that exporter(s) failed to send to destination.	count	unit
`otelcol_exporter_send_failed_metric_points`Number of metric points in failed attempts to send to destination	count	unit
`otelcol_exporter_send_failed_spans`Number of spans in failed attempts to send to destination	count	unit
`otelcol_exporter_sent_log_records`Number of log records successfully sent to destination	count	unit
`otelcol_exporter_sent_metric_points`Number of metric points successfully sent to destination	count	unit
`otelcol_exporter_sent_spans`Number of spans successfully sent to destination	count	unit
`otelcol_process_cpu_seconds`Total CPU user and system time in seconds	count	unit
`otelcol_process_memory_rss`Total physical memory (resident set size)	gauge	unit
`otelcol_process_runtime_heap_alloc_bytes`Bytes of allocated heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.HeapAlloc')	gauge	byte
`otelcol_process_runtime_total_alloc_bytes`Cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.TotalAlloc')	count	byte
`otelcol_process_runtime_total_sys_memory_bytes`Total bytes of memory obtained from the OS (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.Sys')	gauge	byte
`otelcol_process_uptime`Uptime of the process	count	unit
`otelcol_processor_batch_batch_send_size`Number of units in the batch that was sent.	gauge	unit
`otelcol_processor_batch_batch_size_trigger_send`Number of times the batch was sent due to a size trigger	count	unit
`otelcol_processor_batch_metadata_cardinality`Number of distinct metadata value combinations being processed.	count	unit
`otelcol_processor_batch_timeout_trigger_send`Number of times the batch was sent due to a timeout trigger	count	unit
`otelcol_processor_incoming_items`Number of items passed to the processor.	count	unit
`otelcol_processor_outgoing_items`Number of items emitted from the processor.	count	unit
`otelcol_receiver_accepted_log_records`Number of log records successfully pushed into the pipeline	count	unit
`otelcol_receiver_accepted_metric_points`Number of metric points successfully pushed into the pipeline	count	unit
`otelcol_receiver_accepted_spans`Number of spans successfully pushed into the pipeline	count	unit
`otelcol_receiver_refused_log_records`Number of log records that could not be pushed into the pipeline	count	unit
`otelcol_receiver_refused_metric_points`Number of metric points that could not be pushed into the pipeline	count	unit
`otelcol_receiver_refused_spans`Number of spans that could not be pushed into the pipeline	count	unit
`otelcol_scraper_errored_metric_points`Number of metric points that were unable to be scraped	count	unit
`otelcol_scraper_scraped_metric_points`Number of metric points successfully scraped	count	unit
`process.runtime.cpython.cpu_time`Number of seconds executing in the kernel	count	second
`process.runtime.cpython.gc_count`Number of completed garbage collection cycles	count	resource
`process.runtime.cpython.memory`Resident set memory	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.dotnet.assemblies.count`The number of .NET assemblies that are currently loaded	gauge	unit
`process.runtime.dotnet.exceptions.count`The number of first-chance exceptions	count	exception
`process.runtime.dotnet.gc.allocations.size`Count of bytes allocated on the managed GC heap since the process start	count	byte
`process.runtime.dotnet.gc.collections.count`Number of garbage collections that have occured since process start	count	garbage collection
`process.runtime.dotnet.gc.committed_memory.size`The amount of committed virtual memory for the managed GC heap as observed during the latest garbage collection	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.dotnet.gc.heap.fragmentation.size`The heap fragmentation as observed during the latest garbage collection	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.dotnet.gc.heap.size`The heap size (including fragmentation) as observed during the latest garbage collection	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.dotnet.gc.objects.size`Count of bytes currently in use by objects in the GC heap that haven't been collected yet	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.dotnet.jit.compilation_time`The amount of time the JIT compiler has spent compiling methods since the process start	count	nanosecond
`process.runtime.dotnet.jit.il_compiled.size`Count of bytes of intermediate language that have been compiled since the process start	count	byte
`process.runtime.dotnet.jit.methods_compiled.count`The number of times the JIT compiler compiled a method since the process start	count	method
`process.runtime.dotnet.monitor.lock_contention.count`The number of times a thread stopped to wait on a lock	count	-
`process.runtime.dotnet.thread_pool.completed_items.count`The number of work items that have been processed by the thread pool since the process start	count	item
`process.runtime.dotnet.thread_pool.queue.length`The number of work items that are currently queued to be processed by the thread pool	gauge	item
`process.runtime.dotnet.thread_pool.threads.count`The number of threads	gauge	thread
`process.runtime.dotnet.timer.count`The number of timer instances that are currently active	gauge	unit
`process.runtime.go.cgo.calls`Number of cgo calls made by the current process	gauge	invocation
`process.runtime.go.gc.count`Number of completed garbage collection cycles	count	garbage collection
`process.runtime.go.gc.pause_total_ns`Cumulative nanoseconds in GC stop-the-world pauses since the program started	count	nanosecond
`process.runtime.go.goroutines`Number of goroutines that currently exist	gauge	invocation
`process.runtime.go.mem.heap_alloc`Bytes of allocated heap objects	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.go.mem.heap_idle`Bytes in idle (unused) spans	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.go.mem.heap_inuse`Bytes in in-use spans	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.go.mem.heap_objects`Number of allocated heap objects	gauge	object
`process.runtime.go.mem.heap_released`Bytes of idle spans whose physical memory has been returned to the OS	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.go.mem.heap_sys`Bytes of heap memory obtained from the OS	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.go.mem.live_objects`Number of live objects is the number of cumulative Mallocs - Frees	gauge	object
`process.runtime.go.mem.lookups`Number of pointer lookups performed by the runtime	count	unit
`process.runtime.jvm.buffer.count`Number of buffers in the pool	gauge	buffer
`process.runtime.jvm.buffer.limit`Measure of total memory capacity of buffers	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.jvm.buffer.usage`Measure of memory used by buffers	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.jvm.classes.current_loaded`Number of classes currently loaded	gauge	unit
`process.runtime.jvm.classes.loaded`Number of classes loaded since JVM start	count	unit
`process.runtime.jvm.classes.unloaded`Number of classes unloaded since JVM start	count	unit
`process.runtime.jvm.cpu.utilization`Recent CPU utilization for the process	gauge	unit
`process.runtime.jvm.gc.duration`The approximate accumulated garbage collection time elapsed.	gauge	millisecond
`process.runtime.jvm.memory.committed`The total Java memory committed to be used.	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.jvm.memory.init`The initial Java memory allocated.	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.jvm.memory.limit`The maximum Java memory available.	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.jvm.memory.usage`The total Java memory used.	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.jvm.memory.usage_after_last_gc`Measure of memory used as measured after the most recent garbage collection event on this pool	gauge	byte
`process.runtime.jvm.system.cpu.load_1m`Average CPU load of the whole system for the last minute	gauge	unit
`process.runtime.jvm.system.cpu.utilization`Recent CPU utilization for the whole system	gauge	unit
`process.runtime.jvm.threads.count`The number of live threads.	count	thread
`runtime.uptime`Milliseconds since application was initialized	count	millisecond

Official documentation

Official documentation for the OpenTelemetry 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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